B. Clugston

The upcoming vinyl reissue is supposed to be based on the Macero mix. Maybe the Hoff can do his own remix on 45 rpm. The title track would be on Sides 3, 4 and 5.

Wow indeed! You've perfectly illustrated what has bugged me about the 1998 remaster. I agree the effects are a huge part of that record. The one song that really shines through in the 1998 remaster is "Spanish Key." Unfortunately, that's the point in the CD that is now covered in glue thanks to that botched boxed set.

Worth watching, but take it with a serious grain of salt. The series was interesting at times, particularly the earlier episodes, but later episodes focused way too much on Louis Armstrong and I wish Burns would have tracked down more veterans of the hard bop era rather than having the Marsali opine endlessly. The final episode was ridiculous: the slights against Miles Davis and Cecil Taylor, ignoring the loft scene, turning Dexter Gordon's return to the U.S. into High Noon, etc., etc. I think George Lewis sums it up best in his book about the AACM, A Power Stronger than Itself: "Newer histories of the period often uncritically recapitulate the corporate-supported tale told by the heavily funded Ken Burns Jazz series, a story which goes something like this: John Coltrane went mad in 1965 and a mysterious virus that he and others were carrying killed unwary musicians until Wynton Marsalis arrived in 1983, carrying a powerful mojo from the birthplace of jazz that put the deadly germ and its carriers to flight."

I'm not sure which mix the original U.S. CD used, but it was flatter than a pancake. According to Enrico Merlin's sessionography at the back of Paul Tingen's book Miles Beyond, it does have the four seconds of keyboard in the middle of "Pharoah's Dance" which disappeared from future reissues. Those Master Sounds are reputed to be very good.

Same here. I compared it to vinyl the other day. Certainly a lot greater percussion detail and I think they did a very good job remastering it, but I still prefer the old vinyl. Harvey Brooks' bass and the space around Miles' echoed trumpet sounds better on vinyl. Interestingly, Enrico Merlin says four seconds of Pharoah's Dance was left out of the 1998 remaster. It's brief piano passage around the 8:29 mark. Not the kind of thing I would have noticed.

The p.r. for the 40th anniversary box still says "2 CDs containing the original 94-plus minutes of music, in their original 8-track studio mixes unavailable on CD for many years, plus several bonus cuts." Not sure what that "unavailable on CD for many years" part means. The original US CD release was awful.

I picked up the two Steve Lantner CDs.

Vinyl. As for CDs vs. MP3s, I listen to CDs more.

It's the American way. It's the Tzadik way. That label has some hilariously overblown descriptions of its product. But it is a great CD. It sure is. And obi strip hyperbole aside, it's a great label.

It's the American way. It's the Tzadik way. That label has some hilariously overblown descriptions of its product.

All the above. Also, check out François Rabbath, who did a series of bass and drums only records in the 1960s. Alan Silva takes a few killer bass solos on Albert Ayler's Greenwich Village and Love Cry records.

Sadly, even with the good batches it's the Monk's Blues of Belgian-style ale.

Bob Belden told Paul Tingen at http://www.miles-beyond.com/bitchesbrew.htm: "There was an alternative version of "John McLaughlin" that we could have used, but I did not feel that it was different enough. I could have created an alternative version of "Miles Runs The Voodoo Down," but it would have required a lot of editing, and I did not want to play Teo Macero."

Vienna Art Orchestra - Suite for the Green Eighties

Sony was supposed to release one of those concerts tagged on as a reissue to one of the first studio albums, but apparently one of the band members kiboshed it. There may be a thread with more detail somewhere.

Herbie Hancock, "Hornets" on Sextant.

Found these four LPs at the local rekkid shop this morning: Lester Bowie/Philip Wilson Duets Clifford Thornton - Gardens of Harlem Roswell Rudd - Inside Job -- never heard of this before. Nice Wildflowers era loft set with Enrico Rava on trumpet. Leroy Jenkins - The Legend of Ai Glatson -- another one I've never heard of. Excellent trio with Anthony Davis and Andrew Cyrille.

He's been known to record in bulk. He did 6 albums in a week back in May 2000. The Hemingway duos are amazing.

It's getting very scarce. It may be here: http://www.fusetronsound.com/index.php?whomlab=BrokenResearch

If you have even the slightest interest in Bill Dixon, don't pass on Weight/Counterweight. I got it recently and it's a masterpiece. I really enjoyed how Aaron Siegel and Ben Hall match Dixon's sparse playing.

Nice piece on the Bill Dixon memorial by our own Clifford: http://cliffordallen.blogspot.com/2010/08/tapestry-for-from-bill-dixon.html And a nice piece by Stephen Haynes: http://stephenhaynes.blogspot.com/2010/08/in-search-of-sound-remembering-bill.html

PM sent on Accent on the Blues.

Pee Wee Russell, Jimmy Giuffre, Anthony Braxton

Maybe because it's not a metal-spine box? Neither is the Silent Way box. They've included all the metal-(and non-metal)spined boxes that have numbers on the spine, which were part of a series. The live sets didn't have numbers on the spine. No Blackhawk or Plugged Nickel either. Maybe they'll reissue those and Cellar Door in a replica wah-wah pedal or a Harmon mute.

Last time I saw Ornette, it cost me $75 Canadian.