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I've got all of them through Vol 10 and was very happy with them until Vol 10. The sound on it is horribly compressed. Also the notes identify the last song on cd one as A Train when in fact it's Things Ain't What they Used to Be. Maybe the death of the founder has led to shoddy work on the part of Storyville. I have volumes 1, 2, and 10, and 3 & 4 are on their way... you're right about V. 10's sound. Hopefully V. 11--if it ever comes out--will not suffer from the same problems. Aren't there 24 double-CDs planned in all? I'm thinking about featuring some once a month on The Big Bands this year--doing a show of April 1945 broadcasts in April, a show of May 1945 broadcasts in May, etc.--right up through the 60th anniversary of V-J Day. (After which the name of "War Bonds" was changed to "Victory Bonds.") ← Is it just my copy but the 2nd cd of Vol 10 not only has compressed sound but seems to have a lot of what I would best describe as surface noise? BTW The sound on the later volumes is fine.

Did anyone get this and is it as good as it looks? Also is it readily available?

Well I guess 1996 is fairly recently to me. Actually anything since the Beatles broke up is fairly recently to me.

I just got the Storyville Release "Billy Strayhorn: Piano Passion " and I'm a little disappointed in them. It seems to me everything on it is readily available elsewhere. The first 10 tracks were originally released as "The Peaceful Side of of Billy Strayhorn" by Capital fairly recently and though it now seems to be oop I still see it in stores. The next 8 traacks are the Ellington/Strayhorn duets still in print on Prestige and the last three are in the RCA box set. Is the Peaceful Side cd that hard to find now?

Neither one is really a re-issue. ← OK So which do you think will get the most "cd of the year" votes?

Cecil played in the Hodge's band!! I didn't know that. When ? Did they record together?

That's the thing that's become increasingly intriguing to me - listening to Trane's phrasing/articulation on the heads. Very unique in comparison to other Monk saxophonists, and, yes, more often than not perfectly melded with Monk's. ← Yes. It also seems to me that these are slightly more elaborate arrangements than you usually find with Monk quartets. I just saw the promotional tv show about the the cd in which Monk's son talks about how much time Trane spent in their apartment rehearsing with Monk. BTW (And I know I asked this before) but has anyone besides me compared this concert to the set from September 11, 1958 that was released by Blue Note a few years ago? It seems much more like an unrehearsed blowing session.

And many, many more!!!

I think the Jazz Memories is missing only the appearance on the LA Stars of Jazz show Bobby Short did which is on the Ultimate set.

I did get it and yes the DVD did make it worth getting because of the time lines and photos as well as the performances. And that's despite the fact that I already had all of the audio perormances. (I'm a Lady Day completist. (Though I am missing her concert performance with Duke. Is that extant?)

So any guesses as to which will be "reissue of the year" in various polls?

Well the music for both of them is by James Newton Howard who obviously knows Wayne. BTW Did Glengary also have a version of Prelude to a Kiss featuring Pete Chrislieb or am I confusing it with another soundtrack I heard at about the same time? (Maybe the film entitled Prelude to a Kiss.)

Co-incidentally I just heard a version of Stolen Moments on the radio by a group led by Chris Walden. Not very interesting. I think I've heard other versions too. But none of them are nearly as good as the version on "Blues and...."

Thee were some quotes from Johnny Mandel in the LA Times obit that I didn't see anywhere else: Mandel said he was blown away when he first heard her on the radio in his car. "I stopped the car and I said, 'Who … is that? When I found out that was Shirley, I said, 'Oh, boy, look what I've been missing.' I went out and bought every one of her records." He said Friday that working with her was a joy. "She was also a better pianist than most people knew," Mandel said. "She would play her piano, and I knew just what to do with an orchestra behind her. I knew exactly what she wanted, and we had few conversations about music. We were soul mates…." Mandel paired Horn with a string section and orchestra for the first time on 1991's "Here's to Life," which stayed on the Billboard jazz chart for 15 weeks. "You have to be very careful with someone like her," Mandel said after the album's release. "She works a small emotional gamut. But she's the best living interpreter of songs I know. She's got the best taste and a delicious voice, full of wonder."

Actually you only have to change a couple of letters for the name. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! (I just had to shout.)

A great record! And it always has reminded me of KOB. BTW can anyone post the original Lp cover? I used to have it but can 't remember exactly what it looked like.

OK I take it all back. I got the cd and this is one of my favorite versions of Favorite Things. BTW I suprised that no one's mentioned that according to the announcer they'd already been playing "One Down" for 30 minutes before the broadcast beings which suggests that Trane is probably playing his second solo on the number. (Unless Tyner took a 20 minute solo-- not impossible I guess.)

As i remember it, when I first started buying Lps in the mid fifties they were $3.98. Then when stereo came in they were $3.98 mono and $4.98 stereo. That was in Canadian dollars.

I just got an e-mail from True Blue advertising a salae on some Might Quinn releases. I always presumed that Might Quinn was one of those European semi-bootleg outfits like Definitive. Someone enlighten me please.

Well I guess I know what I'm getting for Xmas. And maybe what I'm doing on December 6th. Fortunately we have an office right around the corner from the Taschen bookstore and I'm sure I can find some reason to be there that day.

What are the great Microsoft produts we're not hearing about? I have Office and I fucking hate it.

A new category just turned up on the iTunes Musicstore:To Mcelebrate Rhino records 27th anniversary every month they're offering 27out of print jazz recordings from various Warner labels. First batch is pretty good: oincludes, Ornette, Lee Konitz, Warne Marsh and RRK.

And speaking of Yiddish i just read "Outwitting History" by the guy who started the Yiddish Book Center.

And many, many more!!!

So as not to wake my son's teenage friends who are sleeping all over the house this morning I didn't grind fresh coffee but snuck out to Starbucks for a double/tall/per-cent/cap. As I walked in I hear what's obvously Monk soloing and by the time I get to the register it becomes clear that it's a quartet version of Straight No Chaser. I place my order and tell the barrista or whateverthe hell they call them that it's great to hear Monk in the morning. He obviously has no idea what I'm talking about and looks at me like I'm crazy. So what; it's still a great way to start the day.