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LOL!!!

If you only have the Jack Johnson box, then you don't have the version of "Go Ahead John" that's on Big Fun. The one on Big Fun is indescribable: Teo and Miles and mixers and weird electronic boxes create a gumbo that's irritating and fascinating at the same time. I wonder what Jack DeJohnette thought of the final version? The pieces on the Jack Johnson box are tame in comparison.

You had one last year! Happy happy happy!

Just finished listening to this 11-CD box set. What a ride! Mostly great. I love Mal's clarity of playing; he has a hard attack, which I like in a pianist. All sorts of surprises here. One that was totally out of left field was Kim Parker's "Sometimes I'm Blue." Charlie Parker's daughter?!? Really not bad; she has her own voice as a singer, and acquits herself well. Surrounded with love by Waldron, Isla Eckinger and Ed Thigpen. The duets with Lacy and Friesen are very nice; I noted the earlier comment in this thread about Waldron shining in duos. There's a Braxton doing Monk included; Braxton's never been a favorite, but Waldron's a delight on this one. The two I could have done without are with singers Tiziana Ghiglioni and Judi Silvano. But there is a lot of wonderful stuff in this box, and I recommend you pick one up if it's still around.

Still waiting for mine to be charged.

At least there's movement. When Gail was alive, the rap was that archival material was being released at a glacier's pace. They're now trying to make up for lost time, while there's still a market. It appears that Dweezil's badmouthing of Ahmet was unfounded.

Now all we need is another thread about Keith Jarrett's vocalizations, and it'll be like old times!

There is a very positive review of this album by Will Friedwald in the WSJ.

I think that was originally a 10”.

Obviously symptomatic of a deep ambivalence: resentment towards having to keep them, vs. worry about ramifications of discarding them. This can be treated, however! Just make an appointment.

You a badass! Do you also throw out OBI strips?

Does anyone know why "The Congregation," when originally released, was so short time-wise? It totaled less than 30 minutes, which was unusual for BN. There was plenty of room for "I Remember You," the remaining track from the session that was included in the CD reissue. So why was it left off the LP?

This is another really good one. Although Drummond is the leader, it sounds like a Hank Jones Trio record (also a good thing). I would love to see a Mosaic "The Complete Nilva Sessions" box.

Back in the late '70's - early '80's, it seemed like Ray Drummond was everywhere. I was reminded of this because I recently acquired the Japanese reissue of Ted Curson's "The Trio" (originally released in the USA on Interplay). Curson, Drummond, and Roy Haynes, playing magnificently. I don't know that Drummond's recorded much recently. What are some of your favorites? So I was curious, and looked at Drummond's Wikipedia page. I found this: "He is the elder brother of David Drummond, senior vice president, corporate development and chief legal officer of Google Inc."

4 tracks from Herbie Mann's set are on this: Two tracks from the Jimmy Smith jam session and 4 other tracks are on this:

It arrived today. I like the retro look of the packaging; the fonts used on the back look old-school.

Also, I found that after pulling the LP out of the cover 4 or 5 times, the inner sleeve became a crumpled plastic bag.

Does anyone know what shipping to the US from uDiscover would be for the CD box set?

The paper sleeves actually create dust, as the paper particles flake off.

I use what used to be called rice paper sleeves. I guess they're not rice paper, just a type of plastic with a paper sheet sandwiched in there, but they seem to work well. Mobile Fidelity is the most famous brand, but there are lots of others like it out there.

Thanks. Good to know the session is only 3 tracks - about 9 minutes total music. Now knowing the track names, I found some albums on Amazon that contain them, so if I want them, I know how to get them. This one is the most legit:

Question: In the Producer's Note, it says "There is a session from May 21, 1954 which was originally recorded for Mars but was sold to Columbia (now Sony) and, therefore, is not included in this package." Does anyone know whether that music is available elsewhere?

Mine arrived today.

This got a very positive review in the WSJ. I wasn't aware of the release, which happened in November:

Good news: the publisher of Amadeus says the bug will be fixed in the next Catalina update (10.15.2). Is it possible the scan bug will also be fixed then?