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Sorry, I didn't notice that. I successfully preordered a couple of Japanese discs from DG a few weeks ago, but have never tried a big order. Checked the "coming soon" page this evening and DG seems to have removed [Added: all but one of] those 9 titles.

This and nine Elvin Jones Japanese Blue Note CD reissues are scheduled for Nov. 18 arrival at "The Bastards".

Agreed, The Opener is a personal favorite and my most frequent listen.

Thanks. That means I currently own all but Standards. So...

I can't tell. Allmusic shows 12 Blue Note albums, but there could be some overlap (e.g. Quintets has only 3 unique tunes). I think I have all the non-trio/solo stuff bar the 3 cuts on Quintets. There are a whole bunch of trio/solo(?) albums - Trio, Trio v. 2, Trio v. 3, Art of the Trio, Blues in the Night and Immortal Session(?) - but I'm too lazy to research overlap. Vague guess: maybe as many as 9 albums worth? Which, depending on how Mosaic programs the discs, could be a 5 to 9 disc box? But I have no idea whether any unreleased alternate takes could be added.

Agreed. I have fewer trio sides (just Sonny Clark Trio on BN and Bainbridge), so will be keenly interested in the discography. But if I turn out to be short just a couple of albums, I might pick those up separately rather than spring for the box.

Many thanks for this. I found out about the concert only a day in advance (Bearsville Theater fairly recently picked up programming post-COVID and I lost the habit of checking their schedule), couldn't make it.

Maybe, but a) I have limited time to peruse forums, and ignoring proven unreliable sources improves the signal/noise ratio; b) Ignored posts are still visible if replied to by non-ignored members.

Dude has a history of that, but the ignore list helps.

I don't want the hassle of color printing, and have been using a Brother B/W laser printer for years. Admittedly I'm not a very demanding user, but have had good experience. I've also bought successor Brother models for co-workers at the office (I do the purchasing) because I couldn't find anything better for the price.

Very nice performance all around! From the Black Lion album of the same name as the tune. I listened twice on Youtube and the BFT download before realizing that I (am a dunce and) own the album (on CD). My computer speakers are crappy, but the bass and drums (Jimmy Garrison, G. T. Hogan) are exceptional on a full sound system.

Based on Jim's hint, Walter Bishop Jr. on 3?

I suspect the statistical overload is aimed at prop betters (bettors?). Read an interesting article recently about how MLB is touting smartphone prop bet apps: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-08-26/draftkings-sportsbook-at-wrigley-field-aims-to-hook-mlb-fans

Discs 1-3. Which includes this interesting free jazz / electroacoustic piece:

https://www.discogs.com/master/402589-Chicago-Night-Day-Big-Band Recorded 1995. I never heard it. Though I will soon listen to some of it on Youtube... [Added: First impressions not positive, gave up.]

Average White Band probably doesn't qualify (smallish group with just 2 saxophones), but they were from Scotland iirc and Pick up the pieces was a monster hit around 1974-5. Cut the Cake was a follow-up hit, but I think they soon faded away. Oh good grief, I forgot about Vehicle! I heard that innumerable times on the radio back in the day, but the band (Ides of March) never stuck in my mind.

Or Blood, Sweat and Tears or Tower of Power or even Average White Band? I don't know either... Not meaning to say the above are big bands, but I read Jim's post as suggesting that "Top 40 horn bands" might have gotten people interested in big band sound.

Thanks (or maybe no thanks ) for mentioning this. I'm close to ordering, but still on the fence. Have listened on bandcamp.

I've recently seen an awful lot of grey market Hat reissues on the Dusty Groove site. Not that many Blue Notes, but they're starting to plunder the Impulse! (e.g. Archie Shepp) and Riverside (e.g. George Russell) catalogs. YMMV, but this also rubs me the wrong way and I find it highly disappointing. Have purchased a lot of Hats over the years but may stop.

Weird...I vividly recall the Friends of Distinction rendition, and even hear it occasionally to this day. But I never heard the Masakela version of the tune.

For sure!

The tune Killer Joe by the Jazztet (written by Benny Golson) might qualify in the latter category. I recall it got really big in the '70s, perhaps late '60s.

Keytu doesn't look like a Swahili word to me (don't speak the language, but lived in Kenya for a couple of years). Kitu is a more likely spelling, but "thing" or "object" perhaps an odd nickname.