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E-mail sent regarding Konitz Half Note set.

Florestan Trio on Hyperion.

The W&W website lists a new live recording by Motian's Trio 2000 band. This looks very good. Appearances by Kikuchi and Osby. http://www.winterandwinter.com/

Well, I don't know anything about the TV show, but that is probably b/c I did not grow up in this country. In any case, I will give this a more sustained try. Thanks for the advice.

Fortunately, the CD plays perfectly fine. But I am not sure about the music. It's a bit . . . sappy. Given what you all say about it, I will definitely give it more of a try. If my misgivings about it continue, you will see this listed on a FT/FS list.

I have the following CDs for sale or trade. Shipping within the US is included. All of my CDs (including inserts) are in excellent condition unless otherwise noted. I prefer to receive payments in PayPal -- from bank accounts only; no credit cards or debit cards. XXX: sold or on hold. $18 each Alexander von Schlippenbach & Sven-Ake Johansson, “Smack Up Again” (Two Nineteen) [quintet w/ A. Doerner; tunes by Monk, Ornette, Pepper, Dameron etc.; nice companion to Monk’s Casino set; very hard to get] John Surman, Barre Phillips, & Stu Martin, “The Trio” (BGO) [2-CD set; trio] $15.50 each Derek Bailey & Han Bennink, “Post Improvisation 1: Fragile” (Incus) [front insert has a slight crease] Ellery Eskelin & Han Bennink, “Dissonant Characters” (Hatology) [duos] Earl Hines, “Once Upon a Time” (Impulse! Japan/MVCJ 19103) [20-bit K-2; obi; quartet, nonet, big band w/ P.W. Russell, Hodges, C. Terry, L. Brown, E. Jones] Keith Jarrett, “Somewhere Before” (Atlantic Japan/WPCR 25007) obi [trio w/ Haden, Motian] Joseph Holbrooke Trio, “The Moat Recordings” (Tazdik) [trio w/ D. Bailey, G. Bryars, Oxley] $12.50 each Sean Bergin & Gianluca Petrella, “Radio 3” (Auand Italy) [quartet w/ H. Drake] XXXMarilyn Crispell, Anders Jormin, & Raymond Strid, “Spring Tour” (Alice - Sweden) $10.50 each Conference Call, “Live at the Outpost Performance Space” (482 Music) [quartet w/ Ullmann, M.J. Stevens, Fonda, Hemingway] Michael Carvin, “Marsalis Music Honors Michael Carvin” (Marsalis) [quartet, quintet w/ B. Marsalis, Strickland] Marilyn Crispell, “Live in Zurich” (Leo) [trio w/ Workman, P. Motian; slight damage to back insert probably from moisture; came this way from DMG] XXXMarilyn Crispell, “Santuerio” (Leo) [quartet w/ M. Feldman, H. Roberts, G. Hemingway] Bill Frisell with Dave Holland & Elvin Jones (Nonesuch) [trio] Gerry Hemingway, Mark Dresser, & David Mott, “Reunion Live” (Guelph) [trio] Gerry Hemingway, “Chamber Works” (Tzadik) Sven-Ake Johansson, “Six Little Pieces for Quintet” (Hatology) [quintet w/ A. Doerner, R. Mahall] Lee Konitz, “It’s You” (SteepleChase) [trio; McClure, B. Hart] Ralph Peterson, “Presents the Fo’tet” (Blue Note/Somethin’ Else) oop [quartet, sextet w/ D. Byron, D. Murray] [light scratches that do not affect sound] Sonny Rollins, “+3” (Milestone) [quartets w/ Flanagan, DeJohnette, A. Foster] $8.50 each Sean Bergin & M.O.B., “Kids Mysteries” (Nimbus West) [tentet w/ Boeren, Wierbos, M. Moore, Reijseger, Honsinger, Glerum, Bennink] Curtis Clark, “Live at the Bimhuis” (Nimbus West) [sextet w/ Reijseger, Glerum, Moholo] Curtis Clark, “Dreams Deferred” (Nimbus West) [trio, quintet w/ S. Bergin, T. Delius, Honsinger, Moholo] Cecil Taylor, “Jazz Advance” (Blue Note) [quartet; S. Lacy, Neidlinger, D. Charles]

I just picked up a very scratched up copy at a used CD store. I had never seen a copy of this before. I hope it plays fine. Am I right in thinking that this is rather hard to find?

