[Guitar and Big Band/Large Ensemble]

Anthony Wilson Nonet, Power of Nine (son of Gerald Wilson).

[Miles Davis--Kind of Blue live]

Faster live cuts, I can’t remember who said it but somewhere in liner notes the writer said, familiarity breeds attempt…

[Booker Little]

I don’t generally like trumpet and rhythm quartet lps, this one is an exception for me:

https://www.allmusic.com/album/booker-little-mw0000313900
 

My appreciation for this record may be affected by the fact that I came into a mint first press around 1979 but it is one of my personal favorites. I’d cite Bee Tee’s Minor Plea and Opening Statement as highlights.

[Are Certain Speakers AR-ish?]

Most ADS models have rubber surrounds which are much less likely to need to be replaced than foam surrounds.

[Are Certain Speakers AR-ish?]

Classic AR speakers were sealed box acoustic suspension speakers. If you are looking for something similar from a somewhat more recent vintage try checking out speakers from ADS. ADS had its heyday from the 1970’s to the early 1990’s. One model, L710, was manufactured for many years and are not too hard to find.

[Best Joey DeFranceso albums]

I am by no means deeply into Mr Defrancesco but I have always liked the date he did with Danny Gatton on Big Mo called Relentless.

[Venus Records]

I’m confused a bit by this thread. Back when I shopped more at brick and mortar places I almost never saw Venus releases. Have Venus releases been more available in Europe? Is the thirst for Venus product so great in Japan that their domestic market can support this number of releases?

As to their sound, the cds I have had access to all are noticeably louder at a given volume than pretty much any other cds I own.

[Creed Taylor, Jazz Giant And Impulse! Founder Has Passed Away At The Age of 93]

Blue Note and CTI were my primary intros to jazz in the early to mid 1970’s. George Benson lps, Hubbard’s Red Clay and First Light and others were records that my friends I returned to a lot if for no other reason than that none of us owned a lot of records in the first place. Maybe it’s unfair to think of CTI first when thinking of Creed Taylor but they got me started on this road.

[Crazy story: James Carter and Larry Storch]

Thanks for the post. 

[The Leaders]

I haven’t listened to them in some time but I remember liking a couple of live dates I came across.

[Streaming questions]

Another streaming question, do most services show or give a choice of which issue of a date you can stream? In other words, can you choose mastering that is better than others? I became curious when reading about the recent Candid reissues here.

[Tune that affect you emotionally.]

Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole, because it was played at my dad’s funeral. I also get an emotional charge from Don Byas playing I Remember Clifford and George Adams playing Send in the Clowns. For lifting my spirits almost  every time, Danny Gatton playing Linus and Lucy.

[So, What Are You Listening To NOW?]

Chicken or Beef, Reptet.

Milestone 1000th post! And it only took 19 years.

[Wordle]

Still playing, got stumped once, ouch. Like Chuck I compare scores with my kids every day. They’re younger, smarter, thinner, faster….

[Miles Davis Live Records]

I am curious about the responses naming Live at the Blackhawk, were people referring to the vinyl issues that were significantly edited or the subsequent cd versions with sidemen solos put back in. 

[Jazz Times: George Adams-Don Pullen Quartet]

Nice post, it was this group that basically pulled my listening habits out of the ‘50’s. Happy to say I got to see them several times at the 1369 Club in Cambridge and once in downtown Providence for a lunchtime concert (yeah, that happened).

[Joe Henderson - So Near, So Far]

I am a huge Adams/Pullen fan, most people who are also into Adams/Pullen that I know tend to not like the live lp with Scofield included. I like it and wish there were more examples of people sitting in with Adams/Pullen (excepting the concert with Archie Shepp joining, it’s awful).

[Athletes who were/are jazz fans]

Long time sports writer from the Boston Globe, Bob Ryan, is somewhat of a jazz fan. I remember he mentioned in an article from the 1980’s that then Red Sox lefty Bruce Hurst was a jazz fan

[Prestige LPs: 1960s Blue Label Pressings]

Are those KLH 23’s?

[Wordle]

Avid player for the last month or so. I’ve solved in two twice but most often take four tries. Haven’t been stumped yet, only a matter of time I suppose. Funny aside, I recently saw a Urologist and somehow Wordle came up, his starting words are either urine or penis, staying on brand.

[El Cerdo Gordo - Doug Webb]

Yikes, that was something else. Thanks for posting have definitely not seen quite a few of those instruments. Also looks like a shitload of work to get that down.

[Joke of the Day]

What happens to duck when it flies upside down?

 

It quacks up….

[Kenton Presents Mosaic]

5 hours ago, Big Beat Steve said:

Considering the date of their initial release (and the period when multi-disc EP sets were current at all), this was really "New VERY OLD Stock" for this kind of items by the late 70s.

Yes it really was. It was a store selling instruments and sheet music. The EP’s were sold at $1.98, 2.98, and $3.98. Over e few weeks I probably bought 30 or so. I sold most on eBay about 4 years ago along with another 40-50 I had picked through the years. I still have some that didn’t sell.

[Kenton Presents Mosaic]

I just brought up my copy of this set. Funny, mine does not have the hinged cover. Anyway, with snow falling this will be my morning listening. Weirdly, I had a good portion of this music on 2 and 3 disc 45 rpm EP sets that I bought as NOS from a record store in Providence in the late 70’s.

[A Jazz Guitar Christmas No. 2 - 1995]

Thanks for posting, and merry Christmas.