What music did you buy today?

[HutchFan]

1 hour ago, felser said:

My current order from Philadelphia Music/Beautiful World Syndicate, bundled together (they let you bundle for 30 days, I'll settle and pay mid/late-August):

Cedar Walton With Curtis Fuller, Bob Berg, Sam Jones And Billy Higgins - Eastern Rebellion 3 (CD,... Lars Gullin - Portrait Of The Legendary Baritone Saxophonist - Complete 1956-1960 Studio Recordin... Barbara Carroll Trio - Complete 1951-1956 Recordings (4xCD, Comp + Box) The Mingus Dynasty* - Mingus' Sounds Of Love (CD, Album) Mark Masters Ensemble - One Day With Lee (CD, Album) Howard Rumsey Presents... Conte Candoli & Lee Morgan - Double Or Nothin' (CD, Album, RE) Eddie Bert Quintet - Kaleidoscope (CD, Album) George Russell Sextet* - Live In Bremen And Paris 1964 (CD, Album) Charles Tolliver - The Ringer (CD, Album, RE) The Barry Harris Trio* - Complete Live In Tokyo 1976 (CD, Comp) Stan Getz - Not So Long Ago (CD, Album, pap) Mike Melillo Trio - Alternate Changes For Bud (CD, Album) Kenny Garrett Trio - Stars & Stripes / Live (CD, Album) Milt Jackson - Born Free (CD, Album, RE, RM) Nancie Banks Orchestra - Bert's Blues (CD, Album) Walter Davis Jr. - In Walked Thelonious (CD, Album) Malachi Thompson - New Standards (CD, Album) Michael Carvin - Revelation (CD, Album) Sal Mosca - A Concert (CD, Album) Artie Shaw, Al Cohn, Zoot Sims, Don Fagerquist, Jimmy Raney, Herb Steward - The Artistry Of Artie... Dizzy Gillespie Big Band - Groovin' High Live At Birdland, New York City (CD, Album, Comp) Bud Shank And Trombones* Featuring Bob Enevoldsen, Maynard Ferguson, Stu Williamson, Bob Brookmey... Jackie & Roy - High Standards (CD, Album, RE, RM) Jackie Cain & Roy Kral - Full Circle (CD, Comp) Mike Melillo / Chet Baker - Symphonically (CD, Album) Mingus Amungus - Live In Cuba (CD, Album) Mary Lou Williams, Barbara Carroll - Ladies Of Jazz (HDCD, Comp, Mono, RM) Jackie Cain & Roy Kral* - One More Rose - A Tribute To Alan Jay Lerner (CD, Album, RE) Al Cohn - Broadway (CD, Album, Mono, Ltd, RE, RM) Jimmy Heath - Little Man Big Band (CD, Album) Thad Jones, Mel Lewis & Jon Faddis - Greetings And Salutations (CD, Album, RE) Duke Jordan - Solo Piano - One For The Library (CD, Album) Archie Shepp Quartet Feat. Annette Lowman - Lover Man (CD, Album) Joe Lee Wilson - Secrets From The Sun (CD, Album, Ltd, RE, RM) Scott Wendholt - What Goes Around (CD, Album) Mike LeDonne - Then & Now (CD, Album) Hans Koller - Minor Meetings 1958 (CD, Comp) Paul Desmond - Sweet Paul - Vol. 1 (CD, Album) Jay Jay Johnson Quintet* - Live At Café Bohemia 1957 (CD, Album) Helen Merrill - The Complete Helen Merrill On Mercury (4xCD, Comp) Clark Terry - Free And Oozy (CD, Comp, RM) Freddie Hubbard & Oscar Peterson - Face To Face (CD, Album) Louis Bellson - The Louis Bellson Explosion (CD, Album, RE, RM) Anita O'Day - Live In Tokyo 1975 (CD, Album) Sweet Basil Trio, Cedar Walton, David Williams (2), Billy Higgins - You're My Everything (CD, Alb... Sal Nistico - Empty Room (CD, Album) Sir Roland Hanna* - Maybeck Recital Hall Series Volume Thirty-Two (CD, Album) Mike DiRubbo Quintet - From The Inside Out (CD, Album) Zoot Sims - Love For Sale Live In Dublin 1978 (CD, Album) Labelle - Moon Shadow (CD, Album, RE) LaBelle - Labelle (CD, Album, RE) Inner Life & Jocelyn Brown - The Anthology (2xCD, Comp)

$181.52

Nice!

