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Definitely check out the Morton sides mentioned above. For your tastes, you'd probably like the CD "The Art of Blakey" by the (one-time) collective called Message. The album seems like another lame tribute project, but this one is actually quite fine, particularly because it doesn't dwell on Blakey staples, and instead breathes "Messenger" life into original compositions. Four-horn line-up: Robin Eubanks (tb), Brian Lynch (t), Donald Harrison (as), Ralph Moore (ts). Geoff Keezer (p), Peter Washington (b), and Carl Allen (d) round out the septet. Lynch's and Keezer's arranging skills, even at this early point for both of them, are pretty solid.

Sidewinder, did you ever pick this one up on CD?

I have to agree with this statement. I wonder what Alfred (or Sam) was thinking. As far as Blue Note regulars from the period, Freddie Hubbard would seem the natural choice, or even Woody Shaw or Don Cherry. Come to think of it, for the music on that album, Cherry would seem the most natural fit (to my ears). But I still love the album. Byrd doesn't ruin it at all for me. Though I would like to travel back in time and inside his brain on the drive home from that session. ("Damn!" said Donald's brain. "What the hell?" it queried.)

What studio work is still "in the vaults"? I wonder if anyone's in contact with Ravi these days to address issuing all the (purported) unissued stuff. I was listening to Living Space tonight, remarking to myself how good it was, and lamenting that the days of the Cuscuna-produced tri-fold Impulse! CD package are gone. I remember being so excited back in 2000 when a slew of reissued Coltranes on Impulse! hit the shelves.

I wonder if the studio chatter will contain the snippet where Miles asks Bill Evans about hair product, and then goes on to voice a Db+5b7 chord with no third on the piano.

Yes, you're right. Forgot about that.

How about all the Marte Röling covers for Fontana. Or the covers that "Harvey" did for Savoy? Bill Hardman's Saying Something should have been titled "Coffee."

We've been talking about this record (on the BN board and now here) for ten years! (This is not a bad thing, mind you.) The TOCJ of this sounds pretty good to my ears. I haven't spun it in a while, and now I'll do so with Chambers in mind. I've always been a bit bothered by how Washington is seemingly off-mike for most of the session. I wonder if he swung his horn a lot when he played.

It will be 20 (or more?) years since this album was initially reissued (*) as a single compact disc! Hard to believe. I remember holding the original CD issue in a store in Denton, Texas back in 1988, but I didn't know who Sam Rivers was then. A few weeks later, I purchased Tony Williams' Spring (in Richardson, Texas of all places), and was exposed to Rivers for the first time. I then went back to buy Dimensions and Extensions, and it was gone. * Wait — wasn't Dimensions & Extensions one of those records that never saw LP release? Meaning that its 1980's CD issue was its first release? This is one of my favorite Rivers sessions. It never sounded that good on the Mosaic, and I'm hoping Rudy will be gentle on the compression for this reissue. Apparently he remastered this session for the Japanese market as a bonus JRVG (I know Reiner has a copy) some time around 2000. I wonder if this will be a new remaster.

The first ESP is probably still my favorite Wright recording. I dig his duo work with Muhammad Ali as well. (Is Muhammad the older or younger brother of Rashied?) Speaking of sons of famous jazz musicians joining boards, does anyone remember when Stan Getz's son dropped in on the Blue Note board?

It'd be nice to browse their offerings. Now that the VICJs have been replaced with UCCOs (and seemingly different remastering), the original editions are harder to find, at least some that I'm still looking for. Even Hiroshi couldn't find some for me.

It took me a while to appreciate The Little Giant, but once my ears chimed in with what he was doing, I was hooked. He was perhaps best known for his finger dexterity, but I love his playing most when he's at a medium tempo. One of the greatest tenor solos (for me) is his solo on "Blue Monk" from the Messengers/Monk album on Atlantic. He made the world a better place with his music.

We're all in agreement: it's Wynton Kelly.

In 2007, Naxos/Storyville released Tristano's 1965 Tivoli Gardens concert on DVD. (It's since been booted by Improjazz with additional footage. Try to buy the Naxos edition!) If you think you know Tristano, buy this DVD. It will mess you up. Dissonance never sounded so beautiful. It's truly a wonder to see Tristano's hands. I can't even make out some of the extended/altered/chromatic chords he's playing. I bought my copy from Tower for $10.86. One of the best musical DVDs I own. Highly recommended.

Anyone here bought the UCCO Japanese editions of these discs? The VICJ's are harder to come by ...

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.