Eric

Tough crowd . I did find it interesting that he favorably contrasted the Universal archive department with the EMI archive department. So rumors that Universal is simply going to burn the master tapes are apparently false. I know, I know, he was probably just kissing ass to his new bosses ... The thing that also struck me is that in 2014, it is possible for a music exec to have passion for multiple music genres without being a fraud. Reminded me of myself (well probably many/most of us) in that regard, simultaneously discovered jazz and punk rock in the early 80s and love them equally today (along with country, blues and of course classic rock - oh shit, that probably wrecked my jazz cred ).

Two separate vinyl sessions (EPs) will be issued by Resonance Records in connection with Record Store Day on April 19th. One contains the five(!) studio tracks recorded in 1955 by Epic. Only one of these has been issued on an old Columbia compilation. http://www.recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelease/6799 The second release contains six live tracks recorded at the Turf Bar in 1956: http://www.vvinyl.com/v/wes-montgomery-live-at-the-turf-club-whiskey/4825 It looks like all this material (and maybe (likely?) more) will be issued later this year by Resonance on 2 CD/3 LP sets.

Pretty much the same for me. I've never truly connected with POD, but very much so with "Black Fire" (I like "Dance with Death" for late 60's Hill). Same for me.

Agree on both points, love his Muse records!

it's been nine years and you still haven't told us ... so what did you ask for Congrats and Happy Birthday!!

That was my guess ...

Their Facebook page is worth a look too ...

IIRC, it is a term of endearment earned by the fact that DG has been one of the few online sellers where jazz fans like us can find import titles, cut-outs, or new releases at fairly reasonable prices with good customer service. Hence, "Dusty has a bunch of the new CDs I want. There goes my paycheck, the bastards." Very much a term of endearment. It is also appropriate the include the "TM" symbol as used in this thread:

With Chicago only being a short flight from KC, I've the pleasure of stopping by a number of times over the years. It is on the smallish side, but not small. Certainly it would be dwarfed by say Amoeba in SF. Well-organized and of course it is a blast to see all the stuff they carry on their web site in person.

Thinking about this I am trying to carefully draw the distinction between "overrated" and "I don't like". For example, I don't like "Am I Blue" but it is hardly highly rated. Same for the "Night of the Cookers" records. One that seems to fit the bill is "Blues Walk" by Lou Donaldson. I just don't get it - don't care for the tunes, his tone or the phrasing. I do like a couple LD records, but not the one that generally seems to be regarded as his best. Another is "Moanin'". Nice record, no doubt - but among the last Blakey's I reach for. "Una Mas" - seems to be highly rated. Same as the Blakey, it is fine, but my least-played of the Dorham/Henderson lps. "Point of Departure" by Andrew Hill. Pretty clearly regarded as his classic, but give me "Black Fire" or any one of a number of the previously unreleased sessions. This is actually a little difficult and not much fun. Would much rather discuss the underrated ones

Listened to a couple clips a few days ago, they are indeed smokin'! This was in my basket at DG, so Jim thanks for the heads up - sent an email to Pattye.

It appears that Travis Klein maintains the Pittsburgh Music Hall Of Fame page on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Pittsburgh-Music-Hall-of-Fame/152551968154498 Last summer he made a post similar to the one made above. I "commented" on the post, asking who the organist was - Big John or Larry Young. Hell, maybe it was Gene Ludwig, who was once recorded by Klein ("The Educated Sound of Gene Ludwig" on Travis Records from 1965).

True. That said, I especially wouldn't want to be without any of the McLean titles. Jackie's work for Prestige/New Jazz unfairly gets overlooked in relation to his output for Blue Note. Makin' The Changes is a particular favorite. Did anyone else here notice that there's a new UCCO (prefix) reissue line coming out in May? They're not SHM-CDs, however. Later Prestige titles, including Bobby Timmons' session with Wayne Shorter. Looks like 65 titles, stumbled on to this listing: http://tower.jp/article/feature_item/2014/02/28/0110#div_item_contents

Were the Parker & Gillespie tracks on the ESP albums? I thought they were trio only. Having a listen on my favorite "preview" site (Spotify). Listening on a lousy computer speaker, but they do sound better than the older CDs. Kind of a no-brainer for $19.99 off the ESP site. Edit: Pulled the trigger - note that you receive downloadable files upon online purchase - WAV files, no less.

I have been eyeing some of these for a while ... does anyone have any favorites?

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Same here

I appreciate all the discussion re: sound quality and the ones I have picked up do sound great. I am personally grooving on the fact that many of the titles were not previously and/or easily available on CD. I've been playing the hell out of On Broadway by Reuben Wilson - it smokes!

does anyone? seriously, that is one of my all-time favorite box sets ... just so cool!

I just picked up five of the January issues from Dusty Groove: Sam Rivers - A New Conception Larry Young = Of Love And Peace John Patton - That Certain Feeling Don Cherry - Where Is Brooklyn? Reuben Wilson - On Broadway All of them have a paragraph of notes from Cuscuna and most have vintage photos under the back tray, No info (in English anyway) on remastering. The OBI also included this link which has details on the issues in the series. Nothing that hasn't already been mentioned in this thread: http://um-llc.jp/masterworks/ Nice series. They sound very nice and there are a number of titles never issued on CD (others only by Mosaic).

you bet!! received an email promoting this film a few days ago http://us4.campaign-archive1.com/?u=a7086e7d975e1148d1dd0a557&id=a5b1d4cd3f&e=5ec531ed07 I did as well, but did not open the email in time and missed the window to watch the preview. Not really sure the point of that ...

Sorry, I was being sarcastic ... edited to add winking smiley face

Anyone care to comment on the artistic merits of these titles? A lot of stuff I've never seen before ...

Likewise, had tried the Kindle edition, but that just does not work for me. Between the book and the new Birdland CD on Marshmallow, I am looking forward to rekindling (no pun intended) my Bud obsession over the holidays

Very cool ... thanks for sharing