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Thanks 2scoops and Head Man. I agree — this is certainly "must-have" music. I've been listening to it as a vinyl rip for fifteen years now, and it'll be nice to finally have the music in a legitimate package. I'll probably buy at least one other copy as a gift. I love that musicians like John Carter and Bobby Bradford (and Bruz Freeman and Tom Williamson) can experience a sort of mini-renaissance of interest in their work because of a reissue. I especially hope that younger people, in their teens and twenties, can be alerted to these important sounds. There are recurring hollers on the internet that the compact disc is dead, but when reissues like these come along, I'm heartened.

To those who've purchased a copy — does it come in a jewel case, or is it a digipack? I'm not a fan of digipacks, but I'll be getting it regardless. Too bad it's not on International Phonograph, but at least it's out.

When I hear Monk compositions, I start to see (or hear?) geometric shapes. Weird. I get what you're saying about architecture. Monk seems incredibly mathematical to me, even if he never tried to (or cared to). Modernism, on the other hand — I never feel comfortable talking about what's modern, though I can see Monk enjoying a martini in one of these:

Booyah.

I don't believe so. Would be nice though.

Jack Montrose?

The mono on this title sounds amazing from this series. I had to check that it indeed was mono — almost sounds like stereo. Woods was 26 and Byrd was 24 when this recording was made, and, as young as that is, in my opinion it's some of their finest playing. Woods' compositions on this date are also noteworthy — not simply changes meant to blow over that had a title slapped on later. One thing I've noticed with this series — little to no ear fatigue. You can turn the volume up, fix a beverage, sit back, and soak it up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQuH5ag-YsE

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March 6th in the U.S. ...

These two sound excellent in this series. Doug Watkins' bass in particular. It's been almost a year since this reissue series was released. I hope the 7100 series is a possibility. Then we'll get another Prestige All Stars set:

B. Goren — do you know where in Tel-Aviv Etrog's sculpture is?

From a post of Jeff's back in 2013.

Mystery solved! The sculpture on the cover of Flight For Four is by Romanian-born, Canadian sculptor Sorel Etrog. It's called "Moses." Evidently there are three copies — one in Canada, one in Tel Aviv, and one in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles copy is at the LACMA, and not currently available to the public. (Interestingly, Etrog had a contemporaneous sculpture entitled "Flight.") The Proud History of Moses. Etrog died last year. He was 80.

I know this sounds somewhat ridiculous, but I can almost hear a bluegrass version. I'd stick around to hear it through.

Harold Land gets Monk more than I thought. This one is turning into one of my favorite live Monk recordings. Anyone else spin this one more than others?

You're right. Joan Rivers: piano aka Patti Bown Ferdinand "The Bucket" Slonimsky: bass

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uE5t21rZH94 Who's in this group? Phil Woods: alto saxophone Clark Terry: flügelhorn Budd Johnson: tenor saxophone Frank Rehak: trombone ? - bass ? - piano Joe Harris (?): drums

A favorite here as well. Not many people seem to get into those two discs. (You have to like Irène.)

[Heckyeah.]

• Recommend a favorite version of this Sonny Rollins composition. Familiar or obscure. AND/OR • Who would you like to hear cover "Airegin"? Any combination of musicians. Any genre.

Glad you dig.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ5ORdM6ZQk

Whoa.

Nice memory. Nice record, too. Though I hope your copy was less than $710!