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Pre-ordered too. Woo-hoo! "The 2003 release of Andrew Hill's Passing Ships on Blue Note set off a torrent of requests for more unissued Hill material. After some discussions with the artist, we came up with a solution: clean out the closet in one fell swoop. With the release of these sessions, recorded between 1967 and '70, every piece of music from Andrew Hill's Blue Note recordings has been issued." Who would have thought. A great day indeed! (Does the "torrent of requests" indicate at all that we might see some future Hill Connoisseurs ... for those who missed the Mosaic?)

Listened to this one this afternoon. If you're a Shearing fan, or a Benny Goodman fan, you'd probably like this disc. Some fun tracks on it. The Byas discs and most of the Thompson discs are back in stock I see. Good news, and another opportunity for those who don't yet have them.

I don't think this one's been mentioned yet ... at least in this thread. (Missed it, if so.)

(As long as we're being goofy ... )

Oops. I meant this one: VICJ 60461: Lee Konitz-Miles Davis: Ezz-Thetic Hans, I've only heard a few of Hoffman's DCC remasters, but I don't doubt your assessment.

Received the VICJs of And Horns and Steamin' yesterday, and had a chance to sit down and soak them up. Wow! Steamin' is a better recording (mechanically) to start off with, but the K-2 (Japanese) remaster of And Horns was a really nice surprise. It does surface more tape flaws, but, in the process, the horns are given a richer presence. I hate to say this (don't know why exactly), but sometimes a good remaster makes me like an album even more. This is Miles' first appearance on Prestige (January, 1951), and it's interesting to hear how he'd moved from The Birth of the Cool back to a more bop-inflected environment. Still, John Lewis's writing makes the "environment" anything but "bebop." Hard to explain, but a gem of a session to my ears, even if Miles later dissed it himself. Steamin' doesn't sound quite as good as Cookin' to me, but the ballads in particular do seem to benefit from the K-2 remaster. Does anyone have the VICJ of Conception, with Miles on some tracks, and Lee Konitz on others? Never have tracked that one down.

(Psssst: Go for the new TOCJ24s of Morgan's first Blue Note albums. At ¥1500, you can't go wrong!)

Glad you liked the Tatro, Dave. A considerably under-remarked album ... but maybe this board will change that a bit! I think I hear how you're making the CJB connection (no piano; harmonically rich). Tatro's stuff doesn't swing as much for me, but that's not my primary attraction to it. If you haven't already, you might want to check out some of the Lennie Niehaus OJCs, as they're at times similar to the Tatro. None of us have really mentioned the cover of that one. I wonder if that was Lester Koenig's idea. Don't know the Sleet, but have at least heard sound samples. It does sound nice, and is on my long, long list of to-buys (which is always under-funded ). A quick note for Oregon posters — Cat's Meow in Eugene is going out of business ... after 22 years. Sale on Saturday!

I was thinking of the version from Tetragon. Ron Carter is dyno-mite on that one.

Also agreed. It does seem a "natural" fit for the Connoisseur series. Didn't Cuscuna, at one time, say that maybe two tracks from The Trainwreck were at least semi-worthy of reissue? They could be tacked on to the end of Natural Essence, and I don't think anyone would complain. I already have the TOCJ, but would probably end up shelling out for a Connoisseur edition if it had some kind of additional music.

What a gorgeous tune. Did Kaper ever compose another of its magnitude? Do you have a favorite version? I just got done listening to Coltrane's (with Wilbur Harden), and like it, but I think that Joe Henderson's version is still my favorite. Who's version should we make sure not to miss?

Wolf, You might want to search out the latest Japanese edition of this disc (remastered in 2000). The alternate takes are all placed at the end of the disc, and the sound is a lot better than on the standard OJC edition. It really does make for an altogether different listening experience.

