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Damn. A year's supply of free grape ice cream goes to Mr. Michael Fitzgerald. That, and this fine crocheted sweater. Congratulations Mr. Fitzgerald, and thanks to the large number of participants who joined in on the fun. This year's turnout was encouraging, and we plan to do the same thing again next year. Ahem. And you don't own Bearcat? Were you in my house this afternoon? As I stomped around like a mad scientist who'd just discovered chai tea?

I'm an avid supporter of the "buy new music" slogan, but I will say that one's system does seem to play into the upgrade game. I recently re-did my whole system (into Rotel and B&W ... and credit card debt), and finer nuances in recordings have become shockingly evident. I kid you not: when I first got everything up-and-running, it was like I'd bought 1200 new cd's. Every album (whether in recent or 80's remastering) had something new, and often something better, to offer. And ... the limitations in the McMaster's became more glaring. One good method for an uncertain upgrader: If you really love a certain recording, upgrade it. You probably won't regret it. But, we all know — Rudy had a special fondness for Bud's playing, and therefore every Bud RVG is a mandate for those on this board. Seriously, however, the RVG's of Doug Hawkins' material truly are indispensable ... ... ... ... in my opinion. Those little gems should be in every serious jazz collection.

I don't think this sample covers the vamp in question, but here it is nonetheless. Maybe someone else can do better?

That's it, Temple! Thanks! Where did you find it? In the Blue Note cover art books, the red is even more saturated. Maybe now is a good time to send Michael C. an e-mail ...

No, not speaker wire connections, but connections between songs. Here's what I mean: I've been listening to Clifford Jordan's Bearcat almost every day for the past week. Whenever the track "Dear Old Chicago" plays, there's a short vamp that Cedar Walton plays behind Jordan that makes me think of another song. What song? I couldn't place it. For days, I kept humming that little vamp to myself, trying to add more notes, or hear a horn come in — anything to figure out what song the vamp was making me think of. It began to drive me crazy. Before I went to bed, I had that vamp playing in my mind. When I got up, that little vamp was still playing. Still, I couldn't for the life of me tease out which album I'd heard this very same vamp on. Today, I finally got it! Want to know the answer? OK, I'll tell you, but I thought maybe it would be fun if you guessed first. Here are the clues: • On the track "Dear Old Chicago," Walton plays this vamp at 1:17, 3:15, and 4:44 respectively. It's not repeated too much, but it's there. • This same vamp is played by a different piano player (and for much longer duration) 10 seconds into a track on a Freddie Hubbard record ... on Blue Note. Hopefully, those clues won't make it too difficult to figure out. (You have to own the discs in question, of course.) If no one wants to throw out a guess, I'll just tell you anyway. At least I can now die in peace, having solved the puzzle of the century.

• Jackie McLean: Tippin' the Scales With the original Japanese cover (please), and the (many) alternates at the end. This album doesn't get very many 's, but I think if the hideous 80's American cover were banned to oblivion, the tapes remastered again for disc, and the alternates not stacked up one atop the other, people might give this one a new, and open-minded, listen. The contrast between where Jackie was going (one step beyond) and what Sonny Clark was doing (in-the-idiom blowing) creates a fine tension in this (somewhat overlooked) album. I wish I could find the Japanese cover to post here, but it's in the new (miniature) Blue Note cover art book (as well as one of the earlier, and larger, editions). It has an identical flavor to Dexter Gordon's Clubhouse, another album worthy of individual RVG treatment.

Jan, I've read that Miles gave Gerry that nickname. I've heard it pronounced "JAIR-uh" (which would kind of sound like a lazy form of "Gerry"), but I've also heard it pronounced "JAY-roo" (and I don't know how that would have come about ... but the Cleveland reference sounds good). His album entitled Jeru, on Columbia, is a nice date, though it's very, very laid back. Gerry with piano, bass, drums, and the softest conga you've ever heard. Great for dinners with the wife. I wish Columbia would reissue it. p.s. In an e-mail I received some time ago from Michael Cuscuna, apparently many stereo reel tapes Mulligan made for Pacific Jazz in 1957 have been "found." Reunion, as a result, will be appearing (I'm pretty sure) in stereo for the first time in the Mosaic Select. And I think that Songbook will also be appearing in stereo. Mule's right: Holman's arrangements are great. The octet session creeps up on you. It didn't strike me as very interesting at first, but now I'm a solid fan. Where else can you hear Lee Konitz, Al Cohn, Allen Eager, Zoot Sims, and Mulligan all solo on the same record?

