jazzbo Posted October 4, 2010 Report Share Posted October 4, 2010 My Dixon set arrived yesterday, another fine box set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van Basten II Posted October 4, 2010 Report Share Posted October 4, 2010 The Dixon on Amazon UK is now shipping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted October 4, 2010 Report Share Posted October 4, 2010 And Lon - of course! - got his copy earlier than me again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted October 5, 2010 Report Share Posted October 5, 2010 Got mine today - just two days later than Lon, that's an improval compared to the last batch of these boxes! Into the third album now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliffpeterson Posted October 16, 2010 Report Share Posted October 16, 2010 If you live in the us,ordering from amazon.uk rather than harmonia will cost you less. the amazon prices in the uk have a vat price built into. When you go through the ordering process you can see that the price is reduced once you plugged in your u.s. shipping address. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B. Clugston Posted October 19, 2010 Report Share Posted October 19, 2010 GREAT news about the Dixon! But my sets from France still haven't made it I would think that the only one of the Dixons that would need remastering would be Thoughts. Cranked to 2 o'clock on my amp it sounds great, but it's recorded at what seems like a pretty low dynamic level considering what I know to be the dynamics of the music. If memory serves, Bill wasn't too happy with how it came out, but he liked to have his stereo at full volume anyway :-) Also, the liner notes to these releases should be made available somewhere, as they are certainly part of the package (not to mention the beautiful covers). Unfortunately, only Son of Sisyphus has liner notes--in tiny type. Also, only four of the CDs have replica back covers, so some of Dixon's artwork is not included. The other five have track titles and credits overset on faint images of the covers. Alan Silva and Mario Pavone are credited with "counterbasses" on November 1961. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted October 19, 2010 Report Share Posted October 19, 2010 GREAT news about the Dixon! But my sets from France still haven't made it I would think that the only one of the Dixons that would need remastering would be Thoughts. Cranked to 2 o'clock on my amp it sounds great, but it's recorded at what seems like a pretty low dynamic level considering what I know to be the dynamics of the music. If memory serves, Bill wasn't too happy with how it came out, but he liked to have his stereo at full volume anyway :-) Also, the liner notes to these releases should be made available somewhere, as they are certainly part of the package (not to mention the beautiful covers). Unfortunately, only Son of Sisyphus has liner notes--in tiny type. Also, only four of the CDs have replica back covers, so some of Dixon's artwork is not included. The other five have track titles and credits overset on faint images of the covers. Alan Silva and Mario Pavone are credited with "counterbasses" on November 1961. "Counterbass" is straight repro of error on my original CD inner cover As with the Haden box, the only one I've bought so far, looks like the artwork/notes weren't a high priority Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romualdo Posted October 19, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2010 (edited) If you live in the us,ordering from amazon.uk rather than harmonia will cost you less. the amazon prices in the uk have a vat price built into. When you go through the ordering process you can see that the price is reduced once you plugged in your u.s. shipping address. similarly for Australia - ordered my Dixon set this way (Grooves-Inc don't have the Dixon & Russell sets on their database) Edited October 19, 2010 by romualdo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanl Posted October 20, 2010 Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 JAZZLOFT.COM has all the Black Saint/Soul Note boxes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarfumes Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 Has anyone had a chance to compare the Dixon In Italy discs with the original CD issues? It sounded to me like (and this may have been an issue with the recording rather than the mastering) there was far too much noise reduction used on the original CDs. Cymbal attacks are muted, decays are too quick, and some of the quieter piano passages sound like they're being played under a blanket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B. Clugston Posted October 22, 2010 Report Share Posted October 22, 2010 Has anyone had a chance to compare the Dixon In Italy discs with the original CD issues? It sounded to me like (and this may have been an issue with the recording rather than the mastering) there was far too much noise reduction used on the original CDs. Cymbal attacks are muted, decays are too quick, and some of the quieter piano passages sound like they're being played under a blanket. Don't have the original LPs or CDs to compare with, but the latest release sounds muffled. The rest of the CDs in the box do sound great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted