Justin V

This is a case of my discovering someone due to the news of their passing. I ended up listening to a duo album he did with Paulo Moura that is really nice; his comping sounds so hip to me. I'll be checking out more of his music. RIP.

Happy Birthday, Mr. Johnson!

I saw Tony Bennett maybe 10 years ago on a lark and really enjoyed it. If I remember correctly, he performed 'Fly Me to the Moon' without a microphone and I could hear him clear as a bell from the cheap seats. Thank you for the music, Mr. Bennett, and rest in peace.

I have a bunch of booklet-less sets. To be honest, I don't often read the booklets I have more than once and haven't cracked open the booklets on my two most recent purchases yet despite being on my third listen of one and second of the other.

The early review from my five-year-old daughter while listening for the first time: 'I don't want you to listen to this music without me.'

Disc 2. The set arrived yesterday, so I dove right in.

Although I, like many Duke fans, own much of this and am eagerly awaiting what I don't have, I am glad that it'll all be out there for everyone. Duke's music is far too important to not be as widely available as possible.

Sessions A-C. The Freeman trio sides swing hard.

Correct. The question is if it'll be part of the new In Order series

I picked up the Centennial box at the end of last year. I don't think I would have stumped for 20 CDs' worth of downloads at about $8.55 per CD and only paid $200 for the set in shrink, so I'm still happy I have the physical box. Will the eleven-disc Mosaic be part of this series? I have the three-disc tasting platter of that in The Real Duke Ellington, so I'd have to put some real thought into hoping for Mosaic to pop up for a price I could handle vs. just settling for the new download. I hope the 1947-1952 Columbia material gets reissued in this series, as it has not been reissued legitimately in complete form, as far as I know. I only have one tantalizing volume as part of the five-disc CD that came out in Europe and would love to have it all.

I was disappointed to learn that the cheap Commodore CD lot I found had 3 CDs I'd to replace with more complete reissues. However, this Ammons disc saves the day. It wasn't on my radar and was worth the $14 by itself. Putting Ammons with Don Byas, Hot Lips Page, Vic Dickenson, Israel Crosby and Big Sid Catlett was a stroke of genius.