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I can see that - however I'd consider Dreyfus a small label, too, no? Or is there any affiliation with SonyBMGTimeWarnerEMI there? In the other thread when I asked the answer was no, but what do I know...

I only know the Petrucciani - not that exciting. "Time to Smile" with Tom Harrell and Elvin, as well as the dirty trio live recording one with Art Taylor are better, in my opinion. Haven't come around to listen to the Grossman/Griffin set yet. These 3CD sets are also available from Sony/BMG artists, I think - partly even from some I think that also have 5CD sets out. Not sure of overlap, but the 3CD didn't seem to be priced very attractively, so I didn't look around the web too much. From the Rhino sets, I got the Dr. John, the Warren Zevon and the Otis Redding. Only played the Dr. John so far - it misses "Remedies", but otherwise it's fabulous!

I know there are two series, but both were discussed and linked to in the previous thread. Was there yet another one?

That "Bop Session" was reissued in the short-lived (one batch, 10 discs) Sonet series on Universal some years ago. I have it, but have replaced it and must have searched for it about 10 hours by now... never heard it yet

Yeah, well - no need for that over here! Still, plenty of folks think Starbucks is trendy (rather than hating it), hence they grow and grown (and probably put some other, smaller, contenders, offering real coffee, out of business, on the way).

The thread is here, had to use google to find it - neither "original" nor "album" is in its title:

That's a particularly bad syndrome in London at those 'Costa' (lotta) places. Give 'em all instant coffee in cracked mugs, I say.. I only was at Starbucks three or four times, always with the same buddy who likes their coffee... very much the same here, three or four folks and you wait ten minutes or so. Didn't notice the music though, hate the place... also it spreads like some fungus or some such, there must be ten or twelve in town by now.

Sunrise is out on a boot label (not sure where its origins are, if it ever was a "legit" release): http://www.jazzloft.com/p-42568-sunrise-in-tokyo.aspx ... hm, looking it up, the discography here suggests it's one and the same (August 5, 1971). Originally on Fontana in 1971 and then on Philips in 1972 under the second title. Very weird! But then if you check here, it seems the 1972 release may have been under Masabumi Kikuchi's name, rather than under Henderson's. Yes, I got my copy from Red Octopus. They were very helpful in getting me through their on-line ordering process. What a shame they've closed! IMO both volumes are excellent and deserve to be more widely available. I obtained mine from Dusty Groove. However, that's a long time ago. They indeed ought to be widely available! Dusty still lists both (out of stock) but I could only find them via google, a search for Kleinschuster on the site itself didn't turn them up!

You'll love "Odyssey" (some don't like the sound... but if you can live with the RCA set I guess "Odyssey" is pretty good-sounding by comparison!) Can't comment too much on the Mosaic, as I confess never having made my way through it all yet. I have much of it on separate CDs before, and it was mostly very good to excellent music! You might also want to check out the 1956/57 big band (there's a 3-albums-on-2-CDs package as well as Newport '57, also a boot that's too long to be on one disc, I have to discs with partial overlap and still don't have it all...). Dizzy on Verve is a mess to get an overview, though - he was all over the place - doing all star sessions (with Getz, with the Sonnys, with Stuff Smith, with Roy Eldridge), sideman gigs (with Benny Carter), jams (Norman Granz Jam Sessions, Sittin' In, JATP), and even a third-streamish project ("Perception", arranged by J.J. Johnson - mighty fine one! Grab the VEE if you ever get a chance!) as well as his own big band and small group sessions! Quite a flurry of activity after the rather drab years in the early fifties (some of that is on the third disc of "Odyssey" - nothing really bad, but still music much less exciting than what you'd expect from someone of Dizzy's calibre). It was like Granz turned the switch to "on" again, and Dizzy exploded! Musically, though, I wouldn't expect anything new or too progressive. It's just very good bop, and if you're in the mood for that, it will be mighty fine! Oh, and yes! Get the Gillespiana/Carnegie Hall twofer, too!