October 23, 2010 Report Share Posted October 23, 2010 Played the whole Cecil Taylor box today... the duet with Roach is great, the solo, too... the larger ensemble stuff will need some more listening to be absorbed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarfumes Posted October 23, 2010 Report Share Posted October 23, 2010 Has anyone had a chance to compare the Dixon In Italy discs with the original CD issues? It sounded to me like (and this may have been an issue with the recording rather than the mastering) there was far too much noise reduction used on the original CDs. Cymbal attacks are muted, decays are too quick, and some of the quieter piano passages sound like they're being played under a blanket. Don't have the original LPs or CDs to compare with, but the latest release sounds muffled. The rest of the CDs in the box do sound great. Thanks for that info...guess it was something done during the recording/mixing rather than the mastering. Andrew Hill's Strange Serenade also suffers from this overuse of noise reduction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JETman Posted November 6, 2010 Report Share Posted November 6, 2010 Is anyone else having a tough time getting into the Dixon box? There's a sameness to the sessions that I find somewhat.......boring. Very dark, brooding music. Some of it works, some of it fails miserably. But I guess it's the journey that matters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B. Clugston Posted November 8, 2010 Report Share Posted November 8, 2010 Is anyone else having a tough time getting into the Dixon box? There's a sameness to the sessions that I find somewhat.......boring. Very dark, brooding music. Some of it works, some of it fails miserably. But I guess it's the journey that matters. Nope--love it from beginning to end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted November 8, 2010 Report Share Posted November 8, 2010 I agree about Vade Mecum I, but think the 2nd disc is wonderful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted November 28, 2010 Report Share Posted November 28, 2010 Orderded George Russell set from Amazon.uk via harmonia mundi.....price is right ($46.00 ppd).....just hope it's gets here in a timely fashion and undamaged. Just got hold of this too. Music that has somehow, inexplicably, eluded me for decades. Some outstanding music on here ('The Essence Of George Russell' an initial standout on first listening) and sound quality of the CDs is fine. Wish they had put a booklet with it though including good legible session notes and the lineups (without the need to get a magnifying glass out). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Posted January 11, 2011 Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 Up for any updates about upcoming releases. David Ayers reported the possibility of Anthony Braxton and Dave Douglas (on 24 Mar 2010), and Niko cited an Italian article that mentions Steve Lacy, George Lewis, Max Roach, and Don Moye (on 31 May 2010). Anyone have confirmations of forthcoming sets? Thanks for any additional info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ayers Posted January 11, 2011 Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 No news here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko Posted January 11, 2011 Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 this link suggests that a David Murray set will be next (nothing to see except for the top line of your browser window which says DAVID MURRAY:DAVID MURRAY which is parallel to what you see for the other sets, e.g. this one... but obviously, this information should not be taken too seriously... (strangely, the David Murray BSSN recordings have long been up on some of the streaming sites unlike the rest of their catalogue - always took that as an indication that they have a slightly different legal status...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDK Posted January 11, 2011 Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 this link suggests that a David Murray set will be next (nothing to see except for the top line of your browser window which says DAVID MURRAY:DAVID MURRAY which is parallel to what you see for the other sets, e.g. this one... but obviously, this information should not be taken too seriously... (strangely, the David Murray BSSN recordings have long been up on some of the streaming sites unlike the rest of their catalogue - always took that as an indication that they have a slightly different legal status...) Is there a box big enough? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ayers Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 Your arms too short to box David Murray! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 yeah, and your feet's too big Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ayers Posted January 12, 2011 Report Share Posted January 12, 2011 Off topic. I'm no stamp collector but these Gerry Anderson stamps from the Royal Mail are cool, IMO. Anyone who does collect stamps can buy them here: http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/shop;jsessionid=MQRMXDLC5CODQFB2IGFUQEQUHRAYUQ2K?catId=9300091&pageId=shp_prdlist&category=cat97520007&gear=shop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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