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Very nice! (But whenever I try to turn up the volume, the image will freeze while the sound goes on... how annoying!)

I love the older CD reissue of "The Sorcerer", which added the half of "More Sorcery" that was taken from the same live recording. The other half has to be good, too... and I guess I'll buy it again, just for that fourth of it that I don't have yet!

Got that one thanks to your recommendation, Larry - very good indeed! The cover does seem to be different in the version I have, though: Guess that here's what you have: Mine's a European edition/pressing.

really, really complete.... as in thirteen of these boxes like they did three of Django? :excited:

Got it for x-mas... but haven't really come far with listening yet. Would wish for the expensive Gainsbourg box to appear at such a great price one day... but I guess I got to spend more for that (and am not sure I really need it, as I have half or more on a dozen single discs).

Got Murray and Braxton today, expecting Lacy and Konitz tomorrow!

About to finish disc 6 now... plan to play the whole box today! Makes for fantastic listening (though I'm working and not listening attentively... I'm sure it pays off to do that, Stitt seems in great form all through so far!)

Went on with this one... into CD4 by now - great!

The Complete Roost Sonny Stitt Studio Sessions - CD1

The Griffin-Mobley is definitely radio - rather good quality but it wouldn't be enough for a CD (I have 36 minutes including stage intro and announcer talk... some music is cut, too. Bet there'd be more in someone's vault (maybe even in some radio station's vault, but lots of stuff has been destroyed since those days). Anyway, we're talking of 1969-09-01 in Cologne, Germany. There are three tunes on the first/main source plus one more from Italian radio. The Copenhagen material has been around - don't think anyone would release (other than RLR or some other such enterprise) though, sound isn't really good. It's from March 1968 and a little bit too much to fit onto two CDs.

Having a closer look, these are a bit more complete (with some live recordings) than I initially thought, but still not enough music there that I don't already have, I think.

Gee, am I the only one here who likes Zim Ngqawana's music? Anyway, bumping this thread again as I'm having my third go at the recent Blue Notes/Frank Wright disc, Spiritual Knowledge and Grace: It's really growing on me - very intense, powerful music. Not as warm, sunny and swinging as much of the ZA jazz I love so much, but there's still a lot of warmth in there - and a whole lot of intensity! The horns of Dudu and Frank lock up in some great playing - really a joy to hear! Makes me hope the promised future release from this tour ("the Blue Notes proper", as David Ilic's minimal CD liners say) will really happen! Btw, who's this David Ilic? I see he's written a few things for The Wire, but is he involved with Ogun in any way?

I sort of grew to like them... they're cool and of their time, but they're (in my humble opinion) far from being major artistic statements. "Deaf Dumb Blind" is my top one, "Thembi" and "Live at the East" the runners up, and "Karma" on fourth rank. The new reissue is good to have as it combines two of the better ones of Sanders' later Impulse albums. Totally agree with you though, Clifford: "Village" is cool, with some really good things (the suite giving the album its name!), while "Wisdom" is a more rambling effort... I think a well-selected CD of these albums (also including "Love in Us All", which has a highlight in "To John") could result in a terrific compilation. But there's quite a lot of rambling going on... again, it's of its time and that's good, but it doesn't really hold up for repeated listening nowadays.

Creed Taylor's handwriting, I guess...

Ah well, this obviously isn't a series that had any such intention behind it... rather just some more or less lackluster things pasted together. Let's just hope it sells well enough for more and hopefully more interesting reissues to follow!

Very cool news! (Johnny Richards, too!) Any info on the Christian?

What I meant were GRP/Impulse Master bonus tracks, not actual albums tracks. Universal hasn't done any reissues with bonus material for years now - the LPR series was the end of that, alas. Although the Amazon listings say there are bonus tracks on both the Scott and the Jackson, so who knows? Interesting! The "Love Cry" CD bonus tracks (from the GRP reissue) seem to be there as well! That's good news!

guess you need a weirdo audience for that (such as me)

Which is a contradictio in adiecto, of course, hence the grinning emoticon...

What I meant were GRP/Impulse Master bonus tracks, not actual albums tracks. Universal hasn't done any reissues with bonus material for years now - the LPR series was the end of that, alas. Anyway, I only just see Chuck's comment now as well: ... and that definitely sucks!

And try running some anti-malware stuff, too... Malwarebytes' Anti Malware is what I have... also got this after I'd been attacked (by one of these make-believe anti-virus things that stops your virus-programme from running - that was a nuisance!)

There's a whole run of these twofers coming from Universal over here... so far, word has been out on these: Albert Ayler - Love Cry / The Last Album Art Blakey - Jazz Messengers!!!!! / A Jazz Message Alice Coltrane - Universal Consciousness / Lord Of Lords Duke Ellington - Meets Coleman Hawkins / And John Coltrane Coleman Hawkins - Today And Now / Desafinado Milt Jackson - Statements / Jazz 'n' Samba Ahmad Jamal - Poinciana Revisited / Freeflight Elvin Jones - Illumination! / Dear John C. Sonny Rollins - On Impulse! / There Will Never Be Another You Pharoah Sanders - Village Of The Pharoahs / Wisdom Through Music Shirley Scott Trio - For Members Only / Great Scott!! Archie Shepp - For Losers / Kwanza Gabor Szabo - The Sorcerer / More Sorcery McCoy Tyner Trio - Inception / Reaching Fourth Too many contain one recently reissued album, alas, combining it with a rarer one (Shepp, Coltrane, Rollins) The Ayler is silly... would have made sense in this case to combine "The Last Album" with the companion album... also "Love Cry" had some fine bonus tracks that will be missing here for time (and "original album" crappity) reasons.

Yes, best wishes from me, too!

Interesting, thanks! Looking forward to hear those transfers, Mike!

Happy Birthday, Bertrand!