take5 Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 I am currently on a major box set kick, collecting box sets (mostly jazz), even if it replicates some of the CDs I already have. I just love the way they look, feel, the exhaustive material, etc. I also recently started spending time with a lovely young lady who has shown tolerance and even appreciation for my music insanity. As most 22 yr olds (I'm 26, so don't worry, nothing creepy going on here), she is uneducated about jazz music (here is where I would normally put my rant about how under-appreciated jazz is, but I'll keep this thread positive). Here's how serendipity comes into play: as I acquire these sets, I need to get rid of some CDs with repeated music. Normally I'd sell them or trade them to spun.com, getting an average of $2 a CD. Instead, I'm just giving them all to her. The timing is excellent: I have great CDs to give and she is building a great music library for free. I also love the fact this music is being enjoyed by someone I care about. That's worth a lot more than the money. Thank goodness for amazon marketplace and ebay, allowing me to do all this without completely breaking the bank. Here are the box sets I've been getting and the CDs she got from me as a result: Miles Davis- all 6 of those metal spine Columbia sets (which look so cool on my shelf) She gets: Milestones, 'Round About Midnight, Kind of Blue, Porgy & Bess, Miles Ahead, Sketches of Spain, ESP, Miles Smiles, Nefertiti, Miles in the Sky, Sorceror, Filles De Killemanjaro, Water Babies, In A Silent Way, Bitches Brew, Jack Johnson- all remastered except the last (I don't think a remastered Jack Johnson has been released yet) So it's a pretty solid Miles Davis collection. At some point I'll burn her copies of Birth of the Cool and some of the pre-Columbia quintet music (album titles ending with an apostrophe) to complete the picture. John Coltrane- Complete Atlantic and Impulse! Studio Quintet box sets She gets: My Favorite Things, Ole Coltrane, Coltrane Jazz, Coltrane Sound, Coltrane (Impulse!), Crescent, Ballads, Chim Chim Chiree, Transition, Sun Ship, First Meditations To compliment this bounty, I included a CD-R of A Love Supreme and Giant Steps (without bonus tracks, they all fit on one disc) as well as a warning about 'Trane's later music. I could not in all good conscious give someone the majority of 'Trane's peak material without somehow including these two albums. However, my Giant Steps CD is the MFSL gold which of course I want to keep, and my A Love Supreme CD is the 2-CD new version with the live stuff and I of course have the SACD, and ain't no way I'm parting with any of that. Ella Fitzgerald- complete songbooks She gets: Cole Porter and Irving Berlin songbooks Charlie Parker- Complete Savoy & Dial Sessions She gets: Yardbird Suite (a solid 2 CDs compilation) Paul Simon- remastered albums, box She gets: Paul Simon, There Goes Rhymin' Simon, Still Crazy After All These Years, Graceland, Rhythm of the Saints, You're the One She also got my copy of Charles Mingus' Carnegie Hall concert because I acquired the MFSL gold CD, and Sarah Vaughan's s/t album because I had two copies due to a screw up with an order. What I'm planning on getting/giving: Charles Mingus- Complete Atlantic recordings I ordered this, but it came without the slipcase, so I sent it back, waiting for a new one, etc. When I get it, she will get pretty much all the music on that set: Pithecanthropus Erectus, Oh Yeah, The Clown, Tonight At Noon, Antibes concert. Mingus is my ultimate music idol, so that should be fun. Grant Green w/ Sonny Clark- Mosaic box set I believe this OOP Mosaic I won on ebay contains all the music that's on the double CD from Blue Note, though I haven't checked. If so, the lucky lady will get that set, which is amongst my favorite music outside of the Big Holy 5 (Monk, Bird, 'Trane, Miles, Mingus). The rest I haven't ordered but am planning to at some point: Duke Ellington- Complete RCA Victor She would get the 3 CD set that's compiled from this 24 CD monster. Still waiting to find a good deal on it. Bille Holiday- Columbia set She would get my 2 CD compilation. Ornette Coleman- Complete Atlantic She would get: Free Jazz, Change of the Century, Shape of Things To Come I am also considering the Herbie Hancock complete Blue Note set, but don't know how that sounds compared to the individual CDs. Any opinions are appreciated. On top of all this, she gets a 120 CD rack that I obviously no longer need. Yesterday she IMs me to tell me she loves Sun Ship Our first date was to see the Joe Lovano Qt (with Hank Jones). Last weekend we saw Ahmad Jamal play in a park. Oh, and she ain't to hard on the eyes neither. And because she studies science, I was able to explain compression and why so many recordings suck (sound waves, amplitude, etc are not foreign concepts to her) Are you all jealous yet? Normally I never push my music on people, but if they're interested, I love it when people get exposed to the greatest art in the world. And at least my collecting obsessions are doing some other good as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 lucky you. Does she have an equally hip Aunt in the NYC/NJ area? