jazzbo

I hear ya. I don't think of my books or cds as collectibles and just treat them nicely as I try to treat all my things nicely. One interesting thing about the Penultimate Truth for me is the little bit of "The Man Whose Teeth were All Exactly Alike" that were incorporated.

Wilson's work at Transition. . . da bomb.

Dusty Groove has a copy of the Clifford Brown Mercury/Emarcy box set, Japanese pressing, for 119.99

For Sonny Rollins, probably yes. But I don't know about the festival itself these days.

I found Jazz Waltz to be very good. I think you'll enjoy.

I'm ashamed to say I have multiple copies of almost all titles. . . I've been a bit of a PKD nut since I was 13! That is a good one indeed.

That's the norm. Lots of acts, short sets.

And the Collector's Disc went way cheap!

Indeed they would.

Looks like a successful auction for all titles. I got the Dinah, thanks!

Many many happy returns!

If Cobham moved to America when he was 3, then calling him a "Panamanian drummer" is a bit like calling Henry Kissinger a "German statesman" I agree, unless he were deeply entrenched in a Panamanian community that kept its cultural heritage vibrant and he were heavily involved in that heritage, but I see no evidence of that.

Shaft, the MJQ is an awesome set! romauldo, I'd go for the Buddy Rich, it's a great set and it's the one that is "endangered" right now.

In between, there was this: Full set of images here: http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=1250506 And that one is now out as an SHMCD. But the material is out on the two earlier Impulse cds.

Yes indeed. American muscle and luxury, Italian design. Apparently there were a number of collaborations between Cadillac and Pinninfarina.

That's pretty much how it is reissued. It's all out as far as I can tell, which is good. Now work on those studio albums!

It's not imo. But it doesn't smell. I know he put a lot of effort into it.

University of Texas (Austin) professor Dave Oliphant has published a new biography of one of his favorite musicians, Kenny Dorham. Interestingly, this is written in verse. http://www.wingspress.com/book.cfm/139/KD-A-Jazz-Biography/Dave-Oliphant/

You're right about that, I expect they would do three of them. By the way 1984 has been out on cd in Japan. Recently Japan put out a cd of the lp that released more from Pep's (an SHMCD I think). I think all of this has been on cd here in the States though.

His real name is I think what he chooses to be called. Gentle Joseph is just a translation of Lateef Yusef. I call him that to myself a lot. A friend of mine calls him "Teefski."

I hear you. Would have been a great opportunity to put out two or three Lateef two-fers! I guess we could hope that there will be more releases and Gentle Joseph may have one or two in a future batch.

Can't say I prefer the new bonus material to the original album. I love that album so much, and the new stuff is great, but doesn't have that same impact on me, with no history. I got the first Mahavishnu Orchestra because I had encountered and attempted to digest his work with Miles Davis. For a while I had four distinct sort of listening things going: electric Miles (up to about "In Concert" and "Get Up With It"), the more mainstream fusion works of Herbie and Chick etc., the rock material (mostly blues-rock and psychedelic) and the beginning of an investigation of jazz and blues. Quite a time! My love of music and collecting really solidified.

I don't know. . . I've lived with all but the Lost Trident and bonus material for what. . almost a full four decades? I like it all, and see it all as a progression, yes embracing more and more of the rock sound as it went along, I came into it still enamored with the rock world, and that was their meat and potatoes market. The material on Lost Trident that appears on BNAE seems more realized to me, though I do like Lost Trident the more I hear it (I bought the now deleted cd when released). I think Birds of Fire has very strong jazz elements, and really I love the energy of BNAE, I think I have played those sides more than any other over the years. I like John playing with sort of wild fire more than the later "jazz" playing myself.

Well, we know they could. Let's hope they haven't.