Late

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.

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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?

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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!

And, BTW, Empty Room is on iTunes (Plus! 256k-- woohoo) for $5.94. Sounds really good. Anyone have the (attached) album?

Walmart, of all places, has the OOP and hard-to-find Nistico album "Live" from the late 80's.

Strangely enough, I just found this disc at fye.com. Would love to hear Neo/Nistico. But as it's on Bee Hive, the only way is vinyl or vinyl rip.

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Good point. Maybe Columbia could digitize their vault like Verve? And sell (hopefully lossless) files through iTunes or eMusic? That's probably setting hopes too high. Probably Mosaic is the most realistic route.

I think that's a pretty fitting description of Braxton's playing. I love Braxton the composer, and like Braxton the saxophonist. His playing does grow on you if you give it a chance, and without question the man's committed to his art. The quartet stuff on the Mosaic is top notch, and I think those who like Sam Rivers' playing will like this part of the Mosaic, but if you like your alto players to sound like Cannonball, you may very well not like this set. I haven't heard the orchestra stuff, so I can't comment on that. I think it's great that Mosaic would put this out at all. I imagine it'll be talked about for a while here after the set ships.

Not according to Feather's bio entry (see above). Maybe Late confused this when he mentiond the WEST Coast? Yes, Steve is right. I thought Williams (Getz sideman) performed mostly in California, but the bio above notes NYC. So, just for clarity's sake: • John Towner Williams = film soundtrack composer and pianist; largely on the West Coast • John Thomas Williams = jazz pianist; largely on the East Coast

The John Williams that played in Stan Getz's quartet is not the famous soundtrack composer. The full name of Getz's pianist is John Thomas Williams, and he made some brilliant recordings for EmArcy. If you can find "The John Williams Trio" on Japanese EmArcy, I strongly recommend it. Brownie mentioned (some time ago in another thread) that Williams was at one time considered the West Coast "rival" to Horace Silver. There are some parallels, but Williams isn't as "funky" as Horace, while still maintaining some interesting idiosyncrasies.

Take Five, Take Six, Take Seven, Take Eight ... but don't forget that the quartet also recorded Take 8½, a tribute to Fellini themes.

Japan released it on cd. Also it was on cd in the early nineties in the US http://www.amazon.com/Jazz-Goes-College-Br...t/dp/B0000026TC Wait — I thought that old U.S. edition was Jazz Goes to College and not Jazz Goes to Junior College. Am I missing something?