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Ah, that one... it's on my wishlist on dustygroove... with several dozen others - these are coming out too fast for me!

Did you ever call him up?

Cherry and Bley will be on the Sanders 4CD set - that one looks like a treasure trove of goodies!

Someone reported a reply above... me, I've not gotten one, but then I've only written this weekend.

Which Rae/Mann are you talking of?

So, has anyone tried asking for replacements for "Sings the Blues"? The bonus tracks are listed in the booklet but they aren't there...

That sounds rather cool! Thanks! The new Watts will definitely be better than the crappy Get Back version! (I don't have it, but I was happy to replace the various Get Back Ayler CDs I had, even though I paid a fortune for them.)

With Miles on organ, then...

It is because they chose to not ship internationally any longer, I think. It's a vendor's choice, I always assumed. Some of the sellers (not Newbury Comics though) are present on priceminister.com, too.

Not much interest for Clarke or Duke (though I do enjoy the MPS box of Duke's). VSOP sounds like a fine idea though... Played the Shorter (sans the WR compilations) and mostly enjoyed it, though honestly I don't yet quite know what to make of the 80s music. The big surprise was "Native Dancer" - very beautiful album!

George Coleman was one of the first of the "old" guys I saw live... when he was on tour with Ahmad Jamal (there's an official release from Paris). They played a long (85min) festival set, Jamal opening in trio (with James Cammack and a fiery Idris Muhammad) and after half an hour, Coleman joined. I got in for free (or rather: for handing out some flyers at the end) and was standing at the side, but right front, a few metres next to Coleman, watching him play... very fond memories there! Never managed to catch him again afterwards, not even sure he ever made it to a nearby place. Anyway, that Zurich concert was broadcast in its entirety and I revisited it many times!

It's indeed those "fulfilled by Amazon" it seems, that won't be shipped outside of the US. I still don't get it... I mean I can order from Amazon and from Newbury Comics on their own... I guess that's why minus and minus equals plus or some such...

I thought Miles was the policeman and Sting interjected a bit of 'cod French' into the intro? Sorry, but I really don't give a **** about that This would likely be about the first Miles album I'd trash... (Doo-Wop can go along with it... never got "Dingo" yet, maybe the one official MD release I don't have, except for a few Japanese ones)

Mine's okay, too - just searched and checked.

r.i.p. John Levy

There's a "private recording" of a New Year's eve gig tha Princes did, & Miles sits in...Prince kids him by saying "Aren't you up past your bedtime, Miles?" Miles brought nothing particularly profound to the ocasion, but Prince uses the entire evening to play a bunch of "party band" staples about as well as they've ever been played by damn near anybody. The tape is worth it for that. That's what I'm talking of! It's pretty good indeed - and I'd enjoy to hear some more of it, maybe even with better Miles... his solo fits in well into that party groove, but that's about it.

You wouldn't want more, would you? No way! Just wondered if I missed something else... I'd be happy about more than that one Miles solo with Prince, though!

So Sting's the policeman on the MD album with the most ridiculous of all covers, then? That's all?

Yes, that "Flamingo" MP3 is pretty lame! I've got "Stan Getz & the Cool Sounds" on CD so it's not a biggie, but still...

Well, what difference does it make? They certainly know now!!! Ah well - the recent gaffe in the Universal France Ella box was fixed within days... doesn't make much of a difference, it's just a bit weird since the box has been out quite a while. That's all I wanted to say.

Miles & Kenny G. - though that might still happen.

Okay - that makes me think they didn't yet know about the mistake!?

seems correct: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:9631o20UkEwJ:www.jazzinmarciac.com/hiver-soiree-terell-stafford-chs0708-144.html+Charlie+Parker+Legacy+Band+Marciac+2008&cd=7&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ch&client=opera non-cached link: http://www.jazzinmarciac.com/hiver-soiree-terell-stafford-chs0708-144.html

Chris who? Who cares! I'm quite with Chuck here... furthermore, Miles had so darn many great jazzers in his non-fictional bands, that's enough for me!

Yeah! Mobley is somewhat more exciting on the Carnegie Hall recording, to my ears! But at that point of the quintet's story, he fit in nicely I'd say. Not sure if Miles knew himself where he wanted to go at that point. He sounds poised on the live recordings with Stitt, but some of that was lost again by the time Mobley joined - that's how I seem to hear it at least.