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 Yesterday she IMs me to tell me she loves Sun Ship Marry that woman. Do it. Buy the ring. Dude. Sun Ship. what he said. yow! way to go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sal Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 Marry that woman. Do it. Buy the ring. Dude. Sun Ship. I don't know if I'd go that far yet, but she definitely sounds like "more than short-term" material. I'm happy for you, take5. Good luck with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bebopbob Posted August 19, 2004 Report Share Posted August 19, 2004 His and her jazz collections. Nice. Congratulations ... sounds like you've got a cool girl. Usually girlfriends turn a deaf ear to jazz and get all worked up if you buy more than one or two jazz CDs per month. Mosaics and box sets have been known to trigger meltdowns in the past even though I had money left over for dinner, flowers, movies, etc. Hooha, nice arrangement. Best of luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmirBagachelles Posted August 20, 2004 Report Share Posted August 20, 2004 Excellent. I found my honey, and she helped me find jazz. Waaay cool. At first, I thought Clifford and Roy and Chet were former boyfriends. Jazz among friends and lovers is huge. Way to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmirBagachelles Posted August 20, 2004 Report Share Posted August 20, 2004 One thing to consider though is that obsessive CD-mongering is a male thing and can wear on a girl after a while. (Why is that? Lots of chicks had huge LP stashes...) You might want to work a night-out w/ live music routine into your relationship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
take5 Posted August 20, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2004 You might want to work a night-out w/ live music routine into your relationship. Our first date was to see the Joe Lavano Qt (w/ Hank Jones) and two weekends ago we saw Ahmad Jamal. She's gonna be living in Boston and I'll be in NY, but we'll obviously visit a lot and have to jazz scenes to play with. It's nice being able to combine dating and concerts, instead of having to choose each night. I placed an order for the Ornette Coleman box set, so she'll be getting my individual CDs. That should be interesting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardbopjazz Posted August 20, 2004 Report Share Posted August 20, 2004 Dude, she seems like a catch. Tell her you want to meet mom and dad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted August 20, 2004 Report Share Posted August 20, 2004 Good for you. I was lucky to find a woman that appreciates the music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
take5 Posted August 20, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2004 I already met the parents, but she hasn't met mine. Will be going over tonight... and bringing Complete Grant Green w/ Sonny Clark Quartet Sessions for her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7/4 Posted August 20, 2004 Report Share Posted August 20, 2004 What happens when you run out of CDs to give her? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted August 20, 2004 Report Share Posted August 20, 2004 What happens when she wants sex that's like SUN SHIP? Are you ready? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted August 20, 2004 Report Share Posted August 20, 2004 I'm happy for you, hope the relationship continues and grows. When I first read the title of the thread I thought of the joke: What do you call a musician without a girlfriend? Homeless! B-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted August 20, 2004 Report Share Posted August 20, 2004 I placed an order for the Ornette Coleman box set, so she'll be getting my individual CDs. That should be interesting... If she even half-likes the Ornette, then marry her!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted August 21, 2004 Report Share Posted August 21, 2004 But make sure you include the list of Mosaics in the pre-nuptial agreement.. :rsmile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tjazz Posted August 21, 2004 Report Share Posted August 21, 2004 I have alot of extra CDs too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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