Clunky

Cant wait for the Iyer - it should have a cracking version of "Hey Joe", which was a killer heard live. Iyer is a pianist to watch, very impressive. Fans of Andrew Hill take note.

I have "Babes Blues" and "Black Orchid" CDs- that's one CD too many. What I hear swings well but is pretty shallow. I guess every label had this kind of pop jazz group. Harold Harris on Veejay must be the worst of this sort of cocktail-hard bop jazz piano school judging by the lamentable "Here' Harold"

The Bebop CD isnt bad by any means, some of the later transfers are from pretty dodgy originals but quite listenable. I dont recall too many other details but I wasnt disappointed with this one All the LT's in this series are excellent, if you had to chose one I would go for the All stars date with Dave P.

Hey I'm Dr Strange... is that good or bad .... sounds like a bad un...

I am not sure if the Napoleonic code had much to do with his decline, certainly his 40s and early 50s material is much to be prefered. Europe seemed only to help the likes of Sonny Criss and Lucky Thompson. Both managed career revivals following stints in Europe.

I like Byas, big tone. His problem might be that he went to Europe too much. It's always interesting joining Byas , Lucky T and Dexter as they had much in common. Byas's Vogue sides are a pretty good representation of his art.

sorry to say but this one is rarely spun in these parts as this isn't exactly Hanks greatest session. Good cover and decent trumpet do not a good album make. Average only.

isnt Q -tip something you put in your ears to remove wax !!!

when will we hear what the correct answer is?? the shape of the poll will reflect more on the nature of the board than AH's greatness or otherwise. I voted for him being amongst the top 5 pianist, on the basis of the joy I get from his playing and compostions. Roll on October

so far new Bill mcHenry (FSNT) with Paul Motian ( a bit of a departure from the textures of the previous two albums) Julian Cannonball Adderley (Verve) - nice stuff, I seem to appreciate his earlier stuff more and more by comparison with his later Riverside and Capitol material

The entire Art Pepper Galaxy set appears to have the twangy bass thing as far as I can tell. It's just ok but seems incredible that no one noticed that the sound had taken a backward step with this pick-up miking.

I really struggled getting the disc off the spindle in the new Cannonball Verve offering. Not a good design in otherwise quite smart packaging.

This was one of the first CDs I bought, my first exposure to Rollins and so it has a special place for me as it were. The sound on the late 80s Bluebird CD is pretty good as I remember it.

me too regarding the Stitt Mosaic, I have this waiting at home as a taster of what the Mosaic set might be like.

The Eager is an amazing issue. A labour of love I would guess. It's not just archaelogy but the music stands up very well. The sound is very listenable indeed and needed not be feared. Besides Eager you get some Parker, Serge Chaloff and Dick Twardzik and Bud Powell all previously unissued !!!! I don't know how Uptown does it but long may this line of issues continue.

This is one of those albums that I have often though would be good to hear. However sloppy ZYX versions of other OJC CDs in the past always have made me wary. In too many the CD inserts are poorly printed on rough grade paper nad the CDs seem particulary flimsy. Pity really as this sounds like a must have.

Costa's dates as leader would be excellent too. How about a BN/UA Cecil Taylor set ?

Really looking forward to this. Mitchell impressed me on the Thad Jones small group Mosaic set.

This isn't a bad album by any means but I was a little less than overwhelmed by it . Perhaps my expectations were too high but I found it to be a pleasant enough date but not one filled with much brio. Perhaps I will have to listen again.

Despite its disparate elements I feel this Cd is far more cohesive than that review suggests.

They did very well with my last order, two copies of Bill on Riverside arrived and instead of the Tatum group sessions that I ordered I received the complete Monk on Prestige !!!!. Can be bothered to complain as this set cost me only 10 euros and comes in a sturdy box with an excellent booklet in colour and B&W. I had some of the stuff already but not the sessions with Hawk or Miles so I will keep it. Sound pretty good too claims K2 remastering (what ever that is.)

Whats the line up on the Adderley? AMG not much help. Is this new release already part of the 2CD "sophisticated swing " collection??

It would be a real pity if newcomers were put off the first two Mosiac selects because of criticisms of the sound. Both sound excellent to my ears and have no hesitation in recommending both.

As I posted in the Handy thread I find this album a bit of mess. Velma Middleton really grates at times. The CD version I have is from late 80s complete with alternate tracks replete with slip ups etc. Perhaps it's missing something the originals had. Anyone care to comment?

What about "Hear Ye" with Red Mitchell on Atlantic- is this any good?