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My $6 gamble yielded not even a single number.

At Half Price Books, most of the new/cut-out CDs are European/Spanish pirate/PD knock-offs. So I was surprised to find a stack of copies of a Barney Wilen CD the other day on a French label, The Osaka Concert (Trema). It's a pleasing live performance, with Laurent de Wilde, Gilles Naturel and Peter Gritz.

Yes, I noticed that, I wonder why. I'm looking forward to the late night Saturday set, as Stacy Dillard is there again; last Saturday's set by his trio was fabulous.

I missed that, but I'm pleased to be hearing the Stacy Dillard trio right now.

Mingus at Carnegie Hall is on Atlantic.

Happy birthday!

I like her playing alot, but a significant part of the vocals on Coin Coin Chapter 2 were not at all to my liking; it pretty much sunk the project for me.

World Mulatu Astatke, Sketches of Ethiopia (Jazz Village) Bombino, Nomad (Nonesuch) Buika, La Noche Mas Larga (Warner Latina) Adriana Calcanhotto, Microbio Vivo (Minha Musica) Dieuf-Dieul de Thies, Aw Sa Yone Vol. 1 (Teranga Beat) Greek Rhapsody, Instrumental Music from Greece 1905-1956 (Dust to Digital) Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba, Jama Ko (Out Here) Orchestre Poly-Rhythmo de Cotonou, volume 3, The Skeletel Essences of Afro Funk, 1969-1980 (Analog Africa) Leni Stern, Jelell Lobi Traore, Bamako Nights, Live at Bar Bozo 1995 (Glitterhouse) Rokia Traore, Beautiful Africa (Nonesuch)

Freddie Redd has disappeared from the schedule this week.

Jazz: Ben Allison, The Stars Look Very Different Today Shelley Carroll/Marchel Ivery--I Heard That Dezron Douglas, Live at Smalls (Smalls Live) Billy Harper and Randy Weston, The Roots of the Blues (Sunnyside) Mike Ladd and Vijay Iyer, The Veteran's Dreams Project (Pi) Charles Lloyd and Jason Moran, Hagar's Song (ECM) Rudresh Mahanthappa, Gamak (ACT) Charnett Moffett, The Bridge (Motema) Omaha Diner (Bobby Previte, Charlie Hunter, Skerik, Steven Bernstein) Simona Premazzi, The Lucid Dreamer (Inner Circle) David Schnitter, Live at Smalls (Smalls Live) Tyler Mitchell, Live at Smalls (Smalls Live) Wayne Shorter, Without a Net (Blue Note) Lonnie Smith, In the Beginning (Pilgrimage) Trio 3 and Jason Moran, Refraction-Breakin' Glass (Intact) Diego Urcola, Mates (Sunnyside) Barney Wilen, Moshi Too (Sonorama) Blues: Buddy Guy, Rhythm and Blues (Silvertone) Magic Sam, Live at the Avant Garde (Delmark)

I heartily recommend It's About Time!, a trio EP(!) from 2008, with guitarist Cary DeNigris and bassist Paul Ramsey. i was listening to some of his recordings with Dolphy the other day and thinking about what a unique sound that group had. He was such a crisp, swinging and melodic drummer and helped in the development of a lot of musicians over his long career. Thank you for the music, Mr. Hamilton. Paul Ramsey is a masterful electric bassist. Cary DeNigris I heard first with Ronald Shannon Jackson (When Colors Play and Texas), and both he and saxophonist Eric Person then joined Chico Hamilton's group and made quite a few very fine recordings (for example, Trio on Soul Note, which is Chico with Cary DeNigris and Eric Person).

The upcoming week looks strong: Monday night has Ari Hoenig, featuring Shai Maestro on piano. Tuesday night features Logan Richardson, who reappears as a sideman on Wednesday and Thursday. Wednesday night features Noah Preminger, with Frank Kimbrough. Friday and Saturday, Freddie Redd appears. Friday night, Don Friedman also appears as a sideman immediately before Freddie Redd, and the late night set on Saturday is Stacey Dillard's Brooklyn Circle.

George Adams with Jimmy Knepper, Hugh Lawson and Dannie Richmond, I like that group.

Francisco Mela is one fantastic drummer. Last night I was frustrated by a shaky audio feed for the first set, until George Garzone joined Melissa Aldana's trio, then it cleared up. I enjoyed his playing, but the last two songs of the second set, back with the trio were the killer performances of the evening.

Thanks for the reminder; I'm been wanting more late Bechet, so I picked up this Tresors set for a pittance on amazon (less than $8).

That is true, the other albums are better than the VV material, which is poorly recorded in my opinion.

I also received notice of shipment.

I see the moderator replaced a better and more thorough message. Bummer. I came here to praise the original message. Not sure what you mean? Prestige 7339 is a 2 LP Gildo Mahones set; Prestige 7341-7344 are all double LP reissue sets.

The new Fantasy era Prestiges are most of the releases in the 10,000 series.

So I'd always assumed that those Prestige two-fer reissues in the 70s were done after Fantasy owned them, but before the OJC identity had been created. I guess I was mistaken. Thanks for clarifying. Prestige released the original twofer reissues in the sixties. But most of the Prestige twofers were produced by Fantasy in the Mid to late 1970s. OJCs came after the twofers, if I recall correctly.

Prestige didn't "go under," it stayed independent a half dozen years longer than Blue Note did, and also continued releasing records after its acquisition by Fantasy.

I don't usually stay up that late, but this is a pretty good week at the club. I wish I could be there in person this week. Monday night, I heard a set by Ari Hoenig with Jean Michel Pilc. Last night, a set by the Frank Lacy, Stacey Dillard, Theo Hill, Josh Evans regular Tuesday night group. Wednesday and Thursday feature Brian Charette's Organ Sextet with Mike DiRubbo and John Ellis. Friday and Saturday feature Melissa Aldana with Francisco Mela on drums.

Amazon often refunds part of the pre-order price based on competitor prices and in this case they reduced the price by $1.99 after shipment.

For the first time in a couple of weeks, the broadcast is back to working perfectly again--HD video and a clean and uninterrupted sonic feed.

Well worth hearing. I was reading about her, listening to some tracks, and ordered her CD.