felser

Sound quality is excellent, to me a clear improvement on the original OJC's (I don't have the box, but assume it was from the same mastering as the OJC's). The whole package is extremely well-done, and also priced right.

1 - The rapid cutouts aren't new to Blue Note. Happened in the golden era also, at least after Liberty took them over. I remember buying cutouts of 'Hi Voltage','Mustang','Dippin','Natural Essence', 'Bout Soul' and any number of other Blue Notes in the early 70's when I first got into it, and they hadn't been released that many years earlier. And something like 'A Fickle Sonance' was a pipe dream, something I just had given up ever getting to hear until the CD era changed everything. 2 - Not that many of their current items are holding up well enough to worry about future reissue strategies. As far as their new stuff, they're just another company now. I'll take a given year's Criss Cross new releases over Blue Note's any time. Something like the Tolliver or Kuhn have the mark of being really special, but that's actually fairly rare these days with Blue Note.

I hear ya, and she ain't jazz, but I really really like Suzanne Vega's music. They could do (and have done) a whole lot worse. I'll take her over Norah Jones or Amos Lee or any number of the new generation by-the-numbers neo-boppers or the (to me) ponderously boring Greg Osby anytime. I know that will get me abused on this board, but there it is...

Short, weird, really really weird. The spoken parts sound like a trip to hell. I can stretch myself a long way on later Trane, but I wish this one had stayed in the can.

Ron, This is a Patti Page event ("Que Se Ra, Se Ra, whatever will be will be....). Don't sweat it!

My favorite Freddie Hubbard trumpet solo ever is on the title track. I think the First Blakey I ever bought (ca 1972-73) was a twofer called 'Thermo' which combined 'Ugetsu' and 'Caravan'.

Up with edits.

Agreement made with Rooster Ties on the disc, thx.

I have an extra new, sealed CD of Jackie McLean - It's Time. $12 including US postage or best offer or trade.

Great titles, many of which I upgraded to K2's on my Concord order. This is a great opportunity for anyone who didn't want to buy 34 CD's or more from Concord to pick up a couple of classics in trade.

