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...and now for something completely different: Rum, Sodomy and the Lash - The Pogues (MCA) Yeah, it's not a Stiff, but the cover looks so much better than my cd version.

When I listened to Nirvana, I thought to myself, " he sounds like Kenny Wheeler on that tune." Kenny is also on that Curried Jazz album. It didn't occur to me that Dizzy was using another trumpet player on the album, though he played with Donald Byrd on Blues in Trinity. Thanks for the info.

Good interview Clifford. It's nice to read an interview from someone who was prepared with good questions and knowledge of the interviewee. That of course will and indeed did gave Dizzy reason to respond in kind. I received his Nirvana disc yesterday and really like it. It reminds me a little of an album I have called Curried Jazz. The east meets west works for me. If you want to hear hardbop, it's not going to be your cup of tea, but otherwise some really nice playing. It's curious that there aren't any musican credits on the disc.

Horace Silver's Cape Verdean Blues (bluenote) NY pressing

Now that's an organ! Keeping it in the gutter, I just finished listening to King Curtis and Champion Jack Dupree - Blues at Montreux (Atlantic)

George Adams - Sound Suggestions (ECM)

To throw in my two cents worth (because that's all it's worth), I would open the record and look at it. Otherwise everything is speculation and there's too much room for fraud. You also may devalue what you have without knowing what it is. As a record collector, I would rather buy a known entity than a maybe. If it's truly new and never been played, it will still bring a lot of $$$ in an auction. If it's not new and it's less than pristine, you will look bad and you will have a headache on your hands that you don't need.

I've got that one too! Great album. I went from spinning Cal Tjader's Soul Bird:Whiffenpoof (Verve) Stereo to Curis Amy's Mustang (Verve) Mono. Got my groove thang goin'.

Vic Feldman On Vibes (Mode) Mono "Champagne music for cats who don't drink."

I love Pepper's albums with Donald Byrd. That was a great combination and possibly one of the best "teams" in bop. But let's not forget about Sahib Shihab either!

Delaney and Bonnie's Motel Shot (Atco) When Side One ended with Talkin' About Jesus I felt truly healed.

I would agree with the above poster's comments about best this or that. However, Pepper Adams is my favorite bari player of alltimes. No disrespect to all the others out there that I enjoy.

Black is Brown and Brown is Beautiful - Ruth Brown (Skye) Stereo next Live at El Matador - Brazil 65 (Atlantic) Blue/Green label Stereo

Thanks for the links. I just ordered the cd. The Mosaic Select was my introduction to Dizzy. Yeah, I know, late to the party. At least I'm here! He's a great player that I admire a lot.

New Ideas - Don Ellis (Prestige) 2nd pressing Mono

Fuego - Donald Byrd (Bluenote)W.63rd DG Mono

Echoes of a Friend - McCoy Tyner (Mileston) Outward Bound - Eric Dolphy (Prestige) Gold label Mono

Art Farmer's The Time and the Place (Columbia) 2 Eye Stereo One of these days I'm going to get the "real" live one from Mosaic.

ZZ Top's Tres Hombres (London) original Ella And Louis Classic Reissue

Curtis Mayfield - Curtis Live (Curtom)

If you only want "great" albums in your collection, don't bother. If you don't mind forking out small beer for an album that's merely enjoyable, and honest though commercial, pick up "Everybody come on out" or "Use the stairs" both on Fantasy LPs which I'm sure you can find cheap, or "More than a mood" (Music Masters), which is straight ahead stuff with Freddie Hubbard (and that one's deleted, too). MG Thanks. I think I just saw Use the Stairs the other day. Now if I can just remember which store it was.

From Amazon: These Are My Roots: Clifford Jordan Plays Leadbelly by Leadbelly (Tribute) and Clifford Jordan (Audio CD - 1999) 11 Used & new from $7.75 I have the CD also. That really surprises me. Not that someone owns it on cd, but that it was released as such. My lp was cheaper than those cds though.

This morning's wake up call: Oscar Peterson/Milt Jackson's Very Tall (Verve) Orig. Mono Woody Shaw's Rosewood (Columbia) WLP

Last night's night cap: Charles Lloyd Quartet - Montreux 82 (Musician/Elektra) Lee Morgan's The Sixth Sense (Bluenote) Liberty pressing Yusef Lateef's The Gentle Giant (Atlantic)WLP

Gerald Wilson - The Golden Sword (PJ Liberty)