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I just looked on the Concord site, and not only is New Directions available directly from them, it's on sale for $7.98. Looks like they may be having a clearance sale on the OJC Limited Edition stuff, so it may be now or never if there are titles you want. http://concordmusicgroup.com/artists/album/index.php?id=1493 Been away for a couple of days, just checked if anyone had posted after my message, only to find 15 pages of raving shoppers Anyway, thanks for that Felser. I actually got the New Directions second-hand, but the Concord site would have been the last place I've looked for it. F

Teddy Charles' New Directions seems to be completely OOP. F

I'd go first for the three things Giuffre arranged for Hal McKusick's Cross Section - Saxes, "Sing Song", "Yesterdays", and especially "It never entered my mind". There is a Japanese reissue of this album, and "It never entered..." is also in "Now's The Time" (GRP, now OOP) F

Nice cover too... F

Well, it does mean a thing to me: someone who had an important job at an important company (pre-Concord Fantasy, or so I thought) but, unlike many of her colleagues, used to answer emails personally, without preset messages, and frequently went out of her way to help. So, whatever the reasons behind these, and I accept there might be some good ones , this is definitely no good news. And why exactly did Concord buy Fantasy? And what for? F

Never thought much of them, but a few days ago I had Allen Lowe's "Devilin' Tune" on while I was doing something else and this tune came on. I thought they had a little extra something, stopped what I was doing, went to check the band and tune in the booklet, and it was the ODJB. Would have to check again what made them stand out from other contemporary bands, but I think it could be a certain rhythmic zest. F

RCA did quite a few CD reissues in the late 80s-early 90s that would deserve re-reissuing too. Also, has "The 86 Years of Eubie Blake" (Columbia) ever been reissued on CD? Not really urgent, but I'd also like to see a decent reissue of Woody Herman's First Herd (whenever the Mosaic and the poor Blowin' Up A Storm become OOP, I guess). F

I wouldn't mind seeing a couple of Tony Bennetts like "Hometown" and "My Heart Sings" reissued on CD (although Legacy did do a series of Tony Bennett CD a while ago, I don't think those two where included). Someone mentioned Mosaic's pricing in another thread - that and especially their distribution could be improved IMHO. And with the European PD law as it stands, competition is going to get tougher (you can get decent CDs from mint copies of LPs from 1956 onwards). You can read a list of Columbia LPs, 1951-56, here. F

I second (third?) the call for a reissue of the mid-30s Ellington sides. There are some interesting possibilities from the 30s-40s with RCA and Columbia under the same roof (Benny Goodman, even Ellington - Basie recorded only for Columbia and RCA in the 40s?) but I don't think they'll happen. All that stuff is PD in Europe and I doubt the labels would have any interest anyway (let's hope they'll keep licensing stuff to Mosaic and other labels). In any case, I have the impression that the ones with the massively giant but largely untapped vault are Universal. F

From jazzmessengers.com (a shop based in Barcelona, Spain) http://www.jazzmessengers.com/ProductInfo.asp?ref=113593 From DustyGroove http://www.dustygroove.com/jazzcd5.htm#423129 I guess the personnel and dates on the jazzmessengers site should be the other way around. F

Lonehill's misuse of the word "Complete" has been reported so many times I'm beginning to think they have more CDs wrong than right (not going to count them). Case in point, the latest Eddie Costa, what is the point of calling it Complete Trio Recordings if you then explain (in the back of the CD) that they're really a couple of LPs straight? The only reason I can think of is misleading the buyer (for the record, they're not the complete trio recordings, not as a leader, or in studio). As for non-reissued albums, do check their reissues against Japanese reissues and you might be surprised. Japanese is expensive, right, but not outer space. I don't think Pujol works anywhere near the majors (doesn't need to, anyway). As for Lonehill going in that direction, I don't see that happening. Not at all. F

McKusick plays next Sunday in Sag Harbor. http://www.hamptons.com/calendarmain.ihtml...arbor¤tmonth=05

Or is it "Fans are daft"? Also, due to a misprint instead of "Da ya think I'm sexy?", there are 10,000 copies that carry the title "Da ya think?", which the company are trying to retrieve in case the fans find it offensive.

If heard this many times, but is this always so? IIRC the ZYX remaster of "The Incredible Jazz Guitar of Wes Montgomery" sounds better than the original OJC CD. F

Any name would do. F PS You're asking for the "He arouses men's passions" bit, aren't you?

Of how that irritating, generic pap is just lazy writing: John Lennon was the greatest british pop composer of his day, the pop counterpart to Mozart. He was not merely that. As no one had done before, he changed music -- not just pop, but music itself. Nor just music, but indeed art: the impact of this man, his creations and his thought, left the world a different place. He arouses men's passions, intellectual and emotional, as no artist had done before, nor any since. More has been written about him than any man besides Jesus Christ. He has been hailed as a high priest of a thousand philosophies, many of them mutually exclusive, even contradictory. His music is hated as much as it is worshipped. The only issue beyond dispute is his greatness. ------ Wynton Marsalis is the greatest American composer of his day, the modern counterpart to Duke Ellington. He is not merely that. As no one has done before, he has changed jazz -- not just jazz, but music itself. Nor just music, but indeed art: the impact of this man, his creations and his thought, left the world a different place. He arouses men's passions, intellectual and emotional, as no artist had done before, nor any since. More has been written about him than any man besides Jesus Christ. He has been hailed as a high priest of a thousand philosophies, many of them mutually exclusive, even contradictory. His music is hated as much as it is worshipped. The only issue beyond dispute is his greatness. ------ F

In the June issue of Jazzwise, Brian Priestley gives a very nice review to Devilin' Tune plus maximum rating (4/4 stars). More F

So, when's the "Chris Anderson Reader" coming out? You'll have to ask Mr. Anderson. Oops, sorry, Mr. Albertson. Still, it'd be great to have a collection of your writings and/or memoirs. F

That's right, (and a bit of a mistery too) I wish they let him do the World Cup too F

So, when's the "Chris Anderson Reader" coming out?

Pirie... he's fantastic on a June Christy/Johnny Guarnieri Storyville CD I reviewed a while ago: he makes a rather sarcastic comment about Christy's mistake when she introduces George Walters as playing trombone (he's on trumpet), and then incredibly enough he goes on to comment on Leo Guarnieri's violin playing... (LG played cello, and it sounds like a cello.) Crouch... for some reason I just cannot read his liner notes in one go. Worst for me are the liner notes to my copy of Zoot Sims' "If I'm Lucky". Nothing really especial (by Benny Green) but I have to read them with a mirror (for some strange printing error). F

What is it you're using? Patches? Hypnosis? Relaxin' At Camarillo? F

Gotta stop you there. Portugal didn't give a single vote to Spain Having watched Eurovision in Spain before I came to England, I don't think you brits really appreciate how good Wogan is. F

I finally got around to listen to this set properly and I am enjoying it. I do like "old" music, but there are a few things that have to be heard to be believed, like the drummer* on Gus Haenschen's "Sunset Medley" (CD2, track 15), and that was recorded in 1916! Great set F * Edit: J. T. Schiffer is the drummer.

RE: Reissues of Blue Lights, all of them in stereo AFAIK, including the LoneHill. Sound quality in the LoneHill is as good as their sources, although it seems to me that the latest Japanese reissue of Blue Lights (2003) sounds better than the Lonehill (2005). From what the LoneHill says in its liner notes, I guess the source for the Jubilee LP is the previous Fresh Sound reissue. And, btw, the LoneHill does NOT have the complete trio recordings of Eddie Costa, not even as a leader. But that's hardly news, I guess. F