Ken Dryden

I am probably well short of a ziillion LPs by any artist, particularly since many of my LPs were replaced with better sounding CDs with bonus tracks. But I still have a good amount of Tohshiko Akiyoshi, Duke Ellington, Dave Brubeck, Erroll Garner, Stephane Grappelli, etc.

Good news, I got emails today from both PayPal and the credit card company that a full refund will post in two days . The credit card issuer must have lit a fire under them, as I filed a complaint after PayPal’s rejection. I also filed a complaint with the FTC so hopefully they will investigate this shady business.

As a precaution, I always use a credit card through PayPal with most merchants to provide an extra layer of protection. Last month I bought something from a vendor based in Hong Kong, though they disguised it in their email communications until I made the purchase. The product was unusable and it took me forever to get them to issue a return authorization and return address. I shipped it via insured USPS on 9-30, delivery was confirmed on 10-4, yet I have not been issued a refund. PayPal asked for more documentation and I provided it, my claim was rejected, they said the billing was correct, totally ignoring that the authorized return has never been refunded. My credit card issuer is now handling the case and they have been far more responsive so far. There is plenty of documentation that this company is operating in a fraudulent manner. I hope no one else has had this issue with PayPal, I would have been screwed if this had been a cash payment.

An expanded 2 CD set released earlier this year.

I am interested but given what a disaster Klinkowitz’s book on Gerry Mulligan was, I think that there were better writers available to contribute a blurb. When I interviewed Mulligan in 1995, he expressed dissatisfaction with Klinkowitz’s book.

I think I will pass on this release. There are plenty of trumpeters around that are more deserving of my time.

Bob Haggart was also some a painter, some of his paintings appeared on album covers for some of the Jazzology albums. Marian McPartland told me that Haggart sent her a painting he did of Jimmy McPartland and the bassist died either while it was in transit or just after Marian received it.

Sorry, but Michael Franks' voice and his annoying lyrics drove me crazy when my station played him to death in the early 1990s. Especially "Popsicle Toes" and "When the Cookie Jar is Empty," or whatever that song was called.

Two Lions/Mack Avenue Records Announces Con Alma: The Oscar Peterson Trio - Live in Lugano, 1964 To Release On November 24th Unreleased Live Album Available On CD, Digital, and Exclusive Vinyl for Record Store Day Black Friday October 2, 2023 - Today, Two Lions/Mack Avenue Records announced the forthcoming release of Con Alma: The Oscar Peterson Trio - Live in Lugano, 1964 on November 24th. Recorded on May 26th, 1964 at Teatro Apollo, Lugano, Switzerland, it was the final performance of an extended European tour just before the trio departed for Japan for another lengthy string of concerts. The unheard and unreleased live album from the immortal jazz legend will be available on CD and digital formats as well as an exclusive translucent light blue vinyl for Record Store Day Black Friday. Pianist/composer Oscar Peterson together with bassist Ray Brown and drummer Ed Thigpen possessed artistry at its most consummate level. For more than six years, this assemblage continued to grow and perfect itself on virtually a nightly basis in all corners of the world. As demonstrably evidenced by the thunderous applause throughout the performance, the trio was in top form for this set. In Peterson’s always excellent programming, the repertoire features two jazz classics, three items from the Great American Songbook and an original. As always, the music is exhilarating, compelling, virtuosic and, of course, enormously enjoyable. The trio exhibits the essence of ensemble perfection in perfect harmony with the leader’s focus, with Brown and Thigpen fully owning the music without ever losing sight that Peterson is the captain of the buoyant ship. Brown’s playing is exquisite and his solos are marvelous and Thigpen’s playing supports, propels, enhances and scintillates throughout. Kelly Peterson, Oscar’s wife and deeply committed keeper of his immortal legacy, has tirelessly unearthed these recordings, founding Two Lions Records and, in 2017, joining together with Mack Avenue Records to release the finest of her discoveries. The latest gem under this sterling partnership is their fourth collaboration, Con Alma: The Oscar Peterson Trio – Live in Lugano, 1964. Tracklisting: 01) Waltz for Debby 02) My One and Only Love 03) Blues for My Landlady 04) Con Alma 05) I Could Write a Book 06) It Ain't Necessarily So ABOUT OSCAR PETERSON: Bestowed with the title of The Maharajah of the Keyboard by Duke Ellington, Oscar Peterson was the embodiment of the history of jazz piano. Recipient of numerous honors and awards (including eight Grammys) and the subject of various documentaries, Oscar recorded more than 200 albums under his own name and as “house pianist” for Verve and Pablo Records, and lent his empathetic and brilliant accompaniment to many of music’s most immortal legends on hundreds of others. One of the most revered and influential pianists even to this day, the upcoming centennial celebration in 2025 will only add new substance to one of the most enduring and important legacies in the history of the glorious art of jazz.

