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Yup. I didn't either, but using "new math" I had to order the box. Hey, maybe if you could share a website or something regarding that new math — I only made it through trigonometry in high school — then I could understand, or at least rationalize, the same purchase.

Thanks for posting that video, Corey. Maybe "decline" might actually be considered in a different perspective: as maturation. Like Louis Armstrong, I think Monk's playing in later decades was less facile, but more idiosyncratic. They both became more inimitable later in their careers. Armstrong wasn't pulling off the same type of pyrotechnics from his 20's playing during the 50's, but his sense of nuance, to me, developed immensely. There's this obscure trumpet player, I think his name is Wynton Marsalis, who said: "Pops could play one note, and it would be jazz." The same concept (despite the source) might be applied to Monk.

That was my original thought too. I have a hard time conceiving two pianists in addition to Cecil — unless maybe Paul was playing inside the piano, and Carla was on a prepared piano. That would be interesting!

Now that would have been a show. Three pianos?

This appears to be the lowest price.

Damn, that bonus disc is hot! I had no intentions of ordering the whole sh-bang, but now ... who knows.

Thanks for posting those covers, Chas. You are the go-to guy for obscure cover art!

Thanks for posting that, Bev.

I hear ya and don't disagree. I do. Complete 5 Spot was the sort of thing that Fantasy was starting to do beautifully (Evans Vanguard and Garland Prelude and Monk/Trane sets as well as the Stitt, Miles and Trane boxes) before they sold out to the clueless crew at Concord. weren't all of the box sets you mention released after the sale to concord? I believe so. The Evans is my favorite of the bunch. Homely packaging but the sound on that set is something else. And it was/is really affordable. It did seem promising that a Dolphy set would come to fruition. Who knows, maybe we'll be surprised down the line. Until then, I'm going to enjoy the music in the format I have it.

20% off through September 29. Good on whatever two or three cd's you can find in their jazz section It's weird — there've been a number of stories here about Borders shrinking their music section and having virtually little or no jazz, but the Borders here seems to be an anomaly. They have all the current RVGs, and the jazz section actually appears to have expanded some. I don't get it, but I'm not going to complain!

Yes. The AMCY and now WPCR series have been uniformly excellent in my opinion. There's a thread here (I may have started it) discussing each of these series in some detail. I don't know about the Corea title in question, but I have Giuffre, Coleman, Mingus, Marsh, Wallington, and Coltrane titles from these series, and really enjoy how they're presented sonically, especially given the fact that Atlantic material never sounded all that great to begin with. The only WPCR title I haven't really liked is the Don Cherry/John Coltrane outing. That one seems a little boomy.

20% off through September 29.

I hear ya and don't disagree.

Well, I hope Vol. 2 of the Dolphy/Little and the Memorial album also get the RVG treatment. Unfortunately, I won't be surprised if they don't. Bertrand has a point — we'll probably never see "Status Seeking" and "God Bless the Child" in any kind of new remastering. It's a shame, because a complete set would sell (I think) to both new listeners and collectors. Still, I hope the new RVG can hook new listeners and make Dolphy fans out of them.

Indeed — and even more interesting and/or curious is how Van Gelder recorded the same musician across different labels (Blue Note, Prestige, Impulse!, Savoy) with often surprisingly different results. I do understand that he tweaked his recordings per the producer of the label, and this makes for some unexpected discoveries.

Listening again, I can't disagree with this assessment. But Rivers' and Spaulding's solos save the day.

I just ordered the complete organ works (6 CDs) yesterday. I don't know why it wasn't titled Organissimo. Very much looking forward to digging in. I may never have to buy another CD again.

I think this has been discussed on other boards (or maybe here too), but including 1971's The Complete Braxton would have been a nice choice over the orchestra stuff. (Even though I haven't heard the orchestra stuff. ) Nobody plays eighth notes like Braxton. They do not "swing," but if you look at those mathematical graphics long enough, they begin to.

Too bad that tone is reduced to a rubber band in a cardboard box on the RVG (except for the trio track).

Man, that looks like a good one. I dig Schwaller with the Vienna Art Orchestra. Had never even heard of this set.

Thank you, DC and Chris.

Now we have this session on RVG. The horns sound great, and the bass and drums sound (to me) fairly horrible. Nevertheless, I'm still glad to have this one out in circulation again. I haven't compared it to the Mosaic yet. One thing I noticed yesterday listening to this session again: check out Donald Byrd's first solo on "Precis" — it begins with a lot of fourthy licks (nearly in imitation of Woody Shaw), then half-way through makes a decided change to very fundamental and pinched phrases with an intentionally fuzzier tone ... seemingly in imitation of Don Cherry. It's almost as if you can hear Byrd thinking: I'm on an "avant garde" session. Should I sound like Woody Shaw? No, wait, Don Cherry!. I'm not really trying to knock Byrd here, I just wish he'd have played "Donald Byrd" — that silky, singing tone of his would be a great contrast to what the other horns are doing. What do you all think of the RVG?

I haven't bought a printer in years. I'm not looking to print digital photos or color pie charts — essentially text with the occasional B/W graphic. Any (affordable) recommendations from those more in the know? I use a MacBook. Thanks for your help!

I like the imperative there.

They must have sold out in the last 10 minutes. It was "out of stock" online and is not sold in their stores. Dang, I've seen that happen here once before. Those lurkers are fast!