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McCoy Tyner - Milestone Profiles This is a Sampler with a capital "S". The liner notes say that Tyner recorded "nearly 20" albums for Milestone over the course of ten years. He recorded in quite a variety of settings. The CD has 9 tracks, totalling 68:54. The 9 songs are taken from 9 different CDs. Tyner is heard here in solo, trio, quartet, septet, octet, big band (13 pieces) and sextet with strings settings. Because of that, although I enjoy all of the songs, I don't find this CD to be particularly satisfying as a stand-alone album. It instead offers a variety of sounds to give the listener a good idea of what albums he would like to purchase. The liner notes list 19 Milestone CDs currently available. I note that the song that I find most interesting (due to the big band's arrangement) is Search For Peace from the OJC 13th House. Yet the liner notes do not list 13th House as being available. Since I do not believe that any OJC has been deleted from the catalogue, I suspect that this is an error of omission. I can recommend this compilation for the curious who are looking for an idea of what Tyner albums to pick up.

Congratulations Chuck! Have a safe and happy trip!

What little I've heard from Donato I've loved. For a guy who spent twenty years in the US, doing studio work I guess, his CDs haven't been commonly found here. In 1971 I got an album of his on the Blue Thumb label called A Bad Donato. I still enjoy it from time to time. Not really jazz, but fun to listen to.

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I guess even dogs are allowed celebrity status! Here's the link: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml...27/ufrasier.xml

Jimmy Smith - Milestone Profiles This is my sixth JOS CD, but my first on Milestone. There are 9 songs here, totalling 64:56. The liner notes list 5 Milestone CDs currently available. The 9 songs are taken from the 5 CDs. The time frame is 1981 and 1989-93. Sidemen include Stanley Turrentine, Eddie Harris, Kenny Burrell, Phil Upchurch and Grady Tate. This is a good collection. All the songs cook except Mood Indigo (which I heard last night on Sirius). I know that many here are bigger fans of the organ combo than I am. I find myself tiring of the sound halfway through the album, even though there are no bad cuts here. I think what I will do is burn a copy of the first half and another of the second half to listen to in the car. Smith sounds like he is enjoying himself on every track. The sound is excellent on every track except the 1981 date with Eddie Harris, which was recorded live at Keystone Korner. If you don't have any JOS on Milestone, this would probably be a good place to start.

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Sonny Rollins - Milestone Profiles Sonny's disc features 9 songs totaling 72 minutes. The liner notes list 22 Sonny Milestone CDs currently available, plus the 2-CD compilation Silver City, which came out in '96. The 9 songs are taken from 9 different albums, all of which are a currently available. I have good news, and I have bad news. The good news is that this is an excellent compilation. There's not a bad song on it. Great music for 72 minutes. The bad news is that six of the nine recordings are included in Silver City. The remaining three songs were released after '96. At the price, this would make an excellent gift for someone unfamiliar with Sonny's Milestone work. But if you're spending money on yourself, I recommend that you buy Silver City instead. CD Universe has it for $20.95. (After you have Silver City, you can get the three albums the other songs came off of.) Of course, I'm not taking into consideration the bonus disc that comes with this. That makes the Milestone Profiles more attractive. But I'm keen on Silver City, and if you don't already have it I think you should get it.

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This is not quite accurate. Two LPs are available on one CD. I should have said: The 9 songs are taken from 9 LPs, 8 of which are available on CD. The more I've listened to this disc today, the more I like it.

Joe Henderson - Milestone Profiles Looks like there is house beyond the door waiting for Jim! I have Joe Henderson on Blue Note and Verve, but this is my first Henderson on Milestone. This Henderson disc has 9 songs, totalling 64:35. The liner notes list 8 Milestone CDs currently available, plus the 8-CD box set. The 9 songs are taken from 8 albums, 7 of which are available on CD. Two of the tracks sound like Blue Note 1963-65. The others have a 70s sound, due to the electric piano and conga drums. I'm not too crazy about 2 of the songs; a little too free for me. The other 7 suit me just fine. Because each song is identified by the album which it was taken from, I have an idea which albums I will buy first. This is an enjoyable compilation, and I believe that it successfully gives the listener a good idea of what Joe Henderson was doing in the 70s. By the way, the two albums which provided the Blue Note sound are The Kicker and Tetragon. edit for spelling

