Holy Ghost Posted June 27 Report Posted June 27 (edited) On 6/20/2025 at 1:08 AM, Pim said: Great haul!!! Now spend the rest of your salary at DG Haha. This is how my wife directed this: Dusty Groove closes at 7 p.m., so I'll drive you there and get you there by 6:57 p.m., so you can only get through the A's. So, I bought Cannonball's Sharshooters, not exactly the edition I wanted, but they were practically throwing me out; no need telling them you're from out of town/once in a lifetime experience...save it; they don't care. What I did do, is finish shopping on-line: Chet Baker Quartet w/ Russ Freeman-Capitol/Pacific Jazz Conte Condoli Quartet-Mode Japan new George Wallington-Leonard Feather Presents Bop-Mode Japan new Edited June 27 by Holy Ghost Quote
Big Beat Steve Posted June 27 Report Posted June 27 (edited) Last afternoon's local purchases: Mary Lou Williams, The Asch Recordings (2-LP box set on Folkways FA 2966) Fairly reasonably priced (for our latitudes ) at 15 EUR. (Box VG+, haven't played the records yet but they look totally unmarked) And then, a chance purchase ... Emmett Miller Acc. By His Georgia Crackers Crackers (green vinyl on The Old Masters TOM-1) for a mere 2,50 EUR in close to NM condition from the Special Offers bin. 😃 Actually an item that had crossed my mind a couple of weeks ago after I had re-read Nick Tosches' "Country, The Twisted Roots of Rock'n'Roll". He dwells at length on and enthuses about Emmett Miller (as does Allen Lowe in some of his writings) as a unpigeonholable one-of-a-kind early country-cum-blues-cum-jazz "crossover" artist and even mentions this TOM reissue in his book. So, having found one or the other early jazz TOM LPs at my "go-to" record shop in their Sale bins, I wondered, "Would it be totally unlikely that a copy of that one comes my way there before long too"? Well - lo and behold, there it sat now, waiting for me to give it a new home ... (among a handful of other TOM LPs featuring 20s jazz bands, but I skipped these for the time being). (Yes I know Miller's music has been reissued elsewhere since, too, but this would have meant mail-ordering from who knows where ...) Edited June 27 by Big Beat Steve Quote
Niko Posted June 27 Report Posted June 27 that Mary Lou Williams I am also hoping to find some day... My purchases of the last two weeks: Anthony Braxton (Actuel 15) ... think quit a few people are replacing the originals with LPs right now Cal Tjader - Last night when we were young ( a ballads album on Fantasy from the 70s with Frank Strazzeri who also arranged the strings) The Contemporary Jazz Classics Of The Paul Moer Trio Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass (someone put the ugly but good-sounding 1980s LP into a nice 1960s original jacket) Albert Ayler - The Hilversum Session Shorty Rogers – Afro-Cuban Influence Quote
Holy Ghost Posted June 27 Report Posted June 27 (edited) 1 hour ago, Niko said: that Mary Lou Williams I am also hoping to find some day... My purchases of the last two weeks: Anthony Braxton (Actuel 15) ... think quit a few people are replacing the originals with LPs right now Cal Tjader - Last night when we were young ( a ballads album on Fantasy from the 70s with Frank Strazzeri who also arranged the strings) The Contemporary Jazz Classics Of The Paul Moer Trio Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass (someone put the ugly but good-sounding 1980s LP into a nice 1960s original jacket) Albert Ayler - The Hilversum Session Shorty Rogers – Afro-Cuban Influence Regarding Braxton, this one? This is the edition I have. Great one, plus the sweet sleeve. Edited June 27 by Holy Ghost Quote
Niko Posted June 27 Report Posted June 27 18 minutes ago, Holy Ghost said: Regarding Braxton, this one? This is the edition I have. Great one, plus the sweet sleeve. Yes, that one but in the original gatefold LP, still without the musical notation ... Love that band photo... Quote
Holy Ghost Posted June 27 Report Posted June 27 2 hours ago, Niko said: Yes, that one but in the original gatefold LP, still without the musical notation ... Love that band photo... Big time, AB looks so badass in that photo, one of the coolest photo shoots (outside the BN orbit). Quote
