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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. $51.50 Jelly Roll Morton, “Centennial: His Complete Victor Recordings” (RCA) oop [5-CD set] $23.50 each Enrico Rava & Ran Blake, “Duo en Noir” (Between the Lines) oop Horace Tapscott, “The Dark Tree 1” (Hat Art 6053) [quartet w/ J. Carter, McBee, Cyrille] Horace Tapscott, “The Dark Tree 2” (Hat Art 6083) [trio, quartet w/ J. Carter, McBee, Cyrille] [The Tapscott CDs are jewel case versions. Light scratches on CDs but they play perfectly. Inserts in very fine shape.] $15.50 each Ran Blake w/ Ricky Ford & Steve Lacy, “That Certain Feeling” (Hat Art) oop [all Gershwin program] $13.50 each Phil Bancroft, “Headlong” (Caber) oop [quartet w/ R. Anderson, T. Stronen] Ran Blake, “Sonic Temples” (GM Recordings) 2 CDs [trio w/ E. Schuller, G. Schuller] William Parker, “The Peach Orchard” (Aum Fidelity) 2 CDs [quartet w/ R. Brown, Cooper-Moore, Ibarra] Aki Takase, “St. Louis Blues” (Enja) very hard to get in the US [duo, quintet w/ R. Mahall, Wogram, Frith, Lovens] $10.50 each Marty Cook, “Theory of Strange” (Enja) [quintet w/ R. Mahall, Takase, E. Schuller, Betsch] 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] Bill Frisell, “East/West” (Nonesuch) [trio; Wollesen] 2 CDs Franz Koglmann & Lee Konitz, “We Thought About Duke” (Hat Art 6163) [quintet, quartet w/ T. Coe] John Law, “Abacus” (Hatology) [quartet w/ J. Lloyd, G. Hemingway] Roscoe Mitchell Quartet (Sackville) [w/ G. Lewis, M.R. Abrams, S. Barfield] Paul Motian, “Garden of Eden” (ECM) [septet w/ Malaby, Cheeks, Cardenas, Monder] 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] Der Rote Bereich III (Jazz4Ever) [trio w/ R. Mahall] Martin Speake, “Change of Heart” (ECM) [quartet w/ B. Stenson, P. Motian] Bobo Stenson, “Goodbye” (ECM) [trio w/ Jormin, P. Motian] Frans Vermeerssen, “One for Rahsaan” (A-Records) [quintet w/ Braam, de Joode, Vatcher] Zentralquartett (Intakt) [quartet w/ C. Bauer, G. Sommer] $8.50 each Conference Call, “Live at the Outpost Performance Space” (482 Music) [quartet w/ Ullmann, M.J. Stevens, Fonda, Hemingway] Scott Fields, Francois Houle, & Jason Lee Roebke, “Hornets Collage” (Nuscope) Enrico Pieranunzi, “Special Encounter” (CamJazz) [trio w/ C. Haden, P. Motian] Matthew Shipp, “Strata” (Hatalogy) [quartet w/ R. Campbell, W. Parker] Sonny Simmons, “Ancient Ritual” (Qwest) [trio w/ C. Moffett] I also have the following books for sale. All of the books are in excellent condition, and in some cases practically new. Shipping is $4 each. All books are hardback with dustjacket. Alfred Brendel, Music Sounded Out $10 Gary Giddins, Visions of Jazz $10 Gary Giddins, Weather Bird $10 Gary Giddins, Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams (a black remainder mark on the bottom) $7 Gunther Schuller, Early Jazz $12 Gunther Schuller, The Swing Era $12

15% off $25 or more online: T52FW8Y I know the company is sinking, but might as well give them more revenue. They still seem capable of filling orders very efficiently.

I heartily recommend Edmond Hall's quartet/sextet recording. Ellis Larkins is especially good, as is the leader. I usually don't like Medlies, but this CD has a fantastic medley of Elllington tunes. I've been listening mostly to bop and avant stuff, but this CD is tempting me to take advantage of the Mosaic 10% off sale and get the Condon Mob set. Can anyone who has both the Condon Mob set and this Hall CD let me know how similar the music is in terms of both style and quality? Thanks in advance.