Shrink, I dig that album ... with one exception. I wish that Mulligan would have been banned from playing "My Funny Valentine." Jesus. I wish everyone would have been banned from that tune. OK ... I'll permit Miles' versions (but only from Cookin' and the Columbia album of the same title) and Chet's version (only the original vocal version). Other versions begone! Allright, let's now imagine if all the collective energy invested in recording "My Funny Valentine" covers (over and over and over and over) were instead invested in recording Bud Powell compositions, or Herbie Nichols compositions ... or Wally Cirillo compositions. The world could look like this: And people would be on the streets looking like this: And anyone who decided to play "My Funny Valentine" anyway (though oh so imprudently) would have to deal with this: And then, as penalty, made to watch 37,003 consecutive hours of Friends reruns :eye:, while listening to reggae Christmas compilations sung with a German accent. Yes, that's it.

Big Al — congrats! A great bug to be bitten by. I think you'll end up digging the CJB Mosaic when it finally comes out, though his big band work is somewhat different than his small group work. In some ways, I think it's more exciting, and Bob Brookmeyer also steps in as an essential voice. The CJB's first eponymous album is pure delight, from track to track (*). I try not to think about the time it will take until September! If you don't already have Mulligan's 2-disc West Coast Classics quartet sessions with Chet Baker, print out that 20% off Borders coupon (on this board), and get thee to your nearest Borders! These recordings, in my opinion, are where Mulligan first shows his "genius." (Quotes used because this term gets thrown around too much.) Then, maybe, you'll want to check out his two recordings with Paul Desmond (one on Verve; one on RCA — both in-print, and I'd personally give the nod to the Verve first). If you're still hungry for more, search out his sextet recordings on EmArcy. All of them are excellent. Michael Cuscuna has made mention that Mulligan's California Concerts on Pacific Jazz are going to be remastered for the U.S. market, and may be available as early as Spring 2004. Additionally, a Mulligan Mosaic Select is in the works, and it should be excellent. It will contain: • A 1957 quartet recording with Baker • A quintet session with Annie Ross • An octet session with five saxophones, Freddie Green, Henry Grimes, and Dave Bailey • The complete "Stringtime" recordings — Mulligan with guitar, violin, cello, bass, drums ... wonderful stuff * With the exception, of course, of yet another dreaded version of "My Funny Valentine." Like a comic who thinks repeating the same hit joke over and over is going to repeatedly bring the same enthusiastic laughter ...

I can't remember the alto player's name on the soundtrack for Scratch Me If You Can at the moment either, and I just read an article about him not too long ago! He's a graduate from the University of North Texas (then it was North Texas State University), and is evidently one of the most in-demand studio artists in L.A.. UNT puts out a monthly (or is it bi-monthly?) magazine for alumni, and guess who's on the cover for this month's edition?

For Mr. Buck:

Thanks for the clarification! becomes B)

And, probably not what you're looking for, but this album is loads of fun:

Saint, check this link. Does that leave any holes? Also, was there a gap between 60701 and 60760? Do the XRCD's you mention come in mini-LP paper sleeves, or those carboard book-type covers? Trying to figure this whole thing out. And — I still can't believe Victor Japan has never remastered Ornette's Something Else!!! for this series. Jeesh!

Goofy? The guy set the mold for male Abercrombie & Fitch models! Just look at the get-up, I tell ya. Here are the AMG notes to that album, written by a former BNBB member: Not exactly a household name, Ronnie Ball is probably best known for his charts on the Warne Marsh LP Jazz of Two Cities (available on the Capitol Jazz Tristano/Marsh two-fer, Intuition). While "Ear Conditioning" could be considered an underground classic and perhaps his vision at its most fully realized peak, this underappreciated session from earlier in 1956 is very enjoyable in its own right. Like Jazz of Two Cities, Ball is joined by tenor saxophonist Ted Brown. Otherwise the cast includes Willie Dennis on trombone, Wendell Marshall on bass, and the versatile Kenny Clarke on drums. Listeners familiar with better-known sessions from the Tristano school probably know what to expect on this date. Many of the tunes, especially the two Ball originals, feature rapid-fire heads that, like "Ear Conditioning," don't resolve themselves for several bars at a time, making them rather like transcribed Charlie Parker solos that have been appropriated into altogether new themes. Particularly of interest is Ball's decision to employ the exact same dissonant three-against-four bridge before returning to the respective heads of both the first and second tunes on the record, prompting one to question whether or not the first song is simply repeated. While on the surface this music might seem (and probably is) like overly academic bebop, it doesn't pretend to be anything else and should be accepted for what it is: a style that is as seemingly light and carefree as it is harmonically dense and aesthetically probing. — Brandon Burke

