brownie Posted June 25, 2011 Report Posted June 25, 2011 Curtis Amy Select, disc 2 one of the best Selects Quote
king ubu Posted June 26, 2011 Report Posted June 26, 2011 The Complete Roost Sonny Stitt Studio Sessions - CD1 Went on with this one... into CD4 by now - great! Blargh ... yet another set on my 'bypass' list that I now feel an insatiable urge to own. It is a good boxed set, that I don't regret owning. However, the set is redundant---with that said, it's redundant with Stitt's great playing, supporting cast, etc. It just is the BASICALLY the same thing for 9CD's, a big band session that's OK, and a bunch of blowing sessions. If you just need a cheap Stitt fix, get the recording Sonny Stitt sits in with the Oscar Peterson Trio, it's excellent Hard to say if one really needs it... Stitt seems to be "on" on almost each an every track here, though, so that's a strong plus. But I've got a whopping 44 Stitt CDs (plenty of them being twofers, making it probably more than 60-70 albums) not counting the Mosaic, so it seems I'm a fan... I prefer his tenor actually, and there's more alto than tenor on the Roost dates, but that didn't bother me, as, again, Stitt's "on" nearly all the time! Anyway, for the casual listener, I guess one or two of the albums with Ammons, the Prestige dates (either just the ole Stitt-Powell-Johnson disc or the 3CD "Stitt's Bits") and the two Cobblestone albums would be the essentials. But with someone like Stitt it's not that easy to pick... whenever he was "on", good music resulted, but little is truly great or even essential, I guess (other than the two Prestige dates with Bud, Curly Russell and Max Roach in support - those should be in every collection). But again, to me, it's all good to great, as I'm a fan! Quote
B. Goren. Posted June 27, 2011 Report Posted June 27, 2011 But again, to me, it's all good to great, as I'm a fan! I tend to agree with you. Quote
brownie Posted June 27, 2011 Report Posted June 27, 2011 The Roy Eldridge Complete Verve box, disc 3 Quote
mellowT Posted June 28, 2011 Report Posted June 28, 2011 Johnny Hodges - Complete Verve Small Group Sessions (1956-61), disc 1 Quote
B. Goren. Posted June 28, 2011 Report Posted June 28, 2011 Disk 3. Cripple Clarence Lofton sounds great! Quote
B. Goren. Posted July 2, 2011 Report Posted July 2, 2011 The Complete Verve/Clef Charlie Ventura/Flip Philips Studio Sessions. Quote
brownie Posted July 4, 2011 Report Posted July 4, 2011 Lionel Hampton Complete Victor Sessions, discs 2 and 3 Quote
sidewinder Posted July 4, 2011 Report Posted July 4, 2011 Earlier today - Art Pepper Mosaic Select, CD2. Very high sustained standard on this set. Listening to the interaction between Pepper and Russ Freeman is a joy. Quote
alankin Posted July 8, 2011 Report Posted July 8, 2011 The Complete Django Reinhardt and Quintet of the Hot Club of France Swing/HMV Sessions 1936-48 - disc 1 Quote
Bluesnik Posted July 10, 2011 Report Posted July 10, 2011 CD1 . Very nice ! yes, yes, yes. very, very nice. but what i wanted to state here is the complete blue note fifties hank mobley sessions. very, very good! and a good way to own all of the great and not always availalble 50s albums. plus the sidemen list is amazing. Quote
king ubu Posted July 11, 2011 Report Posted July 11, 2011 Discs one and two so far, going on for a few more hours... lovely music! Quote
Face of the Bass Posted July 12, 2011 Report Posted July 12, 2011 Listening to the first four discs of the Modern Jazz Quartet box. Love discs one through three...such thoughtful, patient music, and the collaborations with Giuffre and Rollins are beautiful, arresting. Disc four, on the other hand, presents the kind of music that made me skeptical about grabbing this set. I find that I can't stand Third Stream Music, maybe because I'm not that interested in the arrangements, and the whole thing feels encumbered by the added instrumentation. Not a fan. Quote
brownie Posted July 13, 2011 Report Posted July 13, 2011 The Complete Miles Davis Plugged Nickel, LPs 1 and 2 Quote
Sundog Posted July 17, 2011 Report Posted July 17, 2011 Charles Tolliver Big Band, Disc 1 Absolutely top notch writing, arranging, playing etc. Nice notes as well. Mainly consisting of an enlightening interview with CT. Quote
golfcrazy1984 Posted July 20, 2011 Report Posted July 20, 2011 Just put in the Jimmie Lunceford disk 1. AMAZING sound and musicianship! I was wary because Andreas Meyer was the remastering guy (didn't care for the Armstrong or the Artie Shaw Mosaic sets sound...perhaps it was the best he could do). At any rate this should be a very fun next few weeks discovering this new music (to me)!!! Quote
sidewinder Posted July 20, 2011 Report Posted July 20, 2011 Charles Tolliver Big Band, Disc 1 Absolutely top notch writing, arranging, playing etc. Nice notes as well. Mainly consisting of an enlightening interview with CT. That'll have to be be in on my next order then, together with the Sam Rivers. Now spinning - Blue Mitchell, CD4. Quote
ghost of miles Posted July 20, 2011 Report Posted July 20, 2011 Just put in the Jimmie Lunceford disk 1. AMAZING sound and musicianship! I was wary because Andreas Meyer was the remastering guy (didn't care for the Armstrong or the Artie Shaw Mosaic sets sound...perhaps it was the best he could do). At any rate this should be a very fun next few weeks discovering this new music (to me)!!! Just started listening to it myself last night and yes, great sound and musicianship. All I've had of the Lunceford Deccas are the two 1990s GRP compilations, so hearing this set promises to be a real revelation for me. Nice article by Marc Myers in the Wall Street Journal today: Swing's Forgotten King Charles Tolliver Big Band, Disc 1 Absolutely top notch writing, arranging, playing etc. Nice notes as well. Mainly consisting of an enlightening interview with CT. Got this one just yesterday along with the Lunceford and am going to feature them both on our weekday afternoon jazz show next month. Quote
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