John L

I have more Wynton than Branford albums, not that I necessarily like Wynton more. I rarely listen to either.

Wow, I would like to hear a tape of that one.

I don't see anything wrong with using the term R&B for 60s Soul Music. There was a lot of continuity with past R&B, along with new elements. We don't have any problem calling the Art Ensemble "jazz," even though it probably wouldn't have been recognized as such a decade before it was recorded. Bebop wouldn't have been recognized as jazz in the 20s. (Many didn't even recognize it as jazz in the 40s and 50s.) Music changes, but we sometimes use the same labels to reflect continuity in development. I recall in a recent interview that Bettye Lavette objected very strong to being labeled a "Soul" artist. She finds that label demeaning. She proudly considers herself to be an R&B singer in the grand tradition. I agree with Dan that the B has become rather weak in most of today's R&B.

I have always enjoyed "Fire" quite a bit.

Seconded, it's an amazing set with relatively excellent sound. It thrashes all other Hawkins collections. Hans, there was a boxset that came out on Affinity called "The Complete Recordings 1929/1941". Affinity Boxset Do you happen to know how it compares with the JSP set in completeness & sound? Believe it or not, there is not that much overlap between the two sets. The Affinity set releases all known tracks with Coleman Hawkins other than those with Fletcher Henderson during 1929-1941. The Mosaic does not attempt to be comprehensive. Most of the earlier tracks are selected numbers with Fletcher Henderson that have Hawkins solos. None of them are on the Affinity box. The Affinity box includes a number of discs that contain all of Hawkins' European recordings from the 1930s. The Mosaic box contains none of these recordings for copyright reasons. There is a strong overlap on a few discs that contain Hawkins' American 1939-1941 recordings, but the Mosaic also has a good chunk from the later 1940s that is not on the Affinity box. Bottom line: If you like Hawkins and have the Affinity box, you still need the Mosaic. That is even separate from the major improvement in sound quality.

If this release covers the years 1913-1938, I wonder why they used a picture of the sinking of the Titanic (1912) for the cover... Maybe because they continued to sing about it? They could have even gone up to 2012 and included Bob Dylan's new one.

I have the former King Jazz release of this music. If you like Bechet and the blues, pick it up! It is pretty much a collection of nothing-but-the-blues sessions, and Bechet gives some of his very best blues playing here. I keep coming back to this set.

I just listened to this one for the first time. Very impressive! This strikes me as certainly his best since Time Out Of Mind, and in the same league as that one.

I assume that this means "unauthorized in the United States," i.e. all recordings released by labels that did not obtain official copyright and permission from companies and Estates no matter what year. The would rule out the discussion of perhaps the majority of recent reissues, most of which are coming from Europe where they are "authorized."

No problem here. As I understand, Charlie Parker liked to be stripped, especially when he was doping.

When I first saw this thread title, I thought that we may have already arrived at what could be the next stage of the music market. How long will it be before places like Amazon offer unlimited streaming of everything that both they and you have for a monthly fee?

RIP - a fine musician who I always enjoy hearing.

Exactly. I only feel a bit badly that the collection that I put together will no longer be appreciated. My CDs and LPs will be sold in bulk at cut rate and most of the rest will probably be thrown away. As for inheritance rights, I don't see any problem at all. The prevention of transfer cannot be enforced and, as opposed to CDs and LPs, there is no problem in determining WHO gets it. Exact copies can be made for everyone.

There are a large number of two-sided pirate DVDs in Eastern Europe. I understand that they are quite fragile, however.

Nice. There were also quite a few 45s on Tangerine that may not have made it onto LPs. For example, Jimmy Lewis cut a string of 45s that were released on Tangerine.

I just revisited the Bethlehem recordings for the first time in a long time. I had forgotten just how fantastic they are. The liner notes claim that Ellington was attempting to re-record in Hi Fi the original arrangements of some of his greatest compositions. But most of them are completely re-arranged, and with very strong results!

It's good stuff, but with so much live Evans in better sound I rarely listen to it. Same here. In addition to the substandard sound, I prefer the earlier and later periods in Evans' career to that that covered by the Secret Sessions.

Damn! Von was one of the remaining true individual voices of jazz. RIP

Sorry, I have somehow been out of the loop. What is this box? Is it a reissue of the old Nessa Art Ensemble box? New remasterings? Some different music?

I really enjoy his tenor playing, but for some reason his singing for me is like fingernails on a blackboard.

I sold my copy of the album after I bought Schaap's CD.

Hope you're having a good one, Lon!

Art Pepper's widow, Laurie, gave this music a legitimate release not long ago:

There's even less effort than that, since the discography is on the same page as the bio. Correct. You can either scroll down or click on the link under the artist's name. OK, thanks. My post was a question rather than a statement. If all the content has been preserved in the new interface, then that's great.

Is it just a change in interface with no loss of information? I haven't spent much time on it yet, but I haven't been able to figure out how to get the new interface to work in a way that gives the information of the old one. The old AMG gave a career retrospective for each artist, including a chronologically displayed discography that included in and out-of-print albums. Compilations were catalogued seperately. It was still vastly incomplete, of course, but still a valuable resource, particularly when a serious and knowledgeable reviewer was involved. I don't yet see how to retrieve all of that with the new interface. I hope that there is some way.