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Being an Ellington zealot, I haven´t got any DVD release of him! I´m a complete dummy regarding jazz on DVD! I´ve heard OF this recent release: Duke Ellington - Live at Tivoli Gardens: Parts 1 & 2 - DVD (Image Entertainment) Released Nov 11 140 minutes Recorded on 1971 Anybody heard/seen it? Which DVD releases of the Duke Ellington Orchestra should I pick? Thanks in advance!!!

No problem here accessing Jazzmatazz Site. Upcoming Jazz Releases: updated Nov 18 Recent Jazz Releases: updated Nov 16

brownie: I don´t know a word about that 2CD release with Tete and J.R. Monterose. I did some research at AMG and didn´t find anything!

Here´s the link for the AAJ REVIEW.... yours?

1911-1919 1911 Bauza, Mario 1911 Burroughs, Alvin 1911 Caceres, Ernie 1911 Clayton, Buck 1911 Cobbs, Call 1911 Dillard, Bil 1911 Eldridge, Roy 1911 Gold, Sanford 1911 Green, Freddie 1911 Hamilton, John "Bugs" 1911 Jones, Jo 1911 Kincaide, Deane 1911 Lawson, Yank 1911 Matthews, Dave 1911 Miller, Eddie 1911 Prima, Louis 1911 Richards, Johnny 1911 Russin, Babe 1911 Sullivan, Maxine 1911 Turner, Big Joe 1911 Warlop, Michel 1911 Watters, Lu 1911 Wilson, Dick 1912 Alcorn, Alvin 1912 Barbour, Dave 1912 Bradley, Will 1912 Brown, Les 1912 Byas, Don 1912 Combelle, Alice 1912 Evans, Gil 1912 Fazola, Irving 1912 Glenn, Tyree 1912 Jackson, Franz R. 1912 Jerome, Jerry 1912 Kazebier, Nate 1912 Kenton, Stan 1912 Livingstone, Ulysses 1912 Machito 1912 Mince, Johnny 1912 Myers, Bumps 1912 Rollini, Arthur 1912 Royal, Marshall 1912 Wilson, Teddy 1912 Young, Trummy 1912 Zurke, Bob 1913 Baker, Harold "Shorty" 1913 Barnet, Charlie 1913 Bostic, Earl 1913 Buckner, Ted 1913 Collins, John 1913 Crosby, Bob 1913 Erwin, Pee Wee 1913 George, Karl 1913 Gersh, Squire 1913 Gibson, Andy 1913 Harris, Ace 1913 Henry, Haywood 1913 Herman, Woody 1913 Humes, Helen 1913 Johnson, Gus 1913 Leeman, Cliff 1913 Mastren, Carmen 1913 Musso, Vido 1913 Nance, Ray 1913 Parham, Truck 1913 Raeburn, Boyd 1913 Ramey, Gene 1913 Ramírez, Ram 1913 Van Eps, George 1914 Best, Skeeter 1914 Clarke, Kenny 1914 Deems, Barrett 1914 Eckstine, Billy 1914 Elman, Ziggy 1914 Feather, Leonard 1914 Haggart, Bob 1914 Hawkins, Erskine 1914 Hunter, Ivory Joe 1914 Kyle, Billy 1914 Lucie, Lawrence 1914 McVea, Jack 1914 Napoleon, Ted 1914 Plater, Bobby 1914 Sauter, Eddie 1914 Stewart, Slam 1914 Sun Ra 1914 Warren, Earl 1915 Bauer, Billy 1915 Berry, Emmett 1915 Buckner, Milt 1915 Carlisle, Una Mae 1915 Casey, Al 1915 D´Amico, Hank 1915 Edison, Harry "Sweets" 1915 Fatool, Nick 1915 Fields, Kansas 1915 Gant, Cecil 1915 Hackett, Bobby 1915 Hall, Al 1915 Harris, Wynonie 1915 Heywood, Eddie Jr. 1915 Hibbler, Al 1915 Holiday, Billie 1915 Johnson, Buddy 1915 