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These new ones look good! But I've not even got any of the first batch yet ... thanks for sharing the news!

recommended! Thank you Д.Д. & Flurin. Order placed. You'll get loads of great Chopin there! And plenty of other stuff ... I've not explored it fully yet, but far enough to say it's a great box! The Liszt is very weird, but fascinating. It's as if he's playing it against will, or against the compositions - as if he didn't want to play it (which I guess makes perfect sense with Liszt, doesn't it?)

(but then who cares for Doha - or Dubai or whatever - except for the global elite running the world?)

r.i.p. I love those "mediterranean" productions he co-produced for SWR and Enja!

Good album!

WHOAH! This one's GOOD! Easily the best I've heard so far of Chico's!

Playing the Giuseppi Logan Project LP for the first time - quality presentation, very nice vinyl sound ... but the music, or rather the sax playing - I'm not sure what to make of it. Obviously there'll be the usual eulogies, and I'm sure Mr. Logan deserves all that he can get, but still, his playing is irritating, sounds very insecure in many spots, his intontation is - well, let's say idiosyncratic and leave it there. I will certainly give the album more spins in the weeks to come.

not sure where else I could post this ... but here's an interview with Seth Rosner: http://gethappymag.de/en/pi-interview german translation available, too: http://gethappymag.de/pi-interview it was conducted in relation to a multi-page special on Pi Recordings (disclaimer: yours truly was involved amongst others) that can be found in the third issue of the independent german music magazine get happy!? - haven't seen it yet, but it also contains what I assume is the first lengthy story in german on Bobby Wellins (by yours truly, you guessed it) and should be another nice presentation. sorry for the plugs ... but the guys are doing a fine job and are struggling to survive! next up will be a review by yours truly on the album in question in this thread - I've been listening to it on and off for several weeks now, and it's absolutely great - still don't have the Mosaic box, but currently this ties up with the About Time albums as my favorite Threadgill!

recommended!

I plan to get it, but not right away ... I did look into it some - it's for one, not complete. The (great, great!) Rachmaninov 3CD set has some music not included, and I also ordered (but am still waiting for) the (Busoni what was I thinking?) Scriabin 2CD set. You will definitely not need the 80th B-day 3CD set though, all of that seems to be included. And you might also want to look for Ogdon's recording of Sorabji's "Opus Clavicembalisticum" - amazing! Also I gather Ogdon's recording of Messiaen's "Visions de l'Amen" (with Brenda Lucas, currently available on Explore Records in a nice CD reissue) is great - it's been lying around here for a while, ought to finally play it.

I don't think Pres is to be heard, but I'd be happy if I was told wrong!

r.i.p. indeed an inspiring character - he will be missed

Added another vote for Paris - but as others said, it's a tough call! Doin' Alright would have been next in line, but I love them all ... particular soft spot for Dexter Calling because of the rhythm section, and took particularly long to really dig One Flight Up.

Gotta put it on the turntable again soon! My favorite Bert comes from his Savoy sessions with J.R. Monterose ... but also from those other sides Fresh Sound put out on this one: Fresh Sound also paired him with Jerry Dodgion and Carmen Leggio for a pretty good late date, issued as "The Human Factor".

Great trombonist. r.i.p.

Yep, worth getting "Conception"! Took me years to realize I need it (even though I never got the big box, still somehow had always assumed that I'd had it all).

She still couldn't sing.

Ah yes, true! But it DID turn up in the bins after that ... and I think I made a friend buy it, too!

Just got this one, finally ... any news on further volumes, Allen? I'm only four or five tracks, but most intrigued already!

Yeah! Mikeweil kept mentioning this and I eventually bought it when I had a chance and never regretted doing so!

Yep, fine album (got the Collectables issue).

Good luck! Will jump in in a week or two as well!

I prefer Ronnie

(did Storyville ever care to fix the unlistenable Boswell Sisters set?)

Yeah, the Rivers is effin' amazin'!