I just bought on eBay a TOCJ copy of this Corea recording for a very reasonable price. Unfortunately, contrary to the info on the eBay item page, this version has only the original 5 tracks. I'm wondering whether the 8 extra tracks included in the recent American version are really worth my spending more money to acquire. Thanks in advance for any opinions.

What gives me pause about this recording is Mark Turner. About a year ago, I really liked him and bought a couple of his CDs as well as a couple of Reid Anderson CDs with Turner. And then a few weeks later, I became very sick of him, and I found him very boring. (I had a similar experience with Brad Mehldau.) His playing seems to just meander without having "a point", and his compositions are the same. Another recording with Iverson that people may like is his quartet recording with Bill McHenry on Fresh Sound New Talent called "Live at Small's". It is a very nice standards album with a really passionate version of "The Look of Love". Yes, Dusty Springfield's song.

If BMG owns Arista recordings, then Mosaic should have an easier time now than before the Sony-BMG merger in turning these sessions into box set. Fingers crossed.

Of the modern, straight-ahead trumpeters, I think Enrico Rava is difficult to beat. There are a couple of quartet recordings on CamJazz, a title on Venus called "Renaissance", and perhaps my favorite a quartet date called "Quatre" on an Italian label I cannot remember right now -- it has D'Andrea on piano, Vitous on bass, and Humair on drums. Very very nice.

Does anyone know of any reason that the early 1970's Anthony Braxton recordings -- I have in mind the Circle recordings on Blue Note, and the quartet recordings on Arista with Wheeler, Holland, & Altschul -- have not been available on CD? I would have thought that these would have appeared at least in Japan by now. Very strange and unfortunate.

Yes, I did not know about this until a couple of weeks ago. That's when I got Haynes's "Fountain of Youth", and I liked it so much that I did some web searches. In the new CD, there is also a blurb about an upcoming box set that Dreyfus seems to be preparing. Very good news.

I am listening to the new Roy Haynes recording. He is just soooo good!! As far as I know, his sidemen are complete unknowns, and they just sound great with him. He seems to make everyone around him sound fabulous. I hope Haynes makes many many more records. I find that I look forward to his recordings with more anticipation than to almost anyone else's.

I like the new CD too, but I wish there would be a Von Freeman recording with a somewhat different and more modern rhythm section. So far, "The Improvisor" is the only one released by Premonition that has a different "feel". Why not Vonski with Jason Moran, Mark Helias, and Jack DeJohnette? Why not Danilo Perez, John Patitucci, and Roy Haynes? Why not Joe Morris, William Parker, and Susie Ibarra? Why not Enrico Rava, Bill Frisell, and Paul Motian? Why not Misha Mengelberg, Ernst Glerum, and Han Bennink? Oh boy....

I gave them a call, and was told that the situation is temporary. I guess they are trying to iron things out with their distributors.

Well, I hope it is only temporary. They can't possibly do business without settling such a dispute.

It seems now that Tower.com is not selling any items that they do not currently have in stock. Either there is a terrible computer glitch or they seem to be going out of business.

