What music did you buy today?

[Sundog]

James Brown- Singles 1969-1970 V.6

Texas Troubadours- Almost To Tulsa: The Instrumentals

[mikelz777]

In today's mail:

Jack Wilson - Something Personal

I should give this another listen.

Today, bought Sonny Meets Hawk! on CD.

I think it's an excellent disc. It makes me want to pick up "Ramblin'" which also features Roy Ayers. I was saying in another thread that I'm surprised that Wilson didn't have a bigger following because I think he was worthy of one.

[mikelz777]

With a 50% off coupon, new/sealed from Half-Price Books:

Charlie Ventura - Bop For The People (4-CD)

Edited March 29, 2009 by mikelz777

[Stefan Wood]

At Borders:

Sonny Criss - This is Criss! (RVG remaster)

McCoy Tyner - Horizon (Concord)

Jack McDuff - The Honeydripper (RVG remaster)

John Zorn/Bar Kokhba - Lucifer (Tzadik)

Dizzy Gillespie Big Band - 2 cd set from Uptown

Fania All Stars - 2 cd best of (Fania)

At Daedalus:

Rough Guide Afrobeat Revival ( 2 cd set)

[BillF]

John Lewis, The Wonderful World of Jazz (Atlantic)

[save0904]

Don Cherry Symphony for Improvisers

[Noj]

Most of my final haul from BMG before they close shop arrived today:

Luiz Bonfa - Plays & Sings Bossa Nova Music

Nat King Cole - With The Pete Rugolo Orchestra: Lush Life

Lou Donaldson - Lou Takes Off

Hank Mobley - Peckin' Time

Oliver Nelson - Fantabulous

Oscar Peterson - Trio + One Clark Terry

Art Tatum's Finest Hour (Verve)

Stanley Turrentine - Dearly Beloved

Sarah Vaughan - S/T (Verve)

I haven't heard any of the albums before tonight, and the Tatum and Vaughan are my first albums by those two artists.

[AndrewHill]

Spontaneous Music Ensemble-Summer 67-Emanem

Bud Shank-Jazz at Cal Tech-Pacific Jazz/TOCJ

Andre Previn Jazz Trio-King Size!-Comtemporary/OJC

Ronnie Boykins-The Will Come is Now-ESP Disk

[EKE BBB]

The Clarence Profit Memoir CD

[BillF]

Joe Henderson, Mode for Joe (RVG) new for a fiver from Manchester's Vinyl Exchange, which has recently beefed up its new jazz CD stock. (Richard, please note )

[save0904]

Ornette Coleman Trio At The Golden Circle Vol. 1

Fly Trio Sky & Country

[AndrewHill]

Gerry Mulligan-Age of Steam-A&M

Albert Mangelsdorff and the Jazz Sextet-European Tour 1957-Lonehill Jazz

[save0904]

Ornette Coleman Beauty Is A Rare Thing - The Complete Atlantic Recordings

[Chuck Nessa]

[kh1958]

I was on the fence about getting that one, but after hearing it I'm glad I did.

[paul secor]

Roscoe Mitchell and the Sound and Space Ensembles (Black Saint)

Bobby Bradford: Love's Dream (Emanem)

[paul secor]

All star lineup. Wonder if the music lives up to the names - hope Chuck gives an opinion on this one.

[Hot Ptah]

Reginald R. Robinson--The Strongman

I found this Delmark CD, in mint condition, at the bottom of a pile of CDs in a thrift store.

Edited April 6, 2009 by Hot Ptah

[Hot Ptah]

All star lineup. Wonder if the music lives up to the names - hope Chuck gives an opinion on this one.

I have it. I don't think it lives up to the names, although it is quite good in many places. I don't think that some of the all star soloists were used to their best advantage.

[kh1958]

I thought the best performances on these concerts were by Gilmore (especially) and Ra. The sound balance could be better, and it's a bit of overkill (one or two concerts would have been enough--I thought the second concert of the four was the best)--but as you say, it is quite good at various times. I like the drummers as well.

[Hot Ptah]

I thought the best performances on these concerts were by Gilmore (especially) and Ra. The sound balance could be better, and it's a bit of overkill (one or two concerts would have been enough--I thought the second concert of the four was the best)--but as you say, it is quite good at various times. I like the drummers as well.

Richard Davis plays some notable solos, especially on "What's New". At that time Sun Ra did not always have a bassist in his group, and had not had a master bassist for some time. So it is striking to hear Davis play in the ensembles at times.

"At times"--that seems to be my operative phrase about this set. It is inconsistent, to my ears.

[save0904]

Ornette Coleman At The Colden Circle Vol.2

had to get the second one also!

[ejp626]

Pepper Adams - Urban Dreams

John Surman - Private City

The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night

I consider myself a moderate Beatles' fan (they are really more my parents' generation, though I have most of their albums) but it still shocked me recently to realize I'd never heard Hard Day's Night all the way through. I had seen the film though, so that should count for something.

[mikelz777]

A couple of box sets I hope BMG will deliver before they close shop. They've had so many things "temporarily out of stock" (I have one order TOOS for 30+ days) I'm concerned that when they close, they'll cancel all the TOOS orders. I'll keep my fingers crossed and hope for the best. I've pretty much run through their jazz offerings so I ordered:

King Of The Road: The Genius Of Roger Miller [3-CD]

The Essential Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys (2-CD)

[B. Goren.]