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Bread Cake Joe Don Baker

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First of all, there are only 4 Deccas (New York, New York; At the Five Spot; In Kansas City; Jazz in the Space Age)-- not enough for a Select. Secondly, all with the exception of In KC have been released domestically. There is more than enough material left over from the "KC" sessions to fill out a good Select. If Mosaic did it, I'd buy it.

Wait a minute; you can't just post the new Morrison novel and move on like nothing happened! How was it? Strong stuff. A novel about two great American products - race and war.

Ray Sharpe Jim Bowie Lester

Long Dong Silver Billy Bones Red Skelton

After a few gorgeous days - Rain Rain Rain today. I guess rain can be gorgeous too.

The one complaint I have about Ace is that they tend to leave off discographical information on their reissues. This is a real problem with a lot of their RPM/Modern/United/Kent (U.S. Kent, that is) reissues, since they bought the masters for those companies' recordings and have access to discographical information that others don't. Sometimes it seems as if they want to keep that information a secret.

Melville's Bartleby

Adam Ant Aunt Bea B. Bumble and the Stingers

Needles Native Dancer Secretariat

Toni Morrison's Home

Seconded, with one caveat: a few years ago they released CDs that sounded rather LOUD and harsh (don't remember any titles right now), but as far as I've heard them their more recent releases are OK. The LPs they issued in the 1980's remastered by Bob Jones are some of the best sounding records I own. He had great ears and skills and used them well.

Yes I guess there is. Record stores like this - including listening booths - just weren't around anymore (least of all over here) by the time most of us "young(ish) uns" got into jazz. Speaking of listening booths, they were before my time, but a friend of mine's father opened a store in 1946 that sold books, records, and prints. The listening booths in the store were set up by Avery Fisher - later of Fisher Electronics and Avery Fisher Hall - who was an army buddy of my friend's father. The store is still in existence in a different location and run by the son, though it hasn't sold records for years. Just a bit of local history.

Ace has been in business for too long and have released too wide a variety of musics to make individual recommendations. As Steve said, look through the catalog. If something strikes your fancy, you can safely bet that Ace has done it right. They're one of the best reissue labels out there.

Frank Fontaine Joe the Bartender Mr. Dennehy

When I was 16, I saw a documentary on The Dave Brubeck Quartet on television. I liked what I heard, even though I didn't really know what I was hearing, and decided I wanted to hear more and find out more.

Best wishes to you on YOUR BIRTHDAY, Chuck! Hope you're having a great day!

T.O.? (Not Tony Orlando)

Rock Hudson Stone Phillips Jerry Quarry

Must have been cool to have been there. When I made my choices, I didn't consider that musicians who were on the same wave length might turn out to be more interesting than an eclectic mix.

It comes down to fitting more playoff games in the same time frame. Thus, back to backs. Didn't used to be.

Ellington-Mingus-Roach: Money Jungle (United Artists/King Japan) Frightening at times, tender at others (but still frightening). Mingus sounds as if he were having a wild time.

I showed this thread to a musician friend of mine and he pointed out that you probably confused Larry Ridley with Larry Gales. According to Robin Kelley's bio, Gales was nursing an injured hand and Steve Swallow filled in for him. I believe that it was about four years later that Larry Ridley joined Monk's group.

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