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PM sent: Hank Crawford, After Hours (Atlantic) $7 Hank Crawford, Mr. Blues/Mr. Blues Plays Lady Soul (Collectables) $6 Milt Jackson, Centerpiece - at the Kosei Nenkin Volume 2 (Pablo) $7 Sonny Stitt, Sonny Stitt (Chess) $8

PM sent on following: Roy Brooks, Beat (Fresh Sound - Workshop Jazz originally), $10 INCLUDES JEWEL BOX Michael Cochrane, Cutting Edge (Steeplechase) $7 Lines of Reason - Michael Cochrane/David Alan Gross/Calvin Hill/Alan Nelson (Bluejay) $6 Johnny Griffin Orchestra, The Big Soul Band (OJC) $6 Milt Jackson and Coleman Hawkins (Koch) $7 Eddy Louiss Trio - Kenny Clarke, Rene Thomas (Dreyfus) $9 Melvin Rhyne, To Cannonball With Love (Bellaphon) $8 Mel Rhyne, Stick to the Kick (Criss Cross) $8 Mel Rhyne, Mell's Spell (Criss Cross) $8 Don Sickler, Night Watch (Uptown) $9 McCoy Tyner, Today and Tomorrow (Impulse) $7 Sonny Stitt and the Top Brass (Atlantic) $8 Thelonious Monk, Live at the 1964 Monterey Jazz Festival (Concord) $8

I'm waiting for a price break on the Deluxe sets of the first three, but got the Deluxe set on 'The Joshua Tree' a while ago, and the sound was terrific, a great improvement. I would have liked to have gotten the super-deluxe version with the DVD, but it is way too pricey. I consider 'War' to be their best studio album ('Under A Blood Red Sky' their best overall), and "I Will Follow" from 'Boy' and "Gloria" from 'October' their best songs, so I am really looking to getting the three early titles in these reissues.

Their albums were pretty spectacular, well worth the import prices you'll pay for them in the USA. Would have loved to see them live.

I'll put in another vote for "That's Where It's At". Didn't expect to be blown away by that one (I'm not big on McCann from that period, though I really like the "Swiss Movement"/"Invitation To Openness"/"Live At Montreux" recordings later on), but I was/am.

The Jimmy Scott is sold.

First five albums on remastered mini-LP CD's (no bonus material), 'Africa/Brass', 'Live at The Village Vanguard', 'Coltrane','Duke Ellington & John Coltrane', and 'Ballads'. 'Africa/Brass' played once, others not played at all. $25 + $3 shipping or trade for something interesting. PM if interested. Also have 3CD sets Jimmy Scott - 'The Savoy Years and More' and Tito Puente - '50 Years of Swing' available, each $15 + $3 shipping or trade for something.

Couldn't have said it better myself. I'm not a sound quaility geek by any means, and I love Clifford Brown, but the original Bee Hive release was basically unlistenable to me. Even advance warning didn't prepare me for how bad the sound was, sort of like some of the Bird stuff floating around and the Miles Davis/Jimmy Forrest recordings. Stuff you wouldn't believe any one would consider releasable. I haven't heard the "More ..." release.

And the Humphrey reissues are the three Larry Mizell schlock jobs rather than the other three, fairly interesting earlier releases she had on Blue Note.

Listening to Tyrone Washington's 1967 Blue Note set, 'Natural Essence' on headphones. Joe Chambers is mind-blowing on this! I always knew he was really good, but seems to be on a whole other level on this one. Maybe it's just my Friday afternoon mood, but he, Barron, and Workman are one amazing rhythm section with Washington and Woody Shaw here.

Hope it's not a sign of things to come. Is "Horace Silver Plays For Lovers" around the corner?

Yep, the Zoot overdubbed session I have gives me the creeps when I hear it, as do those overdubbed Signal "music minus one" sessions reissued on Savoy, despite the stellar personnel. Maybe it's just my knowing they're overdubbed, and ignorance would be bliss, but all of the above sound stiff to me.

What are the rarities? 10:44 minute extended remix of "Eurydice", studio version of "Directions" from 1971, 13:05 minute live 1974 version of "Nubian Sundance", DJ Logic Remix of "125th Street Congress".

Guess that means it will be up to Lonehill/Gambit/Jazz Factory/Definitive to put it out.

You might even be able to drag me along to a couple of these. I'd be up for the Sanders/Drake and the Zankel depending on date and work schedule.

