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I like the Mosaic people, and the reissue program, but the boxes and the style of the booklet never did anything for me, and I also don't look on the sets as collectors' items. It's just the music, and the photos, and, sometimes, the notes. I wish they had included color reproductions of the original LP album art, where available. It's sad that the heavy hitters on eBay (many of whom probably don't even care for the music) - and NO reference to you guys - have pumped up the prices of these sets and all the early Blue Note LPs.

The original recording sound was not great, especially when compared with Columbia and Rudy. The drums usually sound muddy, as if they were recorded inside a cardboard box. Along with many others, I wish that Rudy had recorded these wonderful and important sessions. It is well-known that Trane was very fond of Rudy, and glad to be back in his studio (new to him at that time) when he joined Impulse. But that does not stop one getting deep into these albums. I had the original LPs, and I'm happy with the original CDs and the box set. I've always found the MJQ albums (in any format) to be clear as a bell, though.

No, it's Tenor Madness.

After that puzzlingly worded reply, I wish I hadn't bothered, to be honest. Typical of this board.

Looks like an early 50s Hoover report. What an untidy mess.

The fourth of my three favotites is the 1955 Bohemia session. Simple instrumentation, but extremely tasty. And now with alternate takes, thanks to the Debut records box set. (Jim, you need the msn emoticons. I want the one with the guy with his tongue sticking out.)

