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Wow — I'd love to see one of those in my backyard, or anywhere. I took a baby crow to our local wild bird rehabilitation clinic this weekend. A neighbor's cat had gotten to it, but it was still alive. The parents were going wild, dive-bombing the cat (who was simply toying with it) whenever it got closer to the baby. It couldn't seem to fly, and I couldn't bear to watch it suffer, so I scooped it up and drove it to the clinic. The employee there said I'd done the right thing, but that the baby probably wouldn't make it. I felt awful for the parent crows — they hung around that area for the whole day. It made me feel, by intervening, that maybe I hadn't done the right thing.

Isn't Tchicai something like 6' 5" or taller? Taller than Dex or Randy Weston? I thought I read once that he was 6' 8". Maybe I'm making that up.

Thought I'd bump this thread up to ask if anyone here has a decent scan of the New York Contemporary Five's records on Sonet.

An FYI: MPS/Germany has recently reissued the long out-of-print Afrodisiaca on compact disc in mini-LP format. I can't imagine this one will stay around too long. Carpe diem!

The Complete Marte Röling Fontana Series.

Looking for a clean copy at a sane price. Cut-outs not a problem if anyone happens to see this lying in a budget bin covered with dust. Please PM with any leads. Thanks!

Is there overlap with the 1936-1940 Mosaic Small Group Sessions?

Dannie Richmond and Jane Getz:

It is a fun ride. But, you know what? Listening to it last week, it struck me as sounding almost identical to a (or any) Branford Marsalis album (sans the clarinet tracks, which are lovely). I don't know if that's a criticism or not, but it's almost as if, in some secret corner of his practice room (back in the 80's), Branford listened to and absorbed this album. I've heard Branford play "Giant Steps," and it sounds (sounded) just like Daniels' version on This Is New (even though very little on the record was "new" at the time). I don't get much out of Marsalis' saxophone playing, but when he was just out of the Messengers, there seemed a lot of potential. I dunno. Weird observation, I guess. I still like the record.

Entertainers.

The Japanese issue actually came out? I thought it was permanently delayed.

Very true. Everyone should have at least one Blue Note title in their collection that was recorded before, say, 1947. Hodes, Bechet, James P., Earl Hines recorded (just) two great tracks for Blue Note, Edmond Hall, Bennie Morton, Sidney de Paris, the list goes on. I'd love to see the Japanese reissue market re-explore (meaning re-reissue) the earlier Blue Notes.

Yes. Light meaning reissue. Didn't know that they were out in Japan. Early 90's? That would be a nice collection to have.

Damn, what are the chances of those Urso tracks ever seeing CD light. I'd like to hear them.

Did Bock ever use these compilations to issue one-off recordings of groups that never formally made an entire LP for Pacific Jazz? I ask because on this compilation ... there's a track by the "Phil Urso-Bob Burgess Quintet." I didn't think Urso made a record under his name for PJ.

Thanks for sleuthing out that cover EKE! Anyone know how the "Wild" got attached to his name?

More than two years tardy in saying that this comment still made me laugh.

Is the cover to With Strings Attached just as classic? (Please post if you have it!) When I hear Davison, I often think "Woody Allen soundtrack" — in the best sense of that phrase. Timeless and uplifting.

Any fans? Love his work with Bechet, and this one is a sentimental favorite.

Has anyone picked up the new Keepnews edition of The Freedom Suite? Am I correct in understanding that there are now three performances of "Til There Was You"? If so, Sonny Rollins' discography will have to be updated. Also cool that the duo track (sans Rollins) has now been added to complete the session. And ... any comments on the sound? The Japanese version I have doesn't actually sound so good, but maybe that's a result of the source tape's condition.

It's interesting — and revealing, in a good way — how googling the names of certain (usually obscure) jazz musicians will almost always yield a result to this forum. I've even googled a certain musician only to find a thread I'd started (and since forgotten about) here. I'm listening to Gambrell's second Pacific Jazz session right now. He sounds to me like a cross between Oscar Peterson and Erroll Garner, when Garner's not using his locked-hands style. It's a solid session — nothing that bowls me over, but pleasant. I think I'm actually most attracted to it for the fact that it's a duo session. Ben Tucker's bass is well-recorded, and you can really follow his bass lines. It's available on disc for 1500¥, or, stateside, DG has it for $18.99.

Excellent point. I go off and on with emusic. It's a great service, though I tend to cancel my subscription when I can't keep up with the listening. It's also nice that there's no penalty to cancel and then resubscribe!

I do too. I have a fair amount of Yazoo titles already, so I guess I'll just start snooping around in Document-land with a newbie's sense of awe. (That's part of the fun anyway, I guess.)

Are there any titles from this first series that you recommend in particular? Not necessarily the "bigger" names, but other country blues artists that are more obscure but deserving of wider recognition?