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This is still my favorite thread of all time! gregmo

Putting all of Jug's Prestige recordings into a box would be a formidable undertaking--and a monster box--but I'd buy it! gregmo

I like the sound on the Sunbeam "Bix Restored" series of this music. Thought Davies did a fine job with it. gregmo

Oh yeah, all the Gentle Jug albums are definitely keepers! gregmo

Hope springs eternal. gregmo

I always loved Brookmeyer's jazz writing and arranging (not to mention his fleet trombone playing!), but I have to say the later-career Third Stream stuff sort of left me cold. gregmo

I put them in binders. I'm OC that way. My Mosaic boxes are stored away. CDs, on the other hand, are on the shelf! (Booklets on another one.) gregmo

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I'm reading Mezzrow's _Really the Blues_ right now. It's fun (and the slang is wild), but I do find myself occasionally wondering how much of it comes anywhere close to being sort of kind of accurate! gregmo

Toots was one of my very favorite musicians. "Affinity," his album with Bill Evans, remains one of my favorites. In fact, I don't think I ever heard a record of his I didn't like. I think he must hold the record for the number of Down Beat awards for "miscellaneous instrument"! A great loss. RIP. gregmo

"Wayne Shorter: The Blue Note Albums": "Speak No Evil" I'm sure nobody else has ever heard of it.... gregmo

Oh, I'd go for that! gregmo

Spinning "Cirrus" from the Mosaic Select. RIP Bobby. gregmo

I've never been able to do a very good job of differentiating between those two! gregmo

Loren has a nice quote in the notes from some guy named Allen Lowe about Basie's piano playing on the November 9, 1938 session. gregmo

Probably! If I went back through the thread, I'm sure I'd find a post begging for the Hodges 60s Verves, too. gregmo

From me too! gregmo

You obviously have no appreciation for the finer things..... gregmo

At least in this one he talks about where the music came from. Said not a word about that in the Strings set. gregmo

That he would! It's not on either of the two cds or the older lp of Famous Door material I have. gregmo

Yeah, even though it's corny, I've always enjoyed that Satch sequence. 'Course, I love the "Did You Evah" duet with Sinatra too. Satch is immortal. gregmo

I have (and like) the 2-cd compilation on Decca Jazz that Orrin Keepnews did of his late 50s Coral albums. He kept jazz alive in New Orleans when about the only other place to hear it was Preservation Hall. RIP. gregmo

#0121 has arrived, and Mr. Five-by-Five is singing "Boo Hoo," but I ain't cryin'! gregmo

Still impatiently awaiting mine out here on the West Coast! gregmo

Blues in Orbit seems an odd choice for one of the very rare Ellington albums on the list. I would probably have chosen "Such Sweet Thunder" instead, and where's the Basie? Decca's Basies should be toward the top. gregmo