Cliff Englewood

Great treasure house of material! Thanks for the link. You're very welcome. It's pretty decent isn't it?

Nice list from Amazon for "Live" Bird. Charlie Parker live recordings with acceptable sound.

Well, now I'm a bit confused. The Centennial box set purported to include EVERYTHING Ellington ever recorded for the label, so how can there be no overlap with it if this set includes some of his 30s RCA material?! Sorry if I'm being dense. Wouldn't be the first time! Greg Mo Despite the title I don't think it includes any RCA material except the previously unreleased cuts and Daybreak Express (so there is that overlap). It's a bit difficult to tell because there's no useful annotation for set. You are correct on all counts Sir!!! The RCA tracks are Disc: 2 Track 1. Ebony Rhapsody (Rehearsal For "Murder At The Vanities") Track 2. Ebony Rhapsody - pt 2, as I kinda mentioned in Post 12, also the notes are very basic, no real info. at all.

Bird On 52nd Street and Bird At St. Nick's are now available on this recently reissued reissue, you should be able to find it fairly cheaply as even Concord are giving it away. I got it myself and although it says remastered in 2007 by Joe T., I found it very hard to listen to and would think that no amount of remastering could do anything for it. However if you are a total Bird nut you'll probably love it. Amazon Info. Charlie Parker: Charlie Parker

Favorite sessions for me would be the Dial sessions with Howard McGhee, Wardell Gray, Dodo Marmarosa, Barney Kessel et al. Favorite track also comes from that session, "Relaxin' at Camarillo,". I can listen to all the takes of this in a row and still want to hear more.

If you like your "old-timey" music, in the style of the Harry Smith Anthology Of American Folk Music, then you are in for a treat with this one. I've only gone through it once myself and haven't gone indepth with the booklet either, just skimmed it, but I'm very impressed with both so far. Very much a high quality release, comparable to Mosaic in both quality and in the fact that it's clearly a labour of love. Cool website as well.

That is a, quite frankly, fuckin' great session. Wish there was more of Pepper from this era with players like Perkins, eg Zoot, Kamuca etc, etc.

I have had a chance to listen to the first disc and the sound is pretty much excellent, considering how old the recordings are. The notes are pretty basic, just an overview by Bruce Talbot, wish they had a listing of personnel. I'm sure the info. is on the web somewhere, maybe some enterprising board member will be able to post some details on who's actually in the band at this time. Here is the info. from the notes on the re-mastering; 78 rpm Transfers:Matt Cavaluzzo, Harry Coster Digital Sound Restoration: Harry Coster Digital Remastering: Maria Triana Also, Disc: 1 Track 6. Creole Love Call; Disc: 2 Track 1. Ebony Rhapsody (Rehearsal For "Murder At The Vanities") Track 2. Ebony Rhapsody - pt 2; Disc: 4 Track 21. Grievin'; are all previously unissued performances.

Nice collars.

Yea, they had a few others in this series, mainly single disc "best of" type deals, but there was a 3 disc Fats Waller set which looked pretty good that I wanted as well but it was gone when I went back to buy the Ellington. Track Listings Disc: 1 1. Honeysuckle Rose 2. How Can You Face Me? 3. The Panic Is On 4. Sugar Rose 5. I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby 6. Lost Love 7. Our Love Was Meant To Be 8. The Joint Is Jumpin' 9. A Hopeless Love Affair 10. Hold My Hand 11. Patty Cake, Patty Cake 12. Honey Hush 13. Anita 14. Squeeze Me 15. Old Grand Dad 16. All That Meat And No Potatoes 17. Bessie, Bessie, Bessie 18. Cash For Your Trash 19. You Must Be Losing Your Mind 20. Up Jumped You With Love 21. Ain't Misbehavin' Disc: 2 1. St. Louis Blues 2. 'Sippi 3. Thou Swell 4. Numb Fumblin' 5. Ain't Misbehavin' 6. Love Me Or Leave Me 7. Smashin' Thirds 8. My Fate Is In Your Hands 9. African Ripples 10. Viper's Drag 11. Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now 12. Star Dust 13. Carolina Shout 14. Serenade For A Wealthy Widow 15. Rosetta 16. Functionizin' 17. Loungin' At The Waldorf 18. Blue, Turnin' Grey Over You 19. In The Gloamin' 20. Mamacita 21. The Jitterbug Waltz 22. Honeysuckle Rose Disc: 3 1. (I'll Be Glad When You're Dead) You Rascal You 2. You're Not The Only Oyster In The Stew 3. What's The Reason (I'm Not Pleasin' You) 4. Lulu's Back In Town 5. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter 6. Dinah 7. There'll Be Some Changes Made 8. Somebody Stole My Gal 9. Christopher Columbus 10. It's A Sin To Tell A Lie 11. She's Tall, She's Tan, She's Terrific 12. The Sheik Of Araby 13. Two Sleepy People 14. A Good Man Is Hard To Find 15. Hold Tight (Want Some Seafood, Mama) 16. 'Tain't What You Do (It's The Way That You Do It) 17. Your Feet's Too Big 18. Darktown Strutters Ball 19. I Can't Give You Anything But Love 20. You Run Your Mouth, I'll Run My Business 21. Let's Get Away From It All 22. 'Tain't Nobody's Biz-Ness If I Do Amazon link.

