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This is a desert island disc for me, gorgeous stuff from 1969, my favorite flute music ever, and worth the price of admission for Eric Gravatt's drumming alone (though there is so much more). I've had this on LP for 40 years, and it's never lost it's magic. Listened to the CD this morning, and it sounds great, full liner notes, etc. Asha on Amazon site

All signs of Bill on KBCS showlist, facebook postings, allaboutjazz postings seem to have ceased around April 20 from waht I can see. I can't find more, and also miss Bill and his good spirits. I've sent him an email, will let you know if I hear from him. Hoping for the best, but fearing the worst.

Agreed. Horrid sound, but the music is so good I've always held onto the CD.

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With you on that actually. His work with the Jazz Messengers was outstanding!

Thanks Jim, very helpful on a number of levels. I withdraw "hideous" as inappropriate and short-sighted on my part, and substitute "lost on me", which takes the discussion out of the realm of objective and into the more proper realm of subjective. What he was doing in the 80's, I don't have ears to hear. And that is true of the vast majority of music of all forms the last 25 years for me. Probably means that I'm stuck in a musical time warp, but I think I can happily live the rest of my music listening life there with plenty of new (for me) pleasures.

Wrong. Help me understand how to appreciate it then. What am I missing ?

I don't find much of anything he did for Columbia to be of any interest or substance. 'Native Dancer; and the first 4-5 Weather Report albums (up through Tale Spinnin') are about all I can imagine ever listening to again, which means I got off the train in 1975. The 80's solo stuff is pretty hideous lost on me by any standards, let alone Wayne Shorter standards. Don't know what happened to him.

Sure wish I had held off on those recent Wounded Bird reissues of his later Columbia albums. But who knew?

I particularly liked that detail. Didn't expect to see that it had a USA location for the seller...

PM sent on Lee Konitz/Brad Mehldau/Charlie Haden/Paul Motian - Live at Birdland (ECM) $7 Oliver Nelson - Live from Los Angeles (Impulse!) Impulse! Originals 2005 reissue $4 Charles Tolliver - The Ringer (Black Lion) w/S.Cowell, S.Novosel, J.Hopps $7 Archie Shepp/Bill Dixon - Quartet (Free Factory) w/10 bonus tracks from other sessions by Shepp and Dixon's separate ensembles $7 John Tchicai Trio - Real Tchicai (SteepleChase) $7

I like Herring's Landmark recordings, and he is a dependable sideman. He is not an innovator in any sense, but is very capable and uppretentious, and I enjoy his work.

Lon, by marginal I didn't mean insignificant, it was just my finance/econ double major-speak coming through. The original prices for the Mosaic Vee Jay's were of course, reasonable. Some of the later resale prices I've seen are staggering. Glad you got them back then, and glad you're happy with them! I'm sure they're very nice.

There's also a Best Of CD being released at the same time Best of what? Do you mean a smaller, one disc version of the 3 discs in this set? Or something else? I hear that Concord is going to lease some of the material and release a collection called 'Miles Davis Bootlegged for Lovers'. One 35 minute CD, edited versions. I would love that, something like live stuff from the 'Caravanserai' and 'Borbeletta' eras. To me, Leon Thomas didn't really fit well with Santana, so 'Lotus' always felt like it could have been more, great as it was. Leon Patillo always seemed like the far superior fit to me.

But at what marginal cost difference? You're not alone! I enjoyed them too! Stuck with their reissues from VeeJay. Fine sound, alternate takes. That was good enough here. Also enjoyed their CD reissues of rare items like The Cool Gabriels, Rocky Boyd, Anthony Ortega, Jomar Dragon and others... I also like the Blue Moon Vee Jay's. Those are what I have as my Vee Jay core.

Rc'd the 2 CD's in good order from Dusty Groove, ordered the DVD from Amazon.

PM sent on 6 Gene Ammons Friends at Montreux [Live] (OJC-Fantasy) 7 Philly Joe Jones Mo Joe (Black Lion) 7 Shelly Manne (Jazz Gunn / Daktari (Collectables)

Well worth the plunge

No, never even heard of it! Sigh...

The 'Believer' I got from them was from the fan club, but silver-backed. Not sure if 'The Believer' and the other two ever actually came out on CD otherwise. I've never seen them.

Amazon also has downloads for only $2.97 per album (benefit of only 3 cuts @ $.99 each), but I'm an older guy, and like my CD's.

I caught a break - Dusty Groove just got both CD's back in stock this evening! I ordered both. Thanks everyone.

Thanks Jim, have one other lead I'm going to follow up on, and will spring for them on ebay shortly if that doesn't come to fruition!

I love love love Billy Harper's music, have for almost 40 years. It has a spiritual impact on me more than anyone else's. I have finally decided to take the leap and complete my collection of his recordings. I was missing three CD's and the Live in Poland DVD. I was able to get 'The Believer' from Da Bastads (Dusty Groove) for $16.99 and shipping (about $21 total when all was said and done). I can get the DVD for $17.98 on Amazon. The remaining two CD's, 'Love on The Sudan' and 'Trying to Make Heaven My Home', are available from a seller on ebay for $24.99 + $4.00 shipping (so $28.99 total) each. Dusty Groove lists both, but is out of stock on them, and I have no confidence on them coming back in. Does anyone know a better source than ebay for the two CD's (or a better i.e. cheaper source for the DVD for that matter)? I want to try to get all of this now before it disappears. Thanks for your help.

Head up that "I cant' believe it's still here" with the Gato Barbieri Third World and Phenix albums. Those are great! totally agree!! - Flying Dutchman material Would have snapped them up but already have em - only looking for El Pampero (live Montreux '71) Sorry to tell you that El Pampero is the best one of all, best thing he ever did!