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I bought mine in 2010. If you like that era Blue Note, it seems essential. Just look at the players! Some of my favorite dates in the box were in the vaults for many years, and first appeared on this twofer:

I guess what bothers me is the assumption that "new" is, every time and in all cases, "good." New can be bad. We have to listen to the music and make our own determinations. We do that on a consumer level and on an aesthetic level. A true listener of atonal music will discriminate between musicians he likes and those he doesn't, concepts he likes and those he doesn't. If he likes everything, he could just as easily get his listening pleasure at construction sites. I don't see what the problem is with listening to a piece of music, any piece of music, and saying "I like that" or "I don't like it." Not every record released is a masterpiece. Not every live performance is brilliance. Even good performers have their bad days. Why can't we state this? Because it's a buzz-killer? C'est la vie.

It's not a problem at all. It sounds like that's what the original poster (mrjazzman) was doing with the Jacknife performance he saw. Can we be satisfied that he undertook the challenge and came to his conclusion?

Something can be "new" and still be contentless/derivative/grating/meandering. Music needs to be judged on its own terms. Does the avant garde claim exemption from opinions, or must all opinions of the avant garde be positive? (This is not meant as a comment about Jacknife, whom I haven't heard. But then, I didn't like this period of Jackie's music either. It's some 50 years on since his Moncur period - at what point does it cease to be new?)

OK. I used to live in Stamford, and bought some things at their old address...assumed from (faulty) memory that it was 425 Fairfield Ave. Their old address was a small building in the industrial side of Stamford, and it looked to me like it was their building (sign on the door, you walk into a receptionist area, receptionist was very nice...sigh, those were the days). I remember looking to the left and seeing a bookcase with discographies, probably used in their research.

I'm surprised they still have the Stamford building. I'd have thought they'd have sold it when they outsourced the warehouse and shipping functions.

Listening now to Dick's Picks 27 (12/16/92), and really enjoying it.

bluenotesound has a bunch of titles on Ebay now. So does a seller named jackie_martling.

They're probably just in the long process of closing up shop in an orderly manner. I'm surprised they still own the Fairfield Avenue building.

75 Yellowbird titles - Bill Frisell, Marc Ribot, Myra Melford, David Murray, Billy Hart, Sunny Murray, Dave Liebman...

22 Sam Rivers albums on Rivbea Music.

Very sad. A great man for the music. RIP. And sorry for your loss, Chuck. I know you worked with him for awhile, and put out some great projects including the Mingus.

Evette Dorham Monk visited my childhood home often to see my dad Kenny Dorham. I remember him well. Ruby My Dear (my mom is also Ruby), and Round Midnight. William Ridley Kool Jabbar !!! my uncle Larry was his bassist

I just bought this one: Samsung LS24F350FHNXZA SF350 23.5" Screen LED-Lit Monitor for $130.

358 Criss Cross titles. And another 24 here.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar posted this photo on his Facebook page with the caption: "This photo of Thelonious Monk and me was taken March of 1966, I was 18. It was shot by the baroness Nica de Koenswater in the kitchen of the Village Vanguard which served as the green room for the musicians. My favorite song by Monk is "Evidence", what's yours? #FBF #TheloniousMonk #Jazz"

Which live album? There were several:

Yeah, I loved it too. Sonny comes across as a very nice, natural man, with good friends and a long memory.

Their 1000 series were their own originals (but maybe the artists owned the masters). Their 2000 series was, I think, Enja. Their 3000 series was Steeplechase. Their 6000 series was East Wind. This produced some weird situations where an artist on their label might have different titles in different series. They had a sister label, Classic Jazz, that released a lot of Black & Blue titles. It's interesting to see the titles they're still offering. The older recordings (Clifford Brown and such) are Vogue/Jazz In Paris recordings. Some are Herb Abramson (?) titles, like the Elmo Hope. Oh, one more they're not offering, but I'd like to see, is the Pony Poindexter. Prior discussion on Inner City: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?/topic/31336-inner-city-label/

No doubt. Two I don't see are Jeff Lorber (perhaps their biggest selling album) and Sun Ra Live at Montreux.

There are some interesting things on that label. I have the Abbey Lincoln (with Archie Shepp), and am very curious about the Tommy Flanagan, Tal Farlow, Ted Curson, Lew Tabackin, Al Haig, and Roland Hanna, to name a few.

112 Progressive titles. 135 Inner City titles. 14 Groovin' High titles. 38 Candid titles.

179 MusicMasters titles. 51 Mainstream titles. 75 LRC/Groove Merchant titles. 121 Universe (Vanguard) titles. 298 Venus titles.

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