Illinois Jacquet Japanese Verves

[JSngry]

Japanese imports, both. $20 or so bucks a pop, About 60 minutes worth of music combined. That's rougly 67 cents a minute. A long-distance call to Japan may very well cost less, I dunno...

But damn fine music it is, especcially the under-30-minutes COLLATES. DAMN fine music.

If American Verve ever issues this stuff responsibly, I'm there. But until they do, BURN, BABY, BURN!

[jazzbo]

I've never heard Collates, but I've been enjoying Swing's the Thing from an lp for some time. . . and it is a fantastic session!

If only Mosaic would do a set on Verve labels Jac!

[ghost of miles]

I loved what I heard from COLLATES on the Verve FLYING HOME Jacquet compilaton... I know his entire output for Verve may not be up to that standard, but I still wouldn't mind an Illinois Verve Mosaic.

[Brad]

What's the view here on the recently released Desert Winds (although it's technically not a Verve). I've been debating whether I should get that.

Edited August 17, 2004 by Brad

[jazzbo]

GET IT! As mentioned on another thread, sort of a "Midnight Blue" with standards, an excellent lp/cd!

[Brad]

Thanks for the rec. It's on my very short list.

[Tom in RI]

Desert Wind is a fine date IMO, and righteously priced also (I got mine for 20% off with a Borders coupon, I think the price before discount was 9.99). I remember picking up a couple of Jacquet Cadets as cutouts in the 70's but I never saw this particular date.

[paul secor]

I don't usually think about minutes per dollar, but Swing's the Thing is a fine record, with a great version of "Harlem Nocturne" on it.