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It's true, though he doesn't seem to "sing" like Keith does. But there is more to him than that, he writes very well, there's that Brazilian spirit in his music as well. (He's the son of guitarist Baden Powell). I'm really enjoying the Adventure Records releases I have from him, especially his entry in the series "Piano Jazz Masters" and his release "Estrada de Terra/Dirt Road."

Phillipe Baden Powell (the guitarist's son) "Estrada de Terra/Dirt Road" . . . very nice!

Right now, this very jazzy recording from Aretha Franklin, "Oh Yeah," via the new Jazz Connoisseur cd from Legacy Recordings (Sony)--this edition includes transfers of both the original tape and the crowd overdubbed tape.

The Blu-ray set is nicely priced there as well and man does that set look and sound great.

Right now Beautiful guitar jazz Marcos Amorim "Sea of Tranquility"

Louis Armstrong "The Nightclubs" . . . mine has a different version of the cover as mine is the subscription edition not the general edition (has an extra track and extensive liner notes by Ricky Ricardi). Really nice, better than the first release in the series.

Joao Bosco "Da Licenca Meu Sensor"

The Copenhagen portion is to be released as a 2 LP set.

"In Concert Vol. 2" Herbie Hancock/Stanley Turrentine/Freddie Hubbard/Ron Carter/Jack DeJohnette/Eric Gale. CTI Records, King Records Japan "50th Anniversary CTI Series"

I hope it's not true. Damn.

Robertinho Silva "Shot on Goal" Milestone Records cd. Quite an interesting disc for a fan of Brazilian drumming like me.

Manfredo Fest "Fascinating Rhythm" . . . Concord cd I got for a dollar. Very nice smooth Brazilian sound.

Stark Reality "Acting Thinking Feeling" Not Now Records Disc 1 Early recordings of the late John Abercrombie

That's not Duke. But man, those pants! In looks there's a bit of resemblance to Joe Carroll. But. . . I wouldn't be certain it's him. Joe Carroll later. . . .

Thanks Guy.

I thnk that many of these are in fact from albums that did not completely contain Quincy Jones material. The bulk of my Dinah sets are in my storage unit 50 miles away so I can't easily double check right now. Dinah isn't necessarily a vital component of my music rotation these last years and I'd hesitate to say I'd buy those complete sets now. . . but if you want it done right that's the way to do it and I don't foresee a similar or better edition being put out in the near future. Or future, period.

Yes, it's a crappy time for jazz collectors on cd. They hey day is now "the good old days" and I guess they expect most of us have either died off or have seen the errors of our way collecting stuff or have all the stuff we probably need and have exhausted our income doing so. Some of us spurn buying these things that aren't exactly how we now want them, others are inflamed that releases aren't cheap, and I guess new jazz collectors on cd might be interested in these and not yet know that they should rather be getting more complete releases and will want those down the line. The major owners don't necessarily particularly care. The specialty people who do care are struggling to stay solvent and productive. And the "gray" merchants are filling in gaps that jazz cd collectors have to scratch their chins and ponder over. I'm not going to get upset over it myself because I have all the stuff I probably need and have depleted lots of resources doing so, and I'm more often buying better sounding versions of things I have these days because I have s system that makes better sounding versions shine and I figure what the hell. Who knows what the situation will be in 2020.

Some of the volumes DID include single versions, but I don't think there were otherwise alternats included (or existing).

I have all those Washington sets as well. I agree, great job. Jim, all those cds in the set were available as separate Verve cds so it's most likely to my way of thinking those are reconfigured in this set.

I don't remember a mega-complete set of Dinah from Japan. . . I do know there were independent 3 and 4 disc sets that comprised a complete Dinah. . . I thought they were always sold separately. There's some amazing music in those sets.

I got it in from Jazz Messengers last week. Another nice volume.

Keith Jarrett "At the Blue Note the Complete Recordings" disc 3

Probably more like two weeks.

Another HIHAT "bootleg." (I think these would count as bootlegs. . . .) Probably good performances based on the description.

Disc 5, Chick Corea/Origin "Live at the Blue Note"