Brad

Well, it's too bad we can't read their stuff. There's a thread involving Buddy DeFranco that's 6 pages long. There has to be some good shit in there. I think you need a special browser for japanese/chinese characters.

Since the information that Dan posted came out, there's been nothing new to report that I've heard of anyway. However, I think it's time to send an email to Michael about it . I'll report back. BTW, if anything came out, it would have to be a Select. A Mosaic would be too large and Michael doesn't believe there's enough of a market out there for them.

As a follow up, I took a brief look at the web and unfortunately couldn't find a discography for JATP.

Good suggestion from Brownie. I wanted to respond but it's a little hard. There's a bunch of stuff listed on AMG but I'm not sure how through it will be for your purposes. Plus, let's not forget that Norman Granz kept at least one JATP for himself (might there be others?) not owned by Verve. I only have one JATP from the 50s (and it's not on Verve); it's a concert in Japan. It wasn't as dynamic as the 40s stuff unfortunately.

I, too, must join with Catesta. I only got a chance to seriously listen to this disc last night so I'm a little to late to post but I can tell you I wouldn't have gotten any of these anyway. The ones I particularly liked were Max Roach's Parisian Sketches, Elvin's Polycurrents (I did recognize Pepper and was impressed with the tenors; I may have to consider getting this or the Mosaic some day), Lucky Thompson (embarrasingly, I have this and will be listening to it again tonight), Slide Hampton, Ear of the Behearer was not bad (impressed with Dewey), Pee Wee (another embarrasment that I have) and Art Pepper, very moving solo. The others did really nothing for me. Must pickups for me are the Art Pepper, Slide Hampton and Max Roach's Parisian Sketches. So, I'll be on the lookout. Thanks again John.

Yes, but not on the LP, on the CD. I forgot exactly what they were but my recollection of what people said back at the BNBB (any my memory is a little hazy about this) is that when Blue Note realized there were problems they didn't make any more copies, making it a very hard to get cd. When ebay came along, it obviously fetched good price, nothing like Mobley's Straight No Filter, but in the $50-60's range.

Damn, I've got that cd and was thinking of selling it since I've getting the Select. Does anyone know if it's against ebay rules to contact the losing bidder.

I'm not exactly in favor but not exactly opposed either. It's not an idea that appeals to me because as you say this is a jazz board. However, if members want to do it once in a while, like monthly, why the heck not. I suppose we could all use a little diversity and dredge up some things from our non-jazz past. Bob Wills might be pretty interesting.

No offense, but I can't imagine not picking this one up, if you love Jimmy Smith. It's a good-un. The problem with the first one was pitch problems (I think) and it was fixed. This is just a fabulous session all around. I always like a bit of crowd noise, makes you feel like you're in the audience.

Thank you all, especially Brownie and Jim. The embarassing thing is that I have the Carnegie Hall Concert, from Jass . The other I'll try to locate. Thanks again.

For anyone with the same dilemma, I'd say go with the box. The RVGs may sound a little better (possibly) but then you wouldn't get a great Mosaic-like book, which has many letters to and from Alfred Lion, plus a few tracks where Dexter reminsences. I believe those tracks were taken from Danish radio interviews. I'd love to get my hands on more of those.

Does anybody know this disc and have any thoughts on it. I'm not that much concerned about the sound, unless it's absolutely horrible.

Congrats! I love Jordu, one of my favorites

Canada was there Patty because England was there. Canada wasn't quite independent at the time. They had some degree of autonomy but not completely. Perhaps you could remind me of the details of the arrangement. I forgot the term used. Conn, Yes, Canada's constitution was held in England, by the British, although we didn't pay taxes to them. Our laws were based on English Common Law and still are. The "Speech from the Throne" was originally read by whoever the King or Queen was, but then was passed to our Attorney General, and is still read as a formality, at the opening of Paliament. Originally, our laws had to be approved by Britain, but they aren't any more. Pierre Trudeau, during his tenure, in the late 1960's, as Prime Minister, formally asked that our constitution be given to us, by England and it was. We had been independant of the British Empire for decades, for all intents and purposes. Our connection to the British is merely a cultural one, at best now. We are as independant as the U.S. is from Britain. However, during the early part of the twentieth century, we were part of the British Empire, and our army volunteered as a matter of course, as well as as a gesture of solidarity against a common enemy, Hitler. Oh, and GROPER, I don't hate Mr Bush. I simply thought, and still think that the war that Mr Bush has initiated was based on a series of deceptions and, although I don't hate him, I wonder how much of the intelligence he received was known, by him to be untrue. He may very well have been totally out of the loop. Of course, he doesn't, as far as I know, take the position that Truman took that "The Buck Stops Here" and if challenged will most likely point to underlings, who will fall on their swords, much as Reagan's underlings did, after the Iran/Contra affair. Wasn't the word Paul was looking for was "dominion"? Wasn't Canada then referred to as the Dominion of Canada or something like that?

Yes, indeed, a happy birthday, to one...and all of you

They actually seem to be at better power than before 9/11. I seem to able to get them very clearly near where I live, whereas sometimes they faded in and out a little before then. But I'm glad to have their full range of programming back.

I only know, unfortunately, of her work with Brownie. I'd agree with Lon that it might take a little getting used to but it is great stuff. Heck, there's no bad stuff on this whole box.

I just received an email from Fresh Sounds in Spain, saying they're having a special offer on a few Verve/EmArcy reissues for 5.75 Euros, which translates into about $7.35. A couple look enticing.

Received this on Saturday. Thank you John and Tom. I haven't had the chance to listen to all of it yet but love mostly what I hear. Lot of bone here.

That is surprising. But maybe Stuff's family or somebody else involved in the original recordings claimed they weren't getting their proper royalties and threatened to sue Uinversal and Mosaic and they just felt it was easier not to sell any more vis a vis a lawsuit. I never did buy the set. I don't think I would have but I guess now I'll never know.

I can't comment on the sound quality vis a vis more recent Japanese reissues of some of this material but this is one of my best pickups. The music is sensational and to have it all in one package is fantastic. It's got all the classics, plus the sensational recordings with Dinah Washington. Don't hesistate. You'll never regret it.

30 in one year. I had no idea. That's incredible. Like street singer, I was not listening to jazz at the time. Ah, for those days. Sometimes, I'm just grateful that we get anything, especially the Pacifics now coming out from Mosaic in the form of Selects.

Try posting on Deep's thread. He might see it there.

If it's sick, then I guess we all have the disease. There's no cure

I think he's still checking the Board because I got a PM from him a couple of weeks ago about some cancelled Japanese reissues.