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 $54.50 Jelly Roll Morton, “Centennial: His Complete Victor Recordings” (RCA) oop [5-CD set] $25.50 each Enrico Rava & Ran Blake, “Duo en Noir” (Between the Lines) oop Horace Tapscott, “The Dark Tree 1” (Hat Art 6053) [quartet w/ J. Carter, McBee, Cyrille] Horace Tapscott, “The Dark Tree 2” (Hat Art 6083) [trio, quartet w/ J. Carter, McBee, Cyrille] [The Tapscott CDs are jewel case versions. Light scratches on CDs but they play perfectly. Inserts in very fine shape.] $15.50 each Louis Sclavis, Henri Texier, & Aldo Romano, “Le Querrec” (Label Bleu) Louis Sclavis, Henri Texier, & Aldo Romano, “Suite Africaine” (Label Bleu) [Each of these comes with a thick booklet of photographs taken during the band’s African tour. A cardboard box for each CD and booklet set.] $13.50 each Ran Blake, “Sonic Temples” (GM Recordings) 2 CDs [trio w/ E. Schuller, G. Schuller] William Parker, “The Peach Orchard” (Aum Fidelity) 2 CDs [quartet w/ R. Brown, Cooper-Moore, Ibarra] $10.50 each 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] Franz Koglmann & Lee Konitz, “We Thought About Duke” (Hat Art 6163) [quintet, quartet w/ T. Coe] John Law, “Abacus” (Hatology) [quartet w/ J. Lloyd, G. Hemingway] Tony Malaby, Elvind Opsvik, & Jeff Davis, “Tone Collector” (Jazzaway) Roscoe Mitchell Quartet (Sackville) [w/ G. Lewis, M.R. Abrams, S. Barfield] Paul Motian, "Garden of Eden" (ECM) [septet w/ Malaby, Cheek, Cardenas, Monder] 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] Frans Vermeerssen, “One for Rahsaan” (A-Records) [quintet w/ Braam, de Joode, Vatcher] Veryan Weston, John Edwards, & Mark Sanders, “Mercury Concert” (Emanem) [trio] Zentralquartett (Intakt) [quartet w/ C. Bauer, G. Sommer] $8.50 each Scott Fields, Francois Houle, & Jason Lee Roebke, “Hornets Collage” (Nuscope) XXXKevin Norton, “Time-Space Modulator” (Barking Hoop) [quartet w/ Ballou, Malaby, J. Lindberg] Louis Sclavis, “L’affrontement des pretendants” (ECM) [quintet] Matthew Shipp, “Strata” (Hatalogy) [quartet w/ R. Campbell, W. Parker] Sonny Simmons, “Ancient Ritual” (Qwest) [trio w/ C. Moffett] Martial Solal, “Just Friends” (Dreyfus) [trio w/ Peacock, Motian] Martial Solal & Dave Douglas, “Rue de Seine” (CamJazz) Gebhard Ullmann, “Essencia” (Between the Lines) [trio w/ J. Thomas, C. Bica] I also have the following books for sale. All of the books are in excellent condition, and in some cases practically new. Shipping is $4 each. All books are hardback with dustjacket. Alfred Brendel, Music Sounded Out $10 Gary Giddins, Visions of Jazz $10 Gary Giddins, Weather Bird $10 Gary Giddins, Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams (a black remainder mark on the bottom) $7 Gunther Schuller, Early Jazz $12 Gunther Schuller, The Swing Era $12

