Ken Dryden

I remember ordering the debut ELP LP from a record club as a freebie and was astounded at the difference from typical rock. I wasn't familiar with Bartok or Janacek at the time, but also loved the use of the pipe organ. I saw them a couple of times in concert and did a phone interview with Emerson in the early 1990s for a planned radio special which never came to be. While Emerson could be bombastic, he got me interested in Meade Lux Lewis, Joe Sullivan and Alberto Ginastera. I was already very familiar with Ravel's orchestra scoring of Pictures at an Exhibition and laughed when a classical LP was reissued with Vladimir Horowitz's solo piano version backed by Alberto Toscanini with the NBC Symphony's recording, with the blurb on the jacket: "The piece that inspired Emerson, Lake & Palmer's hit." He will be missed.

PM sent about Bob Dorough – Eulalia (Merry Lane)

I had problems removing the middle disc from several of the boxes in the Bee Hive set. I complained to Mosaic and they told me they have passed on this info to their jewel box manufacturer, but with no response. Great music, though I owned a number of the LPs.

John: Hope you had a great Thanksgiving. Are any of these still available? Bernstein ,Peter – Earth Tones (Criss Cross) Goldings $7 Bernstein ,Peter – Signs of Life (Criss Cross) Mehldau $8 Hazeltine ,David – Blues Quarters, Vol. 2 (Criss Cross) $8 Jordan ,Duke – Wait and See (Steeplechase) Dannie Richmond $8 Jordan ,Duke – Tivoli One (Steeplechase) Dannie Richmond $8 Jordan ,Duke – Tivoli Two (Steeplechase) Dannie Richmond $8 I’ll need to check to see if any of the Duke Jordan stuff has been reissued as 2 CD sets under a different title. I’ve got to go 2 floors down to check. I’ll also get together an updated trade list if you’re interested. Ken

I've never found Miles Davis' Warner Bros. recordings to be of any interest to me. Boring vamps and uninspired improvisations over them.

If labels and sellers are offering CDRs, they should be charging less and being up front about what they are selling. I hate CDRs disguised as manufactured CDs, with some Amazon sellers being frequent culprits, though Amazon's own listings seem to mention when something is a CDR that they sell. Those damned labels have a tendency to work loose, a real problem if you use a slot-loading CD player. As for backing up all of my CDs and CDRs on digital files, good luck. That would be very time consuming due to the size of my collection.

Interested in Clifford Jordan & Ran Blake - Masters From Different Worlds (Mapleshade) VG+ - $4 I can do a straight purchase but have a wealth of CDs for trading if you're interested.

I've got an Affinity LP by Duke Ellington entitled Paris Jazz Party. I know Don Byas is on it, but didn't remember Archie Shepp. I'll have to go downstairs to take a look and listen.

PM sent for: Sun Ra - Helsinki 1971: The Complete Concert & Interview - (Transparency) 3 discs, 15 as new Sun Ra - Live at Slug's Saloon - (Transparency) 6 discs 30 unplayed Lee Konitz, Chris Cheek, Stephane Furic Lubovici - Jugendstil II - (ESP) 5

Please set these aside while I view your other list: Gryce, Gigi Saying Somethin' OJC 7 Robinson, Spike The CTS Session Hep 5 Robinson, Spike & Cohn, Al Henry B meets Alvin G Once in a Wild Capri 5 Smith, Willie the Lion The Lion's in Town Vogue 4 Williams, John (piano) The John Williams Trio Emarcy 17

Save it for me. Do you need an updated trade list from me?

PM sent for: Lateef ,Yusef – The Centaur and the Phoenix (Riverside/OJC) Zawinul $6 Lateef ,Yusef – The Three Faces Of (Riverside/OJC) $7 Adams ,Pepper – Hollywood Quintet Sessions (Fresh Sound) $10

I just visited a retired engineer who was downsizing and he had a copy of the out of print Complete Emarcy Recordings of Clifford Brown & Max Roach. If anyone is interested, I will share his contact info via a pm. I don't know what he's asking, but it looks like it was just opened.

Sometimes fadeouts are used to cover sloppy endings.

It's hard to imagine selling any Stan Getz, unless it was a duplication. I usually get rid of individual CDs when obtaining a boxed set, but I haven't pulled the trigger on the 9 volumes of Art Tatum on Storyville. I rarely have regrets over getting rid of anything. Too much unheard and little heard music remains.

I've enjoyed my reissues of Glass Bead Games and In the World, while I'm looking forward to this set. BTW, my Chick Webb/Ella Fitzgerald Mosaic set arrived yesterday, #12, the lowest number I've ever received, aside from the "Promo" copies I've gotten at times.

PM sent for: Bergonzi ,Jerry – Dreaming Out Loud (Whaling City) Gertz, B. Kaufman $5 Coles ,Johnny – New Morning (Criss Cross) Parlan, Billy Hart $9 the Desmond/Hall RCA boxed set

He'll probably take a swing at any NYC-based reviewed who trashes it in a review.

I have a copy of the earlier CD edition of Stan Getz: Dynasty, which includes "I Remember Clifford," a song omitted from both the original album and later single CD reissue. Near mint, $15 including US shipping. Payment accepted via Amazon gift card.

Two of the harder to find items: Stuff Smith Sweet Swingin' Stuff 20th Century Fox LP 3008 I was actually given this copy in a batch of records from a listener's estate. I've never seen it again anywhere else, as I'd like to have one in better condition. Stuff Smith Live in Paris, 1965 France's Concert 120 I'm pretty sure this was available on CD as well, though the label disappeared a couple of decades ago.

I doubt that there is an appraiser in our community who is up to the task at setting a fair value at a reasonable fee for my collection.

I own that CD, which indicates it was a jam session.

I want these CDs: De Rose ,Dena – Introducing (Sharp Nine) $4 De Rose ,Dena – Another World (Sharp Nine) $4 Germanson ,Rick – Heights (Fresh Sound New Talent) $6 Grappelli ,Stephane – Parisian Thoroughfare (Black Lion) R.Hanna $3 Katz ,Dick – The Line Forms Here (Reservoir) Golson, Kisor $7 Levy ,Jed – Mood Ellington (Steeplechase) Walrath $7

Blue Note, Concord and Verve are all shadows of themselves, having deleted much of their valuable catalogs and not much resembling jazz labels any more. Alfred Lion, Carl Jefferson and Norman Granz would not be pleased.

The 1965 performance has a listing in the Ellington discography Ellingtonia, but no listings. The 1969 performance would have been better without Tony Watkins, one of the least liked vocalists to ever appear with the band. At least Ellington didn't call for his dreadful "One More Time For the People," a song that would provoke Cootie Williams to storm off stage in disgust.