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Also excellent. Keep the recommendations coming!

Excellent...

This is a wonderful collection of Karas's work. It contains the original version of the "Harry Lime Theme," along with other tracks from The Third Man. (There's even a really nice version of "Silent Night"!) If you like the movie, you'll love this disc.

Looking for recommendations for a single CD of Strauss waltzes. Or Strauss-period waltzes. Target audience: casual classical music listeners who actually would like to dance to some waltzes. Fun over erudition!

This is such a good album*. Disc 1 from the Mosaic (which starts with this album) includes the gorgeous "Barbara's Theme." * [I would've cut "My Funny Valentine" and substituted something else. That said...]

Whenever I see the cover of Our Thing, that intro plays in my mind.

I used to have quite a few Roney CDs, but eventually let go of all them save one. The one I kept I really like. It's:

Opinions on this one? I'm still a Kenton neophyte. Listening to this album right now. I like it so far!

Much agreed. When I was younger, I couldn't get with Joe's backing on this record. I "only" liked his solos. Thankfully, I grew up (some) and started hearing the whole record. I wonder what Joe thought of his 70's records; there's probably an interview out there somewhere. Dig the In Japan photo without text!

Agreed. Black Is The Color contains one of my very favorite Henderson solos—on "Vis-A-Vis":

Up for renewed reading. I'd forgotten about the Steve Lehman interview.

I didn't create the artwork, but I think a member of this board did. (I can't remember who.) The image has been floating around the internet for a while. I agree that it's excellent.

Maybe in conjunction with Michael Garrick? I'm not sure how many discs a Harriott set would be. I'd support the endeavor.

The cover art is ready to go! 😉

If you see this 2-disc set, snatch it up! Definitely not a HIP approach, but played with zest and clarity. This particular compact disc issue is exceedingly hard to find. I wish the Quatuor Zaïde compact disc wasn't so expensive (at least in the U.S.). I'd snatch that up too.

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Bump just to say: I love the version of "Close Your Eyes" on the 1959 At The Jazz Corner of The World. Morgan and Mobley are so tight on this record.

Great story, Peter! I wish that Joe had recorded even more for Blue Note, but—can't change history, and can't get greedy!😁 In 1990, I was in Los Angeles and visited The Record Collector. I asked the (knowledgeable though very cranky) owner "where the Joe Henderson section" was. He kind of smirked, and then led me to a section of the shop with a tall ladder. "Up there," he said. I climbed the ladder and found what I was looking for—a first pressing of Power To The People. I can't remember what I paid, though I do remember I only had two $20 bills on me. (So, under $40, I guess.) That summer, I only played that record, over and over. I still had a horrible job in food service, and that record kept me going.

This set seems almost a matter of inevitability. I'm a little surprised it hasn't happened yet. I wonder if the Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson, Sonny Clark, and Bobby Hutcherson Mosaic sets are selling well? The Kevin Gray remaster of Etcetera, reissued on compact disc in Japan, sounds really good—much better to my ears than the earlier Connoisseur release. The Soothsayer would likely benefit from a similar reissue. I bet members of this board—who likely have all, or nearly all, of Shorter's Blue Note recordings—would be tempted to purchase this set IF it contained the unissued Because session. (But didn't Wayne say that he never wanted that recording made available to the public? If so, a shame.) This set seems do-able too. I'd purchase it, even though I tend to listen to Lateef's pre-Impulse work more. That said, two of my favorite Lateef Impulse! records have never (I think) seen a digital reissue:

Now THAT is saying something! For me, it'd probably be Our Thing, but In Japan would certainly be in the running. Any Henderson fan who only knows his Blue Note work needs to hear In Japan.

Yes!! That might actually be do-able, as Jonathan Horwich, who used to post here, has worked with Mosaic before. Revelation Records I'd buy it. This one seems do-able too.

70's Joe isn't as famous as 70's Miles, but that era of Henderson is worthy of wider investigation. In Japan is blowing my mind all over again. I wish there were more than four songs on the U.S. compact disc. The rhythm section on that record is definitely no slouch. They were inspired!