Jordan, Taft 1915 Kelly, George 1915 McEachern, Murray 1915 Morris, Marlowe 1915 Murphy, Turk 1915 Phillips, Joe "Flip" 1915 Pozo, Chano 1915 Reuss, Alan 1915 Rugolo, Pete 1915 Sherock, Shorty 1915 Sinatra, Frank 1915 Strayhorn, Billy 1915 Tate, Buddy 1915 Tharpe, Sister Rosetta 1915 West, Harold 1915 Wiley, Lee 1916 Anderson, Cat 1916 Asmussen, Sven 1916 Bascomb, Wilbur "Dud" 1916 Bushkin, Joe 1916 Cary, Dick 1916 Christian, Charlie 1916 Dash, Julian 1916 Davis, Maxwell 1916 Doggett, Bill 1916 Ewell, Don 1916 Fowlkes, Charles 1916 Gaillard, Slim 1916 Grimes, Tiny 1916 Harris, Bill 1916 James, Harry 1916 Jeffries, Herb 1916 Killian, Al 1916 Lucas, Al 1916 May, Billy 1916 Moore, Oscar 1916 Mullens, Ed 1916 Paul, Les 1916 Purtill, Maurice 1916 Quinichette, Paul 1916 Scobey, Bob 1916 Shepard, Ernie 1916 Taylor, Sam 1916 Ventura, Charlie 1916 Webster, Freddie 1917 Almeida, Laurindo 1917 Ballard, Butch 1917 Barelli, Aimé 1917 Best, Denzil 1917 Butterfield, Billy 1917 Cole, Nat King 1917 Corb, Morty 1917 Dameron, Tadd 1917 Finegan, Bill 1917 Gillespie, Dizzy 1917 Guarnieri, Johnny 1917 Hamilton, Jimmy 1917 Harding, Buster 1917 Heard, J.C. 1917 Horne, Lena 1917 Jacquet, Russell 1917 Lambert, Dave 1917 Letman, Johnny 1917 Maxwell, Jimmy 1917 McGarity, Lou 1917 Middleton, Velma 1917 Monk, Thelonius 1917 Moore, Billy 1917 Mussulli, Boots 1917 Parrish, Avery 1917 Raglin, Junior 1917 Rich, Buddy 1917 Rumsey, Howard 1917 Russell, Curly 1917 Shavers, Charlie 1917 Smith, Floyd 1917 Vinson, Eddie 1917 Warwick, Bama 1917 White, Sonny 1917 Williams, Nelson 1917 Young, Lee 1918 Bailey, Pearl 1918 Blanton, Jimmy 1918 Callender, Red 1918 Cobb, Arnett 1918 Daley, Joe 1918 Davis, Wild Bill 1918 Fitzgerald, Ella 1918 Francis, David Albert "Panama" 1918 Graham, Bill 1918 Hucko, Peanuts 1918 Jackson, Chubby 1918 Jaffe, Nat 1918 Jefferson, Eddie 1918 Johnson, Money 1918 Jones, Hank 1918 Jones, Jimmy 1918 Kolax, King 1918 McGhee, Howard 1918 Potter, Tommy 1918 Quebec, Ike 1918 Rostaing, Hubert 1918 Rowles, Jimmy 1918 Safranski, Eddie 1918 Shu, Eddie 1918 Simmons, John 1918 Thompson, Sir Charles 1918 Van Lake, Turk 1918 Wilson, Gerald 1918 Williams, Joe 1919 Ambrosetti, Flavio 1919 Auld, George 1919 Benjamin, Joe 1919 Blakey, Art 1919 Carroll, Joe "Bebop" 1919 Coker, Henry 1919 Comfort, Joe 1919 Crosby, Israel 1919 Ellington, Mercer 1919 Galbraith, Barry 1919 Gonzales, Babs 1919 Green, Lil 1919 Hardee, John 1919 Harris, Benny 1919 Jackson, Benjamin Clarence "Bull Moose" 1919 Katz, Fred 1919 McCall, Marie Ann 1919 McKibbon, Al 1919 Morrison, Peck 1919 Nichols, Herbie 1919 O´Day, Anita 1919 Shearing, George 1919 Singer, Hal 1919 Smith, Tab 1919 Tristano, Lennie 1919 Wilson, Shadow 1919 Wood, Booty 1919 Young, Snooky Again... etc, etc...

