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I don't have that disc, but here are its contents: 1. SUMMERTIME/ SIDNEY BECHET QUINTET 2. DEAR OLD SOUTHLAND/ SIDNEY BECHET BLUE NOTE QUARTET 3. BOOGIE WOOGIE STOMP/ ALBERT AMMONS 4. MELANCHOLY/ MEADE LUX LEWIS 5. REMINISCING AT BLUE NOTE/ EARL HINES 6. BACKWATER BLUES/ JAMES P. JOHNSON 7. PROFOUNDLY BLUE/ EDMOND HALL CELESTE QUARTET 8. BLUE INTERVAL/ EDMOND HALL'S ALL STAR QUINTET 9. VICTORY STRIDE/ JAMES P.JOHNSON'S BLUE NOTE JAZZMEN 10. EVEYBODY LOVES MY BABY/ SIDNEY DE PARIS BLUE NOTE JAZZMEN 11. BACK ROOM BLUES/ ART HODES' BACK ROOM BOYS 12. FEELIN' AT EASE/ BABY DODDS' JAZZ FOUR 13. BLUE HARLEM/ IKE QUEBEC QUINTET 14. BLUE SKIES/ JOHN HARDEE'S SWINGTET 15. BAB'S DREAM/ BABS' THREE BIPS AND A BOP 16. OUR DELIGHT/ TADD DAMERON SEXTET 17. THELONIOUS/ THELONIOUS MONK SEXTET 18. 'ROUND MIDNIGHT/ THELONIOUS MONK QUINTET 19. BOP ALLEY/ ARTBLAKEY'S MESSENGERS 20. JAHBERO/ TADD DAMERON SEPTET 21. TIN TIN DEO/ JAMES MOODY AND HIS BOP MEN 22. 52nd STREET THEME/ BUD POWELL'S MODERNISTS 23. UN POCO LOCO/ BUD POWELL TRIO 24. HOT SAUCE/ ELMO HOPE TRIO 25. THE GIG/ HERBIE NICHOLS TRIO 26. BAGS GROOVE/ MILT JACKSON QUINTET 27. TEMPUS FUGIT/ MILES DAVIS ALL STARS 28. A NIGHT IN TUNISIA/ ART BLAKEY QUINTET 29. THE PREACHER/ HORACE SILVER QUINTET 30. AFRODISIA/ KENNY DORHAM OCTET 31. MINOR'S HOLIDAY/ THE JAZZ MESSENGERS 32. THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT/ JIMMY SMITH 33. I REMEMBER CLIFFORD/ LEE MORGAN 34. ASIATIC RAES/ SONNY ROLLINS 35. BLUE TRAIN/ JOHN COLTRANE That's a pretty good comp!

Yes. I never got around to purchasing any of the U.S. Blue Note discs representing this era for some reason. I'm sure they're great, including the Quebec/Hardee stuff. While I'm at it, I'll type up two more disc contents for those that are interested in what the Japanese versions included: TOCJ 6607 Summertime / Sidney Bechet & The Port of Harlem Jazzmen Port of Harlem Seven 1. Blues For Tommy 4:24 Sidney Bechet Quintet 2. Summertime 4:09 Port of Harlem Seven 3. Pounding Heart Blues 4:01 Frank Newton Quintet 4. After Hours Blues 4:08 J.C. Higginbotham Quintet 5. Basin Street Blues 3:43 Frank Newton Quintet 6. Daybreak Blues 2:40 J.C. Higginbotham Quintet 7. Weary Land Blues 2:51 Port of Harlem Jazzmen 8. Port of Harlem Blues 4:31 9. Mighty Blues 4:34 10. Rocking The Blues 4:25 Sidney Bechet Blue Note Quartet 11. Lonesome Blues 4:05 12. Dear Old Southland 4:01 13. Bechet's Steady Rider 2:54 14. Saturday Night Blues 2:56 Josh White Trio 15. Careless Love 3:42 16. Milk Cow Blues 4:07 TOCJ 66010 Profoundly Blue / Memorable Sessions With Edmond Hall Edmond Hall Celeste Quartet 1. Jammin' In Four 4:21 2. Edmond Hall Blues 4:17 3. Profoundly Blue 4:08 4. Profoundly Blue (alt.) 4:18 5. Celestial Express 3:54 Emdond Hall's All Star Quintet 6. Rompin' In' 44 (alt.) 3:58 7. Rompin' In' 44 3:57 8. Blue Interval 4:15 9. Smooth Sailing (alt.) 3:32 10. Smooth Sailing 3:46 11. Seein' Red 4:14 Edmond Hall Swingtet 12. It's Been So Long (alt.) 2:31 13. It's Been So Long 3:08 14. I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me (alt.) 3:41 15. I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me 3:02 16. Big City Blues 4:12 17. Steamin' And Beamin' 3:50

