mikelz777

For those of you who purchased "The Last Waltz", did you have any problems with the 2nd disc? On the second to the last number, "Your Story", there's a very noticeable drop out at around the 1:20-1:25 mark on my copy. It only lasts a second or less but is still very noticeable. It's nothing to get too wound up about but I was wondering if anyone else experienced this. It seems odd because the disc appears to have a flawless mirror finish.

Did this ever actually pan out for anyone? I see that neither the set or the great pricing is currently being offered via Amazon and that the current best price is $70.00 through a marketplace seller.

A couple of nice buys on Ebay: Jelly Roll Morton: 1926-1930 I've had my eye on this set for quite a while so I took a chance on one and got a nice deal on it. Cecilia Coleman - Words Of Wisdom A very nice pianist way under the radar. Check her out on CD Baby.

How do you feel about Monk and Powell? Both of them could get quite loud... Whatever Bud Powell I had was sold years ago. I don't recall specifically why I sold them but I trust my decision that I didn't enjoy listening to them enough to keep them. Now that you mention it, I do seem to recall his moaning behind the music. It may have had a lot to do with the selling decision. I've actually just gotten into Monk in the last month or so and of the 5 discs I have, I don't recall his vocalizing to be that prevalent to where it bothered me though I do recall hearing it. If you have to listen closely to hear it or if it's not especially notable is one thing but with Jarrett, his vocalizing is out there, prevalent, competing with the music. Jarrett's ego may not allow it but if I were the engineer on the recording I would do everything I could to bury or eliminate the vocalizing which mars what would otherwise be wonderful recordings. I guess I envy those of you who can listen to it without being bothered. I can't get past it.

I don't know if this has been discussed before but if it has, I couldn't find it. I had no Keith Jarrett in my collection so I picked up a copy of "The Out Of Towners" very cheap via BMG to see what all the fuss was about. My impressions? His playing is fantastic but he's guilty of the carnal sin for piano players in my book by audibly vocalizing while he plays. I hate it and always have regardless of who the player is. It's kind of like a dripping faucet or something. Once I hear it it seems that it is all I can hear. It ruins the song for me. I have no interest in discussing the merits or lack thereof of vocalizing because I hate it and don't anticipating ever growing to tolerate it. My jazz tastes have grown and broadened a lot since I started listening but I've hated the vocalizing from the start and still do. Anyway, are there any of his recordings that do not have the audible vocalizations? I'd be interested in hearing more of him if all that is heard from him is his playing.

Thanks for the tip, I'll have to check it out.

According to the Charm City Cakes website, the starting price for one of their cakes is $500.00! Right now they are totally booked into November already with large blocks of time in 2009 as well.

Cool show, I dig it. That and "Mythbusters" on the Discovery Channel, another cool workplace.

I've been into a Yusef Lateef mode lately: (and seemingly an unstoppable buying mode)

Lu Watters - The Complete Good Time Jazz Recordings (4-CD) - $19.99 If you enjoy listening to traditional jazz I'd recommend the Lu Watters. I paid about $4-$5 north of that price and really enjoyed it-well worth it. A very nice box set, excellent music and a very nice booklet.

$19.99 for that Art Pepper All-Stars set is a steal!! It's an excellent box set!

In the pipeline: Thelonious Monk - The Columbia Years: '62-'68 (3-CD) Yusef Lateef - The Last Savoy Sessions (2-CD) Bill Evans - The Last Waltz: The Final Recordings Live (8-CD) On back-order: Brew Moore - The Kerouac Connection (2-CD)

Tony Fruscella - The Complete Works (4-CD) I just got this Friday and I'm really looking forward to hearing it. The front sticker has some great selling points. -Two fine and rare dates made under the leadership of Stan Getz. -The only studio session recorded by the altoist Chuck Maures. -The "birth of the cool style" four tracks with saxophonists Herb Geller and Phil Urso. -The legendary performance at the New York's Open Door with Brew Moore. -The splendid session with true musician's musician-tenorist Allen Eager. -The concert encounters with Phil Woods and Hank Jones. Sounds like it's going to be a winner!

I'm glad I discovered it on my own. I never would have discovered it through the Dolphy thread because he doesn't really interest me and I never would have read it. I considered "The Secret Sessions" before when I found a good deal on it but ultimately passed because the sound quality (or lack thereof) would have bothered me to the point of lessening my enjoyment of the material.

(8-CD) Get 'em while you can. As of this writing, these are available new from Newbury Comics via Amazon marketplace for $29.99!! This will be gracing my collection in the next week or so!

I don't know if these were ever released in the U.S.. They are difficult to find and if I do find them, they're in the $30 - $40 range per disc (or more) which is a bit too steep for me. If you have one or more of these you'd be willing to sell, trade or whatever, please PM me and maybe we can work something out. What I'm looking for: -Complete Little Rascals Music (2-CDs) or -The Beau Hunks Play the Original Little Rascals Music: 50 Roy Shield Themes -On to the Show: The Beau Hunks Play More Little Rascals Music or in lieu of the above: -The Beau Hunks Play the Original Laurel & Hardy Music - Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 (2-CDs) or -The Beau Hunks Play the Original Laurel & Hardy Music - Vol. 1 -The Beau Hunks Play the Original Laurel & Hardy Music - Vol. 2 The "On to the Show" Little Rascals title can be found for fairly reasonable prices and I may have to settle for that if I can't find a copy of the 1st disc (which I'd prefer) or the 2-CD set. Apparently the Laurel & Hardy discs are pretty much the same music as the Little Rascals discs as they both came out of the Hal Roach Studios back in the day. I've been a fan of the Rascals since I was a child and would love to get a hold of this music if at all possible. I'd appreciate any help anyone might be able to give me.