TOCJ 66387 Charlap,Bill(p)/Autumn in New York 2500 I wonder if this is different from Charlap's "Live at the Village Vanguard" that has just been released. I hope it is. I'm always ready for more Charlap -- esp. in a trio setting.

One ECM title and a couple of DG classical titles. All in print. Nothing unusual.

Well, at the very least, everything will ALWAYS be "in stock", right? Yes, I placed an order only to experience the usual shenanigans that I experienced with Caiman. All 3 CDs I ordered were originally marked as "In stock". After about 10 days, I sent a couple of e-mails but received no reply. It took a long wait (about 20 minutes) on the telephone to finally speak with someone and to cancel the order. As soon as I cancelled, they sent out 2 of the 3 CDs I originally ordered. I won't order from them again. This is sadder than Tower just disappearing altogether.

I have the following CDs for sale or trade. Shipping within the US is included. All of my CDs (including inserts) are in excellent condition unless otherwise noted. I prefer to receive payments in PayPal -- from bank accounts only; no credit cards or debit cards. XXX: on hold. $12.50 each Phil Bancroft, “Headlong” (Caber - Scotland) [quartet w/ R. Anderson, T. Stronen] Sean Bergin & Gianluca Petrella, “Radio 3” (Auand Italy) [quartet w/ H. Drake] Contemporary Quartet, “Plays Music of Bacewicz, Kiseielewski, Komsta, Lutaslawski, Penderecki” (Not Two - Poland) [quartet w/ R. Mahall] Marilyn Crispell, Anders Jormin, & Raymond Strid, “Spring Tour” (Alice - Sweden) 4Walls, “and the world aint square” (Red Note - Holland) [quartet; V. Weston, L. Ex, Vatcher, Minton] 4Walls, “Which Side are You On?” (Red Note - Holland) [quartet; V. Weston, L. Ex, Vatcher, Minton] Bunky Green, “Another Place” (Label Bleu) [quartet w/ J. Moran, N. Waits] slipcase XXXBarry Guy, Marilyn Crispell, & Paul Lytton, “Odyssey” (Intakt) [trio] XXXBarry Guy, Marilyn Crispell, & Paul Lytton, “Ithaka” (Intakt) [trio] Maria Kannegaard, “Breaking the Surface” (ACT - Germany) [trio w/ Eilertsen, T. Stronen] Maria Kannegaard, “Quiet Joy” (Jazzland - Norway) [trio; T. Stronen] New Niks, “Penguin Village” (Nocando - Holland) [a wild Duch quartet] Gianluca Petrella, “X-Ray” (Auand - Italy) [quartet; w/ Girotto, P. Rogers] $10.50 each Ab Baars & Terrie Ex, “Hef” (Terp) [duos] Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album (Fantasy) [20-bit K2] oop, slipcase Jaki Byard, “Solo/Strings” (Prestige) [solo, sextet w/ Nance, Benson, R. Carter, R. Davis] Neal Caine, “Backstabber’s Ball” (Smalls) [quartet w/ N. Goold, J. Marsalis] Conference Call, “Live at the Outpost Performance Space” (482 Music) [quartet w/ Ullmann, M.J. Stevens, Fonda, Hemingway] Marty Cook, “Theory of Strange” (Enja) [quintet w/ R. Mahall, Takase, E. Schuller, Betsch] Marilyn Crispell, “Live in Zurich” (Leo) [trio w/ Workman, P. Motian; slight damage to back insert probably from moisture; came this way from DMG] Marilyn Crispell, “Santuerio” (Leo) [quartet w/ M. Feldman, H. Roberts, G. Hemingway] Bill Frisell with Dave Holland & Elvin Jones (Nonesuch) [trio] Bill Frisell, “The Willies” (Nonesuch) [trio] Gerry Hemingway, Mark Dresser, & David Mott, “Reunion Live” (Guelph) [trio] Gerry Hemingway, “Chamber Works” (Tzadik) Sven-Ake Johansson, “Six Little Pieces for Quintet” (Hatology) [quintet w/ A. Doerner, R. Mahall] Kartet, “The Bay Window” (Songlines) [quartet w/ Delbecq] [punch hole on bar codes] Franz Koglmann & Lee Konitz, “We Thought About Duke” (Hat Art 6163) [quintet, quartet w/ T. Coe] Lee Konitz, “It’s You” (SteepleChase) [trio; McClure, B. Hart] Lee Konitz & Paul Bley, “Out of Nowhere” (SteepleChase) [quartet] Lee Konitz, “The New York Album” (Soul Note) [quartet w/ Danko, M. Johnson, A. Nussbaum] [a couple of slight dimples on back of front booklet] Lee Konitz with the Bert van den Brink Trio, “Dialogues” (Challenge) [quartet] Joelle Leandre & Sebi Tramontana, “E’vero” (Leo) [duos] Albert Mangelsdorff, “Diggin’ - Live at Dug, Tokyo” (Enja) [quartet] Dave McKenna Quartet Featuring Zoot Sims (Chiaroscuro) [quartet] Ralph Peterson, “Presents the Fo’tet” (Blue Note/Somethin’ Else) oop [quartet, sextet w/ D. Byron, D. Murray] [light scratches that do not affect sound] Marc Ribot, “Spiritual Unity” (Pi) [quartet w/ R. Campbell, Grimes, C. Taylor] Sonny Rollins, “+3” (Milestone) [quartets w/ Flanagan, DeJohnette, A. Foster] Aki Takase & Rudi Mahall, “The Dessert” (Leo) [duo] Carlos Zingaro, Joelle Leandre, & Sebi Tramontana, “The Chicken Check in Complex” (Leo) [trios]