Also due to be heard this week, I have this 2 CD set.

I couldn't announce it before today, there was an embargo. I have the 2 CD set in hand and should listen to it in the next couple of days.

As I recall, All My Tomorrows was pretty good, I am downstairs from my collection at the moment. He also recorded a classical album. Not that anyone would expect similar results from the rest of the smooth sax banalities.

Maybe a suitably jazzy version of “I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead And Gone You Rascal You” can be played.

When I wrote for All Music Guide, I was assigned to review Kenny G’s Classics in the Key of G and gave it both barrels of buckshot that it deserved, especially for dubbing Louis Armstrong’s vocal from “What a Wonderful World.” Although I was paid for my work, an editor’s glowing 4 or 4.5 star review was published in its place, probably to appease the label. I would have never reviewed his earlier work but when the Milquetoast Maesro chose to dumb down classic material, he was fair game. For a time smooth jazz was promoted as New Adult Contemporary or NAC. I joked that NAC stood for “not actually chazz.” The thing I have found is most saxophonists who spent much time playing that lame style had trouble getting rid of the sound completely when playing in mainstream ensembles, with Grover Washington being a notable exception.

I grew up listening to Wanda Landowska play harpsichord, she was pretty hip! Even Meade Lux Lewis played some boogie woogie on harpsichord, didn't he? Or maybe is was just celeste.

It was, that was the first track. Sounds like something to add to my want list.

I am sure that the gig paid well enough for Woods. I actually heard the oud player on that LP sitting in with the Dave Brubeck Quartet in Charlotte, NC. I have some photos taken from the side of the stage and a soundboard recording of the set, courtesy of Russell Gloyd, Dave's manager.

I am still going through a backlog of stuff to clear some things out, stay tuned. Shipping to US only, Paypal F&F preferred, board references available. $5 media mail shipping for up to 4 CDs and/or, $2 for each additional 4 discs. Higher postage for the Coltranc boxes due to their size and weight The latest available: Serge Chaloff - Boston Blow-Up! Capitol Jazz – 0946 3 52992 2 9 M/VG+ still sealed with sawcut spine $5 Ornette Coleman - Town Hall 1962 ESP Disk – ESP 1006 M/M still sealed $14 The Ornette Coleman Quartet - Ornette! Label: Atlantic – R2 73714/Atlantic Jazz Masters, Rhino Records (2) – R2 73714 promo stamp on booklet, punched upc $6 Graham Collier ‎– Hoarded Dreams Cuneiform Records ‎Rune 252 NM/VG+ punched upc $8 Ted Curson - In Paris - Live At The Sunside Blue Marge – BLUE MARGE 1009 2 CDs NM/NM $11 E.S.T. ‎– Live In Gothenburg ACT (4) ‎– ACT 9046-2 2 CDs, promo sticker and promo text on back cover $12 Eric Kloss, Jaki Byard, Jack DeJohnette, Booker Ervin, Pat Martino ‎– Sky Shadows / In The Land Of The Giants Prestige ‎– PRCD-24217-2 NM/NM $30 out of print Roscoe Mitchell Sextet - Sound Delmark Records – DE 4408 NM/VG+ punched upc $7 S. O. S. - Looking For The Next One w/John Surman alan Skidmore, Mike Osborne Cuneiform Records – Rune 360/361 2 CDs NM/VG+ punched upc $12 Most of the earlier posts in this thread are still available. I have tried to price them competitively, but feel free to make an offer if something seems high.

Imagine asking Phil Woods about Greek Cooking... Eddie Higgins was a lot of fun the one time I got to hear him at the Atlanta Jazz Party and I got to share a table with him between sets.