Happy Birthday! :party:

Yes, I can relate to that. When I started exploring jazz, with little funds and Berendt's book at hand, I sort of tried to get something by each artist that sounded interesting to, sometimes relying to his selected discography at the end, sometimes not. So I had "Saxophone Colossus" and a bit later "Freedom Suite", some Coltrane ("A Love Supreme" was an early one, but also several Prestige albums), then got Lateef's "Live at Pep's", Griffin's "Blowing Session", Mobley's "Soul Station", some Monk ("Brilliant Corners", "In San Francisco"), some Mingus ("Mingus Presents Mingus", "Mingus Ah Um"), a Jimmy Smith ("Back at the Chicken Shack"), and kind of moved on, getting something by other artists (Cannonball's "Somethin' Else" was an early part of the collection, also Miles' "Ascenseur pour l'echafaud", and some more Blue Note classics, some on Impulse...) Later, once I got into their music seriously (and had more funds to spend... I still spend most of what I have on jazz) I started buying almost complete discographies, or at least buying all that was easy to obtain, with many of these musicians mentioned so far. I have what, 25 Jimmy Smith discs? Do I need them all? No, not at all of course, but hey, that's how it goes! Miles, Monk, Mingus and Coltrane remain the main pillars, I guess (I have almost all they officially released - same for Dolphy, but that's easier in his case), later Ornette and Taylor were added (but from neither of them I have that much, maybe two dozens of Ornette, three of CT, but that's nowhere near complete), also Bird, Bud, Monk's early stuff, Dizzy, bebop... and then even later I went backwards more, Basie, Prez, Ellington, Armstrong, Lunceford etc (that part of the trip is nowhere near complete!). In the process of exploring new styles/areas, I tend to get tolerant to the point you describe: I just want as much as can be found easily (in some cases less easily and not very cheaply...) But I still have plenty of one-disc entries in my collection, stuff that I just haven't had an opportunity to follow up, or took other turns. I might still get back there again. This, btw, explains for instance, why I prefer "Chicken Shack" by far over "Midnight Special", "Soul Station" by far over "Roll Call" and "Workout", and "Saxophone Colossus" over nearly anything Rollins ever recorded (with the possible exception of "Live at the Village Vanguard", but I got the old CDs of those pretty early as well).

Can't find anything better on the Kleinschuster Sextet CDs - just this here, with a few more links, in case: http://www.jazzinaustria.at/jazz-jazzlinks.php?id=REC I got both from the now defunct Vienna store Red Octopus (it's still listed on that links page). Otherwise, you might try and contact org member jug21 - he works in a Vienna music store and might be able to offer further leads (at least he worked in a music store in Vienna in summer 2007, when we spent our holidays there, right at the time when Vol. 2 of these sets came out!)

Universal Austria! A second volume with guests Art Farmer, Jimmy Heath and Slide Hampton was also released - both recommended!

Henry Threadgill's Black Saint box - now into "Air Show No. 1" (began with the first disc this morning)

Never mind... the drama queens isn't us, it's the effin' music biz zecs who slept too long and now try desparately to save their own asses by selling silly gimmicks!

Sorry to hear this, Conrad! Very nice photos there, what a beautiful creature! We lost ours a while ago (I started a thread, too) but have hade our new one for a year and a half of so (I guess she should be two years somewhen in May, but even though we know where we got her from, we don't know when she was born... doesn't really matter anyway). She doesn't even listen to her name, and she's really wild (sometimes she stays out for two full days and I start getting worried), chasing foxes, trying to hunt frogs and other crazy stuff... but she's so darn cute, can't help loving her! Anyway, my advice - take your time, and look for another kitten in fall... there are always kittens around, and I'm sure you'll find another really special one!

hidden at the bottom of a trumpet case, I guess

I love Duvel! Next time you have to taste Corsendonck and Leffe as well, Larry! Too bad you didn't make a detour to little criminal Switzerland!

Very cool! Thanks for posting these links!

same here - twice each... before I was 25, even I saw the comments/posts above - but I missed this: when did this box turn into a rarity? I had no idea it ever did... used a similarly good offer from UK amazon as sidewinder mentions above and never thought this was a rarity or anything!

Well, you might find those that say that all Holland does is but "easy on the ear" nowadays (I guess I'm one of them...) To answer your question, I'd say: no Well yes, sure s/he can, but to a truly interested listener, it won't ultimately be very satisfying. I've got a friend who doesn't dig "free jazz" but he loves Dolphy, Andrew Hill... and I try to gradually lead him to widen his horizon. I've got some pretty interesting (and for my part challenging) discussions with him very often, about stuff that is scratched on here, too.

Hey, actually I buy way TOO MANY reissues! I can't help it, it's an addiction

Happy Birthday Lazaro! :party:

Happy Birthday! :party:

Well, me might just disagree here... all I'm saying is that if the whole music business would have started behaving sanely ten years ago, they might not have gone down the drain. I've bought *a lot* of Sony, EMI and Universal titles in the past 12-15 years, believe me! I'm not to blame All I'd wish is that instead of catering the crowds with yet another silly gimmick, they'd sort of threat their legacy in a more serious way and would also cater those who really care, even if that might be a small crowd.