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Well, you should get yourself a copy of The Texas Cannonball and Rockin' The Blues Live. Freddie King was the first blues concert I ever attended, in a small club, I believe in late 1974. I sat right in front of him, and it was exceedingly powerful stuff--what a guitar sound. Unbelieveable.

Actually, the rant was not in the least amusing--it was insulting to our genial and talented hosts, constituted actionable slander of another member, and was generally rather repellant where it was not incoherent.

That is tempting, though I probably have 80% of the material.

Even though it was recorded after Dannie Richmond's death, the Jazzbuhne Berlin CD is a rather good one, if perhaps hard to find. The highlight is a 39 minute version of Thank You Very Much Mr. Monk.

Don Pullen--George Adams' 19 recorded collaborations, excluding Mingus: Four Horo albums from 1975: 1. Don Pullen: Jazz A Confronto (1975) George Adams (ts,fl,perc), David Williams (b,perc), Dannie Richmond (dr,voc) 2. George Adams: Jazz A Confronto (1975) George Adams (ts,fl,p,voc), David Williams (b), Dannie Richmond (dr) 3. Dannie Richmond: Jazz A Confronto (1975) Dannie Richmond (dr), George Adams (ts), Jack Walrath (tp), David Friesen (b), Irio de Paula (g), Afonso Vielra (perc) 4. George Adams: Suite For Swingers (1975) George Adams (ts,voc), Don Pullen (p,el.p), David Friesen (b), Dannie Richmond (dr), Afonso Vielra (perc) Don Pullen's Atlantic debut album: 5. Don Pullen: Tomorrow's Promises (1976/77) George Adams (ts,ss,bcl,fl), Michael Urbaniak (v), Alex Blake (b), Bobby Battle (dr,perc) u.a. A series of albums on Palcoscenico, Timeless, Soul Note, Blue Note, and Jazzbuhne Berlin. 6. George Adams/Don Pullen: All That Funk (1979) (Palcoscenico) George Adams (ts), Cameron Brown (b), Dannie Richmond (dr) 7. George Adams & Don Pullen: Don't Lose Control (1979) (Soul Note) George Adams (ts), Cameron Brown (b), Dannie Richmond (dr) 8. George Adams/Don Pullen: More Funk (1979) (1979) (Palcoscenico) George Adams (ts), Cameron Brown (b), Dannie Richmond (dr) 9. George Adams/Don Pullen Quartet: Earth Beams (1980) (Timeless) George Adams (ts), Cameron Brown (b), Dannie Richmond (dr) 10. George Adams/Don Pullen Quartet: Life Line (1981) (Timeless) George Adams (ts), Cameron Brown (b), Dannie Richmond (dr) 11. George Adams & Don Pullen: Melodic Excursions (1982) (Timeless) George Adams (ts) 12. George Adams/Don Pullen Quartet: City Gates (1983) (Timeless) George Adams (ts,fl), Cameron Brown (b), Dannie Richmond (dr) 13. George Adams/Don Pullen Quartet: Live at the Village Vanguard Volume 1 (1983) (Soul Note) George Adams (ts), Cameron Brown (b), Dannie Richmond (dr) 14. George Adams/Don Pullen Quartet: Live at the Village Vanguard Volume 2 (1983) (Soul Note) George Adams (ts), Cameron Brown (b), Dannie Richmond (dr) 15. George Adams/Don Pullen Quartet: Decisions (1984) (Timeless) George Adams (ts), Cameron Brown (b), Dannie Richmond (dr) 16. George Adams/Don Pullen Quartet: Live at Montmartre (1985) (Timeless) George Adams (ts), Cameron Brown (b), Dannie Richmond (dr), John Scofield (g) 17. Don Pullen-George Adams Quartet: Breakthrough (1986) (Blue Note) George Adams (ts), Cameron Brown (b), Dannie Richmond (dr) 18. Don Pullen-George Adams Quartet: Song Everlasting (1987) (Blue Note) George Adams (ts,fl), Cameron Brown (b), Dannie Richmond (dr) 19. George Adams/Don Pullen Quartet: Jazzbühne Berlin (1988) George Adams (ts), Cameron Brown (b), Lewis Nash (dr)

Two of my favorites (together or separately).

I have the Duke Ellington set--it has 95 tracks recorded from 1932-39, including four previously unissued tracks. Transfers from 78s are by Matt Cavalazzo and Harry Coster. The reissue series is produced by Michael Brooks. A great buy.

And they were telling the truth!

