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Just noticed this on the Concord site while trying to track down my order. This makes a lot more sense than anything Fantasy (or Prestige, for that matter) did with those Stitt sides, so I still have hope that some really good stuff will come out of Concord. Stitt and Red Garland aren't exactly bankable names the way Coltrane, Miles, and Monk are ( Stitt may sell a million, but that will be 100 copies each of the 10,000 albums he recorded), yet they've both already been treated right by Concord, even in the early going. The Miles set makes a lot of sense also. I'm actually pretty encouraged in some ways. Sonny Stitt Stitt's Bits [box Set - pre-sale only] PRCD3-30043-2 A 3-CD box set spotlighting one of the great founders of BeBop, the multi-talented Sonny Stitt. His blazing, beautiful playing of alto, tenor AND baritone saxophone collected within this special collection is not to be missed! Features the complete Prestige BeBop recordings from 1949-1952 on three digitally remastered CDs and Includes previously unreleased material!

5559, placed Wed. afternoon, no second email, I did order the Ellington.

PM sent on Music Revelation Ensemble and the Sharrock.

I listen all day at work. I can get through as many as 10 a day as I stare into the computer and type and click.

Even if that would turn out to be the case, we'd still get some nice CD's at a great price, would save 90% of what we thought we had spent, and have fun with these posts in the meantime. Not a bad deal when all is done.

Initially I resisted the K2s because, as you say, they'll re-emerge in another incarnation. They're not rare. But there were about 6 or 7 rarities that I didn't want to miss (Hardin, Buddy Tate, Tatro etc). ANd once you get to that point, the math starts getting funny. 7 CDs (@7.98) will cost about 56.00. 10 CDs @5.98 cost virtually the same. So, my basket's at 10 CDs for 60.00 and then I realized I could get 20 CDs for 80.00. WHen am I ever going to have the opportunity to get all of those K2s for 2.00? So, my basket went from 10 to 20, mostly with K2s So, there you go, that's how the thought processes work. Pure illogic. 20 will cost you $80 + $12 shipping = $92. 34 will cost you $102 with free shipping. So you can get 14 more for $10 total. And it's not like the $3 to replace something with a K2 ends up being a net expenditure of $3 - we can then liquidate the old ones we've replaced for whatever they will bring in sale/trade. 34 should be the magic number to aim for in a shopping cart. Makes sense for guys to combine orders. Two guys getting 20 each will each spend $92, $184. Combine that order, and the total becomes $120, $60 each. You can mail 20 CD's media rate for about $4, making the total cost $124. so you could each save $30 ($62 each instead of $92 each) by combining the order. I knew that double major in finance and economics would eventually be good for something, it only took 30 years and a blowout sale to discover what!

Uh, one... But guess what everyone's going to get for Christmas? Credit card bills, same as we're going to get for August!

I don't know--I just ordered and ordered. Email confirmation also says free shipping. I also got free shipping.

138 - some extras of titles I already have to trade off in the future, some to just try for the education (at $2.99, I should be able to move them along without a meaningful loss), a whole lot of upgrades to the 20-bit K2's, which I was not willing to do at retail but can't not do at $2.99. Will have to be selling a whole lot of stuff on ebay to recoup this expense, but how can I not do this?

be prepared for the "death in the family" excuse. it's what I got from him a few years ago. Sometimes there really is a death in the family.

It's available on emusic.

No doubt it's the drumming ?

I like that Louis Hayes album a lot, too. It's probably a little more "commersh" than you're used to hearing from him, but it works. But with Leon Thomas, Frank Strozier, Harold Mabern and Cecil McBee, you know there's some value. FWIW, this version of "My Favorite Things" burns down the HOUSE! Mabern's on fire. It's a nice enough album, but to me it has always been less than the sum of its parts, and I wouldn't pay import $ for it.

Robert, it will give you all of the actual concert rather than (actually, along with) some of the cuts which were rerecorded the next few days, greatly updated sound, and fascinating notes (which explain, among other things, about the rerecordings). This is seminal music - go for the upgrade. JF

'Swingin Easy' by Vaughan is the greatest jazz vocal album ever IMO. Vocal with piano trio recordings from 1954 and 1957. Her voice was still in full force at that point, and the recordings are magic. Worth the price of admission alone for her introduction of Roy Haynes on "Shulie a Bop", which was then parodied by Rahsaan on Haynes' excellent 'Out of the Afternoon' album in 1962. 'Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown' also should not be missed, especially for "Lullabye of Birdland". After that, I'd go with 'One Night Stand: The Town Hall Concert 1947', for the purest singing in the history of the planet, then go with the jazz-oriented Mercury material and the Proper Box to capture the early Musicraft and Columbia sides.

