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They were published by Italian collectors in the 'early '80s. I bought the Bird, Prez and Billie sets when they came out in Italy and still cherish them. Huge, beautiful boxes. The booklets of those three are 12inch brochures with full discographies and photos. The boxes had everything (and some more) that was available by then of non-official records by all three. They also included rare official sides. Missed the Bud Powell box but the set came out at around the same time in individual CDs that evened things up. There also was a similar Coleman Hawkins LP box which was published by a different Italian group. Never saw that one.

Same for some of mine. But there are many over 50 minutes! And at the 6-7 € range, I can afford them Checked on some of the Jazz in Paris volumes I have. It's true that some are short (many have 12inch LP length of about 40 minutes since many in the series are LP reissues with no added material) but: - vol. 6 Buck Clayton/Peanuts Holland/Charlie Singleton runs 63m53, - vol. 8 Chet Baker 'Broken Wing' runs 61m38, - vol. 38 Earl Hines 'Paris One Night Stand' runs 53m09, - vol. 52 Dizzy Gillespie 'Cognac Blues' runs 71m40, - vol. 54 'Clarinettes a St-Germain des Pres' runs 77m50, - vol. 65 Bernard Peiffer 'La Vie en Rose' runs 65m16, - vol. 99 'Harlem Piano in Montmartre' runs 67m23, - vol. 100 'Jazz Sous l'Occupation' runs 61m14, - vol. 101 Joe Newman/Cootie Williams 'Jazz at Midnight' runs 67m34 Not that bad overall.

Sad news for fans of soul music. From AP:

The Hampton All Stars date was originally released on the Jazztone label. And the label made a real mess of this great session. Here are session details I found on an Oscar Pettiford site when I suggested several months ago on another thread a reissue of this. This would make an interesting Mosaic Select.

Hi Clifton. Good to see you around here. And in the Lucky Thompson Corner to boot!

Both were available here when they came out coupla years ago. I have seen recently secondhand copies of the Clifford Brown and the Jimmy Smith Groovin albums. The Jimmy Smith 2CD was available as a single CD priced when it came out.

Anything from the Miles Davis electric bands! I keep several discs of those in the car when driving on my own.

Zoot Sims is listed in 1925. But not Al Cohn. Born the same year. Those two go together

Forgot about that marvelous record. Will give it a listen later today. Thanks, Paul, for plugging that one.

There are also the two Fresh Sounds albums Charlie Mariano with Tete Montoliu, 'It's Standard Time' volume 1 and 2. Mariano and Tete's trio (Horacio Fumero and Peer Wyboris) should be a good combination. I'm supposed to get those in the next few days.

I have the solo piano album recorded in 1983 in Berlin on the Jazzbuhne label. Parlan plays standards like 'No Greater Love' and 'Over the Rainbow' on that one. Very good concert. The CD also has one track by a Mal Waldron-led trio.

There is a 65-minute solo by Jimmy Lyons in the Jimmy Lyons 5CD box released by Ayler. Disc 3. Very impressive!

Well, if it's worth that much, I know what I will do when I will be needing money

I also love the three albums Lucky Thompson recorded for Prestige/Moodsville 'Lucky Strikes', 'Happy Days Are Here Again' and the 'Plays Jerome Kern And No More'. And of course, he is magnificient on the Miles Davis date that produced 'Walkin' and 'Blue 'n Boogie'. And my real favorites are the two ABC albums he led with Oscar Pettiford. And ... Well, there are so many of them!

Hey, My Assistant really works. Will use this from now on. Thanks for the reminder, b3-er.

Giuseppi Logan 'More' (ESP LP) Air 'Air Time' (Nessa LP) George Gruntz/Barney Wilen 'Mental Cruelty' (Atavistic) Sonny Clark 'Sonny's Crib) (BN) Art Pepper 'Intensity' (Contemporary)

Funny you bought those JazzAnthology/Musidisc bootlegs from France while I was chasing the US-published Jazz Archives LPs which had the original Duke Ellington unissued material from the Cotton Club. Hard to find those in Paris at the time (these were vinyl days).

The 25CD box should include the remaining 25 CDs from the series which were released after the Big 75CD Box came out.

You sure this was not the Spanish book 'Grafico Jazz'? That softcover coffeetable size book was published in conjunction with a 1999 exhibition of jazz albums covers in Valencia, Spain. Full title is 'Disco y Fotografia en el disco de jazz 1940/1968'. Saw a copy of it in a bookstore while vacationing in Spain last year and bought it. Not that expensive, compared to some other books on jazz. It has interesting photos of rare album covers and an essay on the subject by Bob Blumenthal plus interviews with Burt Goldblatt and Jim Flora. Text in Spanish with english translations. About 'Jazzical Moods', agree that this is the best book so far on the subject. A well-researched and excellently designed album-sized volume.

I have this America LP. Recorded in Holland. Doubt that it's bootleg. As far as I know this is a legitimate issue (probably arranged through Rudd when he was staying in Paris). A pretty good NYAQ-like date with Moholo doing a very creditable job of taking over Milford Graves' duties. America was part of the Musidic labels conglomerate. They recorded quite a number of jazz musicians who were going through or staying in Paris in the late sixties-early seventies. They produced albums by the Art Ensemble of Chicago, Charles Mingus, Archie Shepp, Earl Hines, Frank Wright, Anthony Braxton and others. There is also a second Roswell Rudd on Arista/Freedom 'Inside Job', an excellent date that was recorded at the Studio RivBea during the May 1976 Loft Festival there. Rudd played there with Enrico Raba on trumpet. They used the house rhythm section of Dave Burrell, Stafford James and drummer Harold White.

This week's AOW selected album was like a reunion with old friends. Excellent opportunity to get reacquainted with Air Time. And some of the other Air albums. Got those when vinyl was still ruling. Damn, the trio was producing exciting music. Air Time is a marvel that changes directions constantly with the players functioning autonomously to make way for innovative encounters in three-way conversations that turn into landscapes of sounds. Air created its own unique voice. With sparse instrumentation, they managed to voice colorful cycles of music that reverberates the inspired imagination of the artists involved. The opening track 'I'll Be Right Here Waiting...' is soulful - just like 'Abra' from the Montreux Suisse (Novus) album, or 'Untitled Tango' from the Why Not (Japan) album. It puts the album in a right groove. What's on 'Air Time' is challenging and disciplined music that moves in tides and remains constantly adventurous without becoming forbidding. Pretty sure this reflects hundreds of hours of rehearsals and practice. On many Air sides (like in 'No. 2' here), the music builds gradually to an overpowering climax of inspired musicianship that leaves the listener wanting for more. All the Air albums I have heard are excellent, this one is the best. Chuck Nessa should take credit for the best production job of all. He and the crew working with him knew how to present Air's music at its best.

Deus62. If you want these, email or PM me your adress.

The NYAQ 35th Reunion album was released by the Japanese label DIW

Should have mentioned this is a 45RMP 10incher. Thought this was included in the Paris Jazz Corner page. Ah! those crazy French! No wonder Robert Crumb settled here. The album has all six sides recorded by the Caceres brothers. Once again, it's pure joy!

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