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K2 digital remastering is a JVC process that OJC has used on select titles in the past. (I don't think the Fantasy agreement has extended into the Concord management of OJC material). Here's what it says on the back of many K2 digital remastered cds: This album was mastered in analog using the 20-Bit K2 Super Coding System. Developed by JVC, the 20-Bit K2 Super Coding System integrates three important digital audio functions: 1. The JVC 20-Bit, 128 times over-sampling high resolution analog to digital converter. 2. The JVC K2 Super Coding resolves the high resolution 20-Bit signal to the 16-Bit compact disc format while retaining the integrity of the low level information. 3. The JVC K2 Interface effectively eliminates time base jitter in the digital data stream. The end result is a compact disc of extraordinarily higher resolution than that of today's conventional compact discs. The 20-Bit K2 Super Coding System allows the listener to hear every subtle sonic nuance from the breathing of the musicians to the explosive crack of the snare drum. Enjoy!

I haven't watched any Lost dvds, but I've seen all the broadcast shows and think they're interesting. . . . And it's no chore to watch Evangeline Lily and Michelle Rodriguez! I ordered Firefly and have that on the way. . . that was a good series, saw most of it in broadcast.

Yes, they are good too. They were "fresh" in 1972 though. . . I like everything in 1972 better than everything in 1977 I must admit that bias!

I might be alone in this . . .but. . . in going through a lot of 1972 shows I'm really becoming fonder and fonder of "Jack Straw." When both Jerry and Bob are working hard on it vocally, and especially when they do the tempo a bit on the slower side, it's quite a song. Love the "B" section.

I'm not sure that 90% figure is correct for the sideman sessions. There are Roulette, Savoy, Prestige, Columbia. . . it's maybe 80%? Maybe not, I haven't done the math. Is his situation Blue Note/other labels any differnt than Lee Morgan? It's sad that he just wasn't more in demand, especially in the final years. Glad he's gotten attention in the digital age!

Louis Armstrong doing any Hoagie. Nat Cole's Stardust really gets me. Carmen McRae's Oriole on Birds of a Feather. Bix, yeah.

I'm that far gone on it, myself. The JSP is a really nice selection, but it's not the Condon I would necessarily select item by item, and it misses so much! But yeah, I can see your point.

That's very interesting about Klook and I hadn't heard that before. (I'm a Klook nut!) Add the Grateful Dead to nonjazzers who were very influenced by Coltrane.

Raul is a bad MF on trombone. (There are Brazilian lp/cds that are better than this one, but it's a good one!)

I can see that "total unity" ... yeah. I hear the kitchen sink in there too. Amazing music throughout that Interstellar Space. Each time I open myself to it I encounter yet something else I swear wasn't there the last time, so to speak.

Barry Harris was doing bebop at this time. Legitimate question though is the club employment aspect and the overall market: don't you think there was more souljazzin' in the clubs and whatever playing opportunities than beboppin'? Even in the early sixties the bar on the corner of my Philadelphia street (Red Rooster) was playing souljazzy stuff.

Right, I'll listen to it at the same time, certainly. I listened to part of an audience downlad of that night, and it was a darned good show!

I've got the original cds for the Williams, so I think I'll pass on the Select. The Hill though. . .I'll have to order that, and the Slide Hampton!

Here's the Corcord page: http://concordmusicgroup.com/artists/album/?id=4371 Then go to the home page and enter the contest.

Alright! Something to look forward to when I get to that year in the Compendium!

I think I like It Club a bit more too. . . . I remember the weird reverby sound of the lps! They stripped all that for the recent expanded cd reissue, and it's much better for it! (The French CBS cds were from the lp masters and had that trippy sound).

I've experimented with reversing speaker polarity on some of the 24 bit US Verve reissues and found good results (the Coltranes especially seem to yeild believable tonal balance after reversal). I find that most of the new reissues that use the Sundazed reissue team (LP by Request, Billie Holiday Master takes, etc.) sound very well balanced, rich and detailed, not bass shy, right out of the case. Good move Verve!

I've been listening to some "Good Lovin'"s from 1972. Of course, there's those Pigpen raps which I always enjoy, and some pretty good singing too, relatively speaking. I like the places they take that song that year! Some nice explorations and it's really nice to have Keith putting down a nice piano foundation.

Hmmm. . . .seems I can't blame my behavioral problems on either Elton John or Grand Funk Railroad as I refused to listen to either willingly. And I didn't unwillingly hear enough to mar or scar me I don't think. It's probably all John Lee Hooker and Joe Zawinul and Jack DeJohnette and Jimi Hendrix's fault.

I really don't like that annoying guy at all or his songs. I do have one cd that is a Billy Joel cd that I think is really good, it's his classical piano pieces performed by Richard Joo and recorded in magnificent sound. Really the pianist and the sound bring out the fantastical elements.

I'm with Claude. Flurin: Grand Old (Ole) Party I believe. So old it should be dead.

