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Just got the 2013 reissue of "Chronicle" (not sure if it really came out last year, don't think so, but that's what it says). As expected, it has the full boklet - obviously CD-sized only, but still ... as usual with these Fantasy boxes, some credits, then a list of all (?) musicians, followed by four pages each of tracklisting and line-ups, dates etc (incl. a note by OK, the producer), followed by a double-page song index. Then we get Dan Morgenstern's essay and his session notes, too. I'd say 60 pages in all, some b/w photos in okay-ish quality (not great, but well, what do you expect, it's cheap after all). from the box's bottom (it has a bottom in which you put the eight discs and the booklet and then a top to close it, pretty sturdy cardboard and tight enough that the bottom part holding the contents shouldn't fall out, I hope): (P) 1987 © 2013 Concord Music Group, Inc. 100 N. Crescent Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210. Made in the EU. LC 15025. 0888072342309 Whatever ... I'm glad to have it, although most of the sessions herein I've bought three times by now ...

Also there are rough spots by Trane on the Miles sessions ... he was making GIANT strides in the shortest of times back then ... I think his playing on the album with Tadd Dameron is a first high-water mark (inlcuding some gorgeous slow playing!). By 1957 he was with Monk and that seems to have helped him big time - and I guess one can hear that in the Prestige albums of that time.

They should also do the fabulous "Ellerine" by Ellerine Harding, while they're at it - plenty of goodies in the Mainstream catalogue!

discs 7-11 (starting the the Dex/Jug sessions)

I heard "Still Warm" in the late 90s and found it totally horrible - couldn't even get so far as to listen to the actual music, the sonics stopped me from doing so - no chance. (And I like Sco good enough, have almost all of his Blue Notes and some of his Verve discs, too.)

Well yes, the Cobham albums I do have. They're indeed pretty good ...

Got to really crack the Crusaders box open again soon, too! Some very good stuff in there! Mines now on its way, glad to say. Along with a Zeitlin, Handy, George Wein, Herman Columbia and a few of the vinyls.. Crossing my fingers that all goes well - as it did with my order (tracking was slow, just in case ... only three days or so after Mosaic sent me the confirmation could I see anything under the link provided - but once it was actually under way, it took a mere three or four days to arrive!)

Cheers mate! Just what I thought while browsing that list ...

Very cool, hadn't yet seen the new site :tup Lots of downloading to do ... but hardly any time for dedicated listening in the months ahead, alas

Griffin on the opener of "The Congregation", Eddie who? on the opener of that Funk Project album on Enja* - two perennial favourites in this house ... and indeed lots of Adderley! (eddie-t: this here)

Conglubbtion, Conflabbergastion ... not sure what those mean though, but Cornucopiation hardly is much better (fuller though, maybe, unless constipation kicks in, that is) - beat that conundrum

That one may be the best Zoot Sims on record, I think. I've heard a lot of Zoot over the years and have gotten kind of..."blase" about hearing him these days, even the really good stuff, but this one made me stop and listen, involuntarily. When they talk about Zoot being a true jammer, this is what they mean. The dude is unfettered, unenclosed, and unstoppable, and all with good cause. That's a fitting description indeed! Got to send another round of warm thankyous brownie's way for this!

a few more ... first of these is better, I find, second goes more towards groovy stuff - but ultimately, both are great: these belong in every household: the final one from the late great Reel Recordings label: if you only want the jazzy stuff, get Vol. 3:

also this one (though I'm not sure of overlap): a classic: classic stuff: some weird sh*t and some rarities: classic? maybe ... classical? not quite, but: lotsa classics and then some: blastin' fun: some rare sh*t: in addition - too lazy to look for more covers ... three Vols. of Continental sessions and one of Wax sessions on Storyville, several great ones on Hep (2 vols. of Sounds of Harlem, NY Jazz Combos, They All Had Rhythm and Groovin' in L.A. ...)

but brunch is breakfast ...