Please contact me at john.felser or PM if interested in any: New Additions July 2006: The following three titles make up the complete Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers October 11,1980 Live at Bubba’s Recordings. Sound Quality is fine, and the group and music are out of this world. This was one of the greatest Jazz Messenger units, with Wynton Marsalis, Bobby Watson, Billy Pierce, James Williams, Charles Fambrough, and Blakey. If you don’t have this music in some form (it has been frequently issued either correctly under Blakey’s name or exploitationally under Marsalis’s), you owe it to yourself to get it. If you are young and never understood what the excitement concerning Wynton was all about (since he’s usually been deathly boring for almost 20 years), this will answer it for you. Contact me if you need to know which cuts are on which CD’s, since you may own some of this but not all. There is only one cut overlap total between these three CD’s, so you’re safe to get all three if you don’t own any of this Art Blakey – The Sound of Jazz Wynton Marsalis – Wynton Wynton Marsalis – The All-American Hero Other new CD’s to my list July 2006: I will trade all Quadromania titles and nicked titles at a discount. Armstrong ,Louis – Louis Armstrong of New Orleans (Jazz Heritage) Baker ,Chet – Quadromania (Membran) 4CD’s 50’s Pacific Jazz sides Farlow ,Tal - – Quadromania (Membran) 4CD’s Norvo/Mingus Savoy + Verve sides Gilberto ,Joao – Amoroso/Brasil (Warner Bros.) 2 on 1 Gordon ,dexter – Dexter Blows Hot and Cool (Boplicity) 50’s Carl Perkins Jay Jay Johnson – Quadromania (Membran) 4CD’s 40’s/50’s Savoy & Blue Note Newsom ,Tommy – TV Jazz Stars (Laserlight) C.Candoli,R.Tompkins small group Rollins ,Sonny – Quadromania (Membran) 4CD’s 50’s Prestige Silver ,Horace – Quadromania (Membran) 4CD’s 50’s Blue Note Thompson, Lucky/Gryce – In Paris (Vogue) Tristano ,Lennie – The Lost Tapes (Jazz Factory) 2CD’s ca. 1949-50 The following have a few nicks, but play fine: Di Meola, Al – The Infinite Desire (Telarc) Hancock ,Herbie – Head Hunters (Columbia Legacy) remaster Hubbard ,Freddie – Live at Fat Tuesday’s (MusicMasters/Jazz Heritage) 2CD Kirkland ,Kenny – Kenny Kirkland (GRP/Verve) Parker ,Charlie – The Immortal Charlie Parker (Savoy) Return to Forever – Romantic Warrior (Columbia Legacy) Washington , Grover Jr. - Anthology (Elektra) New Additions June 2006: Allen ,Carl – The Pursuer (Atlantic) G.Coleman, Turre, Herring Bartz ,Gary – Harlem Bush Music Taifa/Uhuru (Milestone/BGP) Bland ,Bobby/King, B.B. – Together Again Live (ABC/MCA) Bley ,Carla/Mantler/Lacy – Jazz Realities (Fontana) greenback CD Evans ,Bill – Trio ’64 (Verve) On Hold Evans ,Bill – Trio ’65 (Verve) Evans ,Bill – At Town Hall (Verve) Evans ,Bill – Alone (Verve) Evans ,Bill – Empathy/A Simple Matter of Convction (Verve) Farlow ,Tal – Swinging Guitar of (Verve) Gordon ,Dexter – True Blue (Xanadu) Hancock ,Herbie – Quartet (Columbia) Jackson ,Milt – Quadromania (Membran) 4CD collection of Savoy and Prestige sides Jones/Lewis – Live at the Village Vanguard (Solid State/Blue Note) Mayall ,John – A Hard Road (London) his best album, On Hold Newman ,David – Return to the Wide Open Spaces (Amazing) O’Day ,Anita – Quadromania (Membran) 4CD collection of 40’s and early Verve sides Pepper ,Art – Today (Galaxy/OJC) Pepper ,Art – Arthur’s Blues (Galaxy/OJC) Pepper ,Art – One September Afternoon (Galaxy/OJC) Pepper ,Art – Roadgame (Galaxy/OJC) On Hold Pepper ,Art – Tokyo Encore (Dreyfus) Pepper ,Art/Cables ,George – Goin’ Home (Galaxy) Pepper ,Art/Cables ,George – Tete a Tete (Galaxy/OJC) Powell ,Bud – Jazz at Massey Hall, vol. 2 (Debut/OJC) Raney ,Jimmy - – Quadromania (Membran) 4CD collection 50’s sides, mainly Prestige Sparks ,Melvin – Groove On Up (Savant) Terry ,Sonny/McGhee, Brownie – Sonny & Brownie (A&M) Tobin ,Louise – Tribute to Louis Armstrong (Timeless/Jazz Heritage) Woods ,Phil - Quadromania (Membran) 4CD collection, mainly Prestige 50’s sides New Additions May 2006: Ayler ,Albert – In Greenwich Village (Impulse!) Basie ,Count – Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Laserlight) ca. late-60’s Blakey ,Art – A Night in Tunisia (Blue Note)not the RVG Coker ,Dolo – California Hard (Xanadu) Art Pepper, Blue Mitchell Coltrane ,John – My Favorite Things (Atlantic) not the remaster Davis ,Miles – Amandla (Warner Bros.) Di Meola ,Al – Casino (Columbia) On Hold Dolphy ,Eric – Out There (Prestige/OJC) Ellington ,Duke – And His Mother Called Him Bill (RCA) not the remaster Ellington/Basie – First Time! The Count Meets the Duke (Columbia) not remaster Four Freshmen – In Concert (Hindsight) early 60’s recording Garbarek ,Jan – All Those Born With Wings (ECM) Garland ,Red – Keystones! (Xanadu) best I ever heard by him, 1977 Getz ,Stan – Focus (Verve) fantastic. Not the remaster. Haden ,Charlie Quartet West – Now Is the Hour (Verve) Haden ,Charlie Quartet West – Always Say Goodbye (Verve) Jobim ,Antonio Carlos – Wave (A&M) not the remaster Jones ,Hank – Upon Reflection: Music of Thad Jones (Verve) Lee ,Peggy/George Shearing – Beauty and the Beat (Capitol) Modern Jazz Quartet – Django (Prestige) 20-bit remaster Modern Jazz Quartet – & Friends, a Celebration (Atlantic) Monk ,Thelonious - Monk (Prestige/OJC) Monk ,Thelonious - Plays Duke Ellington( Riverside/OJC) Patton ,John - Boogaloo (Blue Note) Pepper ,Art/Rogers ,Shorty - Popo (Xanadu) Quinichette ,Paul - All Star Sessions 1951-53 Raney ,Jimmy/Sonny Clark – together (Xanadu) Shearing ,George - Best Of (Capitol) Sims ,Zoot - That Old Feeling (Chess) Torme ,Mel/George Shearing – An Evening with (Concord) Woods ,Phil/C.Parker/C.Brown – Internation Jam Sessions (Xanadu) New Additions April 2006: CD’s: Abercrombie ,John – Works (ECM) Allen ,Geri – Maroons (Blue Note) Baker ,Chet – Chet (Riverside/OJC) Berg .Bob – Enter The Spirit (Stretch) Berg .Bob – Back Roads (Denon) Blakey ,Art – Live at Ronnie Scott’s (Hehdrihg) Brubeck ,Dave – Jazz Impressions of New York (Columbia) Coltrane ,Ravi – Moving Pictures (BMG) Coryell ,Larry – Twelve Frets to One Octive (Shanachie) Crawford ,Hank – Wildflowers (CTI/Legacy) remastered 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 DiMeola ,Al – Electric Rendezvous (Columbia) On Hold D’Rivera – Paquito – Havana Café (Chesky) Fitzgerald ,Ella – At Juan-Les-Pins (Verve) 2CD Fitzgerald/Armstrong – Complete Recordings (Verve) 3CD, missing inner booklet Getz ,Stan – Spring is Here (Concord) On Hold Hancock ,Herbie – The Prisoner (Blue Note) great not the RVG Henderson ,Joe – So Near, So Far (Verve) Hubbard ,Freddie – Live at Fat Tuesday’s (MusicMasters) 2CD Klemmer ,John – Making Love, Vol. 1 (touch) Konitz ,Lee – Another Shade of Blue (Blue Note) Lateef ,Yusef – Concerto For (Atlantic) Lateef ,Yusef – Encounters (Atlantic) Lundy ,Carmen – Old Devil Moon (JVC) Lydian People’s Front – Laundry for the Nineties (Vantage One) Mahogany ,Kevin – My Romance (Warner Brothers) McCann ,Les – Much Les (Atlantic/Rhino) McLaughlin ,John – Mediterranean Concerto (Columbia) Mingus ,Charles – Mingus Three (Roulette) Mingus ,Charles – Mingus in Europe (ENJA) Monk ,Thelonious – The Unique Thelonious Monk (Riverside/OJC) Morton ,Jelly roll – 1930-1939 (Classics) Mulligan .Gerry/Duboc, Jane – Paraiso Jazz Brazil (Telarc) On Hold Newman ,David – Still Hard Times (Muse) Newman ,David – Mr. Gentle ,Mr. Cool (Kokopelli) Oquendo ,Manny & Libre – Los New Yorkinos! (Milestone) Page ,Hot Lips – Play the Blues in B (Masters Music) Peterson ,Oscar – The Gershwin Songbooks (Verve) 2 complete albums Pilafian ,Sam – Travelin’ Light (Telarc) Puente ,Tito – El Rey Del Timbal (Laserlight) Roach ,Max/M’Boom – Live at S.O.B.’s New York (Blue Moon) Sanchez ,Poncho – El Mejor (Concord Picante) Sanchez ,Poncho – Latin Soul (Concord Picante) Sertso ,Ingrid – Dance With It (ENJA) Towner ,Ralph – Works (ECM) Turrentine ,Stanley – If I Could (MusicMasters) Tyner ,McCoy – Time for Tyner (Blue Note) not RVG Wright ,Frank – Trio (ESP) Young ,Lester – The Kansas City Sessions (Commodore/GRP) Still Available : CD’s: Adderley C./Jackson ,M. – Things Are Getting Better (Riverside/OJC) Adderley ,Cannonball – Radio Nights (Night) Adderley ,Cannonball – Presenting (Savoy/Jazz Heritage) Nat, Hank Jones Alexander ,Eric – Nightlife in Tokyo (Milestone) Alexander ,Monty – My America (Telarc) Alexander Monty./Brown, Ray/Ellis ,Herb – Straight Ahead (Concord) 2 CD’s Allen ,Harry – I Won’t