1901-1910 1901 Armstrong, Louis 1901 Arodin, Sidney 1901 Collins, Lee 1901 Fulbright, Dick 1901 Hall, Edmond 1901 Hawkins, Coleman 1901 Jackson, Rudy 1901 Jones, Claude B. 1901 Napoleon, Phil 1901 Polo, Danny 1901 Robinson, fred 1901 Signorelli, Frank 1901 Trumbauer, Frankie 1902 Aiken, Gus 1902 Alvin, Danny 1902 Archey, Jimmy 1902 Bailey, Buster 1902 Blue, Thornton 1902 Brunis, Georg 1902 Burbank, Albert 1902 Bushell, Garvin 1902 Calloway, Blanche 1902 Cuffee, Ed 1902 Hudson, Will 1902 Jackson, Cliff 1902 Jackson, Preston 1902 Lang, Eddie 1902 Lee, Julia 1902 Lunceford, Jimmie 1902 Robinson, Prince 1902 Roppolo, Leon 1902 Russell, Luis 1902 Simeon, Omer 1902 Smith, Joe 1902 Waters, Benny 1903 Beiderbecke, Bix 1903 Caldwell, Happy 1903 Crosby, Bing 1903 Garland, Joe 1903 Gowans, Brad 1903 Hardy, Emmet 1903 Hazel, Monk 1903 Hines, Earl "Fatha" 1903 Hite, Les 1903 Hopkins, Claude 1903 Jefferson, Hilton 1903 Miley, Bubber 1903 Pollack, Ben 1903 Rushing, Jimmy 1903 Washington, Buck 1904 Anderson, Ivie 1904 Autrey, Herman 1904 Bacon, Louis 1904 Basie, Count 1904 Bonano, Sharkey 1904 Briggs, Pete 1904 Burke, Raymond 1904 Coleman, Bill 1904 De Faut, Volly 1904 Dorsey, Jimmy 1904 Evans, Stump 1904 Hall, Adelaide 1904 Hardwick, Otto "Toby" 1904 Hayes, Edgar 1904 Henderson, Horace 1904 Hodes, Art 1904 Johnson, Freddy 1904 Johnson, Pete 1904 Johnson, Walter 1904 Lytell, James 1904 McDonough, Dick 1904 Miller, Glenn 1904 Murray, Don 1904 Nanton, Joseph "Tricky Sam" 1904 O´Brien, Floyd 1904 Rank, Bill 1904 Rollini, Adrian 1904 Smith, Buster 1904 Smith, Pinetop 1904 South, Eddie 1904 Stacy, Jess 1904 Waller, Fats 1905 Addison, Bernard S. 1905 Benford, Tommy 1905 Bernhardt, Clyde 1905 Bradshaw, Tiny 1905 Carver, Wayman 1905 Condon, Eddie 1905 Cheatam, Doc 1905 DeParis, Sidney 1905 Dorsey, Tommy 1905 Grace, Teddy 1905 Kirpatrick, Don 1905 Leonard, Harlan 1905 Lewis, Meade "Lux" 1905 Lewis, Willie 1905 Metcalf,. Louis 1905 Mosley, Snub 1905 Nelson, Dave 1905 Nichols, Red 1905 Scott, Cecil 1905 Teagarden, Jack 1905 Whetsol, Arthur 1906 Bauduc, Ray 1906 Bigard, Barney 1906 Bishop, Wallace 1906 Bose, Sterling 1906 Brown, Pete 1906 Culley, Wendell 1906 Darensbourg, Joe 1906 Davison, "Wild" Bill 1906 Dickenson, Vic 1906 Durham, Eddie 1906 Freeman, Bud 1906 Gray, Glen 1906 Hemphill, Shelton "Scad" 1906 Higginbotham, J.C. 1906 Hill, Alex 1906 Inge, Edward 1906 Jenkins, Freddie "Little Posie" 1906 Johnson, Manzie 1906 Kelly, Guy 1906 Livingstone, Fud 1906 Myers, Wilson 1906 Newton, Frankie 1906 Pinkett, Ward 1906 Purvis, Jack 1906 Russell, Pee Wee 1906 Spanier, Muggsy 1906 Stark, Bobby 1906 Stevenson, George 