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Dad had lots of Goodman (big band sides, he played a little clarinet in high school but never afterwards) and Ellington (a few, including Uptown) and lots of Glenn Miller (go figure) as well as jazzy Gershwin interpretations of this or that type (he's a NUT for Gershwin.) Mom had some Brubeck lps, mainly Stardust on red vinyl, and Bossa Nova USA. These were part of the listening rotation in our home, and I heard jazz also at a friend of the family's, more modern bop stuff, and Louis Armstrong who I used to love to hear and watch on tv. Then in Africa Peace Corps volunteers would give me records they didn't want from their "care packages" sometimes received, and I got a Leo Wright and a Charles Bell on Atlantic that I played and played and sort of sealed the jazz deal for me. I started trying to find more jazz there in Swaziland, but there wasn't much; when I returned to the US in a year or so I found quite a bit. . . .

I guess by GRP I meant the "Decca Jazz" cds on GRP, "Rhythm Saved the World", "Heart Full of Rhythm" and "Satchmo at Symphony Hall". . . . The two cd highlights is a nice compilation that includes some of this material and later material. .. .

Me too. Sound is better than on the Mythic Sound cds. . . .

l, Fantasy has so far released two cds drawn from the material in the Paudras releases, though not exactly in the same order, that is the material so far is not one specific volume or another, but a mix from different volumes. They haven't stated exactly that they ARE definitely going to do all the material as far as I can tell, but they may do so. . . . The sound is quite good on the one that I have picked up so far.

The Japanese cd has K2 sound, and it's not fantastic, but I think they improved on the vinyl; it's not bad. . . .

Well I've never heard the instruments so naturally and solidly reproduced, with real depth to the sound, and all the soundstaging elements intact. These just sound like music to me, not hifi. . . . Also, they're incredibly adaptive: the tweeter can be adjusted by inserting resistors of different values, and the bass output can be adjusted by raising or lowering the speaker from the floor. . . .

I had these speakers, and loved them so much that I upgraded to the RL2 model. . . this is an amazing speaker that really has me riveted to my listening seat: Decware Radial RL-1

Yes, in some ways this is Salim's best, because it blazes a trail more. . . . This is a less explored format than his previous releases were, and he really puts his best foot forward. This swings, it bouces, it rocks. . . . It's all about the beat and the groove.

Well, the RCAs are all collected in one nice package, and the sound is great. . . .Really, til you get to the second half of the forties there AREN'T too many small group recordings to get: this was the age of the big band and most Armstrong recordings were Pops fronting a big band. . . . The GRP Decca cds are really quite good. . . . The sound is very good, the notes are solid, and they're well selected and presented, being pretty complete up to the cutoff date. Definitive has two multi-cd sets that will collect all the Decca masters. . . that's one way to go. I've some of the Chronogical Classics and they too are great. . . going to have all the commercial recordings chronologically and encompass V-Disks and other items that fall between the cracks of some of the other series. A decade or two ago I wasn't too crazy about the big band sides and these decades of Armstrong. But over time that has changed: I need Pops of all type and time. Your mileage may vary. . . . B)

There are baseball books?

Hmmm. . . I loved Austin in the 'eighties too. . . I don't feel the same way about it now. It's gotten too big for its britches logistically, doesn't have the same vibe and is too expensive to really enjoy fully (in my opinion.) Anyway, I don't have too much to offer. I used to be a miniscule part of the Austin music scene and it so frustrated and irritated me that I don't take part in the music scene much at all as a customer these days. The Elephant Room is THE place I would say, and Brandon is right, they rarely book acts that are further out than Tom Harrell; the most adventurous group I've seen there was probably Sam Rivers fronting a local band. . . it was conservative Rivers in many ways (great show.) Good luck!

Well, I'm quoted in the second post from the BNBB thread, and nothing has changed, except that my good friend and companion Spot passed away. . .

These two seem to be available and are recommended:

Yes Elmore IS a killer. That Collectables three cd set of his stuff is a SLAYER.

Your Hit #1 was a miss!

It's a cool lp from 1959! I haven't found a cover scan yet. . . wish it were on cd!

Yes, that one was, but I think if you'd reread my post I mentioned that it HAD been out on cd, however the Charles Bell had not. . . .

Mike, I don't think Collectables has put any of those mentioned in the first post out on cd. . . .

I like that. . . adds new meaning to the term "Feel the burn!"

I need to dig this one out again and listen to it soon. I don't even remember any of the lyrics! But I do like the cd, I think there are some very good performances on this cd from Cassandra and her backing musicians.

It's been nearly a year, ten or eleven months now. I only archived one thread, a "round robin" tale of the future that I had a lot of fun with. Others have saved many another thread, I'll assume they'll weigh in soon.

Alan Lankin's labor of love: http://jazzmatazz.home.att.net/upcomingcds.html

Agreed. I love the way the lp is split with flute and violin (tenor violin?) on one side, and alto and trumpet on the other! Beautiful music on both sides!

That Charles Bell would be great to have on cd! One of my first two jazz albums, part of a "care package" for Peace Corps volunteers in the late sixties; the other was Leo Wright's "Blues Shout" which HAS made it to cd. One of the volunteers in Swaziland gave me his copies of these, and I've loved them ever since. They're a big reason I'm a jazz fan.

Dana, yes, I'll have that box set soon, and I have the first three of the Crown lp reissue series that Ace is doing---an excellent series! I guess I do hear a lot of B. B. in Eric, and I know he listened and collected and cherished him, but it's not to my ears the same as the way he literally reissues Freddie King and Otis Rush. Yes King Curtis. . . I know there are fans on this board!