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Cripes, Discogs? For what are still-in-print titles? Or is my memory that Steeplechase kept titles in print for forever long out of date? I remember being able to order practically anything on Steeplechase back when I was in Kansas City — admittedly that was probably 15 years ago.

Michel Petrucciani?

Exciting news!!! And Alex Sipiagin is a real badass. Cannot wait to hear it! PS: Jim, if you end up selling these directly (and especially if that’s a better deal for you financially)… then NOTE to other DC folks, I’m glad to put in a single (big) order for all of us, so we can all save some on shipping too (presumably). Would also make for an excellent excuse to hookup with more DC/DMV-area people too, face to face at some point.

I've got that disc, I'm pretty sure -- definitely, I just pulled it off the shelf. Here's the details... Tracks 1-8 originally released as 'Grits & Gravy' (Prestige 7486) Tracks 9-10 previously unissued Tracks 11-16 as 'First Class Kloss!' (Prestige 7520) https://www.discogs.com/release/3407629-Eric-Kloss-First-Class (US issue) https://www.discogs.com/release/4265139-Eric-Kloss-First-Class (German issue) Identical discs, covers, probably liners too. The "notes" section of each entry on discogs has different (complimentary, not-conflicting) info.

Did the Twardzik Night Lights ever happen? (My googling tells me “no”.) And was the WBGO broadcast archived? — is there a link out there? (Still looking for that myself, haven’t found it.)

Surprised that it’s only 3 Booker Ervin dates — because I thought it was like 5 (or maybe even 6?). But I guess that because there just 3 different Ervin sessions — which only came out spread across like 5 (or is it 6?) different LP’s. Always hard to keep track of without a scorecard (and even then). I knew and have the Kloss dates, but had no idea of Woods date (in 1974? - wow, lot later than I was imagining this trio working together). And I guess the Eldridge was just a live one-off thing. But I’m also surprised there weren’t some others I wasn’t aware of — just the Woods, if we’re counting studio dates.

Seems like this rhythm section -- Byard, Davis, and Dawson -- recorded together quite a bit. As a full trio, they're on a metric ton of Booker Ervin dates -- and on a number of Jaki's own leader-dates too (and Jaki also used either Davis or Dawson, but not both, a few times too). I'm wondering where ELSE these three recorded together (especially all three) -- backing whom? -- and if there are any dates with all three of them that are more obscure or lesser known (but worth tracking down). And I guess to extend the discussion a little (which, face it, is gonna happen here inevitably anyway)... I suppose we can also include any dates with just two out of all three of them (but please try and point that out, to make it a little easier to distinguish between all the times ALL THREE of them recorded). Does anyone know of a list of everything all three of them recorded on together? Maybe we could develop one here.

Found a nice used copy of 2H/2R at Euclid Records in St. Louis when I was there visiting my dad -- and also a copy of and The Jazz Prophets V1 -- for a couple dollars less each than I've seen them thru Dusty Groove too -- so I grabbed them both. And, man, have I ever been digging them both, especially 2H/2R -- which, sans piano, really does seem to open things up a bit. This is also my first exposure to Ernie Henry, and he's really a delight. Late mentioned Ernie sounding a bit like "a more diatonic Ornette Coleman" -- and I'm definitely getting that sense too (even if it wasn't intentional). Thanks, Late, for starting this thread. As I said up above, I really don't have a ton of KD's leader-dates -- but I've got some new homework now.

Payment just sent. AND, if *ANYONE ELSE* is looking for a similar deal on this set, I just noticed one just came up on Dusty Groove for $49.99 (and with media mail, that's even a couple bucks cheaper than what I just paid for the one here from @pglbook). Here tis... https://www.dustygroove.com/item/689048

PM sent, re: Mosaic Select: Pacific Jazz Piano Trios Thanks!!

There oughta be a big prize for anyone who can recommend Vol 2 — based on actual firsthand listening experience. (Far as I’m aware, anyways.)

Tell you all what… I’ll match Pat Metheny’s first donation.

I’ve always thought it was a really weird cover too — so much so, in fact, that I’ve always wondered if (half assumed that) it was some, cheap Pickwick-type label of some sort (or some weird reissue of something else entirely). I’m only now seeing the “Riverside” in the upper right corner. But, confession, I’ve also never heard the album, and I only know the cover from seeing it online (on Dusty Groove, mostly — just a glance, really). Another confession, I don’t have a ton of KD — about 3-4 leader-dates at most, mostly on Blue Note, and one OJC — plus a good smattering of his sideman work.

Hype?? You don’t say! “A TRUE HOLY GRAIL OF PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED BILL EVANS RECORDINGS!!!“

That’s kinda what I was politely trying to say. It doesn’t move me a whole lot, but I’m not actively put off by it — other than hearing it doesn’t move me to spin it again terribly soon.

I ‘like’ this session ok, but it’s a lot more relaxed than I was hoping for when I got it. The vocal tracks with Tony are fine. Ultimately it’s not the kind informal session I have very many of in my collection. Might eventually trade it off, simply because I just have too many CD’s and really need to thin the herd (thin the ‘heard’) again one of these days. But it is perfectly fine for what it is — no complaints.

Oh shoot! I sure wish I had! Bertrand and I were both there, but I have to confess, sometimes I forget there’s a few other DMV-area folks on the board too.

I have this British two-fer CD, pairing Soul Man with Soul Food (which is a trio date). https://www.discogs.com/release/9180956-Bobby-Timmons-The-Soul-Man-Soul-Food I’ve thought about trading up(?) to the pairing (cd) you have, Chuck — but I’ve never seen one cheap out in the wild, and it’s always been prohibitively expensive online (I saw one like you have on Dusty Groove for $25 recently — and my price point would be half that).

About to hear the Billy Harper Quintet at Blues Alley in about an hour. Have tickets for both sets. Can’t wait!!

I only heard it the one time, and it was very late - around midnight Eastern time - and I was only half awake. A friend hipped me to it being streamed, and I did my best to stay awake to catch it. But it does exist, that much I can say. But others around these parts might have heard it to, I could imagine.

I heard it once (live-streamed, online) — it does still exist.

I decided maybe about a decade ago, that Etcetera is my favorite Shorter leader-date — among many, many great ones.

A soft-spoken titan of his instrument, and the pen. RIP.

Will this perhaps be part of their American Masters series? (Or, regardless, what are the odds of seeing it on PBS nationally?) The most recent Miles doc played under the American Masters banner -- but the most recent Trane doc played as part of their Independent Lens series. In any case, I wanna see it here in DC.

True story: I’ve been trading txt-msg’s the last hour with a friend in the know — who I’d sent a link to this topic. And he told me “I still think Valdo sounds like Erroll Garner on acid.” And further that “…if you told AI to fabricate Erroll Garner playing “Impressions”, it would sound like the first cut on Valdo's album.” So my theory is this lacquer (and my friend thought it was a lacquer too, he said Chuck was right)… So now my working theory is this Valdo Williams thing from the past, was AI-generated Erroll Garner sent back from the future!!!!!!! You heard it here first!!!