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John Fahey: Red Cross (Revenant) Baby Face Willette: Stop and Listen Jaki Byard Quartet: Live! Various Artists: Before the Blues Vol. 1 (Yazoo)

I like the idea, but, like some others who've already posted, I wonder if a separate vinyl forum is necessary. Still, I vote yes.

Johnnie Taylor: Raw Soul. The Stax studio band with Booker T & the MGs, great horn charts, great songs, and Johnnie Taylor at his best - not to be missed.

Lon, do you know where and when the photo was taken?

Congratulations and best wishes for a great day on Saturday! If you're having a reception or party, let us know if you're planning to get some good music played.

Try comparing Blumenthal's notes to some of the original liner notes. I just picked up Jackie's Bag, and Leonard Feather uses McLean's music to propagandize Feather's own musical and political agendas. At least Blumenthal writes about the music.

I'm just finishing Triumph and Tragedy in Mudville, Stephen Jay Gould's collected essays on baseball.

Quoting that great American, Redd Foxx: "Bend over honey, and I'll drive ya to Newark."

O.K. How 'bout Ray Charles: Genius + Soul = Jazz?

Gene Vincent: Bluejean Bop! - expanded CD Complete H.R.S. Sessions - discs 1&2 Duke Ellington: Blues in Orbit Jam Session in Swingville - Coleman Hawkins sides Charlie Haden: The Golden Number Mississippi Blues Vol. 2 (Document) - Arthur Petties sides

Picked up the H.R.S. box. (I've started to listen to it and can't believe that I waited so long to get this - GREAT STUFF!). Also used the promo to fill in some empty spaces in my collection - Billie's Decca set, Jackie's Bag, and on back order - Atomic Basie Classic LP and Jimmy Smith: Groovin' at Small's.

Dan - sent you a PM. Looking forward to hearing it.

Jimmy Yancey has been mentioned a few times, but Chris makes an excellent point. Listen to his two 1943 recordings of "How Long Blues". The man can make time seem to stop and can make the piano sound like it's crying. Jelly Roll's "Mamie's Blues" is a great choice too. I forgot about his General recordings when I posted, and they're too good to be overlooked.

That sounds a right to me. If you've got that kind of money, hire some good musicians to play at your place, invite some friends, and let the good times roll! Who cares about a damn record when you can hear the real deal and have all those memories?

It's a long time ago, but I seem to remember first seeing him in a television series called Man with a Camera - very late 50's or early 60's.

Thanks for the info, Peter. The mystery continues - I'll have to keep searching.

Thanks guys. The AMG was helpful. I even found that I have a recording of one side of his only 45 - "Oop De Oop" with some fine Jodie Williams guitar - on a VeeJay compilation CD. I'd forgotten I had it. AMG lists him as the same Earl Phillips as the drummer on the Roy Eldridge sides. However, they also list Earl Phillips as playing guitar with Benny Carter on a Classics CD - Benny Carter 1948-52 - and I don't know if he played guitar. I did a preliminary Google search (didn't have time for a thorough one) and found that Living Blues magazine published an obituary in 1991. I couldn't find the obit online in the time I had, so I'll have to search further. The obituary will probably give me the information I'm looking for. Thanks again.

I'm pretty much with Jim on this one. I have it, have listened to it once, and it left the impression of a record that was possibly thrown together in the studio. By that, I mean that it's not really a J.R. session and it's not really a Jon Eardley session. According to the discography I have, it was a Rein de Graaff session, which makes sense, since he plays on all the cuts. Perhaps he brought J.R. and Jon Eardley into the studio to play on some of the tracks. All that said, I love J.R.'s playing and he plays some good things here, even if it's not my favorite J.R. recording. The bottom line is that I'll have to sit down at some time and give it at least a couple more listenings. And as I say, there's some good J.R. here, so whatever my opinion turns out to be, this CD is going to remain in my collection.

I've always liked Georges Delerue's soundtracks for Truffaut's films. I even have a couple of 45's that I bought back in the 60's with music from Shoot the Piano Player and Jules and Jim.

Earl Phillips is my favorite blues drummer. This morning I was listening to some Roy Eldridge sides from the 40's, and while perusing the personnel, I found that an Earl Phillips is credited as the drummer on the 1946 "Hi Ho, Trailus Boot Whip" session. Does anyone know if this is the same Earl Phillips who recorded with Jimmy Reed, Howlin' Wolf, and other blues artists?

Not to forget - Cannonball Adderly: Quintet in Chicago. Cannon, Trane, Wynton, P.C., and Jimmy Cobb - Mile's sextet minus Miles. Great stuff!

I don't have a lot of RVG remasterings, but of the ones I have, a few sound bright and others sound fine. I don't know if Mr. Van Gelder has suffered hearing loss, and it would seem that neither does anyone else here. It's all speculation. If he has, his age would seem to be a reason. Perhaps the question we should be asking is what excuse do other, younger engineers have for the poorly done recordings and remasterings that anyone with ears is familiar with?

There's nothing wrong (or depressing) about asking for advice about mastering quality - especially with the highly variable mastering jobs that we all have to contend with these days. I think that all Chuck and Rooster Ties were saying was that the Ornette box is of good quality and that the important thing is to hear the music and get to know it. Then if you feel the need, you can join the ranks of audiophiles and wanna be audiophiles (like myself) and make yourself as neurotic as you wish. I'll just add my opinion that I think the Ornette box sounds fine. Get it, put it on, and sit back and listen to Ornette and the guys wail.

The Complete Blue Note Horace Parlan Sessions (Mosaic) - LPs 2&7 - Us Three & Happy Frame of Mind Johnny Dodds: 1926 (Classics) Django Reinhardt: Vol. 5 (JSP) The Last Giant -The John Coltrane Anthology (Rhino) - disc 1 Sarah Vaughn: The Early Years - The Divine Sarah (Musicraft LP) - sides w. Freddie Webster Dizzy Reece: Asia Minor (New Jazz) Cecil Taylor: For Olim (Soul Note)

I'm sure that many will disagree with me, but I hear a very bluesy sound in much of Cecil Taylor's playing.