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What a herculean task! I don't know how any list could exclude Lester Young.

Free As The Wind is actually a very worthwhile instrumental album. I even like Images and Street Life. There was worse stuff after that. All Music Guide Reviewer Richard S. Ginell: "There's a terrific reason why the triple-CD Crusaders retrospective The Golden Years included six of Free as the Wind's eight tracks -- the material... This would be the Crusaders' high-water mark in the post-Wayne Henderson years, and it can stand tall with anything they've done." To each his own. Free As The Wind is what it is but I'm not digging it, even less so Images, Street Life and that which followed. After that point, they were all a bit too slick and produced to me. Though they had their moments, I could even feel my interest waning with Chain Reaction and Those Southern Knights. Every group is going to evolve over time and I chose to exit the crusade right along with Henderson.

I discovered The Crusaders in the mid-70s with "Southern Comfort". I was already interested in horn based stuff at the time like Chicago and Tower of Power so they really struck a chord in me with their unique sound. I subsequently followed their releases after Southern Comfort but they lost me with "Free As The Wind" and the departure of Wayne Henderson. Wanting more, I started to seek out what I could of their material prior to Southern Comfort and their Jazz Crusader stuff. Years later, thankfully, Mosaic released their Jazz Crusaders box set and the live material became available. It was through Wayne Henderson that I learned that the trombone could be such an interesting and excellent sounding solo instrument. He provided me with an appreciation for the trombone that I didn't have before. He was a wonderful talent and played a great part in making the Jazz Crusaders/Crusaders one of my all time favorite groups. I'm sorry to hear of his passing.

I agree. I was on board with Letterman from the time he did that daytime (morning?) show. His cynical, mocking, "mean-spirited", condescending humor was one of the things I really enjoyed about him. There was nothing better than when he would take self-important celebrities who believed in their own hype and take them down a few pegs. I loved watching the celebrity guests squirm because Letterman wasn't playing by the fawning, softball Hollywood rules. He lost that edge a long time ago and I haven't watched his show in years other that when my wife would flip to it on occasion. It's time for retirement and probably should have happened years ago.

I think he retired many years ago. He just continued doing the show.

Check out the 9-CD series titled "Hip Jazz Bop" on 1201 Music. It culls the vaults of the Black Lion label and from what I can see just from checking on Amazon, the discs can be had pretty cheap. Amazon will also let you listen to samples. I'd 2nd "That Devlin' Tune" series.

Picked up a great condition SH copy of this last year. Lucky find ! Good for you. To me it also wasn't easy sourcing a new copy when I got it. Just to give an alternative view....... I like west coast jazz but find this set somewhat anaemic, it's all pretty uninvolved stuff. The set is well put together but certainly not worth shelling out too much. I don't think the material is as lackluster as you make it sound. Like I said before, there's nothing earth shattering or ground breaking here but the music is an enjoyable listen even with repeat listening. (At least for me, I dig it.) I would agree that it's not worth the price it's currently going for with just a cursory search of the internet. ($100-$250) I bought a lot of the discs during what seemed to be a big OJC purge on the internet. I'm all in for around $50 (including the Steve White dates) and I think it's definitely worth that. Getting the OOP Jimmy Rowles CD was the most expensive of the lot. Edit: I'm actually all-in for closer to $60 but I still think it's worth it for 6 discs.

In my weakness and in my inexplicable drive for completeness, (an affliction suffered by many jazz fans) I bought the two discs missing in my collection from the known Nocturne releases. I picked up all the other ones years ago when a lot of OJC titles were on clearance or going cheap around the internet. -Jazz In Hollywood--Virgil Gonsalves Sextet / Steve White Quartet-Quintet -Jimmy Rowles Trio--Rare, But Well Done (If this material was made available as a single disc under the Jazz In Hollywood series, I've never seen it) Now I'll have the complete contents of the box set plus the Steve White material. I'm a big West Coast jazz fan and even though this stuff isn't earth shattering or anything, I've always dug these discs.

Before it was pointed out to me, I never noticed the right pointing arrow formed inside of the letters E and x.