T.D. Posted June 28 Report Posted June 28 Been on the want list a while, listened on bandcamp and pulled the trigger. I've posted before that I find Barry Guy's large ensemble material much more compelling than what I hear from the "contemporary classical" sector. Quote
Pim Posted July 13 Report Posted July 13 a lovely deal on Discogs (excluding the Parker boxed set). Couldn’t resist. Haven’t spun the Evan Parker box yet but it looks like a piece of art Quote
mjazzg Posted July 13 Report Posted July 13 14 minutes ago, Pim said: a lovely deal on Discogs (excluding the Parker boxed set). Couldn’t resist. Haven’t spun the Evan Parker box yet but it looks like a piece of art I hope you enjoy the box Pim, it's a lot of EP, a treasure trove. I was at that Vortex gig in '96 Quote
Pim Posted July 13 Report Posted July 13 3 hours ago, mjazzg said: I hope you enjoy the box Pim, it's a lot of EP, a treasure trove. I was at that Vortex gig in '96 Thanks Mark I think I will but will consume in small doses one disc at a time this kinda music asks all your attention is my experience. Must have been an amazing experience being there. Fun idea when I’ll listen that I know you were applauding there on my cd Quote
mjazzg Posted July 13 Report Posted July 13 41 minutes ago, Pim said: Thanks Mark I think I will but will consume in small doses one disc at a time this kinda music asks all your attention is my experience. Must have been an amazing experience being there. Fun idea when I’ll listen that I know you were applauding there on my cd Yes definitely a disc at a time box set I agree. I hope I didn't shout out anything embarrassing 😀 I have never bought the CD to find out... Quote
ejp626 Posted July 14 Report Posted July 14 Inspired by DG's glowing reviews 😄 (but also this one - https://downbeat.com/reviews/detail/a-beautiful-day-revisited), I ordered the expanded edition of Andrew Hill's A Beautiful Day. Curious to see how different it really is. Maybe I will forgive them for not pointing out that Charles Mingus's Folk Forms (on the Penny label) is just a different incarnation of Mingus at Antibes 1960, so I shouldn't have picked that up. ☹️ Quote
jlhoots Posted July 23 Report Posted July 23 Marty Ehrlich Trio: This Time Dan Weiss Quartet: Unclassified Affections Quote
BFrank Posted July 24 Report Posted July 24 23 hours ago, mjazzg said: Cecil Payne - Zodiac Suite That's a good one. Happy to have that in Mosaic's "The Complete Clifford Jordan Strata-East Sessions" box. Quote
Kevin Bresnahan Posted July 29 Report Posted July 29 I pre-ordered the CD version of an LP that hasn't been reissued in a long time and never on CD: Quote
BFrank Posted July 30 Report Posted July 30 Remastered 2CD+2Blu-Ray Expanded Edition Boxset. Always been a BIG fan of this album and am looking forward to the extra tracks and videos. Quote
Pim Posted August 1 Report Posted August 1 On 7/23/2025 at 8:07 AM, mjazzg said: Cecil Payne - Zodiac Suite Good one. The Pure Pleasure reissue? Or an original? Quote
mjazzg Posted August 1 Report Posted August 1 7 hours ago, Pim said: Good one. The Pure Pleasure reissue? Or an original? Original... Quote
ejp626 Posted August 1 Report Posted August 1 Bandcamp Friday! I picked up a few things (dls only...) that have been on my wishlist for a while - a couple by Eric St-Laurent a local guitarist I've seen at the Rex a few times: Darn That Band https://eric-st-laurent.bandcamp.com/album/darn-that-band and El Choclo https://eric-st-laurent.bandcamp.com/album/el-choclo and Sweet as Broken Dates https://ostinatorecords.bandcamp.com/album/sweet-as-broken-dates-lost-somali-tapes-from-the-horn-of-africa (which is very much in the same vein as the Ethiopiques series) Then I got an email from Cuniforme and picked up a few of their releases as well... Doors of Perception by Raoul Björkenheim https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/doors-of-perception Bring Your Own by Led Bib https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/bring-your-own-2 and The People in Your Neighbourhood https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-people-in-your-neighbourhood also by Led Bib I did consider pre-ordering Hotel Pupik by Led Bib, but I need another track to preview. I'm not sure I am sold on their new direction. Quote
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