JohnS

I wasn't too thrilled either

Well I'm stumped with this one, sorry Jim. Only the second AOTW so far (the first, Weather Report). I did have Tough YoungTenors. That didn't do too much for me, I traded it on the "other board".

This is a tricky one, they all sound good in their contexts and for me it boils down to the sessions I enjoy most, and that's nearly all of them. I've always especially enjoyed the Swedish Schnapps date so Red Rodney is my choice. On another day it might be Dizzy, Fats, Miles or Dorham.

This is an exceptional cd, I can agree with everything DrJ says. Don't miss this it's a real treat in every way.

WONDERFUL.

Bassdrumbone;Cooked To Perfection Ed Simon; La Bikina Tethered Moon; First Meeting Ray Anderson; Bonemeal C. Anthony Bush; Our Praise Offering and not so obscure but essential Myra Melford; Alive In The House Of Saints

FENIX, Gato's best? It's the only one of his I've stuck with.

Definitely recommended. I tracked mine down at the Jazz Loft.

Not a great year so far, but these are the best to date Albert Ayler; The Copenhagen Tapes Vandermark 5; Airports For Light Carmell Jones; Mosaic Select(reissue) Martial Solal; Live At The Village Vanguard Albert Ayler; Nuits de la Fondation Maeght (reissue) Sonny Clark Trio; (reissue)

I agree, Minor Swing is well worth picking up, try "Blue Planet Man" for more Zorn and Patton.

It doesn't look so good but it does the job so I'm happy with it.

Love it, haven't missed an episode. But in the UK we are just starting series 2 at least on on non-digital tv. Season three of the Sopranos in just finishing, I loved that too but I'm getting to the stage when a missed episode is not a great tragedy.

Great cd, gotta be one of the best of the year.

Horace Silver; Paris Blues Thelonious Monk; Complete Riverside discs 1, 2 and 3 Roy Haynes; Love letters (quite sparky, much better than expected) Next Up Martial Solal; NY-1, Live At The Village Vanguard

Having a mostly modern centred record and cd collection I'm a little ashamed to say I have no Armstrong in my collection except for the odd sampler track. Fortunately I was able to borrow a vinyl copy of this album so I'm without any bonus tracks. I looked forward to hearing this especially as this was the sort of music that introduced me to jazz in the first place. Regretably it didn't do much for me and I found my attention wandering halfway through the second side. That's not to say I didn't find things to enjoy, Louis' jaunty playing on Loveless Love and the out choruses on Yellow Dog for example. Bigard is a turn off for me, I've never found his vibrato attractive. Despite my anticipation it was for me a pleasant enough hour and not much more though I'm sure it's fine stuff. I guess it must be too late for me to get back into this. But it's another good example of what AOTW is all about. Without it I would never have heard this album. Sorry guys.

Thanks for that King, please to say mine seems okay.

I see they are in the shops today. In the UK 4cds for less than £20.00, has to be a bargain.

Good for SEVEN. It's amazing what you can discover here.

Just received the Monk set. Even without the booklet or a box it's great value and very reasonable shipping too. It's tempting top get some more.

Yeah, somewhere in between.

No two tracks are by the trio.

Off hand I can't recall coming across any SN/BS cd reissue having any extra music.

North By NorthWest. Still looks good.

I picked 7 for no particular reason. Why is it leading the field?

Horace Silver; Paris Blues Andrew Hill; Shades Andrew Hill; BBC radio broadcast recording Eddie Henderson; So What