TOCJ 66011 was the first disc I purchased from this series. Here are the contents: High Society/ Jamming In Jazz With Blue Note Jazzmen Edmond Hall's Blue Note Jazzmen 1. High Society 4:00 2. Blues At Blue Note 4:11 3. Night Shift Blues 4:07 4. Royal Garden Blues 4:06 5. Blue Note Boogie 3:54 Sidney de Paris' Blue Note Jazzmen 6. Everybody Loves My Baby 3:31 7. Ballin' The Jack 4:44 8. Who's Sorry Now 4:14 9. The Call of The Blues 4:18 James P. Johnson's Blue Note Jazzmen 10. Tishomingo Blues 4:32 11. Walkin' The Dog 4:30 12. Easy River 4:33 13. At The Ball 4:08 The sound is excellent on this disc. These tracks were my first exposure to the playing of Edmond Hall—great stuff.

I copied the list from this site, and, you're right, there's an extra zero in each entry. Whoops! Here is the track list for TOCJ 66014: Victory Stride / Swing Sessions featuring Ben Webster James P. Johnson's Blue Note Jazzmen featuring Ben Webster • rec. March 4, 1944 1. Blue Mizz 3:52 2. Blue Mizz (alt.) 3:47 3. Victory Stride (alt.) 3:59 4. Victory Stride 4:01 5. Joy Mentin' (sic) 4:27 6. After You've Gone 4:26 Benny Morton's All Stars featuring Ben Webster • rec. January 31, 1945 7. My Old Flame 4:18 8. Conversing In Blue 4:41 9. The Sheik of Araby 4:37 10. The Sheik of Araby (alt.) 4:52 11. Limehouse Blues 4:12 Jimmy Hamilton And The Duke's Men • rec. November 21, 1945 12. Old Uncle Bud 2:59 13. Blues For Clarinets 4:25 14. Slapstick 4:11 15. Blues In My Music Room 3:11 Sammy Benskin Trio • rec. July 27, 1945 16. Cherry 3:00 17. Rosetta 2:42 18. The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise 3:11 19. Williphant Winnie 2:53 (Note: Ben Webster is only on tracks 1-11. CD tracks also don't align with their vinyl counterpart.) I'm listening to the Benskin tracks right now—an interesting amalgam of styles. I'm hearing some J.P. Johnson, some Hines, some Garner (sans block chords), and even some Monk-like flourishes. Kind of a "missing link" player? I'm really not familiar with Benskin, but the playing is nice, particularly the last track.