I almost grabbed that Helen Merrill set.  Already regret that I didn't.   

 

[JSngry]

That's one of those places where if you have a lot of time and you know your labels to know what's what, you can make some worthy additions for under $5.00/disc. ESPECIALLY if your collection is fairly settled and you're just looking to fill in some holes. OR if your collection has a lot of holes and you're ok with older CD versions, cheap.

[HutchFan]

18 minutes ago, JSngry said:

That's one of those places where if you have a lot of time and you know your labels to know what's what, you can make some worthy additions for under $5.00/disc. ESPECIALLY if your collection is fairly settled and you're just looking to fill in some holes. OR if your collection has a lot of holes and you're ok with older CD versions, cheap.

Yes.  That place can be dangerous -- from both a time and money point of view.

 

Edited August 5, 2023 by HutchFan

[JSngry]

Daedalus books used to be like. Some other place too, I forget the name. But I see a lot of the same type stuff. Fortunately, I most of it now. But most is not all...Like Roy Eldridge, The Nifty Cat with Budd Johnson, did not have a legit CD on it and BAM there it was tonight in the Under $5 filter.

I was relieved that their comparable Modern Classical seemed pretty weak. Thank God! 

[felser]

1 hour ago, JSngry said:

That's one of those places where if you have a lot of time and you know your labels to know what's what, you can make some worthy additions for under $5.00/disc. ESPECIALLY if your collection is fairly settled and you're just looking to fill in some holes. OR if your collection has a lot of holes and you're ok with older CD versions, cheap.

It's a good way to sample artists around the edges at a minimal cost (such as Sal Mosca, Mike Melillo, Mike LeDonne, Scott Wendholdt,Sal Nistico on this latest order for me).  The # of jazz CD's (especially interesting ones) jumps up and down on the site, I think when they end up buying a big collection (which they've done a few times in the years I've followed along).  They were at 11,000+ jazz CD's a couple of months ago, now at 7700, and I remember them being around 3000 for a long time a few years ago. 

[JSngry]

We're on fixed incomes now, so my paranoia is getting me to where I'm not indulging in non-essential record purchases unless some REALLY big bargains show up. And this place has them!

HutchFan, thanks for shining the light on this place. Never heard of the before, but you can't unsee it, can you;

[HutchFan]

11 minutes ago, JSngry said:

HutchFan, thanks for shining the light on this place. Never heard of the before, but you can't unsee it, can you

Sure thing.  Happy to spread the good deals 'round.

And no you can't unsee it!   

 

[Ken Dryden]

The nice thing about Philadelphia music is that they undergrade their CDs. Many listed as NM are still sealed, while the orders I have received graded VG+ have been NM.

It is surprising how many long out of print jazz CDs can be purchased so cheaply. I don't think that I missed anything in the low priced jazz CDs under $6 on my want list and I bought a few more pricey items as well. My latest order is scheduled to arrive today.

 

[Rabshakeh]

Just bought Fanfare by the Art Ensemble and live at Willisau by the Brotherhood of Breath.

@mjazzg - Further East London news. I'm afraid OTO has now started to sell second hand jazz vinyl at a fairly reasonably price, apparently via a connection in Japan. Some seriously good stuff.

[T.D.]

18 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

Just bought ... live at Willisau by the Brotherhood of Breath.

I actually own this. Good one!

[HutchFan]

1 hour ago, Rabshakeh said:

Just bought Fanfare by the Art Ensemble and live at Willisau by the Brotherhood of Breath.

Both TERRIFIC.   

