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Excellent book. I got it a couple of years ago at a similarly low price. Somebody (here?) scored the $7 copy! Not bad for a hardcover book + compact disc.

Blue Noted

Tapscott fans will probably want this book at some point.

(Attachments is the original cover; big pic is the CD cover.) This is Kenny Barron's LP debut, if I'm not mistaken.

That's an exciting prospect. I didn't know about this unfinished album. I wonder if it's related at all to the "Birth of The New Cool" project. I seem to recall that Tapscott had wanted different musicians for that session with Sonny Criss (— a session that still sounds great to me). Imagine Arthur Blythe in that setting! At any rate, I really hope The Giant Is Awakened sees reissue. Though I've lived with the music for some time now, it'd be great to hear this recording with the JLH treatment. As with the other IP reissues, I'll purchase a copy on Day One. I haven't heard a note of the Steig, but I'm purchasing a copy of this one too.

Hybrid SACD, no? The 1954 Lucerne concert is at least hybrid SACD. Personally, I'm not sure that SACD or DVD-A would make all that much difference in this case. Jonathan's remastering — for all three reissues, so far — sounds better to me than some of the (hybrid) SACDs I own. I don't own an SACD player, by the way (adding import to Hans's observation). I would own one ... if I didn't spend my money on reissues! These International Phonograph reissues sound as good to me as Audio Wave's XRCD reissues (another niche market program).

I have both the domestic (U.S.) issue (1991) and TOCJ 9348, the latter of which isn't horrible, but halfway through you can begin to hear the "bell rattle" (a remastering artifact?) which plagued the initial reissues of The Soothsayer and Clubhouse. I love this session, and am wanting to hear the first Japanese reissue. Apparently it's TOCJ 5888 and not 5884?

I'm looking for the 1994 Japanese issue of Cecil Taylor's Jazz Advance, TOCJ 5884. If you have any leads, please PM! I noticed that there are currently two copies at amazon.co.jp — I've never purchased from Amazon Japan, so thoughts/tips/advice in this regard are welcomed. Thanks!

Thanks for the heads-up! Listening to sound samples right now — very nice.

Trumpet, piano, drums. Sound samples at Amazon. Interesting song selections (Coleman, Lacy, Ra, Hemphill, Bley), and a nice Douglas-like sound. I usually ignore Steeplechase releases, but this is one to check out (if only for sound samples at the least). Fans of Dave Douglas (I'm one) will like this CD, I think. Knuffke has a more adventuresome CD on Clean Feed that might be even better.

You can say that again. Listened to this CD three times today. Gorgeous sound/remastering. The Gil Evans influence is present, but not derivative. This is certainly Clare Fischer's music, and the way he moves the clarinet voicings, for one example, doesn't sound like Evans to me at all (while, in contrast, the French horns sound noticeably Evans-esque). This is one of those CDs that somehow makes your stereo system sound better. It's a joy just to listen to, but the music itself, when closely attended to, pays dividends. This isn't of course high-speed hardbop — nor is it some kind of sleepy orchestral jazz. This is music for hearing, and, as a result, thinking about. It won't be everyone's cup of tea. But, in the end, I think its durability will hold up. If it makes any sense, this is patient music. Very little seems patient these days.

I actually first encountered that word while reading The Penguin Guide to Jazz. I also learned the word "shibboleth" from the PGJ. Using the phrase "one-off" was not in my lexicon until reading the PGJ as well. There are a few other terms from that book (2nd ed. is the one I read most) that will come to mind sooner or later. And as for the Urban Dictionary (linked above), I had no idea about the term "Shaniqua" and all its connotations. Now I know better ...

In that case, you only have about 659 varieties to choose from! "Pollen Valley" — yes indeed. The tree pollen is killing me right now.

Dang, that's cold! But, you've decided for me. Cognac it is. I readily admit to enjoying cognac, but knowing very little about it. Any suggestions for a mid-price selection? (Is there such a thing as budget cognac?) Unfortunately, probably the best time I'll have to listen to the set (house to myself for a couple of hours, usually) is mid to late morning — 9 to noon. Cognac might not be the best choice as result. Well, I do have some tasty new Gen Mai Cha green tea. Tell me that Bean liked to sip green tea before gigs! In anticipation of this set, I sold a number of my Hawkins discs. (Not all!) I've been jones-ing for a while. But I can wait it out ... :eye:

I have a space already reserved on my "Mosaic shelf" for this set. Now if only I weren't purchasing other CDs as I wait for this set to jump into a cardboard box (landing on a sheet of bubble wrap), and find its way across the United States of America — from East Coast to West Coast. What type of whisky would go well with this set? Or should a guy opt for a martini instead?

Always loved this track -- especially with the studio chatter that immediately precedes it on the LP -- used to have it on my answering machine in college. Ah, just read your post from 2007. (Missed it the first time around.) I didn't know about the studio chatter; too bad it was left off the compact disc reissue. I wish the whole record was in the same vein as "Vis-A-Vis" — Joe could bring it, seemingly at the drop of a hat.

One of Joe's finest solos, in my opinion, is on the track "Vis-A-Vis" from Black Is The Color (which is actually not one of my favorite JoeHen records). That solo blows me away every time I listen to it. If you have a chance, listen to it today!

Sound samples for those who haven't heard this Pacific Jazz record can be found here and here.

Whoa--I have to find this place, if only to terrorize the residents with one too many "taking a historical/referential album cover" pictures. When you do, let me know! I'd love to at least walk past. I'll be visiting SF in June. That record was my first exposure to Shepp. Still actually my favorite Shepp record, along with his half of New Thing At Newport.

It's been a reissue dream of mine to see: • Flight For Four • Self Determination Music • The Giant Is Awakened have a proper reissue on compact disc. So glad Jonathan is at the helm of the project. They'll be treasures.

I saw that too. I'd like a Japanese reissue of Ornette's This Is Our Music with bonus tracks from the same session(s). Not holding my breath, but it would be nice. Off the top of my head, I can't think of any other Atlantic-related titles that I'm salivating to hear. Giuffre's The Four Brothers Sound would be cool, even though I have it on the Mosaic. Are these jewel case or mini-LP reissues? I couldn't tell from the link.

D'oh! I have that footage on DVD too. I guess I was thinking concert footage, ideally of the original quartet, or later trio.

Is the earliest film footage of Ornette from 1974? I can't seem to find anything earlier on the internet.

Nice to see the two Ornette titles revisited. Has Jack Wilson's quartet album (featuring Roy Ayers) been out on compact disc before? (Haven't checked Collectables. Maybe it's there.)

Some small group Sam Rivers would be great. Essence - The Heat And Warmth of Free Jazz, the tuba trio live at Amsterdam's BIM HUIS in 1976, has some truly stellar moments (e.g. the on-fire "Group With Tenor" from Vol. 1). Rivers' Paragon and The Quest are also excellent trio records (with bass instead of tuba). To my ears, all of these records step up the energy that one hears on Dogon A.D..