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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. $33.50 each ($59 for both) Horace Tapscott, “The Dark Tree 1” (Hat Art 6053) [quartet w/ J. Carter, McBee, Cyrille] Horace Tapscott, “The Dark Tree 2” (Hat Art 6083) [trio, quartet w/ J. Carter, McBee, Cyrille] [These are jewel case versions. Light scratches on CDs but they play perfectly. Inserts in very fine shape.] $15.50 each ($29 for both) Louis Sclavis, Henri Texier, & Aldo Romano, “Le Querrec” (Label Bleu) Louis Sclavis, Henri Texier, & Aldo Romano, “Suite Africaine” (Label Bleu) [Each of these comes with a thick booklet of B&W photographs taken during the band’s African tour. A cardboard box contains each CD-booklet set.] $13.50 each Ran Blake, “Sonic Temples” (GM Recordings) 2 CDs [trio w/ E. Schuller, G. Schuller] William Parker, “The Peach Orchard” (Aum Fidelity) 2 CDs [quartet w/ R. Brown, Cooper-Moore, Ibarra] $10.50 each Conference Call, "Live at the Outpost" (482 Music) [quartet w/ Ullmann, Stevens, Fonda, G. Hemingway] Franz Koglmann & Lee Konitz, “We Thought About Duke” (Hat Art 6163) [quintet, quartet w/ T. Coe] John Law, “Abacus” (Hatology) [quartet w/ J. Lloyd, G. Hemingway] Tony Malaby, Elvind Opsvik, & Jeff Davis, “Tone Collector” (Jazzaway) Roscoe Mitchell Quartet (Sackville) [w/ G. Lewis, M.R. Abrams, S. Barfield] Paul Motian, "Garden of Eden" (ECM) [septet w/ Malaby, Cheek, Cardenas, Monder, Bro, J. Harris] Tisziji Muñoz, “Breaking the Wheel of Life & Death!” (Anami) [quartet w/ Crispell, R. Ali] 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] Frans Vermeerssen, “One for Rahsaan” (A-Records) [quintet w/ Braam, de Joode, Vatcher] Zentralquartett (Intakt) [quartet w/ C. Bauer, G. Sommer] $8.50 each Aki Takase & Konrad Bauer, "News from Berlin" (Victo) [duo] Scott Fields, “Five Frozen Eggs” (Music & Arts) [quartet w/ Crispell, H. Drake] Scott Fields, “Stephen Demski’s Sonotropism” (Music & Arts) [quartet w/ Ochs, Crispell, M. Turner] Scott Fields, “This That” (Accretions) [trio w/ P. Lee, van der Schyff] Scott Fields, Francois Houle, & Jason Lee Roebke, “Hornets Collage” (Nuscope) Heinz Geisser-Guerino Mazzola Quartet, “Maze” (Quixotic) [quartet w/ S. Fields, M. Turner] Barry Guy, Robert Dick, & Randy Raine-Reusch, “Gudira” (Nuscope) Fred Hess, “Crossed Paths” (Tapestry) [quartet w/ R. Miles, Filiano, M. Wilson] Francois Houle & Marilyn Crispell, “Any Terrain Tumultuous” (Red Toucan) Joseph Jarman & Marilyn Crispell, “Connecting Spirits” (Music & Arts) Lee Konitz & Alan Broadbent, “Live-Lee” (Milestone) Bill McHenry-Ben Waltzer Quartet, “Jazz is Where You Find It” (Fresh Sound) [quartet] Brad Mehldau, “Back at the Vanguard (The Art of the Trio, vol. 4)” (Warner) Kevin Norton, “Time-Space Modulator” (Barking Hoop) [quartet w/ Ballou, Malaby, J. Lindberg] Louis Sclavis, “L’affrontement des pretendants” (ECM) [quintet] Matthew Shipp, “Strata” (Hatalogy) [quartet w/ R. Campbell, W. Parker] Sonny Simmons, “Ancient Ritual” (Qwest) [trio w/ C. Moffett] Gebhard Ullmann, “Essencia” (Between the Lines) [trio w/ J. Thomas, C. Bica] Gebhard Ullmann-Steve Swell Quartet, “Desert Songs & Other Landscapes” (CIMP) [w/ H. Greene, B. Altschul] Matt Wilson, “Going Once, Going Twice” (Palmetto) [quartet w/ Frahm; Konitz guest] Matt Wilson, “Humidity” (Palmetto) [quartet] I also have the following books for sale. All of the books are in excellent condition, and in some cases practically new. Shipping is $4 each. All books are hardback with dustjacket. Alfred Brendel, Music Sounded Out $10 Gary Giddins, Visions of Jazz $10 Gary Giddins, Weather Bird $10 Gary Giddins, Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams (a black remainder mark on the bottom) $7 XXXDan Morgenstern, Living with Jazz $10 Gunther Schuller, Early Jazz $12 Gunther Schuller, The Swing Era $12 Some classical CDs: $29 each Beethoven, 5 Piano Concertos (Philips 3-CDs) [brendel & Levine w/ Chicago SO] R. Strauss, “Die Frau ohne Schatten” (Decca 3-CD opera) [solti & VPO w/ Domingo, Behrens, van Dam] Verdi, “Don Carlos” (EMI 3-CD opera) [Giulini & Royal Opera House Orch. w/ Domingo, Caballe] $9 each Haydn, Cello Concertos (L’Oiseau-Lyre) [Coin & Hogwood w/ AAM] Messiaen, Concert a Quatre, etc. (DG) [Chung, Holliger, Rostropovich] Vivaldi, Cello Concertos (L’Oiseau-Lyre) [Coin & Hogwood w/ AAM] $7 each Ades, “Life Story”, etc. (EMI) Grieg/Chopin, Piano Concertos (EMI) [Lipatti] XXXTim Berne, “Please Advise” (Screwgun) [trio w/ D. Gress, T. Rainey] XXXTim Berne, “Visitation Rites” (Screwgun) [trio w/ D. Gress, T. Rainey] XXXTim Berne, “Pre-Emptive Denial” (Screwgun) [trio w/ D. Gress, T. Rainey] XXXDave Douglas’ Tiny Bel Trio, “Constellations” (Hat Art 6173) [trio w Shoeppach, J. Black] XXXJames Emery, “Standing on a Whale, Fishing for Minnows” (Enja) [quartet w/ M. Ehrlich, Formanek, G. Hemingway] XXXTal Farlow, “The Interpretations of Tal Farlow” (Verve Japan/POCJ 2753) obi [quartet w/ C. Williamson, R. Mitchell, S. Levey] XXXSonny Simmons, “Transcendence” (CIMP) [trio w/ C. Moffett] XXXTeddy Wilson, “For Quiet Lovers” (Verve Japan/POCJ 2587) [trio w/ M. Hinton, J. Jones] XXXRichard Cook, Blue Note Records $7 XXXCharles Delaunay, Django Reinhardt $5 XXXBen Watson, Derek Bailey and the Story of Free Improvisation $12