1906 Sullivan, Joe 1906 Taylor, Billy 1906 Teschemacher, Frank 1906 Webb, Speed 1906 Williams, Sandy 1907 Alvis, Hayes 1907 Ammons, Albert 1907 Arbello, Fernando "Chico" 1907 Bailey, Mildred 1907 Battle, Edgar W. "Puddinghead" 1907 Brown, Lawrence 1907 Calloway, Cab 1907 Carter, Benny 1907 Cless, Rod 1907 Ekyan, André 1907 Elizalde, Fred 1907 Hall, Herb 1907 Hodges, Johnny 1907 Hunt, Pee Wee 1907 Jones, Slick 1907 Kress, Carl 1907 Lamare, Nappy 1907 Marsala, Joe 1907 Matlock, Matty 1907 McPartland, Jimmy 1907 Melrose, Frank 1907 Morton, Benny 1907 Mundy, Jimmy 1907 Payne, Benni 1907 Powell, Rudy 1907 Sampson, Edgar 1907 Sedric, Gene 1907 Stewart, Rex 1907 Tough, Dave 1907 Wells, Dicky 1907 Wettling, George 1907 Williams, Rubberlegs 1907 Wright, Lammar 1907 Wynn, Albert 1908 Allen, Henry "Red" 1908 Beal, Charlie 1908 Beason, Bill 1908 Berigan, Bunny 1908 Berry, Leon "Chu" 1908 Brun, Phillippe 1908 Bryant, Willie 1908 Chittison, Herman 1908 Gifford, Gene 1908 Gonella, Nat 1908 Grappelli, Stephane 1908 Hayton, Lennie 1908 Howard, Avery "Kid" 1908 Hughs, Spike 1908 Johnson, Howard 1908 Johnson, Keg 1908 Jones, Jonah 1908 Jordan, Louis 1908 Kaminsky, Max 1908 Kirby, John 1908 Klein, Manny 1908 Minton, Roy 1908 Morgan, Al 1908 Norris, Al 1908 Norvo, Red 1908 Page, Oran "Hots Lips" 1908 Price, Sammy 1908 Procope, Russell 1908 Smith, Cal 1908 Smith, Jabbo 1908 Socarras, Alberto 1908 Ventura, Ray 1908 Wilson, Quinn 1909 Alemán, Oscar 1909 Barefield, Eddie 1909 Barker, Danny 1909 Bernstein, Artie 1909 Bowles, Russell 1909 Buckner, Teddy 1909 Bunn, Teddy 1909 Cole, Cozy 1909 Evans, Hersel 1909 Glenn, Lloyd 1909 Goodman, Benny 1909 Hampton, Lionel 1909 Haughton, Chauncey 1909 Hill, Teddy 1909 Jackson, Quentin 1909 Krupa, Gene 1909 Lewis, Ed 1909 Marsala, Marty 1909 McShann, Jay 1909 Minor, Dan 1909 Smith, Stuff 1909 Spencer, O´Neill 1909 Thomas, Joe (as) 1909 Thomas, Joe (tp) 1909 Thornhill, Claude 1909 Webb, Chick 1909 Webster, Ben 1909 Webster, Paul Francis 1909 Wilson, Garland 1909 Young, Lester 1910 Barksdale, Everett 1910 Bascomb, Paul 1910 Carney, Harry 1910 Catlett, "Big" Sid 1910 Collins, Shad 1910 Crawford, Jimmy 1910 Fuller, Walter 1910 Goodwin, Henry 1910 Hart, Clyde 1910 Hinton, Milt 1910 Holmes, Charlie 1910 Holland, Peanuts 1910 James, Elmer 1910 Johnson, Budd 1910 Jones, Renaul 1910 Mackel, Billy 1910 McKinley, Ray 1910 Moro, José 1910 Oliver, Sy 1910 Reinhardt, Django 1910 Rodges, Gene 1910 Sears, Al 1910 Shaw, Artie 1910 Smith, Willie 1910 Tatum, Art 1910 Walker, T-Bone 1910 Washington, Jack 1910 Williams, Cootie 1910 Williams, Mary Lou Again, all additions/corrections are welcome!

