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That's true the Debut Mingus box is in fact a great listen from top to bottom, such variety. . . as much a rollercoaster as one can imagine an emotional Mingus to be.

I think this is a very good set, it certainly SOUNDS fantastic as well. . . . I've just really become bored over the years with the actual lp itself. I mean I bought this on vinyl so very long ago, and it's very cool, but sort of hasn't held up for me over the years as a big favorite. I really enjoy this set for the other material: the material with Pascoal is really neat as I've always enjoyed the little snippets released before, and "The Mask" I just love, have always loved the thematic/material since I first bought "Miles at Fillmore"! In my opinion nothing here quite matches the original "Bitches Brew" session material, BUT I prefer almost all of it to the extra material in that box set. Which is the reverse of my feelings about the Jack Johnson box!

Wes had a good pr agent on retainer! I think very very highly of Grant, and I really PREFER his style and playing personally (just love the way he manages SPACE in his music) and I think Grant loved to plays as deeply as Wes did. . . . But as Sidewinder notes, Green's exposure has grown in the digital age, Wes had a bigger impact on the general public in the day, and I believe he had more success with his "crossover" music than Grant did. . . .

I'll make a few comments. . . . Not much to avoid here as far as I'm concerned. The Prestige/Riverside/Contemporary/etc. boxes actually to me sound pretty darned good. . . . There IS a difference in remastering between the Parker complete and master takes boxes (the master takes was done by different folk more than a decade later than the complete box) but the complete box sounds pretty good I think.

Interestingly I have been doing some reading on materials made in sound production. There is some scientific findings that the material does not make as much difference as the design. . . . One guy for example built trumpets out of PVC and as long as the valve structure, tubing thickness, length, coil, etc. were identical the sound was supposedly identical. Quite interesting stuff. . . . It would be interesting if Ovation made fiberglass guitars that were identical in structure and design to a Gibson Hummingbird for instance and one could compare the two!

I know you were. The few I've fingered play nice. . . . But I don't really know too much about them.

I don't know, I have an Ovation Breadwinner ('seventies solid body electric guitar, sort of "Explorer" like) and it's one FINE guitar!

Yes, she looks more feminine than he does. . . .

I like that picture where she's looking rather ruefully at her guitar on the other end of the sofa. . . . I can relate!

I have the cd, I have a burn of the French "Jazz Tribune" version and a burn of the original lps. Guess I like it!

Must be a new distribution name for EMI/Blue Note

Definitely agree Mark!

I first encountered this gal from an audio board I frequent, someone was recommending her. VERY talented. And very gorgeous if you ask me. Ultimately, like Jordan, a little dab really does it for me. . . . I wish her b i g success.

Wow, I felt that New Directions was a snoozefest! Give me some Chico!

I think there's something to that with Bird's death; in some ways if a player didn't moved towards a harmelodic or sheets of sound or other trends that slowly grew out of the second half of the fifties and the first years of the sixties they may seem to be becoming dinosaurish and decades later seem to be past their best by a mile in comparison to the growth of many another. . . .

Yes Garth, I certainly agree about the albums by Zoot with Rowles. The Lizard sure adds an awful lot to those sessions and I wouldn't call Zoot's playing on these "rote" by any means. Sometims Rowles seems the perfect jazz pianist to me!

Don't miss "Feelin' the Spirit." Herbie really shines!

Rest in Peace Genius!

These are all wonderful lps! Worth considering if you do not have them.

Yes, those late thirties recordings seem to show a change in Armstrong, he seems so goddamned confident and effortlessly rhythmic, as if he finally realized he was THE SHIT!

Matt, have a great day!

The promo version of this was in a four-cd jewel case. . . . Better than the cube! (No booklet though!)

Interesting. . . I've heard some very strong (in my opinion, others may vary) playing from Eager from England in the seventies, but I would have to revisit them to definitively say they pale in comparison to his forties playing, but that is my inclination to say from memory!

I knew him more for his sci-fi mag covers and paperback covers. . . . He did some very eerie portraits too. . . . Quite an interesting painter. RIP Kelly!

I really like all the material on One for One. You gents are right: t h i s is the one to get excited about!