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I wish they would do a second box, which would have the next volumes. Those are GREAT as well.

The Hines is very good. Very good. Ellingtonians. . . with a few ringers including Elvin Jones on half the album. I really like it. I like the Kuhn a bit more than Mr. Larsen does. And maybe the Ayler a little more too. The Shepp I've enjoyed on a German cd that I have. . . I'm eager to compare the remastering. It's in line with others of the later Impulses from Shepp. . . . It's no Fire Music. But it has some great moments of drama! The Pee Wee is really good, though I really reach for much earlier Pee Wee more often. Yes, these are available til some time in 2006. Gives you plenty of time!

Well, I picked up five new Impulse! reissues, the Kuhn, the Shepp, the Ayler, the Hines and the Russell. They're digipaks! Not like the Alice Coltrane in the last batch which was a gatefold. They have an insert that has photographic reproductions of the inside covers . . . so you get the art, but they're not really "lp reproductions." Listening to the Kuhn now, which is nice indeed with McFarland orchestrations. Great sound. And the best thing is that Tower was selling them for 9.99---and lists them at 12.99. Mistake? Maybe. A lot better than the last batch which was 18.99 list or so!

I really admire Hank Jones, especially the fifties work. The "Hank Jones Quartet" on Savoy with Bobby Jaspar is a real delight. I also like the Savoy "Trio" which is out on cd as if it were a Kenny Clarke release. . . that was recorded in Hackensack the afternoon I was born (in Canton)! His touch was so precise and pristine. . .it does tend to make some think of him as lightweight in the jazz department but as the originator of the thread has so rightly said: t'ain't so; his ideas are heavy, deceptively so. I'd give a lot to be able to play that way! Here's hoping more of his fifties sides see the reissue light of day---there are still a few that could get the treatment. And his Impulses are absent as well. . . . Those Jones brothers. . .you can't ignore ANY of them!

I share your opinion, definitely. I got this for myself for Xmas the year the set came out. . . . It was a very good holiday season, and I pop these discs in and get enjoyment from them fairly often. GREAT stuff.

I listen a bit all day long. But just a bit. And I hardly listen to anything else but jazz (well, Brazilian music has invaded my listening time of late.) The most time I get to listen however is on the weekends. The first hours of the weekend mornings I get undivided listening and they are the hours I live for! There are other reasons that the music may sound better at night, especially in urban areas: power is often cleaner in the evening hours (especially late night to the early morning hours) and I honestly believe that stereos really shine when the power is clean.

This set mentions that OKEH organizer Bob Stephens insists that it is not Hawk but Castor McCord of the Mills Blue Rhythm band. . . . They list it that way in the discography!

Brad, you are so right. Kirk Felton's work for OJC has been getting better and better and better. He has it going on!

I think the Dr. may be Weizen. That's just my personal theory, but you know, it may be a reincarnation of the coke addict himself.

Jack Purvis was a hot dance and jazz trumpeter who recorded from 1928 to 1935 and never afterwords. He was a good player, sort of to my ears a cross between Bix and Bunny. He was also a maniac, a conman and drifter type who ended up spending a good five or six years in Huntsville in the forties, and who was never recorded in the last two or three decades of his life. This reissue compiles all his sideman sides and the eight titles he did as a leader. A nice mix of jazz and pop music from the period, with a number of great players around, including Goodman, Berigan, and a few others. Not essential stuff, but a nice batch of hot dance sides. Also, the sound is great. . .Jazz Oracle gets the best out of J. R. T. Davies I think, or their transfering of his transfers to digital is just a bit better somehow. The sound is really good!

Hmmm. . . I rarely found Dr. Achtung funny!

I really like the Shirley Scott "Roll 'Em" Impulse.

Wow! I just got the Jazz Oracle three cd set of Jack Purvis's work! This is one class act. A SIXTY page booklet. J. R. T. Davies remastering. Pretty much the complete recordings of this oddball character but fine trumpeter. I'm really diggin' it. Jazz Oracle has NEVER disappointed me! By the way. . . Worlds Records is selling this for 38 dollars. A good deal!

I really like the Julia Lee set too. . .intriguing music, swinging and blue!

Free is definitely worth pursuing; has been out on cd (maybe now out of print?) in the domestic CTI reissue series, maybe among the first batches. Kindof noodly bigger ensembles with guest stars that you'll like who do good work. . . really worth hearing in my opinion. I've only heard Free and Fingers of Airto's CTIs, and they're both very different.

They also have Fingers, which I really enjoy. Bought it together with a cd by Aneuda called "Offeranda" which is arranged and produced by Hermeto Pascoal, and is a wild one!

Hi Mr. Landy. Didn't mean to not welcome you; just hadn't heard from Mnytime in a long time! This is a nice place. Going to get nicer! Can't wait for the Teagarden as well.

Mnytime, WELCOME! Hope all is well.

There's two volumes of the Hickory House material, and the session with Zoot. . . . That would be enough for a Mosaic Select really, especially if there is any extra material from the Hickory House. (Doubt it, but you never know.) There are other recordings on German labels . . . that would be a nice set!

I haven't yet heard "Passarim" but will one day soon. Yes, the "Canto Vinicius" is excellent and their participation makes it that way (oh, it's likely would have been that way without them! ) I really love their participation whenever I've heard them with Jobim, and their work that I have heard without Jobim is also excellent. I hope they get to continue to caretake and expand the legacy.

Listen, I don't think Jobim sounds like Blue Eyes at ALL! Welcome Jim; glad you've shown up. I've been really impressed by the Morelenbaums, Jacques and Paula. Wow.

Hi guys. Those seem like appropriate ground rules to me. I'm glad this forum is here. . . well maybe not. My pocketbook may suffer!

About four months ago I saw Marchel perform in Dallas. It was one of the best musical events for me for about a decade. Of course I've been starving for real jazz performances here in Austin, and that was likely one reason why I was so fulfilled by this one. But as you can tell from the cds that you have, Mr. Ivery is more than the real deal, he's a real strong hand dealt from the real deal deck. And his band, which includes friends of Jim Sangrey's (Lyle and Andrew) and a penpal and friend of mine (Andrew) is a tremendous one. All the best to Marchel and his men!

Jim, hope your son is feeling better. I looked at other sites, and agree that this is the place to be, the vibe is right, and it was created especially for the situation. I may not be posting too much, but I'll be here supportin'. Listenin' to Toshiko play in 1954 . . . and postin' to the new community. Life is good! ---Lon

I'm a huge tube nut, and I've always wondered about the nuvista tube in applications. . . Glad to hear that it is a successful implementation in this cd player. Bet it sounds amazing. Maybe I should go and buy a handful of lottery tickets. . .