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Wow, I wasn't even aware he was still around! The VEE is nice! I happened to play a whole lot of Johnny Hoges from the mid 40s to the mid 50s over the weekend, and in the final period of Hodges' own band, Bellson did a great job! R.i.p.

so there's the LP sized 2CD + DVD ridiculous deluxe release there's a 2CD Legacy edition and there's a 2CD + DVD fat-digipack-edition which costs about two zloty more than the Legacy edition... I have the music in the Miles/Coltrane Sony 6CD box and am not audiophile enough to care for any upgrades, nor do I care much for the partial takes and false starts that I don't have - main thing is the alternate of "Flamenco Sketches" and I have that one. So how about the DVD? Is the one in the cheap edition identical to the one in the ridiculous edition? Is it worth seing? Does it contain some musical footage of worth or just some short bits and pieces and lots of talk/interview segments?

Those Montrose/Gordon albums are fine! Always a pleasure to hear Bob Gordon! You ought to look for the West Coast Classic, too!

Paul Moer also appears on a pair of fine Jack Montrose albums (with Bob Gordon!), "Arranged/Played/Composed by Jack Montrose" (Atlantic, on a Koch CD), and "Jack Montrose Sextet" (Pacific Jazz, part of the West Coast Classics series, a twofer with a 10 inch album by Gordon, I think also with Moer). Then he was on Paul Horn's "Something Blue" (Hi Fi Jazz/OJCCD) and also on some Graas/Jazzmantics etc sessions, check yourself here: http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&s...difexqtgldse~T4

I still need to play the Hep 44/45 3CD set and the Hindsight 3CD set first... but I think I'm growing to be more of a fan each time I play some of Shaw's music! I'll also need that Freshsound disc with the 1949 recordings: The Artistry Of Artie Shaw And His Bop Band 1949 Artie Shaw Featuring: Artie Shaw (leader, cl) with Don Paladino, Don Fagerquist, Dale Pierce and Vic Ford (tp), Sonny Russo, Fred Zito, Ange Callea and Porky Cohen (tb), Herb Steward and Frank Socolow (as), Al Cohn and Zoot Sims (ts), Danny Bank (bars), Gil Barrios (p), Jimmy REFERENCE: FSRCD 397 BAR CODE: 8427328603973 PRICE: 9.90 € In 1949, just before he was about to start yet another big band, Artie Shaw made the following statement: "We'll find an identity. Perhaps it would be fairer to say I'll find one. Sooner or later all bands that stick find an identity, and find it through their leader. All the sounds -the creative arrangements, the pop tunes and the originals - must be channelized through the leader." And on September 14, 1949 Artie Shaw was back on the bandstand, opening at Symphony Hall, Boston. The band's book contained both old and new material, and it was the first time Shaw had gone on the road with a band for many years. The 1949 band features a mixture of numbers associated with the Shaw bands of the early 40's and some in a more modern vein from new writers/arrangers such as Tadd Dameron, Johnny Mandel, Gene Roland and George Russell, with the more exotic Latin sounds coming from the pen of John Bartee. Tracklisting: 1. Smooth and Easy 3:22 2. Krazy Cat 3:20 3. Afro-Cubana 3:44 4. Stardust 3:40 5. Fred's Delight 4:07 6. I Get a Kick Out of You 3:26 7. Mucho de Nada 3:28 8. I Cover the Waterfront 3:15 9. 'S Wonderful 3:02 10. Similau 3:27 11. Aesop's Foibles 3:42 12. They Can't Take that Away from Me 2:54 13. So Easy 3:23 14. Carnival 3:07 15. Orinoco 2:40 16. Innuendo 4:31 Arrangements: Johnny Mandel (#6), Tadd Dameron, Gene Roland, John Bartee, Lennie Hayton (#4,8), George Russell, Ray Conniff (#9), George Siravo (#12), and Paul Jordan (#14). Personnel: Artie Shaw (leader, cl) with Don Paladino, Don Fagerquist, Dale Pierce and Vic Ford (tp), Sonny Russo, Fred Zito, Ange Callea and Porky Cohen (tb), Herb Steward and Frank Socolow (as), Al Cohn and Zoot Sims (ts), Danny Bank (bars), Gil Barrios (p), Jimmy Raney (g), Dick Niveson (b), Irv Kluger (d) Recorded on 1949. (edited to add info on the cd)

Is that the Jazz Unlimited disc? If so, I have it as well. With Eldridge on the first few tracks? Played the two Harlem volumes over the weekend, lovely stuff! Some of it just nice, but some of it very good! Also it's cool to get a spotlight on overlooked/little-known musicians, such as Taft Jordan!

