Stefan Wood

Hmmm, these will be remastered from the original tapes, then processed as surround sound to be played on dvd???? Check out the "About ESP" link on their home page.

I think Fania absorbed the Tico label, as they did many others -- Alegre, etc. I don't know who owns Fania now, but they have been reissuing their catalog for many years now -- check out Descarga

Enoch Light - Provacative Percussion (Command) stereo

I just saw this on Jazzmatazz. Is there a new company doing the ESP reissues, because aside from vol 3,vols 1 & 2 are combined as one set, and there is an Albert Ayler legit release of Foundation live 1970, and Pharoah Sanders' 1st session.

CPO just reissued their cycle of Attenberg symphonies (1 through 9) at a greatly reduced price. Cduniverse sells it for around $35. Highly recommended! Very vivacious and unique music, which deserves to be better known.

Upset? Seems more jealous than anything else.

I was there with bertrand -- FANTASTIC SHOW!!!!!! Oh man, is this an event to see! Guys in the Pittsburgh, Detroit, Chicago, Philadelphia and New York areas should definitely scramble to see these guys perform. I have a new found appreciation for Marshall Allen -- I think of him so much as "Sun Ra's band leader" that I never heard his own skills as leader, composer, player. Amazing. And to think that he and Grimes had never performed together before! We were hearing them practicing an hour before the show, but even during the concert, Allen would change sheets, point out instructions, and the two would fire away. And having a second bass player was a plus, giving it a double cello classical feel at times, and free for all plating madness at other times, but Grimes is certainly back and playing powerful stuff.

Boniwell Music Machine. Buy both cds. NOW!!!!! You won't regret it. A great garage punk band with some whacked out lyrics but awesome riffs! Top notch musicians, and Sean Boniwell was da man!!! Also really like the United States of America cd.

Just got the cd. Can't post a review yet, but on initial listening a big thumbs up!!!!!!

Columbia Swing Sessions. The Ruby Braff discs were suprisingly good, though not my favorite. The centerpiece for me are the Buck Clayton sessions, with organ, and that one album with vocals -- Ada Moore and Jimmy Rushing? MAN, those are fantastic! And I always liked the Webster/Edison date.

What about Joe Cain's Latin Explosion? I thought that was on Time as well.

Water reissued the Baby Huey?? Damn............ His version of Hard Times is stone cold FUNKY!!!

I can't wait to get this from cduniverse. I last saw him play at the Library of Congress last year, and his group was on fire that night!

I'm going over to the Smithsonian at lunch and buy a copy....... at a discount!

If anything, this will make for a good focus set, as this material is different than his released work. I like the two fer, and this should make for a good Select. Man, is Mosaic on a roll!

No, I'm thinking Larry Young. I hear you on the Sun Ra, but the phrasing is similar to Young's.

Been listening to the set all weekend. What kills me is his playing on organ. It's a killer!!!! I wonder if he was comparing notes with Larry Young, because it sounds similar to what he was doing at the time.

Gentlemen, start your search engines........... and fire up them credit cards!!!!!!!!!

Also, in the case of Impulse, it passed through many hands as a cd reissue label. First by MCA, then GRP, which was responsible for the bulk of reissues, and then Verve, then Universal. Samll fish getting eaten by bigger fish....... The point is they have been remastered over and over again..... probably the deluxe editions from as close to the source as they can get.

Components -- ain't nothin else like it. And Joe Chambers is da MAN!

I recently bought the Swing Sessions because of the personnel and the sessions. Coleman Hawkins. Ben Webster and Harry Sweets Edison. Illinois Jacquet. Buck Clayton. You just can't go wrong!!!!!

I like solo piano! From Chopin to Shostakovitch to Janacek, to Herbie and Monk. Heck, even certain piano rolls.......

There's improvising and there's drifting. That's what I was alluding to. The Osby stuff is killer.

You know, having recently seen Hill play solo piano in Baltimore, I wanted to add about my comment regarding his "wandering." I saw both sets -- the first was directly from his sheet music, the second improvised. I liked the first set a lot more, because it was more structured. Now I am all for improvised, but in Hill's case, at least that night, he can go off on a tangent and as a listener, I totally forget where he's going or what he's doing or saying musically. It's like he's so busy exploring, searching for new forms, patterns, chords, etc., that the statement of the tune is no longer important. It can be good, but I'm not sure if Hill is at his best that way. It's the same when listening to some of the sessions here. WHen the pieces are rehearsed, thought out, revised, etc., and then performed, they are rock solid. When they're on the fly, not so. And maybe some of the tunes aren't fully realized compositions -- I don't know. Perhaps its just a reflection of the musicians being familiar with the music. But hell, overall, I enjoy the process and his unique approach -- I wish he could have played more with Sam Rivers -- I think they work great together! Heck, it's not too late...... I love this set, regardless. Best of the year, even this early into it.

Probably caught a bad shipment. I have several Lonehills and they came in great shape in the mail.