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A Savoy recording with Bags of Blues Mood on Savoy in on Kenny Clarke's "Telefunken Blues" album: Frank Morgan (as), Walter Benson (ts), Milt Jackson (vibes), Gerald Wiggins (p), Percy Heath (b), Kenny Clarke (d)

I have never been a huge fan of the 7th. I like the 10th and the 5th quite a bit. I am also quite attached to the 14th, although it is arguably not really a genuine symphony. The 15th also has some very engaging moments.

Good news. :tup

I was under the impression that it was Bill Evans who decided to leave the band. No?

At one time, I was picking up virtually everything by Art Blakey, including live boots, and somehow ended up with 77 albums. I like Blakey a lot, but seriously doubt that I will ever get around to listening to all of these albums again in this lifetime.

I haven't seen the Coltrane in any discography yet. So it most likely surfaced very recently. Now if we could only hear those California recordings of the 1961 sextet with Wes Montgomery and Dolphy!

Good luck, Cindy. It was always a great pleasure to be a Mosaic customer in your hands.

Huh?

Original cover Later LP cover Excellent record!

Does that exist, or was it a victim of the fire?

Wow, I never would have thought that Groove Holmes and Charles Earland led than 40 records each. And here I thought that I had a lot of Willis Jackson records.

I have been listening to jazz for a long time, and I have to say that the MJQ have still not won me over. Being a Bags fan, I can only rejoice in the fact that Bags made so many fine recordings outside of the John Lewis chamber jazz context.

How so? What is different about the CD than the same music on the AEC box? Are there additional tracks?

Interesting. There is a lot of great material to choose from. I would up for purchasing a complete works collection. Robert Palmer was very special.

The bonus tracks are the Les Tricheurs session, a different session entirely, but also with Eldridge and Getz + Coleman Hawkins thrown in for good measure.

I have always considered it much better than just a pretty good date. Roy Eldridge, Stan Getz, Ray Brown, Stan Levey ... and Ellis really rises to the company and is not outplayed by anyone. Herb Ellis is truly inspired on this one.

Happy Birthday, Mr. Abrams, and thank you for all the music!

I LOVE Chopin. With intimate company under candle light and a bottle of exotic red wine, nothing quite matches the Nocturnes for setting the perfect mood. The piano concertos also contain absolutely gorgeous moments - extraordinary inspiration.

Maybe it was Gunther Schuller, more than Coltrane, who messed with Rollins' mind? I can't imagine what it must feel like to get up on the stage 100s of times every year before a public that expects to hear no less than some sort of miracle of spontaneous thematic improvisation. Trane had it much easier back then. Everybody pretty much knew what he was going to play, and came to hear that.

Yes and yes. Yes, there are times when some of my favorite artists suddenly start to bore me and, yes, usually the excitement usually returns after laying off of their recordings for a while.

Nope, the Big Brass album is another one altogether, at least as an LP. One side w/big band (ar. Ernie Wilkins), the other a trio w/Grimes &...who? I forget... but the other Music Inn date w/the MJQ was origianlly half a side of a Metro LP (IIRC) & only saw CD issue as part of a Big Brass reissue...one fo the Verve Deluxe Editions, or what ever they called them.... Thanks for that correction. I have it on the Big Brass CD, and therefore was confused about the various LP releases. Still, the Verve Music Inn date with the MJQ is also the one that Allen is talking about. Right? Doxy, Limehouse Blues, I'll Follow My Secret Heart, You are Too Beautiful.

I like that session quite a lot as well (although it is the same session that Jim S. said that doesn't care for above). It has been released in several forms, including on Metrojazz (Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass) and Verve

I like all of Ayler's last Impulse! albums. They are all inconsistent, but also contain jewels. What I like most about them is they allow us to hear Ayler in different and fresh musical contexts. The band with Don Ayler, Michel Sampson et al made some fine music, but it was getting a bit tired (IMO). I certainly wouldn't trade the Impulse! albums for four more good records from that band.

That was a remake of Quinn the Eskimo, althought the first "legit" release of the song. The classic version remains the one recorded earlier with the Band on the Basement Tapes.

I didn't like Glen Campbell at all back in the day. But then I heard one of his songs on the radio again about 10 years ago and realized that wanted to hear more of him. I bought a greatest hits CD (my first Glen Campbell purchase ever) and have really enjoyed it ever since. Some of his songs stand the test of time very well, much better than I would have ever thought at the time that they were released.