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I've ALWAYS loved this music, and cherished the lps and cds I have had. Dunlop on drums with Monk has been a favorite combination of mine (though I love Ben Riley's work as well)--Frankie just dances with the tunes and his soloing is so musical and inventive. And both the quartets were such hardworking working bands, and it shows in the music. This is amazing stuff, so clearly executed and masterfully conceived. (And the sound, the original recorded sound and the new remastering, have a clarity and solidity that add authority to the listening experience.) "It's Monk Time" has long been a favorite for the piano playing---it starts off with essential Monk transforming a standard by himself with real verve and that a perfect beginning for an excellent album of Monk pianistics (and more of course from the other three.) The new "Underground" is so cool because of the added bits (though it is a bit unsettling to hear this album differently after so many listens to the original) and the Hendricks bit accompanying the bass solo on "In Walked Bud" stands out as a fantastic listening experience. "Criss Cross" is a very satisfying album in all ways. It just is a blockbuster compositionally and in performance. "Solo Monk" which I have not yet bought in the new version has long been a favorite, one of my first Monk lps in fact, and one that I puzzled over for a long time and then delighted over when it finally reeled me into its eccentric orbit. Yes, I've been digging these for several decades and glad that they finally wormed their way into your listening world!

The US version DOES have more music, restored solos mostly. I've never heard or seen the Japanese set, always wanted to find one before the US set, and honestly afterwards as well, but never found one for sale at a price I would spring for. My GUESS is that the sound on the US would be "better," definitely going to be "different."

Here's one I was skeptical of at first but turns out to be magnificent: Sweet potato Crockpot Chili 3 Sweet Potatoes (or yams) 1 Onion 1.5 cups frozen corn 1 can pinto beans 1 can black beans 1/2 packet taco seasoning 1 small can or jar of your favorite salsa (in this instance I use a small can or Herdez salsa casera, or a small can of sliced hatch chilis) Dice the potato and onion, combine all ingredients and cook four hours on high or eight hours on low. You can also add sausage if you have to have some meat. If you're in central Texas use some Elgin sausage, not the HOT variety. This is some great eatin' with a salad and some cornbread or Texas Toast. . . .

Got mine a few days ago from cduniverse. It's nice! I've been waiting to hear these early recordings.

I've been enjoying the first in the Hazel Scott series, and the Elllington material on the latest (fifth) Charlie Ventura.

I have almost all of them. . . well more than 80% probably, I did not buy or sold some that I found Japanese or RVG versions of. . .

Sets are often licensed for a time period as well as for a number of copies, and I believe that this set must have reached its time limit. A mixed set, but a great one in many ways!

I have an earlier cd version of this from Japan, and I agree it's a nice album indeed. McFarand is an interesting arranger and writer and performer, he always had a thoughtful and original slant for an album it seems. . . .

Powell and Diz and Bud and Max (not really Mingus, sorry Charlie) SHOULD be considered fathers just because of the severe influence they had on the musicians that were putting out the first "hardbop" stuff (no matter who we agree those are practically!) . . . . and Bud and later (in my opinion) Diz were on the hardbop bandwagon too, as that became something to talk about and get a gig based on. . . . Not sure that I myself would call the music at Massey Hall "hardbop". . . . This labeling thing is hard to define and communicate. . . it was more like "fully-flowered bebop by badasses"!

Amen.

Yup, definitely a slip of some sort. . .

yeah, but lately bedixie has my hard!

Joking. I think. . . though some of those live dates from Pres in the first half of the fifties sure are some rockin' good hard swingbop.

Pres started it all. He started it ALL. End of story. -_-

Happy birthday! Glad it was a great one!

I agree with Jim that some of those LT covers are really great, I like Thinking of Home and Dance with Death quite a bit for instance. This new cover just seems an odd choice to me, but then I'm neither the Art Director nor that big on cover art on Blue Notes the way others are here. . . . Anyone who has seen any of MY covers knows I am no Reid Miles (nor do I have the same philosophy of cover art) so I shouldn't be pointing any fingers. . . .

Dan, many more happy ones my friend! You deserve a great day of celebration and attention and I bet you got it!

I'm getting excited about the box. Jack Johnson is NOT one of my favorite lps, but the other material that is here that I have heard I do like, so I'm looking forward to it. "Live/Evil" I like better than Agharta and Pangea and Dark Magus. . . . I like some boots better than the official releases as well. (Save "Live/Evil"---that is boss; I'm looking forward to the Cellar Door dates!)

I think whenever any American record company says "previously unreleased" it has one of two meanings: * OUR company has never released this before here in America * this has never been released on cd in America

By the way, that cover doesn't do much for me!

That's what I thought it meant as well. If I'm not mistaken the C3 is smaller. . . but the organists here would have the skinny. My personal experience is with a friend's B3. . . loading it in and out of a van a half a dozen times. . . and with some seventies model compact Hammond that my grandfather had and played songs on after he retired (he used to play banjo in the twenties! and taught himself the organ when he retired.) That little model was cool, but no C3 or B3!

I guess I should have said "THIS Masakela" as I've heard plenty, but not this one. Queer Eye. . .I still find them pretty annoying (I've only seen the episodes that NBC broadcast; still don't have cable or plan to). . .but my wife loves them. I'll grant they are entertaining. . .but annoying. I'd hate to be in the same room with them for long!

If only she got more MTV and VH1 play. . . .

I only have a burn of the original release, and I find the sound perfectly acceptable, and dig the performance. . . . I like Ms. Hipp!

I've noticed that Sony cdrs can present reading problems in some players that otherwise accept cdrs easily. This is curious stuff, the whole biz!