3 CD/1 DVD career retrospective box set by Weather Report, "Forecast Tomorrow", available in trade for something equally interesting. Box set on CBS/Legacy has three remastered CD's spanning their 15 years of recordings (including a couple of rarities, but mainly the basics), and the DVD is a two hour concert from the late 70's. Nice book with the set, which comes in a 6"x12" long box. Played once, excellent condition. PM me if interested. Probably only makes sense in USA because the set is heavy and would cost a lot to mail overseas, but I'm open to that if someone overseas really wants it.

PM sent on following: Shorty Rogers - Shorty Goes to Hollywood Monty Alexander/Ray Brown Straight Ahead 2 CDs Monty Alexander/Ray Brown Triple Scoop 2 CDs Mose Allison Back Country Suite Grant Green Live at the Lighthouse Freddie Hubbard Backlash Freddie Hubbard Black Angel Keith Jarrett Expectations Johnson/Winding Jay & Kai (Savoy) Yusef Lateef - Psychicemotus Jeanne Lee w/Mal Waldron After Hours Joe Lovano I'm All for You Bob Marley Legend - 2 CDs of Greatest Hits and a DVD Sun Ra Solar Myth Approach Affinity (1 CD version) Jerome Richardson - Midnight Oil Charlie Rouse - Epistrophy (Landmark version) Cecil Taylor Trance Stan Tracey Genesis surface marks Phil Woods - Musique Du Bois (32 jazz version) Larry Young - Lawrence of Newark

So that they can include cuts from it on the future releases "Art Blakey Plays for Lovers", "Art Blakey Concord Profiles", "Best of Art Blakey", "Art Blakey Bluesing", "Art Blakey Jazz Showcase" and "Brushed Art", Silly!

PM sent on the following: Paul Bley Trio – If We May Time to Smile - Steve Grossman w/ Elvin Jones, To Harrell, Cecil McBee Fred Hersch – Evanescence: a Tribute to Bill Evans Phil Ranelin – Inspiration Eastern Rebellion – Cedar Walton, George Coleman PM sent on the Ibrahim and the Murray.

PM sent on the following: Paul Bley Trio – If We May Time to Smile - Steve Grossman w/ Elvin Jones, To Harrell, Cecil McBee Fred Hersch – Evanescence: a Tribute to Bill Evans Phil Ranelin – Inspiration Eastern Rebellion – Cedar Walton, George Coleman

PM sent on the following: Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath John Surman - Tales of the Algonquin (Vocalion) Charles Lloyd/Billy Higgins - Which Way is East (2 CD set) - a few very light marks not affecting play

No wonder it's rare - you own the entire supply in your basement! BTW, very nice CD, well worth the money if you like Cohn/Sims (I got it from Allen a while ago).

Ruth Naomi Floyd (my wife's old roomate) will be live in concert in Philadelphia on November 15. Her group that night will include the great flute player James Newton, well-known saxophonist Gary Thomas, Bryan Carrott ( the best vibes player out there to my ears - has never been properly caught on record), pianist James Weidman (her musical director), bassist Matthew Parrish, and drummer Mark Prince. The concert is at 7:30, details can be found here: http://www.ruthnaomifloyd.com/images/concert.pdf Earlier that same day will be a symposium on The Historical Roots of Jazz and It's Relation to the Christian Faith. Symposium speakers include Newton (who is also a visiting professor of ethnomusicology at University of Los Angeles), Weidman (also an adjunct professor at William Patterson University), Dr. Larry Ridley (the wonderful 60's-70's bassist who is currently Executive Director of the African-American Jazz Caucus and is Professor Emeritus from Rutgers University), and six other experts in the field. The Symposium is from 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM on the same date, and details can be found here: http://www.ruthnaomifloyd.com/images/symposium.pdf Tickets to the symposium are $15 in advance, to the Symposium, $20 in advance to the concert, both bargains. Felser and Mrs. Felser wouldn't miss this day! Any one else interested, drop me a line and we can meet up.

Different strokes here, but I prefer the Song Remains the Same (particularly the new version with extra material). edit - and "How the West was Won". 'How The West Was Won' is stunning. Amazing sound quality for that vintage of live material, plus strong performances. The remastered/expanded 'The Song Remains The Same' is a big improvement over the original in all regards, agreed.

The BBC sessions set is really interesting for the crowd reaction to "Stairway to Heaven". I forget if this was the live debut of the song, but it was before Led Zeppelin IV had been released, so was the first time for the audience hearing the song. At the end, there is a strange, stunned silence (who wasn't left breathless the first time they heard that song back in the day?), then followed by thunderous applause. Also, really good music overall on this set if you like the group. Much better than 'The Song Remains The Same'.