In no particular order ... • John Tchicai's albums on Fontana • Roswell Rudd's album on America (I think that's the correct label) • (second vote for) Mingus's UCLA Concert, and other Mingus Records material • Gerry Mulligan's Jeru on Columbia • Don Ellis's session on Pacific Jazz • Chico Hamilton's trio session on Pacific Jazz • Tom Wilson's LP sampler of Transition sessions • Ran Blake's solo session on ESP • The Complete 1962 Town Hall Concert (Ornette Coleman) • Ornette Coleman: Crisis • Ornette Coleman: At 12 • Rolf Kühn's Impulse! session • Noah Howard's two ESP sessions (now OOP) • the "lost" 1963 Lacy/Rudd sessions for Columbia and Verve • Steve Lacy: Sortie (Polydor Spain) • Steve Lacy: Stalks (Denon; 1975 trio) • Steve Lacy: Catch (Horo; 1977 duo with Kent Carter) • Kenny Davern: Unexpected (Kharma; quartet with Lacy, Swallow, Motian; 1978) • a single disc reissue of Elvin Jones' The Ultimate • a single disc reissue of Sam Rivers' Contours • Art Hode's Shine on domestic Blue Note (with original cover please) — sigh

Now you can start indoctrinating your son: Monk, Powell, Nichols, Hope ... quietly from the speakers. A future pianist you'll have! Congratulations!

Jim, Sunset Eyes is probably my favorite Edwards record. I wasn't even thinking of that connection when I posted this topic — strange! What happened to Trice and Castro? I think Ball could sound most like Tristano than the rest of the group listed (maybe with the exception of Mosca), and, when he wanted to, could play some swingin' blues changes. I sometimes wonder why his star didn't rise as high as, say, Victor Feldman's: a contemporary of Ball's, and also from the UK. I actually know the least about Albany, and will have to check out more of his work.

Not a rhetorical question. I've just been seeing their names in close conjunction lately, and was wondering if there was any cosmic connection. Beyond that, whom do you prefer, and who would you like to hear more of? • Ronnie Ball • Joe Albany • Sal Mosca • Amos Trice • Joe Castro