This may be old news to a lot of you, but does Wayne Shorter have some obsession with hands? His two recent Verve quartet CDs are full of pictures of his hands. Weird. He and George Lucas should get together.

I know this is an extremely long shot. But would anyone have a nice copy that he or she is willing to part with?

Has anyone heard (or even seen) this CD? Lovano's website lists it. If you have heard it, how is it? Is it worth spending a lot of energy and time (and probably money) searching out for it? I used to not "get" Lovano. But then recently, I really got into Paul Motian's trio/quartet recordings with Lovano and Frisell. Now, I find Lovano quite compelling. Really amazingly consistent and good through many recordings. I used to like better Tony Malaby, who at times sounds a lot like Lovano. But I'm finding that Malaby has some set licks that appear much too often.

Hmmm... I just saw the Evans set at Borders today, and the outer box says "20-bit K2". Is that a misprint? Or did Tarantino do a new remaster using the same technology? By the way, Lon, who is that fetching woman whose picture you put up?

I got this set a couple of weeks ago, and I've listened to it through only once. So far, I like it a lot. Dorner and Mahall form a very nice and exciting front line. And I find that Schlippenbach is quite interesting. On his avant garde dates, he has a tendency to pounce a bit much for my taste. But not on these recordings. I also recommend Schlippenbach's wife Aki Takase's recordings: one with David Murray playing Monk tunes, and one with Rudi Mahall playing Dolphy tunes. A lot of fun, those two discs. If you want to buy the Schlippenbach set, I think Squidco has the best price, and free shipping.

Thanks so much for a very helpful answer. I wish it was a straight re-issue of the 20-bit K2, as I am a big fan of that format.

Am I right in thinking that this is a straight re-issue of the Japanese 20-bit K2 release? Thanks in advance for your response.

I'm wondering how this recording is. AMG gives it a good review but the review is done by a writer I've come to find less than reliable. Anyone own this? Is the singing OK, or is it annoying? Any comments would be appreciated.