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  4. Coffee Makers - Recommendations?

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    Starting with good beans and grinding just before brewing are, I think, more important than brewing method. I mostly pour over but I recently borrowed a nondescript coffee maker for a brunch and was pleasantly surprised with the results. I also try to consume any purchased beans within 30 days of the date roasted.

  5. Italian Box Sets

    in Mosaic and other box sets...

    Posted · Edited by Tom in RI
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    I have the Bird set, as far as I know most if not all of it has been available in other issues. Peter Losin’s website has a complete listing of the material along with other info (limited to 300 sets etc). I bought mine from Cadence, it arrived with damage to the box but not the records, from what Cadence told me their sets were all damaged.

    i also had the Bud Powell set which had a more lavish production. I eventually gave to a friend had given me lots of unissued stuff through the years. I ended up with mostly corresponding cds.
     

    http://www.plosin.com/MilesAhead/BirdDisco.aspx?id=ParkerBoxLP

  9. Richard Vacca blog

    in Jazz In Print - Periodicals, Books, Newspapers, etc...

    Posted · Edited by Tom in RI

    I see Richard Vacca has some mentions here for having a book about the Boston jazz scene. I stumbled onto to his site and twenty minutes later was listening to a 1965 recording of Jimmy Mosher taped from a broadcast by WGBH. Originally got there through a searching Serge Chaloff, Vacca has a nice blog entry about Chaloff’s two Capitol dates. Anyway, interesting site.

  11. Don Byas beyond the Mosaic set

    in Recommendations

    Posted · Edited by Tom in RI
    More info

    Doing this from memory but Byas has one side of, I believe, Americans in Europe vol 2 on Impulse. I’ve already told my wife I want I Remember Clifford from this played at my funeral. There are also some decent JATP sides with Byas and others, Getz and Hawkins I think among others.

  19. Some Blues Recommendations, But Not the Kind That're Blue

    in Recommendations

    Posted · Edited by Tom in RI
    Accuracy

    So happy to see the rec for Mighty Sam McClain, he was terrific. I’d second ‘60’s and into early ‘70’s Paul Butterfield too. Another guy you might check out is Joe Louis Walker, try Live at Slim’s vol 1 or vol 2.. From Paul Rishell & Annie Raines try Swear to Tell the Truth (listed as by Paul Rishell). From Ronnie Earl try Grateful Heart with healthy doses of David Fathead Newman sitting in.

    One more, Pacific Northwest session guitarist Terry Robb tends to share a lot of styles on his releases. One I keep coming back to is Heart Made of Steel.

  24. Alan Barnes anyone?

    in Recommendations

    Posted · Edited by Tom in RI
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    I’ve only become aware of British reedman Alan Barnes in the last few years. Solid mainstream guy who sounds equally a home on baritone, tenor and alto. Was listening today to a date he co-led with fellow reedman John Hallam and what I presume is an all Brit rhythm section. I see has quite a few dates out on the Woodville label, additional recommendations welcome.

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