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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?

Happy Birthday Mr. Lyles!

Worked there as a teenager as well. Every Wendy's has the same smell, which triggers plenty of (usually not-so-great) memories. I do remember that, with one of my first paychecks, I purchased a vinyl reissue of Traneing In. I've been a vegetarian for sixteen years.

And now Branford is an ECM recording artist.

The Perlman is a good first collection, much agreed. But it's important to not stop there, I think, as different interpretations (and the different caprices themselves) bring out a variety of flavors among performers. Just to add three more — certainly search for: • Salvatore Accardo • Ruggiero Ricci • Michael Rabin And there are of course many more. I've been listening to the caprices lately as well, and enjoying Accardo's edition, even though his intonation is sometimes ... idiosyncratic. But the passion is all there. Just check out his No. 3 and No. 4. Whew. I'd be interested in hearing about others' favorites as well.

Thanks, Hans. I finally picked up Herb Geller's Fire in the West from this series, and it sounds so much better than the Fresh Sound edition (not too much of a surprise there).

Does anybody have a list of this series? It started in 1989 with Birth of the Cool; I've been Googling each individual catalog number, but can't find a list online. Here's what I have so far: TOCJ 5301 Miles Davis/Birth of The Cool +4 TOCJ 5302 June Christy/Something Cool TOCJ 5303 Frank Sinatra/Swing Easy TOCJ 5304 Bud Powell/Trio TOCJ 5305 Art Farmer/Modern Art TOCJ 5306 Nat King Cole/After Midnight TOCJ 5307 Count Basie TOCJ 5308 Julie London/Julie Is Her Name TOCJ 5309 Joe Pass/For Django TOCJ 5310 Sonny Criss/Go Man! TOCJ 5311 Benny Goodman/The Benny Goodman Story TOCJ 5312 Harry James/In Hi-Fi TOCJ 5313 Cannonball Adderley/In Japan TOCJ 5314 TOCJ 5315 Chet Baker/James Dean Story TOCJ 5316 June Christy/Got Rhythm TOCJ 5317 June Christy/Duets TOCJ 5318 George Shearing/Jazz Moments TOCJ 5319 Jack Teagarden/This Is Teagarden TOCJ 5320 Art Farmer/Brass Shout TOCJ 5321 Four Freshmen/And Five Trombones TOCJ 5322 Nat King Cole/Love Is The Thing TOCJ 5323 Cannonball Adderley/Mercy, Mercy, Mercy TOCJ 5324 Super Sax/Plays Bird With Strings TOCJ 5325 Sonny Stitt/Plays the Arrangements of Quincy Jones TOCJ 5326 Nat King Cole/Classics TOCJ 5327 Julie London/Julie At Home TOCJ 5328 Bill Evans & Bob Brookmeyer/Ivory Hunters TOCJ 5329 Sonny Criss/Jazz U.S.A. TOCJ 5330 Sonny Criss/Plays Cole Porter TOCJ 5331 TOCJ 5332 TOCJ 5333 Milt Jackson/Bags’ Opus Corrections and additions welcome. Thanks!

Joe Morello. And cicadas.

Yes. Excepting turn-of-the century vortex time travel of course.

Approximately 7:37 into Mahler's 9th (first movement), the bass clarinet figures sound eerily like Bennie Maupin on Bitches Brew.

Moderato to andante (approximately). I was listening to a (slowish) Max Roach solo today, and it struck me how drums solos are (or seem) rarely on the slow side. Holding back (or paring down) seems a lonely attribute of most drummers. Any slow solos come to mind? Recommend some. And discuss!

Thanks for this. The sound samples sound great. I'm currently in a buying moratorium, but I'll put this title on a wishlist. I have to admit that my enthusiasm for the sonics (not the music) on this label has waned some as I've discovered more life-like transfers. I guess I'm thinking mostly of the stuff on Frog. I pretty much stopped buying Jazz Oracle titles (which I love) because of the price. Regardless, I need to pull out my Retrieval titles again and spin them afresh. (Still listening to the California Ramblers samples) —Music really is the healing force of the universe.

You nailed it there. Watch for the edit if someone writes them. I think they don't always listen to the CDs they write copy for. Case in point: the blurb they had for a Gus Mancuso CD went on and on comparing Mancusco's playing and tone on "bari" to Gerry Mulligan's. Mancusco plays baritone horn, and Mulligan of course plays baritone saxophone. I wrote them about it, and their blurb was only lightly edited. In fact, it's probably still there somewhere. Ah well. I still order from them, but I refuse to read the copy. It's the only time when I want to use one of these --->

And here's the poop ...