Brad

Here's hoping the BoSox beat the Yanks (it's the only thing a Mets fan can look forward to at this point). I'd love to see those f'in arrogant Yankee fans eat a little crow.

Jeff, Just sent you a PM. Brad

That strikes me as a pretty lame excuse and now those 15 seconds are now apparently lost to history, which is a pity. On one level, 15 second out of a five album set would not that significant a loss. In my view, this is certainly not a reason not to buy the set. I don't have the TOCJ and frankly can't see buying it if I could for those 15 seconds. On another level, it's pretty lame that the master has that defect in it. As someone noted, this could be a problem for many masters in the future, with constant remastering for this edition or that edition. I wonder in what condtion Blue Trane is in.

Thank you all again. It's really cool to see people you know do this. It's pretty heart warming, I've got to say. We have a great community here. I did get the Patton and only had time so far to listen to Along Came John. What a great session. Patton and Grant do seem to have a special thing together. Fred Jackson and Harold Vick are just the icing on the cake .

Well, thank you very much everbody. I somehow never knew they put this at the bottom of the page. I guess I'm getting on but from a jazz point of view I'm still a babe in the woods. I'm hoping for the Patton Select later today and the trick, as Dan puts it, is to have the time to enjoy or listen to it. But thanks again and to all the great people on this Board and B-3er, a big thanks!

Whereas some remastering might help some live music that is good in essence but just need some sprucing up to bring out, as Tony say, its nuances, the problem with the Cookers is that the music is not very good to begin with. That's why it's a stinker. In my view, no amount of remastering could help these records. I'm selling the copies I have now and have no interest in making the same mistake twice. For somewhat of an extended discussion, see this Forum.

I tend to agree. The organ stuff is just fine however, I prefer Grant In A Ballad/Standards mode. Different strokes... Dude, try to listening to some albums and maybe you'll get an idea. Where should we start: how about the Complete Quartets with Sonny. It Ain't Necessarily is one the most incredible sounds I've ever heard. Where should we go next: Idle Moments, Street of Dreams, Talkin' About (those three just are out of this world), I Want to Hold Your Hand, Solid, Sunday Morning. Should we go on or is that enough. Taking nothing away from anybody else, but there's a reason people make a fuss about him, why people demanded (not asked) that his first session be issued.

One more point. Do we really Night of the Cookers. This wasn't worth being issued, let alone reissued, in the first place. How about some of the older BN stuff. I recently picked up as a lucky find Sal Salvador Quintet/Quartet on JRVG. That's a great cd. Or even Wynton Kelly's Piano Interpretations. That hasn't seen the light of day in a loooooong time.

This is truly a very nice list. There's at least half of them I don't probably have and a few like Sweet Honey Bee that could use a sonic upgrade (although that's less of a few priority). There's also a few like Prayer Meeting, the Half Notes and Going West that I expect to receive next week from Hiroshi. I guess the joke's on me in that regard. Looks like it could be the beginning of an expensive year.

I came across a bunch of JRVGs yesterday in a local record shop that I sometimes go to. They are $19.99. If anybody is interested, I'll pick them up for you. Just PM me. Shipping is $1.75, plus 6% NJ sales tax. Total would be $22.94. They are not sealed. I'm not offering to do this to make any money, just a convenience for people who might want them. If there's interest I'll pick them all up at once and you can send me the money when I have them. These are the titles I remember seeing: XXXX = Reserved Fred Jackson Hootin and Tootin Horace Parlan Us Three Cannonball's Something Else Baby Face Willette Face to Face Arthur Taylor's A.T.'s Delight XXXX Dolphy's Out to Lunch Kenny Dorham's Cafe Bohemia (vol. 1, I believe) John Patton's Along Came John Sonny Clark's Cool Struttin Horace Silver's Doing the Thing XXXX Sonny Red's Out of the Blue Tina Brooks' True Blue XXXX Herbie Hancock's Empyrean Isles Jimmy Smith's Midnight Special Kenny Burrell On View at the Five Spot XXXX Grant Green's The Latin Bit Wayne Shorter's JuJu Lou Donaldson Wailin With Lou XXXX Freddie Hubbard Open Sesame Kenny Dorham Afro Cuban Freddie Redd's Shades of Redd They also had from the VICJ series Rollins Plays for Bird Roy Haynes We Three (I have this and it's great!) Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane And Sonny Stitt The Champ and John Hicks Trio

I just took a look at all the JRVGs on Amazon. Man, those are some heavy duty price. The J.R. Monterose is almost $50! Damn. Thank god I have it.

