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Yuck!

Wonder what the problems were?

Yeah, that's exactly what I was thinking too. I was just hoping there was maybe an even better multi-disc Monk comp, that had multi-label representation of his material. Really didn't expect there'd be one, but you never know - especially with someone who's had as many releases/repackaging as Monk. ALSO, here's a bit of further discussion (similar), at Steve Hoffman... http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/best-thelonious-monk-compilation.171597/

I've got an eBay auto-search set up for this now, so I should get notified if/when it turns up there. Often if I'm patient enough, things will eventually turn up on eBay at a much better price. May take 6 months or more, we'll see.

A friend at work asked me to recommend some Thelonious Monk to him (though admittedly, or at least I'm admitting to all of you, my Monk collection is fairly thin). And he specifically wondered if there was a good compilation I could suggest? And thinking about it, Monk stuck me as an artist who would benefit by a really good 2CD compilation that covered *multiple labels*. Is the 'Ken Burns Jazz' single-CD Monk comp the only multi-label Monk comp out there? I just skimmed All Music on my phone, and I lost count at the number of Monk titles they lump in under "compilation" (a quirk of what Allmusic calls a 'compilation' - I totally realize). Or are there any good single-disc (or 2CD?) Monk comps, each separately covering his Riverside and Columbia years? (I'm pretty sure there's a decent single-disc Blue Note compilation, iirc.)

The in-stock copy Amazon had yesterday, seems to be gone now -- I think it was available (direct from Amazon?) for $75, new (iirc). They do have a couple 3rd party sellers with copies for $120 (and $235) -- which is way too rich for my blood. I *might* have been tempted to get it at $75 -- maybe -- but it would have taken me a week to quit my hemmin' & hawin' about the price. I think(?) my price-point is more like $60, though lord knows I'd be happier if I could pay more like $50. In this day and age when there are 5-CD mini-sets available brand new, and legit (admittedly without any liners), for well less than $25 usually (even with shipping) -- it's a little harder to justify plunking down what would have been ~80 for just 4 CD's. (Then again, I have occasionally spent over $40 for just one CD, so it all depends on what it is, and how much I really want it.)

Perfect, thank you!!!

How'd you like it?

Another EGO 4CD set that looks interesting too... https://www.discogs.com/Various-The-EGO-Recordings-Of-Joe-Haider-Fritz-Pauer-Horace-Parlan/release/8059654 EDIT: And another (third) one too... https://www.discogs.com/Various-The-EGO-Recordings-Of-Leszek-Zadlo-Alan-Skidmore/release/7297468

OK, I missed seeing that. I want one too! -- probably way more than the music.. Also includes a printable version of our Interplanetary Activity Book! (Sun Ra coloring book)

I suppose this is probably impossible to find now (only came out 6 years ago). Anyone happen to have a line on a copy? https://www.discogs.com/es/Various-The-EGO-Recordings-Of-Benny-Bailey-Sal-Nistico-Dusko-Goykovich/release/7296953 https://www.dustygroove.com/item/626593 Only just noticed that I've had this on my Dusty Groove "Want List" for at least 4(?) years, maybe longer? No idea when I added it, and I'm just noticing again now. And looks even better on paper now, than it apparently did when I very first saw it (which may have been before I ever heard (or even heard of) Sal Nistico. Any comments on the music?? How much is this worth tracking down?

19(!) Sal Nistico Solos with Woody Herman 1963 & 1964

Only $33 on colored vinyl too!

This online version is 45-seconds longer than the first 60-second version that ran for a week or two, and now has an even shorter 30-second version. Here's the follow-up they've been running, equally something I don't mind (which is practically high praise, in terms of liking commercials)...

Just saw this on The Bastards' website, and it -- shall we say -- caught my eye... Oakland Elementary School Arkestra (w/ Marshall Allen, Terry Riley, Fred Frith) Label: Modern Harmonic, Recording time period: Mid 90's https://www.dustygroove.com/item/888724?cat=jazz One of the coolest records of school kid music you could ever hope to own – and not just because avant legends Terry Riley, Fred Frith, and Marshall Allen each make an appearance on the project! In fact, even without those big names, the music here would still be tremendous – as it stems from a unique project in the Oakland public school system – one that introduces young grade school children to music, even if they've never performed together – combining all their efforts into a large ensemble with some really tremendous results! The lineup shifts from track to track, but there's a really unified vibe here – as reed, string, and percussion players are all finding a space to come together – often with phrasing and rhythms that are primitive, but with very modern edges – maybe like some of the larger projects by Moondog. Some of the kids are really impressive on their solos, and the overall ensemble sound is wonderful – maybe earthier than even some of the early Arkestra recordings on Saturn. This release brings together music from obscure CD and cassette releases in the 90s – with over 30 tracks in all, including "Bambi Meets Godzilla", "Waves", "Help I'm Drowning In A Sea Of Harmony", "Fireclouds", "Crazy Strings", "Excuse Me Ms Steigerwald", "Double Bock Double Rock", and a version of the Sun Ra tune "Planet Earth".

