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I just realized I have all the Giuffre Verve recordings except the Herb Ellis record and the Anita O'Day record. The latter, in particular, I need to rectify. I haven't listened to O'Day in a long time. I can't think of anyone who sings "Peel Me A Grape" better. (Social distancing you two!)

Hal Galper's Now Hear This is being reissued in Japan again, this time for 980¥. At that price, it's well worth jumping on.

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And this record, which contains my favorite version of Isn't She Lovely? I love Aketagawa's playing, however ... he makes more (and louder) grunting sounds than Glenn Gould and Keith Jarrett COMBINED. Not recommended for listeners who like their piano playing without vocal encouragement. Oops — I just realized this is a "jazz in print" thread.

Bill Holman had a Rollins phase too. My guess would be that Way Out West was a strong influence at the time. As for Giuffre, within less than 2 years after Ad Lib, he was of course off on a substantially different tangent. As far as Giuffre's Verve stuff — non-arranger-wise — I'd recommend The Easy Way, 7 Pieces, In Person, and Ad Lib, probably in that order. They're all worth hearing if you're a Giuffre fan. It really would have made a good Mosaic set, I think.

Hino fans might want to check out Bob Degen's Children of The Night:

1965 film footage of Giuffre's trio with Don Friedman and Barre Phillips evidently exists. UK television. Jazz 625.

Giuffre at his most Newk-ish. Some of his licks are straight out of Rollins' vocabulary. Still, a solid Giuffre record (you also get to hear Marable to fine effect) — listening right now — and one that should be better known. It was recorded only three days before The Easy Way, a much different record. Giuffre covered a lot of ground in the two years he was with Verve. Eleven sessions! (I think the list above is complete.)

Same. But it'd be a first if Dusty Groove carries these before CD Japan does. (Dusty Groove lists them as available around May 15th.) Either way, I have plenty to listen to in the meantime. Maybe Harbour can give a mini-review when they receive their Amazon Japan order? Suspense!

Corea titles have now shipped ... (a few days ahead of release date).

Weird that these titles are coming out (supposedly) tomorrow, but still aren't listed on CD Japan (or importCDs for that matter). HMV does list them, however.

Ah, gotcha.

Nice article! Appears to be Frank Lowe on the bandstand there.

Red's version of "C Jam Blues" is a master class in swing. I've been in a deep dive through Red's trio work (only up to 1962; haven't gotten to the later work yet). Really interesting to hear him with Chambers ... and then without Chambers. Those two had some serious Aquaman telepathy vibrations going on. A Garland of Red may always be my favorite Garland trio record, but that's because it was my first. These days Red In Bluesville takes the cake. I admit that for years I tended to take Garland's playing for granted. But that was my loss. Nowadays I hear his touch (block chords/voicings) as nearly ever-pervasive in pianists that came after him. I think Bill Evans in particular listened closely to Red Garland.

Yolande Bavan on To Tell The Truth. Weird show, but hard to turn away from it. Her talking voice is a fair amount different than her singing voice.

Almost 15 years later, and still good reading in this thread. I really, really wish the complete Half Note sessions could have been released. Or, at the very least, add "Creation" to the 2-disc set we have. For me, that's Coltrane's finest solo (of those I've heard).

Fingers crossed! (The cancelled Coltrane title was Live At Temple University, I think? It would have been interesting to see what the Japanese market used for cover art.)

I'd never seen what Tucker looked like before this video. He really gets into the music.

If you can find it, maybe try this one as an alternative. It has 8 Blue Note tracks (master takes only) + sessions on H.R.S, Savoy, Signature, and Regent. It's a really good compilation in decent to very good sound.

Pony with Lambert, Hendricks & Bavan: Melba's Blues (at 15:10) Bam. Man, Bavan isn't given enough credit for her role in that group.

Satchmo "Dan" Anda was Géza Anda's second cousin, and somehow related to the more renown Satchmo as well.

I saw that change, too. That doesn't seem to happen too often.

Same! (I thought the Japanese market would've returned to this material, at least once, since 1999, but I guess not — at least so far.) But maybe in 2039! Until then, I'll let this pink-and-black disc spin ...