I have that old CD - lovely session! I think it's the only part of the box that I already know.

speaking of Elektra, an off-topic question: was there ever a Vol. 2 of "Pure Genius" by the Max Roach/Clifford Brown group?

I've seen this in a store last week... don't need it as I have the Rhino/Avenue Jazz reissues of both "East Coasting" and "A Modern Symposium..." (what a silly title!). What I wondered though was about the Langston Hughes album - I'd love to hear it, is it out on CD? Of course in this 2CD set, only the half with music by Mingus is included, so this package hasn't much appeal to me...

Yes, good news! Will have to get these two!

Mears also played with the Vienna Art Orchestra, not only on trombone but he (Aussie!) added the didgeridoo as well - a great musician!

Ha, interesting observation there - I can relate to that! Had no idea Bailey admired Barbour, but it somehow makes sense, if only soundwise (I mean with all the "avant" and "whimsicality" and experimental-ness of Bailey, he always had a "true", marvellous tone on his guitar, and he seemed to really love those old-fashioned hollow-body guitars, too!)

I'll need the Columbia! Got the Farlow (great!) and the Lee/Christy (very nice if you like those cool-voiced singers from the 50s!).

Gee, there's so much rare music, by comparison almost nothing on BN really rates as rare... take the 10 inch of West Coast reissues, they were all readily available for a while. As with books, after a few years CDs just go OOP, that's life. Now I'm sure there's some Blue Notes stuff that is very rare, though

Very sad, I love her! Just played her Ronnie Scott's album (ReDial) again last week! Larry, thanks for posting that great recollection here! Edit: I think I first heard her when I got the album "Give Him the Ooh-La-La" - the title song of that album is still among my very favourites! How she presents those great nonsens-ical lyrics - the definition of "hip" I guess!

That's he who wrote that beautiful song "Mystery of Love", right? I enjoy that each time I hear a Randy Weston recording of it! r.i.p.

I love those Russell albums! Don't know anything by Young besides. Sad news, r.i.p.

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That's great news! And Harrell should be an interesting partner, too! As for Trotignon, the last I heard (saw) was a concert with him on organ, in a band led by Stefano di Battista (with Fabrizio Bosso -t; Gregory Hutchinson -d) - pretty cool stuff!

Well, as Churchill used to say... Seriously: I cycled on "professional" level when a kid, but stopped with 16 because it just got too much, too time-consuming. That was before all hell broke lose (rightly so, alas)... A couple of years ago I started running a bit in the drier seasons, but just to be in motion a little bit, now and then, and for my general well-feeling. No ambitions whatsoever... And to finally answer the question: how 'bout intercourse?

