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And some prefer smart phone calculators to slide rules....

YMMV. I much prefer the Roques CD-era covers.

We are blessed to have lived through the 1980's-2000's golden era of Blue Note reissues, to have 95% of everything meaningful from the label made available to us, which, along with Fantasy doing the same for Prestige and Riverside, was a dream come true. Glad for any extra goodies David Weiss and the current BN regime can send our way, but it's a cherry on top of the sundae compared to what we already have.

I'd love to hear it some day.

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Reported yesterday in Syd Schwartz's Jazz and Coffee blog. I'm out for all since I don't do vinyl and they don't do CD's (plus I already own all the titles except the Lawrence Marable and the Petrucciani/Hall/Shorter), but some interesting selections, along with some odd ones. Note that 'Compulsion' is probably my favorite Andrew Hill album, even though it seems very overlooked: January 2, 2026 Hank Mobley – Hank (Blue Note, 1957), Tyrone Washington – Natural Essence (Blue Note, 1967) February 6, 2026 Lee Morgan – City Lights (Blue Note, 1957) Bennie Green – Back On The Scene (Blue Note, 1958) March 6, 2026 Lawrence Marable – Tenorman (Jazz: West, 1956) Andrew Hill – Compulsion!!! (Blue Note, 1965) April 3, 2026 Fred Jackson – Hootin’ ‘N Tootin’ (Blue Note, 1962) Larry Young – Mother Ship (Blue Note, 1969) May 1, 2026 Dexter Gordon – Dexter Calling… (Blue Note, 1961) McCoy Tyner – Asante (Blue Note, 1970) June 5, 2026 Curtis Amy – Tippin’ On Through (Pacific Jazz, 1962) Bobby Hutcherson – Components (Blue Note, 1965) July 3, 2026 Big John Patton – Got A Good Thing Goin’ (Blue Note, 1966) Michel Petrucciani/Jim Hall/Wayne Shorter – Power of Three (Blue Note, 1986) August 7, 2026 Jackie McLean – Vertigo (Blue Note, 1959–63) Ike Quebec – Bossa Nova Soul Samba (Blue Note, 1962) September 4, 2026 Sonny Rollins – Sonny Rollins, Vol. 2 (Blue Note, 1957) Sam Rivers – Dimensions & Extensions (Blue Note, 1967) October 2, 2026 Freddie Hubbard – Hub Cap (Blue Note, 1961) Booker Ervin – Structurally Sound (Pacific Jazz, 1966) November 6, 2026 Jimmy Smith – The Sermon! (Blue Note, 1957–58) Hank Mobley – Dippin’ (Blue Note, 1965) December 4, 2026 Curtis Fuller – Curtis Fuller, Volume 3 (Blue Note, 1957) Lee Morgan – The Sixth Sense (Blue Note, 1967)

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I also have been buying the Mack Avenue CD's, even though I own the Tolliver Mosaic Selects. If enough comes out on Mack Avenue, I would also look to sell the Selects. But I don't want to move on from the Selects with just downloads to replace them.

I saw Alex Foster with the Mingus Dynasty Group (Jack Walrath leading) back in, I think, the early 90's, and he was pretty great. He's never reached me on record the way he did live that night.

Same here. 'One Step Beyond' is the other one I know would be on my list of 2-3 favorites by him.

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One of my two or three favorite McLean albums, which is saying a lot.

You can get Love Dance on CD on this set, not overly expensive on the secondary market. But Concord does find endless ways of ticking me off. Expecting them to come out with 34-minute compilation CD of 'Woody Shaw Plays For Lovers' around valentines day, and ignore his catalog for CD's otherwise.

The Complete... CD set is really well-done in every aspect.