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Splanky! Or what's that one - great! I have this, "Fingerpainting" and "Number Two Express" from his early Verves. "Sci-Fi", too, I think. Pretty good albums, all.

the one thing that really surprised me was that bolton actually called gioia that day... Yeah, you see, so he's even better than me, because I'd take at least a day to dare and make that call...

That's what I'm afraid I might end up doing... but then I could definitely get rid of the Classics, which I only bought last year, in a moment where I forgot about the on-going Frémeaux series.... I have very positive feelings about this Intégrale Armstrong series and will get the new volume as soon as it shows up. Those Frémeaux sets are complete, indeed. Sound is very good to my ears. Frémeaux did a splendid job with their Intégrale Django Reinhardt. Hope they will tackle an Intégrale Ellington soon! That, on the other hand, makes much more sense... I don't have any of the Djangos, and I think I won't get any, as I have all the Jazz in Paris discs and the Mosaic... probably adding a JSP or two would make sense, but with the Fremeaux, there'd just be too much duplication (I once did a track-by-track comparison with their catalogue and my CDs...) As for Ellington... would be great to fill some of the gaps, yes! They could re-cycle the Masters of Jazz discs for a beginning!

Ok, I've been listening to Scofield continuously and almost exclusively (some Frisell in between) yesterday and am continuing today, and gee... I guess I was indeed wrong about that "cool" or "cold" thing... still, even though I like a lot of what I've heard, on some of the earlier BN albums, there's some kind of mood that I can't always connect with. What I played so far: Time On My Hands & Meant to Be - both with Lovano, both very fine! Grace Under Pressure - with Frisell and no solo horns, will have to play it again and listen attentively enough to be able to tell them apart (hey, I was working while having it on... but Joey Baron does make a difference, no matter how good Bill Stewart is, Baron is just so much fun!) What We Do - a revival of the quartet w/Lovano, less good than the two earlier ones Hand Jive - with Eddie Harris and with the organ making a first appearance (Goldings - he's on piano and organ here), not as succesful as I'd wish, being a big fan of Eddie's. Groove Elation - one of my favourites! Idris Muhammad on drums, Goldings on organ exclusively here, some good horn arrangements, funky playing... Quiet - the first one for Verve, and indeed more quiet than usual, lots of acoustic guitar (only acoustic?), Swallow on electric bass though (the earlier BNs all had double bass), some very, very good playing from Wayne Shorter (who's only on three songs, alas) - another favourite! Works for Me - now this one does definitely sound cold, and alas (it was smilin' Billy's last recording, right?) quite dead... Mehldau is a totally wrong choice, Garrett I like here and there, but on this one he sounds, well, cold and dead, too... and the rhythm section of McBride & Higgins never really gets started... (kind of like Osby's album with Hill, Hall et.al. - the parts are much better than the whole that results from their combination...) right now coming towards the end of "ScoLoHoFo", and although I quite like Lovano (yeah, I know, if I'm talking of "cold", he's guilty a lot of the time, too... but not on those two first albums with Sco!). Again, this just doesn't gel... not sure what's the problem, but maybe the Ho and possibly the Fo parts? Though Foster can do this groovy stuff, of course, but Muhammad might have been a more logical choice (ScoLoHoMu?), and Holland can do it all, technically speaking, but it's been so long that he's done groovy funky stuff (as opposed to his own groovy stuff, which I'm afraid often has a certain stiffness to it... not accusing him of stiff upper lip, though, he he). To be ended with "Up All Night" (and maybe I'll dig up "Trio En Route" if I can find it), where the grooves do gel as far as I can remember, and very much so.... that's the the kind of (moderately) dirty setting where Sco can really play...

Ok, finally read part 2 - quite a tragic story indeed... but I didn't see the part where Bolton deceived Goia... except for not showing up that day, but hey, that has happened to the best of us!

Gee, they're too fast for me! Also I have a long run of Classics covering roughly 1930-46 or so... the Mosaic would be a duplication (though certainly in better sound and with great documentation), and now this series is also entering those years... What are you doing, brownie? Sticking to those Fremeaux sets? I have Vols. 1-4 so far.

Chapter 3 is most welcome! And if I'm right, the old GRP CD didn't contain any bonus material, so this new one will likely be a better option all 'round! Also the Basie will be nice to have! The Roach is certainly amongst his finest albums - good reissue for those who missed/skipped the Mosaic! The Desmond/Mulligan is great, but the old Verve CD from the mid 90s had some astonishing bonus material...

Oh yes! All the best to one of the few true giants still around!

Thanks for that long rant, Big Beat Steve - I quite agree again!

Hey, that's not my order list, that's the list from the email... my order is: these Mighty Quinns: ADAMP05 ADAMS-CRITICS CHOICE 1.00 1.00 0.00 AYERR01 R. AYERS - WEST COAST VIBES 1.00 1.00 0.00 CONDE19 CONDON-TIGER RAG 1.00 1.00 0.00 ELLIDO07 DON ELLIS-ESSENCE 1.00 1.00 0.00 HALLE02 EDMOND HALL-PETITE FLEUR 1.00 1.00 0.00 LANDH06 LAND-TAKE AIM 1.00 1.00 0.00 QUINP03 QUINICHETTE-LIKE BASIE 1.00 1.00 0.00 NANCR01 R. NANCE - BODY & SOUL 1.00 1.00 0.00 plus: HUBBF19 HUBBARD-SUPER BLUE 1.00 1.00 0.00 SMITLO01VG L. SMITH-THINK! -VG 1.00 1.00 0.00 And in case anyone else is taking use of this offer, the JATP Carnegie Hall 1949 is highly recommended as well!

