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It was through this board that I first became aware of Hiroshi's excellent service. I love how he hand-tailors each cardboard box that he mails out (ever notice that? the joints and folds are his own), and I even came to like the faint aroma of his cigarettes that gently rises out of each parcel after opening. My collection would be considerably less varied and rich if it weren't for Hiroshi. I'll really miss his service.

After the magnificent Free Fall, Giuffre recordings are hard to come by until his Choice recordings of the early 70's. I know that teaching obligations were partly responsible from keeping him from recording, but were other forces at play? Indifference to his music in the wake of "jazz spirituality" or the like? I have one concert recording from 1965 with Don Friedman and Barre Phillips, and it's amazing. Two compositions ("Drive" and "Syncopate") that I can't find anywhere else — and the music is just as challenging and forward-thinking as anything that Coltrane played during the same time frame. Giuffre also (allegedly) had a trio with Richard Davis and Joe Chambers, circa 1966. Maybe private tapes exist. It's frustrating that such talent was so sparely documented. Please share your thoughts/observations, and if you've heard any recordings from the "wilderness years" (Richard Cook and Brian Morton's term) of 1963-1973.

Feelings/thoughts on this period of Chet? Any particular titles that you recommend over others?

From an auction page: I must say that the discs I've purchased (via eBay) from Zoltan have been in excellent condition. They usually take ten days to arrive in the U.S. Make sure to check if an auction you're interested in has a disc listed as a "sample" or "promo" (if that matters to you). Zoltan will list this if this is the case.

I follow Zoltan's (Brian's) auctions with some regularity (and enthusiasm!). The jazz titles tend to go for around retail price, and the classical titles (if rare) go for much more. Johanna Martzy anyone? Try winning an auction for a single disc at anything under $80. Then, a couple of months ago, a Japanese gold disc edition of Ernest Ansermet's Borodin Symphony No. 2 went for over $700. That was crazy. I bought the newly remastered Australian edition for $6. Anyway, no real point to this post. I do wish, however, that Brian would post here and there. Just out of curiosity. Where the heck do you get all your rare stuff? (None of my business.) And multiple copies? What do DJs in Taiwan spin?

Roy Haynes' People is seeing its first compact disc issue? An interesting batch for sure. My one hesitation is that Japanese issues these days (at least the last 999¥ TOCJ batch, and at least on my system) seem overly compressed and loud. But never mind that. Gems indeed!

Parker's studio recordings. If you had to live with his studio recordings under just one label, what label would it be? • Savoy • Dial • Clef/Verve • (other) I'm interested not so much in the "poll" sense, but in how you're attracted to a specific time in Parker's relatively brief recording career. Naturally, we'd want all his studio and live recordings, but narrowing it down takes some thought. What are you most endeared to? What do you consider the most "significant"? I don't care about qualitative "best" responses, but rather what you consider the most compelling reasons to listen to Bird. For me, it'd have to be the Savoy recordings. I made a CDR recently of all the master takes (plus my favorite alternates) from the Savoy sessions, and it gave me a new appreciation all over again for Parker's genius. One of the fundamental aspects of Bird's playing is that he never, at any time, seems to strain to produce a riff or melody. Lines seem to issue — as if there were no other logical choice — out of the horn with the most natural of inflections. I'm interested in your thoughts/observations/corrections!

Not from Prestige but from its Swedish distributors Metronome. Metronome was very big on EPs! I did see that Metronome logo, but didn't compute it. Makes sense. Thanks, Guy. Kind of weird that Metronome would do a series of EPs rather than an LP. And I like that Metronome didn't actually have the lights "out," but rather dimmed — the exposure lets you see more of Jackie.

With Thad Jones, Jim Hall, Dick Katz, and Ron Carter. Looks interesting on paper. Does anyone have this disc? Or have you heard the music? Curious to know if it's recommended.

I wonder how many musicians/makers-of-sound think of YouTube as an audience, and how this factors/doesn't factor into the idea "feeling and depth."

You win! (Future Shock?)

Me too. It'd be great to see some kind of 50's (Vogue, Savoy, etc.) box set put together.

There was an EP too?

The guy in the back (being whispered to) kind of looks like Sean Penn. Jimmy Jones looks a little like Wynton Kelly — at least in the liner note picture from Classics 1946-1947.

I first learned what a "minor-major" chord was (minor 3rd, major 7th) when Kenny Kirkland spelled one out on the title track of Sting's Dream of The Blue Turtles.

Both great records. Though let's not forget about Innovative Fabrications & Relative Continuums.

Many thanks for posting. Just checking — that was 1979?

Virgin Navigation.

I've actually never heard those 1949 Paris recordings. Doesn't Columbia (Sony) own them (the Miles recordings)? Are/were they only available as Japanese imports? I've really been enjoying Dameron's comping lately. I wish he would have made a trio record (maybe he did; don't know). I know Dameron's best known as an arranger, but something about his spare piano playing really works for me.

Any other comments on I'm Trying To Get Home? Just hit me that I've never heard it. Is it worth searching out the TOCJ, or will a guy be content with simply owning A New Perspective? (Is Roach's organ playing a plus on the session?)

Any idea why there might have been two covers? A Google search yielded that the above cover was a mono pressing while the other (red/purple) cover was the "hi-fi" pressing.

Probably not the right place to post this, but I love this period of Cecil's playing. I often (greedily) wish that Shepp had missed the gig for the quartet sessions. Then there'd be more trio stuff to hear! I also wish that Cecil had recorded a trio session for Blue Note. Taylor-Silva-Cyrille. 1966/7. Woulda. Been. Great.

I've never seen the attached cover until today. Is it the original cover? (Or a 10" cover?) Reid Miles designed it.

Right. Jim Harrod unearthed a 7" EP with a different take of this track. I guess Rudy transferred it from vinyl. Was there an early (80's/90's) Japanese edition of this title on compact disc? ===== Sonic matters aside, it's fine (if somewhat reined in) Brownie. I need to tune out "sound" in favor of "music" more.

The RVG sounds wonky to me, but maybe that's the way this session has always sounded. What version do you have, and/or what version do you like?