Dance (BMG) Anderson, Ray/Harris, C./Lewis G./Valente – Slideride (Hat Art) Andrews ,Ernie – No Regrets (Muse) Anschell ,Bill- Cooler Heads (Summit) good piano trio Armstrong ,Louis – What A Wonderful World (Decca) Armstrong ,Louis – Vdiscs (Collector’s Choice) 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) Bang ,Billy – Hip Hop Be Bop (ITM) Barber ,Patricia – Verse (Blue Note) Barber ,Patricia – Modern Cool (Premonition) Barbieri ,Gato – The Shadow of the Cat (Peak/Concord) Barbieri ,Gato – Bolivia/Under Fire (Flying Dutchman/Bluebird) Barron ,Kenny – Swamp Sally (Verve) Bartz ,Gary – The Blues Chronicles: Tales of Love (Atlantic) Basie ,Count – Basie’s Beatle Bag (Verve) Basie ,Count Band – Timeless (Savoy) ’86 recordings led by Frank Foster, nice Basie ,Count – Best of the Roulette Years (Roulette) Basie ,Count 3 – For The Second Time (Pablo/OJC) R.Brown, Bellson Basie ,Count – At Newport (Verve) not the remaster Bass ,Mickey – Another Way Out (Early Bird) Carter Jefferson Bates ,Django – Winter Truce (And Homes Ablaze) (JMT) Beck ,Joe – Relaxin’ (DMP) Beirach ,Richie – Some Other Time (Triloka) 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) Bergonzi/Gertz/Kaufman – The Line Between (Whaling City) Blackman ,Cindy – Telepathy (Muse) Blakey ,Art – Paris Jam Session (Fontana) Blakey ,Art – And the Jazz Messengers (Impulse) 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 Blanchard ,Terence – Romantic Defiance (Columbia) * Bley ,Carla – I Hate To Sing (ECM/Watt) Bley ,Carla/Swallow – Go Together (Watt/ECM) Bobo ,Willie – Finest Hours (Verve) his 60’s hits Bolling/Grappelli - First Class (Milan) Bolling ,Claude Big Band – Cinemadreams Bolling ,Claude – Cinemadreams (Milan/BMG) Braden ,Don – The Fire Within (RCA) Brecker ,Michael – The Nearness of You (Verve) Bridgewater ,Dee Dee – Victim of Love (Charly) Brisker ,Gordon – The Gift (Naxos) Brookmeyer ,Bob – Small Band (DCC) Brooks III, Cecil – The Collective (Muse) Brown ,Donald – Cartunes (Muse) * Brown ,Ray – Brown’s Bag (Concord) 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 – At Carnegie Hall (Columbia) 2 CD’s Brubeck ,Dave – Early Concepts (Proper) 2 CD’s Brubeck ,Dave – Time Out (Columbia) remaster with bonus tracks Bryson ,Jeanie – Deja Blue (Koch) Burrell ,Kenny – Laid Back (Muse/32 Jazz) Butterfield ,Paul – Resurrection of Pigboy Crabshaw (Electra) Byrd,C./Ellis/Kessell – Great Guitars Live (Concord) 2CD 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 Callier ,Terry – New Folk Sound (Prestige/BGP) fabulous ’64 debut Cameron ,Jay/Third Herdsmen – The Vogue Sessions (Vogue/RCA) Camilo ,Michel – Why Not? (King/Evidence) Campbell ,Roy – It’s Krunch Time (Thirsty Ear) Khan Jamal Carter ,Benny – Central City Sketches (MusicMasters) 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) Cartwright ,George – Dot (cuneiform) On Hold Cary ,Mark – The Antidote (Arabesque) excellent * Cary ,Mark – Listen (Arabesque) excellent * Challis ,Bill – 1936 (Cirlce) 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 Cline ,Nels – Angelica (ENJA) Cobb ,Arnett – Live at Sandy’s (Muse) B.Tate,E.Vinson,R.Bryant Cole ,Freddie – This is the Life (Muse) Cole ,Holly – Don’t Smoke in Bed (Alert) Cole ,Holly – Temptation (Metro Blue) Cole ,Richie – Pure Imagination (Concord) Coleman ,Ornette – Tomorrow is the Question (Contemporary/OJC) Coleman ,Steve – A Tale of 3 Cities (Novus) Coleman ,Steve – The Sign and the Seal (Novus) Collins ,Albert – Cold Snap (Alligator) 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 – Soultrane (Prestige) 20 bit remaster 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) Corea, Chick – Elektric Band (GRP) Coryell ,Larry – Fallen Angel (CTI) Crawford ,Hank – South-Central (Milestone) Daniels ,Eddie – Nepenthe (GRP) Daniels ,Eddie – Brief Encounter (Muse) Dara ,Olu – Neighborhoods (Atlantic) DVD-A Davis ,Miles – Kind of Blue (Columbia) not the remaster Davis ,Miles – Kind of Blue (Columbia) remaster with Bonus Cuts Davis ,Miles – In Europe (Columbia) not the remaster 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 – Circle in the Round (Columbia) 2 CD’s Davis ,Miles – Panthalassa (Columbia) Davis ,Miles – Tutu (Warner Bros.) Davis ,Miles – doo-bop (Warner Brothers) Davis ,Richard – The Bassist (Palmetto) duo with John Hicks 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) Dolphy ,Eric – 1958-1961 (Giants of Jazz) Prestige collection Dolphy ,Eric – Out To Lunch (Blue Note) not RVG * Draper ,Ray – A Tuba Jazz (Jubilee/Fresh Sound) Coltrane 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) Duke Ellington – Money Jungle (Blue Note) not RVG * Ellington ,Duke – Far East Suite (RCA) not the remaster Ellington ,Duke – Presents (Bethlehem/Shout) Ellis ,Herb/Brown ,Ray – In the Pocket (Concord) 2CD 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 ,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) Fitzgerald ,Ella – Dream Dancing (Pablo) Fitzgerlad/Armstrong – Ella & Louis (Verve/Laserlight) Fogel ,Marty – Many Bobbing Heads, At Last (CMP) On Hold Forman ,Bruce – There Are Times (Concord) Hutcherson, Cables Franklin ,Henry – All God’s Children (Skipper) Zane Musa Francks ,Don/Breau ,Lenny – At the Purple Onion (Art of Life) Freelon ,Nnenna – Heritage (Columbia) * Freeman ,Chico/Blythe ,Arthur – Focus (Contemporary) Freeman ,Chico/Barnstorm – The Mystical Dreamer (In + Out) Gallant ,Joe & Illuminati – Shadowhead (Black Mirror) ** Garner ,Erroll – Dreamstreet/One World Concert (Telarc) HOLD 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 – and the Oscar Peterson Trio (Verve) * Getz ,Stan – Complete Savoy Recordings (Savoy) 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 – Big Band (GNP) HOLD Gillespie ,Dizzy – Playel Jazz Concert 1953 (Vogue/BMG) HOLD 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 Goodman ,Benny – Trio/Quintet Sessions: After You’ve Gone (RCA) Goodman ,Benny – Yale Archives (Jazz Masters) 2 CD Goodman ,Benny – The Small Groups (ASV) Goodman ,Benny – 40th Anniversary Concert 2CD’s (London) ML Williams Goodman ,Benny – Benny Goodman Story (Decca/MCA) Gordon ,Dexter – Timeless (Savoy) late 40’s sides Grant ,Gogi – Suddenly There’s (P&S) Grappelli ,Stephane – Timeless (Savoy) 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) Gray ,Glen/Casa Loma Orch. – 1939-40 (Hindsight) Green ,Benny – Naturally (Telarc) R. Malone,C.McBride Green ,Benny – Jazz at the Bistro (Telarc) R. Malone Griffin ,Della – I’ll Get By (Muse) 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) Hagans ,Tim – Animation:Imagination (Blue Note) Hall ,Jim/Metheny ,Pat – Jim Hall & Pat Metheny (Telarc) Hall ,Jim – Downbeat Critics’ Choice (Telarc) Hamilton ,Scott – From the Beginning (Concord) 2CD his first two Concord albums 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 ,Herbie – HeadHunters (Columbia Legacy) remaster Hancock ,Herbie – Dis is Da Drum (Polygram) On Hold Hancock/Henderson, etc. – One Night With Blue Note, vol. 1 (Blue Note/Jazz Heritage) 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) Harris ,Beaver – Blue Humans: NYC 1980 Harris ,Gene – Big Band Soul (Concord) 2CD set * Harris ,Gene – Philip Morris All-Stars Live (Concord) Hartman ,Johnny – I Just Dropped In to Say Hello (Impulse) Hays,Kevin – Andalucia (Blue Note) Headhunters – Evolution/Revolution (Basin Street) 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) Hendricks, John & Co. – Love (Muse) Herman ,Jazz – Antibes July 28, 1965 (Giants of Jazz) Herring ,Vince – Evidence (Landmark) Roney, M.Miller Hess ,Fred – Right at Home (Tapestry) Marc Sabatella Hess ,Fred – (Tapestry) Paul Smoker Hession/Wharf/Fell – Improvability (Bruce’s Fingers) Hi-Lo’s – And All That Jazz (Columbia/Sony) Jack Sheldon, Bud Shank Hines ,Earl – Plays Classics (Jazz Life) good 1977 solo set Hinton ,Milt –The Basement Tapes (Chiaroscuro) 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 – On Course (Novus) Goldings 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) 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 Jackson ,DD – Anthem (BMG) incredible! Javon Jackson - A Look Within (Blue Note) Promo Copy Jackson ,Milt – Reverence and Compassion (Qwest) Jannah ,Denise – I Was Born in Love with You (Blue Note) Jarrett ,Keith – At The Blue Note: single CD version (ECM) Peacock, DeJohnette Jazz Underground – Live at Small’s (Impulse) 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 ,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 Drake ,Donna/Kelly, Wynton – Donna Sings Dinah (Luxor/Fresh Sound) Kenton ,Stan – Jazz Masters (Mandarim) Kirby ,Steven – North Light (A) Chris Potter, Barth, Colley, Matt Wilson Kirkland ,Kenny – Kenny Kirkland (GRP) Klemmer ,John – Involvement (Cadet/Verve) 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) Liebman ,Dave – If They Only Knew (Impulse) 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 Lynch ,Brian – Keep Your Circle Small (Sharp Nine) Lynne ,Gloria – Starry Eyes:The Collection (Fontana/Mercury Chronicles) Lytle ,Johnny – Happy Ground (Muse) Mahavishnu Orchestra – Birds of Fire (Columbia) not the remaster Mahogany ,Kevin – Portrait of Kevin Mahogany (Warner Bros.) Makowitz ,Adam – My Favorite Things (Concord) Malick ,Pete/Jones ,Norah – New York City (Koch) more guts than her solo stuff 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 Mariano ,Charlie – Blue Stone (Black Lion) Marsalis ,Branford – Crazy People Music (Columbia) Marsalis ,Branford – I Heard You Twice The First Time (Columbia) Marsalis ,Branford – Scenes in the City (Columbia) HOLD Marsalis ,Branford – The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born (Columbia) Marsalis ,Branford – Royal Garden Blues (Columbia) HOLD Marsalis ,Delfeayo – Pontius Pilot’s decision (BMG Novus) Marsalis ,Ellis – Duke in Blue (Columbia) Marsalis ,Jason – Music IN Motion (BMG Novus) Marsalis ,Wynton – Crescent City Christmas Card (Columbia) Marsalis ,Wynton – Hot House Flowers (Columbia) Marsalis ,Wynton – Think of One (Columbia) Marsalis ,Wynton – Uptown Ruler (Columbia) * Marsalis ,Wynton – The Marciac Suite (Columbia) Marsalis ,Wynton – Blue Interlude (Columbia) best of later efforts * Marsalis ,Wynton – Mr. Jelly Lord (Columbia) Marsalis ,Wynton – Standard Time, vol. 1 (Columbia) Marsalis ,Wynton – Classic Wynton (Columbia) classical pieces Marsalis ,Wynton – Selections from Village Vanguard Box (Columbia) 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 – Les Is More (Virgin) McCann ,Les – Listen Up (Music Masters) McCann ,Les – Layers (Atlantic/Rhino) McCaslin ,Donny – Seen from Above (Arabesque) *** McRae ,Carmen – Sound of Silence/Portrait of Carmen (Atlantic/Collectables) Gary McFarland - Does the Sun Really Shine on the Moon? (Skye/DCC) McFerrin ,Bobby/Corea ,Chick – Play (Blue Note) McGriff ,Jimmy/Hank Crawford – Blues Groove (Telarc) McKee ,Andy – One World (CAP) Joe Locke, Alex Foster McLean ,Jackie – Let Freedom Ring (Blue Note) McPartland ,Marion – Live At Yoshi’s (Concord) 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) Mendes ,Sergio – In Person/Pele/Favorite Things (Atlantic/Collectables) 2CD Merrill ,Helen – Clear Out of This World (Gitanes) Harrell, Shorter Metheny ,Pat – Zero Tolerance for Silence (Geffen) solo Miller ,Marcus – The Ozell Tapes 2CD’s (3 Deuces) Minasi ,Dom – Goin’ Out Again (CDM) Mingus ,Charles – Jazz Composers Workshop (Savoy) Waldron Mingus ,Charles – Paris 1964 (Le Jazz) Mobley ,Hank – Dippin’ (Blue Note) not the RVG Modern Jazz Quartet – Beginnings (Savoy) 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 Montgomery ,Wes – Boss 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) Morgan ,Lee – Tom Cat (Blue Note) not the RVG Morgan ,Lee – Introducing (Savoy) 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) Moses, Bob - Love Everlasting (Amulet)Medeski, Bergonzi 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) Murray ,David – Shakill’s Warrior (DIW) 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) 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’Malley ,Tony – Naked Flame (Ronnie Scott’s) Onishi ,Junko – Cruisin’ (Blue Note) Oversize Quartet – Plays Music by Rich Latham (Accurate) 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) * Pastorius ,Jaco – Word of Mouth (Warner Bros.) 