Lon, You're totally right about being a marvel. I'm not a guitarist but it sounded to me like he did things that are hard to surpass. I think it's about time that I pick up some of his recordings which I haven't listened to in a long time. What also struck me from the Cavett interview, aside from the points you mention, was how humble he was. That's one thing you don't usually get from rock stars. But no matter how Dick tried, Hendrix wouldn't take credit for being the best.

I didn't catch tonight's installment but right after that they had 30 or so minutes on Jimi Hendrix, which I thought was fantastic. They portrayed Jimi as an original blues player and r&b guitarist (they showed him in his younger days playing for the Iseley Brothers and others) who then broke through to new territory. One interviewee likened him to Pops, Bird and Coltrane and I agree with that. They of course talked about the Star Spangled Banner and I can still remember listening to that high. Man, nothing can beat it. I had never heard been interviewed but they wove in clips from the Dick Cavett show. He was remarkably soft spoken. It was a great glimpse of someone who I loved as a teenager.

I'm looking forward to getting the Bossa Nova cd. I don't have a lot of Charlie Rouse (aside from Monk), except for Taking Care of Business, Social Call (new from Uptown and which I recommend) and Unsung Hero, plus I'm keen on latin rhythms so I think this should be a treat. This one's prime for me of all the Conns coming out in a couple of days.

Ed, I've been exchanging a few emails with him in the last couple of years and basically he said that a full Mosaic box is out of the question because it would just be too big (with which Dan agrees, btw). He said he's been trying to figure out ways to get it out and when I was up there he mentioned that a couple of selects were a possibility. He always insists that he hasn't forgotten about the project but I don't think it's anything short term. Of course, I'd like to be wrong about that. It may be time to bug him again!

I've usually gotten responses to my emails. Usually, I'm bothering Michael about a Three Sounds box and he's responded every time. In fact, when I was up at Mosaic in the summer and introduced myself, he showed me his ideas on how he was trying to get them into a select.

In looking at the worlds records web site, it doesn't look like the Moody and Gillespie cds have yet been reissued by Classics although they probably will be coming out soon.

Moose, I assume you're joking about the "mixed" reviews.

I'd say alto. Considering when he was born and that Bird was prevalent at the time, most kids probably wanted to emulate him. So, I'd say alto.

I second Dusty Blue which I listened to recently. Almost as good but not quite is Maggie's Back in Town. You may also want to check out the Teddy Edwards album Together Again. And for those who haven't, you might want to check out Bird's February 26, 1947 on Dial with Maggie, which includes the following classics: Relaxin' at Caramillo, Cheers, Carvin' the Bird and Stupendous.

I've spun this twice in the last 2 days and what I can say this sucker is fantastic. Yes, they never stop creating excitement and one groove after another. It's fitting I had ribs last night for dinner . Hugh Walker is outstanding. But what a job with the Sam Cooke tune. My only regret was that it was 37 minutes long. Gran't lines are obviously different than what we're used to but it works. How do you spell Yodel? Patton-eh-hoo

Look into my eyes. You are getting sleepy, very sleepy. You will not buy these, you will not buy these.... When I snap my fingers, zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

This too may be off topic but I just received an email from Hiroshi that he will be shipping the Junior Mance cd tomorrow. Speaking of Junior Mance, I see that Fantasy has just reissued Tough Tenors on which Junior appears.

It looks like AAJ is still down. Does anybody know what's going on? I hope it's not down for the count.

Manual but when I had a beard, it was electric; good for trimming. I hate shaving. Never do it on the weekends. It's one f'in pain.