Right, here's a quick list, corrections welcome, a few errors likely. I've stopped at 9200, as the series was not really original Impulse anymore by then, and many of the later issues were compilations ("Best of" and so on). This decision may have led to a few serious omissions. This is what was not reissued by Michael Cuscuna. I have included (i.e. deleted from the LP list) Michael's earlier jewel case CDs along with the digipacks; there were not many of those. I have also included those albums that were added as bonus tracks with other reissues, e.g. Lawrence Brown's "Inspired Abandon", included on a Hodges CD. I may have included an album or two that was in a set not produced by Cuscuna. I'm not sure about the Mingus and Clark Terry albums. Steve Kuhn's "October Suite" and Yusef Lateef's "The Golden flute" are on digipacks, but they are much more recent, and I'm not sure whether Cuscuna was involved with them (if that matters at all, and it probably doesn't). (12 inch LP) * A 2 Ray Charles - Genius + Soul = Jazz * A 3 The Incredible Kai Winding Trombones * A 8 Max Roach - Percussion, Bitter Sweet * A 13 Curtis Fuller - Soul Trombone * A 16 Max Roach - It's Time * A 17 Jackie Paris - Song Is Paris * A 19 Manny Albam - Jazz Goes To The Movies * A 20 Shelly Manne - 2-3-4 * A 22 Curtis Fuller - Cabin In The Sky * A 24 Michael Brown - Alarums And Excursions * A 25 Oscar Brand - Morality * A 31 George Wein - Midnight Concert In Paris * A 35 Charles Mingus - The Black Saint And The Sinner Lady * A 36 V.A. - Americans In Europe, Vol. 1 * A 37 V.A. - Americans In Europe, Vol. 2 * A 44 Beverly Jenkins - Gordon Jenkins Presents My Wife The Blues Singer * A 46 Gary McFarland - Point Of Departure * A 47 Gloria Coleman/Pola Roberts - Soul Sisters * A 51 Shirley Scott - For Members Only * A 53 Freda Payne - After The Lights Go Down Low And Much More!!! * A 54 Charles Mingus - Five Mingus * A 56 Yusef Lateef - Jazz 'Round The World * A 58 Terry Gibbs - Take It From Me * A 59 Chico Hamilton - Man From Two Worlds * A 60 Charles Mingus - Mingus Plays Piano * A 62 Lorez Alexandria - Alexandria The Great * A 64 The Happy Horns Of Clark Terry * A 65 Ben Webster - See You At The Fair * A 67 Shirley Scott - Great Scott!! * A 69 Yusef Lateef Live At Pep's * A 70 Milt Jackson - Jazz 'N' Samba * A 72 Billy Taylor/Quincy Jones - My Fair Lady Loves Jazz * A 73 Shirley Scott - Everybody Loves A Lover * A 76 Lorez Alexandria - More Of The Great * A 78 Lionel Hampton - You Better Know It!!! * A 80 The Russian Jazz Quartet - Happiness * A 81 Shirley Scott - Queen Of The Organ * A 82 Chico Hamilton - Chic Chic Chico * A 83 Lambert, Hendricks And Ross - Sing A Song Of Basie * A 84 Yusef Lateef - 1984 * A 92 Yusef Lateef - Psychicemotus * A 93 Shirley Scott - Latin Shadows * A 96 Pee Wee Russell - Ask Me Now! * A 98 Dannie Richmond - "In" Jazz For The Culture Set * A 99 V.A. - The Definitive Jazz Scene, Vol. 1 * A 100 V.A. - The Definitive Jazz Scene, Vol. 2 * A 101 V.A. - The Definitive Jazz Scene, Vol. 3 * A 9102 Chico Hamilton - El Chico * A 9103 John Lee Hooker - It Serves You Right To Suffer * A 9104 Gary McFarland - Tijuana Jazz * A 9105 Gabor Szabo - Gypsy '66 * A 9107 Louis Bellson - Thunderbird * A 9108 Earl Hines - Once Upon A Time * A 9109 Shirley Scott - On A Clear Day * A 9112 Gary McFarland - Profiles * A 9113 Oliver Nelson Plays Michelle * A 9114 Chico Hamilton - The Further Adventures Of El Chico * A 9115 Stanley Turrentine - Let It Go * A 9117 Yusef Lateef - A Flat, G Flat And C * A 9119 Shirley Scott - Roll 'Em * A 9122 Gary McFarland/Gabor Szabo - Simpatico * A 9123 Gabor Szabo - Spellbinder * A 9125 Yusef Lateef - The Golden Flute * A 9126 Roswell Rudd - Everywhere * A 9127 Clark Terry/Chico O'Farrill - Spanish Rice * A 9128 Gabor Szabo - Jazz Raga * A 9129 Oliver Nelson - Sound Pieces * A 9131 Zoot Sims - Waiting Game * A 9132 Hank Jones/Oliver Nelson - Happenings * A 9133 Shirley Scott/Clark Terry - Soul Duo * A 9135 Chico O'Farrill - Nine Flags * A 9136 Steve Kuhn/Gary McFarland - The October Suite * A 9137 The College Concert Of Pee Wee Russell And Henry 'Red' Allen * AS 9141 Shirley Scott - Girl Talk * AS 9142 Mal Waldron - Sweet Love, Bitter (Soundtrack) * AS 9143 Phil Woods - Greek Cooking * AS 9144 Oliver Nelson - The Kennedy Dream * AS 9145 V.A. - Intercollegiate Music Festival, Vol. 1 * AS 9146 Gabor Szabo - The Sorcerer * AS 9147 Pee Wee Russell/Oliver Nelson - The Spirit Of '67 * AS 9148 John Coltrane - Cosmic Music * AS 9149 Dizzy Gillespie - Swing Low, Sweet Cadillac * AS 9150 Al "Jazzbo" Collins - A Lovely Bunch Of Jazzbo Collins And The Bandidos * AS 9151 Gabor Szabo - Wind, Sky And Diamonds * AS 9152 Mel Brown - Chicken Fat * AS 9153 Oliver Nelson - Live From Los Angeles * AS 9154 Archie Shepp - The Magic Of Ju-Ju * AS 9155 Albert Ayler In Greenwich Village * AS 9157 Clark Terry - It's What's Happening: The Varitone Sound Of CT * AS 9158 Rolf Kuhn/Joachim Kuhn - Impressions Of New York * AS 9159 Gabor Szabo/Bob Thiele - Light My Fire * AS 9163 Tom Scott - The Honeysuckle Breeze * AS 9164 Bill Plummer - Cosmic Brotherhood * AS 9165 Albert Ayler - Love Cry * AS 9166 Emil Richards - Journey To Bliss * AS 9167 Gabor Szabo - More Sorcery * AS 9168 Oliver Nelson/Steve Allen - Soulful Brass * AS 9169 Mel Brown - The Wizard * AS 9170 Archie Shepp - The Way Ahead * AS 9171 Tom Scott - Rural Still Life * AS 9172 V.A. - Irrepressible Impulses * AS 9173 The Best Of Gabor Szabo * AS 9174 The Best Of Chico Hamilton * AS 9175 Albert Ayler - New Grass * AS 9176 Ahmad Jamal At The Top: Poinciana Revisited * AS 9177 no information * AS 9178 Ornette Coleman - Ornette At 12 * AS 9179 no information * AS 9180 Mel Brown - Blues For We * AS 9182 Emil Richards - The Spirit Of 1976 * AS 9183 Charlie Haden - Liberation Music Orchestra * AS 9184 Dave Mackay And Vicky Hamilton * AS 9185 Alice Coltrane - Huntington Ashram Monastery * AS 9186 Mel Brown - I'd Rather Suck My Thumb * AS 9187 Ornette Coleman - Crisis * AS 9188 Archie Shepp - For Losers * AS 9189 Milt Jackson - That's The Way It Is * AS 9191 Albert Ayler - Music Is The Healing Force Of The Universe * AS 9192 Buddy Montgomery - This Rather Than That * AS 9193 Milt Jackson/Ray Brown - Memphis Jackson * AS 9194 Ahmad Jamal - The Awakening * AS 9197 Clifford Coulter - East Side San Jose * AS 9198 Dave Mackay/Vicky Hamilton - Rainbow * AS 9200-2 The Best Of John Coltrane - His Greatest Years

Your lunch looks fantastic, Lon. I've never been a big fan of le hot dog, really. French's "mustard" is one of the most disgusting substances ever made. Jay Leno said it well when they featured it and said "We may not be French, but we sure are yellow".

