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I've heard a Classics of hers that is okay, not as enthralling as the Debut material, which is in storage and hasn't been heard in years. .. but this set shows it has Big Sid, Barksdale and Caceres in sessions. . . those three guys are always worth a listen. Looking at discogs one session has Red Callender and Lee Young, which I would be interested in hearing. I'm not as fond of Acrobat as you are but I may go for it.

It's on Acrobat. A "gray market" label.

It's amazing that this price has been steady at $27 for so long. It's a great set imo.

That's a great set.

I kept checking it out on discogs and one time a seller in Japan had it for about 100 including shipping (just before COVID made deliveries and rates so high). I was surprised to get it and to have it be pristine.

There's material on this set that have not been on cd in the US. Not a ton but maybe a half a cd's worth or more. It's very good sounding material. If you keep an eye out it does show up occasionally and sometimes reasonably.

Thanks, I hadn't yet opened up that Classics cd to check.

I have this set--it's wonderful.

Prestige and Jug came together a few years later I believe than '47 -- '50 or '51. I have the three Chronogical Classics Ammons discs and can recommend them--they aren't hard to find. They reissue 78s from Mercury, Aristocrat, Chess, then Prestige and a few others. Mance is all over the very first one. Ammons was in all sorts of settings, quartet, quintet, sextet, backing singers, big ensembles. He paid his dues and delivered.

Junior Mance played with Jug near the beginning of his career for a while. He and Gene were a synched machine.

Personally I would be surprised if it is still extant.

Lee Morgan “The Cooker” 24bit by RVG Blue Note Japan LP facsimile cd

I wanted to hear Cassandra’s rich flowing voice. Cassandra Wilson “After the Beginning Again” Winter & Winter cd Drums, Percussion – Mark Johnson Electric Bass – Kevin Bruce Harris Piano, Synthesizer – James Weisman Vocals – Cassandra Wilson

I've liked every Ben Thomas release I have heard and this is among the best--a quintet with his vibes, piano, bass and drums and a reedman playing clarinet and tenor. Bobby Hutcherson fans will dig.

Ben Thomas “The Mystagogue”

And also Ana Maria Shorter. Here's something I did not know, from wiki: Singer and actress Tina Turner credits Shorter with saving her life. In Turner's 2020 spiritual memoir Happiness Becomes You, she states that Shorter and his wife Ana Maria provided Turner with critical refuge at their home for six months after Turner left her abusive husband, Ike Turner, in 1976

Bill Evans “The Secret Sessions–recorded at the Village Vanguard 1966-1975” Milestone box set, disc 6 Recorded February 4, 1968, August 23, 1968, September 15, 1968, December 13, 1968, December 22, 1968.

Wayne Shorter “The Soothsayer” Blue Note Japan cd RIP Wayne. 600×525 92.5 KB

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Now on to, in honor of Wayne. . . . Miles Davis “Bitches Brew” Sony SRCS 9118-9, gatefold lp facsimile 2 cd set, disc 1 Wow, the system is sounding fantastic today!

Sad, not unexpected to happen in the near future. RIP and thanks Wayne.

Discussion here about Gene Ammons has made me grab some cds from the shelves to listen to. This one has some great 78s from Mercury, Chess and Aristocrat. It always amazes me how these French cds from Chronogical Classics sound better and better as my system seasons and improves. Gene Ammons “1949-1950” Chronogical Classics cd

Another interesting session with Mark Shim on tenor. Steve Lehman Quintet “Artificial Light” Fresh Sound New Talent cd