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My first Pharaoh: John Hicks, Ray Drummond, Idris Muhammad, Eddie Henderson (Idris could get us into disco territory, if anyone's up for it.)

June 29: Ralph Burns, composer, arranger, piano, 1922 Gilberto Gil, singer, 1942

Tasty Slide Hampton arrangements! Also: Dizzy Reece, Kenny Drew, Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen, Art Taylor.

My first Sam Jones: Philip Catherine (guitar) Albert Tootie Heath (drums) Billy Higgins (drums) Sam Jones (bass) Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (bass)

Hey, Ep1str0phy, based on what you wrote, I think you'd really enjoy Frisell's work on these two very different records: In both cases, he's supporting the leader totally appropriately, and yet retains his own sound and concept. Quite an achievement!

June 28: Jimmy Mundy, arranger, composer, 1907 Pete Candoli, trumpet, 1923

My first Burrell: The 2 LPs (but I got them on the same day). Love those BN cutouts!

Much better... Conte Candoli (tp) Frank Rosolino (tb) Dexter Gordon (ts) Lou Levy (p) Leroy Vinnegar (b) Stan Levey (d). I first had this on a Bethlehem reissue "Stanley The Steamer, featuring Dexter Gordon."

Can you please list EVERY SINGLE PERSON who plays on the album???

Cosby's "Wonderfulness" was one of the first records I owned. "Chicken Heart" was great...Mortimer Snerd...pretty much the whole album. I have an interesting double-album of his called "8:15 12:15." I think it was the only album of his released on Tetragrammaton, which I think he was a part-owner of. Almost a concept album: two sets taped on the same night at a casino in Tahoe...one disc was the early show (8:15, natch), the second was the late show (12:15) which was more "adult." It is odd hearing Cosby trying to talk dirty...I'm not sure he fully got there. Something about a "midnight trampoline..." Someone I knew had an album by Myron Cohen. I've always loved that Borscht Belt-type of humor. And let's not forget the 2000-Year Old Man! Finally, "The First Family." That album was huge...until November 22, 1963.

Ooh, ooh, I've got one: Pat Metheny, Bill Frisell, Joey Baron

Joe Pass: I have about 30 JP albums, and there's a certain sameness to most of them. That lazy tempo, his mediocre attention to the beat, his non-stunning creative improvisations... probably the only one I'd keep is Live At Donte's - he really needed a band to kick him in the butt and wake him up. Joe Henderson - that Milestone box could turn someone off music permanently. Did he have more than 2 solos that he recycled endlessly? The Lou Donaldson Mosaic box was kinda the same album over 8 different albums. I've also never warmed to the Mobley '50's Mosaic box - IMHO, he got much more interesting in the Sixties. Tatum: Yeah, if you're astonished by the virtuosity, he's great. But musically...yawn. Between the solo "masterpieces," the group masterpieces (some of which are very good because of the other musicians, and because it's interesting to hear Tatum in an interactive context), the V-discs, the discs at someone's party, etc, I must have 25 total.

Larry, I think you needed to pull someone from the "Introducing Lee Morgan" album.

Lee Morgan, Curtis Fuller, Booby Hutcherson, Cedar Walton, Ron Carter, Joe Chambers.

Excellent, varied recording. WITH Kenny Barron, Roy Ayers, Billy Hart, Jimmy Rowles, and (for those up for a challenge) Nobu Urushiyama and Suzanne Klewan.

June 27: Shad Collins, trumpet, 1910 Elmo Hope, piano, 1923

Heh, heh, heh...

My first Chick Corea album: Have a field day, guys.

My first Sonny Clark album: the great... What a great day that was...I picked it up as a $1.99 cutout, along with the Trip version of Jordu - Clifford Brown and Max Roach.

On Amazon.co.uk, I just found "To Terrapin: Live in Hartford Ct 28 May 1977 for ₤6.95. It was actually ₤5.95 without VAT; with shipping, the total was ₤9.03 (= $13.46). Pretty good deal for 3 CDs!

In the late '70's, there were Miles Columbias that were hard to find. Besides Jazz Track, the Blackhawks were only available as budget LPs (like Harmony, but not labeled as such). Milestones was only available as re-channeled stereo. I don't think the Plugged Nickel was available. And the titles from Japan and Germany were exceedingly hard to find, and very pricey.

June 26: Dave Grusin, piano, composer, 1934 Reggie Workman, bass, 1937

That's a great point. When I find things I have an interest in, or have been curious about, and they're at a great price, I snap them up, even if they're then relegated to the tall stack of things I haven't yet listened to. If I have them, I know I can. And with iTunes shuffle, I may indeed listen to a track or two at a time, sometimes with interesting juxtapositions. As for the 22 year old with the complete Miles, 1) There was no complete Miles when I was 22. Many titles, even on Columbia, were unavailable. 2) Yes, he may have the money (or his parents' money, or maybe it was an Xmas gift). But it would cost far far far less money than when I was 22, even accounting for inflation. I'm assuming he's referring to the Complete Columbia Album Collection. It's currently $328.49 on Amazon, and it's 71 discs. That's $4.62 per disc. Even with the occasional Kind of Blue Nice Price @ $3.99, on the whole that collection would've cost a lot more on vinyl. And he probably does boast about it at parties. Whether anyone's impressed is another story.

I downloaded one of my favorite long-lost albums: A soulful classic of R&B! Nothing but covers, so it shouldn't have been so good, but it is!!! I had it on an ultra-cheapo LP from Columbia's Harmony label, titled Ooh-Poo-Pah-Doo: Ebay What a great cover, too! Was it by John Van Hamersveld?