I´ll do it for you, when I have time I extracted my list from my database on Access. It´s a handmade one with almost 3.000 jazz artists/orchestras (virtually all with date of birth/death), and more than 16.000 songs (virtually all with composer/s data). I have a lot of data for each CD, but no specific information for each session : I enter "collective personnel" for each CD and a recording date like "1955 (55-59)" for sessions from 1955 to 1959.

A big for the last decade of the 19th Century! 1890 Creath, Charlie 1890 Powers, Ollie 1890 Scott, Bud 1890 St Cyr, Johnny 1890 St. Clair, Cyrus 1890 Whiteman, Paul 1891 Braud, Wellman 1891 Carey, Papa Mutt 1891 Edwards, Eddie 1891 Johnson, Charlie 1891 McClennon, George 1891 Ragas, Henry 1891 Shields, Larry 1892 Dodds, Johnny 1892 Foster, George "Pops" 1892 Hylton, Jack 1892 Lewis, Ted 1893 Bradford, Perry "Mule" 1893 Guarente, Frank 1893 Williams, Clarence 1894 Davenport, Cow-Cow 1894 Dutrey, Honoré 1894 Johnson, James P. 1894 Jones, Isham 1894 Lindsay, John 1894 McKinney, William 1894 Miller, Punch 1894 Moten, Benny 1894 Smith, Bessie 1894 Venuti, Joe 1894 Williams, Fess 1895 Christian, Buddy 1895 Christian, Emile 1895 Garland, Ed 1895 Greer, Sonny 1895 Hall, Alfred "Tubby" 1895 Howard, Darnell 1895 Hunter, Alberta 1895 Miles, Lizzie 1895 Mosby, Curtis 1895 Noone, Jimmie 1895 Poston, Doc 1895 Razaf, Andy 1895 Tate, Erskine 1895 Wooding, Sam 1896 Cox, Ida 1896 Dominique, Natty 1896 Mosiello, Mike 1896 Shoebel, Elmer 1896 Valentine, Kid Thomas 1896 Waters, Ethel 1897 Allen, Ed 1897 Bechet, Sidney 1897 Dunn, Johnny 1897 Hall, Minor "Ram" 1897 Henderson, Fletcher 1897 Smith, Willie "The Lion" 1897 Spargo, Tonny 1898 Dodds, Warren "Baby" 1898 Flemming, Herb 1898 Gershwin, George 1898 Gregor 1898 Hardin Armstrong, Lil 1898 Holder, Terrence 1898 Kelley, Peck 1898 Kirk, Andy 1898 Mole, Miff 1898 Morris, Thomas 1898 Rena, Kid 1898 Singleton, Zutty 1898 Whyte, Zack 1898 Yancey, Jim 1899 Barbarin, Paul 1899 Briggs, Arthur 1899 Carmichael, Hoagy 1899 Clay, Sonny 1899 Ellington, Duke 1899 Goldkette, Jean 1899 Goudie, Frank "Big Boy" 1899 Guy, Fred 1899 Irvis, Charlie 1899 Marshall, Kaiser 1899 McKenzie, Red 1899 Mezzrow, Milton "Mezz" 1899 Mitchell, George 1899 Randolph, Zilner 1899 Senter, Boyd 1900 Bertrand, Jimmy 1900 Blythe, Jimmy 1900 DeParis, Wilbur 1900 Green, Charlie 1900 Harrison, Jimmy 1900 Hill, Ernest "Bass" 1900 Humphrey, Willi 1900 Jackson, Dewey 1900 Ladnier, Tommie 1900 Lewis, George 1900 Manone, Wingy 1900 Millinder, Lucky 1900 Moore, Freddie 1900 Nicholas, Albert 1900 O´Bryant, Jimmy 1900 Page, Walter 1900 Parham, Tiny 1900 Redman, Don 1900 Rhodes, Todd 1900 Shirley, Jimmy 1900 Snow, Valaida 1900 Snowden, Elmer 1900 Tizol, Juan In bold letters, some of my favorites! Any correction/addition will be very appreciated! BTW: I´m with brownie on this: every decade has its own heroes!

The Decca "Classic Early Solos" is a single CD and includes... My mistake, mike! Picked that one a few weeks ago: astonishing playing! Planned to pick the Proper Box as soon as possible!

Just ordered Vol.2 from their site! Vol.1 was "temporarily" out of stock. It´s the same for most of those Blue Note / Time Life for 5,75€!

Yes, Wolff, a bit before in the timeline, but yours is an interesting point: IMHO, Sonny Rollins was the one who settled and gave sense to the pianoless trio format!

Sorry I didn´t reply you first, Claude. Juan Manuel Cañizares is a Spanish flamenco guitar player, born in 1966. At 16 he won the National Guitar Contest and he entered Paco de Lucía group in 1989. He has played with many pop-rock-flamenco-experimental groups in Spain.