I think it's amazing that he's a Chelsea fan and he's admiting it in public.

Don't know if other folks in Europe have seen this one but I saw this in my local Tower, 4 discs and it was only €6.99!!! I haven't had a chance to listen to it yet though so can't comment on the all important sound quality. Here's the track listing, it has a few previously unreleased items as well. Disc: 1 1. It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) 2. Lazy Rhapsody 3. Blue Tune 4. Baby, When You Ain't There 5. St. Louis Blues 6. Creole Love Call 7. Blue Harlem 8. The Sheik Of Araby 9. Best Wishes 10. Blue Ramble 11. Clouds In My Heart 12. Blue Mood 13. Ducky Wucky 14. Jazz Cocktail 15. Lightnin' 16. Swing Low 17. Slippery Horn 18. Drop Me Off In Harlem 19. Happy As The Day Is Long 20. Get Yourself A New Broom 21. Bundle Of Blues 22. Sophisticated Lady 23. Jive Stomp 24. Harlem Speaks 25. Daybreak Express Disc: 2 1. Ebony Rhapsody (Rehearsal For "Murder At The Vanities") 2. Ebony Rhapsody - pt 2 3. Solitude 4. Saddest Tale 5. Moonlight Fiesta 6. In A Sentimental Mood 7. Showboat Shuffle 8. 8 Merry-Go-Round 9. Reminiscing In Tempo 10. I Don't Know Why I Love You So 11. Isn't Love The Strangest Thing? 12. Clarinet Lament 13. Echoes Of Harlem 14. Trumpet In Spades 15. Yearning For Love 16. In A Jam 17. Exposition Swing 18. Uptown Downbeat 19. Scattin' At The Cotton Club 20. Black Butterfly Disc: 3 1. The New Birmingham Breakdown 2. The New East St. Louis Toodle-o 3. Caravan 4. Azure 5. Chatterbox 6. Diminuendo In Blue 7. Crescendo In Blue 8. Harmony In Harlem 9. Dusk On The Desert 10. Steppin' Into Swing Society 11. Prologue To Black And Tan Fantasy 12. The New Black And Tan Fantasy 13. Ridin' On A Blue Note 14. Lost In Meditation 15. The Gal From Joe's 16. Scrounch 17. I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart 18. Braggin' In Brass 19. Carnival In Caroline 20. I'm Slappin' Seventh Avenue 21. Dinah's In A jam 22. Rose Of The Rio Grande 23. Pyramid 24. A Gypsy Without A Song 25. The Stevedores Serenade Disc: 4 1. Prelude To A Kiss 2. Hip Chic 3. Buffet Flat 4. Jazz Potpourri 5. TT On Toast 6. Battle Of Swing 7. Blue Light 8. Old King Dooji 9. Boy Meets Horn 10. Slap Happy 11. Pussy Willow 12. Subtle Lament 13. Schmorgasbord And Schnapps 14. Portrait Of The Lion 15. (I Want) Something To Live For 16. Solid Old Man 17. Way Low 18. Serenade To Sweden 19. Bouncing Bouyancy 20. The Sergeant Was Shy 21. Grievin' 22. I Never Felt This Way Before 23. Tootin' Through The Roof 24. Killin' Myself 25. Country Gal Amazon link.

Yes, but when you had Robben and Drogba on the same pitch for Chelsea it was "Swan Lake" time.

PM on the way for Stan Getz & the Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band - Change of Scenes. Verve Elite Edition, sealed in shrinkwrap. $20

Glad you got your disc, nothing worse than that incomplete feeling, always there in the back of your mind, chipping away at you every day, until you just can't take it anymore.......

Yes there are a few of these offshoot labels that have really gotten quite brazen now, I've seen everything from "Miles Ahead" to "Mulligan meets Getz" to "Plenty, Plenty Blues".

"The Fox" qualifies, no doubt about it.

So how does emusic work??? What's the catch???

Yes, but "Dick Grunter" would be even better.

Hi Jazzbo. Can you (or anyone else reading this) comment on the sound quality of this new remaster as compared to the 1996 Ojc release? Thanks IMHO, I didn't notice that much of an improvement myself, very slight if any.

I thought it was good at first but my interest waned as it went on. I wouldn't class it as essential.

Just upping this thread as I was doing some Getz searching on the Board and realised that Classics have a disc that covers alot of this material. Track listing: 1 Love and the Weather Berlin 6:34 2 It Don't Mean a Thing Ellington, Mills 6:22 3 Spring Is Here Hart, Rodgers 6:11 4 The Varsity Drag Brown, DeSylva, Henderson 7:00 5 Crazy Rhythm Caesar, Kahn, Meyer 5:53 6 Minor Blues Brookmeyer 7:05 7 Fascinatin' Rhythm Gershwin 8:04 8 Willow Weep for Me Ronell 5:22 9 I Didn't Know What Time It Was Hart, Rodgers 7:41 10 Tangerine Mercer, Schertzinger 7:06 11 The Nearness of You Carmichael, Washington 3:43 12 Pot Luck Mandel 3:56 AMG Link.

....and of course the added benefit, you'll never have to "upgrade" any of this material again. Unlike the rest of us.

Thanks for posting that.

The Jack Johnson set is great value at that price. I know it's not everyones cup of whatever, but if you were on the fence on that one go for it, the music and the sound is excellent. Nice one for the tip Tjazz.