My first set of purchases in this area have just come in and this is what I'm starting with: Good For What Ails You: Music of the Medicine Shows 1926-1937 (2-CD) I like the idea of listening to music that was likely to be heard at those traveling medicine shows and I'm intrigued by the mystery and fraud/hucksterism behind it. It reminds me of a time when I was young and my world was a bubble of whatever existed within 2-3 miles of my home in a small town in Minnesota. I remember how exciting it was each year when the wonderful sights, sounds and smells of the county fair would come around and the "outside world" would make its' appearance right there in my home town for a short time. Down In The Basement: Joe Bussard's Treasure Trove of Vintage 78s 1926-1937 This and "Good For What Ails You" above were put out by Old Hat Records and are both look to have very nice support material. I haven't read either yet but both come with a thick 72-page booklet. I'm looking forward to digging in and listening to both. The Complete Studio Recordings Mississippi John Hurt (3-CD) Just listening to a few sound samples and I was immediately attracted to his wonderful guitar picking and the gentle delivery and quality of his voice. Very nice stuff from what I heard in the samples. American Roots: A History of American Folk Music (4-CD) I'll confess, the big attraction here was a lot of music for a price close to or better than what I paid for each of the above. I don't know that it will quite live up to its' grand title but there seemed to be a lot of nice stuff on it. It is a Disky Records release from Holland and I was intrigued by what sort of song selections might appear on it from a non-American point of view. I'm in a backlog of listening right now but I hope to be getting to them soon. They should keep me busy for a while.

PM sent on: Alexander ,Eric – The Second Milestone (Milestone) $6 Henderson ,Joe – In ‘n Out (Blue Note) not the RVG $5

You will be very happy with that purchase. Its was also a steal at 7.99. The Charlie Rouse fan club meets on Thursday nights. That's good to hear, I'm looking forward to listening to it. I have Rouse's "Takin' Care Of Business" and enjoy it quite a bit. I have little doubt I could easily be a member of the fan club. "Live At The It Club" is just part of a handful of Monk that is the first wave of his music for me. I'll live with them for a while and see if I want to get more. From the sound samples I've heard of other Monk works, the Rouse years would be the first selections in the second wave.

Thelonious Monk - Live At The It Club I'm giving some Monk a try after intentionally passing him by for as long as I've been into jazz. I may just be starting to get him. I found this one new/sealed/delivered for $7.99 so I couldn't pass it up. This comes along with some other new Monks I've been picking up on the cheap. Brilliant Corners ($5.00), Genius of Modern Jazz vol. 1 and the Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall from BMG for $2.79 each. Wayne Shorter - Second Genesis This fills a gap in my early Shorter CDs.

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My single free pick: Psychicemotus - Yusef Lateef I found a little Yusef Lateef hiding in their jazz section. This is one I'm not ambivalent about!

My free picks: Thelonious Monk - Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall Monk - Genius of Modern Music, v.1 Frank Foster - Manhattan Fever With all these BMG buys over the last couple of months I'm reaching the saturation point with their catalog. I could still use the other free code plus I have 2 free picks left from my membership but I'm not sure what to pick. I have several options but I'm kind of ambivalent about all of them. I guess you can't go wrong at $2.79 a pop no matter what the pick.

"The Stuff that Dreams are Made Of" is a fascinating collection, but I wouldn't recommend it as a first purchase. It was put together mostly for hard core collectors based more on the rarity of the 78s than the quality of the music. Even the liner notes are more about the anal-retentive pleasures of 78 collecting, as opposed to the music. The "dreams" in question are the dreams of collectors about acquiring rare 78s. It was a major event at the time of release due to the inclusion of a previously unheard newly-discovered 78 of Son House. Mississippi John Hurt is one of the only early blues artists for whom I actually prefer the later recordings that he made in the 1960s before his death. "Mississippi John Hurt Today" on Vanguard is my favorite. Thanks for the observations on "The Stuff that Dreams are Made Of". It's that kind of information that really helps out in the buying decisions. I think I might agree with you on Mississippi John Hurt. I listened to the sound samples of his early work on Okeh and while I liked it a lot, I think I'm more partial to the sound samples I heard of his later stuff on Vanguard. The excellent guitar picking is is present in both but I find his voice warmer on the Vanguard recordings. Right now I have my eye on the 3-CD "The Complete Studio Recordings Of Mississippi John Hurt" from his 3 Vanguard studio albums.

Thank you to everyone for your excellent recommendations so far. I'm certain I could put a pretty nice dent in the old bank account exploring these recordings. I checked out the offerings from the Old Hat Records site and I would be happy owning all five of their current releases, they sound excellent. The Yazoo site also has a lot of stuff I'd love to check out. "The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of" and their "Times Ain't Like They Used To Be" series look especially interesting. That "Goodbye, Babylon" set from Dust To Digital looks gorgeous. That one's a bit out of my reach right now. I came across some Mississippi John Hurt in my initial listening searches and I really like his soft/gentle voice and his wonderful/lyrical guitar picking. I think he's definitely going to be among my first buys.