Stop the press! I found this at Pete Losin's site: Heritage of Jazz Series These CDs were issued in several batches throughout 1999-2000. Original issues were in cardboard sleeves with liner notes and original cover art. 60261: Sonny Rollins, Saxophone Colossus 60262: Sonny Rollins/John Coltrane, Tenor Madness 60263: Miles Davis, Bags' Groove 60264: Miles Davis, Walkin' with the Miles Davis Quintet 60265: Miles Davis, Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet 60266: Miles Davis, Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet 60267: Miles Davis, Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet 60268: Miles Davis, Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet 60269: John Coltrane, Soultrane 60270: John Coltrane, Coltrane 60271: John Coltrane, Stardust 60272: Modern Jazz Quartet, Django 60273: Modern Jazz Quartet, Concorde 60274: Eric Dolphy Live at the Five Spot, Volume 1 (+1) 60275: Kenny Dorham, Quiet Kenny 60276: Jackie McLean, 4, 5, and 6 60277: Stan Getz Quartet +4 60278: Red Garland, Groovy 60279: Ray Bryant Trio 60280: Thelonious Monk Trio 60281: Miles Davis and The Modern Jazz Giants 60282: Sonny Rollins with the MJQ 60283: Sonny Rollins, Worktime 60284: Kenny Burrell and John Coltrane 60285: Eric Dolphy Live at the Five Spot, Volume 2 60286: Sonny Criss, Up, Up, and Away 60287: George Wallington, Live at The Cafe Bohemia 60288: Mal Waldron, Mal-1 60289: Roy Haynes, We Three 60290: The Tommy Flanagan Trio 60291: Bill Evans, Portrait In Jazz +1 60292: Bill Evans, Waltz For Debby +4 60293: Bill Evans, Sunday At The Village Vanguard +5 60294: Bill Evans, Explorations +2 60295: Thelonious Monk, Thelonious Himself +1 60296: Thelonious Monk, Brilliant Corners 60297: Wes Montgomery, Incredible Jazz Guitar 60298: Wes Montgomery, Full House +3 60299: Wynton Kelly, Kelly Blue +2 60300: Kenny Drew Trio 60301: Miles Davis, Dig +2 60302: Miles Davis, Miles: The New Miles Davis Quintet 60303: John Coltrane, Lush Life 60304: George Wallington, Jazz For The Carriage Trade 60305: Red Garland, Soul Junction 60306: Bill Evans/Jim Hall, Interplay +1 60307: Bill Evans, Moonbeams 60308: Bill Evans, How My Heart Sings +1 60309: Thelonious Monk, Monk's Music +1 60310: Don Friedman, Circle Waltz 60311: Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section +1 60312: Sonny Rollins, Way Out West +3 60313: Hampton Hawes, The Trio Vol 1 60314: Shelley Manne, My Fair Lady 60315: Phineas Newborn, Jr., Harlem Blues 60316: Joe Pass, Virtuoso 60317: Sarah Vaughan, Autumn Leaves 60318: Sarah Vaughan, How Long Has This Been Going On? 60319: Ella Fitzgerald/Joe Pass, Take Love Easy 60320: Art Tatum/Ben Webster Quartet +3 60321: Sonny Rollins +4 60322: Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins 60323: Stitt, Powell, and J.J. +3 60324: Art Farmer/Gigi Gryce, When Farmer Met Gryce 60325: Modern Jazz Quartet and Milt Jackson Quintet 60326: Lee Konitz, Subconscious-Lee 60327: Tommy Flanagan/John Coltrane, The Cats 60328: Booker Ervin, The Song Book 60329: Milt Jackson Quartet 60330: Cannonball Adderley/Bill Evans, Know What I Mean? +2 60331: Bill Evans, Everybody Digs Bill Evans +1 60332: Cannonball Adderley, Cannonball in San Francisco +1 60333: Nat Adderley, Work Song 60334: Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane 60335: Bobby Timmons, This Here 60336: Johnny Griffin, The Little Giant 60337: Wes Montgomery, Boss Guitar +2 60338: Wynton Kelly, Piano +1 (= Whisper Not) 60339: Red Garland, Nearness of You 60340: Chet Baker/Bill Evans, Chet +1 60341: Miles Davis, The Musings of Miles 60342: Miles Davis, Collectors' Items 60343: Miles Davis, and Milt Jackson 60344: Clifford Brown, Memorial Album 60345: Kenny Burrell, Bluesy Burrell 60346: Red Garland's Piano 60347: Red Garland, A Garland of Red 60348: Blue Mitchell, Blue's Moods 60349: Bill Evans, Green Dolphin Street 60350: Bill Evans, New Jazz Conception +1 60351: Thelonious Monk, The Unique Thelonious Monk 60352: Thelonious Monk, Alone in San Francisco +1 60353: Thelonious Monk, Misterioso +2 60354: Abbey Lincoln, That's Him +2 60355: Benny Carter, Swingin' the 20's +3 60356: The Poll Winners 60357: Barney Kessel, Easy Like +2 60358: Art Tatum Trio with Red Callender 60359: Charles Mingus a.o., Jazz at the Massey Hall 60360: Dave Brubeck with Paul Desmond +8 60421: Miles Davis, Miles Davis and Horns +1 60422: Sonny Rollins, Rollins Plays For Bird +1 60423: John Coltrane, Traneing In 60424: John Coltrane, Setting the Pace 60425: John Coltrane/Tadd Dameron, Mating Call 60426: Wardell Grey Memorial Vol. 1 60427: Wardell Grey Memorial Vol. 2 60428: Gene Ammons, Boss Tenor 60429: Eric Dolphy, Outward Bound +3 60430: Eric Dolphy, Far Cry +1 60431: Jackie McLean, A Long Drink of the Blues 60432: Phil Woods, Woodlore 