A fine choice nonetheless.

Have you been to House of Blues? The majority of the tickets are standing only, and the sound is overloud and generally bad. After attending a couple of concerts there, there are very few exceptions that would get me to go back (the Wayne Shorter, Sonny Rollins and Ornette Coleman exceptions, which are certainly long shots).

The Brothers (Prestige, black and yellow, W. 50th)

Gil Evans also played Mingus songs, late in his career--Orange Was the Color.. and Goodbye Pork Pie Hat.

stzenni@tin.it would probably appreciate a corrective email.

Exactly. I was listening to his CD "Mysterious Blues" on Candid today and "Vassarlean" stood out as a tune I would have thought other artists would have recorded. I don't find any other artists that recorded this piece. Vassarlean was composed early in his career (1946 or earlier) and appeared under several different titles. Weird Nightmare (9, 295-296), Charles Mingus Sextette, Excelsior 1/46; (as Pipe Dream) Lady Will Carr (Billy Strayhorn?) with Baron Mingus and his Octet, 4 Star 5/6/46; (as Smooch) Miles Davis, Prestige 5/19/53; Langston Hughes with the Horace Parlan Quintet, MGM 3/18/58; (8, 294) Charles Mingus, Mercury 5/25/60; (as Vassarlean) Charles Mingus, Candid 10/20/60; Charles Mingus Orchestra, unissued 7/4/72 (Philharmonic Hall). http://mingus.onttonen.info/zenni/catalogu...ml#compositions

The website only says the following: We are very pleased to announce the lineup for Jazz Icons Series 4. There was much deliberation as to whether or not there would even be a new series this year, but we've thrown caution to the wind and have decided to do a little economic stimulation of our own. Here are the titles, coming out in October of 2009: Coleman Hawkins- Live in '64- (w/ Sweets Edison) Art Blakey- Live in '65- (w/ Freddie Hubbard) Max Roach - Live in '68 Jimmy Smith- Live in '65 & '69 Woody Herman- Live in '64 Anita O'Day- Live In '63 & '70 Art Farmer- Live In '64- (w/ Jim Hall) Boxed Set featuring bonus performances, including a one-hour unseen Coleman Hawkins concert from the Adolphe Sax Festival in Belgium in 1962. We will be announcing more details in the coming weeks as to song titles and sidemen. We are confident that this series continues the legacy of quality and commitment to excellence that has made the first three installments of Jazz Icons the most respected and critically-acclaimed DVD series in jazz history. Your support has always been a big part of the success of this series and we once again ask for your help in spreading the word. Now more than ever, in these tough economic times, and with retail stores disappearing every day, your grassroots efforts help keep this series going.

The Verve complete box set is 10 discs. I thought I had just about everything, yet this thread has resulted in my ordering two additional discs.

Jimmy Heath--Triple Threat (Riverside, plain blue label)

Those guys who get there first are a problem, but ignorance is bliss.

Perhaps the Lester Young Mosaic set would be a good next stop. http://www.mosaicrecords.com/prodinfo.asp?number=239-MD-CD

The 1949 JATP concert on Pablo is worthy as well. You can't go wrong with Charlie Parker and Sonny Criss on the same stage--the other instance also being recommended--Inglewood Jam (Bird with Chet Baker and Sonny Criss).

The 1949 JATP Carnegie Hall concert you ordered is different from the one I was referring to--its on a Stash CD called Charlie Parker and the Stars of Modern Jazz at Carnegie Hall, Christmas 1949. The latter CD has his working quintet, with Red Rodney on trumpet.

You need the 1947 and 1949 Carnegie Hall concerts. Also, all of the Verve small group sides, plus the recordings with Machito, and Bird's JATP recordings. Basically, you need to hear everything that is not below your own aural recording quality floor.

Charnett Moffett--The Art of Improvisation. This one returns to the high level of For the Love of Peace. Fantastic. Chico Hamilton--Twelve Tones of Love. El Chico's recent torrent of creativity continues unabated--he sounds as good as ever and has a wonderful band--guitarist Cary Denegris has been in the band for something like 20 years; Paul Ramsey on fender bass (he has a rich and refined tone); Evan Schwam and Eddie Barbash on saxophones; plus guest appearances by George Bohanan, Jose James and Jack Kelso.

Charlie Christian--With the Benny Goodman Sextet and Orchestra (Columbia six eyes) Duke Ellington--Newport 1958 (Columbia six eyes mono)

Aaron Sachs--Clarinet and Co. (Rama)