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Isnt' all of this music available elsewhere without the overdubs already? I don't have "Living Space", but some may be in the Classic Quartet 8CD set? I also have that "Cosmic Music" disc or whatever it was called - there, I think Coltrane plays bass clarinet as well, doesn't he? (Sorry, posting from work...)

"Ascension", because of the elevating effect... seriously: nothing in particular, might be some piano stuff, might be some Moodsville like things, or just some pre-bop stuff... or some nice easy hardbop (the "Idle Moments" style, or Grant Green's sleeper "Am I Blue").

happy belated zen etc...

Oh, shit, another case of crazy used sellers on amazon I love Langston Hughes' poetry, so I'd love to hear this some day...

Btw, I've often wondered, was "Louie" just his preferred spelling or was he actually called "Louie"? Or was he just called "Louie" but would have preferred "Louis"?

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?