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That's actually one one of the things I like about it, or at least that makes it somewhat unique. It's not so much "out" as it is "in" but somewhere else "in" than where everyone else (was in). It's an intriguing album, at least.

Mrs. Rooster and I were in Raleigh, NC for a long weekend over Columbus Day last week -- and I found up a pretty obscure(?) 1964 piano trio date by a pianist I'd never heard of before: Friedrich Gulda. From Austria, Gulda was apparently primarily a classical pianist (or classical albums seem to be the greater bulk of his output), but seemingly also a somewhat free-leaning or at least open-minded jazz player as well. Rounding out his trio was Jimmy Rowser (bass), and none other than Albert Heath (drums). The album, simply called "Gulda Jazz" seems to have been recorded in Sao Paulo. The album I found is simply called "Gulda Jazz" - and the particular issue I found is a 1977 reissue from the Musical Heritage Society. Here’s a YouTube upload of the entire album. Side one is just one 20-minute tune ("Suite 1962") -- with 4 other tunes on side two (which seem to be ordered differently, depending on which release you happen to have - ?!) It's maybe 75% of the sort of thing that the Valdo Williams date is for Savoy, or (the 'legendary') Hasaan Ibn Ali with Max Roach (though the writing on both the Valdo and Hasaan dates is stronger). But the approach isn't entirely dissimilar. Or maybe some of the more (slightly) out-leaning *bonus material* from the Denny Zeilin Columbia Trio Mosaic Select might be another comparison (not quite, but within the realm). Anyone else dig this? Or have any other Friedrich Guilda jazz sides to recommend? Embedded YouTube video right here, with album images from Discogs below that. My copy is the B&W cover from Musical Heritage (MHS), at the very bottom.

Surely what you passed on for that price, had to have been on LP, and not CD - correct?

My copy set me back $50 + a couple bux postage about 2 years ago. I've had an auto-eBay search set up for it (on CD) for 6+ years, since I first learned (in about 2012) that it'd come out on CD in 2010. I think that 2010 Japanese issue is the only individual CD issue of this title (ever). But it was impossible to find even back in 2012 (and I never did get one until like 2016). From my auto-eBay search (which I never turned off even after I finally got it), it seems to come up 1-3 times a year, on eBay -- but more often than not with some crazy minimum (of $70-$80 or more). I've only seen it go on eBay for less than $55 maybe 3 times in all these years: when I got it for $50, and the other times were in the range of $45-$55, iirc. The Young, Hill (big box), and Sam Rivers Mosaics are the only Mosaics that I already owned (on CD), but was still determined to find all the individual titles on CD as well -- and Heaven on Earth was definitely the toughest one to find as a separate CD.

Of all the 14 versions on Discogs (in every format), this seems to be the only one with that cover (released in the UK in 1969): https://www.discogs.com/Thad-Jones-Mel-Lewis-Jazz-Orchestra-Central-Park-North/release/4641509

Aha, that's news I can use!! Thank you!!

An old question, but I'm wondering this too. Cursory glance at Discogs says "no" -- is that right? https://www.discogs.com/Thad-Jones-Mel-Lewis-Jazz-Orchestra-Monday-Night/release/3224759

Just got this set in the mail last night. Enjoying discs 1 & 2 today, for the very first time (I've had Stockholm on CD since back in 1991, but Paris and Copenhagen are totally new to me). Skimmed a whole bunch of reviews on my phone, during my commute this morning, and several mentioned that Wynton Kelly is really a surprise standout on some of these recordings (and I have to agree). It'll be interesting to see if my impression of Miles' playing is different by the the 5th or 10th times I spin the Paris and Copenhagen sets. On first spin, though, I'm left still thinking that Miles really delivered much stronger on the next European tour (with Sonny Stitt, in the Fall of 1960, iirc), at least from the Stockholm sets (with Stitt) that we all know. That said, I'm listening again, and Miles does play better on the second Paris set (than the first), so that's good. I'm not totally down with Trane's experiments, but neither are they totally off-putting either. After 30 years, I've *still* never gotten bitten super hard by Trane's playing, but maybe eventually I'll succumb. Not that my tastes are super conservative, but I've just never gotten super fanatical about Trane, the way I have 2-3 dozen other players (not all sax). Next I need to spend some time with the liners, which I've barely skimmed 20% of. Many thanks to a board member who just hooked me up with his copy. PS: I'm REALLY digging the Copenhagen set. One review I read said that they had to move mountains to find the tapes (tape) for it, and only got it at the 11th hour. But for my money -- again, this is just based on ONE spin of the first 2 discs -- but for my money, *Copenhagen* may be the most cohesive 'set' of the entire bunch. Like the whole band seemed more on the same wavelength (or more so than Paris, or Stockholm). PPS: Ok, second time through the 2nd disc, and that Paris material (the second disc) is really clicking more for me this time.

