Which Jazz box set are you grooving to right now?

[colinmce]

I can only pine for the big box, but I love the mid-forties stuff, maybe even more than the early 40s.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Spent the afternoon with

Ray Charles - Singular genius: The complete ABC singles 1960-1972 - ABC-Tangerine (Concord)

now on disc 5

MG

[brownie]

John Coltrane 'The Heavyweight Champion' (Atlantic)

[brownie]

Art Tatum Box (Storyville), CDs 3 and 4

[B. Goren.]

CD # 1.

[B. Goren.]

CD # 2.

[brownie]

Blind Blake 'All the Published Sides' (JSP), CDs 3 & 4

[brownie]

Stan Getz/Kenny Barron 'People Time' (EmArcy), disc 4

[brownie]

The Complete Fats Waller, vol. 2 'A Handful of Keys' (JSP)

[T.D.]

Wadada Leo Smith, Ten Freedom Summers

[ElginThompson]

Complete Studio Recordings of Elmo Hope Trio.

Edited July 8, 2012 by Delightfulee

[JSngry]

Feeling all anthropological this morning like I feel today.

[ValerieB]

The Complete Columbia Collection of Wayne Shorter. lovely birthday present from my brother.

[jeffcrom]

Norman Granz Jam Sessions (Verve); disc two, with Wardell Gray, Getz, Benny Carter, DeFranco, etc.

[brownie]

Intégrale Louis Armstrong Volume 8 'Public Melody No. 1 1937-1938' (Frémeaux)

[B. Goren.]

Disc 1.

[JSngry]

[Mark Stryker]

I'm sure this was discussed elsewhere but is there any extra/unreleased material here and how is the sound compared to the original LPs. Weighing the investment based on whether my LPs are good enough; quality remastering can make a big difference with Wayne's "non-acoustic" music.

Edit to add: OK, found previous thread. See that there appears to be two discs of Weather Report material of solely Wayne's material. Still interested if there's any unreleased stuff from the four other albums, plus, of course, a verdict on the sound ...

Edited July 17, 2012 by Mark Stryker

[JSngry]

No new material, sound is fine for me, but I'm listening "ambiently" while I work, albeit at a fairly loud level.

However - Native Dancer has been remastered with significant improvement, plus - it's easier to put CDs on an iPod than it is LPs.

Plus - the "all of Wayne's WR Compositions" cassette mixtape I threatened to do, like, 15 years ago never quite got off the ground, so this fixes that, or would, if I could fit the CDs into a Walkman. But life goes on.

Cost...should not be a factor under "ordinary circumstances". 6 CDs for as low as $24.76 here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B005LY3VIS/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new

[Mark Stryker]

No new material, sound is fine for me, but I'm listening "ambiently" while I work, albeit at a fairly loud level.

However - Native Dancer has been remastered with significant improvement, plus - it's easier to put CDs on an iPod than it is LPs.

Plus - the "all of Wayne's WR Compositions" cassette mixtape I threatened to do, like, 15 years ago never quite got off the ground, so this fixes that, or would, if I could fit the CDs into a Walkman. But life goes on.

Cost...should not be a factor under "ordinary circumstances". 6 CDs for as low as $24.76 here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B005LY3VIS/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new

Thanks for the summary. I've grown to really like these records; I will say that hearing Wayne play some of this material live in Chicago at the end of 1985 at the Jazz Showcase remains some of the most memorable music I've ever heard. He was really on the night I was there, and played very long solos (much different than today when it's lots of bob and weave). Of course, he needed to play long solos, because that particular band didn't have much to add beyond laying down the beat and handling the complex written material. But when I was there, it really felt like Wayne was enjoying the freedom of really stretching after all those years in WR.

Edited July 17, 2012 by Mark Stryker

[brownie]

Henry Threadgill Black Saint & SoulNote box

now playing 'Song Out of My Trees'

[B. Goren.]

Disk 2.

[six string]

I bought the final Bill Evans VV performances, Turn Out the Stars yesterday after holding out for how many years? From the first notes I knew it was going to be special. I've only heard the first two discs so far but I'm looking forward to hearing it all at some point. So far I have to say I prefer it to The Last Waltz, the Keystone Korner residencey a few months later. It has better sound and the performances so far are just a wee bit more inspired. That venue seems to draw out the best in anyone who's called it home.

[B. Goren.]

Disk 3.

[jeffcrom]

Bud Powell - Complete Blue Note/Roost Recordings, disc two.

Miles Davis - Complete Jack Johnson Sessions, disc one.