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I picked up "Drip" recently, used, for almost nothing, and I do like it! Tom Rainey is an astonishing drummer, and Scott Colley is, well, Scott Colley. ubu

Thanks, Lon! Sounds even better! ubu

I had the 20 LP Basie Columbia set by CBS France and sold it, as the many alternates made it a rather unpleasant listening experience. On LP having only three titles on one side gets tiring. If they do a complete CD edition, I'd prefer different CDs for masters and alternates, or a separate master take edition. On the other hand, I sure wouldn't get tired of listening to four different Prez solos over one theme .... Mike, I really like the Columbia set - but: I think the octet sides from 1950/51 are pretty unessential, and I am not so sure I like them, neither that they really make sense, musically (DeFranco and Grey being too far out for the acutal context). Then, there's various sessions where they just took one or two cuts (sure they did include some highlights, I think, but I find that not that cool, as long as there's no complete edition around). They could do good if they would release a series of single discs, too. I don't need a box absolutely. How about doing it like they did the single Louis Armstrong hot fives & hot sevens? They could go on at an easy pace, release two or three CDs a year, and in two or three years we would have all that stuff, nicely packaged and remastered as Legacy usually does things... wouldn't that be nice? (Alright, I dream...) ubu

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Some more Bob Parent photos:

http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=7584 just to link things neatly - some cool photos there, thanks to Jim (Sngry) and EKE BBB! ubu

Wow, thanks for those photos! There's some I didn't know among them. (First I thought wtf Dubya had to do with the Misc non-political forum...) Jim, are you aware of the Pres topic in the artists section? http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=6740 Love the Pres! For me everyday has been Pres day for two weeks now, enjoying his work very very much! ubu

true! ubu

Yes, this Rhino series is gone for at least one and a half or two years, it seems. The latest ones I have are copyrighted in 2000. I managed to get lots of these discs maybe a year ago, searching on various online sources. Some really good music! Petty there won't be more to come! ubu

I will probably pick this up, too, but not right now. Was also wondering about the Condon LP set (mentioned above) - seems to be one to get before it goes OOP, but those LPs are so darn expansive, and I would actually prefer having it on CD... yet the music is the main thing. How does the music compare to the stuff on the Capitol set? Some musicians are on both of them. I am only getting into this "dixieland" thing or whatever you call it, but what I heard so far was quite beautiful music. ubu

I love those quartet dates! "Traneing In", "Soultrane", and also "Settin' the Pace" are probably my favourite early Coltrane albums. Terrific stuff! I agree there's not much to compare "Mating Call" to, but if you compare it with Trane's playing on other more or less contemporary dates ("Whims of Chambers", the quartet date with Drew, Chambers & Philly Joe, the Miles dates), I really think his playing has much more authority on "Mating Call". Of course my being a big Dameron fan may also take a part in that... ubu

Cool! Good to hear, brownie, thanks a lot for sharing! ubu

I'm not too fond of "Constellations", either. I wouldn't give it away, but I prefer the trio's Songline disc by miles! Far more imaginative, in my opinion. ubu

Strange, now no mail error messages anymore! Hope it IS fixed, indeed! ubu

Dan, how was it? Please keep us informed where to get it, or share some impressions! Glad to know no one missing on "Mating Call"! Wonderful album just as it is, and some of Trane's best playing up to that date! ubu

Not fixed! Getting these errors, too! (A minute ago) ubu

Evan, I'm not the best one to recommend Whitfield disc, as I only have one with him, which is this here: I really like it though! And Whitfield sounds beautiful. A big fat old sound he has. ubu

Matthew, if you get a chance to catch them live, do so! They're a very good live act, with show and all, but pretty cool! I only saw them once, so far. ubu

Matthew, I don't know the Ellington disc (they recently made a second), but it got good reviews here. No need to search, I think, as it's in print: VAO on TCB records. I don't know if they're distributed in the US, but Amazon seems to have them. Here is the homepage of the VAO. Look at the discography for some more information. I think all their recent recordings are still in print. I don't know too many of their records, however. ubu

I understand, Lon. No problem! And as far as talking/writing about music goes, I'm tending in the same direction you do, lately. Words never are appropriate. And then there's others who can put things in words so much more eloquent as I... ubu

Even forced buying freeze, momentarily! I got to eat, you know? But maybe be there can be something done at the end of the month That one looks too good to pass! ubu

Thanks for the recs! The Dyani and Davis were the one that really jumped at me when I looked through the site! However, the Dyani is OOP, too! Gotta hunt that one! Can make CDRs of the Shepp if you're interested (not right now, but as soon as I found out how it all works and where to get cheap blanks). ubu

Thanks for that link! Didn't know they had a website (never searched, either). ubu