Edward, Yes. I did check with Mosaic a couple of days ago, and placed an order for the booklet yesterday. They do have those booklets, and they are for $20 each. Listened to the whole set, and I really think this an excellent set.

Just got this set from a seller on eBay. The set was cheapter than one might expect because it did not have the booklet. I'm almost done with the 2nd disc, and the music is really superb. I like this better than the Condon Mob set which I like very much. I like the stretched-out, languid, but still passionate playing on many of these tracks.

I have the following CDs for sale or trade. Shipping within the US is included. All of my CDs (including inserts) are in excellent condition unless otherwise noted. I prefer to receive payments in PayPal -- from bank accounts only; no credit cards or debit cards. XXX: on hold. $24.50 each XXXAlbert Ayler, “Vibrations” (Freedom) [quartet w/ D. Cherry, Peacock, S. Murray] $15.50 each Sean Bergin & Gianluca Petrella, “Radio 3” (Auand Italy) [quartet w/ H. Drake] Empty Cage (MTKJ) Quartet, “Hello the Damage” (pfMENTUM) [2-CDs; quartet w/ J. Mears, K. Tiner] Gianluca Petrella, “X-Ray” (Auand - Italy) [quartet; w/ Girotto, P. Rogers] $10.50 each Neal Caine, “Backstabber’s Ball” (Smalls) [quartet w/ N. Goold, J. Marsalis; glowing review by K. Whitehead on Fresh Air] Albert Mangelsdorff, “Diggin’ - Live at Dug, Tokyo” (Enja) [quartet] $8.50 each MTKJ (Empty Cage) Quartet, “Making Room for Spaces” (9Winds) [quartet w/ J. Mears, K. Tiner] MTKJ (Empty Cage) Quartet, “Day of the Races” (9Winds) [quartet w/ J. Mears, K. Tiner]

I have the following CDs for sale or trade. Shipping within the US is included. All of my CDs (including inserts) are in excellent condition unless otherwise noted. I prefer to receive payments in PayPal -- from bank accounts only; no credit cards or debit cards. XXX; sold or on hold. $15.50 each Derek Bailey & Han Bennink, “Post Improvisation 1: Fragile” (Incus) [front insert has a slight crease; came this way from DMG] Derek Bailey & Han Bennink, “Post improvisation 2: Air Mail Special” (Incus) Bill Frisell, “East/West” (Nonesuch) [2-CD set; trio w/ Kraus, Wollesen] Joseph Holbrooke Trio, “The Moat Recordings” (Tazdik) [trio w/ D. Bailey, G. Bryars, Oxley] XXXAki Takase, “St. Louis Blues” (Enja) very hard to get in the US [duo, quintet w/ R. Mahall, Wogram, Frith, Lovens] $10.50 each Ab Baars & Terrie Ex, “Hef” (Terp) [duos] Jaki Byard, “Solo/Strings” (Prestige) [solo, sextet w/ Nance, Benson, R. Carter, R. Davis] Bill Frisell with Dave Holland & Elvin Jones (Nonesuch) [trio] Bill Frisell, “The Willies” (Nonesuch) [trio] Marc Ribot, “Spiritual Unity” (Pi) [quartet w/ R. Campbell, Grimes, C. Taylor] $8.50 each Ray Crawford, “Smooth Groove” (Candid) [sextet w/ J. Coles, C. Payne, J. Mance, F. Dunlop]

Perhaps Chuck and I are looking for different qualities in these recordings. What I like and admire in Brendel's recordings is that more than any other pianists I know he seems to convey in his performances the overall architecture of the pieces he is playing. This is most apparent in some of the Romantic pieces -- esp. Liszt. Whereas so many others tend to just emote, Brendel seems to build. Occasionally, I like sturm und drang too. Then I may listen to Annie Fischer. But I like Brendel most of all. By the way, the Beethoven sonatas by Brendel's student Paul Lewis, which are coming out these days, are also very good. They are more contemplative than Brendel's. But Lewis has the same concern for architecture that I like.

