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Thanks for the note, Cliff (and in the other Getz thread as well). I try to avoid Definitive releases when possible, and it looks like I can pick up the Classics issue instead, and get most (some?) of the same tracks.

Before the bossa nova recordings — what a great run. What are your favorite recordings from this period? The Roost recordings are great, but I thought we could look at the Norgran/Verves. Have all the Interpretations sessions been reissued on compact disc?

What would you say — do you think Concord will ever package the complete Dolphy/Little Five Spot recordings, in recorded order? I'd have to (unfortunately) say no.

Come to think of it, I wonder if anybody from the staff of DGA has ever posted here. It seems like they get a lot of business from this board. Now if only they eliminated caffeine from their copywriter's diet — maybe we'd be spared some of the grueling superlatives and the they-probably-haven't-actually-listened-to-the-recording generalizations. Oh, who am I kidding ... most of the recordings offered there "have a wonderful off-kilter approach to rhythm that isn't present in their earlier recordings. They hit those angular notes that keep us digging through the crates to find undiscovered gems. With titles that include [list five to six titles at random]."

The photo, I think, is from the Newk's Time session. Is that Wynton Kelly on the sofa?

I wonder how Dusty Groove goes about selecting (and then getting licensing rights to) certain recordings. The titles under their "label" are certainly diverse. (I wonder if they're open to suggestions?)

Cliff, thanks for posting that cover! Who's the person on the sofa? The RVG, besides having better sound, also adds some stage banter (kinda interesting) that the original version doesn't contain. I've also wondered about the LaRoca material, and if there was more.

I used my stimulus check to make an extra payment on the mortgage. Glad I did that before I saw this thread.

PM sent on the Clifford Brown Sextet in Paris OJC!

Curtis Fuller (tb) Dave Amram, Julius Watkins (frh) Sahib Shihab (as) Hampton Hawes (p -1/3,5,6) Teddy Charles (p -4) Addison Farmer (b) Jerry Segal (d) Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, May 18, 1957 - Status ST 8305 1. 1276 Ronnie's Tune 2. 1277 Roc And Troll 3. 1278 A-Drift 4. 1279 Lyriste 5. 1280 Five Spot 6. 1281 No Crooks The "Status" label? Never heard of it. Didn't even know that Prestige had a (short-lived?) series of 16 rpm releases.

According to Chuck's note above (which no one responded to), I guess this is the right cover: Where did the Watkins/Amram/Shihab session go?

I think this is the original cover for the Dakar session. 16 rpm!

I've always liked the Dakar session, though the original OJC, at least on my system, sounds fairly boxed in. Is the version in this set considerably better? I wonder if eMusic will pick this one up. That's how I got the Fearless Leader set.

I like his arrangement of "What the Fud?" (Much better than "Who the Fud Are You?")

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Thanks for that, Chas. I'd forgotten about that Mercury site.

Thanks for the tip, Guy! I've seen that disc, but didn't really take notice of its contents. It will go down on the list.

Missed this note five years ago. Was this LP a compilation of sorts? Would like to hear it (naturally).

Yeah Johnny.. Why just chicken or beef?? And as it's a Seattle band ... why not tofu? Or tempeh?

I'm guessing this has never made it to compact disc. Would like to hear it.

Two copies are now at Amazon's Marketplace for under $7. Carpe diem!

Would you consider John Carisi an "arranger"? The RCA/Bluebird compact disc "The Arrangers" is fantastic, featuring compositions and arrangements by Gil Evans, George Russell, Carisi, and Rod Levitt. Was any of that music out originally on vinyl? I'd like to see the LP cover art if so ...

ni ashoifep;!

Wynton Marsalis has an album out with Willie Nelson. Who would Jesus bomb?

Listening to For Lady right now. I wonder if Young met and/or ever played with Holiday.