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Are you going? Sounds like an interesting show. I've heard Simmons (on CD) in recent years, but I haven't heard Murray on anything contemporaneous. How's he sound these days?

I think you might already have it, but there's Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You? from the Ben Webster 2-fer.

Harder to find, but well worth the effort, is Edison's 2-fer The Swinger and Mr. Swing. Great Sweets on this 2-disc set. Also has some fine contributions from Jimmy Forrest. Walmart, of all places, still carries this Verve Master Edition ...

Nah. Wait another 40 years — you might set a record!

Fair enough, and I'm in general agreement with that sentiment. I do think their styles are, at times, fairly similar. I guess the point I was trying to make was "Why isn't Joe Newman better known? He's such a great trumpet player!" Not necessary to include Terry in such a point, but I suppose I was trying to create an axis. Again, to quote Ricky Schroeder (the originator of the much-beloved phrase): "It's all good."

Ahh, OK. I just assumed based on the TOCJ prefix.

For anyone who doesn't have the Anderza, grab it! A very interesting alto saxophonist, who, though he's essentially in the hard-bop mold, shows some Dolphy influence in his playing. There is a bit of harpsichord on the record (played by Jack Wilson, though he mostly plays piano), but don't let that deter you! A session. Has the Gambrell ever seen reissue outside of the long-out-of-print Japanese Pacific Jazz box set? Is it an interesting session in any particular way, or fairly typical mainstream? I've never even heard of Fabrizio Bosso or Robert Glasper. I guess it's a good thing that these lesser-known PJ sessions are seeing the light of day. I would of course have chosen other obscure PJ's, but I certainly won't complain.

Borg was Carla Bley's maiden name.

What the honk? Anyone here heard this one? Didn't even know it existed ...

Both are great covers. Now I'm jones-ing to hear the music!

Also have to say that this cover makes me laugh (in a good way):

Up for new discussion. Anyone have this set now? I wish I could buy just one disc from this box — the Buck Clayton's: Special and Songs for Swingers. Were these sessions ever released outside of the Mosaic. (I'm guessing not.) I'd probably like the Braff's, but really want to hear the Clayton's. (I think I could do without the organ and vocal sessions.)

Dirty blonde. (No pun intended.)

Thanks guys. It's the Sextet, and not Ensemble, that has the Zieff tunes (one of which I remember simply being titled "X"). I'll have to pick it up before it too goes out-of-print. Montg — the Baker Big Band disc on Pacific Jazz is pretty good. And, if you can actually find the earlier version, it had more tracks on it. The sound was allright too, as Malcolm Addey did the transfers. (I believe McMaster worked on the more recent version.) I like pretty much all of Baker's Pacific Jazz work, though I reach for the studio material more often than the live stuff.

One more vote of confidence. They upgraded to 1st class for my order without even mentioning it.

How cool would THAT have been, though? Very cool — but not if the title ended up being BACKSIDE to BACKSIDE.

Finally picked this one up: Better than I expected.

Is this the set that also includes the previously unissued Bob Zieff tunes?

They were sidemen together on a number of dates (Side by Side comes to mind), but those are the only three I can think of in which they're leaders/co-leaders. I agree, that Columbia date is sublime. Webster and Edison were a natural match.

In the vernacular of the day ... this one is sick. I love it.

I don't think Gray died as a direct result of drug use. Wasn't he actually murdered ... in Nevada?

I've put my ear up to liner notes before, and I still don't hear anything. Incomplete, yes.

Lon, you have to rent/buy/find the documentary The Brute and The Beautiful! In it, Webster's cousin discusses how Lee and Lester Young — back in 1929 — took Webster under their collective wing for a while. Webster himself, in fact, credits his first saxophone "lessons" to Pres! (Long before he was dubbed Pres, of course.)

Thanks! Hey, better than nuttin'.

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