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 – Complete Alladin Rcdgs vol. 2 Modern Art (Alladin/Blue Note) 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 ,Ralph – Presents the Fo’tet (Blue Note) Petrucciani ,Michel – Pianism (Blue Note) Phillips ,Esther – A Way to Say Goodbye (Muse) 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 Ponty ,Jean-Luc – Very Best of (Atlantic/Rhino) Roney ,Wallace – The Standard-Bearer (Muse) Porter/Praskin Quartet – With Sal Nistico: Sonnet for Sal (ORF) Powell ,Bud – Amazing Vol. 2 (Blue Note) Previn ,Andre – Uptown, with M.Lowe, Ray Brown (Telarc) On Hold Previn/Pass/Ray Brown – After Hours (Telarc) On Hold Printup ,Marcus – Nocturnal Traces (Blue Note) Puente ,Tito – Sensacion (Concord Picante) Purdie ,Bernard – Soul to Jazz (ACT) half is excellent Quartette Indigo – Quartet Indigo (Muse/32Jazz) Rava ,Enrico/D’Andrea – For Bix and Pops (Philology) Rawls ,Lou – At Last (Blue Note) Redd ,Freddie – Redd’s Blues (Blue Note Conn.) McLean, T.Brooks Redman ,Joshua – Freedom in the Groove (Warner Bros.) Redman ,Joshua – Spirit of the Moment: Live at Village Vanguard (Warner Bros) 2CD’s Redman ,Joshua – Moodswing (Warner Bros.) Mehldau, McBride, Blade his best 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) Rich ,Buddy – Rags to Riches (Four Star) ’46-‘47 boppish big band Rich ,Buddy – The Sound of Jazz (Galaxy) 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 Rollins ,Sonny – The Sound of Sonny (Riverside/OJC) Roney ,Wallace – Misteriosos (Warner Bros.) Roney ,Wallace – Seth Air (Muse) Roney ,Wallace – Obsession (Muse) 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) * Rova – the Works, Vol. 1 (Black Saint) Rush ,Otis – Any Place I’m Going (House of Blues) Russell ,George- So What (Blue Note) trade bait Russell ,George Smalltet – Jazz Workshop (Bluebird) Ruiz ,Hilton – Manhattan Mambo (Telarc) Sanchez ,David – Street Scenes (Columbia) Sanchez ,David – The Departure (Columbia) Sanchez ,David - Melaza (Columbia) Sanchez ,David - Travesia (Columbia) Sanders ,Pharoah – Pharoah’s First (ESP Disk) Scherr/Cecil/Martucci w/ Joe Henderson – Warm Valley (Intersound) Scofield ,John/Metheny ,Pat – I Can See Your House From Here (Blue Note) Scott ,Tony/Sellini – Poets of Jazz (Philology) Sebesky, Don - Three Works (DCC) Faddis, recommended Shaw ,Woody – Solid (Muse/Camden) 3LP on 2CD 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 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 Simmons ,Sonny – American Jungle (Qwest) Shook,Workman,Blackman 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 – Live in Philly (32 Jazz/Savoy) Mickey Roker Sims ,Zoot/Pizzerelli ,Bucky – Send In the Clowns (Pilz) nice quartet Sinatra ,Frank – Ol’ Blue Eyes is Back (Reprise) Smith ,Jimmy – Crazy! Baby (Blue Note) Smith ,Jimmy – Prayer Meetin’ (Blue Note) Smith ,Jimmy – In Paris 5/28/65 (Europe 1) Smith ,Jimmy – Home Cookin’ (Blue Note) not the RVG Snetberger, Farenc/Friedman ,David – Signatures (ENJA) Southern ,Jeri – Coffe, Cigarettes, and Memories (Roulette/Fresh Sound) 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 Taylor ,Billy – Quartet (Concord) Taylor Billy – Dr. T (GRP) Gerry Mulligan 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) Toussaint ,Jean/Nazaire – Who’s Blues (Ronnie Scott) Tsilis ,Gust William – Heritage (Ken) Tuck & Patti – Tears of Joy (Windham Hill) Turrentine ,Stanley – Never Let Me Go (Blue Note) not the RVG S.Scott, Burrell Turrentine ,Stanley – Comin’ Your Way (Blue Note) makeshift artwork 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) RVG edition 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) Walton ,Cedar – Underground Memoirs (High Note) Watson ,Bobby/Curtis Lundy – Beatitudes (Evidence) Watson ,Bobby – Live & Learn (Palmetto) Watters ,Harry – The Island of Dr. Trombone (Sundial) 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) Williams ,Rod – Hanging in the Balance (Muse) M.Ehrlich 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) * Yamanaka ,Yoshiyuki – Great Time (Origin) J.Mance/B.Riley Young ,George – Burgandy (ProJazz) Young ,Lester – The Alternate Lester 1936-39 (TAX) 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) * Various – Yule Struttin’ (Blue Note) The Jazz Life (Candid) legendary collection with Roach, Mingus, etc. The First Esquire Concert (Laserlight) Tatum, Hampton, Eldridge, etc Various – Jazz Loft Sessions (Douglas) Weston, Murray, etc. Various – A Great Night in Harlem (Concord-Playboy) 2CD Zvarious – Savoy 60th Anniversary Celebration (Savoy) 2CDs