may I ask, whatever happened to Nina's? last time I was in Zurich, I could'nt find it anymore. Replaced by some travel agency replace by ... she went on to sell records in some of the old-fashioned high-brow stores on the other side of the Limmat, I think (not sure if that was right away, nor if she's still there). Her shop was a cool place, I spent many hours in there, I even happened to be around the afternoon a newspaper guy came to take a photo (for the eulogy to be published a few weeks later) ... was the only time my photo was in the paper Anyway, I loved browsing the Penguin guide there ... and listening to some music. She had some Mosaic sets, too (at crazy prices, like 2.5 or more the amount you'd pay for a direct order), but back then I had no idea what these boringly looking b/w boxes were all about (and the price tags put to halt any further inquiries). Crazy prices, though, were a general issue there ... i.e. she sold OJCCDs at full price as the only one in town (at Jecklin, which around that time - end of the 90es, earliest 00s - expanded to a second floor dedicated to jazz & world, you'd get a huge choice of OJCCDs for less than two third of Nina's price ... anyway, Jecklin gave up that additional floor after a mere couple of years and by now their stores are all closed too, taken over by the rival Musik Hug which only maintains the main store at Limmatquai with an okay-ish classical but lacklustre jazz department, not enough space, and on top of it all an elitist owner who actually would prefer selling grand pianos to the global elite residing at the shores of lake Zurich, instead of being bothered by normal people wanting to buy some pop (ugh!) music ... as I said: record stores ceased to exist (there are a few left, but frankly I've long been buying on the net and don't feel like visiting hip hop and dj stores with small jazz corners).

there's even a Barney love-fest (which surely I'd have joined if I'd been a member at that time, but I think I only signed up a few months before the big NoJo bash put an end to it ) here goes (includes jazzbo explaining "Moshi" ): http://web.archive.org/web/20020111080015/http://www.bluenote.com/bulletinboard/ubb-cgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=5&t=000165 the trumpet + rhythm faves thread (hey ta, Rooster!) I seem to remember (well, maybe I remember it's revival over here, who knows): http://web.archive.org/web/20020111090908/http://www.bluenote.com/bulletinboard/ubb-cgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=5&t=001034 another one, including some early-ish guesswork on "Iron City": http://web.archive.org/web/20020126114604/http://www.bluenote.com/bulletinboard/ubb-cgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=5&t=001099

Will these be released properly? I loathe that record store day crap ... record stores ceased to exist ten years ago, these are last gasps and attempts to sell overpriced produce. Actually Mike, I think serious shops would only sell this stuff in store and not on pre-order ... that seems to be the high moral principle of record store day ... I wouldn't know of a shoppe around here that takes part AND might even get one slice of jazz. (I think one shop in town does take part, but I never went there, don't think they have anything of interest to me.)

yeah ... and the Bud Shank date is gorgeous!

how's that compared to the Storyville disc (that is included in the "Dig Ben" box) - any overlap? http://www.allmusic.com/album/live-at-ronnie-scotts-1964-the-punch-mw0000141416 btw, there IS some other non-Scandinavian material in "Dig Ben", but not those Dutch albums.

the "Star Bright" and "Soundin' Off" sessions

I failed to check, too (not being sure where the Holland set is stacked away). The London disc is the lone one that's from outside Scandinavia in the "Dig Ben" box, right? I do remember "The Holland Sessions" being listed in the printed Blue Note catalogues that were around at the end of the 90s - but I'm quite sure it's an EMI Netherlands production, so might have had limited international distribution indeed. It's on amazon.com, but expensive: http://www.amazon.com/The-Holland-Sessions-Ben-Webster/dp/B0000A1M4U

I am playing "This time ..." just now. Wonderful. Dex really makes that record. The arrangements are great, the other playing masterful, but Dex propels the date to another level. Agreed! (Though I've got the old Avenue Jazz/Rhino reissue, good enough for me)

I gladly report I grew to like it more and more, in the meantime

hadn't been aware of this: sounds good indeed! http://www.allmusic.com/album/michel-petrucciani-and-niels-henning-%C3rsted-pedersen-mw0000810854