GA Russell

The Tentette material was recorded for Pacific Jazz, now owned by EMI. The only Fantasy material I am aware of is the original quartet sides. The Tentette material was released on a CD about 1990 along with some Shorty Rogers sides, called The Birth of the Cool Volume 2. Edit - While I was typing, Chuck says Capitol, so I will trust his memory on that.

Woody Shaw - Dark Journey This was a 2-CD set of Muse recordings from 32 Jazz. I've been listening to a lot of hard bop the past week.

Somewhat related, I read at AAJ a couple of years ago that Blue Note requires a CD to sell only 500 copies per year to remain in print. I assume that that is for the US.

My father's uncle worked for Howard Johnson about a hundred years ago when Howard was selling hot dogs from a pushcart on Cape Cod!

And there's the Miles Davis Quintet albums, of course... Of course! I usually think of Shorter with Miles in '66, but he joined in Sept of '64 I think, so that would put him with Miles squarely in the mid-60s.

Thanks for your list, Guy! I see that Ready For Freddie also has Wayne Shorter on it. I think I would benefit from seeing a Shorter discography as well as a Tyner. I didn't know that Shorter played on any albums other than Art Blakey's and his own during the mid-60s.

Great idea, Aggie. Thanks! Of course, I wouldn't want to disregard any worthy OJCs. I just don't know of any. So, of Aggie's list, are there any this group is particularly keen on? PS - What about Lee Morgan's The Sixth Sense? Does anybody like that one?

Hoya Saxa!

Anybody remember Don Shirley?

127 views, yet only 4 responses. It looks like I'm not the only one who could use some help here! OK, you've sold me on Soul Station. I'll get that one for sure. Peggy-Ann, I already have Hub Tones. Thanks for the tip about Ready For Freddy. I think that I would benefit from seeing a McCoy Tyner discography. Unless somebody has a better idea, I'll get In 'n' Out when I get Soul Station.

I think the comedian was Pat something. Italian schtick. I never thought he was funny on Ed Sullivan, but years later I heard him on Larry King's radio show and he was very funny throughout.

For the past few weeks I have been enjoying Wayne Shorter's JuJu, Jackie McLean's Jackie's Bag and John Coltrane's Ballads. So I have decided to pick up a couple of 1960s hard bop albums from YourMusic.com before the price goes up. I am thinking about Hank Mobley's Soul Station, which I gather is pretty good, and Joe Henderson's In 'n' Out, because McCoy Tyner is on it. Can you recommend any better from the YourMusic selection? I don't have a great many hard bop albums from the 60s, and I could use some ideas. I am especially interested in albums with McCoy Tyner or Tommy Flanagan on piano. Thanks!

My first thought was Miles Davis. Ellington occurred to me, as does Louis Armstrong, but I'd still bet Miles.

The Bad Plus - These Are The Vistas Not my cup of tea. I don't recognize the songs, which I think are boring anyway, and both the piano playing and the drumming are heavy handed. The guys at AAJ raved about this one for months. I guess they were a younger crowd who recognized the songs. I'll put this aside and try it again in a few months. Right now, I think it's the worst album I've bought in quite some time.

I'm continuing to clear out my queue in anticipation of May 13. Today I ordered Dave Douglas - Strange Liberation and Pat Martino - Think Tank. My last two orders have arrived in less than a week! It appears to me that the guys who are experiencing delivery problems are those placing large orders.

J Larsen, did your order ever arrive?

Last night I opened up Bobby Hutcherson's Oblique, which is so highly regarded here. I bought it about five years ago, marked down to $4.99, and it languished at the bottom of my stack all that time. I like it, but I like Stick Up better.

I'm listening to the Art Pepper/Chet Baker disc Playboys, which I believe was included in the Art Pepper PJ box.

33. Don't wear shorts onstage. I saw Stan Getz, with Dave Holland on bass, in Boston in August of '72. Stan wore bermuda shorts! It looked a little strange, but his clothes were sharp and he looked like the most comfortable person in the room.

Now that YourMusic has announced that it is raising its price to $5.99, I'll be clearing out my queue over the next month for everything that I was really looking forward to. I just ordered Jason Moran's Black Stars and The Bad Plus's These Are The Vistas. Any more recommendations? As I see it, for the next month it's Buy Five Get One Free. I didn't expect them to raise the price this month, but I figured they wouldn't keep the $4.99 offer indefinitely. It wouldn't surprise me if a year from now the price has been raised to $6.99 or $7.99 including shipping, which is the approximate level we usually paid to the BMG Record Club.

AK, I have Marching Songs, and it is not out. It was a double album, and some of it is a little boring to me. I like it, but like Love Songs much more.

My Jackie's Bag arrived today, so the new number one on my hit parade queue is The Beach Boys - Friends and 20/20 Each year in mid-May I break out my surfing and surf guitar records and get psyched for the summer. I think I'm getting a little too old to do this, as I just don't enjoy the music of my youth as much as I used to. Still, at YourMusic's prices, I thought it would be worthwhile to pick up a couple of Beach Boys albums I haven't heard before. This is a two LPs on one CD deal, and includes one of their last hits, Do It Again.

Sergio Mendes' Favorite Things This was recorded to fulfill his Atlantic contract while he was touring the country with Brasil '66, which recorded for A&M. Although it has a little more jazz than Brasil '66, it's still a pop (what we would today call "lounge") album rather than a jazz album. It's relaxing and enjoyable, but not at all essential, regardless of its category.

I like his 50s work the best, especially his work with Shorty Rogers. Michael Cuscuna once recommended to me his album with Chet Baker called The Route, which is now OOP, but which you can probably get used.

Aggie, did they ship you something else, or are they going to bill you your monthly fee without sending you anything?