I have just about all of the CDs that Michael Cuscuna produced for this series. I can check that against the list of the original LPs when I get some time. As you probably know, the CDs were mainly reissues of the LPs, adding a track from the three "Definitive Jazz Scene" compilation LPs from the same session if there was one. Those compilation LPs were, of course, not reissued. The mid 70s owners of Impulse threw out nearly all unissued tracks, so there are none on these CDs. In a few cases, Michael generously included the contents of two LPs on one CD. For example, Sonny Stitt's "Now" was included with "Salt and Pepper", by Stitt and Paul Gonsalves. He seems to have felt that there would be little demand for those albums that were added as bonus tracks. (I strongly disagree with his omission of Side 2 of Milt Jackson's "Jazz 'N' Samba" when he included Side 1 on the CD reissue of "Statements". Fortunately, I have the LP, and the Japanese CD of "Jazz 'N' Samba", one of Milt's best albums.) The sound on these IMPD CDs is quite good, but generally a little lacking in presence, especially when compared with their various Japanese counterparts. Why, oh why, are U.S. CDs usually so markedly inferior to the Japanese ones?

Compare with most of today's female vocalists, most of whom just squawk.

Never heard a bad Mingus record. I guess my favorite three (if I have to pick) would be Arum, Dynasty and that Columbia twofer, live in NYC in 1971. There is also a Columbia studio album from about 1971 that's real good. I forget the name now, but it has some narration on it.

The Dr Dre earbuds sound fantastic, and better than any loudspeakers I've heard. To take an advertising by-line from that Stella weewee, they are reassuringly expensive. I'd love to hear their over-the-ear headphones, but they are about $200 on eBay, way more when new.

That's one of the hippest album covers ever.

Well this series does fill a need. A large amount of the material isn't easily available anywhere else. I don't regard this label as a pirate label; there seems to be a desire simply to make rare music available so that people can actually hear it. If the owners of the originals don't like it (and it is 100% legal), then why don't they keep them in print? Dogs and mangers come to mind. This is a bit personal for me, having recently taken criticism for downloading a torrent of Cal Tjader's "The Prophet", which is utterly unavailable from Universal or eBay etc. If they reissue it, I will be glad to buy a copy. I just wanted to hear the set, which is very nice, by the way.

Nice find! Thanks for posting.

That's a lovely collection. I first had it scattered over several LPs, each with a very short playing time.

Insightful as always. Not intended to be. Just one guy's opinion. (By the way, I did buy all the Atlantic LPs, and made myself sit through them all.)

I didn't get into Chico and his groups back when it was all happening, but in recent years have really enjoyed all his Impulse albums. There is tremendous variety, his own groups and ad hoc session lineups both being featured. Chico is a subtle drummer, and I don't think I've ever heard him feature himself. Arnie Lawrence on alto is fantastic, and way better than a lot of out-of-tune guys from the 60s. Richard Davis plays a monster solo on one album - I think it's "The Dealer".

House DJ headphones do spin, lol. (Each earpiece can be pivoted, to enable quick single-ear listening to pull the next track onto the beat.)

Nice to see this thread come up again. The name "Bean" was given to him because of his bald head. I don't think anyone mentioned that he used to honk on the bass sax in his very early recording days. I wish that Adolphe Sax could have heard guys like Bean, Trane and so on. Surely, he would have been amazed.

As Ornette is now about 80 (or whatever he really is) do we now call his music "derrière garde"? Whatever, I still don't like his alto playing. I only like his trumpet playing on the session with Jackie Mac (which Miles hated, according to the interview with Chris).

Well, wherever you can get it. But, as I said, Ray has always been able to send me the CDs I've wanted. In the case of the old MVCJ CDs, it's unlikely that many are still available new, or even on eBay. Lol, with a session like this, the sound quality of the CD sure isn't an issue.

At 16 2/3 rpm, of course.

Mundo has always been able to supply the CDs that I have wanted from their site. In the case of this rare CD, it's surely a case of grab it from whoever can supply it. Really, though, even though I like all the late Trane when I'm in the mood, this performance is just a damn noise, lol.

Did anyone ever have a quadraphonic hifi? I have the Brandenburg Concertos in a 2 LP quadraphonic set. Wonder what they sound like on the proper equipment.