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Think of "Verve" as "Verve Music Group" and it becomes more clear--Verve Music Group was a collective of a number of labels. I'm not fully knowledgable of all the ins and outs but this century there were further sales and mergers etc. among labels and Verve and Impulse are now under Universal (I think they were previously as well). The big corporations that control so many musical holdings make for some strange bedfellows such as the Verve label and the Impulse label, far from the weirdest after all. . . .

One of my favorite rock albums of fifty years ago has been given a RADICAL remix. Sounds great, but it’s almost a different album, which is also not a bad thing! There’s a contemporary live redo of the album by Bob and new bandmates on disc 2 that I have not gotten to yet. Bob Weir “Ace” 50th Anniversary 2 cd set, disc 1.

Count Basie and Zoot Sims “Basie & Sims” Pablo cd with John Heard and Louis Bellson

A group of Ellingtonians with one German ringer recorded in Munich in 1959. The C-Jam All Stars “Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue” RCA cd 599×594 130 KB Bass – Jimmy Woode Drums – Sam Woodyard Piano – Carlos Diernhammer Tenor Saxophone – Paul Gonsalves Trumpet – Clark Terry

This arrived from ebay (not very well packed darn it) this week, I missed this when it was first released many years ago and I'm glad I finally corralled it: Joe Williams "At Newport '63" RCA Bluebird cd. Great band backing him with the great Coleman Hawkins as a guest.

Just finishing this up. What an amazing season.

I'm about a third of the way through this one, reading it along with several other books in part because this is just not that compelling. I agree with Colin's assessment. I sure would like far more biographical material than is here, and if I wanted to I could track down all the music criticism material that is presented here by others. . . and that is a large part of the work.

“The Intimate Miss Christy” Capitol cd June Christy with Al Viola (nylon string guitar) , Don Bagley (acoustic bass) on songs 1 through 12 . With guest appearances by Bud Shank (flute). 13 and 14 are bonus tracks with Jonah Jones (trumpet) and Teddy Brannon (piano) with John Brown (bass) and George Foster (drums) 505×505 126 KB

“Shorty Rogers Quintet (With Guest Vocalist Jeri Southern)” Studio West/VSOP cd Jeri Southern! Gary Peacock!

I am not sure if you are aware of this or not, but there is a Bootleg Series, and then there are those "copyright release" sets that they produce in very limited quantities just to retain rights to the material. They are two completely different things. The Bootleg Series are pressed in astonishing quantities and remain in print for a long time--only LP sets and maybe one of the now 17 volumes has gone out of print. One of the "copyright sets" was transformed into a Bootleg Series volume, in large part because it contained material from sessions with George Harrison and Johnny Cash that have buyer appeal beyond rabid Dylan fans. The others contain material that I imagine Columbia will compile into future regular releases--the whole point of the releases is to retain that possibility. If you are a Dylan fan as I am these Bootleg Series volumes are wonderful. Really looking forward to Volume 17 later this month.

Prince "Call it Anything"

Holy Cow. . . these XRCD24 from Audio Wave can really show you what condition your system is in. This is a fine recording from Rudy Van Gelder to begin with, the mastering is great and the sound is just right. Not to mention that this quintet means business. Donald Byrd "The Cat Walk" Blue Note Audio Wave XRCD24.

Yes, this is my favorite volume of the Bootleg Series.

Bob Dylan “Tell Tale Signs” Deluxe edition, disc 3 Just a few weeks til the next Bootleg Volume! Today I had to hear “Cold Iron Bound”

The Bob Wilbur Quintet featuring Clark Terry “Blowin’ the Blues Away” Inner City/Solid Records Japan cd 951×953 326 KB With this band it’s as good as you would think it would be! Really nice sound too. Bass – George Duvivier Drums – Panama Francis Piano – Dick Wellstood Saxophone – Bob Wilbur Trumpet – Clark Terry

It's too bad the other Ellington Mosaic sets are out of print, way out of print, as they're easy recommendations. You should have "Back to Back" and "Side by Side" and "At Newport" (2 cd edition) as well as "Featuring Paul Gonsalves" and "Unknown Session" and "Festival Sessions."

I'm sorry, there's only one "King" Kirby, Jack.

Mark Shim "Turbulent Flow" Blue Note cd ] Drew Gress Bass Eric Harland Composer, Drums Stefon Harris Vibraphone Ed Simon Piano Mark Shim Composer, Tenor and Soprano sax

June Christy “Ballads for Night People” Capitol cd I’m not one of those night people, haven’t been so long I don’t remember being one. . . but I do love these ballad performances. June Christy – vocals Bob Cooper – arranger, conductor, tenor saxophone Frank Rosolino – trombone Bud Shank – alto saxophone, flute Buddy Collette – clarinet Chuck Gentry – bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet Joe Castro – piano Red Callender – bass Mel Lewis – drums Stan Levey – drums Kathryn Julye – harp Jim Decker – French horn Norman Benno – English horn, bassoon Recorded Los Angeles, 27 August and 10 September 1959. (This cd also contains five tracks from "Do-Re-Mi")

West Coast Chamber Jazz Trio “L.A. STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL” Ictus Records. 700×700 114 KB Second Ictus Records cd from an end of the year sale I’m listening to. Much more my style than the other.

I was reading the Vedas when my hair was oily. . .might be my fault.

Revisiting this excellent box set that reissues concerts by Ms Fitzgerald over a 30 year span. Showcases her skills and with great accompanists. Ella Fitzgerald, “The Concert Years” disc 1 of 4

Miles Davis "Bitches Brew" Sony SICP 30267~8 Blu-Spec CD2, disc 2