60433: Sonny Criss, This is Criss 60434: George Wallington, The New York Scene 60435: Gill Evans Ten 60436: Prestige All-Stars, All Night Long +2 60437: Jimmy Raney 60438: Pat Martino, El Hombre 60439: Red Garland, All Kinds of Weather 60440: Barbara Lea 60441: Miles Davis, Blue Haze 60442: Sonny Rollins, Moving Out 60443: John Coltrane, Black Pearls 60444: John Coltrane, Standard Coltrane 60445: Dexter Gordon, The Tower of Power 60446: Benny Golson, Groovin' with Golson 60447: Gene Ammons, Bad! Bossa Nova 60448: Jimmy Forrest, Out of the Forrest 60449: Eric Dolphy, Out There 60450: Latin Jazz Quintet/Eric Dolphy, Caribe 60451: Jackie McLean, McLean's Scene 60452: Eric Kloss, In the Land of the Giants 60453: Jerome Richardson, Roaming with Richardson 60454: Art Farmer, Early Art 60455: Lem Winchester/Benny Golson, Winchester Special 60456: The Return of Tal Farrow 60457: Pat Martino, East 60458: Red Garland, It's a Blue World 60459: Barry Harris, Magnificent 60460: The Jaki Byard Experience 60461: Lee Konitz/Miles Davis, Ezz-Thetic 60462: The Jon Eardley Seven 60463: Thelonious Monk Quintet 60464: Eric Dolphy Memorial Album 60465: Mal Waldron/Eric Dolphy, The Quest 60466: Phil Woods/Red Garland, Sugan 60467: Sonny Criss, Portrait of Criss 60468: Jaki Byard, Hi-Fly 60469: Ron Haynes Trio, Just Us 60470: Cedar Walton, Spectrum 60471: Bill Evans, At Shelley's Manne-Hole 60472: Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington 60473: Mulligan Meets Monk +3 60474: Sonny Rollins, The Sound Of Sonny +1 60475: The Wes Montgomery Trio 60476: Milt Jackson/Wes Montgomery, Bags Meets Wes +3 60477: Cannonball Adderley/Milt Jackson, Things are Getting Better +2 60478: Milt Jackson, Invitation 60479: Art Blakey, Ugetsu +3 60480: Johnny Griffin, The Kerry Dancers 60481: Chet Baker, It Could Happen to You +2 60482: Nat Adderley, Much Brass 60483: Charie Byrd, The Guitar Artistry of Charie Byrd 60484: Barry Harris, At the Jazz Workshop +3 60485: Kenny Drew Trio, Pal Joey 60486: Don Friedman, Flashback 60487: Junior Mance, Happy Time 60488: Bobby Timmons, Born to Be Blue 60489: George Russell, Ezz-thetic 60490: Abbey Lincoln, Abbey is Blue 60491: Thelonious Monk, Thelonious in Action +3 60492: Sonny Rollins, Freedom Suite 60493: Cannonball Adderley, Portrait of Cannonball +3 60494: Chet Baker in New York +1 60495: Nat Adderley, Naturally 60496: Blue Mitchell, Blue Soul 60497: Harold Land/Wes Montgomery, West Coast Blues 60498: Jimmy Heath, Triple Threat 60499: James Clay, Double Dose of Soul 60500: Don Wilkerson, The Texas Twister 60501: Julian Priester, Splitzville 60502: Matthew G, Jazz By G 60503: JFK Quintet, New Jazz Frontiers From Washington 60504: Charlie Byrd, Bossa Nova Pelo Pasalo (sic) 60505: Red Garland, Bright and Breezy 60506: Bobby Timmons, Trio in Person +2 60507: Barry Harris, Promenade 60508: Junior Mance, At the Village Vanguard 60509: Billy Taylor with Four Flutes 60510: Joe Albany with Warne Marsh, The Right Combination 60511: Thelonious Monk Orchestra, At Town Hall 60512: Cannonball Adderley Quintet, In New York 60513: Chet Baker, With Fifty Italian Strings 60514: Ben Webster/Joe Zawinul, Soul Mates 60515: Johnny Little, Nice and Easy 60516: Red Garland, Solar 60517: Junior Mance, Big Chief 60518: Joyce Collins, Girl Here Plays Mean Piano 60519: Dick Morgan, See What I Mean? 60520: Evans Bradshaw, Pieces of 88 60670: Art Farmer Quintet Featuring Gigi Gryce 60671: Freddie Redd Trio/Hampton Hawes Quartet, Piano East/West 60672: Gene Ammons, Jug 60673: Roland Kirk, Kirk's Work 60674: Arnett Cobb, Sizzlin' 60675: Ronnie Matthews with Freddie Hubbard, Doin' the Thing 60676: Bobby Timmons, Chun-King 60677: Carmell Jones, Jay Hawk Talk 60678: Booker Ervin, Heavy!!! 60679: Pat Martino, Strings! 60680: Jaki Byard, Sunshine of My Soul 60681: Oliver Nelson, Meet Oliver Nelson 60682: Gigi Gryce Quintet, The Hap'nins 60683: Walt Dickerson, To My Queen 60684: Coleman Hawkins with the Red Garland Trio 60685: Various Artists, Swing Journal Readers Request Prestige Best 60686: Cannonball Adderley and His Orchestra, African Waltz 60687: Lee Morgan Quintet, Take Twelve 60688: Milt Jackson Orchestra, Big Bags 60689: Kenny Drew, A Harry Warren Showcase 60690: The Soulful Piano of Junior Mance 60691: Barry Harris, Newer Than New 60692: Sonny Red with Blue Mitchell and Grant Green, Images 60693: Blue Mitchell, A Sure Thing 60694: Sam Jones Trio + 10, The Chant 60695: Charlie Byrd at the Village Vanguard 60696: The Mundell Lowe Quartet 60697: Johnny Griffin, Do Nothing 'Til You Hear from Me 60698: Jean Thieleman, Man Bites Harmonica! 60699: Clifford Jordan Quartet, Bearcat 60700: Tadd Dameron and His Orchestra, The Magic Touch 60701: Various Artists, Swing Journal Readers Request Riverside Best

