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What's the music like on this? Big Band? Strings (I hope not). Cool cover .

This is an exciting set and Eldridge is one of the greats. It's mostly small group jazz, few vocals (as others have noted). Eldridge has like a three octave range and a lot of the tempos are up---lots of heat

Coincidentally, I was listening to some tracks from 'South' today. Very nice, some great compositions. I like Adam Rogers on it. I have the first Criss Cross he did (with Chris Potter), also enjoyable.

I liked his Criss Cross CD. But I when I bought one of his more recent ones (on Maxjazz) I found it pretty boring, to be honest. I sold it.

I thought I'd bump this thread up, looking for ideas and thoughts about SS. Out of the nearly 1,000 jazz cds I have, sad to say none feature Stitt as a leader.

This set arrived late last week and I have to say I'm really, really pleased with it. In no way inferior to the Milestone years, imo.... Plenty of powerful vamps, with some Eastern colors now and then, modal blow-outs... it all sounds so fresh even 40 years later. More generally, I love this period of jazz, late 60s to early 70s.

Tal Farlow. Little Girl BLue... something about Farlow's tone that always brightens me. Late last night, Farlow was a nice antidote to a day that had some tension.

Well said, this is how I feel in relation to my duaghters too. An honest sentiment, it should grace every Father's Day card this year.

I've been spinning Jimmy Smith, Live at the Baby Grand (Vol1) almost daily for the last couple of weeks. I usually don't hear that one singled out from among Smith's vast catalog, but it absolutely smokes and it's one of my favorites.

I haven't heard any music from this band but I've been been curious about it for a long time. So I'm really looking forward to this set.

It's the June issue. mine just arrived in the mail today. The article WB3 is referring to also happens to be online (in full). It includes a brief interview with Joe Tarantino. jazztimes

It's ironic that a piece of software is the only artist left on Columbia/Sony's jazz roster.

I really like this CD a lot. Campbell plays with a lot of heart and fire. I like the textures from the violin (Billy Bang), vibes, and trumpet frontline. The playing is a little ragged in spots, but that only increases its authenticity and honesty (imho). Sound quality is pretty good, the bass is pretty well-recorded which is always a concern I have with live recordings.

Freedom Suite is also available on the box set: The Freelance Years, Complete Riverside and Contemporary Recordings. 5 CDs for 30 dollars from Newbury. I have the set, good remastering too (though the programming is a little odd).

I was in Chicago recently, made the obligatory stop at Jazz Record Mart. The prices may be a little high, but the atmosphere is priceless (while I was shopping I heard one worker tell another that "Cuscuna just called, he wants you to call back'). Jimmy Smith's Live at the Baby Grand was playing while I was shopping, sounded realy good so I picked that up. I also picked up Warne Marsh, All Music. And the magazine Stop Smiling. stop smiling mag

Pretty extensive: Tristano, jazz, and race Do the math

To me, pioneers--inventors--were folks at the beginning who created the language. Louis Armstrong, Fletcher Henderson, Coleman Hawkins, Jelly Roll Morton etc. "You can't play anything on a horn that Louis hasn't played--I mean even modern. -- Miles Davis

somewhat of a coincidence: I was listening to Tristano the other day playing Digression (1949?)which sounds kind of free to me...made me think that virtually all of the subsequent 'styles' of jazz were more or less already in germinal form by 1950. Hard for me to think of Miles (or anyone from that generation) as pioneers since the seeds had already been planted.

Up. Ate at IHOP with the fam this morning and there's a cd exchange a couple of doors down so I check it out and low and behold they have a copy of Katanga sittin' there for $5!!! It even has the OBI strip. As soon as I got in the car, I popped it in and was astonished how good this album is! Its been said before, there really isn't a bad one in the bunch. Now all I need is five more, and I'll have'em all!!! Katanga is amazing, nice find Native Land will have you reaching for the repeat button.

Hard to believe I'm still picking up oop OJCs. A deep catalog (past tense) Herbie Mann--Wailin' Zoot Sims -- I Wish I Were Twins Art Pepper-- + Eleven (K2) and, in addition, David Murray (Sacred Ground)

I read a reference in the most recent Mosaic/True Blue e-mail/promo to this 2 CD set: Kid Ory & Red Allen: Jazz Concert in Berlin 1959. Apparently the tapes are newly discovered...I'll likely pick this up for the presence of Red Allen. Newly discovered RA music is a good thing ( Incidentally, those Allen/Ory Verve tracks are my favorites on the Ory set.) (from Jazz Crusade website) Jazz Crusade The 1959 European tour by Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band was planned well in advance. On the 13 July, Red Allen flew out to Los Angeles to record fourteen tracks for Norman Granz's Verve label; the photo on the first set box was taken at that session. The personnel chosen for these recordings, with the omission of guitarist Frank Haggerty and the replacement of Morty Corb on bass, was the line-up chosen for the tour. They arrived in Germany on the 17 September, and performed this concert a few days later at the Sportspalast, which was recorded by BFM Berlin. Ory's aughter Babette eventually became custodian of the original tapes, and recently sold the rights to the enterprising Bill Bissonnette, owner of the Jazz Crusade record label. The results of this deal can be heard on these two discs. giving punctuation to the ensemble, providing musical full stops and commas where needed, and these, along with his arrangements (mostly little turnarounds, fillers and codas), help to give the band that singular 'Ory sound'. He gets that famous mute of his out to add some tonal colour to Tin Roof Blues and Careless Love. Henry Alien was an inspired choice for this band. He was capable of wildness, but he keeps it mostly under wraps for this concert, while still showing the exciting qualities that his biographer John Chilton called 'adventurous dexterity'. Most importantly, he could still provide that essential New Orleans trumpet lead.

4 stars for the Rabbit-Wild Bill album. "It had that feeling". That says it all...means a lot coming from someone like JOS. I wish Verve (or more likely Mosaic) would release some of those collaborations between Hodges and Wild Bill. Thanks for posting

I've been enjoying the live CD Dedicated to Connie recently..the first time, really, that I've actually enjoyed the MJQ (if you know what I mean). I guess there's a place in my life now for something a little more slowly paced (a feeling similiar to comments of others earlier in the thread). Or maybe my listenting chops are getting better and I'm hearing things that I used to miss. In any case, I'm bumping this thread up, hoping to read some more thoughts and recommendations.

Congratulations!