John L

For genres that I particularly love, I am more tolerant of flawed recordings that nevertheless have something special to offer, but less tolerant of truly "bad" recordings.

Fantasy made a single disc almost like that in the "plays the blues" series.

That is interesting, as is the fact that iTunes offers side-by-side the Verve Bird releases and the much cheaper bootlegs of the same releases.

Whatever one thinks of Starbucks, they do take music seriously. They have their own CD series that consists of generally thoughtful collections of a number of artists, mostly in jazz, R&B, country, and rock.

Joe Henderson was recorded quite a bit in concert in Europe. From the 60s, there are several broadcasts with the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis big band that have been released. There is a live broadcast of Henderson with Chick Corea from the 1981 Montreux Festival (Stretch records CD). Maybe you are thinking of the Paris Reunion Band with Woody Shaw, Nat Adderley, Grachan Moncur III et al? They made several live recordings in Europe in the mid-late 1980s that have been released. There is the CD (LP) on Red Records from the Genova Jazz Festival in Italy from 1987: "An Evening with Joe Henderson." There is a concert from 1994 released on Jazz Door ("Live"). The CD claims that it was recorded in the US, but I believe that discographers think it more likely from Europe. I am sure that there are more.

Isn't a pornographer somebody who creates pornography? In that case, there is a difference. Come on, Allen. Don't get so upset about this. This is a private board where people do not have constitutional rights to post whatever they want. The moderators have a mandate to use their best judgement. Since there are a number of moderators on the board, there is no guarantee of consistency. But that is that. If your picture of copulation got deleted, is that really such a big deal?

I find Rouse as a tenor player to be generally quite enjoyable. With Monk, I think that he often played the role of a foil, playing deliberately conventional and predictable lines that Monk could comp off of in uncoventional and unpredictable ways. It works for me.

It was when I bought mine.

I have Rough N' Tumble in my small pile of least favorite Turrentine records that I own, but maybe I should revisit it as well.

Good for Mosaic that they still have the balls to give stuff like this a proper release. I think that I will reward Mosaic by giving them some more money for a few other sets that I have been on the fence about.

Very interesting! How much else on this package is genuinely "previously unissued," in the sense of not being on the common bootlegs or even the Japanese box set of live Pres?

Rube Lacy was an important artist. He only made a couple of sides before leaving the blues for the church, but he was apparently a strong influence on Son House.

The thing is - violence and misogyny - which are often present in the pop gansta stuff made for teenagers - have virtually nothing to do with Hip Hop in the sense of music.

Looks interesting. There don't appear to be any different tracks than on the previously released Live at the Whiskey A Go Go discs, but there are some alternative versions of a few tracks. It will be nice to have as recorded in individual sets. If Otis had been around a bit longer and made more records, this might be one to pass up. But...

I don't have any time to help, unfortunately, and doubt that I could be of much help. But I wish you luck in this noble project.

When I read the first post, my initial reaction was "that is an understandable and justifiable position." But I assumed that he must of played a large open concert for the country. Then I saw from the article that it was a private concert for Karimov's daughter. And he has the nerve to justify that as bringing culture to Uzbekistan! Yea, right! The Uzbeks didn't even know he was there, but Karimov's daughter, despite traveling wherever she wants whenever she wants on her own jet, would have been deprived of the cultural richness of the world if people like Sting would refuse to play private concerts for her. Douche bag is putting it mildly. Musically, I have never really gotten Sting either. I still really like the song, "Every Step You Take." The rest leaves me cold.

I love Andrew Hill. Sometimes I find his solo work difficult to connect with, and I believe its because of rhythm. The pulse can change over and over again, and I start to get lost. I tend to prefer Andrew working with a good rhythm section. That grounds in my listening those off-centered accents of his that I like so much. That said, one my my most memorable musical experiences was sitting next to a piano in Paris and hearing Andrew Hill play solo.

Yes, let's face it. The market for jazz reissues has pretty much fallen apart. The European bootleg labels might have been right accused of playing a major role in this until recent years. But it is now primarily free downloading that is out of control. For those who want genuine (non-CDR) CDs of reissued music, the boot labels are a very large share of what is available.

Buck played so many beautiful and tasty solos with Basie and Teddy Wilson-Billie Holiday that it is damn hard to choose. Buck really had his own original kind of lyricism, always very satisfying.

It sure sounds like Amy. Listen to him play Summertime on Trippin' on Through. That has got to be the same cat.

Congratulations, Allen!

You don't think that it could be Curtis Amy?

Gambit just released most of this concert on a two disc set along with Copenhagen 1968. I haven't heard it, however.

RIP

In addition to good quality sound, I have always considered the Coltrane Atlantic box to be one of the most pleasantly packaged and user-friendly boxes ever made. I love the little touches here and there: the full discographical information on the package of each separate disc, the hard cover booklet with an excellent essay and photos, the separate and innovative packaging for the previously unreleased material. I often have the unfortunate experience of listening to music less after I buy a box set just because accessing exactly what I feel like listening to becomes more complicated than reaching for an individual disc. The Coltrane Atlantic set is a major exception. It makes listening even more pleasant.