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Am I correct in thinking that with this set Columbia has released in a box set every studio cut by Mile they put out through '75 except the cuts sans Coltrane from Someday My Prince will Come? I almost wrote every thing they recorded but according to the notes to this box there were at least a couple of things considered not worthy of release.

"Duke Ellington and His Orchestra made some accidental stereo recordings on February 3, 1932 for RCA Victor. It was a fairly standard practice in that era to record using more than one microphone and disc cutter. The various versions could be compared, to see which had the best microphone positioning. It also allowed for safety masters in case something happened to the original. Although the records are fairly rare, a collector had both versions and noticed that while they appeared to be the same performance, the sound mix was different on each. When the two recordings were synchronized, it became stereo." Various sources claim these recordings were meant to be in stereo. They were part of an experimental series (mainly classical recordings I believe) that were recorded at 33 1/3 rpm. However I think (with no real knowlege) that it was just a question of using 2 microphones-- though they were very well placed if they had wanted stereo. And the answer to my original question is: I had it very wrong.

I noticed in the 2 new Trane box sets from Concord that some Prestige records from as late as 1958 were Mono only. I've alwasy thought of '57 as the transition year. (ie very few stereo recordings from '55, some in '56, lots by the end of '57 and almost everything in stereo by '58. Do I just have it wrong?

Saw her perform once at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. Can't claim that I remember that much about it after 30 or 40 years except that I liked it.

Mine's got a dent on the upper left even though CDU packed it in that styrofoam popcorn stuff. I noticed that as with the only other metal box (the Miles/Trane) it's slightly difficult to get the "book" in and out. But great looking package.

Happy B'day and many more!!!!!!!

Just used the "search music" at the top of this page and got it for $99 plus shiping at CD Universe where it's number 2 on the best seller list!

During the AL baseball playoff on Saturday they showed a clip of Fred Lynn (sp?) running into the wall and mixed very low on the soundtrack so you could barely hear it was (for some reason I don't understand) "Sister Sadie".

Great place but I can't complain about Santa Barbara.

I agree, but don't tell that to anyone in Toronto. They think that after NY they're the theater center of North America.

Pansies?

I've just donated (plus shipping), but I'm curious as to what the immediate impetus for the pledge drive was -- or did Allen just have too much coffee this morning?

The Hawk footage does show up-- I think at the very end of the first disc.

The Hawk footage does show up-- I think at the very end of the first disc.

Look on your remote and see if there is an "Angle" button. It might be near "Subtitle" or "Audio." If there is, then during that part of the DVD you can press the angle button and see the alternates. There may a hesitation of a couple of seconds (or maybe not) as it switches to the different angle. Thanks for the heads up! I did do that and was able to get a diffrent agle but I had to keep pressing it and every so an differnt agle would appear (sometimes in a picture withni a picture format.)

When I ordered the Jazz Icon box from Amazon they did one of those "you might enjoy.... or whatever" and showed this 2 DVD set selling for $11.97! It just came and it 's terrific. Has "Jammin' the Blue" plus interviews, plus never seen elsewhere photos of Bird, Prez etc. on the bonus disc. The first disc is a film (sort of) narrated by Granz which consists of the Gjon Mili footage of Bird, Bean, Prez, Ella etc playing Ballade, Celebrity, Pennie from Heaven etc. This footage was included in the "Greatest Jazz Films" DVD that was discussed earlier on this board, but it's much better looking and sounding here. The Bird plays Celebrity section even has alternate angles-- a a feature I'd never seen on any other DVD and which I'm not sure how to use. That's followed by Ellington with a trio playing for Joan Miro at the Gallery Maight, Count Basie at Montreux 1977, Joe Pass playing solo in 1979, Ella from '79 and Oscar Peterson with Dizzy, Clark Terry and Eddie Lockjaw Davis at Montreux in '77. Each section is introudced by Granz. I just I looked at Amazon and the price is now $17.97 but it's worth it.

Bones Howe once told me that he paid himself to get stereo recordings for some of the sessions he engineered. (Apparently Granz didn't want to go stereo at first.) Bones kept the master tapes but much later sold them to Verve.

Slide rules were beautiful things. I guess they're antiques now.

Where's "coming attractions"?

According to my son (who's done a lot of research on this film) there's a disagreement between Scott and the writers as to whether or not Dekker is a replicant.

Adam if you were in the 2nd row you had a better view than me-- I was in the balcony. So what was Al playing? Don Heckman's rather un-insightful review in the Times this morning claims that it was an electric bass.

Saw Ornette at Royce Hall last night. With Denardo, Tony Falanga on one bass, Charnette Moffett on another and Al MacDowell on what the program claimed was an electric bass but it sure sounded like a guitar to me. Great show. I'd never seen him live before, but his repertoire was much more diverse than that of concerts I've heard on record. At one point they played a Bach Suite for Cello (I presume there's more than one but I don't know the number-- it's the famous one; my wife's been using it to practice on electric guitar. ) On most numbers Falanga played arco and led off with the theme. Turnaround was played even more like a dirty blues than it was on Sound Grammar. At first I thought MacDowell was using a wah wah pedal-- then I realized it was Moffett. And Ornette did quote "If I Loved You". I guess he does it whenever he plays Turnaround. Speaking of quotes: There was one number that kept turning into The Star Spangled Banner. Anyone know what that would be? A little bit of trumpet (used mainly for punctuation it seemed to me) and one fiery violin solo. At the end he got a huge standing ovation. Someone yelled "We love you" and someone else called for him to move back to LA. For an encore he played what I think is Lonely Woman. I was enthralled. BTW Is Charnett related to Charles?

I ordered the box set from Amazon because I wanted the bonus disc with the Trane cut. I already owned a DVD called Wes Montgomery in Europe with the Belgium broadcast and what I presumed was the same London Concert. Figured I'd trade that one in, but I've discovered that the London concert on the older disc is a different one! From March 25th (they say) with the Maburn, Harper, Lovelace quartet. BTW The Belgium concert looks much better on the Jazz Icon release.

I second that, if you like the sound why change it? Ignorance. Didn't know I could do that.

My 15 year old Velodyne (sp?) subwoofer is starting to rattle. (OK it's been rattling for a long time.) Anyone got suggestions for a replacement?