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Sometime after J-1239 they switched to better quality covers. The Big Challenge is the only one I've seen with a photo of the band on the cover, and a really cool photo it is. (For Dallasites, there's a copy last time I checked at the big HPB.)

Yes, it's very well done. A humbling experience for sure.

I was looking for a discography of the label but found only this thread. These are the ones in my collection. The Mary Lou Williams is my favorite of their originals, and I've never read of it being reissued. J-1201 Coleman Hawkins All Stars (Emmett Berry, Billy Taylor, Milt Hinton, Jo Jones, Eddie Bert) J-1206 Mary Lou Williams -- A Keyboard History (Wendall Marshal and Osie Johnson) J-1208 Max Kaminsky and His Windy City Six (Pee Wee Russell, Miff Mole, Joe Sullivan, George Wettling, Jack Lesberg)--Chicago Style J-1210 Swinging with Ruby Braff (Sam Margolis, Billy Byers, Marty Napoleon, Milt Hinton, Jo Jones) (original session) J-1211 Jelly Roll Morton J-1213 Sidney Bechet/Omer Simeon --Jazz A La Creole (Simeon session for Jazztone) J-1214 Charlie Parker--The Fabulous Bird (reissue of Dial releases) J-1215 Tony Parenti--Happy Jazz (Red Allen, Tyree Glenn, Hank Duncan, Milt Hinton, George Wettling) (original session) J-1217 Joe Newman and Billy Byers--New Sounds in Swing (Gene Quill, Lou Stein, Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson) J-1219 Jazz Concert (Red Norvo, Krupa-Ventura, Teddy Wilson (1945 Town Hall concert) J-1220 The Count's Men Featuring Joe Newman, Frank Wess, Frank Foster, Benny Powell, Sir Charles Thompson, Ed Jones, Shadow Wilson J-1226 Charles Mingus, John LaPorta, Teo Macero, etc.--Jazz Experiment (reissue of Period release) J-1229 Maxine Sullivan and members of the John Kirby Band--Flow Gently Sweet Rhythm (Charlie Shavers, Buster Bailey, Russell Procope, Billy Kyle, Dick Hyman, Specs Powell, Osie Johnson, Aaron Bell, Oscar Pettiford) (original sesssion) J-1236 Sammy Price in Concert (Emmett Berry, George Stevenson, Herbert Hall, George Foster, Freddie Moore) (original) J-1239 Bob Brookmeyer--Zoot Sims Quintet--Today's Jazz (reissue of Storyville release) J-1241 Jimmy McPartland's Chicago Rompers/Paul Barbarin's New Orleans Stompers--Dixieland Now and Then J-1256 Don Elliott Quartet/Sam Most Sextet--Doubles in Jazz (reissue from Vanguard) J-1258 Comparative Blues (anthology of other Jazztone releases) J-1259 Slidin' Swing, The Trombones of Vic Dickenson and Urbie Green (reissues of Vanguard releases) J-1263 Kai Winding/Sonny Stitt--Early Modern (reissue of Roost recordings) J-1268 Cootie Williams and Rex Stewart in The Big Challenge (Coleman Hawkins, Bud Freeman, Lawrence Brown, J.C. Higginbotham, Hank Jones, Billy Bauer, Milt Hinton, Gus Johnson) J-1271 Charlie Mingus--Jazz Experiment (same as J-1226) J-1277 Cal Tjader Quartets/Red Norvo Trios (reissue of Fantasy releases) J-1279 Elliot Lawrence -- Big Band Modern (reissue of Fantasy releases) J-1281 Clifford Brown/Art Blakey--Jazz Messages (reissue of Pacific Jazz releases)

I have this LP in my backlog of not yet heard albums. Sounds like I should take a listen.

Thelonious Monk at Town Hall (Riverside mono, blue label)

Bill Evans--Sunday at the Village Vanguard (Riverside black label stereo) The Charlie Parker Story, volume 1 (Verve trumpet)

Eddie Lockjaw Davis -- Trackin' (Prestige, blue label)

They have about half of them listed as in stock on their website.

As usual, a thread like this costs me money, as I didn't have the Dizzy in Berlin MPS, which has now been ordered.

It's simple--since he's one of the greatest, you need to get just about all his recordings until his chops declined below a certain point (sometime after Bahaiana and Afro-Cuban Moods).

You are blessed to not know!

Chuck Wayne--Morning Mist (Prestige, blue label) Lucky Thompson--Happy Days Are Here Again (Prestige, blue label)

Yusef Lateef--Jazz Round the World (Impulse, orange and black mono) Art Blakey--Mosaic (Blue Note, NY USA mono)

Bernard Allison at Pearl on Commerce. While not comparable to his father on guitar, he is pretty good and is a nice singer who plays mostly original material. The band was strong, featuring tenor saxophone as much as guitar, and the tenor player (didn't catch his name) played rather well. The drummer has chops way beyond what I expect in a blues band. Overall, quite enjoyable.

Coltrane Live at Birdland (Impulse, orange and black) Coleman Hawkins, Today and Now (Impulse, red and black)

Avery Sharpe Trio Live James Blood Ulmer--In and Out Dave Burrell--Recital Miles Davis--German Concerts

I saw the trio of Ron Carter, Russell Malone and Mulgrew Miller at the Blue Note last fall--I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed the group.

Meade Lux Lewis and Louis Belson (Clef) Lou Donaldson--Cole Slaw (Argo)

Bud Powell--Strictly Powell (RCA black dog)

Hamp and Getz (Norgan, yellow trumpet label)

Stan Getz at the Shrine (Norgran yellow trumpet label). The box is a bit beaten up, but the vinyl is in close to near mint shape--wonderful sound. Includes a nice booklet of photos of Getz.

Oliver Nelson--Afro American Sketches (Prestige, silver and black) Oscar Peterson Plays Richard Rogers (Clef trumpet)

Houston, Austin, San Antonio but no Dallas.

Mingus Three (Jubliee)

It was a pleasure to meet you. Don't forget to get that Zani Diabate CD.