Allan Songer

Here's one that I pull out at least once a month: Side one has a tenor battle (Lester Leaps In) and a Alto battle (Atlas Blues) with Art Pepper. This is a really fine session and an AMAZING recording. Side two has two Stitt quartet cuts and two Pepper quartet cuts. The rythym section consists of John Heard on bass, Carl Burnett on drums and Russ Freeman on piano. It's called Atlas Blues: Blow! & Ballade and it's on Atlas Records. I'm sure there was a CD release in the 90's. The LP shows up on ebay once in a while and sells for about $40-$50.

He moved from Telegraph? In any case, great guy--great store. He moved 3 or 4 years ago. Good to know--I'll drop in and see him next time I'm in the Bay Area. I've bought quite a few LPs from Rick over the years--not many in the last 7 or 8 since I don't get up to the Bay Area as often as I used to.

He moved from Telegraph? In any case, great guy--great store.

I planned to bid 500 $ on this one... I paid $300 for my VG+ copy FIFTEEN YEARS AGO!! (from the late Jack Brown) This has been a crazy expensive record as long as I have been collecting. . .

Add me to the Roy DuNann fan club. For me those Contemporarys represent the best group of work from one engineer I can think of. RVG did some nice stuff, but not at the same level as DuNann and not NEARLY as consistantly. ALL of the DuNann recordings for Contemporary sound fantastic and he understood Stereo long before most jazz engineers-apart from some of the really early efforts, DuNann's stereo mixes are excellent. I too would go with the original Poll Winners LP on Stereo--or maybe Leroy Walks! or perhaps Way Out West, or maybe Teddy's Ready!--see what I mean!! Hard to pick one "best" from Roy DuNann!

Don't mean to hijack this Toshiko thread (I have nothing to add that hasn't been said), but I have always wondered if there were MORE cuts not issued for that Sonny Rollins Music Inn/Teddy Edwards Falcon's Lair LP--would love to hear more of that Teddy quartet with Joe Castro, Billy Higgins and Leroy Vinnegar--can NEVER get enough of those four!!! Plus that Helen Merrill record where she sings in French with Kenny Dorham on trumpet is a killer too--that would be a nice one to bring out on CD.

Larry?

It was a long journey to get here, believe me! I started out in the 70's with a cheap AR--then I stepped up to a Thorens 125 and kept that until around 1980 when I bought a direct-drive Denon. A couple of years later I went with a SOTA and then on to a Linn LP12 which I kept in my main system for years until I bought this Thorens on a lark. That was about 15 years ago. The 124 led to the old SME arms which led me to the Orotfon SPU range and that's where I've ended up. The SPU is perfect for me--the best jazz cartridge I have ever owned. I'm done. I will keep this rig the rest of my life . . .

Maybe not. The only one I would be willing to try is the Denon 102. I know it's not a "true" mono cartrdige in that it moves in both planes and can play stereo records, but I have been told it's really a great value and sounds fantastic with mono LPs. You will need a big, heavy tonearm to make it sing, however (think SME, FR, Ortofon, etc.).

I am using an old Thorens TD-124 with two torearms--one for mono the other for stereo. In the stock position is my SME 3012 with a mono Ortofon CG25, a true mono cartidge that moves only in one plane--the arm is stereo and the headshell mounts in the conventional way. The other arm at the back of the table is a 12" Ikeda arm with an Ortofon SPU G. Mono records played with the mono cartridge are MUCH quiter than when played on the Stereo cartridge. And they sound a bit more dynamic as well. I am really glad I set this up a couple of years ago, as I play mono records about half to two-thirds of the time.

I won't buy via ebay from Ron--too expensive. But I have bought MANY from his lists over the years and never once felt I got less than advertised. Hell, for my birthday once Ron threw in for FREE a VG Mank Mobley 10"!! Of course, that was YEARS ago . . .

Those are Leonard Feather's advance copies. I can only imagine what this one will sell for--an advance pressing of something never released? At least a grand, I would think--perhaps much more?

Clifford Jordan Spellbound on Riverside

Tonight: Azar Lawrence with Nate Morgan, John Heard and Lorca Hart out at Charlie O's.

Looks to be in incredible condition. Lots of these 500 pressings have been coming out of the woodwork of late. We must be up to 499 already. What makes that auction sad is that the record is a CLASSIC RECORDS mono reissue. In the original listing you could see the bottom of the back cover and the OBVIOUS small type at the bottom of the jacket that states the music was owned by Capitol, blah blah blah. I emailed the seller and told him he was sellling a record that could be had BRAND NEW for $30 and he CHANGED the picture and cropped the bottom of the jacket!! He also addes the BS "email from a collector" a the same time. I emailed ebay and warned them that this was a scam, but nothing happened. What a SCUMBAG!!

No kidding ! Did you notice the category? "Entertainment memorabilia--big band posters." Think maybe if this set was listed under "records--jazz" the seller would have done a bit better? Jeesh . . . .

Looks like someone got a nice deal on this one: Mobley Mosaic

Here's a really nice option. My friend Joel just bought one of these a couple of months ago--I was mightily impressed. Creek

Houston Person with John Heard, Roy McCurdy and Art Hillary at Charlie O's. Tonight! Azar Lawrence at Charlie O's on Friday.

Freddie has been having a lot of problems with carpal tunnel over the last 7-8 years and he has been unable to perform for several months at a time a FEW times in this period. About a year-year and a half ago he did a flurry of gigs here in L.A., one of which was a performance of SOME of the music from The Connection with Herman Riley on tenor--this was in August 2005 at Barnsdall Art Park. Phile Ranelin and Sal Marquez were also on hand for some hot, loose bebop blowing. This was a really nice evening and Freddie and Herman were both in great form. Freddie followed this gig with several trio performances around town--I caught 2 or 3 of them and he played well. But we havent seen him around here in MONTHS, so I'm assuming he has been having trouble. I know the owner of Metropol here in L.A. told Freddie he could have one or two Saturdays a month if he wanted the gig. My memories of Freddie stem from the late 80's when he played 3 nights a week at the Studio Grill here in Hollywood about 1/2 mile from my office. I must have heard him in this setting at least 30 times. He recorded a FANTASTIC trio album on Triloka in this restaurant/club with AL McKibbon and Billy Higgins--if you can find it, BUY IT! I love Freddie Redd and I'm happy the gig was well attended.

Some nice flute, there. I think I paid $5 for my Stereo copy back in the 70's. I slap it on the table now and then!

I had the same dilema. Went to Charlie O's for Azar. SMOKIN'!!!! Maybe Blythe tonight?

Here you go. Six bucks. Phil Urso on Regent