OK, so here's the PRIZE --(which is just auditory)-- though not as easy as an embedded YouTube video. Go here... https://johnnymbizodyani.bandcamp.com/track/kalahari Then click the big (graphical) "play" button (just the individual track "Kalahari") -- and the entire track will play (all nearly 10 minutes of it). It's from this double-CD (cover below), which I also just discovered yesterday (actually, I already had it in my 'want list' on the Dusty Groove site - but hadn't ever decided whether to actually get it or not). Whole album (double CD) info here, which will also let you listen to all the tracks. (Full-length play too, not just samples -- but you have to select each track, one by one, and then hit play): https://johnnymbizodyani.bandcamp.com/album/rejoice-together ANYWAY -- please, please, please listen to this heavy-duty ELECTRIC GUITAR version(!!) of this very same tune!! Honestly, I got major goosebumps listening to it for the first time last night. What a MONSTER track!!! Here's the album cover for the 2CD set...

Wow, not one -- but that's *TWO* different versions of the tune I wasn't aware of! Where *I* figured out I knew it from -- under a different title -- was as this LONG bonus track from Dyani's Song For Biko, where it's called "Lonely Flower in the Village" (the only version of the tune I'd ever heard before). It's a 21 minute bonus track from this date with Don Cherry, but honestly -- I've always thought it was the best track on the whole CD!! (and the whole CD is really great). (Anyway, I was glad I was able to figure it out, even though the titles were totally different.)

From the end of this article... And the good news is that there are more treasures to come from the Strata Records and Strata Gallery archives. "In fact," Abdullah says, "Herbie Hancock was the next artist to do a week long residence at the gallery followed eventually by Ornette Coleman, Elvin Jones, Chick Corea, Keith Jarrett and Weather Report. I am working hard to secure these masters as they would even add more to historical legacy of jazz." Very interesting!!

Do you happen to have a physical copy? (On CD?) I've been looking for *Vol 7* specifically (on CD) for about 6 months, and I'm not 100% convinced it ever really came out. I've already got vols 1-6, and vol 8 too -- all fantastic. Just don't want to miss out on vol 7, before they become even more impossible to find than they are now (apparently).

Mine's so good, I started a whole 'nother thread about it. Turns out I knew the tune from somewhere else, and then I found yet another version that blew me away even more!! Join me in the other thread I started about it, here...

(This thread started as a sort of mystery tune I heard, and recognized -- and tried to have folks here guess where else I knew it from, but under a different name. Then it turns out it's been recorded a bunch by Dyani.) OK, join me -- if you will -- on a journey I just took over the last 24 hours, figuring out where in the heck I could have heard this tune before (hint, the version I know -- which I suspect a bunch of people here probably own -- *does NOT have the same title*). Here's the tune...

The link above is long dead, and the link below is no longer the same... http://www.woodyshaw.com/discography/disco_06.htm But the current Woody Shaw official website curiously links to his complete discography at the following link... http://50.62.230.18/discography/ Which thankfully still works, though it doesn't seem to have included the recently discovered Larry Young in Paris recordings, and some other live dates from just this year. So what all is missing from this discography that's really of note??

The only detail I remember from our emails (eons ago), was that he said the unreleased BN Jackie McLean date with Tyrone Washington, that "the tapes were lost" (which I always felt possibly(?) contradicted(?) the notion I've read here and elsewhere that Jackie wasn't the least bit happy with the drummer on that date - or so I've heard told, anyway). And the only question I remember asking him here in person at the LOC (about 5-6 years ago), was about a previously unreleased live Andrew Hill recording that he (Michael himself) mentioned in an interview, in conjunction with that Freddie Hubbard live thing from 1969 that did come out on BN (greatly expanding what had only been ~2 tracks released previously). Michael had mentioned wanting to get a live Andrew Hill thing out, and I'd always wondered just *when* the heck whatever it was had been recorded? Something from back in the day?? - or more recently?? Anyway, he said it was some concert he'd done within the last 10 years, I forget exactly where - but WAY more recent. I fought the urge to specifically ask him if he thought there was any way he could imagine somehow getting the Trainwreck out officially/legit -- and how strong I felt it was (having heard it 100+ times myself). Knowing his opinion of the date, I didn't think any such discussion would turn out well, and I didn't know how to broach the topic in any sort of way that wouldn't set him off (since my opinion was so strongly different than his). Also, I think(?) this was before Bob Belden had passed away, and I didn't want to run any risk whatsoever, or getting Bob in any trouble, since my copy came from Bob (through someone else).

Good size obit in the Washington Post too, that my wife passed along to me (which I still need to read).

A very happy birthday! I seem to remember exchanging emails with him a small handful of times maybe 12-15 years ago. Re: ideas for Selects, iirc (that might include a few more previously unreleased BN sessions). And I met and talked with him a bit here in Washington, at an event at the Library of Congress. I think I only had 1-2 questions for him, and I didn't want to monopolize his time and attention. (Ok, I really *did* want to pick his brain about a dozen things, but I resisted the temptation.) Ton of music that I own, that he was somehow involved with getting out. Much thanks to him!!