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Laughing my ass off just thinking of one of my nephews playing the braithaphone in his house. . . ! That would be chickens coming home to roost for my LOUD-when-a-kid brother!

Hmmm. . . have you been fingering your balance knob? There is something on my right channel, but the staging bias is definitely heavily to the left.

I love old pianos too. Though at the moment they are sort of a sore spot. I've enjoyed old pianos in the church my father "pastored" in Burton Ohio for thirty years. And I've always wanted one of my own. My wife's aunt died recently; Helen's aunt had inherited her own uncle's Steinway grand "reproducing" piano, built in the twenties, and that is one FINE instrument! Helen was offered the piano. . . I was not sleeping well at nights trying to negotiate getting that piano to our home. First I convinced my wife by actually rearranging the living room and putting up boxes in the appropriate area that we COULD fit the piano into our living room and still "live." Ultimately I lost out, because my father-in-law refused to ship it to us unless we ALSO took a nineteenth century dining room set and a lot of other furniture from this huge Chicago house her aunt had lived in most of her life, and we would have to get a larger house, and we simply COULDN'T afford that even if we WANTED to move somewhere else, which we really and truly DON'T want to do. So we passed on the Steinway. . .and I had a hard time sleeping again. . . til my wife announced we could buy a digital piano and we shopped around and settled on my new P120S. It's no Stienway, but it amazed me how good it sounds, it does play convincingly like a real hammer and strings and big harp piano and can also do so many things. . . .

I got this batch this weekend and really love the sound on these. This may be my FAVORITE batch of RVGs, sonicswise; I think he did a great job. The Newk's Time I think must have been one of the earliest stereo efforts, and he didn't get it right, for sure. Occasionally I get some bass notes out of the right channel but that is just about it. However I must say that Rollins sounds pretty scarily real at times! It's good sound, maybe it would have been better to use the mono reel! (I bet Michael had to keep Rudy from doing so!)

Thanks for posting that! Was great to see Tubby getting some love from core Ellingtonians!

That was my reaction as well, the remastering made me enjoy the sextet side much more than I had in the past. J. J. even sounded eerily real in his solos. . . I think RVG really nailed the sound on this batch of reissues! I was struck also at how rich the sound of the quintet was, especially when Woody was playing low notes. Great writing on Horace's part and great execution from all on both sessions.

Pre-ordered the Jazz Oracle three cd "Complete Red Heads" and the Jerry Garcia box set from cduniverse. Lotsa dollars out of my mad money budget to come!

Mixed bag or NOT, I sure wish someone would get around to reissuing that Earl Hines!

Finally got the RVG of this one this weekend. I think RVG really nailed the sound in this batch; this RVG sounds GREAT. I really enjoyed listening to this session again; I purposedly avoided listening to it for the last few months waiting for the reissue; it was worth the wait. Larry Willis really came on strong on his recording debut! For me he makes the title track happen, ably abetted by some mighty fine drumming by Mr. Jarvis! I really like the sound of the piano on this cd!

I bought a copy of the Lewis Mosaic from Mosaic shortly after Charles Lourie died; it was apparently an extra promo copy that he had in his collection. . . paid the 45 dollar face value for the set. Was so happy to do so!

Listened to this one yesterday, with great joy! I think the remastering is great, an improvement over the previous domestic cd, and I have great love for the music!

Finally got all the March RVGs in and listened to this this weekend. Wow, in my opinion it sounds REALLY GOOD (well, my stereo is blessing everything with great sound lately, but I think this last dozen RVGs sound extra good). I really like the way that Cecil's piano sound is so markedly different from say Horace's of the same time, and the remastering displays this. Quite a nice session. . . this is right on the edge of where Cecil Taylor's music escapes me for now. . . . After this it gets harder for me to enjoy at all, BUT I know that there will come a time. . . . I do listen to later Taylor and I know I'll find a way towards enjoyment.

When I tried last week there were about five that WERE in stock, but would not show up as part of the five dollar sale and would not ring up at five dollars even if you had three or so other five dollars in your basket. Hopefully that won't be the case when these others are back in stock. . . I may or may not order more. . . I'm way over budget with a huge family thing to pay for coming up . . . !

Yeah AB, it looks really good!

According to my searching last week, only about five of these show up for five dollar purchasing right now. . . . "The Best of Teo Macero" does, I THINK, include complete sessions of the material it compiles. VERY GOOD CD. (I have the Stash version).

I was considering the Malo. . . then I learned about the Garcia six cd box coming out and I'm shooting for that instead. . . .

I really love his playing too! He is very different from but reminds me somewhat of Frankie Dunlop, just a little bit in the way he creates melody from his toms. And he fits very well in that Silver band, playing the role that drummers such as Hayes and Brooks did so well for Silver too.

Guess I acquired the Goldie taste. I like him fine. Agreed that the Ewells are well worth exploring, I love his playing. The Good Time Jazz are great.

Went to the Record Convention here in Austin today and got: Blowin' Gold--John Klemmer--Chess two lp that also has tracks from Eruptions and All the Children Cried, unplayed 3 bucks Joe Sullivan Piano--Folkways (solos, also two quartets with Bechet, one accompanying Stella Brooks and one with a Yank Lawson unit); beautiful release, five bucks Capitol jazz Classics, Volume Six--Metronome All Stars 12/21/47, International Jazzmen 3/30/45, Metronome All Stars 1/23/51, Louis Bellson Just Jazz All Stars 2/52, three bucks Dixieland Now and Then: Jimmy McPartland's Chicago Rompers (with Dichenson, Freeman and Morello!) and Paul Barbarin's New Orleans Stompers (with Humphrey and Barker!) ---Jazztone, three bucks

Where you been? Glad you're digging them! Seemed a few less vendors this year and it was easier to get around. I really had fun looking at the 10"s at Euclid's stalls. I love that old packaging, and saw some covers that I had never seen before of material I've listened to for ages. . . .

Hmmm. . . I enjoy his playing. Maybe I'm a stiff.

Haul, all vinyl, all unplayed, one five dollars, the rest three: Blowin' Gold--John Klemmer--Chess two lp that also has tracks from Eruptions and All the Children Cried, unplayed Joe Sullivan Piano--Folkways (solos, also two quartets with Bechet, one accompanying Stella Brooks and one with a Yank Lawson unit); this was the five buck one, beautiful release Capitol jazz Classics, Volume Six--Metronome All Stars 12/21/47, International Jazzmen 3/30/45, Metronome All Stars 1/23/51, Louis Bellson Just Jazz All Stars 2/52 Dixieland Now and Then: Jimmy McPartland's Chicago Rompers (with Dichenson, Freeman and Morello!) and Paul Barbarin's New Orleans Stompers (with Humphrey and Barker!) ---Jazztone

I too have had more than whims in the direction of the Malo set!

I've read that story Alejo just served up. It sort of resonates with me as being very possible knowing the little that I know about the Ayler brothers. But no one really seems to be certain other than Maria Parks. . . .

John, really yes, the sound is considerably improved. The only caveat would be for those who may have owned the original vinyl for years and years: they have remixed almost all sessions from the original three track masters and this contributes to the better sound, but it IS disorienting if you have the original mix burned in your brain. But they really DID improve the sound; on a thread about these sets from early today Dr. J says that he was surprised at the improvement cuz he thought the Blue Moons sounded good; so was I when I got my set.