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Hey, I'm happy anytime my AOTW's can generate discussion, pro or con, anymore. I've put what I think are some great albums up at times, and like three people comment the whole week. It gets discouraging. John Handy - Live at Monterey, what I consider a seminal album of 60's jazz, precursor to jazz/rock fusion, and Chuck hates it and two people haven't heard it, and no other responses. Max Roach - Members Don't Get Weary, and two people have anything to say about the album, and the rest of the discussion is about the style of electric bass that Jymie Merritt uses. And so on and so forth.

Not keeping a copy for myself. When I want to hear Ella, I'll go to the Songbooks (got complete 16 CD set on yourmusic.com for $96 when they first started) or some of the other 50's/early 60's Verve stuff. I'm different than a lot of listeners here, where I don't get off on vocal technique too often if it doesn't have a purity of voice with it. I don't do well with later recordings of jazz vocalists in general. Late Mel Torme, late Ella, late Sarah all are difficult for me, as is 50's Billie, etc.

PM sent on Ellington, Duke Carnegie Hall Concerts 1944 (2-cd) Prestige 9

When I heard this CD, what I was struck by was that her voice sounded shot. Very nice otherwise - Pablo was dependable for nicely produced and recorded albums. I have this CD for trade/sale on my list if anyone is looking for it.