ok, it's more complicated.... select "details" beneath the set you're interested in, a new page opens, then select "labelcopy" (whatever that's supposed to mean), then you'll get this for the Byas: Don Byas CD 1 1. Deep Purple (DeRose – Parish) 2. Them There Eyes (Pinkard – Tracy – Tauber) 3. Out Of Nowhere (Green – Heyman) 4. Three O’Clock In The Morning (Robledo) 5. One O’Clock Jump (Basie) 6. Harvard Blues (Frazier – Smith – Basie) 7. Slam-In’ Around (Byas) 8. Laura (Raskin – Mercer) 9. Stardust (Parish – Carmichael) 10. Slam, Don’t Shake Like That (Byas – Stewart) 11. Dark Eyes (trad) 12. Embraceable You (Gershwin – Gershwin) 13. The Sheik Of Araby (Smith – Wheeler – Snyder) 14. Super Session (Byas) 15. Melody In Swing (Catlett – Grimes) 16. I Don’t Know Why (Ahlert) 17. London Donnie (Danny Boy) (trad) 18. Old Folks (Robinson) 19. Cherokee (Noble) CD 2 1. September In The Rain (Dubin – Warren) 2. Living My Life (unknown) 3. To Each His Own (Livingston – Evans) 4. They Say It’s Wonderful (Berlin) 5. Cynthia’s In Love (White – Gish – Owens) 6. September Song (Weill – Anderson) 7. St. Louis Blues (Handy) 8. I’ve Found A New Baby (Palmer – Williams) 9. Marie (Berlin) 10. Working Eyes (Glenn) 11. Gloria (Byas) 12. Peanut Butter Blues (Holland) 13. The Mohawk Special (Sturgis – Oliver) 14. Yesterdays (Harbach – Kern) 15. Summertime (Gershwin) 16. Talk Of The Town (Levinson) 17. Stardust (Carmichael) 18. A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody (Berlin) 19. Old Man River (Kern) 20. Flamingo (Grouya) CD 3 1. Just One Of Those Things (Porter) 2. Mean To Me (Turk – Ahlert) 3. Live And Love Tonite (Coslow – Johnson) 4. I Know That You Know (Caldwell – Youmans) 5. Blue Lou (Sampson) 6. You’re Lucky To Me (Blake – Razaf) 7. Night And Day (Porter) 8. The Man I Love (Gershwin – Gershwin) 9. Georgia On My Mind (Carmichael) 10. Easy To Love (Porter) 11. Over The Rainbow (Arlen) 12. Where Or When (Hart – Rodgers) 13. Tenderly (Gross – Lawrence) 14. C’est Vous Chérie (Byas) 15. Trop Jeune (Too Young) (Ilenas – Lippman) 16. Vanity (Bierman – Wood) 17. Because Of You (Hammerstein – Wilkinson) 18. Chloe (Kahn – Moret) 19. And So To Sleep Again (Marsala – Skylar) CD 4 1. Infidèle (Cry) (Churchill – Kohlman) 2. Slow Coach (King – Price) 3. Un Amour Pleurait (Little White Cloud That Cried) (Ray) 4. This Is Always (Dubin – Warren) 5. This Is For Sale (unknown) 6. En Ce Temps-Là (Trènet) 7. Là-Bas (Barclay) 8. Cognac Blues (Dizzy Gillespie) 9. Cocktails For Two (Arthur Johnston - Sam Coslow) 10. Moon Nocturne (Nathaniel Shilkret) 11. Sabla y Blu (Dizzy Gillespie) 12. Blue And Sentimental (Count Basie – Jerry Livingstone – Mack David) 13. Just One More Chance (Arthur Johnston – Sam Coslow) 14. Just Blues (One More Blues) (Dizzy Gillespie) 15. Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Andy Razaf – Fats Waller – Harry Brooks) 16. You Can Depend On Me (Charles Carpenter – Louis Dunlap – Earl Hines) 17. That Old Feeling (Les Brown – Sammy Fain) 18. Don’t Blame Me (Dorothy Fields – Jimmy McHugh) CD 1 Deep Purple Them There Eyes Out Of Nowhere New York, June 27, 1945 Don Byas’ All Star Quintet Buck Clayton (t), Don Byas (ts), Johnny Guarnieri (p), Eddie Safranski (b), Denzil Best (d) Three O’Clock In The Morning One O’Clock Jump Harvard Blues Slam-In’ Around New York, August 30, 1945 Don Byas Quartet Don Byas (ts), Erroll Garner (p), Slam Stewart (b), Doc West (d) Laura Stardust Slam, Don’t Shake Like That Dark Eyes New York, September 06, 1945 Don Byas Quartet Don Byas (ts), Johnny Guarnieri (p), Slam Stewart (b), J.C. Heard (d) Embraceable You The Sheik Of Araby Super Session Melody In Swing New York, September 12, 1945 Don Byas Quartet Don Byas (ts), Johnny Guarnieri (p), Al Hall (b), Sidney Catlett (d) I Don’t Know Why London Donnie (Danny Boy) Old Folks Cherokee New York, May 17, 1946 Tenor Sax Solo – Don Byas Quartet Don Byas (ts), Humphrey "Teddy“Brannon (p), Frank Skeete (b), Fred Radcliffe (d) CD 2 September In The Rain New York, May 17, 1946 Tenor Sax Solo – Don Byas Quartet Don Byas (ts), Humphrey "Teddy“Brannon (p), Frank Skeete (b), Fred Radcliffe (d) Living My Life To Each His Own They Say It’s Wonderful Cynthia’s In Love September Song St. Louis Blues I’ve Found A New Baby Marie New York, August 21, 1946 Don Byas Quartet Don Byas (ts), Sanford Gold (p), Leonard Gaskin (b), Max Roach (d) Working Eyes Tyree Glenn & His Orchestra Gloria The Mohawk Special Don Byas And His Orchestra Peanut Butter Blues Peanuts Holland And His Orchestra Paris, December 4, 1946 Peanuts Holland (t)(v), Tyree Glenn (tb), Hubert Rostaing (cl), Don Byas (as), Billy Taylor (p), Ted Sturgis (b), Buford Oliver (d) Yesterdays Paris, January 5, 1949 Don Byas (solo tenor) Don Byas (ts), Bernard Pfeiffer (p), Jean Bouchety (b), Roger Paraboschi (d) Summertime Talk Of The Town Stardust A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody Old Man River Flamingo Paris, July 4, 1950 Don Byas And His Orchestra Don Byas (ts), Art Simmons (p), Jean-Jacques Tilché (g), Roger Grasset (b), Claude Marty (d) CD 3 Just One Of Those Things Mean To Me Live And Love Tonite Paris, early 1951 Saratoga Jazz Hounds featuring Don Byas Guy Longnon (t), Don Byas (ts), Christian Azzi (p), Roland Bianchini (b), "Moustache“ Galepides (d) I Know That You Know Blue Lou You’re Lucky To Me Paris, early 1951 Saratoga Jazz Hounds featuring Don Byas Guy Longnon (t), Don Byas (ts), Christian Azzi (p), Roland Bianchini (b), „Moustache“ Galepides (d) Night And Day The Man I Love Georgia On My Mind Easy To Love Over The Rainbow Where Or When Paris, April 19, 1951 Don Byas And His Orchestra Don Byas (ts), Maurice Vander (p), Jean-Pierre Sasson (g), Popof Medvedko (b), Benny Bennett (d) Tenderly C’est Vous Chérie Trop Jeune (Too Young) Vanity Because Of You Chloe Paris, November 9, 1951 Don Byas Et Ses Rhythmes Don Byas (ts), Maurice Vander (p), Pierre Michelot (b), Benny Bennett (d) And So To Sleep Again Paris, February 6, 1952 Don Byas Et Ses Rythmes Don Byas (ts), Art Simmons (p), Pierre Michelot (b), Pierre Lemarchand (d) CD 4 Infidèle (Cry) Slow Coach Un Amour Pleurait Paris, February 6, 1952 Don Byas Et Ses Rhythmes Don Byas (ts), Art Simmons (p), Pierre Michelot (b), Pierre Lemarchand (d) This Is Always This Is For Sale En Ce Temps-Là Là-Bas Paris, March 16, 1952 Don Byas Don Byas (ts), Art Simmons (p), Joe Benjamin (b), Bill Clarke (d) Cognac Blues Cocktails For Two Moon Nocturne Sabla y Blu Blue And Sentimental Just One More Chance Paris, Theatre Champs-Elysées, March 25, 1952 Dizzy Gillespie (t)(vcl), Don Byas (ts), Art Simmons (p), Joe Benjamin (double bass), Bill Clark (d), Humberto Canto Morales (cga) Just Blues (One More Blues) Ain’t Misbehavin’ Paris, Theatre Champs-Elysées, April 6, 1952 Dizzy Gillespie (t)(vcl), Don Byas (ts), Arnold Ross (p), Joe Benjamin (double bass), Bill Clark (d) You Can Depend On Me That Old Feeling Don’t Blame Me Paris, April 10, 1952 Don Byas And His Rhythm Don Byas (ts), Art Simmons (p), Joe Benjamin (double bass), Bill Clark (d)

http://www.membran.net/ - is the site to check for details of Quadromania boxes. choose "serien/label" on top then "jazz/blues" on the left then on the right "quadromania jazz"

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The liner notes are pretty long. Even so, I was typing this one up on Saturday and was about 80% done when my computer froze. Sorry to hear that! Thanks for trying!

Maybe these are imports of the European-printed Universal OJCCDs (as I call them)? - They look like OJCs but have a Universal logo on the back and new numbers on the spines, also the Prestige/Riverside etc numers aren't listed there in brackets, as they used to be on most of the original OJCCDs... but the OJC logo is still there on the front cover.