No problem, blame catesta! It's not that I'm a big birthday celebrator anyway... I rather go day by day than year by year, and I don't really feel any different than in my last days as 29 year old...

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ok, catching up on this finally, but in massive style, he he... I made use of the offer at True Blue (from yesterday's mailing): I sent in an order for all the Mighty Quinns, as well as for the Hubbard Mosaic Contemporary which can be had there for a sale prize, too! Mighty Quinn themselves have a 10$ sale for all their releases, too... might have been the smarter option, but as I went with surface shipping, it's cheaper to order from TrueBlue, with air mail I'd have to calculate anew. Excited to finally get to hear the Adams, Condon, Quinichette, and Hall, and to get a legal copy of the Land at last (had a vinyl rip for years).

Good points! And yes, somehow compilations of earlier jazz seem to be looked at as less evil than rip-offs of actual albums... but for the morally superior, buying Classics or Masters of Jazz or whatever, would be a no-go as well. Also I forgot to mention the consumers being to blame, too... but that's why having good local retailers would be even more important (just as with good book shops, that luckily still exist here and there... there's a fabulous one in Zurich, I can spend hours there and they get many books they don't have within a day... I happily pay 10 or 20% more than on Amazon and support that store, but with music shops, there's nothing similar here, and none of the old often praised music shops ever was able to compete, there's always been a certainl lack of knowledge, even in the one local jazz & blues only shop that closed about 5 or 6 years ago.)

I still find it hard to believe I'm the only one who thinks "Study in Brown" is up there with the best Roach albums!

you know, as long as the "official" releases are around, it still sucks that such reissues appear, even if they're legal. the ignorance of the importers and retailers matters much here, I guess... they simply don't care if they have a crap-copy of these albums in their shelves or the real one... a friend of mine ordered Nat Cole's "After Midnight Session" last year, and they got him that crappy Andorran (or whatever) version for pretty high a prize... a few month later, they had another EMI sale at the very same shop, and there the "official" CD turned up for a bit more than half of the prize. it's this total lack of care that sucks so much, and that - as opposed to good book stores - make me stop buying CDs locally more and more (I only browse through sales, mostly).

Ok, after a few days, let me thank you all again. I really enjoy the discussions here (though I would like to see some more discussion about music, and though I'm still a bit sad both about those that left a few years back, and about those that rarely appear here in recent times). Anyway, I'm not the brightest of moods lately, and that likely won't change... it has to do with my seemingly never-ending fight at University, with the job situation, and with more... and all the more I enjoy spending some time here, now and then, and reading and talking about music and more. Also, I got some jazz-related gifts... a 2 year subscription for the jazz magazine I enjoyed most in recent years, the French "Jazz Magazine". And from my sister, I got a night of choice at the jazz festival in posh St. Moritz (she knows some people involved) for two. It's not out yet who's playing there this year, but Joey DeFrancesco might be there, for instance!

The "majors" changed their policies concerning leases a few years ago to prevent mixing companies masters. The Jacquet predated the change. Hm, I understand - but does the Jacquet contain all EMI other than the RCA-owned disc 4, or was that indeed an early exception? The set contained Apollo masters from Delmark and Savoys too. Ah yes, now that you mention it! I didn't have it at hand to check myself. Fantastic set, though!

Fascinating article there! But somehow I found it a bit irritating to read about his deceiving his interview partner, but then one has to wait for part 2 of the story... leaves a bit of a bad taste.

Ok, I guess I'll soon know... ordered the Leggio, Marcus & Leviev CDs from Mighty Quinn - 36$ all included, not a bad offer!

You beat me to it, just ordered some Mighty Quinn from Trueblue after their mail yesterday, and now browsing their site I saw this one - is it good, does anyone here know it? edit: interesting, the Ralph Lalama and Steve Marcus discs, as well as that Carmen Leggio disc, are all by ts/g/b/d quartets! (The Leggio has Joe Cohn! So it should indeed be interesting at least!)

The "majors" changed their policies concerning leases a few years ago to prevent mixing companies masters. The Jacquet predated the change. Hm, I understand - but does the Jacquet contain all EMI other than the RCA-owned disc 4, or was that indeed an early exception?

Yes, I don't think so either. (But whoever owns it doesn't seem to care much...) How are Wingy's later recordings for RCA? Worth looking for a few of the Classics? I like all th Wingy I've heard. . .but that's not necessarily a universal opinion (I remember, perhaps incorrectly?, PD and others not exactly enthralled.) I'd like to see the fifties work for what are now EMI labels reissued. THe owners of Gennett do seem to care, they've put out a number of cds, compilations. I ahven't heard them. . . probably should try one. Hm, I wasn't aware of any Gennett reissues, obviously... but I guess it's the distributors and retailers who are to blame once again..

Hm, are all the labels on Discs 1-3 of the Jacquet in possession of EMI? I wasn't aware of that! I thought that one was one of the sets where indeed they could combine material from various ownerships!

Yes, I don't think so either. (But whoever owns it doesn't seem to care much...) How are Wingy's later recordings for RCA? Worth looking for a few of the Classics?