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Happy Birthday, Colin!

A world without Willie Smith? Hell no!!!

There are a few other threads about Django box sets... and most recently one on the new JSP. Seems all the JSPs together cover almost the entire discography (as do the three Frémeaux boxes that compile the earlier 20 volumes of 2CD sets). As I have the Frémeaux, I can't really answer, but maybe a search for previous thread brings some answers? Here's the most recent thread:

Very interesting post, epistrophy - thanks!

r.i.p.

Into CD3 by now and mightily impressed with Chu Berry's spots!

I got my Edmond Hall/James P. Johnson/Sidney de Paris/Vic Dickenson CD set from them - excellent service, though shipping was quite steep, I think.

Lionel Hampton (CD1)

What's the rap on this one? Got it several months on me and it kept growing - rather syrupy settings, Hawk mostly sticking to themes and embellishments, but hey!

probably working towards the foundation of the fifth reich... or wait, we're only at number four?

Bailey solo is to me amongst the very starkest beauty ever to be found in art.

"Ballads" - if that doesn't hook you... he's got one of the most beautiful guitar sounds I've ever heard!

So ultimately this thread boils down to "marxism is irony", right?

What's funny is that the 2003 issue (the McMaster one, I stuck to the 1993 Addey version, never did compare them) says that #9 and #14 were previously unissued, when they were on the 1993 version as well: Can't help with your question, don't even know if the 1993 CD is in mono or stereo.

Thanks, must have totally missed that when it was posted!

Some of the Johnny Dyanis for sure - probably "Witchdoctor's Son" and "Song for Biko" first, but they're all fine! Also anything by Walt Dickerson - not sure which one to recommend first, maybe "Peace"? Other favorites: Contemporary Jazz Quartet - Action (2CD) The Vonskis (Never Let Me Go, Lester Leaps In, Dedicated to You) Pierre Dorge's New Jungle Orchestra (I've got the self-titled one, "Brikama" and "Johnny Lives", like them all) Sadik Hakim - Witches, Goblins, etc. Lee Konitz - Jazz à Juan (w/Martial Solal) Jackie McLean - Live at Montmartre Horace Parlan's one with Frank Strozier and Frank Foster and the two by Strozier You might also consider some Buck Hill, Clifford Jordan ("Half Note" maybe? bootleg quality but darn fine music!) Then anything by Ken McIntyre... "Home" with Jaki Byard, "Hindsight" and "Open Horizon" with Kenny Drew, "Chasing the Sun" in a trio setting or "Introducing the Vibrations" with a larger band (incl. Terumasa Hino) And then I've got two fine ones by Ernie Wilkins, "Montreux" and "On the Roll". But hey, this is just the tip of the iceberg... don't really know the Gordon catalogue yet, and don't feel up to recommending any Tete, but there's plenty of Steeplechase Tete recommendations in the Tete thread.

http://www.allmusic.com/album/meditation-r136801 As you can see, the proper spelling is Montoliu (and our own EKE BBB is the expert in all things Tete!)

Good point - I didn't post here because of the singular .... I never could limit myself to only one favourite. You did post (#41) And I bet the original poster has more fun reading lists than not getting any replies because all of us (with the exception of Free for All, though I don't believe him if he doesn't add Blakey and Rosolino ;-)) have the same problem...

Hill? Is he mentioned somewhere on the website there? The Wes looks great, will try and get it!

Many thanks for double-checking, brownie!

very good one! got this early 70s pressing, could have gotten the first pressing but it was too darn expensive...

Thanks again, brownie - slowly getting there! Can you check with Lord if he's got any catalogue numbers higher than 8132? I already got all the info out of Bruyninckx.

Thanks for bringing that post back up, Chris! It's of course this "theft" I was alluding to.