I love hearing Muhal with the AEC on Fanfare.

 

[mjazzg]

5 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

Just bought Fanfare by the Art Ensemble and live at Willisau by the Brotherhood of Breath.

@mjazzg - Further East London news. I'm afraid OTO has now started to sell second hand jazz vinyl at a fairly reasonably price, apparently via a connection in Japan. Some seriously good stuff.

I know, they've been pushing it on Instagram, I've stayed away...so far.

I agree, the selection has been top notch

Edited August 5, 2023 by mjazzg

[Kevin Bresnahan]

On 7/28/2023 at 9:05 AM, bresna said:

11 CDs with shipping for $24.85. Not too shabby.

A few I've owned in the past but lost track of them so I figured I'd add them back in at these prices...

 

Flying Colors - Joe Lovano & Gonzalo Rubalcaba $0.79

Dear Sir: Tribute To Wayne Shorter - Dale Fielder Quartet $1.27

Telepathy - Cindy Blackman $1.90

Deep Purple - Arnett Cobb $5.07

When Larry Met Harry - Larry Goldings | Harry Allen $1.69

Night Birds - Harry Allen/Totti Bergh/George Masso $2.53

With European Friends - Stan Getz $0.75

Jonas Plays Gullin – Bertil "Jonas" Jonasson $1.06

Are You Having Any Fun? - A Celebration Of The Music Of Sammy Fain - Harry Allen-Keith Ingham Quintet $2.11

Andalucia - Kevin Hays $1.06

Angel Eyes Ballads & Slow Jams - Jimmy Smith $1.06

Two of these discs were sealed. Can't get more mint than that.

I could swear that I owned Jimmy Smith's "Angel Eyes" but it's not in the racks. However, I don't remember it having a brown smoke tinted jewel case. Was that how it was released?

[HutchFan]

1 hour ago, bresna said:

Two of these discs were sealed. Can't get more mint than that.

A bunch of my CDs were sealed too.    They often don't even bother mentioning it.

And, like @Ken Dryden said above, their grading is very trustworthy. What they call VG+ typically looks like NM to me. And this true of both their CDs and LPs. 

Because their grading is so "conservative," I often buy VG graded LPs from them. (With other online retailers, I typically won't go below VG+.)  After a couple spins on the vacuum machine, their VG-graded LPs typically play very, very well. Maybe not PERFECTLY. But much better than what you usually get with a VG-rated platter.

 

Edited August 6, 2023 by HutchFan

[T.D.]

Lee Pan Geun Jazz Quintet (Korean)

[mjazzg]

David Sanborn - Time And The River

Swept up in a wave of nostalgia thanks to a post from @Rabshakeh, I thought I'd see what Sanborn's been up to more recently.

It was cheap...

[jlhoots]

John Zorn: Full Fathom Five

[Rabshakeh]

34 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

David Sanborn - Time And The River

Swept up in a wave of nostalgia thanks to a post from @Rabshakeh, I thought I'd see what Sanborn's been up to more recently.

It was cheap...

Ha! Sorry / glad to help. Let us know what he's been up to when you've had a chance.

[mjazzg]

12 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

Ha! Sorry / glad to help. Let us know what he's been up to when you've had a chance.

Definitely help rather than blame. Review in a few days

[T.D.]

Baikida Carroll, Orange Fish Tears

Andrew Cyrille, Junction

[jlhoots]

James Brandon Lewis: For Mahalia With Love

[Chuck Nessa]

Finally tracked down Lester's 3 Muse recordings on 2 cds

[kh1958]

Playing for the Man at the Door (Smithsonian Folkways)

[John L]

3 hours ago, kh1958 said:

Playing for the Man at the Door (Smithsonian Folkways)

This is a very interesting collection.  I especially like the tracks that he recorded of Hop Wilson live in a juke joint.  

[JSngry]

5 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said:

Finally tracked down Lester's 3 Muse recordings on 2 cds

How did Muse material end up with BMG? A Cuscuna thing?