It looks to be more complete and with better sound than this RLR CD: https://www.discogs.com/release/6970067-Miles-Davis-The-Unissued-195657-Paris-Broadcasts Fresh Sound CD tracklist: 1 Solar 2 Four 3 What's New? 4 No Moe 5 Lady Bird 6 Tune Up 7 I’ll Remember April 8 Bag's Groove 9 'Round Midnight 10 Now's The Time 11 Walkin' 12 The Theme

Updated list with some reductions: Author Posted August 31 (edited) Members 3.2k Location:Ooltewah, TN Author Posted Monday at 08:10 AM (edited) Current comprehensive list of still available CDs and LPs: $7 insured mail shipping for up to 4 CDs and/or LPs, $2 for each additional 4 discs. Higher postage for the Coltranc boxes due to their size and weight Will consider discounts for orders of $80 or more. All CDs, booklets and tray cards are NM unless listed otherwise: Al Grey & Friends ‎– Christmas Stockin' Stuffer Capri Records #74039-2 VG+/VG+ clipped booklet corner, 1 small scuff on CD $4 now $3 Alan Broadbent Trio - Better Days Discovery Records 74004 $3 now $2 Albert Ammons - Master Of Boogie (Milan) 73138 35628-2 $3 now $2 Allan Vaché, Jim Galloway – Raisin' The Roof Nagel Heyer CD 054 NM/VG+ $5 now $4 sawcut spine Albert Ammons & Meade Lux Lewis - The First Day Blue Note CDP 7 98450 2 $3 now $2 Amina Figarova ‎– Persistence AmFi Records ‎– BACD015 $2 NM/VG+ marked upc Art Farmer – Soul Eyes - Live At The Blue Note Enja – ENJ-7047 2 VG+/NM mid-1990s reissue, small nicks on CD that do not affect play $4 now $3 Art Hodes & Jim Galloway - Live From Toronto's Cafe Des Copains Music & Arts CD-610 $6 now $5 still sealed Bob Dorough Trio Feat. Michael Hornstein – But For Now Enja Records – ENJ-9627-2 $7 still sealed Bobby Hutcherson: Color Schemes Landmark LCD 1508-2 VG+/NM $6 now $5 minor scuffs in one area that do not affect play Brew Moore Quartet - I Should Care SteepleChase SCCD-36019 $10 Carsten Dahl A Beautiful Blue Moment Storyville 1018528 $10 still sealed Charles Evans Subliminal Leaps More Is More MIM132 $8 now $6 w/Dave Liebman, Tony Marino & Ron Stabinsky still sealed Charles Mingus - Mingus Moves 32 Jazz 32131 NM/VG+ $5 now $4 marked upc Fred Simon - Since Forever Naim Jazz – NAIMCD124 M/M still sealed $5 now $3 w/Paul McCandless Gerry Mulligan ‎– Night Lights Philips ‎– PHCE-3064/PHS 600-108 (Japan, no obi) $7 now $5 Ivo Perelman Trio - Garden Of Jewels Tao Forms TAO 04 $4 now $3 The Jaki Byard Quartet With Joe Farrell - The Last From Lennie's Prestige PRCD-11029-2 promo imprint, punched upc NM/VG+ $10 Jamie Baum Septet + In This LIfe Sunnyside 1363 $8 still sealed Jason Palmer Cedric Hanriot City of Poets Whirlwind WR4687 M/M $7 now $6 still sealed Jeff Coffin Look For Water Ear Up EURO 442 (paper sleeve) now $1 Jimmy Rowles Trio - Rare-But Well Done Japan, Ltd, Ed. Liberty TOCJ-50022 $15 now $13 have obi John Coltrane - Fearless Leader 6 CD Box Prestige PRCD6-30059-2 $40 now $30 NM/VG+ marked upc John Coltrane - Interplay 5 CD Box Prestige PRCD5-30204 $46.00 now $35 M/VG+ marked upc, still sealed John Coltrane - Side Steps 5 CD Box Prestige PRS-31345 $36.00 now $28 NM/VG+ marked upc Johnny Griffin - The Man I Love Black Lion BLCD 760107 VG+/NM $7 now $5 one minor scratch that doesn’t affect play Kenneth Brown 3Down Space Time BG1743 $5 now $4 w/Jeremy Pelt/Greg Tardy/Keith Brown & others still sealed Lynne Arriale Trio w/asper Somsen & Jasper Van Hulten Special Guest Kate McGarry - Give Us These Days Challenge Records CR73453 still sealed $4 now $2 Marc Copland - Some More Love Songs Pirouet PIT3062 $8 still sealed now $7 Paul Bley - Sonor Soul Note 121085-2 $6 now $5 Ran Blake Quartet - Short Life of Barbara Monk