Please contact me at john.felser@verizon.net if interested in any: New additions September 2007 Blakey ,Art – A Day With Art Blakey 1961 vol. 1 (Excelsior) Brubeck ,Dave – Live at Carnegie Hall (Columbia/Legacy) 2 CD’s Brubeck ,Dave – Interchanges ‘54 (Columbia/Legacy) Brubeck ,Dave – Vocal Encounters (Columbia/Legacy) Bryan ,Joy – Joy Bryan Sings (Mode/VSOP) Cachao – Master Sessions Vol.2 (Epic) Connor ,Chris – A Jazz Date With/Chris Craft (Rhino) Corea ,Chick – My Spanish Heart Edison ,Harry Sweets – “Sweets” for the Sweet (Collectables) Farlow ,Tal – Chromatic Palette (Concord) Freelon ,Nnenna – Listen (Columbia) Granelli ,Jerry – A Song I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Sing (Evidence) Hession ,Paul/Wharf/Fell – Improvability (Bruce’s Fingers) James ,Etta – Mystery Lady (Private) Johnson ,J.J. – Proof Positive (Impulse) Lynne ,Gloria – Miss Gloria Lynne (Evidence) 1958 recordings Marsalis ,Wynton – Uptpwn Ruler (Columbia) McRae ,Carmen – Woman Talk (Columbia/Mainstream) 1965 live Mole ,Miff – Slippin Around (Frog) Niehaus ,Lennie – Quintent (Fresh Sound) Norris ,Walter – Hues of Blues (Concord) O’Day ,Anita – Anita Sings The Most (Verve) Peterson ,Oscar – Motions & Emotions (MPS) 2005 remaster Phillips ,Esther – Live at the Rising Sun Club (Rising Sun) Puente ,Tito/Herman ,Woody – Blue Gardenia (Laserlight) Ross ,Annie – Sings a Handful of Songs (Everest/Fresh Sound) Scott-Heron ,Gil – Minister of Information (Castle) great 1989 live concert Sidran ,Ben – On The Live Side (Magenta) Phil Woods Slokar Trombones – Slokar Trombones (Claves) Sparks ,Melvin – Groove On Up (Savant) Theodore ,Laura – What The World Needs Now (New Vintage) Watson-Jones ,Joan/Hakim Law – One More Year Weather Report – Weather Report (Columbia) 1982 recording Williams ,Rod – Hanging In The Balance (Muse/Vogue) Marty Ehrlich Zawinul ,Joe – Zawinul (Atlantic) 1970 masterpiece with Woody Shaw, Hancock New Additions June 2007: Ammons ,Gene – Boss Tenor (Prestige) 20 bit K-2 scuffed, but plays fine Ammons ,Gene – Livein in Chicago (Prestige/OJC) Carter ,Betty/Mcrae ,Carmen – Duets (Great American Music Hall) Cole ,Freddy – El Grand Freddy (Fantasy) Conexion Latina – Mambo Nights (ENJA) Coryell ,Larry – Lady Coryell (Vanguard) Crawford ,Hank – Wildflowers (CTI) not the remaster Ellington ,Duke/Fitzgerald – Ella & Duke at the Cote D’Azur (Verve) 2CD Fitzgerald ,Ella – All That Jazz (Pablo) Fitzgerald ,Ella –Live at Carnegie Hall (Columbai/Legacy) 2CD coupla nicks plays fine Gibbs ,Michael – Tanglewood 63 Gibbs ,Terry – Bopstacle Course (Xanadu) Gollehon ,Mac – Mac’s Smokin’ Session (McKenzie) Goodman ,Benny – At Carnegie Hall 1938 (Columbia/Legacy) Schaap remaster 2CD Gordon ,Dexter – Our Man in Paris (Blue Note) not the remaster On Hold Greenblatt ,Rich – Mooin’ (Brass Tico) Hancock ,Herbie/Shorter .Wayne – 1+1 (Verve) Hartman ,Johnny – Songs From The Heart (Bethlehem) Henderson ,Joe – So Near, So Far (Verve) Hutcherson ,Bobby – Dialogue (Blue Note) RVG Jordan ,Sheila – Portrait of Sheila (Blue Note) Lydian People’s Front – Laundry for the Nineties (LPF) McGriff ,Jimmy – In a Blue Mood (Headfirst) McRae ,Carmen – Sarah, Dedicated to You (Novus) McRae ,Carmen – For Lady Day (Novus) Modern Jazz Quartet – Django (Prestige/OJC) Osby ,Greg – Further Ado (Blue Note) Osby ,Greg – 3D Lifestyle (Blue Note) Pepper ,Art – Tokyo Debut (Galaxy) Sun Ra – Spaceways (Freedom) missing front booklet Sun Ra – Calling Planet Earth (Freedom) missing front booklet Sun Ra – Concert for the Comet Kohoutek (ESP-Disk) missing all artwork Roach, Max/Rich, Buddy – Rich vs. Roach (Mercury_ Sanchez ,Pancho – Freedom Sound (Concord Picante) Wilton Felder, W. Henderson Sanchez ,Pancho – Latin Soul (Concord Picante) Sanders ,Pharoah – Love Will Find a Way (Arista/collectors Choice) Short,Bobby –You’re The Top (Telarc) Short,Bobby – Late Night at the Café Carlysle (Telarc) Sims ,Zoot/Pizzerelli ,Bucky – Send In the Clowns (Groove Merchant) Sims ,Zoot/Pizzerelli ,Bucky –A Summer Thing (Laserlight) same as Groove Merchant Soft Machine – Live at the Proms 1970 (Reckless) Soft Machine – Third (Columbia) not the remaster Soft Machine – Fourth/Fifth (Columbia) not the remaster Turrentine ,Stanley – Up at Minton’s (Blue Note) Grant Green 2CD Zawinul ,Joe – Stories of the Danube (Phillips) More June 2007 additions: Ahmad Jamal, "I Remember Duke, Hoagy & Strayhorn," Telarc Art Blakey Messengers, "Like Someone in Love," - Blue Note (Sealed) Benny Green Trio, "Greens," Blue Note Bill Evans, "Alone," Verve Bill Evans, "Trio '64," Verve Don Byron, "Bug Music," - Nonesuch Donald Harrison, "Nouveau Swing," Impulse Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt, "Live At The Left Bank," Jackie McLean, "Right Now!" - Blue Note (NOT RVG) Joshua Redman, “Spirit of The Moment – Live At The Village Vanguard” – Warner Bros. (2-CD set) Kenny Drew, "Undercurrent," - Blue Note Limited Edition (NOT RVG) Sealed. The Harper Brothers, "You Can Hide Inside The Music," - Verve New Additions February 2007: CD’s: Abbasi ,Rez – Third Ear (Ozone) Alexander ,Eric – The Second Milestone (Milestone) Braff ,Ruby – Me, Myself, and I (Concord) Brookmeyer ,Bob – Traditionalism Revisited (Pacific Jazz) Brown ,Clifford – Jazz Immortal (Pacific Jazz/Blue Note) RVG Carter ,Betty – Feed The Fire (Verve) a few scuffs, plays fine Carter ,Betty – It’s Not About the Melody (Verve) Carter ,Regina – Rhythms of the Heart (Verve) Cary ,Marc – The Antidote (Arabesque) Cole ,Richie – Profile (Heads Up) Fitzgerald ,Ella – Rodgers and Hart Songbook, vol. 1 (Verve) Franklin ,Aretha – Jazz to Soul (Columbia/Legacy) 2CD Friesen ,David – Four to Go (ITM) Fygi ,Laura – 11 different Polygram titles available – tell me if interested Gillespie ,Dizzy – Dizzy for President (Douglas) Montreux ‘63 Gordon ,Dexter – ‘Round Midnight (Columbia) Green ,Bennie – Soul Stirrin’ (Blue Note) TOCJ Haig ,Al – Meets Master Bop Saxes (Definitive) Getz, W.Gray Hargrove/McBride/S. Scott – Parker’s Mood (verve) Heid ,Bill – Wet Street (Savant) Jackson ,Milt – Jazz Skyline (Savoy) Jamal ,Ahmad – Nature: Essence, Part III (Atlantic) Turrentine Johnston ,Randy – Homage (J Curve) E.Alexander, Brignola Laws ,Hubert – Laws of Jazz/Flute By-Laws (Atlantic/Rhino) Mann ,Herbie – Peace Pieces (Kokopelli) nice tribute to Bill Evans Marsalis ,Wynton – Blue Interlude (Columbia) Marsalis ,Wynton – Uptown Ruler (Columbia) Monk ,Thelonious – Solo Monk (Columbia/Legacy) O’Day ,Anita – This is Anita (Verve) Short ,Bobby – Swing that Music (Telarc) Alden-Barrett quintet Smith ,Jimmy – Houseparty (Blue Note) old version with “Cherokee” and “What Is This Thing Called Love” Smith ,Jimmy – Damn! (Verve) Sun Ra – The Magic City (Evidence) Thornton ,Terri – Somewhere in the Night (Dauntless) Williams ,Mary Lou – Mary Lou’s Mass (Smithsonian Folkways) Still Available : CD’s: Abbasi ,Rez – Modern Memory (Cathexis) Hagans, Gary Thomas Abercrombie ,John – Works (ECM) Abercrombie ,John – Current Events Adderley C./Jackson ,M. – Things Are Getting Better (Riverside/OJC) Adderley ,Cannonball – Radio Nights (Night) Alexander ,Eric – Nightlife in Tokyo (Milestone) Alexander ,Monty – My America (Telarc) Alexander Monty./Brown, Ray/Ellis ,Herb – Straight Ahead (Concord) 2 CD’s Allen ,Geri – Maroons (Blue Note) Allen ,Harry – I Won’t Dance (BMG) Andrews ,Ernie – No Regrets (Muse) Anschell ,Bill- Cooler Heads (Summit) good piano trio Auger ,Brian & Trinity – Definitely What! (One Way) Auld ,George – Homage (Xanadu) Ayler ,Albert – In Greenwich Village (Impulse!) B3 Bombers/Clyde Stubblefield – Live at the Green Mill (Alltribe) Baca ,Susana – Espirito Vivo (Luaka Bop) Baker, Chet - My Funny Valentine (Pcific Jazz) Baker ,Chet – Featuring Van Morrison (Nightbird) Baker ,Chet – Chet Baker in New York (Riverside/OJC) Baker ,Chet – Chet (Riverside/OJC) Barber ,Patricia – Verse (Blue Note) Barbieri ,Gato – The Shadow of the Cat (Peak/Concord) Barron ,Kenny – Swamp Sally (Verve) Basie ,Count – Basie’s Beatle Bag (Verve) Basie ,Count Band – Timeless (Savoy) ’86 recordings led by Frank Foster, nice Basie ,Count – At Newport (Verve) not the remaster Bass ,Mickey – Another Way Out (Early Bird) Carter Jefferson Beck ,Joe – Relaxin’ (DMP) Beirach ,Richie – Some Other Time (Triloka) On Hold Beirach ,Richie – Self Portraits (CMP) Bellson ,Louie – Dynamite! (Concord) Bellson ,Louie – Prime Time (Concord) Berg ,Bob – Riddles (Stretch) Berg ,Bob – Cycles (Denon) Berg ,Bog – Virtual Reality (Denon) Blackman ,Cindy – Telepathy (Muse) Blakey ,Art – Paris Jam Session (Fontana) Blakey ,Art – At the Café Bohemia, vol. 2 (Blue Note) not RVG Blakey ,Art – New York Scene (Concord) Blakey ,Art/Roach ,Max – The Hard Drive (Chess/Charly) 1 50’s session by each Blakey ,Art – Live at Ronnie Scott’s (Hehdrihg) Blanchard ,Terence – Romantic Defiance (Columbia) * Bolling/Grappelli - First Class (Milan) Bolling ,Claude Big Band – Cinemadreams Bolling ,Claude – Cinemadreams (Milan/BMG) Brackeen ,Joanne – Pink Elephant Magic (Arkadia) Braden ,Don – The Fire Within (RCA) Brecker ,Michael – The Nearness of You (Verve) On Hold Bridgewater ,Dee Dee – Victim of Love (Charly) Brisker ,Gordon – The Gift (Naxos) Brookmeyer ,Bob – Small Band (DCC) Brown ,Donald – Cartunes (Muse) * Brown R./Alexander/Most – A Ray Brown 3 (Concord) Brown R./Alexander/Ellis – Overseas Special (Concord) Browne ,Tom – Another Shade of Browne (HipBop) J.Jackson, Goldings, R. Carter Brubeck ,Dave – Time Out (Columbia) not the remaster Brubeck ,Dave – Young Lions & Old Tigers (Concord) Brubeck ,Dave – Early Concepts (Proper) 2 CD’s Brubeck ,Dave – Time Out (Columbia) remaster with bonus tracks Bryson ,Jeanie – Deja Blue (Koch) Byrd,C./Ellis/Kessell – Great Guitars Live (Concord) 2CD Byrd ,Charlie – Bossa Nova Pelos Passaros (Riverside) 20-bit K2 Byrd ,Donald – At the Half Note Café (Blue Note) 2 CD’s, not RVG Byrd ,Donald – Byrd in Paris (Verve) Cain ,Jackie & Roy Kral – Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most (Black Lion) Cain ,Jackie/Kral, Roy – Time & Love (CTI/Columbia) Caine ,Elliott – Orientation (EJC) excellent hard bop, messengers-style Calderazzo ,Joey – Joey Calderazzo (Columbia) excellent piano Cameron ,Jay/Third Herdsmen – The Vogue Sessions (Vogue/RCA) Camilo ,Michel – Why Not? (King/Evidence) Campbell ,Gary – Intersection (Milestone) Campbell ,Roy – It’s Crunch Time (Thirsty Ear) Carter, Benny – More Cookin’ (Jazz Heritage) * Carter ,Benny – Central City Sketches (MusicMasters) Carter ,Betty – I’m Yours, You’re Mine (Verve) coupla scuffs, plays fine Carter ,James – Layin’ In the Cut (Atlantic) Carter ,James – Conversin’ With the Elders (Atlantic) Carter ,James – Jurassic Classics (DIW) trade bait his best Carter ,Regina – Motor City Moments (Verve) Carter ,Ron – Eight Plus (Dreyfus) Carter ,Ron/Galliano ,Richard – Panamanhattan (Evidence) Chapin ,Thomas – You Don’t Know Me (Arabesque) * Cheatham/Payton – Doc Cheatham and Nicholas Payton (Verve) Cherry ,Ed – First Take (Groovin’ High) Kenny Barron Childs ,Billy – I’ve Known Rivers (GRP) * Childs ,Billy – His April touch (Windham Hill) Christian ,Jody – Rain or Shine (Delmark) Roscoe Mitchell Cobb ,Arnett – Live at Sandy’s (Muse) B.Tate,E.Vinson,R.Bryant Coker ,Dolo – California Hard (Xanadu) A.Pepper, B.Mitchell Cole ,Freddie – This is the Life (Muse) Cole ,Holly – Don’t Smoke in Bed (Alert) Cole ,Holly – Temptation (Metro Blue) Cole ,Richie – Kush (Heads Up) * Coleman ,Steve – A Tale of 3 Cities (Novus) Coltrane ,Alice – Translinear Light (Verve) coupla scuffs, plays fine Coltrane ,John – The Last Giant: Anthology (Atlantic/Rhino) 2CD’s Coltrane ,John – Giant Steps (Atlantic) Coltrane ,John – Lush Life (Prestige) K2 Coltrane ,John – My Favorite Things (Atlantic) not the remaster Coltrane ,Ravi – Moving Pictures (BMG) Connor ,Chris – Classic (Contemporary) Cooper ,Jerome/Buckner ,Thomas – Alone, Together, Apart (Mutablemusic) Corea ,Chick New Trio – Past, Present, Futures (Stretch) excellent Corea ,Chick – Expressions (GRP) good solo piano set Corea ,Chick - Sundance (Pilz) Coryell ,Larry – Fallen Angel (CTI) Coryell ,Larry – Twelve Frets to One Octive (Shanachie) Crawford ,Hank – Wildflowers (CTI/Legacy) remastered Crawford ,Hank – South-Central (Milestone) Cunningham ,Bob – Walking Bass (NILVA) Bross Townsend, Alvin Queen D’Rivera – Paquito – Havana Café (Chesky) Daniels ,Eddie – Nepenthe (GRP) Dara ,Olu – Neighborhoods (Atlantic) DVD-A Davis ,Miles – Amandla (Warner Bros.) Davis ,Miles – Kind of Blue (Columbia) not the remaster Davis ,Miles – Kind of Blue (Columbia) remaster with Bonus Cuts Davis ,Miles – In Person, Friday Night (Columbia) not the remaster Davis ,Miles – In Person, Saturday Night (Columbia) not the remaster Davis ,Miles – The Complete Concert 1964 2CD’s(Columbia) not the remaster Davis ,Miles – Filles De Kilimanjaro (Columbia) not the remaster Davis ,Miles – Relaxin’ With Miles (Prestige/OJC) Davis ,Miles/Jones ,Quincy – Live at Montreux (Warner Bros.) Davis ,Miles – Nefertiti (Columbia) not the remaster Davis ,Miles – Tutu (Warner Bros.) Davis ,Miles – doo-bop (Warner Brothers) Davis, Miles – You’re Under Arrest (Columbia) Davis, Miles/Dameron – Paris May 1949 (Columbia) Davis, Miles – Complete Birth of the Cool (Blue Note) live bonus tracks Davis ,Miles – Workin’ (Prestige) 20-bit K2 Richard Davis - Forest Flowers (Muse/32 Jazz) Dean ,James L. – Mood Swings (Cexton) Dedrick ,Rusty – Salute to Bunny Berigan (DCC) ’57 session, John La Porta Delmar ,Elaine – S’ Wonderful (Live at Ronnie Scott’s) Denson ,Karl/Tiny Universe – The Bridge (Relaxed) Di Meola, Al – The Infinite Desire (Telarc) coupla nicks Dolphy ,Eric – 1958-1961 (Giants of Jazz) Prestige collection On Hold Dolphy ,Eric – Out To Lunch (Blue Note) not RVG * On Hold Dorham ,Kenny – Memorial Album (Xanadu) Draper ,Ray – A Tuba Jazz (Jubilee/Fresh Sound) Coltrane Drew ,Kenny – Home is Where The Soul Is (Xanadu) Drummond ,Ray – Vignettes (Arabesque) Earland ,Charles – Live (Cannonball) Earland ,Charles – I Ain’t Jivin’, I’m Jammin’ (Muse) 8 Bold Souls – Sideshow (Arabesque) * Either/Orchestra – Afro-Cubism (Accurate) wonderful * Elias ,Eliane – Best of on Denon (Denon) Ellington ,Duke – And His Mother Called Him Bill (RCA) not the remaster * Ellington/Basie – First Time! The Count Meets the Duke (Columbia) not remaster Ellington – Money Jungle (Blue Note) not RVG * Ellis ,Herb/Mitchell ,Red – Doggin’ Around (Concord) Eubanks ,Kevin – Spirit Talk 2 (Blue Note) Eubanks ,Kevin – Live at Bradley’s (Blue Note) Evans ,Bill – Alone (Again) (Fantasy/OJC) Evans ,Bill – Jazz Masters (Folio) good 70’s live set, so so sound Evans ,Bill/Bennett ,Tony – The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album (Fantasy/OJC) Evans ,Bill – At the Village Vanguard (Riverside) Evans ,Bill – Explorations (Riverside/OJC) Evans ,Bill – Trio ’65 (Verve) Evans ,Gil – Gil Evans (Jazztime) primarily 80’s cuts Farmer ,Art – A Work of Art (Concord) * Fasteau, Zussan Kali – Worlds Beyond Words (Flying Note) Ferguson ,Maynard – Footpath Café (Avion) Finnerty ,Barry – Straight Ahead (Arabesque) Fitzgerald ,Ella – Ella Abraca Jobim (Pablo) Fitzgerlad/Armstrong – Ella & Louis (Verve/Laserlight) Fitzgerald ,Ella – At Juan-Les-Pins (Verve) 2CD Fitzgerald ,Ella – Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie (Verve) Ford ,Ricky – Loxodonta Africana (New World) Forman ,Bruce – There Are Times (Concord) Hutcherson, Cables On Hold France .Percy – I Should Care (Endgame) Freelon ,Nnenna – Heritage (Columbia) * Freeman ,Chico/Blythe ,Arthur – Focus (Contemporary) Freeman ,Chico/Barnstorm – The Mystical Dreamer (In + Out) Gallant ,Joe & Illuminati – Shadowhead (Black Mirror) ** Garland ,Red – Keystones! (Xanadu) Garner ,Erroll – In Concert (Giants of Jazz) complete ’55 + ‘63/’69 Gauvin ,Michelle – The Edge of the Pond (Whaling City) excellent Gertz ,Bruce – Blueprint (Evidence) Abercrombie, Bergonzi, Calderazzo Getz ,Stan – Getz/Gilbrato (Verve) not the remaster Getz ,Stan – Jazz Masters (Mandarim) * Getz ,Stan – What the World Needs Now (Verve) Getz ,Stan – Complete Savoy Recordings (Savoy) Getz ,Stan/Albert Daily – Poetry (Elektra Musician/Blue Note) Gillespie ,Dizzy Allstar Alumni Band – Things to Come (Telarc) Gillespie ,Dizzy – Hall of Fame collection (euro reissue of 40’s-early 50’s) 5 CD’s Gillespie, Dizzy Memorial Band – Things To Come (Telarc) Gillespie, Dizzy – Dizzy For President (Douglas) Goldstein ,Gil – City of Dreams (Blue Note) Golson ,Benny – Quintet Live (Dreyfus) M. Miller Golson ,Benny – That’s Funky (Arkadia) N. Adderley, M. Alexander Goodfellas – 2 (Evidence) Herring, S.Scott, P.Harper Gordon ,Dexter – True Blue (Xanadu) Grappelli ,Stephane – Live in Dublin (TKO Magnum) Phil Woods, Bellson Grappelli ,Stephane – Improvisations (Verve) Grappelli ,Stephane – Stephanova (Concord) Grappelli ,Stephane – At the Winery (Concord) Grappelli ,Stephane/Petrucciani – Flamingo (Dreyfus) Green ,Benny – Naturally (Telarc) R. Malone,C.McBride Green ,Benny – Jazz at the Bistro (Telarc) R. Malone Griffin ,Della – I’ll Get By (Muse) Griffin ,Johnny – The Congregation (Blue Note) Grismore/Scea – Just Play (Accurate) Tim Hagans, Matt Wilson Grismore/Scea – Of What (Accurate) Tim Hagans, Matt Wilson Grusin ,Dave – West Side Story (GRP) Habian ,Cliff – Somewhere in Time (Goblin Bee) Haden/Metheny - Beyond the Missouri Sky (Verve) Haden ,Charlie Quartet West – The Art of the Song (Verve) Haden ,Charlie Quartet West – Now Is the Hour (Verve) Haden ,Charlie Quartet West – Always Say Goodbye (Verve) Hagans ,Tim – Animation:Imagination (Blue Note) * Hall ,Jim/Metheny ,Pat – Jim Hall & Pat Metheny (Telarc) Hall ,Jim – Downbeat Critics’ Choice (Telarc) Hampton ,Lionel – Live at the Blue Note (Telarc) C. Terry, Edison, Moody Hampton ,Lionel – Mostly Blues (Jazz Heritage) Hancock/Brecker/Hargrove – Directions in Music (Verve) * Hancock/Roney/Shorter/Carter/Williams – Tribute to Miles (Qwest) scuffed, plays fine Hancock/Henderson, etc. – One Night With Blue Note, vol. 1 (Blue Note/Jazz Heritage) Hancock ,Herbie – Quartet (Columbia) Hancock ,Herbie – Head Hunters (Columbia Legacy) remaster coupla nicks Hancock ,Herbie – The Prisoner (Blue Note) great not the RVG On Hold Handy ,John – Excursion in Blue (Quartet) Hargrove ,Roy – Of Kindred Souls (Novus) Harper ,Philip – The Thirteenth Moon (Muse) Winard Harper - Be Yourself (Epicure) Harrell ,Tom – Time’s Mirror (RCA) On Hold Harris ,Beaver – Blue Humans: NYC 1980 Harris ,Gene – Big Band Soul (Concord) 2CD set * Harris ,Gene – Philip Morris All-Stars Live (Concord) Hart ,Antonio – Don’t You Know I Care (Novus) Hartman ,Johnny – I Just Dropped In to Say Hello (Impulse) Hays,Kevin – Andalucia (Blue Note) Headhunters – Evolution/Revolution (Basin Street) Heath ,Jimmy – The Time and The Place (Landmark) Heath Brothers – As We Were Saying (Concord) Henderson ,Joe – In ‘n Out (Blue Note) not the RVG Henderson ,Joe – Inner Urge (Blue Note) not the RVG * Hendricks ,Barbara – ’94 Montreux Ellington Tribute (Angel) M. Alexander Hendricks ,John – Freddie Freeloader (Denon) Herman ,Woody – Antibes July 28, 1965 (Giants of Jazz) Herring ,Vince – Evidence (Landmark) Roney, M.Miller Hines ,Earl – Plays Classics (Jazz Life) good 1977 solo set Hodges, Johnny/Stewart/Bigard – The Great Ellington Units Hoggard ,Jay – Love is the Answer (Muse) minor nicks don’t affect play Hoggard ,Jay – Overview (Muse) few minor scuffs don’t affect play Holiday ,Billie – Billie’s Blues (Capitol/Jazz Heritage) * Holloway ,Ron – Scorcher (Milestone) Hollyday, Christopher – The Natural Moment (Novus) Mehldau, excellent! * Horn ,Paul – Sound of Horn/Portrait of Jazz Musician (Columbia/Collectables) 2CD Horn ,Shirley – May the Music Never End (Verve) Hornstein ,Michael – Langsames Blau ( ENJA) Houghton ,Steve – Signature Series (Blue Moon) Tim Hagans Howard ,Miki – Miki Sings Billie (Giant) excellent B.Holiday tribute Hubbard ,Freddie – MMTC (MusicMasters) Hubbard ,Freddie – the Night of the Cookers (Blue Note) 2CD, not the RVG Hubbard ,Freddie/Heath ,Jimmy – Live at the Left Bank (Label M) Hubbard ,Freddie – Live at Fat Tuesday’s (Jazz Heritage) 2CD coupla nicks Hubbard ,Freddie – Live at Fat Tuesday’s (MusicMasters) 2CD Robert Hurst/Kenny Kirkland - One for Namesake (DIW/Columbia) Hutcherson ,Bobby – Natural Illusions (Blue Note/Applause) Hutcherson ,Bobby – Acoustic Masters II (Atlantic) Hyman ,Dick, etc. – Piano Players & Significant Others (Jazz Heritage) Hyman ,Dick – Cole Porter: All Through the Night (MusicMasters) Jackson ,D.D. – So Far (BMG) Jackson ,DD – Anthem (BMG) incredible! Javon Jackson - A Look Within (Blue Note) Promo Copy Jackson ,Milt – Reverence and Compassion (Qwest) Jackson ,Milt – Quartet (Prestige/OJC) Jackson ,Milt/Wes Montgomery – Bags Meets Wes! (Riverside/OJC) Jarrett ,Keith – At The Blue Note: single CD version (ECM) Peacock, DeJohnette Jazz Underground – Live at Small’s (Impulse) Jennings ,Bill/Jack McDuff – Glide On (Prestige) 2fer Jobim ,Antonio Carlos – Wave (A&M) not the remaster Johnson ,Eric – Herbie Nichols, Vol. 1 (Summit) Johnson ,Jeff – Near Earth (Origin) Johnson ,JJ/Winding ,Kai – JJ Johnson in Person/Jay & Kai +6 (Columbia/Collectables) Jones ,Etta – Easy Living (High Note) Jones ,Etta – Sugar (Muse) Jones ,Etta – I’ll Be Seeing You (Muse) Jones/Lewis – Live at the Village Vanguard (Solid State/Blue Note) Jones ,Rodney – Soul Manifesto (Blue Note) greenback promo Jordan ,Marlon – Learson’s Return (Columbia) Jordan ,Marlon – Marlon’s Mode (Arabesque) * Jordan ,Sheila – From the Heart (Muse/32Jazz) Jordan ,Sheila – Heart Strings (Muse) Jordon ,Stanley – Stolen Moments (Blue Note) his best Kelly ,Wynton – Blues On Purpose (Xanadu) Kenton ,Stan – Jazz Masters (Mandarim) Kirby ,Steven – North Light (A) Chris Potter, Barth, Colley, Matt Wilson Kirkland ,Kenny – Kenny Kirkland (GRP) Kirkland ,Kenny – Kenny Kirkland (GRP/Verve) coupla nicks Klemmer ,John – Involvement (Cadet/Verve) Klemmer ,John – Making Love, Vol. 1 (touch) Konitz ,Lee – Motion (Verve) On Hold Konitz ,Lee/Brookmeyer ,Bob- In Paris (Vogue/RCA) Kosins ,Kathy – All in a Dream’s Work (Schoolkids) fabulous Kral ,Irene – Live (Just Jazz) Kral ,Irene – Better Than Anything (Ava/Fresh Sound) Jr.Mance trio Kuhn ,Steve – Years Later (Concord) LA4 - Watch What Happens (Concord) Laverne ,Andy – Jazz Piano Heritage (DMP) Laws ,Hubert – My Time Will Come (Music Masters/Jazz Heritage) * Laws ,Hubert – Storm Then The Calm (Music Masters/Jazz Heritage) Lewis ,John – Evolution II (Atlantic) Lincoln , Abbey – Abbey Sings Billie Live (ENJA) 2 CD’s Harold Vick Lincoln ,Abbey/Jones ,Hank – When There Is Love (Gitanes/Verve) Lincoln ,Abbey – Over the Years (Verve) Los Angeles Jazz Quartet – Conversation Piece (Naxos) Lovano ,Joe – 52nd Street Themes (Blue Note) Hagans, John Hicks * Lundy ,Carmen – Moment to Moment (Arabesque) Gumbs,C.Freeman,K.Eubanks Lundy ,Carmen – Old Devil Moon (JVC) Lynch ,Brian – Keep Your Circle Small (Sharp Nine) Lytle ,Johnny – Happy Ground (Muse) Mahogany ,Kevin – Portrait of Kevin Mahogany (Warner Bros.) Mahogany ,Kevin – My Romance (Warner Brothers) Makowitz ,Adam – My Favorite Things (Concord) Manning ,Renee – Uhm, Uhm, Uhmmmm! (Ken) Mantilla ,Ray – Dark Powers (Red/Mandarim) B. Watson so-so sound Mantler ,Michael – Folly Seeing All This (ECM) a few nicks that don’t affect play Marsalis ,Branford – Crazy People Music (Columbia) Marsalis ,Branford – I Heard You Twice The First Time (Columbia) Marsalis ,Branford – Scenes in the City (Columbia) Marsalis ,Branford – The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born (Columbia) Marsalis ,Branford – Royal Garden Blues (Columbia) Marsalis ,Branford – Contemporary Jazz (CBS) Marsalis ,Delfeayo – Pontius Pilot’s decision (BMG Novus) Marsalis ,Ellis – Duke in Blue (Columbia) Marsalis ,Jason – Music IN Motion (BMG Novus) Marsalis ,Wynton – The Marciac Suite (Columbia) Marsalis ,Wynton – Standard Time, vol. 1 (Columbia) Marsalis ,Wynton – Selections from Village Vanguard Box (Columbia) Marsalis , Wynton – Jump Start and Jazz (Sony) Marsalis , Wynton – Sweet Release & Ghost Story (Sony) Marsh ,George/John Abercrombie/Mel Graves – Upon a Time Marsh ,Warne – Live in Las Vegas 1962 (Naked City) great music bad sound Martino ,Pat – Think Tank (Blue Note) Matassa ,Greta – All This and Heaven Too (Origin) Mathews ,Ronnie – Lament for Love (DIW) few nicks, plays fine, nice trio Mays ,Lyle – Improvisation for Extended Piano (Warner Bros.) Mays ,Lyle – Street Dreams (Geffen) McBride ,Christian – A Family Affair (Verve) McBride ,Christian – Getting’ to It (Verve) McCann ,Les – Listen Up (Music Masters) McCann ,Les – Layers (Atlantic/Rhino) McCann ,Les – Much Les (Atlantic/Rhino) McCaslin ,Donny – Seen from Above (Arabesque) *** Gary McFarland - Does the Sun Really Shine on the Moon? (Skye/DCC) McFerrin ,Bobby/Corea ,Chick – Play (Blue Note) McKee ,Andy – One World (CAP) Joe Locke, Alex Foster Mahavishnu Orchestra – Birds of Fire (Columbia) not the remaster McLean ,Jackie – Let Freedom Ring (Blue Note) not the RVG McPherson ,Charles – But Beautiful (Xanadu) McRae ,Carmen – Sound of Silence/Portrait of Carmen (Atlantic/Collectables) McPartland ,Marilyn – Live at Shanghai Jazz (Concord) McRae,Carmen – I’ll Be Seeing You (Decca) 2CD set of 50’s recordings Mehta ,Rajesh – Orka (Hatology) Merrill ,Helen – Clear Out of This World (Gitanes) Harrell, Shorter Minasi ,Dom – Goin’ Out Again (CDM) Mingus ,Charles – Paris 1964 (Le Jazz) a few scuffs, plays fine Mingus ,Charles – Mingus in Europe (ENJA) Mobley ,Hank – Dippin’ (Blue Note) not the RVG Modern Jazz Quartet – Concorde (Prestige/OJC) Modern Jazz Quartet – & Friends, a Celebration (Atlantic) Molinari ,Lello – No More Mr. Nice Guy (Accurate) Monk ,Thelonious/Coltrane ,John – Live at the Five Spot (Blue Note) * Monk ,Thelonious – Genius of Modern Music, Vol.1 (Blue Note)not RVG Monk ,Thelonious – With John Coltrane (Riverside/OJC) Monk ,Thelonious - Monk (Prestige/OJC) Monk ,Thelonious – The Unique Thelonious Monk (Riverside/OJC) Monterose ,J.R. – Straight Ahead (Xanadu) Montgomery ,Wes – Boss Guitar (Riverside/OJC) On Hold Montgomery ,Wes – Incredible Jazz Guitar (Riverside/OJC) Moody ,James – James Moody (Argo/Verve) James Moody/Frank Foster - In Paris (Vogue/RCA) ** Moore ,Ralph – Images (Landmark) Moore ,Ralph – Furthermore (Landmark) Moran ,Jason – Black Stars (Blue Note) Morgan ,Lee – Tom Cat (Blue Note) not the RVG Morgan ,Lee – The Sixth Sense (Blue Note) not RVG Morgan ,Lee – The Sidewinder (Blue Note) not RVG Morgan ,Lee – Here’s Lee Morgan (Vee-Jay) trade bait Morganelli ,Mark – Speak Low (Candid) Barron, Ron Carter, Cobb Morton ,Jelly Roll – The Pearls (RCA BlueBird) Morton ,Jelly roll – 1930-1939 (Classics) Moses ,Bob – Nishoma (Grapeshot) Mouzon ,Alphonse - By All Means (MPS) Hancock, F. Hubbard Muldrow ,Ronald – Facing Wes (Kokopelli) excellent guitar Mulligan ,Gerry – Live at Paris Olympia 1962 (RTE) Mulligan ,Gerry – Young Mulligan (Proper) 2 CD’s Murphy ,Mark – I’ll Close My Eyes (Muse) Murphy ,Mark – Crazy Rhythm: His Debut Recordings (Decca) David Murray – MX (Doctor Jazz) On Hold Nauser ,Mark – Wun-Wun (CMP) Jack Bruce NDR big Band – Bravissimo (ACT) Nestico ,Sammy – Big Band Favorites of (Summit) Newman , David Fathead – Mr. Gentle, Mr. Cool (Kokopelli ) Ellingtonia * David "Fathead" Newman - Bigger and Better/Many Facets (Atlantic/Rhino) Newman ,David – Return to the Wide Open Spaces (Amazing) Newman ,David – Still Hard Times (Muse) Newsom ,Tommy – TV Jazz Stars (Laserlight) C.Candoli,R.Tompkins small group Newton ,James – If Love (Jazzline) excellent * Herbie Nichols Project – Strange City (Palmetto) Kimbrough Niemack ,Judy/Waldron ,Mal – Mingus, Monk, & Mal (Free Lance) Mike Nock - Not We But One (Naxos) O’Day ,Anita/Tjader – Time For 2 (Verve) O’Day ,Anita – Vol. 1 1941 (Masters of Jazz) O’Day ,Anita – Complete Signature & London Recordings (Disconforme) 2CDs O’Day ,Anita – The Big Band Years (President) O’Day ,Anita – Complete Recordings 1949-1950 (Baldwin Street Music) O’Malley ,Tony – Naked Flame (Ronnie Scott’s) Onishi ,Junko – Cruisin’ (Blue Note) Oquendo ,Manny & Libre – Los New Yorkinos! (Milestone) Page ,Hot Lips – Play the Blues in B (Masters Music) Parker/Gillespie – Diz ‘n Bird at Carnegie Hall (Roulette/Blue Note) Parker/GillespiePowell/Mingus/Roach – Jazz at Massey Hall (Debut/OJC) classic Parker ,Charlie – Legendary Dial Masters, vol. 1 ( Dial/Stash) Parker ,Leon – Belief (Epic) * Patton ,John - Boogaloo (Blue Note) a few scuffs, plays fine Payne ,Freda – After the Lights Go Down (Impulse) Phil Woods Payne ,Cecil – Performing Charlie Parker Music (Collectables) C.Terry, D.Jordan, Payton ,Nicholas – Dear Louis (Verve) Pepper ,Art – Live in Toronto 1977 (Naked City) Pepper ,Art/Rogers ,Shorty - Popo (Xanadu) Perez, Danilo – Motherland (Verve) Peterson ,Oscar – En Concert Paris (Europe1) 60’s recordings Peterson ,Oscar – The Song is You:Best of Verve Song Books (Verve) 2 CD’s Peterson ,Oscar – Night Train (Verve) not the remaster Peterson ,Oscar – The Gershwin Songbooks (Verve) 2 complete albums Petrucciani ,Michel – Pianism (Blue Note) Phillips ,Esther – A Way to Say Goodbye (Muse) Pilafian ,Sam – Travelin’ Light (Telarc) Plaxico ,Lonnie – Plaxico (Muse) Plaxico , Lonnie – With All Your Heart (Muse) Ponomarev ,Valery – Live at Vartan Jazz (Vartan Jazz) Ponty ,JL/Humair/Louiss, Eddy – HLP 2CD’s (Dreyfus) live ‘68 Porter/Praskin Quartet – With Sal Nistico: Sonnet for Sal (ORF) Powell ,Bud – Amazing Vol. 2 (Blue Note) Powell ,Bud – Lausanne 1962 (Naked City) Powell ,Bud – Bud In Paris (Xanadu) 1959-60 Powell ,Bud – Time Waits: Amazing Vol. 4 (Blue Note) Printup ,Marcus – Nocturnal Traces (Blue Note) Puente ,Tito – El Rey Del Timbal (Laserlight) Purdie ,Bernard – Soul to Jazz (ACT) half is excellent Quartette Indigo – Quartet Indigo (Muse/32Jazz) Raney ,Jimmy/Sonny Clark – together (Xanadu) Rava ,Enrico/D’Andrea – For Bix and Pops (Philology) Redman ,Joshua – Freedom in the Groove (Warner Bros.) Redman ,Joshua – Spirit of the Moment: Live at Village Vanguard (Warner Bros) 2CD’s Redman ,Joshua – Timeless Tales (Warner Bros.) Reed ,Eric – It’s All Right To Swing (MoJazz) Reid ,Rufus – Perpetual Stroll (Sunnyside) Repercussion Unit – In Need Again (CMP) Return to Forever – Romantic Warrior (Columbia Legacy) coupla nicks Roach ,Max/M’Boom – Live at S.O.B.’s New York (Blue Moon) Roberts ,Marcus – Deep in the Shed (Novus) * Roberts ,Marcus – As Serenity Approaches (Novus) Roberts ,Marcus – Prayer for Peace (Novus) Roberts ,Marcus – Blues for the New Millenium (Columbia) Robinson ,Justin – The Challenge (Arabesque) * Robinson ,Orphy – The Vibes Describes (Blue Note) Robinson ,Perry/Smason/Knodle – 3 Much Fun (CMI) Rollins ,Sonny – Volume 2 (Blue Note) not RVG Roney ,Wallace – Misteriosos (Warner Bros.) Roney ,Wallace – Seth Air (Muse) Roney ,Wallace – Obsession (Muse) Roney ,Wallace – The Standard-Bearer (Muse) Root Doctor – Been a Long Time Coming (Big O) Rose ,Dan – Fountains (Midlantic) nice guitar trio with Ben Riley Rosenberg ,Marlene – Pieces of (Vernita) 4tet with Cedar Walton, Javon Jackson Rosewoman ,Michelle – Occasion to Rise (Evidence) * Rush ,Otis – Any Place I’m Going (House of Blues) Ruiz ,Hilton – Manhattan Mambo (Telarc) Sanchez ,David – Street Scenes (Columbia) Sanchez ,David – The Departure (Columbia) Sanchez ,David - Melaza (Columbia) Sanchez ,David - Travesia (Columbia) Sanchez ,Poncho – El Mejor (Concord Picante) Sanchez ,Poncho – Latin Soul (Concord Picante) Scherr/Cecil/Martucci w/ Joe Henderson – Warm Valley (Intersound) Schildkraut ,Dave – Last Date (Endgame) Scofield ,John/Metheny ,Pat – I Can See Your House From Here (Blue Note) Sebesky, Don - Three Works (DCC) Faddis, recommended Sertso ,Ingrid – Dance With It (ENJA) Shearing ,George – Shearing Spell/Velvet Carpet (Capitol/Col Choice) Shepp ,Archie – Steam (ENJA) Shepp ,Archie – There’s a Trumpet in My Soul (Freedom) * Shepp, Archie/Baker ,Chet – In Memory Of (Bellaphon) Sheppard ,Andy – Introductions in the Dark (Antilles) * Shorter ,Wayne – Speak No Evil (Blue Note) not the RVG Silvano ,Judy – Vocalise (Blue Note) Silver ,Horace – Trio (Blue Note) not RVG Silver ,Horace – Trio (Blue Note) RVG Hold Silver ,Horace – Cape Verdean Blues (Blue Note) not the RVG Shaw, J.Henderson Silver ,Horace – Serenade to a Soul Sister (Blue Note) Silver ,Horace – Finger Poppin’ (Blue Note/Jazz Heritage) Silver ,Horace – And the Jazz Messengers (Blue Note) not RVG Silver ,Horace – In Pursuit of the 27th Man (Blue Note) RVG edition Silver ,Horace – Silver’s Blue (Columbia) not the remaster Silver ,Horace – Silver’s Serenade (Blue Note) not the RVG Silver ,Horace – Horace-Scope (Blue Note) not the RVG Silver ,Horace – Doin’ The Thing at the Village Gate (Blue Note) not the RVG Simon ,Edward – Edward Simon (Kokopelli) * Simone ,Nina – In Concert/I Put a Spell on You (Philips) Simone ,Nina – Wild is the Wind/High Priestess of Soul (Philips) Sims ,Zoot/Pizzerelli ,Bucky – Send In the Clowns (Pilz) nice quartet Sims ,Zoot – At The Half Note (Naked City) 1965 Sims ,Zoot - That Old Feeling (Chess) Smith ,Jimmy – In Paris 5/28/65 (Europe 1) Snetberger, Farenc/Friedman ,David – Signatures (ENJA) Southern ,Jeri – Coffe, Cigarettes, and Memories (Roulette/Fresh Sound) Sparks ,Melvin – Groove On Up (Savant) Heiner Stadler - Jazz Alchemy (Tomato) Stitt ,Sonny - Live at Ronnie Scott's (DCC) Stitt ,Sonny – Prestige First Sessions, Vol. 2 (Prestige/OJC) Supersax – Stone Bird (Columbia) Sutton ,Tierney – Something Cool (Telarc) Sutton ,Tierney – Blue In Green (Telarc) Swartz ,Harvie – Arrival (Novus) Abercrombie, Goodrick Syms ,Sylvia – For Once in My Life (Prestige) Taylor ,Billy – Quartet (Concord) Taylor Billy – Dr. T (GRP) Gerry Mulligan Taylor ,Cecil – Jazz Masters (Mandarim) Candid sides with Shepp Terrason ,Jackie/Cassandra Wilson – Rendezvous (Blue Note) * Terrasson, Jackie – Reach (Blue Note) Terry ,Clark – Live on the QE2 (Chiaroscuro) Terry ,Clark – With Pee Wee Claybrook/Swing Fever (D Note) Terry ,Clark – Reunion with Pee Wee Claybrook (d’Note) Thielemans ,Toots – Chez Toots (Private/Windham Hill) Thiele Collective, Bob – Louis Satchmo (Red Baron) Torme ,Mel/George Shearing – An Evening with (Concord) Toussaint ,Jean/Nazaire – Who’s Blues (Ronnie Scott) Tsilis ,Gust William – Heritage (Ken) Turrentine ,Stanley – Never Let Me Go (Blue Note) not the RVG S.Scott, Burrell Turrentine ,Stanley – Comin’ Your Way (Blue Note) makeshift artwork Turrentine ,Stanley – If I Could (MusicMasters) Turtle Island String Quartet - Turtle Island String Quartet (Windham Hill) Tyner ,McCoy – Tender Moments (Blue Note) RVG edition Tyner ,McCoy – Time for Tyner (Blue Note) not RVG Ulmer ,James Blood/Adams ,George – Phalanx:Got Something Good for You (Moers) Vaughan ,Sarah – The Mystery of Man (KokopellI) Vaughan ,Sarah – Brazilian Romance (CBS) Vaughan ,Sarah – Divine (Columbia) 2CD Vega ,Ray – Pa’Lante (Palmetto) Watson ,Bobby/Curtis Lundy – Beatitudes (Evidence) Watson ,Bobby – Live & Learn (Palmetto) Watters ,Harry – The Island of Dr. Trombone (Sundial) Webster ,Ben/Edison – Ben and Sweets (Columbia) Wess ,Frank, etc. – Live at 1990 Concord Jazz Festival, 2nd Set (Concord) Weston ,Randy - Berkshire Blues (Black Lion) Williams ,James/Contemporary Piano Ensemble – The Key Players (DIW/Columbia) Williams ,Joe – Ballad and Blues Master (Verve) Williams ,Joe – Here’s to Life (Telarc) Willis ,Larry – A Tribute to Someone (Audioquest) (coupla scratches) Wilson ,Adrienne – She’s Dangerous (Arabesque) Wilson ,Cassandra – Blue Skies (JMT) her best ever by far Winding ,Kai – Trombone for Two (w/JJ)/Trombone Sound (Columbia/Collectables) Winston ,George – Winter into Spring (Windham Hill) not the remaster Woods ,Phil – Bouquet (Concord) Woods ,Phil - Song for Sisyphus (DCC) Woods ,Phil – I Remember (DCC) Woods ,Phil/Swanson ,Chris – Piper at the Gates of Dawn (Ryko) Woods ,Phil – All Bird’s Children (Concord) * Woods ,Phil/C.Parker/C.Brown – Internation Jam Sessions (Xanadu) Wright ,Frank – Trio (ESP) Yamanaka ,Yoshiyuki – Great Time (Origin) J.Mance/B.Riley Young ,George – Burgandy (ProJazz) Young ,Lester – With the Oscar Peterson Trio (Verve) remaster; few scratches, plays fine Young ,Lester/Eldredg/Edison – Laughin’ to Keep from Cryin’ (Verve) Zilber ,Michael – Stranger in Brooklyn (Owl) Zimmerli ,Patrick – 12 Sacred Dances (Arabesque) * The Jazz Life (Candid) legendary collection with Roach, Mingus, etc. The First Esquire Concert (Laserlight) Tatum, Hampton, Eldridge, etc Various – A Great Night in Harlem (Concord-Playboy) 2CD Zvarious – Savoy 60th Anniversary Celebration (Savoy) 2CDs

