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There was a recent posting on an Art Pepper thread here about how Laurie had a chance to buy the masters for Charlie Parker Records but couldn't afford it then. This leads me to believe that this box was made from the original master tapes. I haven't heard anything that sounds like a needle-drop.

Today's the release date. Amazon Resellers are already offering it for $15.29 plus shipping; see http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00RVD8DBM/ref=tmm_other_meta_binding_new_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=new&sr=&qid= Has anyone heard these and can comment on how they sound compared to the Wounded Bird reissues? Those Sony OAC and WEA OAS sets have never had new remasters, they are pure budget sets. The Sony's at least tend to have any previously released bonus cuts, where the WEA's are the original album content only. Pretty encouraging to see that Farrell set, though, both for what it is itself and for what it portends on the possibility of other CTI sets. What's interesting about the "old remastering vs. new remastering" thing is that many are now criticizing newer remasterings (in general) as being too loud. So some might actually prefer the older versions.

There's also a Joe Farrell set coming from Sony:

What is VBR Q1 ? I'm not sure I have choices other than bit rate when ripping with iTunes. I have explore other ripping programs that verified rips but these too a very long time to do their thing. From the Amadeus manual: Saving Mp3 files is achieved through the tool lame. (See also Section 16 below.) It supports a variety of settings (the meaning of the most important one, the bitrate, was explained above). In order to achieve a given file size, it is recommended to use the ABR (Average Bit Rate – simple parts of the sound will be compressed more than complex parts, achieving a better overall quality) setting, rather than CBR (Constant Bit Rate – all parts of the sound have the same compression rate) in order to achieve maximum qual- ity, but note that some Mp3 players may not support ABR files. The VBR (Variable Bit Rate) setting is more flexible and allows you to specify a target quality rather than a tar- get file size. This usually results in better sounding files, but you have less control over the resulting file size (‘complex’ sounds will produce larger files than ‘simple’ sounds for a given quality). Note also that as with ABR files, not every Mp3 player supports VBR files. The screenshot next to this paragraph shows a popular setting that represents a good trade-off between file size and sound quality. Note that the use of id3v2.4 tags is discouraged since their support is broken in iTunes (this is true as of iTunes 7). Note: the screenshot showed CBR, encoding quality 2. When I rip using Amadeus, I've been using VBR, encoding quality 2. But lately I've been ripping using Apple Lossless. But as for iTunes, if you choose the following settings, I believe they're equal to VBR 2: When you click on Import CD, in the box Import Settings, click on Setting: Custom... In the MP3 Encoder box that follows, underneath Stereo Bit Rate, check the box Use Variable Bit Rate Encoding (VBR), and choose Quality: Highest.

There was a 16-page booklet. It reprinted the original covers and liner notes.

My shipment arrived today, in good condition. It's funny, the associations you make with certain releases. I saw The 3 Sounds "Babe's Blues" at the Borders in the World Trade Center. It looked interesting, and I made a mental note to maybe get it someday. So when I see Babe's Blues, I think of that Borders and of the WTC.

In one of the Amazon customer reviews for the Philippe Entremont box, in which there was a defective disc, a customer posted the following: If you need a replacement, contact your dealer or contact: ines.kindlmann@sonymusic.com

https://youtu.be/WfeXvvQ98y8

Perhaps not jazz, but a fine, fine guitarist. The Guardian.

Article on Melford in today's WSJ: http://www.wsj.com/articles/review-of-snowy-egret-by-myra-melford-unusual-background-unusually-good-1427146956?KEYWORDS=melford

PM sent on: The Three Sounds "Babe's Blues" Duke Pearson "Tender Feelin's" (Japanese) Duke Pearson "Profile" (Japanese) Wynton Kelly "It's All Right" Milt Jackson "Bags' Opus" Paul Chambers "Chambers' Music" Kenny Burrell "Guitar Forms" Art Blakey "Paris 1958" Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane "At Carnegie Hall" ($4) Miles Davis "Birdland 1951" ($4) Ray Brown "Bass Hit" ($5)

We wish them well, collectively and individually.

Release date April 21:

Interesting...the copy shown on Amazon also has 11 tracks:

I liked it.

I've had this happen many times with LPs I've CD-rd on a stand alone machine. When I transfer to the PC the record is often identified. I think the programme that tries to identify tracks can work things out by the number of tracks and the track length. Very few records can be exactly the same. Perhaps but I just slipped into the disc drive Greg Hatza's CD In My Pocket from 1995 - pre-tags, I do believe - and VLC Media player identified it as something called Float Away With the Friday Night Gods. I guess the ten tracks match perfectly, but this ain't that. I just looked up both In My Pocket and Float Away With The Friday Night Gods (the group's name is Marah) on Amazon. They both have 10 tracks each. It would be wild if the timings match up!

Release date March 17:

I was going to say that we should start a thread about Charlie Parker's suits, and that, of the two above, I preferred the pinstripe. Then a simple web search uncovered this: http://www.jazzwax.com/2010/08/charlie-parker-and-mckusicks-suit.html I don't know if it's the same suit, but it could be.

Thanks for that, Larry. I don't mean to hijack this thread, but the mention of Fleisher reminded me about the Fleisher boxed set. Any thoughts on that? (And then back to Graffman.)

I know nothing about Graffman, but I did notice one of those Sony boxed sets spanning his career. If you'll look at the comments on this Amazon page, you'll soon learn a lot about him: http://www.amazon.com/Gary-Graffman-Complete-Album-Collection/dp/B00C399368/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1426799404&sr=1-1&keywords=gary+graffman+complete+album+collection

It begins here, and goes onto subsequent pages. CDJapan is pretty easy to navigate, and I do the same routine each time: 1) Go to www.cdjapan.co.jp 2) In the left-hand column, choose "Music" 3) On the next page, in the left-hand column, choose "Jazz / Fusion" 4) On the next page, scroll down about halfway down the page, to the section "Top Future Releases." Click on "See more" 5) At the top of the next page, under "Search Tools", find the "Sort by" box and choose "Latest First" Oh, and there are two Buddy Rich titles, for all you Ethan Iverson fans.

Universal seems to have an interesting approach to their May 20 release: focusing on particular artists and reissuing titles from across their labels. So there's Basie from Pablo and Verve, Thad Jones/Mel Lewis from Solid State and Horizon, Gil Evans from Verve, Impulse and Antilles, etc.

Curious if the recent Japanese reissues have been speed-corrected.

LOL!!!

This box also has the 3/31/51 tracks from Summit Meeting at Birdland.