Box set Single discs: -Virgil Gonsalves Sextet / Steve White Quartet-Quintet -Herbie Harper -Bud Shank Quintet / Lou Levy Trio -Harry Babasin Quintet / Bob Enevoldsen Quintet -Steve White Quartet With too much time on my hands and the aid of AllMusic.com, I've learned that the single discs above cover all of the material found in the box set with the exception of the Jimmy Rowles which can be found on his title, "Rare, But Well Done". (or the Mosaic) None of the Steve White material appears in the box set.

I think you're right

I had forgotten about these dates. I think I may have the individual CDs. Do the individual discs issued under Nocturne Records "Jazz In Hollywood" Series cover everything in the box set? The individual titles were: Virgil Gonsalves Sextet / Steve White Quartet-Quintet Herbie Harper Bud Shank Quintet / Lou Levy Trio Harry Babasin Quintet / Bob Enevoldsen Quintet Steve White Quartet *Edit: It appears there is a CD by Jimmy Rowles that is missing The Steve White Quartet that came out as a Limited OJC is not in the Nocturne Box either. I did some digging around last night and it doesn't appear that the Jimmy Rowles material was released as an individual CD under the Jazz In Hollywood Series but it looks like you can get it under the title, "Rare, But Well Done". (Liberty label?)

I had forgotten about these dates. I think I may have the individual CDs. Do the individual discs issued under Nocturne Records "Jazz In Hollywood" Series cover everything in the box set? The individual titles were: Virgil Gonsalves Sextet / Steve White Quartet-Quintet Herbie Harper Bud Shank Quintet / Lou Levy Trio Harry Babasin Quintet / Bob Enevoldsen Quintet Steve White Quartet *Edit: It appears there is a CD by Jimmy Rowles that is missing

Here's another one from '72 that no one has mentioned yet. (Pre-Henderson exit) I'd never heard of it and discovered it by accident. It's definitely worth checking out if you can find one at a price you'd be willing to pay.

The Les McCann collaboration is currently available on CD.

That's bizarre. I know the Lawrence Welk organization was pretty strict about any kind of impropriety among it's people. Maybe they were blinded by the upbeat, bouncy melody? Maybe they thought it was OK since Jesus' name was used? I wonder if they even knew what it meant to be "one toke over the line"? I'm guessing no.

Very tempting. I certainly don't need any more Bill Evans, I already have 39 discs worth. This is probably one of those things that would be listened to once and then sit collecting dust for years before a handful of discs are cherry picked from it again. That being said, is there international shipping and if so, how much?

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I was a bit shocked to discover the news of his death. In this media-saturated world of ours it's not often that news is really a surprise. I didn't know that he had been ailing for years. Sad news....

I wouldn't have thought this Guns N' Roses cover would've worked but....... http://www.wimp.com/bluescover/

I like Turrentine a lot and have 16 discs worth of his material which represents even more in actual releases. I was surprised when I noticed that all but one of the releases were dated between 1960 and 1963.

I LOVED The Jazz Crusaders and their subsequently renamed The Crusaders. Their Jazz Crusaders recordings were hard to come by on CD so I jumped on their Pacific Jazz Mosaic box set when it came out. It's the first Mosaic I bought new rather than used on the secondary market. My interest begin to wane as they moved into the middle 70's but I continued to buy each album as it came out. I drew the line and quit following them at Free As The Wind . Wayne Henderson, one of the founding members of the group, had left and their sound had changed into a slicker, over-produced pop-fusion thing that I didn't enjoy. Even though I stuck with them as my interest was waning in their sound in '74-'75, I find that the later recordings get played a lot less than the earlier recordings. Just judging by what's in my collection, my range for him is from '54 - '69. There's guys like Bill Evans, Art Pepper, Chet Baker, Stan Getz, etc. where I have so much of them, it's pretty much redundant to get any more as opposed to a conscious decision to stop following them.

I'm a fan and read the book. My take on it is that I'm glad I got it from the library and didn't buy it. It was OK but I don't see myself ever going back to it.

Thanks for the tip on camelcamelcamel and for the tip on the Penguin Cafe Orchestra box set. I had never heard of them before so I gave them a listen and ended up taking advantage of the deal. Just over $4 per disc! It's hard to define their music but I'm enjoying it.