Soul Note 121 127-2 $7 now $5 Rufus Harley - A Tribute To Courage Ltd. Ed. Atlantic/Rhino Records WPCR-27046 (Japan, no obi) $12 now $10 Rufus Harley - King / Queens Ltd, Ed., have obi Atlantic WPCR-27479 (Japan) $10 now $8 Sam Rivers - Contours Blue Note 7243 4 73163 2 6, 73163 still sealed, sawcut $20 now $17 Sir Roland Hanna - Solo Piano Free Spirit (2xCD) Storyville 103 8424 still sealed $10 Steve Slagle Quartet - Our Sound! Double-Time DTRCD-107 $8 now $6 Toshiko Akiyoshi - Toshiko Plays Toshiko - Time Stream Ninety-One CRCJ-91008 $25 includes obi now $22 Various - Oscar, With Love 3xCD Two Knights no number now $20 NM/VG A tribute to Oscar Peterson by a number of pianists who performed on his prized Bosendorfer in his basement. CDs are mint, back of digipak has a faint diagonal cut across it. This is not the Mack Avenue edition, but the original Two Knights set. Wayne Escoffery - Like Minds Smoke Sessions SSR-2303 still sealed $10 Ted Nash & Glenn Close - Transformations Tiger Turn $4 now $2 WeFreeStrings Love in the Time of Sacred Outrage ESP Disk ‎ESP5073 $4 now $3 Jack Walrath & the Masters of Suspense Invasion of the Booty Shakes Savant SCD 2038 $5 punched upc now $4 George Wallington - The George Wallington Trios Original Jazz Classics LImited Edition OJCCD-1754-2 $5 now $4 Fay Victor's SoundNoiseFunk We've Had Enough! ESP Disk ESP5042 $4 now $3 Tone of Voice Orchestra Stunt STUCD 22012 $4 sealed, sawcut now $3 Art Pepper Live in Japan 2 CDs Storyville 1038425 still sealed $12 now $10 live in Yamagata 1978 with Leviev, Magnusson & Burnett Ivo Perelman Trio w/Matthew Shipp & Whit Dickey Garden of Jewels TAO FORMS TAO 04 $5 NM/VG+ now $4 marked barcode Mat Walerian, Matthew Shipp, William Parker, Hamid Drake ‎– Every Dog Has Its Day But It Doesn't Matter Because Fat Cat Is Getting Fatter ESP Disk ‎– 5037 2 CDs $12 now $10 now $6 Enrico Pieranunzi Trio With Marc Johnson And Steve Houghton ‎– No Man's Land Soul Note ‎– 121 221-2 $6 now $5 Enrico Pieranunzi Trio With Hein Van de Geyn & André Ceccarelli ‎– Seaward Soul Note ‎– 121272-2 $6 now $5 The Oscar Peterson Trio ‎– Canadiana Suite Limelight (Japan, Japanese liner note insert included, no obi)‎– 32JD-97 $2 water damaged tray card, small nicks on CD that do not effect play VG+/VG Oscar Peterson - Oscar Peterson Plays Count Basie Verve B0010796-02, MG C-708 $4 NM/VG+ scratched barcode now $3 Charles Mingus - Changes Two Rhino R2 71404 $4 VG+/NM one small scratch that does not affect play now $3 Charles Mingus - Three or Four Shades of Blues Atlantic jazz 1700-2 $4 Junior Mance Trio & Orchestra That Lovin' Feelin' Milestone MCD-47097-2 $6 VG+/VG+ drilled spine minor scratch near edge that doesn't affect play Eric Reed - Black, Brown, And Blue Smoke Sessions SSR-2302 $11 sealed now $10 Milton På Svenska, Steen Rasmussen & Josefine Cronholm Stunt STUCD 22122 still sealed, sawcut $7 now $5 David Ricard Big Band Parallels ArtistShare ASO 163 $6 now $5 Buddy Rich - Harry "Sweets" Edison* - Buddy And Sweets Verve B0000572-02 $5 NM/VG+ now $4 obi barcode is scratched, with shallow indentation (not tear) in back of digipak Dori Rubbicco With The John Harrison Quintet - Stage Door Live! Whaling City Sound WCS 107 $3 now $1 Frank Strazzeri - Strazzatonic (CD, Comp) (Fresh Sound Records) FSR-CD 886 $14 now $12 The Ed Thigpen Trio - Live At Tivoli Copenhagen (You And The Night And The Music) & Ed Thigpen (Master Of Rhythm And Time) Stunt Records CD + DVD $12 still sealed now $10 Fredrik Lundin ‎– 5 Go Adventuring Again Stunt STUCD17162 still sealed, sawcut $6 now $5 Frank Kimbrough, Joe Locke - Saturn's Child OmniTone 