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I guess you have all those rare John Wright LPs? Nice! Have just sped up my ol' Lenco L75 and am spinning this one for the first time: Not exactly a quiet pressing, but the music's fine!

Finally got the other Bennie Wallace on Blue Note ("Twilight Time") and in addition found "Harlem Piano" by Luckey Roberts and Willie "The Lion" Smith - seems to be the original Good Time Jazz LP. What a great cover photo!

Is that actually a Duvel or just the glass? I love the regular and dark Duvel but tend to not try all these fruity and otherwise flavored ones... but nothing beats Belgian beer anyway! (Well, maybe French Belzebuth... very strong one, tastes best after a couple of hours in the freezer)

Happy Birthday, Chuck!

Simic has been honoured for his lifetime achievements at the 50th poetry festival in Sarajevo - German article here.

I've seen a great concert of the Ullmann/Swell quartet some years ago... alas there was almost no audience there that night, but the band (Barry Altschul and Hilliard Greene) was mighty fine!

thinking I'm falling asleep as I type thi.... zzzz zzzz zzzzzzz zzz zz

Some good stuff there, too... but nothing new (a few that I never wanted, the rest I have) Anyway, had these been around fifteen years ago when I was young and getting into jazz, I'd have been all over them! Here's hope that there are some youngsters today that are in such a situation and will enjoy these and use them as a starting point for further discoveries!

um, just noticed in the listing here that there are TWO discs by Hod O'Brien: 116 O'Brien, Hod Ridin' High 155 O'Brien, Hod So That's How It Is I have the second and think it's more like ok to good than great.

Don't have many... Barry Harris' "Live in New York" would be the anti-climax. The two fines ones are: Steve Kuhn - Dedication Steve Kuhn - Countdown Then there's the Hod O'Brien, which is somewhere in between, I guess.

Happy Birthday, Larry! :party:

Weird... amazon.de and amazon.fr differ, the German site lists an eighth track ("Satin Doll"): http://www.amazon.fr/Olympia-mars-1965-Thelonious-Monk/dp/B0000457G9 http://www.amazon.de/Live-Olympia-07-03-1965/dp/B0000457G9/ But these are the same discs (same ASIN No.) As for the LaserLights, there are three volumes as well, but no tracklistings on Amazon that I can see: Vols. 1 & 2 (March 6) http://www.amazon.fr/Thelonious-Monk-His-Quartet-Olympia/dp/B00006IJ09/ Vol. 3 (March 7): http://www.amazon.fr/Thelonious-Monk-His-Quartet-Olympia/dp/B000084HE4/ With these LaserLights being identical (from what I've seen/heard so far) with the Trema discs, I guess that Vol. 3 then would be the genuine March 7 set and it should be identical with the 7 or 8 track Vol. 3 from the links on top? The Hyena you're talking of is this one here, right? http://www.amazon.fr/Monk-Paris-Live-At-Olympia/dp/B0000CC82Z/ I recently ordered it, but am still waiting - might not come through in the end. RYM gives 1965 as year of release: http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/thelonious_monk/monk_in_france/ Discogs gives 1961 as year of release: http://www.discogs.com/Thelonious-Monk-Monk-In-France/release/2750426 I guess both aren't to trust...

Nah, great cover! And great news it's new stuff (didn't doublecheck myself yet, will do so before buying...)

Happy Birthday! :party:

I fell out of the mailing list... thanks for the update. Here's hope the McPhee will indeed come this year! The Konitz/Solal has a "t" too much there, btw.

Yes, these are just more of the "collector's edition", it seems - there have been 30 or so of them, discussed further up in this thread... cheap if you go for the jewel case versions (5€ or some) and more expensive if you opt for the (nice, four-fold) digipacks. The Davis I'll definitely grab, and call me crazy, but I might go for the Wilen again, just for the cover! And Eric, in case you're interested: do some reading further up, most of these tend to be rather shorter than the previous issues (which coupled some albums or added some EPs etc, while these new ones stick to presenting the contents of original albums - hence the original cover art). There where were a few of the first batch that had new music, in the case of "Les tricheurs" even never before released music. All details further up in this thread!

Listening to this for the first time. It really highlights Hawk's influence on the early 50s R&B saxophonists. Yes! That's a very good one! Love the long track! And as Allen says: I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk I love Hawk

Nice one! Got it a few months ago, have to dig it up again!

Lon, you might enjoy this one: http://www.amazon.com/Chica-Chocolate-Olivia-Ruiz/dp/B001LV5OHG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1305201492&sr=1-1 (samples here) As for being weird... I ordered the three Barry Sisters Collectables twofers last night, after having (for the fifth or sixth time in the past year) played their "Our Way (Tahka-Tahka)" three times in a row again.

Very sad news indeed. "Uptown Blues" is what came to mind first... and I fully agree with JSngry - he was one of the very best lead trumpet players ever!

How unbelievably sad: Zim Ngqawana died of a stroke, aged just 52. http://www.capetimes.co.za/musical-genius-zim-ngqawana-dies-1.1067111

I know... I was hoping there was some better site somewhere... the label has no website, wiki is incomplete, amazon's a mess (listing the Jazz House label in several variations)... guess there's no other way than to search and compile, alas.

get this one, quick:

Does anyone know where to find more information about recordings made at Ronnie Scott's in London? Lots of music has appeared on Jazz House, more recently some on Candid, as well as on Harkit (all gone now, were they a bootleg operation? I missed out on them completely, too bad about the Rollins discs!) Wiki has a short and very incomplete list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_Scott%27s_Jazz_Club

Huh? Just from vendors I see it that cheaply... from Amazon itself, it's 11.54 right now. Too bad or I'd have jumped at this! The price may already have gone up again...