The two by Stanley Cowell certainly are. Also the Harper and Bonner titles are, so chances are they all are.

Plenty about Tim in the book, certainly well over 100 pages. You don't know Tim Buckley the person (as opposed to Tim Buckley the musician) until you read this book, though to know him is not necessarily to love him, but it is a sympathetic portrayal towards all involved, no axes are ground. Larry Beckett was the lyric writer. They were High School friends. Beckett is also the one who introduced Buckley to avant-garde music while they were hanging out in High School.

The remaster of Tim Buckley/Goodbye and Hello, the Rhino Handmade release of outtakes, and the Morning Glory collection are the most critical ones to me. There has been some other live things which have come out, but later periodperformances, subpar sound, etc. The DVD which came out in the spring is pretty wonderful as a documentary with insightful interviews etc.(though the picture and sound of the performances are subpar), and the Dream Brother book (which I am reading right now) is excellent. 'Greetings From LA' and 'Sefronia' are pretty easy to find now.

From the Concord site: NEWS 27 Aug 2007 Prestige Records Releases Interplay, A Remarkable 5 CD Box Set of John Coltrane’s Early Collaborative Sessions Available September 18, 2007 Interplay, Prestige Records’ new 5-CD set, containing early collaborative recordings of the peerless tenor saxophonist and visionary John Coltrane serves two distinct purposes. The first is to offer an extraordinary collection of music that provides an excellent overview of the modern jazz scene during the fertile 1956-1958 period. The other – and arguably more important purpose to the legions of Coltrane faithful – is its rich delineation of the evolutionary process behind one of the most profoundly important and emotionally compelling artists this planet has ever seen. With all great musicians, the message is fully contained in the music, and the message of John Coltrane is one of powerful humanism, deep spirituality, unflinching emotion, relentless searching and supreme love. Interplay offers a most revealing roadmap to the early days of discovery in his unparalleled quest. One can misinterpret the astonishing focus and commitment that Coltrane had as being singular or even self-absorbed; but that is totally off-base. Coltrane was incredibly multi-faceted, a man of many interests in the pursuit of knowledge – both subjective and objective – who absorbed everything in his vision. In these recordings, surrounded by many of the finest musicians of the era, the listener can actually experience directly how Trane responds to his colleagues, transforming his own musical concepts to perfectly contribute to each environment in which he finds himself. Despite his powerfully distinctive tone, with its molten emotional flesh-and-blood core that always contradicted the horn’s metallic substance, his presence on these recordings never diminishes the contributions of his collaborators. Like a great basketball player, his stunning talents bring out the best in his teammates, lifting the music to a level of transcendence beyond its genre. It’s the same game, but at a higher level within the imposed confines of the rules of order that govern it. Interplay is comprised of seven complete albums and three tracks from two others. All but one of the recording sessions took place between September of 1956 and September of 1957; the final one in March of 1958. In the prevalent style of this period, the sessions all contain a certain jam session context; and in fact, five of the albums were released without any specified leader – Tenor Conclave, Interplay for 2 Trumpets and 2 Tenors, The Cats, Wheelin’ & Dealin’ and Modern Jazz Survey 2 (reissued as Dakar under Coltrane’s name). The other two – Cattin’ with Coltrane and Quinichette, essentially a jam session “co-led” by Trane and Paul Quinichette; and Kenny Burrell and John Coltrane, Trane’s last Prestige date not under his own leadership – retained the basic jam session feel. But actually, piano great Tommy Flanagan directed The Cats, and the brilliant pianist/composer Mal Waldron was not only musical director for Interplay and Wheelin’ & Dealin’, but his presence on Dakar and Cattin’ also provided much of the cohesiveness to those dates. (The alternate versions of Wheelin’ and Dealin’ contained here were originally issued on Mal’s The Dealers.) Waldron also contributed 12 of the 34 compositions contained in this set, and performs on 20. Red Garland (5) and Tommy Flanagan (8) are the only other pianists. Waldron and Garland had considerable impact on Coltrane. Mal’s tension-filled, edge-of-your-seat-excitement solo style and Red’s blues drenched lyricism remained with Trane for the rest of his days. Garland was also Trane’s bandmate in the Miles Davis Quintet during this time, and was his pianist of choice on all of his Prestige dates as leader. The consistency of the other rhythm section members throughout this set also add to the cohesion and continuity that make it so much more than simply a collection of outstanding music. Paul Chambers and Doug Watkins share the bass duties for all but four tracks (Julian Euell handles those). Legendary drummer Art Taylor is on 21 tracks (including one track culled from his own Taylor’s Wailers album), with three other drum masters – Jimmy Cobb, Louis Hayes and Ed Thigpen – sharing the remainder. Guitarist Kenny Burrell brings his formidable talents to eight tracks as a sideman in addition to the five under his co-leadership. One unusual element contained in Interplay is hearing Trane in the company of so many other hornmen. Normally, he recorded as the sole horn, sometimes with one other soloist and on one occasion with two. Here, he is one of three or four horns on more than half the tracks, including five exceptional tenor saxophonists. In addition to Quinichette on Cattin’ and Wheelin & Dealin’, hard-bop titan Hank Mobley and the renowned tandem of Al Cohn and Zoot Sims comprise the titular Tenor Conclave; and Belgian-born Bobby Jaspar performs on Interplay. Hearing Trane’s interaction with tenor players (excluding Mobley) so steeped in the lyrical Lester Young style is particularly revealing and testimony to Coltrane’s own beautiful approach to lyricism. The amazingly nimble and lyrical flute of Frank Wess is heavily featured on Wheelin’ & Dealin’. Two excellent but underrated trumpeters – Webster Young and Idrees Sulieman – are on Interplay, with Sulieman also participating as one of The Cats. Much of Dakar’s unusual and uniquely attractive context comes from the presence of a pair of baritone sax masters, Cecil Payne and the incredible Pepper Adams. Another item of particular interest is hearing Coltrane with a guitarist. While it’s relatively unknown that Trane had considered adding Wes Montgomery to his quartet in 1960, he never used a guitar in his own groups. The five tracks sharing the front line with Burrell are made even more fascinating by the inclusion of their sensitive duet on Why Was I Born, the only known duet recording Trane ever made with a chordal instrument. The repertoire in Interplay covers a lot of ground, combining Great American Songbook Standards (How Deep Is the Ocean, I Never Knew, Why Was I Born) with Jazz classics(Things Ain’t What They Used to Be, Robbins’ Nest) and originals by Flanagan, Mobley, Burrell, Jimmy Heath, Teddy Charles and Waldron, including a 17+ minute version of his gorgeous Soul Eyes. From the biographical/historical perspective it’s important to realize that at the time of these recordings Coltrane was in the midst of his legendary stint with Thelonious Monk at the Five Spot, had just rejoined the Miles Davis Quintet and was embarking upon a personal realization and spiritual awakening that would take him to heights of immortality unapproachable by any but the most extraordinary of human beings. His evolution and development over the next – and final – ten years of his life are without equal in both prolificacy and progressiveness. To this very day, his impact upon musicians, artists of all disciplines, and individuals in all walks of life has been not only extreme, but in many ways, of biblical proportion. Interplay represents a highly significant early stage of that process. Even in its raw youthfulness, that fascinating combination of lyrical beauty and serenity juxtaposed against relentless exploration and passionate intensity was always at play. For those who have embraced his journey, these early recordings are revelatory and essential in understanding what came later. For those who just love great jazz, Interplay is pure pleasure. Following up on Prestige’s heavily acclaimed 6-CD set Fearless Leader, which collected all of Coltrane’s Prestige recordings as leader, Interplay is beautifully produced by Patrick Milligan and Cheryl Pawelski, featuring an extensive 60 page booklet with liner notes by noted historian Nat Hentoff, album notes by reputed Coltrane scholar Lewis Porter, the original album notes, and many rare photographs. The original sessions, produced by Bob Weinstock (except for Dakar by Teddy Charles) and recorded by the peerless Rudy Van Gelder have been remastered by Fantasy Studios’ master engineer Joe Tarantino for the maximum in audio quality.

