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There have been news reports that Amazon has changed their search engine results to reflect the following: Giving premium space to Amazon products, regardless of the search request Giving premium space to companies that pay Amazon for the superior placement (with Amazon pretty much demanding that they do so) Giving inferior placement to companies/products that don't pay Amazon, again regardless of the search request. What this means is that you may have to go a few pages into search results before you find what you were looking for.

Cactus Music is also really good. Just be prepared to clean the vinyl.

Yup. It was in a trendy part of town, so will almost definitely be torn down and repurposed for something else. It already is surrounded by a chain-link fence. Turns out Black Dog is also moving, and merging with a coffee bar.

Never heard of her before, but it's amazing what you'll find on the web: https://annephillips.com/about-anne-phillips/my-history/

Black Dog Records in Bellaire, and Sound Exchange in Montrose. UPDATE: I'm glad you asked. Did a little research on the Web. Sound Exchange has moved, not closed. They've moved to 101 N. Milby in the East End. Recommended.

Anyone know why this was released on Victor? Sonny was signed to Milestone at the time.

Two more record stores in Houston have closed. Sigh.

Here's an example:

When Universal bought BN and other EMI masters, one of the conditions was they needed to sell some other labels to third parties; that's how the Roulette/Roost catalog came to be owned by Warner Music. Warner is reissuing these under the Parlophone imprint. What would we suggest they reissue next? I suggest a remastering of "Stan Getz - The Complete Roost Recordings." I've always disliked the sound quality of the 3-CD set issued under BN. In the liner notes, Cuscuna stated that the Roost masters were non-existent. Maybe so, although I wonder whether some have been subsequently found. More to the point, today's technology would allow higher-quality transfers to be made from whatever source materials are around, with far less reliance on No-Noise. So that's my vote; which do you suggest?

I have the two OAS packages, which may be enough (at least to avoid dupes).

Just got this:

Just got this:

It looks like it's run by his son, Peter Bartok.

Pretty gosh darn cool. Keep 'em comin'!

I second the recommendation. Fascinating stuff.

As I recall, Mary Lou put the concert together. She wanted to bridge the gap, as it were, and show connections between more traditional jazz and the avant-garde. This backs me up: https://jazztimes.com/features/mary-lou-williams-cecil-taylor-embraceable-you/

Yes. I think it was a one-time thing. What did you think of it? I did not see Cecil listening to Mary Lou; he just did his thing. I suspect that if you were able to isolate his mikes, you'd be listening to a Cecil solo concert.

Don't remember if I posted about this box before. I loved it all, except for the first concert - too much Dolphy being Dolphy (I don't know why he doesn't bother me on the second concert; I think he's more melodic there). The other concerts are great, and made me realize I hadn't listened to him in awhile. He made music with a very definable personality, and I needed it again in my life. I was very impressed with Lonnie Hillyer's work - he's amazing in these concerts. Does anyone have an opinion about this; I'm a little put off by the # of duplicated songs:

There was a prior discussion on the board about this. Some said that the rhythm section was imposed on Cecil, that he wanted a more progressive bassist or drummer. The results were...indescribable. Taken as a trio, Mary Lou was great, but then there's this guy on the other end of the stage... Anyway, hear it for yourself if you dare! It's worth it just for the high concept of seeing Cecil Taylor on Pablo. Though it should have been called "Mary Lou Williams Meets Cecil Taylor," or "The Mary Lou Williams And Cecil Taylor Quartet," or "The Ebullient Mary Lou And Cecil...Together!" or maybe "Cecil Taylor Sits In With The Mary Lou Williams Trio."

I need King Kong ... Please report back about the sound quality of this reissue.

Today, I received in the mail the Antonio Carlos Jobim OAS. Because I always buy these through those European Amazon Marketplace sellers (Zoverstocks, uniqueplace-usa, Rarewaves, etc.), I never know when they'll actually arrive; I barely remembered having ordered this one.

Art Farmer (Columbia U., 1994) Art Blakey (Village Gate, mid-80's, with George Benson sitting in) Buck Clayton and Jo Jones (with the Countsmen, West End Cafe, mid-70's) Charles Mingus (on a double-bill with Ornette Coleman, NYC Newport Jazz Festival, 1972?) Sonny Rollins (1975, 2000) Mary Lou Williams (with Cecil Taylor) Count Basie (Damrosch Park, Lincoln Center, NYC, a little before he passed)

I own the Membran box. The total time for "East and West of Jazz" is 40:30, which is a full LP. Maybe they lopped off a little of "Little Lou" for space reasons, or maybe the performance fell apart and they salvaged what they could. BTW, on my CD, "Little Lou" is 2:40, and it does fade at the guitar solo. Sadik Hakim (p) Eddie Wright (g) Lloyd Buchanan (b) Kalil Madi (d). 2/13/62.

I have a bunch of these, mostly second-tier rock acts. Like Felser, there are some I haven't bought because I got the box sets, such as The Byrds, Nina Simone, Coltrane, Mingus, etc. Off the top of my head, I liked the OAC/OAS of Brubeck (I have two different ones), Dinah Washington, Aretha Franklin, Emmylou Harris, and Bob Marley. The following are as yet unbought but are in my Amazon shopping cart (some for many months): Chuck Mangione The Crusaders The Association Sarah Vaughan Aretha Franklin (OAS #2)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_New_York https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Christmas_Record https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_dB's