Brad

Wow, there's some great stuff to look forward to. I had forgotten (nor bothered to read the latest brochure) about the Chambers. However, having that material already I'll pass that one up. I'm looking forward to the Patton and I don't believe there's enough Baby Face to warrant a Select although I enjoy his work. Plus, Mosaic won't do 2 organists so closely. I like the idea of a Mulligan songbook, Nights at the Keystone and am always hoping for a Three Sounds.

But seriously, Chuck raised a good point. I've been a little concerned lately about few discussions regarding pre 1950 jazz, especially swing. Also I know somebody mentioned they only had 1 Bird cd. I find that hard to believe. If you don't have a healthy dose of Duke, Louis' Hot 5s and 7s and Bird's Savoy and Dial work, you're missing the holy jazz trinity. Thank you organissimo.

Which half? Hey how about a Jason Kidd smilie? We ate your guys lunch.

The Mule's avatar is cool. Mine are probably evident. I've had Bird and Miles from the Three Deuces and now Dex. Funny thing. At work my computer shows Bird while at home it's Go! Don't quite understand it.

Good Gracious is definitely a classic. Great look on Lou's face. One thing's for sure, you'd never see that cover today. Another thing that surprised me about this cd is how good the music is. It's constantly rewarding.

Sheesh! After reading Jim's post, how can anything any of us say be meaningful. It'll pale in comparison.

Sonny's the man.

We've barely gotten a chance to digest these new Selects but I was wondering what's up next on the calendar. I see that the Crusaders are on the to do list but what's next? Is the Patton next? Always trying to look forward here.

I'm with Vic on this one. The music is incredibly good one on this one. However, the sound, and the Japanese version is a little better than the one I used to have, is not, to put it mildly, very good. It's sort of like the Uptown Sonny Clark at Oakland cd. However, if you can get past that, you're in for a treat.

I ordered a few last night as well. That site reminds me of the old, old Planet Music site in certain ways. Anyway, I always wanted to hear what the controversy about Night of the Cookers was so I ordered that, plus the Gillespies, Basra, the San Francisco Hutcherson and a Bud Powell Cd from Freshsounds, Volume 2 of Birdland 1953 (I have Volume 1).

Ditto on the Bud Plays Bird. Plus, I was just over at the www.freshsounds.com site after having looked at the Spanish Blue Note thread and they have that cd there too if you do a search for Bud.

As usual, I probably reacted. No insult taken, plus as a result, I even took a peek at the politics forum. You know what they see about curiosity....

I had this and enjoyed it but then I got some of the JRVGs and the RVGs and figured I was so set so I got rid of the box. If you don't have this material, this may be the way to go.

When starting out, I found AMG invaluable. However, as I've grown a little bit savvier I rely on it less. It is useful as a quick discography but by no means completely reliable. When I first got on the BNBB back in 99, this subject came up and I remember Lon saying at the time that he never used it, which impressed me. Now, I understand why.

I have the TKCZ-9005 edition and it's put out by Venus Records and it's at the Lighthouse. Don't know if that answers your query.

Just to be clear, I don't believe I ever said I was speaking about you nor do I need you to speculate as to whether or not I would feel ill will towards anybody else. I think I can do that fine myself. All I said is, in principal, that I don't think political forums are a good idea and I stand by what I said. I know that I'm in the minority, most likely, and so be it. Won't be the first and probably not the last. Not that this gives me any superior knowledge or insight but I've lived overseas and witnessed a revolution (Brasil, in 1964) and lived through a dictatorship (Spain), seen a country that I lived in (Uruguay) torn apart, and also studied the Spanish Civil War somewhat extensively so I know how divisive politics is and can be. That's where my viewpoint comes from but that is obviously just me.

I don't agree with you on this one. If you look at every other forum on this board, it's music related. What does a politics forum have to do with jazz. I think that we can see that politics is quite divisive and usually tends to factionalize and not unite. I believe we come here to get away from the outside world and indulge in our hobby. Hobbies are a way to leave the outside world behind and get away. That being the case, why do we want to let that world intrude when we're trying to get away from it. I don't see the point.

I hope we all know what we're talking about here. In the AMG universe, the stars are compared against the artist's other output, not against other artists, although most of probably do use it in that manner. Secondly, three stars means that they're worthwhile but contain some flaws. Four stars, the release is very good, easily recommended and a worthy addition to one jazz's collection. There it is although I don't agree with the assessment for Street of Dreams. Similarly, Talking About rates only 3 as well and I think they're very good and a "worthy" addition to my Grant Green cds.

Two points here. This is a great board and while I post over at AAJ, I only have so much time and I always look at this one first. Perhaps something is missing over there. I also happen to like this software more. I just like the way this Board looks. I think this Board has a great life force or whatever (groping for the right words) going. Other point, this latest controversy with Jimmy Gee just reinforces my long held belief that a political forum has no place on a jazz board and can only lead to acrimony. I barely look at it. I've beaten this point like a drum here sometimes and at the old BNBB but obviously I'm in the minority.

Has anybody listened to the Great Summit. This is an incredible album and was the only meeting between Louis and Duke. It's under Louis' name but the songs are all from Duke's catalogue. And there are some great performances here: Duke's Place, Drop Me Off in Harlem, In a Mellow Tone, Just Squeeze Me. Louis' rendition of Solitude I found particularly heart felt. These guys are not going through the motions, trust me. The music sounds incredibly fresh as if it's almost the first time it was recorded. I just can't get enough of this album. Although Pops and Duke are obviously good on this, I found Barney Bigard and Trummy Young's performances on it to be the eye opener's. Do you know who produced the reissue and did the rematstering? Michael C. and Ron McMasters. The sound is very, very good, like you're right there. It's a very good remastering in my book.

I don't know much about Jamal's music. Would you all recommend what's in Jim's post?

RT, where'd you come up with those last few. Priceless. Laugh out loud funny

Clitically speaking, there are some very good imags here

Regarding the sound, Proper doesn't have access to the masters whereas obviously Blue Note/EMI does. That will be the big difference there.

That's great to hear about this album. I had always kind of shied away from it because of Up, Up and Away and hadn't bothered to explore the rest of the record. I'll have to keep an eye out for it.