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I very much like "Summertime," maybe his first big "production," some excellent Herbie Hancock in there, too. (Can't think of anything by him that I DON'T like...)

Burrell's absence has always been pretty apparent, although it took me a few listenings (as a kid in the early '60's) to figure out what was going on - so it's good to see it finally acknowledged. For me, the tracks without him aren't in the same league as the others. Another thing about the 2 albums... The covers have a "down home" Smith, but (and I think I first read this in a "Downbeat" review at the time) the crease in his pants reveals a city slicker.

Jimmy Smith "Midnight Special," "...Chicken Shack," and "The Cat;" Lee Morgan, "Candy;" and that Milestone "2-fer" of Monk's "Five Spot" material (with Johnny Griffin and missing a couple tracks).

And don't forget J.J. Johnson, on his RCA album which is available in a couple CD versions (including a Mosaic Select). I think Nelson arranged that one.

My initial reaction to "Back At the Chicken Shack" - the hi-hat is more pronounced than ever, more echo in the sax than I remembered, and Kenny Burrell is still AWOL for half the album.

I wish I was that clever! Wasn't paying attention - reading some story about a talking pig or something to my 2 year old as I was typing, always dangerous. Still don't know what's going on with these reissues, though, they're the opposite of the "Keepnews Collection."

One more - Jimmy Smith's "...Virginia Woolf?"

And a Stan Getz - "Getz A Go-Go." As I said, an interesting enough group, but no effort put in to provide anything more than what's on the LP, and even less info than on previous CD editions.

A nice enough (although un-focused - "Ruby, Ruby"?) group of titles, inexpensive, but pretty bare-boned. No additional information - just what appeared on the original LP's. (Even my mid-'80's Smith CD took a stab at identifying the rhythm section and sorting out the arrangers.) What are these? Remastered? Every other Verve reissue series that I'm familiar with seemed to have more than these things.

The "bonus" cuts on the Russell are from the same session.

You wouldn't go wrong with any of them. Especially glad to have the Tyner again. The Monk and Russell should be part of any collection, and I assume most people here already own some version of them, although you might want to get them again for the sound (and, in the case of Russell, the extra tracks). The notes (and I appear to be the only person who likes them) are the usual horn-blowing with some good stories.

I don't know about all this, but right now I'm agonizing about whether or not to buy the new RVG of "Bass On Top" or go for the Chambers Mosaic Select. And this is for music I already own!!

I'm probbly the only person here who feels this way, but I've actually bought a couple of the "Keepnews" titles for his liner notes!! (I know, self-centered, blowing his own horn, but usually a couple interesting stories.)

Newman sounds good in any situation, but for the later Atlantic period, I'd second the recommendation for "Lonely Avenue," and maybe add "Captain Buckles" - both more stripped down than "Bigger..." ("Front Money" is a current favorite of my 5 yeear old.)

I had an Aaron Bell LP on RCA Camden - the music from "Victory At Sea"!! That might have been the culmination pf the '50's trend of having jazz musicians cover Broadway shows/movie themes/television detective music...

Picked up the remix EP - okay, but inconsequential. Quite a list of ""Special thanks," though, probably more than contained in Davis' entire Columbia output!

"Soul Samba," the Coleman Hawkins at Newport, and that Miles Davis" "re-mix" EP. Hey - 2 out of 3 isn't bad...

Looking forward to going out later this morning and buying stuff I already have and rarely play.

The Pointer Blue Note's were very similar to the Earl Klugh's of the same period. Okay for what they were (maybe even a little better than that), but they really had nothing to do with Blue Note.

I was at J&R on Saturday - the first time in a couple of years - the jazz department was still pretty good - maybe not what it used to be, but hardly the disaster I'd expected. Besides the $6.99 RVG's there were many Atlantic/Rhino titles at the same price.

Mulligan appeared here at the Guild as a part of the regular concert series there - think he was on one of Taylor's GRP albums at the time, maybe the appearance was tied into that. It's a beautiful little hall, well equiped for recording (audio and video) - they've issued several albums, won a couple of Grammy's, although the music is pretty straight up the middle...

JFK Quintet - I'd put off buying that for about 40 years, didn't think I should wait much longer...

I've always thought this set -and the Carmell Jones - are good examples of what reissues should be all about - excellent music that hasn't been out a dozen times. For people who weren't around to pick up the originals (or, like me, couldn't afford everything we wanted!!), this is a must. Overall, Mosaic has done well by Pacific Jazz.

Picked up the Peterson - nice package, inexpensive - but not much extraneous information other than a small sticker on the shrink-wrap that says it was remastered.

I agree that they were much better "live" (but who isn't?) - it was no big deal to go to the upper west side and catch them for the price of a beer. The "New Yorker" listing called them the Gordon Edwards Quintet. Lots of sitting in. One night Bernard Purdie was in for the night.