HutchFan

And the cover photo is perfect too. So evocative.

That's on my "to get" list.

Magnificent.

Right on!

Per Discogs, Jazz Man was a short-lived American jazz label -- with less than 50 releases -- from the early 1980s. Looks like they were solely a licensing operation, reissuing LPs from Candid, Black Lion, Black & Blue, and other labels. So it's no surprise that you've not noticed them before. Not much to notice!

Now: Lorez Alexandria - Sings the Songs of Johnny Mercer, Vol. 1 - with the Mike Wofford Quartet (Discovery, 1981) Earlier: Betty Carter - Look What I Got! (Verve, 1988)

I file my music collection similarly -- but I have three categories: Jazz, Classical, and Everything Else.

Now on my 'table: Carmen McRae & the Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band - November Girl (Jazz Man, rec. 1970) Originally released on Black Lion in 1975 Oh yeah. Sassy, swaggering stuff. It's really walloping me tonight.

Buster Williams - Griot Libertè (HighNote, 2004) Buster is a singer of a different sort -- but he's a singer nonetheless. He makes that bass sing!

Two great singers: and

Precisely!

I really dig the idea of a chronological filing system. But I can see how it would be difficult to maintain.

Please let me correct an error you've made: Timeless All-Stars go under BOBBY HUTCHERSON. JK

Who needs Gilles Peterson when you've got Rooster Ties!?!

I know a guy who owns a record store who has multiple versions -- as many as 6, 7, or 8 copies, all slight variations -- of many, many albums in his collection. And lots of them are very, VERY valuable. He could easily sell them in his store. But he can't reconcile himself to the idea of parting with them. Sounds like your duplication is VERY minor compared to his. So I wouldn't sweat it. . . . At least that's what I tell myself when I find myself keeping more than one copy of the same album!

Ohhh. I like that. Winnowing down to the bare essentials. I don't think it wouldn't work for me -- because it requires a sort of discipline that I know I don't have -- but I can TOTALLY appreciate that approach. OTOH, one thing we have in common: I no longer collect stuff because it's "classic." The depth that I want to dive into any given artist's discography all depends on how much I dig the artist, regardless of their status among the cognoscenti. These days, after years of collecting, the off-the-beaten-path places are often (usually?) most interesting. . . . I think this is probably true of a lot of us here.

LOL !!!

Sublime !!!

If I get an album by an artist -- and I enjoy it -- then I feel like there should be at least two albums by the artist in my collection. One just isn't enough. Two is a much more acceptable stopping point. This is especially true if I get an album that's in a sequence. If I get Volume 1, I'm almost obligated to get Volume 2. Not the entire series necessarily. But one just isn't sufficient. Yeah, I know it's strange. I suppose I could have titled this thread "Irrational Habits"! But at least they're harmless irrational habits. And I think just about every collector has these sorts of odd foibles. Anyone else care to share yours?

Amen & Amen !!! NP: Al Cohn in excelsis.