StarThrower

I'm a fan and have all his albums - completist that I am! The ones I return to most often are the four he recorded with Elvin Jones on Blue Note, all of which are included in the Mosaic boxset. If I had to pick a favourite from the four then it would be 'Puttin' It Together'. Unfortunately, I found out about the Elvin Jones set too late. Amazon must be kidding asking 17 bucks for CD-Rs.

Tim, come back to Syracuse and play a gig. We need some good live music here. Congrats on the ECM release! Sounds like being ECMed means getting treated with respect and being paid a living wage.

You've got 2 of his best right there. Add the one preceding "Outback" called "Joe Farrell Quartet", and the first 2 Return to Forever records, and you'll be good to go. The first one isn't available as far as I know. I have the RTF albums.

There must be some Joe Farrell fans here? Has anybody picked up the albums reissued on the Wounded Bird label? I only have Moon Germs, and Outback.

You're expecting too much from record collecting geeks!

Surely the sign of a high class record label!

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Actually, my point was that it's a misspelling. There's no such word as chronogical.

I'd rather listen to Mark Murphy.

What the hell does chronogical mean anyway?

I'm not ticked off at Chuck Nessa. I was happy to respond to his inquiry.

It's always hard to know what another listener is looking for in a piece of music. It's best to go straight to the source and listen to some stuff. I use the library and YouTube. I don't know what gave you the impression than I'm ticked off about something? That certainly isn't the case. Since you mentioned the winds disc from the Stravinsky set, here are two CDs I can recommend.

I called it classic jazz, but I was corrected!

Hey, I agree! And I hope Horace Silver, Wayne Shorter, Bobby Hutcherson, Freddie Hubbard, Andrew Hill, and Jackie McLean got paid for all of those Blue Note albums I bought. And you won't see me at Wal-Mart but a few times a year buying some cat litter.

Well JSngy, the next time you buy an official jazz title wearing your Chinese sneakers, jeans, and shirt manufactured by people making .50 cents an hour, I hope you feel morally superior.

First of all, I haven't even purchased any of those Classic Albums sets. If you read my post, I mentioned that I already own hundreds of officially released jazz titles. I was just getting some discussion going here. If you don't think the big companies screw over artists, than you are being very naive. Numerous prominent artists over the years have discussed in interviews how they were screwed over by these major labels. Frank Zappa had good legal representation, and a very specific contract, but Warner Brothers betrayed their binding agreement. Same for Al Kooper and many others. There's a very good reason the big companies here in America have opposed music as public domain. And it's not because they give a damn about the artists or their families.

Show me some proof that Sony, EMI, Universal, etc. are paying these folks the proper royalties and I'll feel guilty. Besides, I already own hundreds of jazz titles issued on the "official labels.

Your right! To each his own. I'll buy the so called "official" releases for living artists. As for the dead ones who recorded 50+ years ago, I'll leave my options open.

Yes, and? ...and there's no guarantee of superior quality, or if they actually pay the artists or their heirs. How many times have these big labels reissued the same titles before we actually got to hear the original masters? And how many times have they butchered recordings with horrid remastering? The answer is over and over.

The "official labels" are all owned by giant corporations. I bought a few titles on the Spanish Lonehill Jazz label, and they sound great!

Sometimes I wonder how much it matters? Rudy Van Gelder had access to his own masters, and some of those RVG editions don't sound too good. To my ears, the only classic jazz recordings that sound really great are on the Contemporary label. The best sounding Blue Notes I've ever heard are the Ornette Coleman At The Golden Circle volumes which were not recorded by tin ears Van Gelder.

Speaking of no bass. Has Berne ever talked about the reason he doesn't use a bass player? His music is pretty busy.

Check Presto Classical. They run sales on different labels every month or two. http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/ I turned myself onto a ton of great music with the EMI 2 & 3 disc sets of 20th century composers.

Has anybody bought any of these sets? I was thinking of picking up a couple to fill some gaps in the collection. I don't know what to believe about the sound. The opinions vary greatly.

Poulenc-Sonata For Two Pianos

The advanced age of audiences at classical music concerts is something that I fortunately don't see at jazz concerts. I attended a small contemporary chamber music concert a few weeks ago and I was amazed to find 98 percent of the audience to be 70+ years old. There didn't appear to be anyone under 50 in the audience.