What music did you buy today?

[JSngry]

[coooltrane]

[B. Goren.]

I ordered this set from Amazon.com for 20$. Sounds like a good deal.

Edited May 1, 2012 by B. Goren.

[T.D.]

I've been buying Soul Note / Black Saint "complete remastered" boxes of late. Ordered this one today:

[mikelz777]

Cecilia Coleman - Pearl

[JSngry]

[sidewinder]

I ordered this set from Amazon.com for 20$. Sounds like a good deal.

Congrats - I was tempted myself.

[BillF]

[cih]

There's a moment on that where Sid Catlett is on doing a solo, and the audience starts laughing. Always makes me wonder what they're laughing at - is it something he's doing, or something maybe Dizzy is doing in the background ? (I expect this is a rhetorical question)

[BillF]

There's a moment on that where Sid Catlett is on doing a solo, and the audience starts laughing. Always makes me wonder what they're laughing at - is it something he's doing, or something maybe Dizzy is doing in the background ? (I expect this is a rhetorical question)

There's a lot of what-Dizzy-is-doing-in-the-background laughter on his live recordings. It's probably that.

[cih]

There's a lot of what-Dizzy-is-doing-in-the-background laughter on his live recordings. It's probably that.

Right. That's a shame - I thought maybe he was doing all the drumming with one arm while eating a sandwich or something.

[Stefan Wood]

Not a Proper box fan, but for the prices, I could not resist.

Edited May 9, 2012 by Stefan Wood

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

I was about to post this, when my wireless dongle packed up. Decided I wasn't going to replace the dongle - I'd get a new computer. What with one thing and another, I've only just got the new machine connected to the internet. So this is what I got on 25 April !

I’ve liked Bill Black’s Combo forever; since I bought ‘Smokie’ when it came out here in 1959, in fact. And I’ve kept most of the 45s I bought of the band, through thick and thin. I was listening to a few of the 45s a week or so ago and decided that I should really have a few of their CDs.

So today’s postbag brought

It was usually the B sides of the singles I liked best. These would often be slow blues tunes, usually originals, featuring very relaxed piano and even more relaxed tenor sax, by Ace Cannon. And there’s a lot of this type of stuff on the CDs.

And many thanks to Paul, for making me realise that this isn't a compilation also featuring the Mills Brothers but a 2 disc set of their complete Kin recordings!

Also, the postman brought this

It's many, many decades since I bought a pop record!

MG

[BillF]

Thanks to whoever posted this here recently for bringing this fine disc to my attention!

[BillF]

[Head Man]

Most of the Clarke-Boland Big Band releases seem to be turning up for reasonable prices on Amazon at the moment. Like everything by them it swings like crazy.

.....and NO, I didn't buy it just for the cover!

Thanks to Bev for telling us about this recent re-issue. It's really very good.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Kerfala Kante - Biyedi - who knows what label? Sterns recent release but probably licensed from Syllart.

MG

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Shopping expotition to Cardiff today and popped into Kellys 2nd hand shop in the market for an hour or so. Good vibes there

Milt Jackson Quartet - an actual Oriole copy, not CBS, and looking pristine!

Lionel Hampton - cheapo MFP reissue of a 1955 Clef album by the big band, with Eddie Chamblee sounding dangerous as ever.

More Hamp - cheapo CBS reissue of a 1954 concert. Eddie Chamblee not with the band, regrettably. Another looking pristine.

MG

[BillF]

Shopping expotition to Cardiff today and popped into Kellys 2nd hand shop in the market for an hour or so. Good vibes there

Milt Jackson Quartet - an actual Oriole copy, not CBS, and looking pristine!

Lionel Hampton - cheapo MFP reissue of a 1955 Clef album by the big band, with Eddie Chamblee sounding dangerous as ever.

More Hamp - cheapo CBS reissue of a 1954 concert. Eddie Chamblee not with the band, regrettably. Another looking pristine.

MG

Ah, Realm at 22/6! How I remember those! Looks like a pretty good haul, MG.

[ejp626]

Decided to pick up this CD of covers that the band cut waaaay back in the day but they weren't released until 1995 in the UK and 2003 or so in the US!

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Shopping expotition to Cardiff today and popped into Kellys 2nd hand shop in the market for an hour or so. Good vibes there

Milt Jackson Quartet - an actual Oriole copy, not CBS, and looking pristine!

Lionel Hampton - cheapo MFP reissue of a 1955 Clef album by the big band, with Eddie Chamblee sounding dangerous as ever.

More Hamp - cheapo CBS reissue of a 1954 concert. Eddie Chamblee not with the band, regrettably. Another looking pristine.

MG

Ah, Realm at 22/6! How I remember those! Looks like a pretty good haul, MG.

Yes - listened to them all now. Very nice.

And not expensive - a tenner for the MIlt, four and five for the Hamps.

There was a Buddy Tate there - his Felsted album - but it was thirty-five quid (about $50). It was in the shop last year, too. If it's still there in six months, I'll make him a derisory offer. Ain't an album been made that's worth $50, to paraphrase Syd Nathan.

MG

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Today's haul is a couple of 2CD sets from Syllart, which are available from Sterns now, or Amazon, I think.

Just been listening to the Sosseh. The sound on the earliest material is disgraceful! Sounds like those tapes that West African taxi drivers play. MOST authentic! I've got quite a bit of this, but there's a lot I've never heard before. Really nice!

In the same series as the Laba Sosseh. I think I have quite a bit of this one, too.

MG

[save0904]

[colinmce]

^ Awesome

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Courtesy of Jazztropic

Terrific album, with Hank Jones, Duvivier & J C Heard.

MG