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The version on his new CD sounds good to me.

They sound like crap?

This is a really good one (performance and soundwise). The same band as Bright Moments except for the drummer.

I've heard the damage can lead to Republicanism.

His last release, as far as I can find, was in 2002, Chico Freeman e Guataca, Oh By the Way. Not as good as The Emissary, but still has some nice tracks on it. The Emissary, on the Clarity label, is very well recorded.

I wasn't aware of this one but will be getting it. Thanks. The label appears to be Random Chance.

Tradition in Transition on the Elektra Musician label (from around 1982) is an early favorite of mine. Diverging a bit from straight ahead jazz into jazz/world fusion, the more recent recording The Emissary is excellent. A couple of years ago, I saw Chico Freeman with Geri Allen, Richard Davis, and Andrew Cyrille at Jazz Standard.

JMT 872011. Recorded May, June 1987, Systems Two, Brooklyn, Engineer Joseph Marciano. The CD says copyright 1987.

I don't have a scanner, but I do have this CD: Greg Osby and Sound Theater You Big (5:07) Greg Osby--alto Michelle Rosewoman: piano Kevin McNeal: guitar Lonnie Plaxico: bass Terri Lyne Carrington: drums Daigoro (7:48) GO: alto MR: piano KM: accoustic guitar Fusako Yoshida: koto LP: bass Paul Samuels: drums Haruko Nara: Lyrics Return to Now (7: 51) GO: soprano MR: piano KM: guitar LP: bass PS: drums Shoachi Bushi (3:09) GO: soprano FY: doto TLC: percussion PS: percussion Calculated Risk (3:52) GO: alto MR: piano KM: guitar LP: bass PS: drums For Real Moments (7:12) GO: soprano MR: piano, synthesizer KM: guitar LP: bass PS: drums Gyrhythmitoid (5:12) GO: alto MR: piano KM: guitar LP: bass TLC: percussion PS: drums Knigrobade (6:34) GO: alto LP: bass TLC: drums

THE HAIRY LEGS GAVE YOU AWAY.

Greg Osby has a thread and occasionally posts and responds to questions on allaboutjazz.com.

He is not right. There's lots of exciting jazz out there.

At this point, I believe her but doubt there will be any conviction.

I wonder if in fact the sleeves did not get wet at some point, as I've never noticed any problem with plastic sleeves.

Happy birthday, and have fun in the Big Apple!

Well to each their own of course but I have come to really like every session. . . Massey Hall. .. Thad Jones. . . Hazel Scott. .. John Dennis. . . Jackie Paris. . . all those bones. . . man, this is jampacked! I'm with you, great box--in addition to the Bohemia and Massey Hall sessions, I'm partial to the Thad Jones sessions, the Jimmy Knepper with Joe Maini session, and the unreleased session with Gene Shaw, Shafi Hadi and Pepper Adams.

Chico Hamilton and the Players (Blue Note)--with Arthur Blythe

He's one of the best around today, on a good night, which unfortunately does not equate to one of the best ever.

If only the actual festival has been recorded...

He doesn't disappoint me. His best recordings (in my opinion) are Chasin' the Gypsy, Layin' in the Cut, Live at Baker's Lounge, and (under the leadership of Ronald Shannon Jackson), What Spirit Say.

You might want to get allaboutjazz New York off the allaboutjazz website (about the most thorough day by day jazz listing for New York), and also pick up a copy of Time Out New York when you get there. There's usually something totally unexpected that pops up, so stay flexible.

In addition, you are only nine blocks south of the Jazz Record Center, which is on 26th Street, off of Seventh Avenue. http://www.jazzrecordcenter.com/

At 17th and Seventh Avenue, you are a short walk from at least five jazz clubs-- the Village Vanguard, Fat Cat, Smalls, 55 Bar, and Sweet Rhythm.

Hanrahan has an interview in the latest Downbeat and talks about becoming active again in recording.

Yes, I have it on a Japanese CD reissue, with all the stage talk edited out.