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I emailed Concord/Fantasy today regarding this, and received this reply: "The Stitt box is kind of in limbo at the moment. It's been moved around a lot, but I don't have a firm date for it now, unfortunately. Will report on any news from that front when available."

I received an email today stating that the Stax Profiles will come out April 25, and the Monk/Coltrane not till June.

Happy Birthday, and thanks for your efforts!

HolyStitt, I can't find the previous post on this (and I wrote it!). As I recall, it's going to be a 3 CD set of late 40s bebop. edit for typo

I've been wondering the same thing. When the time comes, I'm sure that they won't let it slip under the radar.

My pick for this month is Vijay Iyer - Reimagining. A few weeks ago I started a thread asking about this album, and as you can see there were not many responses but all of them were positive: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...5&hl=Vijay+Iyer Your Music has allowed me to try a few current acts like EST and The Bad Plus just to see what all the fuss is about without spending serious money. So I'm happy to try another one, just to see.

Jim, I'll give it a try. I guess I thought it was about some of those Blue Note samba albums from '62 that never appealled to me.

A few months ago I got a new album by a New Orleans group named Kermit Ruffins and the Rebirth Brass Band, called Throwback. When it arrived in the mail I decided to wait until Mardi Gras day to open it up, which I did on Tuesday. This is a good album! There are two songs which I have omitted in my burn copy for the car, but other than those it's exciting. There's no doubt this is a New Orleans band. The sound is somewhere between Louis Armstrong and Louis Prima. Lots of tuba! It's a party record, for sure. The label is called Basin Street Records, which is a New Orleans company. I get emails from them every week. The owner has relocated to Austin, Texas, and in his emails urges everyone to contact the politicians, to vote, etc., to get New Orleans rebuilt promptly. Anyway, from time to time I have picked up New Orleans records, and for the most part I don't think they are very good. But this one I can recommend. Has anybody else heard this?

I've found another gem from this label. It's by a Brazilian composer named Moacir Santos called Choros & Alegria. There are 15 songs totalling 58 minutes. All are light, perfect for a Sunday afternoon. There are 24 musicians, 23 Brazilians and Wynton Marsalis. Surprisingly, Marsalis is not featured; he's just one more player. The album was recorded in Rio last spring, and I wonder if Marsalis happened to be in town on a tour, and agreed to join in the recording session. A number of the tracks are big band, but the majority are small group. It seems like no two tracks have the same personnel, giving every song a different sound. Many of the small group songs feature the clarinet, giving them a sound similar to that of the Modern Traditions Ensemble mentioned above. It looks to me like the album was recorded for a Brazilian label called Adnet Musica. I wonder if Adventure Music waited to hear the results before agreeing to put it out here in the US. Good stuff.

Happy Birthday!

Thanks for those links, Jazzshrink and Ken!

Midnight Mood is one of my favorite albums of his. I first saw Mark Murphy on The Steve Allen Show, which was taped in '68 when that album was current. However, it wasn't shown in New Orleans (my home) until a year later. I prefer his 60s recordings, as they seem effortless. Once he joined Muse he started to make it more soulful, which I think was a mistake.

The BMG and Your Music threads. Always! Before OJCs go away. Recommendations, New Releases and Re-Issues, at least once.

Amen!

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I really like You've Got a Date with the Blues, which was released on Verve in the late 80s, but I think was originally recorded for a Leonard Feather label in the mid 50s.

And Mr. Russell naturally assumed that I was the one who was confused. By the way, let me also say welcome! Ron, sorry!

Apparently in Britain they were issued on the EMI Columbia label. I don't recall if EMI ever issued anything in Britain on the Capitol label.

Ron, I'm sure that Oliver was referring to British Columbia, which has been for decades an EMI label. As I recall The Yardbirds recordings were on them. In Britain, the US Columbia recordings were issued on the CBS label.

Speaking of Workin' and Steamin', I'm really looking forward to the release in May of the First Quintet recordings in the order they were recorded. I'm curious to see if I change my mind regarding any songs due to the different order of the songs as they are presented.

Sal, thanks for reminding me about Christian McBride's Number Two Express. It had been a while since I had listened to it, and I enjoyed it this evening. Good album!

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Chet Baker PJ Studio, disc 1. I haven't listened to this one in almost a year. Baker is great, but I've never been that big a fan of Russ Freeman.

That's great!