jazzbo

Yes, his work with Garcia really is laudable. I admit it's hard to listen to his work outside of Garcia. . . .

You are very right about this release; the sound is excellent and Jerry and John are really having fun, and I like Keith in the JGB, he knows how to sort of just do his thing and loosely compliment everyone. This is one of the very best Jerry Garcia Band releases I have ever heard.

Smoooooth moov! Great discs!

Maybe my copies of these two Cannons and the new Jerry Garcia will be waiting for me at home! (I used that hope to get me through a whole day of awfully-presented database training!)

Well, I didn't mean the "more of the same" as derogatorily as it may seem I did (though I'm less excited about the new Hartman/Coltrane material as I really have never been crazy about that session). More of the same, at this caliber overall, is great news! I'd LOVE to hear this stuff, all of it, but I'm not allowing myself to begin foaming at the mouth for it. . . because I think it will take a long time to appear. I hope I'm wrong! I'll get excited as soon as I see release dates!

Hmmm. . .what I have heard does not sound that bad. . . Raoul, this material is not officially commercially available and has only been circulated among collectors for the most part (though some of it seems to be from vinyl sources (?). . . . To follow rules of the board, one would have to use Private Messaging or email to work out obtaining copies.

There is in circulation among collectors about two and a half hours of quartet recordings from Denmark, 1968 with Kenny Drew and Tootie Heath in the quartet. There's also a German broadcast tape going around of about thirty mintutes duration of a quintet with Johnny Griffin. I think that's all I know of.

I've no real complaints about Phil, especially compared to some here. I was thinking more along the lines of the likely custodian of these tapes, Michael Cuscuna.

My own enthusiasm is a bit dampened by the fact that I sincerely believe we'll have to wait quite some time for this material to become cds ready to distribute. And I have a nagging bit of fear that if this lands in the hands of a particular reissue producer he'd deem about one third or more "unfit for release" and I'd be one frustrated dude. So. . . I'm holding back my excitement. The music itself is not earthshatteringly different--it's going to be great to hear and study, but it's in some sense "more of the same" for the most part. . . . I'm most excited I think aobut the ALS material.

So many great tenors passed through that band. (Let's not forget Gonsalves!) Still. . .for me . . . it's Pres.

Krupa - James (Krupa sides)

I'm all for more Impulse RVG work, as well as more Monk and live and disc-recorded remastering. And I'm welcoming his take on the Prestige etc. titles.

I'm pretty much in agreement with Robert re: the sound. Also worth noting is that the Blue Note RVGs of the last few years do not sound the same as the early JRVGs and US RVGs.

"Ornettethology." DUH!

Not to mention that new Convention Center Chuck wants to develop in his hometown. . . .

I might buy a more expanded version, that is rumored to be available near Xmas.

Me, I love Rouse.

This is the main thread. . . . I know of quite a bit of off board emailing about this stuff, but yeah, it's sort of "numbingly" amazing.

I don't really feel that way. . . I think you can make an ipod sound pretty good, but you can get a lot more tube for 525!

Very pretty covers!

Well, as I have almost all I need of all those listed, I now use yourmusic.com to get new releases cheaply, and for classical and blues and soul titles of which there are many listed that I don't have and might want. . . .

Don't panic yet! Give them a day! (By the way, there is a package on the way to you CONFIRMED from this location). The Miles with Booker is about 20 minutes of Miles sittin' in. . . not essential, and this is the only place I've ever seen it.

Yes, but some good music has been out on them that I've not seen elsewhere (like the Miles with Berryl Booker. . . )

I have never seen a Yadeon cd with a booklet! Only a back case panel!

I've got the 1999 version, I'm happy with it, and I'm holding fast. -_-