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Good to know — thanks for that information! (But they took out Yoko Ono's doorbell sound? Noooo!)

Did Adam Skeaping do the remaster for the Japanese edition as well, or just the UK edition?

Elvin Jones: Poly-Graphs Ornette Coleman: The Vacant Excavated Temporary Shelter Joe Henderson: Model For Joel

Nice sound samples. Original cover:

Quick question regarding UCCI 9243 (Coltrane's Transition): For those who have it, is this SHM-CD a new remaster, or from a previous (US/EU) remaster? Does the inner ring, on the flip-side, give a different catalog number? Thanks!

I ended up purchasing this disc (in link above). I'd recommend it. It was issued in 1987 by a UK label called Hermes, which is actually an imprint of the larger UK Nimbus label. Transfers are done by Morris Hunting (I don't know who that is) and are pretty good for 1987 — judicious/minimal use of noise reduction. If you're a fan of this period in jazz (1928-1930), this compilation is worth picking up — very listenable (i.e. no string of alternates to program out) as an "album." The vocals are usually just at the beginning of a song and constitute one or two lines — not the whole song, and not a vocal feature. I don't know if Morris Hunting was a tuba fan, but these transfers really bring out the "brass bass" without boosting it. It's a pleasure to listen to all the tuba lines (by different players, who are uniformly excellent), so if that's a thing you enjoy, that's another recommendation for this disc. The Tiny Parham tracks (even though I bought the disc for Hines) are really good. Details: Earl Hines 1. Sweet Ella May (vocal) 2. Everybody Loves My Baby (vocal) 3. Blue Nights 4. A Monday Date (Hines solo) 5. Chicago Rhythm 6. Good Little, Bad Little You (vocal) 7. Beau Koo Jack Tiny Parham 8. Jungle Crawl 9. Dixieland Doin's 10. Cathedral Blues 11. Black Cat Moan 12. Nervous Tension The Missourians 13. Ozark Mountain Blues 14. Market Street Stomp Charlie Johnson 15. You Ain't The One 16. The Boy In The Boat Jungle Town Stompers (Elmer Snowden) 17. African Jungle 18. Slow As Molasses Musical Stevedores (Elmer Snowden) 19. Happy Rhythm 20. Honeycomb Harmony total time: 63:06

Never even heard of George Davis. What does he play? Bop from Chicago, 1949 — sounds interesting.

Man, I wish Ayler would have recorded a Christmas album! Just imagine his rendition of "Silent Night." I'd go to Williams' show ... if he came to the West Coast.

Thanks for this information — very helpful. The Solid edition of this album (released in Japan, March 2017) appears to already be on the cusp of going out-of-print. Question to those who have the Solid edition — how's the sound? (The original album seems to be one of the better-recorded Mainstream efforts.)

Both Ace UK and Solid (Taiwan) have reissued this album. Am I correct in understanding that the UK version has some remastering flaws?

Agreed that the new issue of Discipline 27-II sounds great. Samples are on YouTube.

John Tchicai & Strange Brothers Nice sound samples.

Sounds like an interesting concert. Hopefully somebody makes a recording — audio or video.

I think about that, too. Twenty-three is shockingly young. Even given five more years, I think his playing — and composing — would have become more complex, more refined. Little's composing skills are especially under-remarked. I listened to the Bethlehem record today. Still so fresh. What I noticed this time around was how essential Don Friedman's playing is to the record. And Pete LaRoca is in proto-free mode.

Thanks for that link — I missed that discussion the first time around. Ten years ago!

Whenever I see the name Frank Tiberi, I think of Woody Herman's album Giant Steps and its first track, "La Fiesta." My high school jazz band played that arrangement, and it included the transcribed Tiberi solo from the recording. I had to memorize and play that solo. Wasn't easy.

I've always wondered to what extent Coltrane was familiar with Gilmore's playing. Some of the extended techniques that Gilmore was using circa 1959/60 show up in Coltrane's playing around The Village Vanguard sessions.

The RVG set (on the back tray card) omits listing Donald Bailey and Pete LaRoca as playing on "I've Got You Under My Skin." This track was from the matinee performance. Did Rudy show up late to the matinee performance, or early to the evening set? I've always wondered why there are only two tracks with Donald Bailey and Pete LaRoca. Surely the afternoon trio played more than two songs. I've also wondered why there was an "afternoon trio" and an "evening trio" to begin with. Simply because Rollins was auditioning different musicians for an eventual band? If so, it would appear that he landed with Henry Grimes and Pete LaRoca.

Me too. That Japanese Jazz Classics On Blue Note series was fabulous. The set (TOCJ 5716/7) shown above has a few tracks not included in that series.

I hope Ravi's sitting on some unissued material. That'd be great. In the meantime, a newly remastered "Complete Studio Recordings With Roy Haynes" set would be an excellent addition to the catalog.

Three titles in stock (as of today) at Acoustic Sounds.

Have you ever seen this 2-disc 1992 TOCJ? It has a great tracklist.

OK — so there are no more studio recordings to be issued (unless they're discovered somewhere). Any unissued live recordings? Particularly of the last band?

They coulda used the Spanish hard-to-dance-in-heels-I'm-gonna-break-my-right-ankle cover!

This title sounds amazing from this (mono) series. The sound of Paul Chambers' bass — not always faithfully reproduced — is unusually clear and with depth. Absolutely no ear fatigue. It's weird — I noticed the piano that's in my home listening space started to "sing" when Red Garland hit certain chords. (Has that ever happened to anyone else?)