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Some questions regarding this box: 1) I see that there were 5 individual releases of "Debut Rarities." Do these cover everything on the box other than complete albums otherwise available (Ada Moore, Mingus at the Bohemia, etc.)? 2) Is there any way to get the non-overdubbed Massey Hall concert other than on this box?

I think the structure of a bulletin board is very conducive to what we discuss. Most of our posts would just get lost in a continuous feed a la Facebook. The one thing we lack is an index of musician threads.

The Adderley is very nice. Brazilian jazz but with a harder partying edge. Recorded in Brazil, IIRC. Band includes George Duke, Nat, Roy McCurdy, with guests Flora Purim and Airto. I'd pick it up.

Someone who likes "Flight For Four" should write a review on Amazon. It seems lonely sitting there with no reviews...

Thanks...I actually have most of it on a Fresh Sound release that combined the two Bethlehem Dexters, but they left off one track. I find the Levey album more enjoyable and notable than "Daddy Plays The Horn" (though I like that too).

As I recall, when Bethlehem reissues came out in the late '70's, they were owned by Salsoul. So I think the only news here is they're now distributed by Naxos. Still waiting for Stan Levey's "This Time The Drum's On Me."

There is such nice interplay among the musicians.

Just finished listening to this. So enjoyable. Eddie and band had that deep groove, unhurried swing, and Eddie's tone is just wonderful. If you need to fill your late-period Ben Webster fix, Eddie's your man.

Looks like prices went way up this morning. The Giddins, for example, is now $9.99. Oh well!

Amazon has a "back to school sale" on Kindle ebooks that includes a number of books on jazz. Some that I noticed are: Visions of Jazz: The First Century, by Gary Giddins, $2.49 The Studio Recordings of the Miles Davis Quintet, 1965-68, by Keith Waters, $1.99 Why Jazz?:A Concise Guide, by Kevin Whitehead, $1.99 From Birdland to Broadway: Scenes from a Jazz Life, by Bill Crow, $2.99 Being Prez: The Life and Music of Lester Young, by Dave Gelly, $2.99 Clifford Brown: The Life and Art of the Legendary Jazz Trumpeter, by Nick Catalano, $2.49 Gypsy Jazz: In Search of Django Reinhardt and the Soul of Gypsy Swing, by Michael Dregni, $2.99 Trumpet Blues: The Life of Harry James, by Peter Levinson, $2.49 The History of Jazz, by Ted Gioia, $2.49 Hi-de-ho:The Life of Cab Calloway, by Alyn Shipton, $2.99 The Thelonious Monk Reader, by Rob van der Bliek, $2.99

Could a moderator please lock this thread? The horse is dead.

The difference might lie in the ability to improvise. In the thread on "Midnight Train to Georgia," Gladys Knight, who I think everyone would agree is a great singer, confessed to an inability to improvise.

The mangy, road-stained group of rockers tumbled out of the Rolls-Royce limo onto the lawn of a tidy brick house in rural Maryland. It was the fall of 1967. Flush with cash from a show nearby, the members of the group Canned Heat had taken a detour for their biggest score yet. The promised stash had the beardos drooling: thousands of rare 78-rpm records, one of the best collections of prewar blues on the planet. Here was the stuff they craved most, like "Canned Heat Blues" from 1928, a song about the perils of drinking Sterno—an alcohol-based cooking fuel that, for down-and-outers, served a double purpose. It was that song, heard a few years earlier after they first caught the collecting bug, that had given the band its name. Their host, a crew-cut Goldwater Republican, hated hippies and didn't allow rock 'n' roll in his house. But he made an exception for these longhairs because they shared his infatuation with country blues. That, and he had a nose for a deal. A beat-to-hell copy of "Pigmeat Blues" by Smokehouse Charley went for $50, followed by stacks of other choice records. When the dust settled, the group had spent nearly $10,000, almost as much as the fee they earned at the Woodstock festival a couple of years later. More here: WSJ

Track list for the new reissue can be found here: Amazon

What's weird is that there are 3 alternates (I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good, I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart, and I'm Just A Lucky So And So) that are not on the new reissue that are on this: I guess they didn't realize it?

As Gladys Knight's recording of "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)" climbed the charts in 1973, she asked Jim Weatherly, the song's composer, for another love song. He sent along "Midnight Train to Georgia," which Cissy Houston had recorded a year earlier. Envisioning a seductive, punchy instrumentation behind her, Ms. Knight turned to producer Tony Camillo for an Al Green feel. Within weeks of its release 40 years ago in August, Ms. Knight and the Pips' "Midnight Train to Georgia" reached No.1 on the pop and R&B charts—earning a Grammy in 1974. The song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999. Recently, Ms. Knight, 69, Mr. Weatherly, 70, Ms. Houston, 79, and Mr. Camillo, 74, talked about the song's evolution—from a phone call with Farrah Fawcett to Ms. Knight's famed ad-libs. More here: WSJ

Yiddish Dictionary Online

If you're a fan of late Sarah. Gary Giddins couldn't get enough of her; I find her better in small doses. You should be a fan of vocal pyrotechnics, deep glissandos, wide vibrato, and a deep voice that can pass for a man's. However, there are times when Sarah could really cut to the heart of a lyric. Oh, for this package, you also must be a fan of Ellington's songs.

Kinda random. I had the LP and sold it years ago, but I had put 2 songs on a compilation tape. I'm transferring that tape now to mp3, and looked (as I do occasionally) to see if it's available: as a download, a foreign reissue, or whatever. Prior searches came up with nothing, so I was pleasantly surprised yesterday to see it available. Per Amazon, the mp3 release date was August 6, 2013.

A random search today on Amazon revealed that Savoy just "released" on mp3 the Sammy Price "Rib Joint" package. Greeeeeeezzzzy!!! Finally!

The Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded sound has 22,000 LPs with your name on them. The records represent decades of unsolicited donations, for which we already have at least one copy in great condition. Now we need the space to bring in more unique materials for you to enjoy and study. Whether you are a hardcore collector of foreign classical releases, lover of 70s country music, Funk aficionado, or devotee of Ronald Reagan's spoken work, stop in anytime between August 8th and August 10th to get your paws on your sonic favorites known and yet to be discovered. All genres and styles represented. We've priced the records to sell with all proceeds going to support the ongoing expansion of our collections. Details here: NYPL

I don't blame you, Blue Train. But you should definitely check out the Sunshine Daydream concert (Veneta, OR); there's a Dark Star that's simply stunning.

Sorry, this is what happens when posting by phone and on the run. I meant yes, or no on should I buy it since it doesn't fall under my unscientific theory about Dark Star? I like your theory, and think it has a lot of validity. It was fascinating watching "Sunshine Daydream" and seeing the guys create an amazing Dark Star out of nothing. There was a creative mind meld going on, where they could effortlessly create this intense thing of beauty. And I think that's what you're referring to. By 1977 I think they were on route to becoming a different sort of band. This was documented in Lesh's book, and can really be heard in the '77 box. I think they liked each other less, and wanted more of a distance, a more "manageable" relationship rather than the wild, creative thing they had before. (My own personal theory is that the readdition of Mickey also greatly inhibited their creative flow.) The band on the '77 box is now slower, nicer, more approachable. They're playing more "set pieces," and even the improvs are more songs-strung-together than organic flow. But I like the box, because the vibe is amazing. Each concert is like sinking into a marshmallow; you just want to stay there. And the sound quality is great. The only downside is having to buy a limited-edition box; I'm not sure I need 5 concerts of this.

The calendars are fun too, but definitely not PC.