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Those are heavily no-noised and sound dead as a dodo. The Masters of Jazz CDs, on the other hand, are very alive. I recently managed to get five of them. John R.T. Davies did the transfers on those Lunceford from volume 4 to 8. Lionel Risler did the transfers for the first three volumes.

I saw that Duke Anniversary box but abstained. Was waiting for the volume 13 of the Duke series which was canned when Masters sunk As for the Wardell Grays, the series went up to vol. 7 which was one of the very last Masters to come out. A very good one with some unissued tracks... When Masters of Jazz ceased production, a large number of their releases showed up in bargain stores here. They were priced at something like 4 or 5 euros! Got many of those to fill the ones I had not bought earlier. Also got several of those CDs for several O. posters! They're gone by now!

I am quite convinced that Cecil Taylor was a cat in an earlier life

Budd Johnson & Phil Woods 'The Ole Dude & the Fundance Kid' (Uptown)

Bonjour et Merci, couw! Makes my day

Very nice!!! But where is that Misha Mengelberg piano-playing cat? Could not find it Already heard Mengelberg's parrot on that Dolphy album and got to catch that cat!

Oui..., then there was volume 8!

Don Cherry Complete BN box, disc 2

Those Masters are OOP by now! Unfortunately! Pretty hard to get these days

Yes! It's short and good. Some 13 minutes seem to have been preserved. The sound on the version I heard needs to be taken care of if it's to be released. Tapemachine noise is a bit bothersome!

Joyce Collins 'Girl Here Plays Mean Piano' (Jazzland, Japan reissue) with Roy Green (aka Ray Brown) and Frank Butler!

I am happy with the Masters of Jazz series. They did justice to the Lunceford recordings!

'Rhythm Is Our Business', a new book by Eddy Determeyer has been published recently by the University of Michigan Press. http://www.press.umich.edu/titleDetailDesc.do?id=152644 Anybody read it yet? One to get?

Can't open the link Edited to add: works now, thanks

Happy Birthday, Nate

Gil Melle 'Gil's Guests' (Prestige/Victor Japan) with Kenny Dorham, Art Farmer, Hal McKusick, Joe Cinderella, etc...

Been there...

Kalaparusha?

So, you're absolutely sure he sings on that cut, haven't purchased it yet............ Damn, it sang in my head only Spinned that cut, no Al Hibbler to be heard there The Kirk rendition is superb

The Hibbler rendition on 'A Meeting of the Times' (on the Kirk/Hibbler reunion album on Atlantic) is superb. Don't recall him singing that with the Ellington band. Joya Sherrill was featured on that tune several times...

No idea if Peter Brotzmann's 'Full Blast' has been mentioned before but the title of the album tells it all! One of Brotzmann's very best in years! Recorded in 2006 at the Loft in Koln.

and now out of print. Not at Amazon.fr

Gretsch Drum Night at Birdland, volume 2 (Roulette Birdland Series, mono) with Art Blakey, Charles Persip, Elvin Jones, Philly Joe Jones

No sticker on the copy I have but the back cover has STEREO at top and MONAURAL at the bottom part which is folded to show up at the bottom of the session photos and details page. Impulse (and other labels too) obviously had problems dealing with the transition from mono to stereo discs.

Did those two old faces play together? Looks like the same place... Very nice shots