I really like Brendel. (I hope I do not get abused for that.) I also recommend highly Rudolf Serkin's recordings with Abbado on DG. Not complete, but most of the late concertos.

So far, this seems like a very nice recording. Nothing earth-shattering, but very good. Paul Motian's sound is really addictive. I like his drumming more and more every day. I am not crazy about his EBB. But as for the small group recordings he has done recently as a leader or a sideman, the ones with Enrico Pieranunzi are the only ones I found disappointing. Looking forward to his new trio recording with Lovano and Frisell in April.

I have the following CDs for sale or trade. Shipping within the US is included. All of my CDs (including inserts) are in excellent condition unless otherwise noted. I prefer to receive payments in PayPal -- from bank accounts only; no credit cards or debit cards. XXX: sold or on hold. $10.50 each Anthony Braxton & Marilyn Crispell, “Duets Vancouver 1989” (Music & Arts) John Butcher & Gerry Hemingway, “Shooters & Bowlers” (Red Toucan) [duos] Conference Call, “Live at the Outpost Performance Space” (482 Music) [quartet w/ Ullmann, M.J. Stevens, Fonda, Hemingway] Marilyn Crispell, “Live in Zurich” (Leo) [trio w/ Workman, P. Motian; slight damage to back insert probably from moisture; came this way from DMG] Marilyn Crispell, “Santuerio” (Leo) [quartet w/ M. Feldman, H. Roberts, G. Hemingway] Marilyn Crispell, Anders Jormin, & Raymond Strid, “Spring Tour” (Alice - Sweden) Gerry Hemingway, Mark Dresser, & David Mott, “Reunion Live” (Guelph) [trio] Gerry Hemingway, “Chamber Works” (Tzadik) XXXJohn Law, “Abacus” (Hatology) [quartet w/ J. Lloyd, G. Hemingway] Evan Parker, “Natives & Aliens” (Leo) [quartet w/ Crispell, Guy, Lytton]

I have the following CDs for sale or trade. Shipping within the US is included. All of my CDs (including inserts) are in excellent condition unless otherwise noted. I prefer to receive payments in PayPal -- from bank accounts only; no credit cards or debit cards. XXX: sold or on hold $14.50 each Sean Bergin & Ernst Reijseger, “Mistakes” (Data) [duo] Sean Bergin, “Nansika” (Data) [quintet w/ C. Clark, F. Douglas, de Boo] Sean Bergin & Gianluca Petrella, “Radio 3” (Auand Italy) [quartet w/ H. Drake] $8.50 each Sean Bergin & M.O.B., “Kids Mysteries” (Nimbus West) [tentet w/ Boeren, Wierbos, M. Moore, Reijseger, Honsinger, Glerum, Bennink] XXXCurtis Clark, “Letter to South Africa” (Nimbus West) [quintet w/ Tchicai, Reijseger, Glerum, Moholo] Curtis Clark, “Live at the Bimhuis” (Nimbus West) [sextet w/ Reijseger, Glerum, Moholo] Curtis Clark, “Dreams Deferred” (Nimbus West) [trio, quintet w/ S. Bergin, T. Delius, Honsinger, Moholo]

I do not have the details. What's in the e-mail is what I know. I had been assuming that it would be a big box set of all of his Argo material.

Just got this e-mail message from Mosaic: "The Cohn-Newman-Green sessions will be an April select. Ahmad Jamal is going throught the unissued Argo material very soon and we hope to have a set next year." The first is Al Cohn-Joe Newman-Freddie Green RCA sessions. I've been pestering them about these sets for the last 3 years. You guys should thank me. I've been a bit underwhelmed by their recent releases. These are gonna be great!!