I thought there was a previous thread on this series, but my search didn't yield any results. At any rate, I know many here have discs from this short-lived 1998/9 Japanese series. They came in jewel cases, and the discs themselves — instead of displaying the usual blue-and-white BN logo — were pink and black (while still using the BN logo). Here is the complete series: TOCJ-660006 Melancholy Boogie Woogie and Piano Classics / Various Artists TOCJ-660007 Summertime / Sidney Bechet and The Port of Harlem Jazzmen TOCJ-660008 St. Louis Blues / Sidney Bechet and The Blue Note Jazzmen, Volume 1 TOCJ-660009 I Found A New Baby / Sidney Bechet and The Blue Note Jazzmen, Volume 2 TOCJ-660010 Profoundly Blue / Memorable Sessions With Edmond Hall TOCJ-660011 High Society / Jamming In Jazz with Blue Note TOCJ-660012 Low Down Blues / Art Hodes' Back Room Boys TOCJ-660013 Shine / Art Hodes' Five and Seven TOCJ-660014 Victory Stride / Swing Sessions Featuring Ben Webster TOCJ-660015 Blue Harlem / Ike Quebec Quintets and Swingtet TOCJ-660016 Topsy / Ike Quebec Swing Seven TOCJ-660017 Tired / John Hardee Swingtets Only twelve discs, and then the series ended. Most (all?) of the material from this series can be found on older U.S. reissues, various Mosaic sets, and Chronological Classics, but whenever I've had a chance to compare, I usually prefer the sound of this series. This was Blue Note's start, and it always kind of surprises me that more Blue Note fans don't talk about this part of the label's recorded legacy. (Well, maybe it doesn't surprise me.) I'm still looking for three titles from this series: TOCJ 660006 TOCJ 660012 TOCJ 660013 What discs do you have from this series? And what do you think of this era of Blue Note? Impressions/observations/recommendations please!

Haven't talked to Al in a long time. Must do so. And you saved that post! Understandable. "Classic" Blue Note Board. Ear in the dead wax and everything.

Thanks, Jeff. I always forget about AllMusic. Just listened to sound samples there, and, though they're too short to form any real opinion, I agree with you.

West Coast Jazz! I actually don't have this title. Does anyone here? Amazon used to have sound samples (I listened to them at one point), but now they appear to be gone ...

In connection to the current Wolverines thread ... (I thought I said something along these lines at some point. Wasn't even a year ago!)

The Jazz Age!

This bums me out. But I'll still spin the Retrieval discs I have! (Gets up from computer. Finds Piron's New Orleans Orchestra on the shelf. Walks to stereo. Puts in disc.)

Nice! Thanks for posting. D'oh! Same clip. Thanks for posting that too.

Internet rumors suggest that a "Plays for Haters" series is imminent. (Produced by Manfred Eicher and remastered by Rudy Van Gelder. Liner notes by Stanley Crouch.)

Thanks for starting this thread. John Tefteller is in Grants Pass! (I know that there's at least one person on this board from this city. I'm about two hours north.) Some of those comps look very tasty.

I just want to know if there's a cover of "Wot a Man Pay a Fess" on this disc.

Prodigies. Always the kids who grow up on Avenue X. That, and that dang mid-century modern stuff! Thanks for posting. Enjoyed the read.

Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly! Fly! = 5 Flies Apparently it is a real restaurant, however. I'm not sure I'd want to use flies to help advertise a food service venue though.

I was hoping for a Dolphy/Little Five Spot box (Tarantino remastered, in recorded order), but alas ... .

So, Yazoo has, I guess, effectively closed shop. But thanks for the heads-up on the Blues Images label — I hadn't heard anything about it. Any discs you'd recommend and/or like from this label?

Has Yazoo not had a reissue since 2006?

Hopefully this title will make its way to U.S. distributors. I'm excited to hear the new remaster.

I've been digging Accent On Africa and 74 Miles Away lately. Joe Zawinul's contribution to Adderley's musical output can't be overstated, in my opinion. (Adderley Plays Zawinul is a great comp. Still available cheaply, too.) I also think Domination is seriously under-remarked.

I was able to purchase this title from a board member. (Thanks!) It sounds very good to me. More "mono" sounding than the other editions, and more natural (seemingly with less, or no, compression). It is, however, lacking the bonus track, so keeping TOCJ 9348 is imperative.

Thanks! Very cool that The Bee Gees are part of this series. In all seriousness, I'm going to have to order the Staton and Carter from Amazon France if these don't find their way over to U.S. retailers. Maybe they will, and I just have to be patient. (Not like I don't have anything to listen to in the meantime ... )