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Some Blue Notes and OJCs: Sonny Rollins - Vol.1 Freddie Hubbard - Hub Cap Hank Mobley - Thinking Of Home Milt Jackson - Wizard of the Vibes Jackie McLean - Strange Blues Art Farmer - Quintet George Russell - Stratus Seekers Duke - This One's For Blanton Benny Carter - B.B.B & Co Dizzy Gillespie - Montreux '77 ...I'm still itching to get a stack of titles before the year is up.

Sad news. My condolences to his family.

V.S.O.P Live Under The Sky Mary Lou Williams - Black Christ Of The Andes Jackie McLean - Action Art Blakey - Buhaina's Delight Duke Ellington - Treasury Shows Vol.10 & Jaywalker & Masterpieces Miles & Gil Evans - Complete (Longbox) Maxine Sullivan - Swinging Miss Loch Lomond Art Farmer/Benny Golson Mosaic ...and a stack of others not already bought.

Thanks for your concern. I was only aware of the incident/tragedy at 9pm (1pm GMT) on the 26th - i.e was not affected. However, apartment dwellers 50km away from where I am felt the quake tremors. The worst hit are those living on the coastal areas of Sri Lanka, India and Indonesia and to a lesser extent Thailand and Malaysia. Bali was unlikely impacted in any way. From news reports, the tsunamis/tidal wave that hit the shores were as high as 6-7 metres (not sure if exagerated) and reached 1-2 km inland in certain places. Terrifying. Death toll is about 11000 and climbing. I guess the toll could have been reduced if each country had an early warning system to prepare for calamities such as this one. The tsunamis only reached certain land areas 3-4 hours after the quake.

Edmond Hall/James P Johnson/Sidney de Paris - Blue Note Jazzmen

Re: the 'Do Not:' section of the report --- why would they advise against storing discs horizontally for years on end? This could be a/the reason.

Basie: Lang-Worth transcriptions Lee Morgan - Live At The Lighthouse

This one's in the mile-long wishlist.

EKE, do you know if it overlaps this 2-cd set? If it does, I guess the Storyville should be a superior release in all aspects. DISC 1: 1. Echoes Of Harlem (Cootie's Concerto) 2. Prelude In C Sharp Minor 3. If Dreams Come True - (vocal version) 4. It's The Dreamer In Me 5. Ev'ry Day (I Fall In Love) 6. Three Blind Mice 7. On The Sunny Side Of The Street 8. Dinah's In A Jam 9. If Dreams Come True - (instrumental version) 10. Have A Heart (Lost In Meditation) 11. Rockin' In Rhythm DISC 2: 1. Harmony In Harlem 2. Dinah 3. At Your Beck And Call 4. If You Were In My Place (What Would You Do?) 5. Oh, Babe! Maybe Someday 6. Downtown Uproar 7. Birmingham Breakdown 8. You Went To My Head 9. Rose Room 10. Gal From Joe's 11. Riding On A Blue Note

Jack De Johnette Mel Martin Karin Krog

Is this a mix of Shorty Sherock and Sonny Sharrock? You are right. Should be Sherock.

Buddy Bolden Bunny Berigan Horace Henderson Miff Mole Shorty Sharrock Sonny Stitt Stuff Smith

Just placed my first order with Dusty Grooves. 3 titles - one each of Pres, Sonny Criss and Lucky Thompson. The cost of shipping is >50% of the price of the CD. But, still a very good deal overall.

What's the opinion on these Jazz At The Philharmonic titles? Which one to start with? ..plus a few more.

I'm filing mine right next to the Basie discs. No reason, just for convenience. Wait, maybe there are a couple of reasons after all.

Hope the following offers some consolation: Pinholes

If you're into classic New Orleans jazz and some 'stomping' music, then there are some very good titles on the label, in particular those Kid Ory ones. Any one of the following albums would give you a good sampling of the music. My personal favourites are the George Lewis Beverly Cavern Sessions, especially vol.1 which has a beautiful version of George's signature song Burgundy Street Blues. Also this one for some piano solos: Luckey & The Lion - Harlem Piano I would mention the Lu Watters and Yerba Buena Jazz Band which has a different style from the New Orleans musicians, but from the few songs I heard, I wasn't too impressed by the playing. Perhaps someone would like to put in a good word for them.

Fantasy binge: Art Farmer - Sextet Joe Henderson - Milestone Years box Mongo Santamaria - At The Village Gate Duke & Billy Strayhorn - Piano Duets/Great Times Duke & Ray Brown - This One's For Blanton Duke - Harlem Wes - Movin' Along A dozen or two more to come.

Just bought 9 OJCs online and 3 from the local store and will be placing an order for 25 OJC/OBC/GoodTime Jazz titles to celebrate the New Year.

Doesn't ship to Asia.

Someone please remind me to get these Betty Roche albums in the near future.

Been eyeing this Trane set for 6-7 years. Finally got it.

The Clark Terry albums, especially these ones. (Also available on the Monk Riverside box)

This was just shipped to me a few days back... Add albums by: The Lighthouse All-Stars (The whole lot, except for the compilation, Mexican Passport I believe) Sonny Criss (I'll Catch The Sun, Up Up And Away, Sonny's Dream, This Is Criss) Coleman Hawkins (The whole lot except for In A Mellow Tone, a compilation)