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I've had to spend a lot of time in waiting rooms lately in another city and reread a lot of detective novels and this has me on a binge. . . Read a bit of A. A. Fair, Charles Willeford, Ross McDoanld, Rex Stout. . . . Now on Rex Stout's "The Golden Spiders."

I have only one Kurt Elling disc. . .. Only one AEC. Wow, I envy some of you. . . so much to discover!

What he said.

Yes, both the Columbia lps and the Storyville are great! I love listening to Wild Bill.

Sorry. . . . I don't think you'll regret it especially if you don't have much of this music elsewhere.

Okay, the packaging . . . well I kind of like the metal box but the accordian-like holders for the discs are sort of silly. . . . The music. . . Wow. I love the remastring by Bob Irwin, at least on my system it's dynamic and tonally just right and lets the music breathe. And I'm enjoying this music all over again. The sound helps, it's much more alive than the ten cd set I've had a long time. And Billie is really gripping me. And these sidemen are just creme de la creme. The booklet has photos I have flat never seen before. . . ! I wouldn't have gotten this except that www.yourmusic.com picked it up and for 36 dollars I'd recommend this to any jazz vocal fan.

That Pee Wee Impulse has MARSHALL not Lawrence Brown. It's good but my favorite Pee Wee is earlier Pee Wee, especially in Condonite settings. What a musical mind! My favorite clarinetist. (I guess people have an aversion to Chicago style, "dixieland" etc. but I love that stuff when done right).

Ah get lost! No, kidding, welcome!

I agree with Ed and you. I like Jacky, I like his Blue Notes with one exception, I think I have them all, and I think I have his sideman jobs for the label too. . . . I too don't like the one with Harris. . . !

Yeah, I have some black and white footage of Una too. And that Lena sudsing. . . Oh sweet Georgia Brown! Is it five o' clock yet?

Mike, cool, good deal at Waterloo. I don't often get over to Waterloo. . . and things aren't usually that cheap. (I hate the way they have that store set up too). I would have saved about a dollar twenty in comparison to the cduniverse order. I can live with that! That Hawkins is such a great session! I have it but want the RVG sound on that and the Dorham.

Una Mae Carlisle! (with Pat Flowers) (Photo courtesy of Chris)

I dig the one with Jimmy best.

I just ordered the Hawkins and the Dorham. I'm intrigued to hear them. . . will probably be a week to ten days though.

I noticed there 100 tracks spread over 6 discs. (they probably could have put this set on 5 discs) Those timings are pretty long on many of the numbers; not sure this would fit on five discs. I have received this from yourmusic and the sound is EXCELLENT. An especially good deal from yourmusic.com if you don't have the complete box set and don't need the alternates (and the rehearsal session). . . . The live concert on the complete box set is worth having though! (But is not unique to the box).

I ordered the Ellington. Pricey, but I've been wanting this on cd, now I'll have it.

Also of interest to someone not interested in this large set are the two cds that are available on "The Old Masters". . . . A lot of the music (not all) is in the Mosaic, the sound is really good on the cds, almost as good as the Mosaic. A great label, TOM. . . .

I've bought them all. It is too long to wait, but I have lots of bootlegs to listen to in between! I'll never say I have enough Miles, again. I might have said that about five years and a hundred discs or so ago!

Yes, and some great music as well as great singing on this set as well. Of course, the Andorran Rip Off Versions will probably be available in perpetuity. . . . DAMNIT.

Happy it is that way too.

The Bailey is a really really nice set. So glad I bought it years ago. It was available a long time. Time for some more twenties and thirties material sets!

I would buy this when and if my financial situation improves. This and the Mosaic box are two very different animals I think. I have a portion of this on other Capitol releases. .. .I like Nat enough to be a bit fanatical and I like Bear Family material. It will be some time before I'm buying a set though (necessity not desire is the factor).

It was cool to see, and yeah, that album is great. Funnily I had just finished listening to "Shootout at the Fantasy Factory" before the "Sunday" show came on.

I like the SACDs from OJC that I've heard, but I haven't heard the Kelly. The Monk and the Massey Hall I really think are improvements over even the K2. But so much of this sort of thing is system dependent. (In my opinion).