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Those WEA boxes always are much less expensive from the marketplace third party sellers than from Amazon itself, so recommend not pre-ordering. I'm in for the box, his first several albums on Atlantic are classics of their genre.

Yes, wonderful set, and sold, thanks.

"The Complete Solid State Recordings of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra" 5 CD set. #4211 of 5000. $160 shipped media rate in USA or best reasonable offer. PM or email john.felser@verizon.net if interested. Also have Curtis Fuller and Lou Donaldson Mosaic boxes I am looking to sell for reasonable offer.

Those two Charles Lloyd albums are great!

me too, thx.

Great set for what it is, but I lament what it isn't. Watching it, you get the feeling that it's a shame that apparently nothing happened in Jazz after 1944 or so. I do like Wynton's commentary throughout.

Listening to "The Resurgence of Dexter Gordon", and my ears have sparked up to a trumpet player on the recording named Martin Banks. Really enjoy his playing on this. Recognized him as a name I have occasionally seen through the years. Checked Allmusic, and his credits range from Freddie King and Ray Charles to Sam Rivers and Archiie Shepp. I have the recordings that he plays on by Rivers, Shepp, Booker Ervin, Harold Land, and Dexter. Any other thoughts or recommendations on him?

That one, a live and a studio double quartet set, three quartet sets, that I can think of right off. So enough for another box, yes, but still strange to me. Also, why haven't the 70's RCA Roach quartets with Billy Harper ever seen CD? And the Columbia quartet, "Chattahoochie Red"? And why didn't the Roach Horo make it out when those other Horo sets did? Roach as a leader in the 70's and early 80's is underrated, even as famous as he (rightly) is!

Strange omissions on some of these, especially the Max Roach, which left out all of the quartet titles. I'm in for the Hill and probably the Wheeler. May also get the Mingus, even thought I already have all of the titles on individual CD's. I like the packaging and mastering on these sets (I know others don't).

I like the Sanders quite a bit. And find that period of his is fascinating to me, indulgences and all.

CDJapan is starting to become a very expensive problem for me . Can anyone tell me about the two Gary Peacock CD's getting reissued in October, "Voices" and "Eastward"? Good years for my tastes, 1970 and 1971.

I'd like to find a good price on the Quebgec/Hardee set (or on the Hardee material in a different configuration).

I have a specific period of Jordan that works big-time for me, and his playing before and after leave me flat. He seemed to really find his voice when he played with Roach and Mingus in the early/mid-60's, and kept it through his time with Cedar Walton. Something happened in the late 70's where he suddenly became a much older and less interesting stylist. Same thing happened with Jimmy Heath and Phil Woods to my ears. Their playing got incredibly exciting in the late 60's-early 70's, then they went suddenly retro.

Probably not going to be a good set for you then. Strongly post-Coltrane. Not "free jazz", but neither is the Coltrane and Ornette you refer to above.

@Jim, thanks, ice cream makes every day better ! Spent much of the 1965-2000 era joyfully going through cutout bins (I miss those!) looking for treasures. I don't buy or really play vinyl at this point, but may need to rethink that at times, now that the CD golden era is clearly over. Not ready to put down that kind of money for the Pat Peterson yet (I actually tend to really dislike Scofield on recordings, don't like his guitar tone - just me), but it will likely come around to me at some point. @Sonnymax, I hear ya, believe me.

Thanks Jim, great to know all around. I haven't sought out the Soulmasters CD due to the appearances you mention and the price tag. Not at all familiar with the Pat Peterson CD. Too pricey at the moment, but I look forward to running into it some day. I have heard her on 'The Light' and like her singing quite a bit. I'll give up all hopes of Naima.

Thank you! Looks like I can have some fun on Friday!

Have always loved his 70's/early 80's recordings. I have "Children of the Fire", "Antibes","Angels of Atlanta","Lausanne" and "The Light", and am ordering "The Tribe". Looking for "Hannibal" (the one on MPS),"Naima","Berlin","Tribute" if anyone has any leads on those. The least expensive "Tribute" I see is $40, and the others are either $100+ or not available on CD. Any leads or suggestions appreciated, as are any suggestions on latter recordings of his that are worthy of his earlier recordings (I have the one on Muse - it's good but just not the same rush). Thanks.

Great set at a great price. Someone should jump on it post haste!

Thanks, definitely will go for it!

I see a CD by Piotr Wojtasik with Billy Harper (and Harper compositions) called 'Quest'. Wojtasik plays with Harper on the Poland concert DVD and acquits himself very well, and they apparently play together regularly in Europe. Anyone familiar with this CD? Since I love classic BH above probably all other music, is this one worth $20 on my moderate music budget? Thanks for any feedback.

Dusty Groove has the Serge Chaloff Mosaic box for $79.

Re: The Quest for all Billy Harper. Don't miss out on this one: Excellent for both his writing and his playing. Track Listing Sample Title/ComposerPerformerTimeStream 1PriestessBilly HarperMark Masters12:22 2WindowsChick CoreaMark Masters5:43 3Is It Not True Simply Because You Cannot Believe It?Billy HarperMark Masters9:31 4NaimaJohn ColtraneMark Masters5:18 5Dance, Eternal Spirits, Dance!Billy HarperMark Masters6:20 6Believe...For It Is TrueBilly HarperMark Masters9:36 7Passion FlowerBilly StrayhornMark Masters6:24

She made some very accomplished and enjoyable British Invasion-era singles. Made good records of some great songs. Another name not to sleep on from the same era was Petula Clark, who recorded some GREAT singles, even some of the ones that were semi-flops in the USA ("Who Am I", "Round Every Corner".). Black was an icon of a wonderful era, brought joy to many. RIP.

I guess I can chalk that up to this being recorded for a small label, at what studio I have no idea. At least that's my excuse. Anyway, thanks to Michael for hipping this KB "complete-ist" (as close as anybody can likely be, that is) to this session. I had seen the cover, but never heard the album. Smash was a pop subsidiary of Mercury. Small as far as jazz goes, but they sold a lot of records by the Left Banke, Roger Miller, James Brown, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Walker Brothers, and others in the 60's.