I'll chime in with a few thoughts. One, I ordered some Doug & Jean Carn CD's from them a few years ago, I received them fine, and the CD's were fine as far as remastering, original artwork, etc. I'm sure the label is only a mom and pop (maybe only just pop) labor of love (consider how tiny their volume of sales would be), so ordering them in the summer, you may run into vacation schedules. I owned basically the entire Black Jazz and Tribe catalogs on vinyl back in the 70's - picked the Black Jazz up for 99 cents each at Third Street Jazz and got the Tribes for something like that at Houston Hall Records, both defunct Philly stores from the day. The Tribe stuff always pretty much sounded like amateur hour to me (The Marcus Belgrave was the only one I really liked), but there were some fine LP's on Black Jazz. Calvin Keys - Shaw-neeq, both Rudolph Johnson titles, both Henry Franklin titles, were especially favorites off the top of my head. But the crown jewels were the Doug and Jean Carn albums ('Adams Apple' doesn't have Jean, they had split and she had gone to Philly International to gain fame and fortune). The albums with Jean Carn are, to me, priceless. The version of "Infant Eyes" is heart-wrenching. If you like jazz vocals at all, don't miss them. Beautiful, spiritual stuff which will lift you to a different plane.

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I have a new, sealed retail (not a promo) edition of Jackie McLean - It's Time available. This is one of the new BN Conn's that just came out. Through an error, I ended up with 2 of it. $12 shipped to US address or best offer in $ or trade. PM me or email at john.felser@verizon.net. thx.

I also much prefer 'Music Inc & Big Band', more fire and immediacy, but they're both well worth having, as is everything by Tolliver. Still longing for a CD of 'Paper Man'!

Larry, totally agree with you about George Russell.

I don't know how tough it is to find or if Da Bastards re-stock, but my copy of Getting into Something came from an inexpensive vinyl reissue probably three or four years ago. As far as Lonehill goes, I do give them credit for being complete bootleggers, as the Bailey set includes "Brownie Speaks" which was only issued on Almost Forgotten, an almost forgotten 1983 comp of unissued Columbia tunes. Since then, most of the music has made it out on CD reissues, but Lonehill's the only place you can find that forgotten track. All tree LPs plus an extra track on one CD? Wow! MG Only contains part of the third album on the 2CD set. Two cd set! I have steered clear.

Art Farmer - The Time and The Place with the bonus material from the 2LP set that came out in the 70's-early 80's. Charles Lloyd - Discovery. All of the Chico Hamilton stuff with Charles Lloyd and Gabor Szabo. Better reissues of Soft Machine 3-7, especially 3 and 4. And I agree that I'd rather see all of this on Legacy (though it won't happen).

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You're right about the cover. I meant to mention it but forgot - especially cool considering that Charles actually looked like a balding accountant!