Thx, I don't have it so will take it if still available.

The Max Roach Memorial rightly continues. This 1968 gem on Atlantic records was made by Roach, former Jazz Messengers bassist Jymie Merrott, and a collection of supremely gifted young lions - trumpeter Charles Tolliver, altoist Gary Bartz, and pianist Stanley Cowell. A beautiful and beautifully paced album. The first side is stunning, the way "Abstrutions" leads into "Libra", which leads into the majestic "Effi". The second side has "Equipoise", the title track (sung by Andy Bey), and "Absolutions". Every cut memorable in context, most memorable even standing on their own. This album introduced Cowell to a (relatively) wider audience - he wrote "Abstrutions", "Effi". and "Equipoise". Bartz, of course, wrote his memorable anthem "Libra", Roach wrote the title cut, and Merritt wrote "Absolutions", redone so memorably (along with Merritt's "Nommo") on Lee Morgan's 'Live at the Lighthouse" three years later. The only complaint about this album is it's brevity - the running time is less than 33 minutes. No need for that, as Tolliver, Cowell, and Bartz all alredy had memorable tunes written which could have been used on the album. For instance, no performance of Tolliver's great "On The Nile" had been released on any records. A 10 minute verion of that tune would have easily fit onto this album. As wonderful as the other cuts are, the lynchpin for me is "Effi". Every other version I have ever heard of this plays up it's undeniable loveliness. This version, while keeping the beauty of the composition, breathes fire. Roach totally steals the show. This is the cut I use to teach interested neophytes how to listen to jazz, telling them to concentrate on the bass line, as they then can hear the drums playing off the bass and the other instruments following the lead of Roach's drums. The tension and release in the drumming dynamics is breathtaking. I'm not as gifted in technical jargon as the musicians and professional critics on the board, so I'm hoping someone else can explain better what I'm trying to say about the drumming on this cut - I know others must be able to hear it, it's so stunning. Mr. Roach was one of a kind, and his music and contributions should live forever.

PM sent on Hamilton.

Allen, interested in the Chico Hamilton CD. Can you tell me what album(s) it was originally released as? I want to make sure I don't already have it. If it's not "Three Faces of Chico" or "Gongs East" material, I'll take it. thx JF

A spectacular complete CCR box set with crisp remastering and Golliwogs rarities disc came out a few years ago. No need to redo it. The 16 CD Trane has 20 year old mastering and bulky packaging. I loved 'Fearless Leader' and look forward to the new one, even though I have the 16 CD set. That being said, you're right, the Concord thing isn't going to go well. Chuck already explained a while ago that they got rid of the people who were doing the box sets, so we have 'Miles for Lovers Volume 764' and the Peter Keepnews Fondly Remembers His Father Who Isn't Yet Dead Edition of Cookin' With Miles to "look forward" to, and that's about it.

Does anyone know what those October 17 Chick Corea CD's are about?

I would say the same for the ending of the tune. BTW, anyone who likes the Happy/Sad album should pick up the live "Dream Letter" collection, if you haven't already. It's a live show done around the same time as Happy Sad with a similar vibe and aesthetic. I agree with the recommendation of 'Dream Letter', and also recommend 'Live at the Troubadour 1969'. And it's not either/or, you need both, they are different. Much of the same material title-wise, but the performances and length differ.

If I were offering cds directly to boardmembers, I don't think I would appreciate being bumped for ebay advertisements. We've all got our ebay search engines to look up your stuff and others on ebay. No need, in my opinion. to warn us of your auctions. No special advantage to us. Again that's my opinion only. You don't need to follow it. -_- What I wish is that if people are just plugging their ebay auctions, they would mark the subject line accordingly. It gets tiring to see these subject lines of all this cool stuff supposedly for sale on the board, and then take the time to open the listing to see it's just a link to a bunch of ebay auctions, which I have found to be a very inefficient way to try to buy something. I go to amazon.com marketplace or deepdiscount.com, so that I'm not wasting my time trying to bid on something only to get outbid on it. Please please please everyone mark your posting as AUCTIONS in the subject if that's what they are. If I had my way, I'd actually ban those types of postings from the board, but it's not my call. Jim, maybe there could be a separate area to post them in, so that we could safely ignore them? It's not just Brian doing this, it's a lot of people. But it is really annoying.

Rhino has a great 2 CD anthology of Buckley, 'Morning Glory', which contains six of the eight cuts from 'Blue Afternoon', including all five of the really great cuts ("Happy Time","Chase The Blues Away","I Must Have Been Blind","The River" and "Blue Melody" - it also has "So Lonely"), and three of the nine cuts from 'Starsailor' (including the only listenable one, "Monterey", plus "Moulin Rouge" and "Song For the Siren"), about 150 minutes of music, great remastering, great packaging and it's available for less than $16. I love the early Buckley stuff, 'Goodbye and Hello' is probably my all-time favorite album regardless of genre, but he lost me with 'Starsailor' and never found me again. I still subscribe to the description that AMG uses for his singing on most of 'Starsailor' , that he sounds like his liver is being torn out - slowly. Nonetheless, it is "interesting", and "historically significant", but you can get the idea from the three cuts on 'Morning Glory'. 'Blue Afternoon' is a great album, but everything that made it great is on 'Morning Glory'. Do treat yourself to the European Elektra twofer of 'Tim Buckley' and 'Goodbye and Hello', with unbelievably wonderful mastering (true of that whole series, well worth replacing those USA Paul Butterfield and Judy Collins CD's also).

I'm definitely interested in the Shipp and the Crispell, though I'm not sure how Mrs. Felser will do with either of those. The Zankel would be good, but I have a healthy fear of 18th and Diamond St. Anyone else from Phillyissimo interested in attending any of these? Any advice on how to safely park your car to attend the Zankel? I don't want to be paranoid, but I also don't want to be naive. That's arguably the worst section of Philadelphia there, and I'm a suburbs guy. thx

I'm up next week and will extend the memorial even a week further, probably with either 'Members, Don't Get Weary' or 'Deeds, Not Words'.

To paraphrase John D. Rockefeller: Q: How many CD's are enough? A: Just a few more. PM sent on the Jessica Williams.

I feel exactly the same way about Moby Grape and Love. I do like Moby Grape's first album--they caught a compelling mood in the studio while recording it, for me. Other than that, I just don't love their music, although I have tried. All of Love's output is the same way for me. Another group that I want to like from that time, but just really don't, is the group with Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder, the Rising Sons. I'm with you on Moby Grape, only the first album really does it for me, and I consider it overrated really, though certainly very good. On the other hand, I think the first five Love albums (through Out Here) are pretty wonderful, with the exception of the criminal waste of the second side of Da Capo with "Revelation". It became even clearer later on what a terrible waste that was when we got to hear all those excellent Bryan McLean demos from the period of cuts Love never recorded. Rising Sons was an early prototype for all involved, would be quite long forgotten if Mahal, Cooder, and Cassidy hadn't gone on to achieve their later high profiles. There's tons of bad prototype blues-rock stuff from the mid-sixties out there.

I agree it's confusing, and I agree that the Strata-East album has lousy sound. Interesting since the earlier "Music Inc. and Big Band' on Strata-East has good sound (and is a GREAT album).

I would think so! Just don't forget to beware of the actual recorded sound, since it's close to unlistenable... :rsly: You must have much higher standards than me, it doesn't sound bad at all to my ears.

Don't remember the Braxton being in heavy rotation on MTV.