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You can put it right beside that jug-shaped set of the Complete Prestige Recordings of Gene Ammons....... gregmo

"Flower is a Lovesome Thing" was reissued as part of the Complete Charlie Parker Records cd set. It shares a disc with Ray Barretto's "The Mysterious Instinct," which is equally obscure. gregmo

Disc 1:

Disc 3. I'm really enjoying this little set, despite its very doubtful origins:

Disc 7. Sometimes I just have to have me some Bird:

Happy, happy Jim!! gregmo

Nice article--thanks for posting it Lon. It struck me again how well Monk has been served by his talented son. gregmo

Whenever I saw film of him, he always seemed like such a gentle soul. gregmo

The Candoli/Rosolino sides appear to be new, not duplicates of the material issued on the 2-cd "Conversation" album on Gambit, so I'm definitely interested! gregmo

I recently got the Threadgill and never got any kind of shipping notice either. I think they're a bit...busy...as others have noted! gregmo

Disc II. Didn't like the first disc, but the second one is kind of a hoot.

Someone should grab that Teagarden Roulette set. Even without the booklet, there's some wonderful music there. gregmo

So, probably just a coincidence of names, then. Or they were fourth cousins, three times removed!! Thanks for the responses! gregmo

Was he related to guitarist Teddy Bunn? gregmo

Disc III:

I'm not ordinarily into "out" or avant garde things, but this drama did cause me to order the rapidly disappearing Threadgill Air set (shipped) and the Clifford Jordan set. Whether that one will ship or not, we'll just have to see. As another poster wrote, if I get it, great, if not.... But I'm an unqualified Mosaic fan. I *really* don't want to see the label go. gregmo

Hope springs eternal. I'd like to have that prospective Teddy Wilson Columbia set! gregmo

Goodman had a bop band that recorded for Capitol. He loved Wardell Gray. The band wasn't a commercial success, though, so he disbanded it, saying of bop (as you indicate in your post) "I never liked it." gregmo

The new Teddy Wilson Columbia set isn't available for pre-order, at least not anywhere I've seen, so I worry whether we'll see it. I'll really miss 'em if they go, *especially* if they don't get those 60s Johnny Hodges Verves out first!!

Sarah Vaughn did some nice work for the label. The old Musical Heritage Society reissued some of that on its own labels, but not all of it. gregmo

Thanks! It sounds good--I may just have to get it! gregmo

Disc VI

I saw her in the early 70s. She was wonderful. I remember she asked the engineers to bring up the house lights "so I can see this wonderful audience." Of course, it was because the bright spots hurt her eyes, but I thought that was a cool (and sweet) way to solve the problem. She sang beautifully, as she always did. Just had a trio with her. Pure Ella. gregmo

No, I was trying at many different hours of the day. And like I said, other sites were coming up quick. Weird. Well, I'm glad the problem seems to be solved, whatever it was! gregmo

I'd like to hear about the Curtis Fuller cd ("Crankin'"). Is it a fairly straight-ahead bop date, or was Curtis flirting with fusion? gregmo