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Hm, my selection would surely include "My Favorite Things" in its original Altantic rendition ... and I guess one or two more, shorter cuts from that period. And it would have to include a selection from the Carnegie Hall concert w/Monk - that, to me, sounds more like a pinnacle than most of what was committed to disc by Prestige (some of which is mighty fine, but I think I'd rather tend to see a fast development at Prestige and a first phase of consolidation/harvesting at Atlantic ... but I'm not up to the task of getting that playlist together right now, I'm afraid (not enough time to dig into all my Coltrane discs).

He sure did! Huge thanks for all the great music! r.i.p. Clark Terry

Info on the Spotlite (as given above) contradicts the actual announcer heard on the LP. He gives Blakey on the date with Eldridge and Kay on the date with McGhee. what about that: http://pastdaily.com/2015/01/25/roy-eldridge-coleman-hawkins-all-stars-with-arthur-prysock-at-birdland-1952-past-daily-downbeat/ keep boppin´ marcel Didn't listen, but the info in the write-up is consistent with the announcer on the LP: in the group w/Eldridge, you get Blakey, w/McGhee, you get Kay (or, according to the Silver site, Blakey, but then the announcer would have been drunk or blind or whatever).

Very much agree there! As for media coverage of those Beeb child molesters, sure. Plenty of it here.

"Chasin' the Trane"!

Okay, guess I got some catching up to do there, some day - sounds good what you say, that's for sure! I finally did order the Skidmore (TCB) and the McNair, too.

sad news, r.i.p.

okay, so what now? 1) is this legit? 2) are others than Grant Green Jr. making profit/earning royalties from this (uhm: is this legit)? 3) are solos by the others cut out? 4) has this been dl-ed from youtube or is it actually in good quality (sorry, I was too late to catch it on youtube, it might have been decent quality there, too, I wouldn't know) 5) is this legit?

can't remember, it was but a stream

Good news indeed! Though, if that's the final curtain for that band, it's with a laughing and a crying eye - does anyone actually know if Zooid has been ended?

Alles Gute zum Geburtstag, Michael!

Not sure what bad shipping is - throwing stuff in the ocean and hope it will drift ashore on the right place? Ordered me some ... forgot the Dick Morissey, but then I don't really know him anyway - worth putting on the wantlist?

Thx everyone - I guess it's really too rich for me, all things considered.

... including a fine duo album with Charles "Bobo" Shaw!

Any more opinions by now? I'm still tempted and it's still available (and pay is better right now, or rather: I'm working more than I used to in the past years).

Don't know the SABA I'm afraid ... it's the Schoof Quintet (w/Dudek, Schlippenbach etc), the Brötzmann Trio plus more horns ... pretty wild stuff, just one track. B-Side is half (or a third) of Bley's terrific 1979 set (which is in circulation in its entirety and I'd love to see it all on a CD, but I guess this overpriced LP is the best we're gonna get, so I went for it).

Very sad news! I was in touch with him a few years back about some live recordings by Monk with Ray Copeland and other stuff - he came across as an enthusiast and warm person. Not sure anymore, but I think I even sent him a CD-R of some rare stuff with his dad on it.

Happy Birthday Hans!

Happy Birthday John!

50 Jahre Jazzfest Berlin - Alexander von Schlippenbach "Globe Unity" (1966) / The Carla Bley Band "Boo To You Too" (1979)

Info on the Spotlite (as given above) contradicts the actual announcer heard on the LP. He gives Blakey on the date with Eldridge and Kay on the date with McGhee.

If they hadn't used such a loud LP, it would really sound pretty darn good for a vinyl rip. At the beginning of "I Remember Clfford", there seem to be speed issues, too - that sound as if they might have been caused by slight tape warble or something ... I wonder if the LP ever sounded really good in the first place. There's an annoying grating sound behind the bass solo on the final track, too - as if they'd pushed the volume knob a bit too much and the hiss went up in volume, too.

Finally spinning "The Camel" ... the title track is amazing and the album as a whole seems to be pretty good - but, I guess you sensed it, big BUT: it's a vinyl rip and it's NOISY! There are crackles and pops and stuff. Not nice for such an expensive reissue. They could have at least tracked down a collector with a mint copy.