Brad

I've picked up the two Piano cds and am enjoying the hell out of Piano in the Background. The A Train version reminds me of the Voice of America theme that I used to listen to over the short wave radio when I was a kid (hosted by Willis Convover, I believe); it brought back memories. That was probably my first introduction to jazz.

This sounds exciting. I'm going to try to check it out onlline tonight.

Mike is right. Looks like I had the wrong Marshall.

I hate that stupid FBI warning on all cds. Do they serioulsly think it's going to deter anybody. I seriously doubt it. Those who are going to do it are just going to do it. It ruins the back of the cd in my opinion.

Oh, get these by all means. Sonny Clark, Cole Porter. How can you go wrong. One of BN's better reissues.

This set has now been delayed to August 10. Bummer.

Probably the Wes Montgomery box. But I would also add the upcoming Verve Norman Granz Jam Sessions and the upcoming Dexter Prestige.

Still not at a bad price right now, $102.

I was there recently and agree with the Virgin Records on the Champs although the Virgin under the Louvre had a couple of good things too. I also went to Jusseau Music (if I'm spelling that correctly). It's a used store and they have a lot of stuff. BTW, if you're interested in more than jazz, they have a lot of other stores about a block away. There was a thread awhile ago in the Recs forum so if you do a search you can get more recs. There was also another store about a block away in sort of a back street but it's closed on Mondays and that's unfortunately when I went there.

Still waiting for mine. Hope it hits up here soon.

I think he's gotten a little bit of his due with the Mosaic. I think that turned a lot of people onto Sonny's magic. He was one never to back down from a challenge and often came out ahead. I think somebody said that when to records where he was the leader, he had the most. With his last sessions cd that was recently reissued it was said that he went out on top. He did!

I'm sort of surprised about some of these. Didn't several of them come out just a couple of years ago. That seems like a very short span in which to repress them.

This looks bad for Arsenal: Arsenal and Viera close.

Since we're sort on a semi religious bent here, and someone mentioned the Sermon from Hampton Hawes, I'd like to bring up one of my favorites, Bird's The Hymn, a classic of invoking the feeling of spirituality. I don't consider myself a religious, let alone a spiritual one, but that song really invokes what I consider the spirit. I wonder if Grant had listened to that and was influenced by it.

I believe he was also involved in some of the early BN Lee Morgan sessions. However, being at work, I don't have a lot of info here.

This is one of my favorite Grant recordings. I definitely enjoy the gospel feel to it. He makes those spirituals come alive. I play this one repeatedly.

I listened to the Farmer Mulligan CD and thought it sounded pretty good. Very little pops. This session is late 50s so it can't be a ripoff of European copyright law. They must have gotten the rights to it somehow or how could it sound this good, unless the technology has gotten good on bootlegs also. It was worth the cost.

In light of Sacha's recent passing, I thought it might be worth to refresh this thread. When I was on vacation in Paris I picked up the Jazz Guitarist set, which is a very fine set (although the big band material wasn't as good as the other selections in this set). Like Mike, I was surprised by the last unnanounced song but found it quite amusing. His style is somewhat reminiscent of Jimmy Raney.

Well, I did hear they were close

The WKCR tribute was very nice. I didn't get a chance to listen to all of it but they finished up with the original Flying Home with Hamp and although an obvious touch, it was a nice touch. I need to pull out the Mosaic.

Has anybody else picked up this album that was reissued on Tuesday and features Horace Silver instead of John Lewis but with everybody else from MJQ? The playing here is first rate and the sound is very good, especially Bags' lines. Horace and Milt work very well together, not getting in each other's way. Milt is obviously the star (heck, it's his date) but Horace does get some nice solos in. The notes by Joe Goldberg from when it was reissued emphasized soulfulness and this group is very soulful. I don't have the original album but the sound here is great. You can hear the very last shimmers and echoes of the vibes. Very nicely remastered. The only downer on this session is its length, only about 31 minutes, a fact that AMG harps on, but in my view it's quality, not quantity. And the quality is huge here. It's first rate Bags and everybody else. One of the better albums I've listened to lately.

The Board is been acting odd. For example, I received a notification this morning of a PM that Hans had sent me yesterday. Now, that's sloooooooooooooooooow.

Anyone see this story about the Mourinho - Ferguson feud. This should prove to be interesting when they meet. There's something about Mourinho and Chelsea that rub me the wrong way. I don't like the idea of spending millions and millions. They're becoming the Yankees and I don't like the fact that Mourinho coaching staff seems to be made up of very few English people.

Tadd Dameron and Neil Hefti, esp. with Basie.

Fantasy reissued this week several new K20 releases, including Thelonious by Himself (with Coltrane), Everyone Loves Hampton Hawes, Wes Montgomery Trio with Mel Rhyne and Milt Jackson Quartet with Horace Silver (MJQ but Horace takes over the piano chair). Just got 'em but haven't listened to them yet.