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Chronos don't seem to be around indeed. I have plenty of the Ellington ones, though with the RCA and now the Mosaics around, mostly they contain material I've got elsewhere, but many of them do still contain stray cuts not included in the boxes, I think, so I'll likely hold on to most of them. (I was able to buy most of them - and plenty of others, including almost all the Fletcher Hendersons - in a used shop that took over the holdings of some deceased collector ... that was several years ago but after the series had been stopped and plenty of them already went for crazy prices.) Not sure what other route there is here ... seems to be either Chronos or the boxes or the LPs mentioned. Not aware of any other real option (RCA did some smaller sets, "Never No Lament" for the Blanton/Webster band and one more for the mid forties band, but those contain much less music than what is offered in the box - those were mentioned above, sorry - and the mid-forties then is pretty much complete I guess - /EDIT).

Well, this would be about unofficial releases ... there was an earlier discussion here: But at least the keys would be (partly) plugged in by then. Not sure about purely acoustic.

The Mosaic holds 34 tracks, whilst the Lonehill 2CD set and the respective two discs of the Freshsound 3CD set contain 28 tracks. And wow, wasn't aware of Hip-O-Select having been gone. Sad!

Wouldn't expect a CD release there ... but yeah, a pricy but official alternative to the Lonehill 2 CD set ...

Like that story! Not sure how anyone could tire of the sound of the double bass ... electric can of course be the right thing, but Cranshaw with Rollins never did much for me I'm afraid. But then this is the time were Rollins' sidemen hardly matter too much if he is tops.

great, thank you!

Oh, thanks, but I can do that myself! Just was hoping someone might have the info handy.

Would anyone happen to have saved the discography from Mosaic's website while it was still there?

Glad to hear from brownie here! Hope all your family and friends are okay! Got to news on the way home from a concert and it was doubly disturbing - but no matter what, this kind of crime can never be completely be prevented (unless maybe in a police state). It's an easy thing to say I know, but to stop going out and live our lives would be exactly what they want us to do. I'm afraid the political turn to the right though that has already taken over some parts of Europe will get another boost by this - which is wrong, in my book, because no matter what great safety rhetoric those parties push forward, there will never be any guarantee as long as our political system grants liberty to its subjects. And I really hope that won't change more to the worse than it already has, what with constant surveillance and all that. And yeah, I share that "it's not war" point of view as well. Hoping very much that this will not be the start of something like the invasion of Iraq, which really laid the ground for IS to get started, after all (maybe the yanks could at least get all their arms back from the IS please ... next time better destroy 'em rather than have the Iraqi have 'em ... and Turkey and others stop and buy their smuggled oil, thank you!).

love that story, must have missed it when first posted

the 1947 concerts right now ... seems to be music to fit the horrible times

btw, sorry l p for repeating what you'd already posted, hadn't noticed ... that was, to me, the first session that came to mind, but I guess it's not the one fasstrack is looking for?

Between February 27 and March 17, 1941 (February 15, 1941?) Lester Young & his Band Manhattan Center, New York City Shad Collins t; Lester Young ts; John Collins g; Nick Fenton b; Doc West d 2. Tickle Toe (Young) 5:25 3. Taxi War Dance (Basie-Young) 5:19 That's one amazing session ... sorta pre-cool (Pres was the true king of cool anyways) what without piano and all that ...

The discussion is from reviews in magazines (stating that some "minor" tracks were left off) ... if I remember correctly, Frémeaux communicated from the beginning that, different from the Django series, this wouldn't be complete to the last bit, but rather contain all the important sessions (no idea about their exact wording) - isn't there any info on this in the booklet of Vol. 1?

Very sad news!

Thanks!

Thanks Larry! Himmelstein rings a bell though I don't know why/wherefrom/-to, as I don't know those Ervin/Gordon notes - somehow never got around to buying the single disc release and then the bix Prestige box of Dexter's came out. If they're online anywhere, I'd be glad for a hint!

So Jet had a writer going by that name? There seems to be a Raven Screen Corporation, too, manufacturer of movie screens founded in 1921 by one Albert L. Raven (who died at 75 in 1951 as Billboard reports here).

I might be slow getting it ... but can anybody tell me who "Raven Screen" is, the author of the liner notes to Sonny Criss' Prestige album "Up, Up and Away"?

Yeah, I've followed it and with some interest, too. Just thought I'd ask if by "Ibragon" you all meant Irabagon

You guys are talking of Jon Irabagon, yes?

but you're aware it already happened with the last upgrade, right? I think it was discussed back then, and several people have other display names since then .... (no idea why login name and display name would ever have been separate things ... but I guess someone with administrator rights could log-in to the "back end" of the forum - where you manage/ban users etc. - and just change the names again?)

Thanks, will have to consider as it does interesting!

Thanks for sharing your impressions - is it a proper (pressed as opposed to burned) DVD? Anyway, sounds more like something I'd enjoy catching on telly rather than buying ... but I'd be interested to see it - if it ever runs on the beeb, let us know please!