11901 $8 now $6 Mel Tormé / Gerry Mulligan / George Shearing ‎– The Classic Concert Live Concord Jazz ‎CCD-2227-2 promo imprint, punched barcode $4 NM/VG+ liner notes by yours truly… Marilyn Mazur - Rerooting CYH 004 still sealed $10 now $8 Tony Bennett and Bill Evans Together Again Concord CCD-2196-2 promo, punched barcode reissue with 6 alternate takes NM/VG+ $4 now $3 Ran Blake - Duke Dreams - The Legacy Of Strayhorn-Ellington Soul Note 121027-2 $6 now $5 NM/VG+ drilled upper corner Ran Blake ‎– Unmarked Van - A Tribute To Sarah Vaughan Soul Note ‎121227-2 $6 now $5 NM/VG+ punched barcode Nat King Cole And The King Cole Trio – Nat King Cole And The King Cole Trio Savoy Jazz ZDS 1205 $5 now $3 NM/VG+ CD looks brand new, booklet has minor creasing from removing it from the jewel box Jackie Cain & Roy Kral - One More Once - A Tribute to Alan Jay Lerner Audiophile ACD-230 still sealed M/M $5 now $4 Gerald Cannon - Combinations Woodneck Records $4 w/Gary Bartz, Kenny Barron, Steve Slagle, Jeremy Pelt, Russell Malone, Duane Eubanks NM/VG+ punched barcode Added more CDs: Eliane Elias Quietude Candid CCD 30512 $13 now $11 M/M factory sealed Grand Central Sax Storm Evidence ECD 22136-2 $10 factory sealed M/M wRavi Coltrane, Antoine Roney, Jacky Terrasson 8/26 additions: Sonny Clark - Dial "S" For Sonny Blue Note RVG 7243 8 64469 2 3 $10.00 now $8 sawcut tray card NM/VG+ Sonny Clark - Leapin' And Lopin' Blue Note CDP 7 84091 2 $7.00 now $5 Sonny Clark - My Conception Blue Note 7243 5 22674 2 2 $12.00 now $8 promo imprint on CD, marked barcode NM/VG+ Sonny Clark - Sonny's Crib Blue Note 7243 4 97367 2 6, 97367 $12.00 now $8 NM/VG+ sawcut Sonny Clark - Standards Blue Note CDP 7243 8 21283 2 8 $12.00 now $8 NM/VG+ sawcut Sonny Clark Trio - Sonny Clark Trio Blue Note RVG 7243 5 33774 2 7 $5 Sonny Clark - Cool Struttin’ Blue Note CDP 7 46513 2 NM/VG $4.00 some booklet creasing and stain on back page, can share scan on request Meredith D'Ambrosio ‎– The Cove SunnySide ‎SSC 1028 D $6 NM/VG+ minor crease in booklet from jewel box Eddie Daniels ‎– The Five Seasons Shanachie ‎5017 $3 NM/VG+ sawcut Clark Terry - Ow Live At E.J.'s JLP 103601 2 CDs still sealed a great live set that is out of print, the Storyville CD reissue omits 5 tracks $13 now $10 Satoko Fujii - Torrent Libra 201-072 $24 now $20 still sealed Japanese import Nicholas Payton, Bob Belden, Sam Yahel, John Hart, Billy Drummond - Mysterious Shorter Chesky SACD321 $11 now $9 SACD NM/VG+ punched upc MIchel Portal - Radar - Live at Theater Gutersloh Intuition INTCHR 71319 $8 now $6 NM/VG+ Slight wear on edges of digipak and tiny tear on upper left corner/spine. The Peggy Lee Band - A Giving Way Songlines SGL1636-2 $7 now $5 LPs: Kenny Werner - Solo In Stuttgart 2 LP set Jazzhaus,/WR JAH-47 NM/NM $27 download card redeemed but CDR is included Martin Wind Quartet Featuring Joe LaBarbera, Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana - Turn Out The Stars Ltd. Ed. of 500 Edition Longplay 09 NM/NM $25 Mary Stallings ‎– Fine And Mellow Clarity Recordings ‎CNB-1001 2 single side LPs $34 NM/VG+ very slight wear in the upper right front corner and along some edges Nick Brignola Burn Brigade Bee Hive BH 1010 NM/VG+ $8 Vinyl looks flawless, cover has its original sheen, small corner dings and creases on edges. Various, including Jaki Byard, Bill Frisell, Carla Bley, Muhal Richard Abrams & others: Amarcord Nino Rota Hannibal HNBL 930 NM/VG+ $11 jacket has price sticker remnants and writing inside of interior sleeve, not on the artwork

I don’t know that they used my article as liner notes but I wouldn’t put it past them.