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I'm glad they're finally releasing these 2 seasons a year. That once a year thing was just no good.

Wow...I have 5 CDs in my backlog and I thought that was bad. You guys make me feel better about myself!

I love this set.

The one he did on MaxJazz last year is really nice.

After hearing this yesterday, I'm surprised to read some of the negative perceptions here. It sounds top notch to me! The electric piano is really cool. It all seems to gel together.

That's funny. By the way, he's a damn good bassit!!

I love this one, as I do all of Jackie's 60's Blue Notes. Both of the dates are very solid, showcasing Jackie's always outstanding solos, and as good of an example as any of where Jackie was right before he took it "out".

Hello everyone: I've never posted in this "Album of the Week" topic before, so I hope its not against the rules to talk about an album that's not part of this "week". But I saw Dmitry's post below and had to respond. I love this album. I find it to be quite amazing. The thing about it is that it MUST be listened to in its entirity. Even more so than "A Love Supreme". Each piece of this album is a part of a whole statement. It simply doesn't work when listened to bit by bit. I can see why listening it for 5 minutes didn't work....it wouldn't have worked for me either. All at once, or not at all. I hope you give it a chance, Dimitry! I'm sure you'll like it.

Have fun! They put on a hell of a show.

Happy Birthday Dave! Definitley one of my favorite jazz artists of all time.

No, but its still a facinating read!

I must say that I am quite surprised to find so much discussion on the Dead's studio albums in this thread. Not that I have anything against it...its just unusual because in all the years I've been a Dead fan, when it comes to recordings, its always been all about the recordings of the LIVE shows! Once in a while, when the topic of a studio album came up, it would quickly get shot down with comments like "it sucks", or "why would you listen to studio Dead when you can listen to live Dead?". End of discussion. I guess that the studio albums were never really even considered to part of the Dead's legacy....at least with the people I hung out with. To be honest, I was always in that same boat. I found "Terrapin Station", "Blues for Allah", "Wake of the Flood", and pretty much every other Dead album to be really dry, over-produced, and just not very exciting. Especially when I had (and still have) piles of recordings of intense Grateful Dead concerts that would just blow my mind. Studio Dead and live Dead sound like two completely different bands to me, and I just never found it necessary to listen to any studio Dead. Therefore, its very interesting to me to read up on the discussion about the studio albums. I've never heard perspectives before like some I've read in these posts. This is a great thread!

I'm not familiar with this material. Can someone share some background info? Players, history, anything like that??

Agree with this statement. Also get Live at Mandel Hall.

Thanks everyone!

I'm sure someone here can help me. I have a release that came out a while ago on Revenge Records called "The Legendary Paris Concerts". This was a label started by Sue Mingus that was to release official versions of bootleged Mingus shows. Does anyone who is familiar with this release know if some of the stuff on this CD is duplicated on the new reissue of "Great Concert of...."?

I like it alot as well.

I picked up Adobe a few weeks back and I enjoy it as well. It does take a few listens to get used to though, but all in all its a rewarding disc. In response to comments about his many great performances as a sideman, check out the new Fred Hersch disc "+2" as well as Steve Cardena's "Panormas" on Fresh Sound New Talent. He sounds very impressive. Also, Mario Pavone has a new one called "Boom" that features Malaby. Haven't heard it yet, but if this one is nearly as good as last year's "Orange", then its a must have. I thought "Orange" was one of the best of the year.

I REALLY like this one too. If you're looking for "exploratory", look no further.

I second that. I own 9 Mosaics and this one is my favorite. This along with the Carmell Jones would defintiely satisfy.

Dexter Gordon and Don Pullen. Both look like winners to me! Mosaic is really something....just when they are already putting out the best product availiable for recorded music, they come back with these Mosaic Selects which in my opinion are just as good as their regular boxes, but in a different way.

Why did I wear an olive green t-shirt with purple shorts to the bar just now?

Both are essential. Make sure you're getting the Fuel 2000 reissues though. I think there's like 3 different versions of "Iron Man" going around.

I think Free for All said it best. And I'd like to re-emphasize that its all about that moment in time. You may have an idea about what you want to do, but jazz is so organic and instantaneous that its really about the exact moment. You play what you feel, and that's really it.

Its a good time to be a jazz fan in Chicago. The Jazz Showcase, one of the best rooms in the world, has a stellar lineup from now to the end of the year. McCoy Tyner, Dave Holland, Pharoah Sanders, Danillo Perez, David Sanchez, Louis Hayes, Rufus Reid, Gary Burton, Roy Hargrove and others are booked for week-long gigs. For the first time in a while, I'll be spending more on live music than on CDs. Probably a good thing.