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Mine came in the mail today from CD Universe--because of President's day on Monday things are probably off a day. I'm looking forward to getting home from work and listening this evening to Dippin' and Andrew Hill's new one

That's a sweet cover--I think read somewhere that Pee Wee painted it.

Has anyone heard the Pee Wee Russell set? That's one of the sessions I'm most intrigued by.

You must not have watched much Mr Rogers in the 70s! Joe Negri was probably the first real jazz I heard as a child (though I didn't know it was jazz at the time)

Verve, I believe

From the booklet (not verified with my own ears, not that I'd be very accurate anyway): DISC FOUR Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie (tp) Johnny Hodges (as) Illinois Jacquet, Flip Phillips, Ben Webster (ts) Lionel Hampton (vib) Oscar Peterson (p) Ray Brown (b) Buddy Rich (d) NYC, September 2, 1953 1) Blue Lou Eldridge, Webster, Hampton, Phillips, HOdges, Peterson, Jacquet, Gillespie (or as symp sid says, Ja-lesspie) 2) Just You, Just Me phillips, web, jacq, gillespie, eldridge, hodges, Peterson, hampton 3) Jam Blues hamp,peterson,hodges,webs,eldridge,phillips,gillesp,jacq,hampton again 4) Ballad Medley: Tenderly / I've Got The World On A String / What's New? / I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good) / Don't Blame Me / Imagination / Someone To Watch Over Me / Body And Soul / She's Funny That Way hamp,phillips,gill,hodges, jacq,peterson,web,brown,eldridge DISC FIVE Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie (tp) Bill Harris (tb) Buddy DeFranco (cl) Flip Phillips (ts) Oscar Peterson (p) Herb Ellis (g) Ray Brown (b) Louis Bellson (d) NYC, October 30, 1954 1) Funky Blues Eldridge, Phillips, Harris, Ellis, Gilllespie, Peterson, Defranco, Eldridge 2) Lullaby In Rhythm peterson,harris,phillips,ellis,bellson,defranco,eldridge,gillespie,bellson again

The Super Bowl years. You probably remember Joe Negri if you were in Pittsburgh in the 70s. I forgot Dodo Marmarosa comes from Pittsburgh too

I picked up 'Tain Watts' 'Detained CD--my first entry into this series. This CD really smokes. Not just Kenny Garrett, but 'Tain also. 'Like the rose' is one weird song...sort of like a '70s prog rock anthem mutated into a serious jazz form and bookended by Tain's odd sounding vocals. I love it!

Some props for my hometown (growing up)--the city of champions. Lincoln Center is having a live tribute Saturday evening (2/18) to Pittsburgh. You can catch it on WBGO or XM sattelite. wbgo Man, how many greats have come from Pittsburgh? Mary Lou Williams, Roy Eldridge, Art Blakey, Earl Hines, Erroll Garner, the Turrentines, 'Tain Watts, Kenny Clarke.....

Thanks Lon. Some of that Living stereo stuff sounds like it was recorded in an empty gymnasium. This looks like a good CD, with Teagarden and Pee Wee Russell, among others.

Lon (or anyone), how's the sound on that Bud Freeman? Some of those 50s RCA recordings were loaded with reverb.

No problem.. just truth in advertising fair enough

If the only criterion for release in this series is that the album has never ever ever been on CD anywhere anytime ever, ever, well..that seems overly restrictive. We're twenty years into the CD era. For those pining for the cheap Legacy reissue series, may I remind you of the copy protection debacle, the screw-ups with some of the Ellington releases (Sweet Thunder etc), and so forth. If paying a few extra bucks means we'll get higher quality, and it'll subsidize more releases, then I'm all for it.

According to Alan's jazzmatazz site, the single CD of the second season, released by Nonesuch, is due on March 14. I really enjoyed the music from the 2004 season (Ornette)--really looking forward to this new release.

Sound samples for this one are up now at amazon.

Thanks for the link to the tracks, Rooster. They sound beautiful--I've preordered this (along with the Mobley RVG Dippin, also out on the 21st).

Can anyone discern any patterns to what they've chosen for the first six discs in this series?? RCA and Columbia are now under one big SONY conglomerate. That apparently opened some doors.

WORD I'll likely preorder those first three.

The word 'music', like all words, is defined by its use. We apply the term 'music' to a sound that lifts us--somehow enriches us. A voice or the wind through the trees can be 'music to my ears', whereas some grammy nominated singers are making noises that I find destructive and so I would never apply the term 'music' to what they're doing. So, the transcendent experience may be subjective, but the application of the term music is pretty straightforward. And as I grow, I apply the term music where I once could not (an Eric Dolphy solo, for instance) and I restrict the term from places where I once used it (growing up I thought Neil Diamond was 'music'--I don't anymore).

I caught the early part of the show last night...featuring early Ellinginton Very rare, in my experience, for someone to program 20s jazz..great to hear it last night! Also, plenty of props were given to Organissimo.

I agree with Hans, the Mosaic remastering is 'loud'--but I actually prefer it that way. The only sound issue of any consequence, for me, is a piano that is apparently out of tune on one of the sessions. Nothing McMaster could do about that 50 years after the recording. This is great music--my favorite Select so far!

Speaking of 'future releases', his webpage indicates he just completed a second recording for Steeplechase (with a similiar lineup). Tardy also indicates he recently appeared on a Stefon Harris recording for Bluenote--wonder when/if that's going to be released. gregorytardy.com

I was thinking the same thing recently when I visited the website. Absolutely pathetic. Have you seen the Verve website recently? It's even worse..Paul Anka, Jaime Cullum, Will Downing, and of course Diana Krall everywhere. The 'major labels' are dead. Long live the indies. And the brave souls in Europe who continue to record and release American jazz artists. Thank you Gerry Teekens.

"The Truth"... a nice new album on Steeplechase. It's somewhat understated, but there's plenty of fire too. Tardy burns on a great arrangement of Wade in the Water. But Tardy's not about pyrotechnics on this; his ballad playing is very beautiful (check out the clips from Andrew Hill's new CD on bluenote to hear some more Tardy). Tardy can tell a story at midtempo which sometimes seems like a lost art. Solid playing from Marcus Printup too, who rounds out the frontline. Oh, and props to Helen Sung too.

Allen, I pretty much follow your point in the last post but could you (or someone) help me understand what typical triadic improvising means?. From the various posts, it seem that a somewhat unique confluence of factors propelled Miles to the top: talent (undeniable), vision, promotion, and a lyrical way of phrasing that somehow communicates (as Lon said). What a rare combination, no wonder there's been no 'new Miles' since