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Or any recording by the group he led with Chu Berry in the second half of the thirties. A very recommended CD where you can hear this ensemble: "Heckler´s hop" on Hep.

Yeah! Or Hawkins/Eldridge/Hodges - Alive at the Village Gate!

A fella's gotta eat. B-) So, this means we can email you pre-ordering this new Parker/Gillespie on Uptown plus some Nessa CDs?

Same here, Flurin. I bought two or three of those copy-protected discs at the beginning (among them "Search for the new land"), but not any more! When I really need a RVG or a Conn, I´d rather go to amazon marketplace, ebay or CDUniverse.

From Downbeat, June 1962:

According to the last DEMS Bulletin, Storyville keeps on preparing the release of this double CD on which (among other material) all the available Cotton Club broadcasts from 1938 will be issued. Liner notes will be written by Andrew Homzy. Carl Hällström has supplied with the details: CD 1 From a CBS broadcast "Saturday Night Swing Club" 8May37 1. Swing Session 2. Medley: Solitude/In a Sentimental Mood previously released on LP Fanfare Records 17-117 Broadcast from the Cotton Club 24Mar38 3. Harmony in Harlem 4. If You Were in My Place 5. Mood Indigo 6. Theme: East St. Louis Toodle-O 7. Theme: East St. Louis Toodle-O 8. Oh Babe, Maybe Someday 9. Dinah 10. If Dreams Come True 11. Scrontch 3/8 previously on Bear Family 16340 (DEMS 04/1-22) 9 previously on Archives of Jazz 3801122 or 3891122 10 previously on Archives of Jazz 3801132 or 3891132 11 FIRST TIME RELEASE! Broadcast from the Cotton Club 17Apr38 12. You Went to My Head 13. Three Blind Mice 14. Solitude 15. Downtown Uproar 12 & 15 previously on Archives of Jazz 3801122 or 3891122 13 previously on Archives of Jazz 3801132 or 3891132 14 FIRST TIME RELEASE! Broadcast from the Cotton Club 24Apr38 16. Dinah's in a Jam 17. On the Sunny Side of the Street 18. Demi-Tasse 19. Azure 20. Carnival in Caroline 16/17 previously on Archives of Jazz 3801132 or 3891132 16 & 18/20 previously on Recording Arts 5-304-2 (CD 3) Broadcast from the Cotton Club 1May38 21. Harmony in Harlem 22. At Your Beck and Call 23. Solitude 24. The Gal From Joe's 25. Riding on a Blue Note 26. If Dreams Come True Previously on Bear Family 16340 (DEMS 04/1-22) CD 2 Broadcast from the Cotton Club 8May38 1. Oh Babe, Maybe Someday 2. I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart Previously on LP Max 1002 Broadcast from the Cotton Club 15May38 3. Birmingham Breakdown 4. Rose Room 5. If Dreams Come True 6. It's the Dreamer in Me 7. Lost in Meditation 8. Every Day 9. Echoes of Harlem Previously on Bear Family 16340 (DEMS 04/1-22) Broadcast from the Cotton Club 22May38 10. Theme: East St. Louis Toodle-O 11. Jig Walk 12. In a Sentimental Mood 13. I'm Slapping 7th. Avenue 14. Lost in Meditation 15. Alabamy Home 16. If You Were in My Place Previously on LP Max 1002 Broadcast from the Cotton Club 29May38 17. Prelude in C Sharp Minor 18. Rockin' in Rhythm Previously on Archives of Jazz 3801132 or 3891132 From concert at the Konserthuset in Stockholm 29Apr39 19. Serenade to Sweden 20. Rockin' in Rhythm 21. In a Red Little Cottage Previously on LP Max 1002 and on Caprice Records CAP 21452

I´ve always been a great fan of Rab´s soprano playing. His laying down the soprano in 1940 was a great disgrace to the instrument. Just wanted to share this story, included in Bob Wilber´s "Music was not enough" (MacMillan 1987), that I´ve read in the last DEMS Bulletin.

BTW: in the latest CD issue, the silence between Dance#1 and Dance#2 has been eliminated. But, in this process, the first bar of Dance#2, has also been cut off !!!

There´s a studio version of the entire Liberian Suite for Columbia (dec 24, 1947), three days before the Carnegie Hall concert, recorded at the Liederkrantz Hall. Originally issued as Columbia CL-6073, it can be found on CD in the Chronogical Duke Ellington 1947-48 (Classics 1119) and it has been included as bonus tracks in the 2004 reissue of "Ellington Uptown" (87066) There´s also a studio recording of "I like the sunrise" for Verve, with Ella Fitzgerald (oct. 1965) and another one with Frank Sinatra for Reprise (dec. 1967).

Probably the very same John Litweiler will answer you!

Man--I didn't know Chris was doing that. Uh, add it to the "eagerly awaited" list, pronto. As far as I know, a lot of research work has been done, but this project is "temporarily forgotten", as he´s working on his autobiography. Chris?

Chris Albertson´s bio of Lil Hardin/Armstrong.

PM sent (a few hours ago)

In fact (and unfortunately), I´ve never seen a single Uptown disc in Madrid jazz stores.

Interpretation's by the Wynton Kelly Quartet (Vee-Jay (J) 25YD 1092/93)

Eddie Harris - Steps up Tete Montoliu/NHOP - Face to face Tete Montoliu - Words of love George Coleman/Tete Montoliu - Dynamic duo

On the Definitive/Disconforme/Absolute Distribution empire, there´s a lot to say. They issue discs under many different labels: -Definitive Records -Lonehill Jazz -Blue Moon -Jazz Factory -Fresh Sound Records ... to name a few. Where´s the limit and the difference between them? I don´t know with accuracy.

Good question, bertrand.

Ibex? Now this is the real Spanish guy: Lince ibérico (lynx pardina)

Take a look at this list of pirate and bootleg labels that have issued Monk LP´s and CD´s. Amazing, only for Monk! MONKZONE

Slow-as-the-baddie´s-horse dial-up connection. Provider: Telefónica.

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Yes, but the bottom line is, Michael is unconvinced of the sales potential of a full Mosaic box. Going with the smaller, less costly Select approach will minimize the risk of a full set that doesn't sell. Hey, and what about sales on a 10 CD Mildred Bailey or a 9 CD Four Freshmen box? Experience is the best teacher? Ooops, I just thought they worked for the fun of it!

Yes, but the bottom line is, Michael is unconvinced of the sales potential of a full Mosaic box. Going with the smaller, less costly Select approach will minimize the risk of a full set that doesn't sell. Hey, and what about sales on a 10 CD Mildred Bailey or a 9 CD Four Freshmen box?

Because there were so many of them (13 sessions if you include Babes Blues which was released in the late 80s), it would make for one big ass box that wouldn't exactly be cheap, especially since its almost a given that a full blown Mosaic box will include unissued tunes, making it even bigger. The Selects are a lower price point and I would assume that Michael expects more people to buy one or two of the Selects and not all three; better to give them the chance to sample than to ask them to pay $100+ for the whole shebang, especially when, and even the former GHF will admit this, there isn't a lot of variety to the recordings. But that would apply to many of the bigger (7, 8, 9... discs) Mosaic boxes, Dan. And this hasn´t been the policy so far.