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Finally picked up a copy of this disc (Giuffre 3, Graz 1961). Wow. The recording quality is excellent, and the playing is intense — particularly the version of "Suite for Germany." And the track "Trance"? Bley manages to swing the hell out of just one (prepared/altered) note, making it sound like a banjo player gone mad. It's hilarious and groovy at the same time. This was one of the tightest trios of all time. Giuffre's 60's work has been monstrously neglected. Elemental put out that wonderful set a few years back, but after this new release, will that be it? I hope not. Giuffre had a trio with Don Friedman and Barre Phillips after the Bley/Swallow unit (at least one boot exists), and later a trio with Don Pullen and Cecil McBee. I wonder if any tapes exist of that trio.

This is indeed a legitimate release. I'm eager to purchase a copy! (I've never heard the bootleg.) Hat Hut Records relaunches.

Received my copy today. Sonics are excellent. If you're already familiar with Buckner and appreciate his wackiness, you're going to like this set. It's jazz that makes you feel good to be in the world.

That would've been great: • The Complete Shirley Scott on Prestige. • The Complete Don Patterson on Prestige. • The Complete Johnny "Hammond" Smith on New Jazz/Prestige etc. For Trudy Pitts, I just want to hear the complete Club Baron recordings (if any additional tracks exist).

When Branford played alto with The Jazz Messengers, his solos (I'm thinking of the Blues Alley video) sounded a lot like Wayne's solos from the Plugged Nickel recordings. (I actually mean that as a compliment.) I like some of his early work on Columbia. His treatment of Kenny Kirkland's composition "Dienda" in particular is outstanding. I wonder if his comment on Hancock, Carter, and Williams was meant as a testament to their level of mastery coming into Miles' band. Of course they learned from Miles. Bill Evans learned from Miles. Herbie Hancock learned from Bill Evans. Musicians jumped at the chance to play with Miles. Any bandleader is a teacher in some form or another. Did McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, and Elvin Jones learn nothing from Coltrane? Did Jaki Byard learn nothing from Mingus? Did John McEnroe learn nothing from Bjorn Borg?

I agree. This shouldn't deter people who simply want to hear the music, of course. But if the Grundman transfers are out there (and those I've heard are excellent; Wayne Shorter's Schizophrenia is an example), I wish they could be used. But maybe your thought — using older remastering as a deliberate choice — is accurate. At any rate, I'm happy that a reissue program for Blue Note still exists. Now if only the the pre-1947 Blue Note material was considered for reissue! (Maybe in 2039?)

Ditto that. I wonder if the Japanese market has access to Bernie Grundman's transfers. It seems like those would be a much better choice than Larry Walsh's 1994 work.

At the age of 24, Shirley Scott recorded her first session as a leader for Prestige. Seventeen tracks in one session, which would then be spread out over four records (Shirley's Sounds, Great Scott!, Now's The Time, and Workin'). Shirley Scott: organ George Duvivier: bass Arthur Edgehill: drums May 27, 1958 1. It Could Happen To You 2. There Will Never Be Another You 3. Summertime 4. Brazil 5. The Scott 6. Baby, Won’t You Please Come Home? 7. Indiana 8. Cherokee 9. Nothing Ever Changes My Love For You 10. Trees 11. All of You 12. Goodbye 13. Four 14. S’posin’ 15. Ebb Tide 16. Slaughter On 10th Avenue 17. Miles’ Theme (The Theme) An auspicious debut.

Because Shirley Scott is one of my favorite organists, I went ahead and purchased the download. Listening right now. There isn't any organ so far, just a lot of talking. (Must be one of the reverends unreleased sermons.) But suddenly my cats are: and

Doing some discographical research, I came upon this Shirley Scott record. I haven't heard it. I didn't know that Shirley was a reverend, but I do think I remember having read something about her being an internationally known communicator.

Though Elvin's solos are very long on this series of records, I actually think they're some of his best. (I haven't heard Vol. 4.) It would be nice to have these records as a compact disc set. The music is well above average.

Bam. This quartet is burning. Who's the saxophonist?

Please, somebody purchase these before I do (again). A good price for amazing music.

The two trumpet line-up (Botschinsky on flugelhorn) is better than expected. And Tete is never off.

Nope. CD Japan is now showing that the 1994 remaster was used for this 2019 reissue. WTF. Do not buy.

Same. Listeners build relationships with objects — vinyl in particular, but (yes) also compact discs. I've never caught myself thinking: "I'm going to dig in deep with my FLAC files this weekend" or "I'm going to pour myself a drink and get out my streamed music tonight." I think streaming is great. I don't do it yet, but I understand its efficiency and dispensing with ownership. The sharity blogs of the mid-2000's were great! I never would have heard some Jackie Mittoo 45's otherwise. (And some of those 45's have yet to see the digital domain.) Also, I forget which blog it was, but there was an incredible Blue Note upload once: Hank Mobley's BN 1568 in stereo. It actually revealed that this album was well-recorded. (Most compact disc issues of this album have sounded fairly horrible in my opinion.) The uploader's vinyl rip was meticulously curated. Now those were some mp3's I could build a relationship with!

It looks like the Japanese market will be releasing batches of 20 titles at a time. It'll be interesting to see how many titles show up. This series does indeed appear to have the bonus tracks from the earlier SHM-CD series. Some of the new titles, however, weren't part of the SHM-CD series (Una Mas and Components are two), and, in the case of Components, there's no previous RVG remaster, which could mean an entirely new (2018) remaster — which would be nice, as the old (1994?) Larry Walsh remaster is showing its age.

20 more titles. The usual suspects, but Bobby Hutcherson's Components is a nice change of pace.

You just know what's in that box ... probably something For Someone Special.

Yawn. But hey — these ultra-high quality CD reissues include "rubidium clock cutting" and a code to access "BLUE NOTE CLUB" (system requirements unknown). I always had a hunch that those system requirements were unknown. Now the hunch has been confirmed.

I wanted to post here that I received my Mosaic Select from Scott today, and it arrived in pristine condition. Excellent packaging, and fast shipping. Purchase with confidence!