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I'm a huge fan, and this is the best thing he ever put out.

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The documentary on the Wrecking Crew is pretty fantastic (and has 6!! hours of extras). HAL BLAINE !! Listen to him on the choruses of Gene Pitney's "Last Chance To Turn Around" - marvelous.

Agreed. Amazing muscian and man. Surprised no one has ever made a movie about his life. A shame that his mid-60's Columbia recordings were ignored at the time. And his later autobigraphical song, "The Truth Will Set You Free", is one of my favorite songs by anyone ever.

Set is taken, thanks.

I accidentally ordered two copies of this. Outstanding, award winning PBS documentary, 3 DVD's. Will trade for something similar, or for music, or will sell for $17 delivered in USA or reasonable offer. Let me know.

Never really thought of it as breakfast music!

And I had the Shepp LP. Many years gone.

Agreed, I have the original CD release, which seems to be rare.

Sort of a "me too" on his music, found it interesting in the 70's without it being important to me , but definitely a sharp and observant and exceedingly influential guy and a cultural icon in that period, and we grieve the early loss of any life.

Have never been able to find this one at a reasonable price. Any leads greatly appreciated.

These box sets in general sound great to my ears. No complaints about any of them, and no need for me to look for anything better. Wish I could find a good sounding, reasonably priced CD release of Wayne Shorter's "Native Dancer", as that is the only thing remotely of interest to me in the Shorter box.

Yes, those were earlier. That particular one was from 1990. And the CD's in that series were trash in concept and execution. Some really bizarre 40 minute compliations also of some really important artists (such as the JJ Johnson). They got much better very quickly later in the decade.

If you shop them right, you can get them for under $4 a CD.

I have all of the new ones and am very happy with all of them. As far as Ellington Vol. 1, what I have seen with these boxes is they go OOP and then get reprinted eventually, and the prices readjust accordingly. The Woody Shaw went from $40 to $100+ and then back to $40.

Any thoughts on how to get the 'Autumn' CD at a sane price, not the $50+ that I am seeing out there?

:Low-priced remastered WEA box of their albums coming in early 2016

BFT03 is what I am being sent to with "Appointment in Ghana".

Sometimes when I open the online player link I go to http://www.thomkeith.com/tkbft/tkbft.html , I am getting 13 cuts displaying, cut 1 is "Appointment in Ghana". Other times, when I open the same link, I am getting the menu, and when I open BFT 142, I get 14 cuts, and the first cut is as described by BillF. Not sure what's going on, but thanks for pointing me in the right direction. Thom may know what I'm opening to get "Appointment in Ghana".

Did a quick preview, and sounds like some great listening, really looking forward to this one! Track 1 is Jackie Mclean's "Appointment in Ghana" from "Jackie's Bag", one of my all-time favorite cuts!

Go with the "complete Epic Recordings" box instead. 12 beautifully mastered and presented discs for about $45 including shipping.

Thanks to all who participated, and may you have a blessed 2016! 1 – “The Inner Voice” from ‘The Angels of Atlanta’ by the great Hannibal Marvin Peterson. His sister Pat wrote this cut and sings on it. 2 – Michael Session, “Quagmire Manor At Five A.M” from ‘Session ‘N’. My main man Nate Morgan on piano. Love love love the whole Tapscott/Nimbus West L.A. scene. 3 – “Time Will Tell” written by Bobby Watson, who plays alto on the cut. From the obscure but spectacular Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers album ‘Gypsy Folk Tales’. Watson was a monster when he first hit with Blakey in the late 70’s. 4 – “Habiba” from Harold Land/Blue Mitchell ‘Mapenzi’. As rightly pointed out on the discussion thread, this is a Concord album that doesn’t sound like a Concord album. Kirk Lightsey wrote this tune and plays piano. 5 – Lorez Alexandria, “I’ll Remember April”. To me, she is in the first rank of jazz singers, right beside Sarah and Ella and Anita O’Day and Betty Carter, but popular opinion differs. 6 – “Angel Eyes” from the oft-issued, mysteriously sourced ‘Live at Slugs’ by a killer 1968 edition of Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers, who were never properly recorded in the studio. That’s a young but still ferocious Billy Harper on tenor. 7 – Shirley Scott, “Senor Blues” from ‘Shirley Scott Plays Horace Silver’. I included this because I thought it was unusually aggressive playing by Scott. Met her towards the end of her life, and she was a lovely lady. She was playing piano rather than organ at that point. 8 – “You Had Better Listen”, title track from the late 60’s Atlantic album by Jimmy Owens/Kenny Barron. Bennie Maupin on tenor. It occurred to me that almost every member of the board owns or has owned two albums Maupin is on, ‘Bitches Brew’ and ‘Headhunters’, yet there is much more to him. 9 – “Greenwell’s Glory” from British Trumpeter Ian Hamer, on ‘Acropolis’. Hamer had a wide and fascinating career. Tubby Hayes on tenor. 10 –“ Circles” from the classic spiritual jazz album ‘The Sojourner’ by the Ensemble Al-Salaam. From the early part of the Strata-East legacy, when that label could do no wrong. It then fell off a cliff, releasing dog after dog in its last few years of existence. 11 - “Work Song” by the Paul Butterfield Blues band, from the iconic ‘East-West’ album, when Butterfield and guitarists Mike Bloomfield and Elvin Bishop were gloriously blazing new trails.

Bruce Lundvall, Orrin Keepnews, Gene Norman, Bernard Stollman, Harold Ousley, Lew Soloff, Keith Copeland. From the rock world, John Renbourn, Daevid Allen (Soft Machine Founder), Sam Andrews (Big Brother & the Holding Company), Samuel Charters.. From the R&B world, Don Covay, Allen Toussaint

PM sent on Charles Lloyd "Wild Man Dance" (Promo. Mark through bar code) Gary McFarland "The In Sound" (Japanese) Gary McFarland "America the Beautiful"