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I always wonder what Wynton would do upon being sat down for something like Rufus or a good Candid record... I can't fault him for at least putting the bar out there for the public, and I think it's up to the rest of us to expand upon that bar. That said, I think his dismissal of Jazz as a truly contemporary, living music (I would say he does this by default) is pretty dumb. And about the free jazz... even my girlfriend of 4 months is now all about Sun Ra!

It's available on vinyl I think you know what I meant. Right. And I responded by saying it's available on vinyl, so it can be broken down into sides. So. Just to clarify. It is available on vinyl. Is it on vinyl?

Fabulous recording. The whole thing makes up the last two CD's of the Elvin Jones Mosaic set. Mainly tenor, yes. Exclusively, I can't recall, and don't have the set here in front of me. Liebman is superb, too. A great example of two tenors utilizing the lessons and vocabulary of 'Trane in a very positive way, five years after his death, and after the dust had settled down, so to speak. OK, you sold it to me - now I just gotta go back to the store and buy it!

That looks great - wonder if it includes the infamous "Feedback Piece?" Apparently there's a shitload of unissued material, including about 20 or so custom LPs that they pressed up for themselves and friends back in the '60s. Yipes!

How's that Elvin Lighthouse LP? He plays tenor exclusively on that, no?

RIP to a wonderful force in creative 'written' music. Thank you Mr. Tenney for all your work.

Happy Birthday Wayne!!! May there be many more...

I second brownie's recommendation. Great set! Now, if Hat Hut would just do a nice and proper reissue of their Lyons titles... Btw: great word "unhas," first I've heard of it but concur with its sentiment.

Yes, the sound quality on the UK Fontana is pretty marvelous too. And the UK version is a bit cheaper.. I think my Dutch was like $25... And it looks like I missed out on a reasonably-priced copy of Very Urgent from our friend James. That title has eluded me for too long!

Wow, I didn't realize those existed. I have the BYGs (not bad, but...) and the Unified Patchwork CD, but haven't scored a copy of the Mainstream or Polydor titles yet.

No more than 1/4 alcohol:water ratio is what I've always gone by. That's using a VPI machine also.

I've got a Dutch with the same cover, and it's gorgeous. Music's not bad, too...

Also (off the top of my head): Rahsaan, solo Shepp, Kenny Dorham. He's fairly outward leaning--appears on the more 'progressive' dates of a lot of more boppish musicians. Marzette Watts' ESP and Savoy sessions, also Tchicai's Afrodisiaca (though he's one of many drummers there). Moses is one of my favorite drummers, for sure - also one of Max's, as he dedicated a piece to him that appears on The Long March. I like that Storyville is using the cover art from the International Polydor edition of NYCF v. 1 (albeit differently tinted).

With Marte Roling's cover art?

That title is ridiculous. I'd heard it was the usual loungey fare that they've been up to lately... to be honest, they haven't made a record in a looong time that I've been moved by.

I could SWEAR I saw Blue John offered at auction from Paris Jazz Corner. Wonder if it was a test pressing also? I met a Japanese dude in Paris who had a test pressing of the Brooks...

I've heard Simmons rapping, and it's not too great. His LPs are all a treasure, however...

You're not just dealing with BN, you're dealing with EMI/Capitol. I stick with my Toshiba Japanese pressing of this excellent session.

I'm not bothered by this at all. Andre is better-dressed than Cannonball anyway... The Wynton factor is the only dubious one I see as well.

The photo is fine, it's the graphics that are the problem. Even worse than "Straight No Filter."

Yeah, yeah, this is a good one. I've read some of it previously but the Bud story is a tear-jerker. Heavy.

I'd buy the Ra, MEV and Rivers LPs at $50 each, for sure... The only Horo records I've had were the Roach and the Lacy "Threads," and only kept the Roach.

Sal, I listened to it again today, and the more I hear it the more I like it. But I don't take back anything I said in my original post. Seventy-seven minutes is a long time for nine songs that sound the same, even if they are very good. Wonder if the "mood thing" relates back to his work with Komeda and film music, or not... I like the Stanko I've heard, but not heard this one. Balladina, his first on ECM, is very good. I'd also like to check out a few of those early Musa/Poljazz things, like Twet.

Yeah, the original Warleigh was on Philips. Have not heard it myself, but the LP used to run a fair chunk of change... Spelling edit on the Drake, thanks for catching that. Not that I'm a big Drake fan (sold all the LPs years ago)...

There is an alternate cover for this, no? I feel like I've seen another issue. Also, wasn't Higgins on an Elmo Hope LP from the late '50s, or am I just stoned?