So you have the show with Hancock? Maybe David heard another show (with Bryant). And then ... McCoy was on for another gig later on. I wonder why Sonny went back to using a piano around this time? To me, it doesn't really sound like he needed one. (Still having a hard time believing that the one '66 Half Note show was broadcast for television. Maybe it's a typo in my discography.) This entry looks interesting ... Sonny Rollins: tenor saxophone — practicing, in conversation with Paul Jeffrey, and playing with Charles Moffett's youth orchestra in New York. Autumn, 1967. Documentary: Sonny Rollins — Musician (30 minutes) directed by Dick Fontaine

Love that tune. I have it on a Classics disc (I think it's 33-'35), which also has a great cover of "In A Mist."

The photograph's by Ole Brask, from Jazz People (New York: Abrams, 1976). Can't say that I've heard of Brask before. Spon — you beat me to the punch-line!

Look who made it on the cover of Philip Levine's new book of poems: Just picked up a copy today.

There are any number of gems. Just not entire albums worth, usually. Oh well. I think those few words sum it up pretty much. I still feel like I don't "know" Rollins' 70's work to the present very well, but there are always some gems to be found/heard from the recordings of the "later" years. G-Man is much fun, Newk's cover of "Tennessee Waltz" ... I can't say, however, that I'm much inspired by his bands from later decades.

Here's how my disography lists the Tokyo show: Sonny Rollins: tenor saxophone Rashied Ali: trumpet Paul Bley: piano Henry Grimes: bass Roy McCurdy: drums Marounuchi Hotel, Tokyo September 19, 1963 1. Mack the Knife (21:51) 2. Oleo (22:21) Rollins: tenor saxophone Tetsuo Fushimi: trumpet Akira Miyazawa: tenor saxophone Novio Maeda: piano Tatsuro Takimoto: bass Takeshi Inomate: drums 3. On a Slow Boat to China (4:50) I have three listings for Half Note shows: Sonny Rollins: tenor saxophone Herbie Hancock: piano Herman Wright: bass Beaver Harris: drums Half Note Café, New York City April 30, 1965 radio broadcast 1. There Will Never Be Another You (15:30) 2. My One and Only Love (6:25) 3. Three Little Words (4:30) * Sonny Rollins: tenor saxophone Walter Booker: bass Frankie Dunlop: drums Half Note Café, New York City January 14, 1966 radio broadcast 1. Three Little Words (9:05) * Sonny Rollins: tenor saxophone McCoy Tyner: piano Walter Booker: bass Mickey Roker: drums Half Note Café, New York City February 11, 1966 television broadcast 1. Medley (24:40) (Without a Song - Everytime We Say Goodbye - Four - Night and Day) A television broadcast?! And, in Tokyo, is that the same Rashied Ali we know as a drummer?

Agreed. The original reissue of Clubhouse on disc sounds pretty bad. (It suffers from the same "problem" that the initial reissue of The Soothsayer did — some weird distortion on higher horn notes.) Cool cover, though!

I wish RCA had a stable reissue program that would let this one see the light of day on its own outside of the box... BMG Japan reissued this one individually in mini-LP format. Great sound (the horns are crystal clear), original cover art and notes, but no bonus tracks. The catalog number is BVCJ 37211. Worth searching out if you're a fan of the album.

Another question — anyone know the story behind the "Edition Lockenhaus" sub-series on ECM? Just curious.

Yes, a nice one indeed. Didn't it win Grammophone's 2003 "Recording of the Year" award? Or something like that? I've been wanting to check out the Rosamunde Quartet's recording of Haydn's "The Seven Last Words" as well as the Ravel concerto work on ECM. Also, I think there's an Elliot Carter concerto for oboe somewhere on ECM. The Hilliard Ensemble I can't my ears around ... yet. I think, in time, I'll adjust to them. (My ears always gravitate toward chamber groups, particularly strings.) While I'm not the biggest fan of "jazz" on ECM, I have to say I like their classical recordings quite a bit. The cover art, in my opinion, is also beautiful. Keep the recs coming!

Aha! Here's the site. Short, but sweet.

Isn't it? The Bill Hardman Quintet goes out for (drive-through) coffee ... a la Dali. Or something like that. There's actually a website somewhere (don't have the URL anymore) based in part on that artist's work for Savoy. One cover I saved ...

I should amend my list. Instead of: ... I think I'd rather have: • Chico Hamilton: Trio (Pacific Jazz) Any other takers?