Brad

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.

Go in peace, Illinois, and thanks.

I'd have to agree with Craig. I've bought a lot of oop sets on ebay and have never had a situation where I was cursing the seller. They were all in really good condition, some almost perfect.

How many does that make now. You must be getting up there. And, then, of course, there's always the oop ones on ebay.

I have to agree with Jim. I've found the whole Copa kind of uninteresting, at least compared to Euro 2004. What I have found interesting, however, is that Brazil is doing it without their big stars: No Ronaldo, no Robert Carlos or Ronaldinho. Adriano looks good. I'm sure he'll be attracting some attention from Europe unless he's already there. The only guys I recognized were Edu and Kleberson. I think Uruguay is lucky to get this far. The referee was very kind to them in their last match.

Someone's selling box sets of trojans . Amazing

In addition to the classics cd, which covers 1947-1950, AMG lists a Chess album called The Baritone Great. It's probably available somewhere in LP.

I tried to buy some of the new K-2 supposedly out today but blankety blankety Borders didn't have them, or maybe somebody beat me to them.