Brad

I'd recommend A.K. Salim's Pretty for the People, reissued by Savoy a couple of years ago. You may still be able to pick it up.

I'm with Chuck on this. Separately, it doesn't take too much brains to figure out who voted no.

Frankly, I hope nobody leaves. The loss of one poster is always a significant loss. I haven't done business with uga but I'm sure he's honorable. I've done business with grey and found him very professional. I regretted it when Kevin B left (even though I didn't like what he did with his thread) and just hope nobody leaves and that we revert back to where we were.

This keeps getting stranger by the minute. Are you guys (undergroundagent and grey) related? Am I missing something but aren't these disputes that should be kept private between the two of you?

Enough is enough. You've dragged this guy's name through the mud for a little scarcastic language. He's apologized. Don't do business with him again. But all this for one silly little trade. Let's move on, please.

It's out of control, in my opinion. First there the Mosaics from late September, a new MJQ set, now a few more Mosaics, more Propers. HEEEEEELP!

I agree that the thread should have been closed because it was there for the wrong reasons but after I read the so-called offending pm, you gotta be kidding. Undergroundagent might have been scarcastic but offensive. If you want to talk offensive, look under Greg.

The Savoy reissues of the Muse catalogues are pretty decently priced. I just got the Heavy Hitter for around $10 or so, not a bad price for a nice session.

The first 2 Pres cds I had were Lester Young with the Oscar Peterson Trio on Verve and the aforementioned KC Sessions, which is simply awesome. So why not start there?

I prefer the Moose way. I like to start at the top and work my way down. I don't really use new posts because I like to look at the topics. Just because it's new doesn't mean I necessarily want to post. Sometimes in the middle of a session, I'll scroll down to look at what member are looking at what, just out of curiosity.

I may have missed this earlier but what's the view on the Pablo material: the Solo Masterpieces and the Group Masterpieces. I picked up Volume 1 of the solo last night. I'm just about finished reading Francis Paudras' Dance of the Infidels where he cites Art Tatum as being an inspiration for Bud. Ergo, my newly kindled interest in Tatum.

Dan is right. That completely slipped my mind. He's good to deal with and quick to ship, although his prices are a little more expensive but he may have stuff that other retailers don't.

That's like asking about the history of jazz. I especially like the Blue Mitchells, there's Bill Evans, Kenny D, some Hanks. I suggest you take a look at the www.fantasyjazz.com web site. You can see what they have. You can also order direct, at a cheaper price.

As an aside, a good example of what Mike is talking about are the RVGs of Bud Powell, Milt Jackson and I believe Monk where they didn't even include the original liner notes because they had rearranged the track listing and included or excluded songs that they believed belong to other artists.

A lot of his 70s stuff seems to be on Steeplechase and Timeless, plus one on Black Lion and Enja. Some Black Lion material is being reuissed by 1201. Otherwise for that and Enja, you may have to look on Ebay. For Steeplechase, look at Jazzloft or CDUniverse. Maybe Jazzloft has Timeless. Worlds Records is always a possibility.

Those are some pretty nice reviews by someone who sounds like he knows what's he talking about although I'd disagree with the Natural Soul disc. If this is a rocker magazine, they must have an intelligent jazz critic.

I haven't listened to this in a loooong time, so this is a good opportunity. I'll pull it out tonight. I only the Mosaic so I guess that will just have to do .

Approximately 42 Pounds translates to about $70. Assuming shipping is $15 or so, how can you not pass that up. That is an amazing per disc rate.

I don't have a lot of the things you mentioned but I do have Midnight Creeper and Good Gracious and they're fine cds. Really love Good Gracious. Some serious organ going on in that one. My feeling about AMG is that if you like a particular artist and see a cd and they don't give it a good rating, who cares. They're only a guide anyway and not a be all as far as I'm concerned. They're a useful source but I try not to let myself be swayed by a review of someone I know. They're very useful if you're looking at someone you don't know that much about. Plus, their star system is just for a comparison of records made by that person, not by that person vis a vis person. But, I'm sure you knew that.

I know they were available because I picked them up at a small store here in Jersey. It's possible there wasn't much fanfare about Jimmy Smith but I know there was about Jazz Immortal.

Unfortunately, I'm going to have to pass on these for now. I'd love to get all of them but finances being what they are, I'll have to wait to hopefully get them as gifts. My priorities there are the Amy, the Eldridge and the Pearson. The Eldridge, since will be available for a decent period of time, will have to be put off until next year .

I think somebody had posted that back at the BNBB when the Select first came out. It's one of the best sites I've ever seen. Thanks for bringing that up again.

Ditto! Actually, the email I received back in October said the 15th but maybe they're giving themselves 3 days to mail.

Thought I'd bring this up again. There appear to be some good deals here. I just bought the Bud Powell Verve Box for $66 (including shipping). It goes for about $72 at CD Universe. They've listed another auction for this box, in case anyone's interested.

Hope you get some conns for your birthday (but you probably have them all).