I have the following CDs for sale or trade. Shipping within the US is included. All of my CDs (including inserts) are in excellent condition unless otherwise noted. I prefer to receive payments in PayPal -- from bank accounts only; no credit cards or debit cards. $15.50 each Cor Fuhler, “Corkestra” (Data) [nonet w/ Baars, Delius, de Joode, Vatcher] Earl Hines, “Once Upon a Time” (Impulse! Japan/MVCJ 19103) [20-bit K-2; obi; quartet, nonet, big band w/ P.W. Russell, Hodges, C. Terry, L. Brown, E. Jones, etc.] Keith Jarrett, “Somewhere Before” (Atlantic Japan/WPCR 25007) obi [trio w/ Haden, Motian] Eric Watson, Steve Lacy, & John Lindberg, “The Amiens Concert” (Label Bleu) oop [trio] Aki Takase, “St. Louis Blues” (Enja) very hard to get in the US [duo, quintet w/ R. Mahall, Wogram, Frith, Lovens] $10.50 each Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album (Fantasy) [20-bit K2] oop, slipcase Marilyn Crispell, “Live in Zurich” (Leo) [trio w/ Workman, P. Motian; slight damage to back insert probably from moisture; came this way from DMG] Marilyn Crispell, Barry Guy, Gerry Hemingway, “Cascades” (Music & Arts) [trio] Marilyn Crispell, “Santuerio” (Leo) [quartet w/ M. Feldman, H. Roberts, G. Hemingway] Marilyn Crispell, Anders Jormin, & Raymond Strid, “Spring Tour” (Alice - Sweden) 4Walls, “and the world aint square” (Red Note) [quartet; V. Weston, L. Ex, Vatcher, Minton] 4Walls, “Which Side are You On?” (Red Note) [quartet; V. Weston, L. Ex, Vatcher, Minton] Maria Kannegaard, “Quiet Joy” (Jazzland - Norway) [trio; T. Stronen] Lee Konitz, Don Friedman, & Attila Zoller, “Thingin’” (Hat Art 6174) John Law, “Abacus” (Hatology) [quartet w/ J. Lloyd, G. Hemingway] Dave McKenna Quartet Featuring Zoot Sims (Chiaroscuro) [quartet] Roscoe Mitchell, “Quartet” (Sackville) [quartet w/ G. Lewis, M.R. Abrams] Evan Parker, “Natives & Aliens” (Leo) [quartet w/ Crispell, Guy, Lytton] Sam Rivers & Alexander von Schlippenbach, “Tangens” (FMP) [duo] Alexander von Schlippenbach, “Complete Combustion” (FMP) [trio w/ E. Parker, Lovens] Aki Takase & Rudi Mahall, “Duet for Eric Dolphy” (Enja) [duo] Aki Takase & Rudi Mahall, “The Dessert” (Leo) [duo] Frans Vermeerssen, “One for Rahsaan” (A-Records) [quintet w/ Braam, de Joode, Vatcher] $8.50 each Anthony Braxton & Marilyn Crispell, “Duets Vancouver 1989” (Music & Arts) Curtis Clark, “Letter to South Africa” (Nimbus West) [quintet w/ Tchicai, Reijseger, Glerum, Moholo] Curtis Clark, “Live at the Bimhuis” (Nimbus West) [sextet w/ Reijseger, Glerum, Moholo] Curtis Clark, “Dreams Deferred” (Nimbus West) [trio, quintet w/ S. Bergin, T. Delius, Honsinger, Moholo] $18 each Count Basie, “The Complete Decca Recordings” (Decca) 3 CDs Alexander von Schlippenbach & Sven-Ake Johansson, “Smack Up Again” (Two Nineteen) [quintet w/ A. Doerner; tunes by Monk, Ornette, Pepper, Dameron etc.; nice companion to Monk’s Casino set; very hard to get] $51.50 Jelly Roll Morton, “Centennial: His Complete Victor Recordings” (RCA) oop [5-CD set] For trade only: The Complete Black Lion & Vogue Recordings of Thelonious Monk (Mosaic) 3-LP set [everything in excellent condition except for a small scratch on the front panel on the box (about 1/3 of inch)]

Thanks, everyone. I'll have to get this. But I imagine it will cost me a pretty penny. By the way Sudhalter's notes to the Mob set is just superb. He really is the best writer on jazz I've read. Who wrote the notes for the Condon set?

I recently acquired the Condon Mob set, and Pee Wee Russell's "We're in the Money" CD, and am enjoying these tremendously. I'm wondering how much the OOP Eddie Condon CBS Mosaic set is like the Condon Mob set. Are they pretty much the same kind of music? Or are there some noticeable differences? Thanks in advance. Am wondering whether I should make an extra effort to acquire the Condon CBS set.