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Graham Collier. . . maybe "Songs for my Father" . . . .

The Al Hibler stuff on this was new to me, and great stuff!

He really is a good painter. Every time I'm in DC I go to the Smithsonian and admire his Ella painting.

It never ends!

Well, write them and find out. . . They did do the All Stars box, a favorite of mine!

Cool Edward! They are nice folks there . . . . Yeah, and that Cliff Jackson is one awesome cd!

Or to hear him doing it ALL there's always the Keith Jarrett Trio version of "God Bless the Child." It's like a little microcosm of his drumming style all in one track. . . I never tire of it.

I got your back! Jack can do anything. Sometimes he may seem to be filling up space madly. . . well I'm sure he has a reason. He can be very subtle, he can groove HARD, he can be atmospheric, he can play a mean piano, he can . . . well what can't he do well?

Must resist. . . Must. . . Resist. . . . Hey, I did resist!

Yes, great notes on this set. Great music. Great sound. Does that make this triply great?

Wow Jim, hadn't noticed, just lost rack after post 10,000 a month or so back. . . .

So true, so true.

If there's a male version, does HE also have a "mute" button?? Just because we women are nodding and smiling and not changing the subject doesn't mean we're listening. We just have mastered the art of ignoring, without making it obvious so that you will cry and run out of the room. ← Wow, does anyone offer classes on the art of ignoring? My wife doesn't even do the nodding and smiling . . . !

Just fine! Just having some fun! I don't think as highly of "The Latin Bit" as Jim does, but I was only jesting to say that he's "crazy, crazy, crazy!"

Huh. . . . . that's interesting. . . .

I hear ya. Of all the RVG reissues, I think these early Blue Note sessions are the ones that have most benefited from the remastering. I had a few of the earliest Japanese RVGs of the Miles and Monk and Bud and JJ material, and kept the American versions which were released later as they were actually from the original disc sources. I believe that the Dorham and Clark that I have are not the same remasterings as the US; to my knowledge and view of the chronology they were among the last of the Japanese series that were done over again for the US or vice versa. But I could be wrong. They do sound different, subtly, and phase and pressing plant differences may be responsible. Anyway, nothing is going to sound as good as the vinyl originals I think! But few of us have those!

Maybe, maybe not. . . . The Kenny Dorham and the Clark both sound different than the US, I have had both, not tremendously different, but different. The booklets are very different as well.

I have the Kenny Dorham at the Cafe Bohemia, and the Sonny Clark Trio set, and really like them. I think the sound is great, and I think that the booklets are great, with photos and album covers that aren't necessarily available elsewhere. I guess in the sonics nature of things, it's a matter of personal taste, and really, if one has this material in other forms, there's no reason to get these unless you just like to collect Blue Note Japan items or are really enamored with the Japenese RVG sound. I think besides those you mention there are also Thelonious Monk and Miles Davis sets. . . not sure of how many others.

I agree, that Mosaic sounds GOOD.

Details also here: http://www.jazzoracle.com/catalogue/BDW_8047.asp Even includes performances that have J. R. T. himself on board.

Just noticed today that there is a "Gift from the President"--a disc of rare sides offered free with the purchase of one Jazz Oracle cd from www.worldsrecords.com VARIOUS ARTISTS A GIFT FROM THE PRESIDENT Description A selection of rare items discovered by Jazz Oracle's President, John R.T. Davies, and his friends. It is offered as a gift from John R.T. to anyone interested in the music he so dearly loved. Free with the purchase of any Jazz Oracle CD (while supplies last). Songs Mother Me, Tennessee (a) Maybe (She'll Phone Me, She'll Write Me) (b) From Monday On © If You Never Come Back (d) Tishomingo Blues (e) The Wild Dog (f) Singing The Blues (g) Sweet Sue- Just You (h) Jamaica Shout (i) Olga (j) Freddy's Fog (k) Pumpernickel (k) Naughty Man (l) Without You Emaline (m) Charleston Swing (n) Walking The Dog (o) Lazy Day (p) You Understand (q) If I Could Only Read Your Mind (q) Peg O' My Heart ® You're Lucky To Me (s) Personnel (Artists: a- Wingy Manone & His San Due Strutters; b- New Orleans Jazz Band; c- Red McKenzie & His Music Box; d- Mound City Blue Blowers; e- Duke Ellington & His Orch.; f- Joe Venuti's Blue Four; g- Al Steele & His Orch.; h- unknown band; i- Coleman Hawkins & His Orch.; j- King Oliver & His Orch.; k- Blue Steele & His Orch.; l- Fletcher Henderson & His Orch.; m- Bubber Miley & His Mileage Makers; n- Carolina Cotton Pickers; o- Eddie Lang's Orch.; p- The Westernaires; q- Benny Carter & His Orch.; r- The Anglo-American Alliance; s- Jeff Healey & Friends) Details Label: JAZZ ORACLE Number: 8047 Itemcode: 56881 Format: CD Genre: Dates: [1924-1936, 1967, 2001] Price: $0.00 Buy Now

New this week to www.yourmusic.com : three Jerry Garcia cds: Reflections Run for the Roses Cats under the stars

Also new this week: three Jerry Garcia cds: Reflections Run for the Roses Cats under the stars

There were three cds from Decca/GRP that are wonderful and now out of print; these reissue perhaps the most important tunes (perhaps not, everyone's "important" can be different) ---worth seeking out, these were well produced releases in great sound. Also there is (was?) a Johnny Dodds cd on Decca/GRP which included some great Armstrong (double Armstrong actually, Lil was around as well) and is worth seeking out. I confess that I bought the Definitive discs were released years ago just to have as much as I could under one roof. Much of it may not be "essential" unless one happens to be an Armstrong NUT. (I am . . . in several senses). Don't overlook the "Autobiography" two cd set out on Verve---that IS essential.

Augustin mentioned this release on another thread, and mine arrived from Cadence last night and was eagerly listened to once through. I can heartily recommend this to Ray Nance fans who don't mind a bit of sonic roughness. The disc opens with an excellent Ray Nance feature with the Horace Henderson Orchestra, good in all ways, for the great Nance performance, for the band performance, and for the arrangement. Then follows seven fascinating tracks with an Ellingtonian small group. . . Webster, Guy, Blanton (not on all numbers), Greer . . . . Sound is not GREAT, but not really bad for privately recorded sessions of this nature. Webster appears on both tenor AND clarinet, and is clearly in great form. Everyone is having fun. Relaxed. . . . This is the pearl of the necklace in many ways. . . though there are other highligts a plenty on this disc. Two Earl Hines Orchestra (a very small one!) are included that can also be found on the Earl Hines Delmark cd of material with Ellingtonian sidemen (and vocalist Betty Roche, no sideman she!) Two very atmospheric Eddie Heywood Orchestra selections follow, in great sound. The disc continues with three very relaxed quintet selections on Esquire Records recorded in London with Dick Katz at the piano. Nance is definitely the focal point here! Relaxation continues to be the key with five selections by Ivory Joe Hunter as the bandleader; Ray really shines on these on violin, perfectly complementing the pieces and moods. The disc closes with a track from Babs Gonzales that had appeared on the Blue Note cd (now out of Print) and continues the relaxation in a Babs-orific way. . . . This is a great addition to the scanty number of discs that feature Ray Nance as "leader". . . . Ray was one of a kind, and I'll continue to hope that more of his work is reissued!