John L

Yes, I can't imagine anyone who likes Dolphy being disappointed with this box. There is so much fantastic music on it!

The sound on the tapes that I have is fair-good. It is good enough to hear clearly what is happening. Jazz View released some of this material on CD before in its "historical masters" series:

Sure was!

But you have to get appropriately warmed up for them.

It is strange that they put only second sets on the Last Waltz box, and only first sets on the Consecration box. It makes the set lists from different nights even more similar on each box than they would have been if complete nights had been packaged together. For example, Theme From Mash appears repeatedly on Consecration, but never on the Last Waltz. Happily, iPods playlists will allow you to integrate the two boxes in a natural way.

All I see is a great big vagina.

They are indeed planning a Henderson set covering 1924-1941, probably 7 CDs. I wonder which recordings the Henderson set will include? The complete Fletcher Henderson recordings from that period would require well more than 7 discs.

I know that I am in a small minority, but I even like this better than the Riversides. These recordings, You Must Believe in Spring, and the 1979 Buenos Aires concert are probably my absolute favorite Bill Evans.

This thread has become a very interesting read. It almost scares me to continue reading. If the reason that I enjoy the Ahmad Jamal trio so much is due to the fact that I haven't given it enough thought, then I'm not sure that I want to give it any more thought.

I recently switched to a Mac. I like it quite a bit, but do have one major complaint. There are quite a lot of programs and applications that are not compatible with the Apple operating system. I have even loaded Windows into my Mac for that reason, but switching back and forth is a pain.

Well, the "manipulative applause-begging gestures" don't bother me in the least. On the contrary, I find the pop music-type appeal of Jamal's classic work to be quite refreshing.

Supplementary question (top challenge the gifted and talented): How many notes did he play in his life. 12

RIP

I usually find Kenton interesting, if not entirely engaging. Certainly, he is a part of jazz history that one needs to come to grips with to appreciate the broader picture. I have to admit that I do draw pretty much of a blank with the Graettinger stuff that so many people are crazy about.

i just listened through the Whitmark set - quite a nice earful from Dylan's Freewheeling folksinger prime.

Laurie can release the CD version.

Buddy Bolden for sure! And Freddie Webster, Oscar Dennard, Dupree Bolton, Tadd Dameron, Freddie Keppard, Baby Face Willette, Julius Hemphill, Tommy Ladnier, Eric Dolphy...

RIP. I actually thought that he was at least 10 years older than that. Solomon Burke was one of America's greatest singers and performers.

Still...sequentially works a LOT better than simultaneously for this one.

:tup You inspired me to pull this one out. Ebenezer Obey can groove like nobody else!

I think that Etta had some tracks on her arms. Could that be it?

Is the Golden Eight-Encore different from The Golden Eight?

And Vodka and beer is better than just beer. As the Russians say, beer without vodka is like throwing money away (into the wind).

MP3 I spend the majority of time away from my CD and LP collections. So I have no choice. MP3s have seriously increased the quality of my life, allowing me to have access to my collection wherever I am.

I don't think that is clear. Philology and the Lord discography list Von Freeman for the early set and Claude McLin for the late set (the one that appeared on the Savoy discs "An Evening at Home (sic!) with the Bird" and "One Night in Chicago.") That might be very difficult to verify, however, as the only early set performances that I have heard are only heads and Bird solos. It doesn't sound like Von on the late set, which is probably why many people think that it is McLin. But we don't have any other Von Freeman from around 1950 to compare it to. And Von himself seems to say (thanks for that interesting quote, Niko) that he did play that way back then!