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Re: Hall of Fame boxes I only have the Lionel Hampton. Packaging is cheap, but more or less passable. As far as I remember (don´t have the CDs here) it includes some discographical information: personnel listing and date for every session. Nothing more (no reference to labels, name of groups/ensembles...). And it seems there´s no criteria in the selection: some sessions from the 30s and 40s.... and some from the late 70s

Thanks, Jim I´ll add some of these to my "next-purchases" list.... too many discs there, I´m afraid!

It´s back on business. No idea of what happened...

So soon! I´ve just found some CDs for 5,5 € at a local store and haven´t been able to resist it: -Lester Young: Le dernier message de LY -Stéphane Grappelli & Stuff Smith: Stuff and Steff -Chet Baker: Broken wing

Rollins time again! Could anybody choose some CDs from 1966 on? Looking at my collection, there are many pre-1966 recordings.... but just one after 1966 (from that year I have "Alfie" and "East Broadway went down"): it´s "Sonny Rollins +3" (Milestone, 1996).... and the guy could still blow!

Reviving this thread Ubu: regarding his nickname "Jelly Roll" I remember I read somewhere it was a typical New Orleans cake with a cylindrical shape... and, of course, it has double-sense with a sexual meaning! But I must check this story. I have the RCA/Bluebird "Centennial" box and it´s wonderful music. It´s a bible of that era, IMO. Those Red Peppers´ recordings must be up there in the top-five early jazz recordings. And the sound´s good for me (haven´t heard the JSP release). And for some Jelly Roll solo recordings, there´s a King Jazz release (2 volumes) called "The complete piano heritage 1923-29" with piano rolls... great music! But it may be hard to find... I´ve always been very interested in Jelly Roll as a capital figure in the development of jazz... (did he actually invented jazz??? ) ...and his was an interesting life indeed! I haven´t read his biography but it´s on my next-purchases books list. Maybe some of our more knowledgeable members could give us their opinion about the importance Jelly Roll had as a catalytic figure, as a composer/arranger, as a leader of various ensembles... and as a pianist too.

Pierre Michelot "Round about a bass" Songs: Cherokee Gavotte Akkilino Elephant green Sous les ponts de Paris Chet Bye bye blackbird Sweet feeling Klook´s shadow Collective personel (I don´t have the CD here to give you details on sessions): ts: George Grenu bs: Pierre Gossez, Armand Migiani as: Michel Portal tp: Fred Gérard tb: Charles Verstraete, Raymond Katarzynski, Benny Vasseur fl: Raymond Guiot b: Pierre Michelot d: Christian Garros p: Maurice Vander

I love this collection too, with those wonderful photographs! I have about 15 of them and have planned to buy another bunch as soon as possible! Jaspar, René Thomas, Blakey, Byas, Hines, Henri Renaud.... are some of my favorites!

Hope this is Mike Ricci restoring the site and the board.... and not those f*****g brasilian bastards again! Still down!

Looks like it´s down again! I haven´t been able to enter the site for the last 10 hours!

Thousands of thanks, brownie! I´ll e-mail you

I need help with discographical information on some Chronological Classics : for each song/session, I´d like to know recording date, musicians and name of the ensemble/orchestra (from AMG I have the title of the songs and a list of the musicians on the whole CD) -Moten, Bennie (Orchestra) The chronological 1923-27 -Chocolate Dandies The chronological 1928-33 -Moten, Bennie (Orchestra) The chronological 1929-30 -Calloway, Cab (& his Orchestra) The chronological 1938-39 -Eldridge, Roy The chronological 1945-47 -Redman, Don The chronological 1936-39 -Cole, Nat King The chronological 1947 Thanks in advance! EDIT: I HAVE UPDATED LIST, DELETING THE CLASSICS FOR WHAT I´VE RECEIVED DISCOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Nice (and veeeery similar) pic and better quality

Happy birthday, Bud!

Thanks for your recs, guys! I´m afraid that (again and again) each thread costs me lots of money!

Anybody read this Basie autobiography (as told to Albert Murray) published by Da Capo Press? Just bought it, and I´m beginning it.... it looks very, very interesting!

Yes ubu, I´m a big fan of some Grant Green´s Blue Notes (Standards, The complete quartets with Sonny Clark, Idle moments, Matador...). Maybe I should pick one of those Young-Green dates.... even if there´s no horn there!

I must recognize I´m a newbie to Larry Young. Recently picked UNITY and, to my ears, it sounded wonderful. Besides searching where to go after UNITY at AMG, I´d like to know your recommendations. I´d like those recommendations - to be comprised of two or three CDs at the most. - to be similar to UNITY, I mean similar ensemble (including at least one horn - no organ trios - ) and kind of compositions. And furthermore, as I´m a newbie, I´d kindly ask you to avoid "completist" items such as Mosaic.... Thanks in advance!

More compositions by Tizol: -Perdido (Tizol-Drake-Lengsfelder) -Bakiff (Tizol-Galley-Schwartz) -Conga Brava (Tizol-Ellington) -Have a heart (TIzol-Mills) -Jubilesta (Tizol-Ellington-Mills) -Lost in meditation (Tizol-Ellington-Mills or Singer) -Moon over Cuba (Tizol-Ellington) -Moonlight fiesta (Tizol-Mills) BTW: I dig his playing as well!

In the liner notes of "Jelena Ana Milcetic aka Helen Merrill" is included an interesting description of Helen´s singing, by Marian McPartland: "Helen Merrill is one of the truly jazz singers. She has a totally unique way of approaching a song: sensitive, yet strong, melodic yet on the edge of dissonance. No matter what her accompaniment may be, she can unerringly pick out any notes from the most complex chords, and sing with complete confidence and daring. It is this total musicality and understanding of a song that makes Helen a complete artist in the realm of jazz singers"

I have the Flannagan and I really dig it!

OK: I said "sides"... Overtime and Victory Ball... side A and B I´ll check my Tristano "Supersonic" CD to confirm. And I ask for your knowledgeable (and persuasive) opinion on Charlie PS: this is what being simultaneously in two BB brings, PD B)

It´s an interesting site, Jim. Lots of pictures and covers! (that´s where I found the above placed pictures)

This BB will bankrupt me! Inspired by your posts, and at lunch time, I´ve bought my 9th and 10th Mrs. Merrill cds: "Casa Forte" and "You and the night and the music". This will be my listening tonight!