kh1958

Freddie Hubbard--Polar AC (CTI)

Basie Jam (Pablo)

Have lp and cd. Never thought to compare. I have both as well. The LP sounds pretty darn good. J.A.T.P. in Toyko 1953 (Pablo Live)

Duke Ellington and Ray Brown--This One's For Blanton (Pablo)

Art Pepper--The Way It Was (Contemporary) Ray Charles and Milt Jackson--Soul Brothers (Atlantic mono)

The jazz concerts this year that I really enjoyed were: Marc Ribot (solo)--Kessler Theater, Dallas. Gary Burton Quartet--Blue Note Jack Walrath and the Masters of Suspense--Smalls Alvin Queen Sextet (with Leon Spencer and Melvin Sparks)--Jazz Standard Wayne Horvitz with the New York Jazz Composer's Orchestra (with Bobby Previte and Marty Ehrlich)--University of the Streets Jimmy Greene Quartet--Smalls Ben Allison Trio--Kush Edmar Castaneda--55 Bar Buika--Winspear Opera House, Dallas Ornette Coleman Quartet--Bass Hall, Austin.

I'm not sure exactly, but estimate about 5000 CDs, and perhaps 3000 LPs.

The Atco CD didn't do much for me. In addition to the essential Specialty recordings, there are a few additional worthwhile tracks on the Classics Guitar Slim CD.

California Here I Come. http://www.amazon.com/California-Here-I-Come/dp/B000W08J5G This is the correct link. http://www.amazon.com/California-Here-Come-Reis-Dig/dp/B0002LGWQ8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1293576571&sr=1-1

Sonny Rollins--What's New? (RCA Living Stereo)

Stan Kenton--A Presentation of Progressive Jazz (Capitol ten inch) Sonny Criss--Crisscraft (Muse) Pat Martino--We'll Be Together Again (Muse) George Lewis--Jazz in the Classic New Orleans Tradtition (Riverside, blue label) Sonny Stitt and Milt Jackson--Loose Walk (Palcoscenico)

The Solo Guitar of Bola Sete (Fantasy) Duke Ellington--Blue Light (Columbia six eyes) Paul Desmond--Take Ten (RCA black dog)

I've heard a copy of the 1959 performance. It's outstanding--a group and material derived from Mingus Ah Um/Mingus Dynasty. That is, Richard Williams, Leo Wright, Booker Ervin, Roland Hanna and Dannie Richmond.

The Modern Jazz Quartet Plays Porgy and Bess (Atlantic, blue and green) The Guitar Artistry of Charlie Byrd (Riverside, blue label) Von Freeman--Doin' It Right Now (Atlantic, red and green)

I believe that's the only recording of Mingus with Ernie Henry. That would make for a worthy Mosaic release, The Complete Mingus at Newport.

Bennie Moten--Count Basie in Kansas City (RCA Vintage series)

The Bobby Previte "noir" group is at the Blue Note next month. January 15, 2011 Blue Note Late Night [New York, NY] BOBBY PREVITE AND THE NEW BUMP I was lucky to hear the group there previously and it was rather good.

For something more recent in this style, I'd recommend Bobby Previte's Set the Alarm for Monday (with Bill Ware on vibes, Ellery Eskelin on tenor and Brad Jones on bass). On sale right here: http://www.bobbyprevite.com/shop.html

I'm interested.

That happens every once in a while--a welcome change from the parade of damaged LPs at HPB. I have a copy Brubeck's Jazz Impressions of Japan with a sealed inner sleeve and a sealed Johnny Hodges/Wild Bill Davis Verve that I haven't opened yet--both found at HPB here in Dallas.

The two New York Jazz Collective releases on Naxos--I Don't Know This World Without Don Cherry, and Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven, are both good ones.

Photolink within the Observer article. http://forestphotography.smugmug.com/gallery/2400849#126338190_w8Fmy

Link to Dallas Observer obituary, which refers to an unreleased Texas Tenors recording with Shelly Carroll. http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2007/10/marchel_ivery_was_scheduled_to.php

Jelly Roll Morton (Jazztone) Comparative Blues (Jazztone) Bernard Peiffer--The Pied Peiffer of Piano (Decca)

He's on a Paul Guerrero LP on Jazz Mark Records (an Arkansas label), Texas Tenors with James Clay. Recorded in 1985.