Vitus, you're a saint! You have the 2001-2 list as well? I'll be patient.

Of all the Japanese reissue series (whether in the mini-LP format or not), this series has come to be my favorite. I haven't come across a bad one in the lot. Impeccable remastering, glossy LP jackets, and bonus tracks when available. Could anyone provide a list of this series in total? I have a list of the first series (VICJ 60261 - VICJ 60520), but have never found the rest of series listed anywhere. Red Trumpet (as I mentioned in its own thread) is selling some of these on sale here. Clifford Jordan's Bearcat is in there, by the way, and the sound is amazing. Despite being a great album to begin with, this one takes on a new life altogether in this Japanese remastering. It almost makes a fella get teary-eyed.

Thanks for linking that Parrot label information Mike! An excerpt: "Chamber Music of the New Jazz was a highly influential record; Miles Davis recorded several of the numbers that Jamal played on it. In 1999, jazz critic Terry Teachout singled out Chamber Music in a New York Times article about important jazz LPs not yet reissued on CD. However, Ahmad Jamal enjoyed his greatest popular success after moving to the piano-bass-drums format and signing with Argo." Now ... who is Terry Teachout? (Please pardon this West Coast reader.) It would be interesting to read that article in the Times. My turntable broke down a few weeks ago ... and now I can't spin this album! No bacon! Argh!

I think my favorite domestic RVG's are those where Rudy is remastering Doug Hawkins', rather than his own, work. I'm thinking specifically of the Monk's, Powell's, Davis's, and one Clifford Brown ("Memorial"). I was dubious of re-buying all those titles when they first came out, but man ... I'm very glad I did. What a tremendous difference! I still get excited just seeing them, even after two years, at stores. To anyone who doesn't have these (esp. Monk Vol.s 1&2, Powell Vol.s 1&2, Davis Vol.s 1&2), hop on over to Borders soon, and snatch them all up for $8.99 each! (And, actually, starting today, you can use that 20% off coupon that someone linked on another thread here. That makes RVG's $7.19!) For me, there are at least three instances where the Japanese RVG's are significantly superior in remastering to their domestic counterparts. They are: • Out to Lunch • Speak No Evil • JuJu Now ... if only Rudy would get the go-ahead to remaster more of Doug Hawkins' work! The Elmo Hope Blue Notes, the Lou Mecca (which sounds great on the JRVG) ... what else?

Relatively speaking, and along with Herbie Nichols, Elmo Hope seems a pianist in the respective shadows of Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk, and a talent deserving of wider recognition. What Hope recordings do you recommend? And, has anyone picked up this one: How is it? I'm assuming this one was recorded by Doug Hawkins? Or was Rudy on the job then? It would be nice if Blue Note could put out a domestic RVG of Hope's trio and quintet recordings.