Forgot about that one. He also covered the Woody Woodpecker theme too (which I hadn't forgotten!) -- also on Muse, iirc.

To say nothing of Cannonball's brother's nut.

I only have had one experience with a pro CD buffer type machine (at a game store), but it worked like a charm. I found a super-rare Stewart Copeland CD (drummer for the Police), that looked like it had sat on the side of the road for about 2 years, blowing around in the wind and elements. Scratched all to hell. Normally $100, I got it (even beat all to hell) for $12. Took it across the street, and the kid in the gamer store took pity on me and didn't even charge me the $3-$4 they charged to buff CD's -- and it came out looking stone mint, like a brand new CD. Wish I knew a place here in DC that had that kind of service. Not that I have a lot of discs needing it, but I'm sure I have a dozen or so that I wouldn't mind getting buffed (out of 5,000)

I'm pretty certain that the Tokyo reverb is inherent in the recording (and/or a byproduct of the venue where it was recorded). I can't imagine that it was added later, artificially. I suppose it's possible, but unfathomable.

I've had that Bremen '83 show on CD-R for a dozen years, and it sounds phenomenal. You could release the copy I've had all this time, bit-for-bit, and there would be few if any complaints. One of the best, and best-sounding Woody live documents I've ever heard, in over 20 years. Noticeably better than most (all?) of the Highnote releases (vols 1-4), for instance. SQ should be top drawer.

I guess I should have been clearer to say a *live* version, which is would have made it more unique - more so than being a quartet only. (Was only on mobile all day earlier (on the train), and I'd forgotten "BN" was quartet only on PTTP originally.)

Would that then be a rare quartet(!?) version specifically of "Black Narcissus"? (I'm not immediately recalling a released performance of that tune by Joe specifically in a quartet-only config.) Tempting!!

Track listing and timings seem to be visible (in English) towards the bottom of this page: https://diskunion.net/portal/ct/detail/1007761689

Oh yeah, and vol 8 (the all Japanese volume) is 2cd's too (just like vol 4). Damn good, most of it. Just love this whole series. Not every single last track, but 75% of every disc is great!

V7 came safe and sound to my mailbox on Thursday. What a wonderful collection! I listened to it 2-3 times, and then Vols 1-4 this weekend, and hope to spin 5-6 & 8 over the next week or two. It's 8 volumes, but 10 CD's (so far) -- two are doubles (v4 & v8). Really an impressive series of VA discs.

My goodness, that list goes on, and on, and on... and on! What a marvelous tribute.

I'm assuming "In The Trenches" never materialized - ??? It was tantalizingly mentioned on Tolliver's old website about 10-12 years ago, which isn't his main site these days, but can still be accessed: http://www.serecs.com/coming.html

I still think we should all pick a particular 2-3 week period, and everyone call asking about when they can pre-order the upcoming Barron box they'd heard about. Only half kidding too. If they got 30 calls about it, would that maybe get them at least thinking about one? Or how many calls would it take?

I'm planning to get that one, for sure! I sampled all of it a few days ago (the whole thing is on YouTube as a playlist), trying to decide whether to just get it (only) for the lengthy title-track to the Manglesdorff album "Never Let It End" (almost 10 minutes). And even though I did end up ponying up for the entire 5-disc Manglesdorff Originals 1 box -- I still think the "Cosmic Forest" should be right up my alley. I've found that a fair number of these Spiritual Jazz multi-artist type comps are really a wonderful way to sample a lot of great material, without taking the plunge on full-length CD's that I'm not entirely sure about (or to pick up the best tracks from any number of albums that haven't ever seen any CD issue at all, even).

I couldn't see them before, but now they're showing up just fine.

Just doing my part.