The list of concerts I haven´t attended / won´t attend: -Oregon -Jan Garbarek Group -Larry Martin Band -Mike Stern Band -Jason Moran and Bandwagon -David Sánchez Group -Nils Wogram Root 70 -Tys Tys -Dead Capo -Michael Moore -Natalia Dicenta -Roomful of blues -John Scofield Trio -Enrico Pieranunzi (Nov 17) -Lizz Wright (Nov 18) -Cañizares & Rava + Vitous (Nov 20) -Chick Corea Trio (Nov 21) -Manuel D´Oliveira Quartet (Nov 22) -John Surman (Nov 22) -Huong Thanh & Nguyen Lee (Nov 22) -Ximo Tébar Jazz Project (Nov 24) -Ramón Valle Trio (Nov 28) Bold letters show I wish I had been able to....

Does he quit playing concerts? Thanks for your reviews, EKE. Not saying he´s gonna quit playing live... but being 76 I don´t think he´ll be back in Madrid for a gig!

Hi, clifton. Great to see you here!

Elvin Jones Jazz Machine (November 15) This was a really cookin´ concert! Oh, my God, he´s 76 but he keeps fit, thin and fibrous like a young man! The Jazz Machine´s been a school for new musicians for the last 20 years (in the same sense that Blakey´s Jazz Messengers, but a bit more modest). This time the line-up was: Mark Shim on tenor and soprano saxes; Duane Eubanks on trumpet and fluggelhorn; Gerald Cannon on bass and Carlos McKinney on piano. All of them soloed profusely, but the most impressive one for me was Carlos McKinney. Geez, I´d never seen a guy hitting the keys with such violence. He´s a very unorthodox piano player, but he gave us some shocking soloes in a Cecil Taylor way, with that energy... The played four songs and two bises. Tizol/Ellington´s "Caravan" was the first and weakest one with certain problems with the sound of the piano and the bass. They got in the spirit of things quickly and the next one, a Thad Jones theme, was a superb 25 minutes jam-session!!!. Bob Thiele´s "What a wonderful world" ballad was played calmly, with Elvin on brushes. Beautiful. To end their program Elvin showed his preference for Japanese folksongs since his marriage with Keiko: they played a stunning "Hokaido" and they reached their climax! The two bises were a swingin´ Ellington´s "It don´t mean a thing" and another song I did recognize but can´t give a name... In short: my last chance to see Elvin Jones live was a SUPERB CONCERT!!!

ubu: will check this as soon as possible (I don´t have these CDs here)

If you may find it, PICK Blues for myself (ENSAYO, 1977) with Eric Peter and Peer Wyboris. One of his best recordings ever!!! I think it´s been reissued on 2003.

Maybe this will help: TETE MONTOLIÚ, unsung heroe

Yeah, "Picasso", made for Norman Granz on 1948 (or was it 1949?) was a turning point. One of my favorite solo sax ever! Before this recording, Hawk made a previous attempt called "Hawk´s variations, part 1&2". You can find it in the Ocium release "The Hollywood sessions". Recording date is discussed: 1945 or 1947.

Good choice, brownie! One of my favorite Bud Powell discs. And the RVG is superb!

David: Are the commercial recordings from the Duke Ellington Orchestra included those recorded April 12, 1929 in New York (Liederkranz Hall) for RCA-Victor, originally issued as Pirate MPC-524, and included in the Bluebird reissue "Jungle nights in Harlem"? This is the line-up for that session: Duke Ellington & His Cotton Club Orchestra: Freddy Jenkins, Arthur Whetsel, Cootie Williams, t; Joe Nanton, tb; Barney Bigard, cl, ts; Johnny Hodges, as, ss, cl; Harry Carney, bs, cl, as; Duke Ellington, p; Fred Guy, bj; Wellman Braud, b; Sonny Greer, d; with Harmonica Charlie and comments by Irving Mills.

Easy to get and cheap*: The complete 1936-51 small group sessions (2 box-sets, 4 CD each) on Blue Moon. Only small ensembles (except those with Billie Holiday -they put out another set of Complete Billie Holiday sessions-). Only master takes. Only studio recordings. Sound´s OK for me (I´m not an audiophile) but I don´t know which is the source for it. Poor booklet -if you can call it booklet-. In the discography-sessionography, there´s no reference to previous releases from other labels. They sell them as well as separate CDs: etc... B) But it smells like Definitive Records, doesn´t it? * sorry if you think this is for completists and not for newbies on Pres, but as it´s cheap and easily available... EDIT: ooops, I made some research on freshsoundrecords site and the box-sets are not available at this moment! And I found it on other on-line merchants... and it´s not so cheap. So, maybe it´s just a bargain at Spanish stores! I picked the two box-sets a year ago for only 50€ (in total).