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Thanks - I try not to re-buy as well, so I can surely understand! The ones you mention (Scott, McDuff, Fathead/McDuff, Scott, Hubbad, some of the Jobims and Jacos and the Hubbard) I all have in the old european digipack series ("Atlantic Masters", "Warner Masters", the Hubbard may actually be an "Atlantic Original Sound" one). I think those aren't exactly loved for sonics, either, but they're good enough for me (and frankly none of the albums is important enough that I'd consider upgrading - I love McDuff, but his Atlantics aren't my favourites by far, the Scott and one or two of the Jobims are my favourites of these). One that I did get a while ago, in its proper Japanese version, is Robin Kenyatta's "Until" - pretty interesting album! (links: http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/WPCR-27317)

Oh, great! Will have to look for it, too, then!

Yeah, because it's different, it's all the worse it's not really succesfull all 'round! Could have been a truly good one, but the organ's just too much! The two Grassella Oliphant (what a name!) ones are pretty good though - agreed on that! And the Jimmy Scott is a classic, I guess ... Now, where's the Jimmy Owens/Kenny Barron Atlantic, please? Has that one been included in any of those recent series?

I find the Stitt only half-good ... organ's a textbook example of heavy handed, clogging ... too bad, as the mid-size band and some of the arrangements are pretty nice indeed!

agreed.... Not that I really care all that much, but did you guys actually compare any albums that were released both in the proper Japanese and the Euro versions? Or is that just a general statement? Which no doubt I don't doubt, just wondering ...

Joe Chambers - one of the unsung heroes of the Blue Note avantgarde!

thx, was indeed unaware of that one!

Okay, I skipped "Chris in Person" since I have some Collectables of that one ... I also have "A Portrait of Chris Connor" from the series though, so there were at least four of them. And as they cost 4€ a pop I didn't think twice.

violin, I guess .... but not an easy call!

Is this about proper Japanese Chris Connor reissues or about those "made in Europe" ones? Or are those identical to Japanese reissues anyways? (I have bought a couple of the Euro ones, at least one was new to me ... will need to dig them up, so far I've not noticed anything, but I guess by now I'm notorious here for not bothering about these things too much.)

There are two fine volumes of live music by the Ventura/Harris band on Highnote ... and there's one of those Baldwin Street/Devil's Music thingies, too - some *great* stuff there, "Live at Birdland" (that's the CD's title, too) from 1952 with Lockjaw (one date) and Ray Abrams (two) on tenor, the final one has Horace Silver and Chubby Jackson, too, Ed Shaughnessy's on drums all the way. As a bonus you get some Keynote sides (from 1945/46).

I know! Still, pre-J.J., Harris was one of the most musically refined. Maybe not timbre and phrasing-wise, but if that keeps you (impersonal "you" - not you, Steve!) from hearing all his great ideas and his advanced style, well, your loss! And I also agree with the sentiment above that Fuller at least early on had a tonal quality pretty different from Johnson's, much bigger sound and more of that typical 'bonish slightly awkward delivery, which Johnson got rid off (Winding didn't, to my ears - he often sounds like a hack next to Johnson, at least to my ears, but I don't know their recordings all that well yet, so my judgement may be off and/or may change). But some of those guys Larry mentioned, most notably Teagarden, probably were technically further evolved than some of the early modern jazzers, I assume? Can't quite judge that myself as I don't know how to play the trombone (or any brass instrument), but aural impression makes me think so.

Harris "vulgar"? Pretty ridiculous!

Only LP you have? Only Trovesi you have? Only Trovesi you know? If either of the latter two, do change that! How about Italian Instabile Orchestra?

Sad news - but I guess he had quite a life indeed and left us with some great music! Much obliged, Mr. Wilson!

Paul Desmond's RCA albums, one with strings and several in quartet with Jim Hall.

Grant Green's wonderful "Am I Blue" also ... there are more organ dates, but soul-jazz organ dates I wouldn't really know. "Am I Blue" is pretty darn soulful though, but that's not what soul jazz is about

Remondini was a regular Trovesi sideman at some point, "Electric Five" is duplicated between this and the Rava set (and it's good no great, I'd say), don't think I've ever heard of Alfredo Impulliti ... Anyway, re: Trovesi on ECM, I guess I agree - the Trovesi/Coscia on Egea is better than their ECMs I've heard. But add Enja to the game, if only for "Round About a Midsummer's Dream" - that, to me, is probably one of the finest jazz albums of the nineties.

Well, whatever it is, this was my first Blakey album and still is my favourite - I'll get this new edition for sure!

some good stuff coming up ... Freddie Roach - Brown Sugar http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=UCCQ-5046 Freddie Roach - All That's Good http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=UCCQ-5064 Art Blakey - Free for All (+ 1 - what would that be?) http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=UCCQ-5047 Wayne Shorter - Super Nova http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=UCCQ-5054 Larry Young - Unity (+ 4 here - again, those are new alternates I assume?) http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=UCCQ-5049 there are many more, but I did some "manual" digging and those are the ones that ended up in my wantlist ...

This must be the album cover thread with the highest percentage of cheap and ugly covers, ever! Now we even get what, child labour?

I know ... it still seemed kind of like a natural idea though. But anyways, there'd surely be others capable of doing this in a good way!

here's the CD version of the terrific Pleyel 1948 concert of Dizzy's: I'd love to read those Morgenstern liners though ... can anyone help me out there?