Last month was really bad. Got into a big impasse in my wife's treatment involving two doctor's disagreeing and we were railroaded down the path we liked the least. We suffered as we as patiently as possible went through all the channels we had to in the big hospital/university beurocracy and not only did we get the doctors to agree (ours was finally shown to be in error, misinterpreting a collection number by using the wrong referrence number) and we are on the better path. Oh, and we changed doctors too from a greenhorn to one who is internationally acclaimed (the other doctor in the argument, who had it right from the start). In short August was a big waste, a BIG waste and scary, but September has been better and we're finally moving forward again. Things get better SS.

One of many more happy ones to come!

Well, let's see, Sue releases something about every 12 to 15 years, and she'll probably do something completely different for her next release round about 2020, possibly that Ronnie Scott's date, so after that in another ten years, from the mausoleum, she'll consider releasing etiher Monterey or an apartment tape of Mingus working out the compositions and arrangements for the 1964 European tour on the piano with his daughter sitting next to him. . . .

But wait Dmitry, there's more! I've only ever heard the same cd as you have but there's three others. (from Dusty Groove) 1. Sun Ra/Salah Ragab -- Sun Ra Arkestra Meets Salah Ragab In Egypt . . . CD . . . $14.99 Golden Years (UK), Early 70s/Early 80s Condition: New Copy Out Of Stock: Hit the 'Send Request' button to receive an email notice if the item comes back in. Really unique recordings from the Sun Ra Arkestra -- material recorded in Egypt during the early 70s and early 80s -- juxtaposed with sessions from percussionist Salah Ragab and the Cairo Jazz Band! The work here has much more of a "jazz meets world" sound than some of Ra's other recordings -- and most tracks are extremely melodic and rhythmic -- in a way that mixes Eastern instrumentation and themes with some of the more familiar Arkestra modes -- a sound that takes the Sun Ra groove one step further, and which sounds totally sublime! Highlights include the groover "Egypt Strut", the other-worldly "Watusa", the flute-heavy "Oriental Mood", and beautiful "Dawn". Really great stuff -- and a key glimpse at this rare slice of Ra's career! 2. Sun Ra -- Sun Rise In Egypt Vol 1 . . . CD . . . $16.99 (Item: 426033) Salah Ragab Jazz (Egypt), 1984 Condition: New Copy View Cart A really rare slice of work from Sun Ra's incredible run in the 80s -- a live set that reunites the Arkestra with drummer Salah Ragab, one of the group's key supporters in the motherland, and a really great player who definitely expands their groove! There's a sense of focus here that's really wonderful -- bold, strong organ and synthesizer lines from Ra -- stretching out in a soaring sort of way -- propelled even further than usual by Ragab's tightly rhythmic focus, in a manner that makes the tunes bristle like some of the Arkestra's most soulful work of the 70s! Players here include John Gilmore, Marshall Allen, and Danny Thompson on saxes -- and titles on this first volume include "Watusa The Egyptian March", "Solo Organ", "Shadow World", "Blues House", "West Of The Moon", and "Happy As The Day Is Long". (From the Jazz CD (N-S) page.) 3. Sun Ra -- Sun Rise In Egypt Vol 2 . . . CD . . . $16.99 (Item: 428439) Salah Ragab Jazz (Egypt), 1984 Condition: New Copy View Cart A really rare slice of work from Sun Ra's incredible run in the 80s -- a live set that reunites the Arkestra with drummer Salah Ragab, one of the group's key supporters in the motherland, and a really great player who definitely expands their groove! There's a sense of focus here that's really wonderful -- bold, strong organ and synthesizer lines from Ra -- stretching out in a soaring sort of way -- propelled even further than usual by Ragab's tightly rhythmic focus, in a manner that makes the tunes bristle like some of the Arkestra's most soulful work of the 70s! Players here include John Gilmore, Marshall Allen, and Danny Thompson on saxes -- and titles on this second volume include 2 long "opening" tracks -- plus "Love In Outer Space/Nuclear War", "Unidentified Standard", and "Blue Lou". (From the Jazz CD (N-S) page.) 4. Sun Ra -- Sun Rise In Egypt Vol 3 . . . CD . . . $16.99 (Item: 428442) Salah Ragab Jazz (Egypt), 1984 Condition: New Copy View Cart A really rare slice of work from Sun Ra's incredible run in the 80s -- a live set that reunites the Arkestra with drummer Salah Ragab, one of the group's key supporters in the motherland, and a really great player who definitely expands their groove! There's a sense of focus here that's really wonderful -- bold, strong organ and synthesizer lines from Ra -- stretching out in a soaring sort of way -- propelled even further than usual by Ragab's tightly rhythmic focus, in a manner that makes the tunes bristle like some of the Arkestra's most soulful work of the 70s! Players here include John Gilmore, Marshall Allen, and Danny Thompson on saxes -- and titles on this third volume include 2 long "opening" tracks, plus "School You About Jazz", "Fate In A Pleasant Mood", and "Round Midnight". (From the Jazz CD (N-S) page.)