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RIP, especially liked his work on the two Bartz - Harlem Bush Music albums. And he sounded good on the three Horace Silver - United States of Mind albums despite the painfully dated lyrics.

A $20 bill (Jackson) a $5 bill (Lincoln), being willing to pay around $25 for the Burrell set, and Jim's quick sense of humor.

Me too. Will order from DeepDiscount, along with the Strata-East CD upgrades, next time they send me a discount coupon.

Yep. Key missing piece is Clifford Jordan - In The World.

I have the Bellaphon CD, otherwise I'd be all over the DL day 1. Same with Glass Bead Games.

The Harper, Jordan, Cowell - Musa, and Tolliver Slugs and Loosdrecht would be my first recommendations, but the Vick and some others are also pretty great.

I believe that's true. I have all of this in various formats (from Mosaic sets to so-so Bellaphon and Japanese CD's down to ugly-sounding burns), but may be interested in some of the downloads for audio upgrade if the sound quality is good. But I'd prefer CD's, so will wait to see if more are planned. I have to think that at least Glass Bead Games and Capra Black would be strong CD candidates. And please, Mack Avenue, look into getting the rights to reissue the amazing Reasons in Tonality, one of my very favorite Strata-East releases. And it would be nice to finally see Alkebu-Lan in digital form.

I'll look to pick some of these over time, but will wait to see if more CD reissues are forthcoming. Have to think that Capra Black and Glass Bead Games at least would be likely CD candidates. I have almost all of these in some form, but definitely would welcome better fidelity on several. And please, get the rights to reissue Reasons in Tonality and Alkebu-Lan!

Yep

Great minds think alike...

Discogs lists Huss Charles as being Denis's brother, but his credits all show him on percussion rather than drums. From the drumming, I have no problem believing it's Denis, but what you're sharing does seem to point to Huss, unless the announcer made an error.

They're solid ca. 1960 hard bop, but not up to BN standards and a step below Take 12. A lot of Vee Jay jazz albums always have struck me as the whole being less than the sum of the parts. Exceptions to that are the Eddie Harris and Wayne Shorter albums on the label.

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That may well be what I heard also when I said there was a "jump" on #7.

Amen to that!

Byrd then recorded 'Free Form' (my favorite album by him) on December 11, 1961, even though it wasn't released until 1966. I realize that has some modal tunes. The title track continues to blow my mind, and seems years ahead of its time.

Try playing it on a different player. I played cut 7 on my usual Sony player, and experienced the jumping in some places. I then played cuts 6 and 7 on an Arafuna portable CD player I use, which has a good anti-skip feature, and the cuts played fine except for one brief jump on cut 7, which could have been caused by my cat being around the player on the desk. The disc does not have great fidelity, but it's good enough (think of those live at the Left Bank CD's for comparison), and the music is pretty wonderful.

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What are the best books on Ellington for an interested non-musician?

CD's in the mail to me from DeepDiscount, due for delivery Saturday, along with the Mingus and the Dorham.

Elias overdid it more and more as she aged, at least on her CD photos.

Han caught my ear from a cut I heard on Sirius/XM Real Jazz ("Blues for the O.G."), and I tagged her as a subject for further research before I knew anything about her appearance/wardrobe. I ultimately decided against buying any of her discs (though I'd certainly pick them up used at a cheap price), but she can definitely play, and seems to have more fire than Alexander. They both have great technical chops. I have heard a fair amount of Alexander, and, as Jim says, it's "good" but doesn't stick and doesn't compel me to seek out more.

I had a number of personal exchanges with him, and liked him as wellas repecting him. RIP.