I received an advance copy from Concord Monday. The two discs are 52:25 and 53:42 long. There is a lot of unnecessary music here. There are ten tunes, with eight alternate takes and two false starts. One of the songs is a 13 minute blowing session written by Gigi Gryce which Monk is not present on. I'm not going to get in between Tarantino and Nessa in this mono/stereo dispute. If Chuck says that the K2 mono of Monk's Music is something special and worth the extra money, I believe him. I love the K2s that I have. I acknowledge that the bass is low on the Monk's Music recordings. But with this 24 bit remaster, you can hear the bass OK. It would be better if it were louder, which Chuck says it is on the mono, but the bass is OK here. Overall, the 24 bit remaster sounds great. Considering that this is being sold for a Your Music-type price, I think that this is a very good deal. But if you prefer to spend twice as much for the K2s of the two albums without the alternate takes including the two previously unreleased tracks, I don't think that those of us who love K2s would consider you to be foolish.

I received from Concord today the five Milestone Profiles. Each comes with the same bonus disc. Unlike the Prestige Profiles, the bonus disc is not packaged separately, but rather is included in the jewel box. All songs on the bonus disc are from the Milestone catalogue. The bonus disc artists are: Joe Henderson McCoy Tyner Flora Purim Jim Hall with Ron Carter Sonny Rollins Hank Crawford with Jimmy McGriff Jimmy Smith Jimmy Scott I'll get back in a few days after I have had a chance to listen.

My dealings with Terri Hinte were always very pleasant and efficient. She was a very nice lady to deal with, and good at her job too.

Gary Burton on his Sirius radio show today repeated this good news, that Michael is much better, and plans to record are in the works.

Guy has suggested that we make this the AOTW for next week, July 2-8, so that's what we'll do.

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When I was in college, I mail-ordered a Miles Davis-Lee Konitz Prestige/New Jazz album called Ezz-Thetic. In those days, the catalogue listed only the title and price, so I didn't know what I was getting. It turned out to be four songs by the prinicpals including the title track; and two by guitarist Billy Bauer, who as I recall was on the other four. Side 2 was a Teddy Charles quartet date from about 1953. The LP is packed away, and I'm unable to dig it out to see who else was in on that session, but it was great! edit: Now that I see the discography (and thanks for that!), I can see that this is what it was: Date: December 23, 1952 Location: NY Teddy Charles (ldr), Teddy Charles (vib), Jimmy Raney (g), Dick Nivison (b), Ed Shaughnessy (d) a. 407 Edging Out - 04:10 (Teddy Charles) Esquire (Eng.) EP: EP 72 Prestige EP: EP 1350 - Teddy Charles New Directions With Jimmy Raney b. 408 Nocturne - 02:48 (Teddy Charles) c. 409 Composition For Four Pieces - 01:33 (Jimmy Raney) d. 410 A Night In Tunisia - 06:43 (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli) Esquire (Eng.) EP: EP 72 Prestige EP: EP 1350 - Teddy Charles New Directions With Jimmy Raney All titles on: - Prestige CD: OJCCD-122-2 - Collaboration West - Prestige CD: OJCCD-1927-2 - New Directions - New Jazz LP 12": NJLP 8295 - Ezz-thetic - Prestige LP 10": PRLP 143 - New Directions (Vol. 1): Teddy Charles Quartet

Oops! I see too late that this is going to be the AOTW. Sorry about that, Chief! Well, I expect there to be room for both the Monk and this, so I'll leave the Monk up unless you object.

This set goes on sale Tuesday. Since so many of us already have Monk's Music and With John Coltrane, let's make them both this week's Albums of the Week. One comment about With John Coltrane: You will recall that this was recorded at the beginning of Coltrane's time with Monk, and Carnegie Hall was recorded at the end. I got the impression reading between the lines of the Carnegie Hall thread that some here think that With John Coltrane isn't very good. I'll grant that Carnegie Hall is even better, but I think that With John Coltrane is an excellent album in its own right.

Widespread opinions! I like Sail Away very much, but I voted for Art of Rhythm.

I find this odd, if I understand the situation correctly. Guillen is not being held to account by Management for suggesting that a sportswriter is a homosexual. He is being reprimanded for offending homosexuals by using the word "fag". Do I have that right?

Not to complain, but I'm not a fan of the new system either. I used to enter a key word from the thread title, and that would lead me to a short list of threads. I wish I could still do that.