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Amen to the Slim, Joe. Any of his recordings would do!

I agree with Late: your system may dictate whether upgrading is worth it to you. And there is nothing absolute: some of the older remasterings sound great, some of the new ones are sort of wild turkies. As a general rule I buy the RVGs because I like his remasterings for the most part, and the music. As mentioned above his remasterings of the earliest material smoke anyone else's (in my opinion.) And in general on my system his (controversial) style sounds very involving to me. So though I'll buy all the domestic RVGs, the other upgradings I am choosier about. I prefer to amass more music, but I do find that if a favorite old cd is improved by remastering I reach for it more often. So it's mix and match for me nowadays.

I checked their release date with that of the Sonny Meets Hawk elsewhere, and if it is correct, it's the latest domestic remaster. . . .

Blue Train. That head! It's just too much.

Parker, it's not that bad really as I remember! Won't spoil your ultimate enjoyment!

Yeah, I ordered 6 and had no problem doing so to my one address. Thanks.

This is a pretty cool cd! So much better than those Arc of A Diver thangs he was putting out. . . . . I've always liked the organ sounds he comes up with. And dig that he is doing a Sade tune.

Check out this thread of previous discussion: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...f=5&t=1544&st=0

Up for some perusal.

Okay, I put "Hard Bop" into Google Image Search, and this was one of the first results: So, obviously, Tristano is the mystery component!

The Monkarena. . . a dance that I can actually do, even when I have a flareup of my "pain in the ass to pain in the neck" back pain phenomenum. . . YEAH BUDDY!

The Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers session. . . now that we have the Trio coming, this one, one of the most important of dates for the company, is due.

In my opinion Ubu, yes, especially the earliest material, which is quite transformed and sounds dead to me on the box set. And there is a Superbit TOCJ of the Roost material with much better sound (by McMaster) which makes replacing the box set possible. I no longer listen to the box set. The RVGs are clearly better (to my tastes, on my system I must say.)

Bud. Bud by RVG is da stuff.

Thanks also Brad, for the same reasons. Well, I feel very very similar to Soul Stream about this cd. Technical brilliance pours from Stitt's horn, but I don't really feel strongly attached to the music, I don't really make an emotional attachment, which is important for me in music. "I Don't Stand A Ghost of a Chance" is probably my favorite piece here; the very SOUND of his tenor is wonderful. But this pales in comparison to a Pres version for me (pick one practically.) I'm sort of on a "lukewarm for Sonny" phase. I listen to a lot of his work and he's a master player who often just doesn't reach me. Kudos to Barry Harris on these dates: Barry plays very well and gives Sonny exactly what he wants. They are both in total command of each performance.

I voted for the Silver, a very important title I have been waiting to be R V G'd. I have all the others, the Blakey has never been a favorite, I guess the second I would pick up might be the Trane or the Dex.

The Hill is the only one I don't have in some format. So it got my vote.

Herman "Sun Ra" Blount Thelonious "Sphere" Monk Ahmed "Oud" Abdul-Malik Horace "Not Mentioned Enough" Tapscott

I'll second all that Jim says about the Open Door set, and I've heard much of the other material on the other two sets, but NOT the Ember versions. It's good playing, in frequently rough sound, some edited. I imagine the Ember will sound pretty good as far as releases of the material go. . .

Seems this four cd set was released late last year in the UK: Four cds, masters only, no Smith and Jones.

Eric, I can vouch for the two two cd sets of material from Birdland. Excellent stuff, in the best sound I've heard this material sound.

Cool, I hadn't realized that all of the Boston had been out before, I only knew of part of it. It's so great that this stuff is out!

The Uptown "Boston 1952" came out about the same time as the Rockland Palace, or a bit after. . . . Another excellent Uptown release that should not be ignored by Parker fanatics!

I actually like to use music that I recorded myself in my old garage apartment with bands I used to be in. . . . In a great system it's like bringing up ghosts! I know how the room and the instruments sounded in life, it's sort of ingrained in my brain after so many many hours of rehearsing and jammin', and they're good tools to evaluate speakers with.

I was going to say that Tristano was a common thread between several of these pianists. I like Ronnie Ball, all that I have heard of him, and what I have heard of the others too. I'm not too surprised that Ball never became a big name. . . he didn't really have enough exposure, and he looked goofy! Just kidding on the goofy part. . . somewhat.