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We discussed this briefly on the Japanese Jazz Reissues thread. Looks to me like too much album covers, too little text, so I'd have to see more details. And shipping to US is likely to be prohibitive unless domestic vendors (Dusty Groove, etc.) elect to stock it.

[Emphasis added] DG marks down some unsold BBE CDs to $9.99 after a while. In a Panglossian scenario you could get that deal. 😉, but I decided to preorder.

Same here. Surprising, I thought it wasn't expected until next month. [Added] Funny thing, DG must have ordered unusually many copies. Even with all these preorders, they are still (8 PM EDT Monday) showing it in stock!

What little I know about Raymond Scott pertains to electronic music. One of his pieces was included in the OHM: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music compilation.

I received the Heining today. Excellent book, well put together and in nice big print (I guess JIB know their target demographic 😅). Starting with the Barry Guy section since I've been listening to a lot of his music lately, finding it very informative. Agreed with previous comments. CDs nice though not audiophile quality. I found Heining's prose in the Introduction a tad on the precious side, but less so in the text proper.

I wasn't referring to the shipper, who actually did well by me on this release, but to the likelihood of the legendary Bill Barron box ever materializing. "Far" was a mixed metaphor.

Arrived today. Mosaic UPS shipping time to me is typically only 1 day.

Ordered 11/5, shipping notice yesterday, shipped today, ETA tomorrow.

Damn, maybe one of "The Bastards" has been reading this thread. The Waldron/Hino Reminiscent Suite CD showed as preorderable (is that a word?) today and I went for it. Perhaps the book will follow suit.

Yeah, I've been trying to downsize (apart from CD buying) and coffee-table size books don't really fit into the scheme. I did order Duncan Heining's And Did Those Feet (it's en route) due to reasonable (DG) price and inclusion of 2 CDs, but don't know what I'll do with the book after reading it. 🤔

Thanks for the info, looks like a terrific book. Considering overseas (to USA) shipping, I'm not likely to purchase, but will consider it if there is generous informative text / prose in addition to the album covers.

It's part of the Mitropoulos box Chuck posted above, you can see it in the large pic.

One of those oddly packaged box sets. Apart from the peculiar metal sleeve, it's pretty nicely designed.

I'm getting mixed signals from DG on this and other BBE items. The Waldron/Hino Reminiscent Suite recording and this book (thanks, Rooster) both show as "Coming Soon", but preorder is not available. I really prefer the preorder option, because I can't count the number of times I've clicked on a DG "arrival notice" and been greeted with "Just Sold Out!" 😧

New BBE J-Jazz book (large format, premium price) announced for Mar. 2024 https://bbemusic.bandcamp.com/merch/early-bird-price-ends-08-12-24-j-jazz-free-and-modern-jazz-from-japan-1954-1988-pre-order-shipping-march-1st-2024 I'd consider this if there is significant text, but AFAICT it seems to be a book of album covers.

Excellent! Based on felser's response to Thom I had guessed the altoist in #4, but was too lazy to sleuth/verify and it's too early in the month for that anyway. Don't mind reading the IDs...not really spoilers because I wasn't going to get them; Elvin-ness of #2 and Dolphy-ism of #3 not enough to narrow down the candidates. FWIW I enjoy the semi-non-quasi jazz excursions. [Added] Based on Jim's ID, #4 must be this. Weirdly, that's from a recording I recently came very close to buying, but held off on because I prefer the altoist's earlier work. 🙄 In the "minimalist" area, Marion Brown collaborated with Harold Budd. I think the first recording of Budd's Bismillahi 'Rahmani 'Rrahim is on MB's Vista (a personal favorite album on which Budd performed). And Brown played on Budd's The Pavilion of Dreams album. See for instance https://newdirectionsinmusic.substack.com/p/harold-budd-marion-brown-and-the

I preordered from Dusty Groove, which is much cheaper US shipping, and got filled yesterday. Perhaps they have a few copies...I haven't checked, but they don't usually get large quantities of such things "Just Sold Out".

My order of this just shipped yesterday.

I thought #11 had been IDd as this but it might actually be the remaster that's on bandcamp.

Thanks. Really enjoying the music, that probably closes out the low-hanging fruit I can guess. A lot of the tunes sound like things I should know, but I can't even figure out who the leaders are, which makes ID more difficult. The saxophonist on #3 occasionally brings to mind a couple of Japanese players - Matsukaze (who plays in a lot of styles, sometimes a bit like Dolphy) and Mine - but I can't imagine either is involved. The vocal tracks could likely be sleuthed, but it's far too early for that. Will have to play the selections through a couple more times, and stay away from the thread to avoid spoilers (no offense intended 😉).

Based on above discussion I think this is #8...I have a different recording of this tune w. trumpeter as leader. Both are good! Youtube link

I was going to be a smartass and say "parsecs?", but revised it down to "astronomical units?"

# 11 is https://tinyurl.com/ye7vef69 or this youtube video w. album credit

Thanks, John. Have briefly skimmed the tracks, expect to enjoy it when I listen all the way through. #11 is the only obvious one...no spoilers for now, but a Brit organist who's somewhat topical these days (reissues) plus a well-known and respected vocalist. 👍