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I love all the Babs Gonzales I have ever heard. . . My favorite is "St. Louis Blues" but he never fails to entertain me. I've compared the Definitive Basie Columbias to the French lp set of the masters on cdr. I prefer the sound from the French lps, occasional vinyl glitches and all. They are more immediate and lively.

I've emptied the jar, but it took some time. . . .

Fantastic Scott! Glad you got such great gifts and had a great day!

David, congratulations. I know how hard you have been working towards this and I'm very proud of your accomplishment!

Sad news. I just know him from his Debut and Impulse appearances. . . that is enough to know he was a unique talent!

George Buck has a Circle cd of Lunceford transcriptions out. . . possibly the World Transcriptions?

Jim it definitely feels like Teefski was allowed to do his thing! I find it interesting how on the original Savoy lp mixes (not necessarily in all the reissues, especially the US ones) RVG (and other engineers in other studios that Cadena and others used) seem to have the horns even more upfront and loud than on say Blue Note and Prestige sessions. This can be quite effective; I really like the way that the Harden-Coltrane dates sound for example.

I sure missed out on dodgeball by being in a British-run boarding school in M'Babane. . .playing cricket and hockey and soccer and rugby instead!

If you want to sample his writing and arranging skills for BIG BOLD BAND, pick up almost any Maynard Ferguson Roulette. Man. . . !

Two very good recommendations there! Sister Salvation was (along with Charles Bell's and Leo Wright's first Atlantic lps) among my first three jazz lps I ever owned and I still get chills when I hear the Hampton lp!

I honestly believe this was intended to make you sit up and take notice, the arrangement was engineered this way, and the engineering was arranged to heighten the effect. Not knowing the original intent, not being at the session, I'm just guessing but that's how it seems to me. It's a great tune and the contrast helps to make it a memorable one, lifts it up a notch.

Gosh, I can't tell you how much I dig that! I discovered that so many years ago that it isn't funny and just LOVE it! Jazz ain't pretty and predictable and neoconservative!

What was it Frank Zappa used to say. . .? "No commercial potential." I think Spielberg thinks he put in just the right amount of jazz in this, not too little not too less. Can't let his appreciation (if genuine) of Golson's work get in the way of business sense!

Yes, jazz was not important to this movie. . . it merely served as a vehicle for Hanks' character to fulfill a promise to his Dad. Can't have too much jazz in a movie if you want it to slam at the box office! Conicidentally I missed the thread on this movie so I didn't know the jazz thing was coming up. When they started alluding to it I thought of the photo in Harlem and sure 'nuff yep there it was. The interesting thing was my wife was very happy that because of ME she knew about that photograph and some of the people in it (okay, she knew MONK! when they showed his promo picture, a nice one), and she was so tickled that she KNEW. She felt HIP. Wild!

You just had the right material! You should get my response.

Benny is discussing tunes with the other quartet members as the scene opens and Hanks asks him "Are you Benny Golson". . . Benny agrees and Hanks tells him about his father. Benny says "So your dad was a jazz fan? That's great! Wonderful, yeah I'll sign that but not right now we're about to start playing, in a few minutes" (paraphrased) and he starts playing "Killer Joe" and they fade out from the scene. . . and we see Hanks hail a cab in the next scene and he has a Ramada inn handout with Golson on it and his signature.

That's what I was thinking too Larry. I sprung for this with no hesitation due to the price, and even was able to give away "Time Out" to a potential jazz fan without hesitation! The packaging doesn't bother me. . . .

Al, pm'd ya. Got the dreaded mail error message, but it may have gone through. . . .

Possibly Pops. . . and Sade.

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I just don't like the way they're recorded; the keyboard is unrealistically presented in stereo on my systems at least! Things like this and drummers whose kit is split between channels meaning they have a 20' left arm etc. really bug me! I have no complaint with the sound. I actually listen to them in mono on one of my systms (which has a mono switch).

Quite nice sound. It's not got real oddity. . . you know, none of that weirdly reproduced keyboard that defies the laws of physics such as can be found someplaces like the Marcus Roberts RCA solo sides. A tad DRY (I always love to hear the soundboard resonating like on the RCA Willie the Lion Smith sides, know what I mean?) but that only on a really analytical system. (Got one of dose).

It seems if you look closely at the three entries for the titles in cduniverse they have all three discs. . . separately now as two cds in Volume two and the single first volume. Here is the cover for the three cd set which amazon.com has at a better combined price: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detai...351218?v=glance

Can't remember the liner notes to the New World cds . . . I think they have the lp liner notes reprinted, I think they're Dance efforts, not positive. I guess they were ultimately . . . forgettable.

Not sure about the BOTM Club material. I do know that the Mosaic set only had ONE track of Earl Hines Ellington material; "Mood Indigo" is in the New World and the Mosaic set. I think that the material in the Mosaic is otherwise not duplicated on New World (that is: the material does not show up on either volumes of the Ellington cds --three total-- nor on the Plays Cole Porter cd). The last time I was looking all three Ellington cds were compiled (not remastered again or anything just stuffed into a three banger) as a three cd set that is still available. I think the separate volumes were sort of dropped but some may still be around. This (Earl plays and interprets Eddie K) is some of the very best solo piano I have ever heard!