Jeffrey

Hi All, THANKS for the warm and friendly welcome and all the quality posts! This is obviously a very nice place to hang out! I'm pretty uptight about sound quality (i shoulda mentioned that in my original post) so i'm gonna beware of the many reissues in the list. With the advice from this and two other boards, i've decided to go w/ numbers 1-7. Thanks again, Jeffrey

Hi, Newbie in the house! I have a chance to buy any and all of the following factory sealed Jazz LP's for $7 each. Which ones do ya recommend? 1. Jazz Wizards 1925, Vol. 2 (Herwin), Several early jazz artists are featured here (Richard M. Jones' Three Jazz Wizards, Starks Hot Five, Chippie Hill). Jacket notes have group personnels. 2. Elmer Snowden 1924-1963 (IAJRC), Several early jazz artists are featured here (Booker's Dixie Jazz Band, Te Roy Williams & Orch., Musical Stevedores, Jungle Town Stompers, Elmer Snowden & his Small's Paradise Orch., The Sepia Serenaders, Elmer Snowden Trio). Jacket notes have group personnels. 3. New York Jazz 1927-1930 (Biograph), Several early jazz artists are featured here (Clarence Williams & His orch., Barrell House Five, Memphis Jazzers). Jacket notes have group personnels. 4. Chicago Jazz 1923-1929 (Biograph), Several early jazz artists are featured here (Clarence Jones & His Sock Four, Young's Creole Band, JC Johnson & his Five Hot Springs, Sammy Stewarts Ten Knights of Syncopation, Wades's Moulin Rouge Orch. ). Jacket notes have group personnels. 5. Dixieland in Chicago (Jazz Story). 1923 recordings by New Orleans Rhythm Kings and Original Memphis Melody Boys. Jacket notes have group personnels. 6. Lucinda Williams, "Passionate Kisses" (Rough Trade), EP recording plus live cuts from the 80s. Corner of jacket has a crease. 7. Joe Thomas-Jay McShann, "Blowin' in from KC: (Uptown), Two of my favorite guys on a 1982 recording. 8. Jonah Jones "Confessin'" (JazzMan), 1978 session by trumpeter Jones in a quartet setting. 9. Jimmy Rushing "Five Feet of Soul" (Ghent), Rushing with some great musicians like saxes Phil Woods, Zoot Sims and Budd Johnson; trumpeters Snooky Young and Joe Newman, guitarist Freddie Green, bassist Milt Hinton, etc. 10. Benny Goodman "Let's Dance" (Sandy Hook). 1934-35 airchecks from early Goodman with drummer Gene Krupa, trumpeter Bunny Berigan, guitarist George Van Eps, etc. Jacket notes has group personnel. 11. Billy Eckstine Orchestra 1945 (Alamac). 1945 Eckstine Orchestra with the likes of saxes Gene Ammons, Budd Johnson and Leo Parker; trumpeters Fats Navarro and Shorty McConnell; vocalist Sara Vaughan, etc. Jacket notes has group personnel. 12. Buddy Collette, Abbey Lincoln and Les Thompson Sessions Live 1957-58 (Calliope). I was tempted to open this just to hear Abbey Lincoln sing When a Man Loves a Woman. 13. Ted Lewis Orchestra 1926-1933 (Biograph). Early jazz artists are featured in the Ted Lewis Orch. (cornetist Muggsy Spanier, clarinet Benny Goodman, pianist Fats Waller, sax Jimmy Dorsey, trombone George Brunies, etc.). Jacket notes have group personnels. 14. Great Jazz Pianos 1926-1940 (Joker). Early pianists Fats Waller, Cow Cow Davenport, Jelly Roll Morton amd Montana Taylor. Jacket notes have group personnels. 15. Tommy Dorsey "One Night Stand" (Sandy Hook). 1940-44 airchecks. Features guys like Gene Krupa, Frank Sinatra, Buddy Rich, etc. Jacket notes have group personnels. 16. Swing Sounds 1938-46 (Jazz Live). I think these are live performances by Billy Butterfield & his Orch., Boyd Raeburn & his Orch., Jimmy Dorsey & His Orch., Duke Ellington & His Och., Bubby Berigan & his Orch., Teddy Powell & his Orch., and Jimmie Lunceford & his Orch. Lots of great musicians here like trumpets Dizzy Gillespie, Billy Butterfield, Ray Nance and Cat Anderson; saxes Serge Chaloff, Johnny Hodges, George Auld; pianists Dodo Marmarosa, Duke Ellington, etc. Jacket notes have group personnels. Thanks, Jeffrey