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For me, that award would probably go to Grant Green 'Idle Moments'.

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I sprang for this for $260 on Amazon (like $3.50 a disc), and am glad I did. All the best editions as far as remasters and bonus cuts, and the mini-LP packaging is beautifully done. Live in Europe DVD. Good 250 page book. I'll happily standardize on this, move my individual CD's to new homes, and really analyze the metal-spine boxes (hate that packaging) and other "special editions" to see what I really want to keep and what can be passed on. I also have owned the Dylan set with the same format since it came out, and am very happy with it also. Have not gone for the Johnny Cash and Johnny Mathis sets, and don't plan to, but they do hold some interest to me. The concept and execution are great.

Feels like there is less physical product available than in the past, but that change predates the buyout, and while disappointing, is not unexpected.

Would be nice if it were made semi-public!

From the "Complete Columbia Album Collection" big box, which is the way to go on the Columbia albums:

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If only someone had recorded audio/video!

Pass. I keep trying his 80's stuff and keep coming away empty.

Same here. Saw Moncur in the late 90's where he was a fill-in for Charles Tolliver with one of those all-star groups (Timeless All-Stars maybe?) at the Painted Bride. Saw Rivers in the mid-late 70's at the Empty Foxhole Cafe and Hill in the mid-late 70's at the Walnut Street Theatre, and less than 20 people attended. Solo piano performance, it was great.

RIP, a giant. Agree the BN's and the BYG's are wonderful, but so is much of his later work. Clifford, can you tell us more about that? I saw in an obit that he was married for 54 years, which is a testament in and of itself in this day and age. I remember seeing him at the Painted Bride Art Center in the 90's, and apparently he was then just returning to the scene after a long (health-related?) absence? Amazing musician, for his writing and vision as much as (or even more than) for his playing. I'm thankful for every recording I own by him, and do wish someone would put his JCOA album out on CD, or even a good legal download (and I almost never buy those, but in this case I would jump at it).

That album is a desert island disc for me. Not just for the playing, but also for several amazing compositions, especially "Nica's Dream" (and that record has the definitive version. "Infra-Rae" is also pretty great). As far as the general drift of this conversation, it seems spot-on that there was a dearth of great hard bop trumpet players on the East Coast at that point (Farmer, Thad Jones, Dorham, Hardman were good), but things heated up in a hurry over the next few years (Lee Morgan, Freddie Hubbard, Booker Little, Blue Mitchell, Don Ellis, Ted Curson etc.). The discussion really highlights how amazing Clifford Brown was for his time. What could he have done with the advances over the next 15 years!

1 – Great stuff. Has the vibe of a good early 60’s Blue Note, though it’s probably from later. Not sure on any of the specific musicians, but would love to have it on my shelves. No doubt this will be ID’d quickly by one of our experts. 2 – Certainly sounds like Alice Coltrane, or someone very talented who listened closely to her. I guess it could also be Dorothy Ashby. In fact, I would lean toward Ashby due to the cleanness of the lines. Whatever it is, I love it. If it is someone other than those two, I’ll need to go exploring. 3 – Third winner in a row, well done! 4 – Dude can play, but sort of puts me to sleep. Well known standard, “In a Sentimental Mood”. 5 – Assuming some sort of ancient Ellington. I can “appreciate” something like this, but it’s not something I’d ever want to play for enjoyment. 6 – I like this quite a bit. There is some sort of flutter at the beginning of this track and track #7. 7 – Pretty enough, fades into background. 8 – Albert Ayler, or someone who worships him. Sounds like amateur hour to me, I have no real patience for this sort of thing. Haven’t decided yet if I think Ayler was legit or a fraud. Some of each at times, I suspect. 9 – “Famingo”. Can’t stand the drummer/time/rhythm, which ruins the whole cut for me. The pianist is really good. 1 0 – It’s a nice cut, and keeps my attention, but just sort of floats there and doesn’t seem to really go anywhere. But it sounds good, and I wouldn’t mind having it around and hearing it once in a while. 11 – I like this, some of that Pharoah Sanders Impulse feel to it. I like the feel of guitar instead of piano on this, and I’m guessing that’s Michael White on violin. 12 – The pianist loves those early Keith Jarrett ECM solo albums. Except this sounds like an actual composition. Certainly it’s pretty, feels much more like new age to me than jazz. Thanks, good Wednesday afternoon listen. Very much looking forward to ID’s on 1/2/3/6/10/11. And that’s 50%, a great batting average as far as these things go.

Are we getting a reveal?

It's not all bad to have newbies checking out Max Roach. If pink vinyl enables that, bring it on (but not to my house).

That's awesome! Got a couple of really nice Sonny Greenwich CD's from your dad on ebay a few years ago, and he knows his stuff!

Absolutely true!

Crystal Comments is interesting with the two keyboards. Mays on P. Broadbent on EP.

Absolutely.

The Natural was an abomination for anyone who read the Bernard Malamud book. They utterly destroyed the total meaning of the book by so drastically changing the last part of the story. So much for the concept of the "antihero".

That was intentional on my part. That's what I'll always think of when I hear Liotta's name.

Enriquez was an annoying showboat, at least on the Cole Muse Village Vanguard record (I never heard his own recordings as a leader). And Cole had Harold Mabern, Mickey Tucker, and John Hicks on previous records, doubling the atrocity of Enriquez (nicknamed "The Wild Man").

He'll always be Shoeless Joe Jackson to me. RIP.