Please contact me at john.felser@verizon.net or PM if interested in any New additions August 2006: Abbasi ,Rez – Modern Memory (Cathexis) Hagans, Gary Thomas Allen ,Harry – Meets John Pizzerelli Trio (RCA) Baker ,Chet – Chet Baker in New York (Riverside/OJC) Baker ,Chet – Chet (Riverside/OJC) Blakey ,Art - Ugetsu (Riverside/OJC) Brackeen ,Joanne – Pink Elephant Magic (Arkadia) Brubeck ,Dave – Jazz At Oberlin (Fantasy) 20-bit K2 Byrd ,Charlie – Bossa Nova Pelos Passaros (Riverside) 20-bit K2 Campbell ,Gary – Intersection (Milestone) Charles ,Ray – Best of: The Atlantic Years (Atlantic) Davis ,Miles – Workin’ (Prestige) 20-bit K2 Davis ,Miles – Steamin’ (Prestige) 20-bit K2 Davis ,Miles – Relaxin’(Prestige) 20-bit K2 Dorham ,Kenny – Quiet Kenny (Riverside/OJC) Eardley ,Jon – Hollywood to New York (Prestige) Evans ,Bill – Sunday at the Village Vanguard (Riverside) 20-bit K2 Fitzgerald ,Ella – Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie (Verve) Fitzgerald ,Ella/Duke Ellington – Ella at Duke’s Place (Verve) Fitzgerald ,Ella/Louis Armstrong – Porgy and Bess (Verve) beautiful Friedlander ,Erik – Topaz (Siam) Garland ,Red – Red Garland’s Piano (Prestige/OJC) Getz ,Stan/Albert Daily – Poetry (Elektra Musician/Blue Note) Gordon ,Dexter – ‘Round Midnight soundtrack (Columbia) Jackson ,Milt – Quartet (Prestige/OJC) Jackson ,Milt/Wes Montgomery – Bags Meets Wes! (Riverside/OJC) Jennings ,Bill/Jack McDuff – Glide On (Prestige) 2fer Manhattan Transfer – Very Best of (Atlantic/Rhino) Marsalis , Wynton – Jump Start and Jazz (Sony) Marsalis , Wynton – Sweet Release & Ghost Story (Sony) Marsh ,George/John Abercrombie/Mel Graves – Upon a Time McDuff ,Jack – The Honeydripper (Prestige/OJC) McLean ,Jackie – 4,5, & 6 (Prestige/OJC) Modern Jazz Quartet – Concorde (Prestige/OJC) Monk ,Thelonious – With John Coltrane (Riverside/OJC) Monk ,Thelonious - With John Coltrane (Riverside) 20-bit K2 Monk ,Thelonious – Monk’s Music (Riverside) 20-bit K2 Monk ,Thelonious – Thelonious Himself (Riverside/OJC) Monk ,Thelonious - Misterioso (Riverside/OJC) Montgomery ,Wes – Incredible Jazz Guitar (Riverside/OJC) Mulligan ,Gerry/Thelonious Monk – Mulligan Meets Monk (Riverside) 20-bit K2 Powell ,Bud – Time Waits: Amazing Vol. 4 (Blue Note) Previte ,Bobby – Music of the Moscow Circus (Gramavision) Syms ,Sylvia – For Once in My Life (Prestige) New Additions July 2006: I will trade all Quadromania titles and nicked titles at a discount. Armstrong ,Louis – Louis Armstrong of New Orleans (Jazz Heritage) Baker ,Chet – Quadromania (Membran) 4CD’s 50’s Pacific Jazz sides Farlow ,Tal - – Quadromania (Membran) 4CD’s Norvo/Mingus Savoy + Verve sides Gilberto ,Joao – Amoroso/Brasil (Warner Bros.) 2 on 1 Gordon ,dexter – Dexter Blows Hot and Cool (Boplicity) 50’s Carl Perkins Jay Jay Johnson – Quadromania (Membran) 4CD’s 40’s/50’s Savoy & Blue Note Newsom ,Tommy – TV Jazz Stars (Laserlight) C.Candoli,R.Tompkins small group Rollins ,Sonny – Quadromania (Membran) 4CD’s 50’s Prestige Silver ,Horace – Quadromania (Membran) 4CD’s 50’s Blue Note Thompson, Lucky/Gryce – In Paris (Vogue) Tristano ,Lennie – The Lost Tapes (Jazz Factory) 2CD’s ca. 1949-50 The following have a few nicks, but play fine: Di Meola, Al – The Infinite Desire (Telarc) Hancock ,Herbie – Head Hunters (Columbia Legacy) remaster Hubbard ,Freddie – Live at Fat Tuesday’s (MusicMasters/Jazz Heritage) 2CD Kirkland ,Kenny – Kenny Kirkland (GRP/Verve) Parker ,Charlie – The Immortal Charlie Parker (Savoy) Return to Forever – Romantic Warrior (Columbia Legacy) Washington , Grover Jr. - Anthology (Elektra) New Additions June 2006: Allen ,Carl – The Pursuer (Atlantic) G.Coleman, Turre, Herring Bartz ,Gary – Harlem Bush Music Taifa/Uhuru (Milestone/BGP) Bland ,Bobby/King, B.B. – Together Again Live (ABC/MCA) Bley ,Carla/Mantler/Lacy – Jazz Realities (Fontana) greenback CD Evans ,Bill – Trio ’65 (Verve) Evans ,Bill – At Town Hall (Verve) Evans ,Bill – Alone (Verve) Evans ,Bill – Empathy/A Simple Matter of Convction (Verve) Farlow ,Tal – Swinging Guitar of (Verve) Gordon ,Dexter – True Blue (Xanadu) Hancock ,Herbie – Quartet (Columbia) Jackson ,Milt – Quadromania (Membran) 4CD collection of Savoy and Prestige sides Jones/Lewis – Live at the Village Vanguard (Solid State/Blue Note) Newman ,David – Return to the Wide Open Spaces (Amazing) O’Day ,Anita – Quadromania (Membran) 4CD collection of 40’s and early Verve sides Pepper ,Art – Today (Galaxy/OJC) Pepper ,Art – Arthur’s Blues (Galaxy/OJC) Pepper ,Art – Tokyo Encore (Dreyfus) Pepper ,Art/Cables ,George – Goin’ Home (Galaxy) Pepper ,Art/Cables ,George – Tete a Tete (Galaxy/OJC) Powell ,Bud – Jazz at Massey Hall, vol. 2 (Debut/OJC) Raney ,Jimmy - – Quadromania (Membran) 4CD collection 50’s sides, mainly Prestige Sparks ,Melvin – Groove On Up (Savant) Terry ,Sonny/McGhee, Brownie – Sonny & Brownie (A&M) Tobin ,Louise – Tribute to Louis Armstrong (Timeless/Jazz Heritage) Woods ,Phil - Quadromania (Membran) 4CD collection, mainly Prestige 50’s sides New Additions May 2006: Ayler ,Albert – In Greenwich Village (Impulse!) Basie ,Count – Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Laserlight) ca. late-60’s Blakey ,Art – A Night in Tunisia (Blue Note)not the RVG Coker ,Dolo – California Hard (Xanadu) Art Pepper, Blue Mitchell Coltrane ,John – My Favorite Things (Atlantic) not the remaster Davis ,Miles – Amandla (Warner Bros.) Ellington ,Duke – And His Mother Called Him Bill (RCA) not the remaster Ellington/Basie – First Time! The Count Meets the Duke (Columbia) not remaster Four Freshmen – In Concert (Hindsight) early 60’s recording Garbarek ,Jan – All Those Born With Wings (ECM) Garland ,Red – Keystones! (Xanadu) best I ever heard by him, 1977 Haden ,Charlie Quartet West – Now Is the Hour (Verve) Haden ,Charlie Quartet West – Always Say Goodbye (Verve) Jobim ,Antonio Carlos – Wave (A&M) not the remaster Jones ,Hank – Upon Reflection: Music of Thad Jones (Verve) Lee ,Peggy/George Shearing – Beauty and the Beat (Capitol) Modern Jazz Quartet – & Friends, a Celebration (Atlantic) Monk ,Thelonious - Monk (Prestige/OJC) Monk ,Thelonious - Plays Duke Ellington( Riverside/OJC) Patton ,John - Boogaloo (Blue Note) Pepper ,Art/Rogers ,Shorty - Popo (Xanadu) Raney ,Jimmy/Sonny Clark – together (Xanadu) Shearing ,George - Best Of (Capitol) Torme ,Mel/George Shearing – An Evening with (Concord) Woods ,Phil/C.Parker/C.Brown – Internation Jam Sessions (Xanadu) New Additions April 2006: CD’s: Abercrombie ,John – Works (ECM) Allen ,Geri – Maroons (Blue Note) Baker ,Chet – Chet (Riverside/OJC) Berg .Bob – Enter The Spirit (Stretch) Berg .Bob – Back Roads (Denon) Blakey ,Art – Live at Ronnie Scott’s (Hehdrihg) Brubeck ,Dave – Jazz Impressions of New York (Columbia) Coltrane ,Ravi – Moving Pictures (BMG) Coryell ,Larry – Twelve Frets to One Octive (Shanachie) Crawford ,Hank – Wildflowers (CTI/Legacy) remastered Davis, Miles – You’re Under Arrest (Columbia) Davis, Miles/Dameron – Paris May 1949 (Columbia) Davis, Miles – Complete Birth of the Cool (Blue Note) live bonus tracks DiMeola ,Al – Electric Rendezvous (Columbia) On Hold D’Rivera – Paquito – Havana Café (Chesky) Fitzgerald ,Ella – At Juan-Les-Pins (Verve) 2CD Fitzgerald/Armstrong – Complete Recordings (Verve) 3CD, missing inner booklet Hancock ,Herbie – The Prisoner (Blue Note) great not the RVG Henderson ,Joe – So Near, So Far (Verve) Hubbard ,Freddie – Live at Fat Tuesday’s (MusicMasters) 2CD Klemmer ,John – Making Love, Vol. 1 (touch) Konitz ,Lee – Another Shade of Blue (Blue Note) Lateef ,Yusef – Concerto For (Atlantic) Lateef ,Yusef – Encounters (Atlantic) Lundy ,Carmen – Old Devil Moon (JVC) Lydian People’s Front – Laundry for the Nineties (Vantage One) Mahogany ,Kevin – My Romance (Warner Brothers) McCann ,Les – Much Les (Atlantic/Rhino) McLaughlin ,John – Mediterranean Concerto (Columbia) Mingus ,Charles – Mingus Three (Roulette) Mingus ,Charles – Mingus in Europe (ENJA) Monk ,Thelonious – The Unique Thelonious Monk (Riverside/OJC) Morton ,Jelly roll – 1930-1939 (Classics) Newman ,David – Still Hard Times (Muse) Newman ,David – Mr. Gentle ,Mr. Cool (Kokopelli) Oquendo ,Manny & Libre – Los New Yorkinos! (Milestone) Page ,Hot Lips – Play the Blues in B (Masters Music) Peterson ,Oscar – The Gershwin Songbooks (Verve) 2 complete albums Pilafian ,Sam – Travelin’ Light (Telarc) Puente ,Tito – El Rey Del Timbal (Laserlight) Roach ,Max/M’Boom – Live at S.O.B.’s New York (Blue Moon) Sanchez ,Poncho – El Mejor (Concord Picante) Sanchez ,Poncho – Latin Soul (Concord Picante) Sertso ,Ingrid – Dance With It (ENJA) Towner ,Ralph – Works (ECM) Turrentine ,Stanley – If I Could (MusicMasters) Tyner ,McCoy – Time for Tyner (Blue Note) not RVG Wright ,Frank – Trio (ESP) Young ,Lester – The Kansas City Sessions (Commodore/GRP) Still Available : CD’s: Adderley C./Jackson ,M. – Things Are Getting Better (Riverside/OJC) Adderley ,Cannonball – Radio Nights (Night) Adderley ,Cannonball – Presenting (Savoy/Jazz Heritage) Nat, Hank Jones Alexander ,Eric – Nightlife in Tokyo (Milestone) Alexander ,Monty – My America (Telarc) Alexander Monty./Brown, Ray/Ellis ,Herb – Straight Ahead (Concord) 2 CD’s Allen ,Harry – I Won’t Dance (BMG) Anderson, Ray/Harris, C./Lewis G./Valente – Slideride (Hat Art) Andrews ,Ernie – No Regrets (Muse) Anschell ,Bill- Cooler Heads (Summit) good piano trio Armstrong ,Louis – What A Wonderful World (Decca) Armstrong ,Louis – Vdiscs (Collector’s Choice) B3 Bombers/Clyde Stubblefield – Live at the Green Mill (Alltribe) Baca ,Susana – Espirito Vivo (Luaka Bop) Baker, Chet - My Funny Valentine (Pcific Jazz) Baker ,Chet – Featuring Van Morrison (Nightbird) Bang ,Billy – Hip Hop Be Bop (ITM) Barber ,Patricia – Verse (Blue Note) Barber ,Patricia – Modern Cool (Premonition) Barbieri ,Gato – The Shadow of the Cat (Peak/Concord) Barbieri ,Gato – Bolivia/Under Fire (Flying Dutchman/Bluebird) Barron ,Kenny – Swamp Sally (Verve) Bartz ,Gary – The Blues Chronicles: Tales of Love (Atlantic) Basie ,Count – Basie’s Beatle Bag (Verve) Basie ,Count Band – Timeless (Savoy) ’86 recordings led by Frank Foster, nice Basie ,Count – Best of the Roulette Years (Roulette) Basie ,Count 3 – For The Second Time (Pablo/OJC) R.Brown, Bellson Basie ,Count – At Newport (Verve) not the remaster Bass ,Mickey – Another Way Out (Early Bird) Carter Jefferson Beck ,Joe – Relaxin’ (DMP) Beirach ,Richie – Some Other Time (Triloka) Beirach ,Richie – Self Portraits (CMP) Bellson ,Louie – Dynamite! (Concord) Bellson ,Louie – Prime Time (Concord) * Berg ,Bob – Riddles (Stretch) Berg ,Bob – Cycles (Denon) Berg ,Bog – Virtual Reality (Denon) Bergonzi/Gertz/Kaufman – The Line Between (Whaling City) Blackman ,Cindy – Telepathy (Muse) Blakey ,Art – Paris Jam Session (Fontana) Blakey ,Art – And the Jazz Messengers (Impulse) Blakey ,Art – At the Café Bohemia, vol. 2 (Blue Note) not RVG Blakey ,Art – New York Scene (Concord) Blakey ,Art/Roach ,Max – The Hard Drive (Chess/Charly) 1 50’s session by each Blanchard ,Terence – Romantic Defiance (Columbia) * Bley ,Carla/Swallow – Go Together (Watt/ECM) Bobo ,Willie – Finest Hours (Verve) his 60’s hits Bolling/Grappelli - First Class (Milan) Bolling ,Claude Big Band – Cinemadreams Bolling ,Claude – Cinemadreams (Milan/BMG) Braden ,Don – The Fire Within (RCA) Brecker ,Michael – The Nearness of You (Verve) Bridgewater ,Dee Dee – Victim of Love (Charly) Brisker ,Gordon – The Gift (Naxos) Brookmeyer ,Bob – Small Band (DCC) Brooks III, Cecil – The Collective (Muse) Brown ,Donald – Cartunes (Muse) * Brown ,Ray – Brown’s Bag (Concord) Brown R./Alexander/Most – A Ray Brown 3 (Concord) Brown R./Alexander/Ellis – Overseas Special (Concord) Browne ,Tom – Another Shade of Browne (HipBop) J.Jackson, Goldings, R. Carter Brubeck ,Dave – Time Out (Columbia) not the remaster Brubeck ,Dave – Young Lions & Old Tigers (Concord) Brubeck ,Dave – At Carnegie Hall (Columbia) 2 CD’s Brubeck ,Dave – Early Concepts (Proper) 2 CD’s Brubeck ,Dave – Time Out (Columbia) remaster with bonus tracks Bryson ,Jeanie – Deja Blue (Koch) Burrell ,Kenny – Laid Back (Muse/32 Jazz) Butterfield ,Paul – Resurrection of Pigboy Crabshaw (Electra) Byrd,C./Ellis/Kessell – Great Guitars Live (Concord) 2CD Byrd ,Donald – At the Half Note Café (Blue Note) 2 CD’s, not RVG Byrd ,Donald – Byrd in Paris (Verve) Cain ,Jackie & Roy Kral – Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most (Black Lion) Cain ,Jackie/Kral, Roy – Time & Love (CTI/Columbia) Caine ,Elliott – Orientation (EJC) excellent hard bop, messengers-style Calderazzo ,Joey – Joey Calderazzo (Columbia) excellent piano Callier ,Terry – New Folk Sound (Prestige/BGP) fabulous ’64 debut Cameron ,Jay/Third Herdsmen – The Vogue Sessions (Vogue/RCA) Camilo ,Michel – Why Not? (King/Evidence) Carter ,Benny – Central City Sketches (MusicMasters) Carter ,Benny – Central City Sketches (MusicMasters) Carter ,Betty – I’m Yours, You’re Mine (Verve) coupla scuffs, plays fine Carter ,James – Layin’ In the Cut (Atlantic) Carter ,James – Conversin’ With the Elders (Atlantic) Carter ,James – Jurassic Classics (DIW) trade bait his best Carter ,Regina – Motor City Moments (Verve) Carter ,Ron – Eight Plus (Dreyfus) Carter ,Ron/Galliano ,Richard – Panamanhattan (Evidence) Challis ,Bill – 1936 (Cirlce) Chapin ,Thomas – You Don’t Know Me (Arabesque) * Cheatham/Payton – Doc Cheatham and Nicholas Payton (Verve) Cherry ,Ed – First Take (Groovin’ High) Kenny Barron Childs ,Billy – I’ve Known Rivers (GRP) * Childs ,Billy – His April touch (Windham Hill) Christian ,Jody – Rain or Shine (Delmark) Roscoe Mitchell Cline ,Nels – Angelica (ENJA) Cobb ,Arnett – Live at Sandy’s (Muse) B.Tate,E.Vinson,R.Bryant Cole ,Freddie – This is the Life (Muse) Cole ,Holly – Don’t Smoke in Bed (Alert) Cole ,Holly – Temptation (Metro Blue) Cole ,Richie – Pure Imagination (Concord) Coleman ,Ornette – Tomorrow is the Question (Contemporary/OJC) Coleman ,Steve – A Tale of 3 Cities (Novus) Coleman ,Steve – The Sign and the Seal (Novus) Collins ,Albert – Cold Snap (Alligator) Coltrane ,Alice – Translinear Light (Verve) coupla scuffs, plays fine Coltrane ,John – The Last Giant: Anthology (Atlantic/Rhino) 2CD’s Coltrane ,John – Giant Steps (Atlantic) Coltrane ,John – Soultrane (Prestige) 20 bit remaster Connor ,Chris – Classic (Contemporary) Cooper ,Jerome/Buckner ,Thomas – Alone, Together, Apart (Mutablemusic) Corea ,Chick – Expressions (GRP) good solo piano set Corea ,Chick - Sundance (Pilz) Corea, Chick – Elektric Band (GRP) Coryell ,Larry – Fallen Angel (CTI) Crawford ,Hank – South-Central (Milestone) Daniels ,Eddie – Nepenthe (GRP) Daniels ,Eddie – Brief Encounter (Muse) Dara ,Olu – Neighborhoods (Atlantic) DVD-A Davis ,Miles – Kind of Blue (Columbia) not the remaster Davis ,Miles – Kind of Blue (Columbia) remaster with Bonus Cuts Davis ,Miles – In Europe (Columbia) not the remaster Davis ,Miles – In Person, Friday Night (Columbia) not the remaster Davis ,Miles – In Person, Saturday Night (Columbia) not the remaster Davis ,Miles – The Complete Concert 1964 2CD’s(Columbia) not the remaster Davis ,Miles – Filles De Kilimanjaro (Columbia) not the remaster Davis ,Miles – Relaxin’ With Miles (Prestige/OJC) Davis ,Miles/Jones ,Quincy – Live at Montreux (Warner Bros.) Davis ,Miles – Nefertiti (Columbia) not the remaster Davis ,Miles – Circle in the Round (Columbia) 2 CD’s Davis ,Miles – Panthalassa (Columbia) Davis ,Miles – Tutu (Warner Bros.) Davis ,Miles – doo-bop (Warner Brothers) Davis ,Richard – The Bassist (Palmetto) duo with John Hicks Richard Davis - Forest Flowers (Muse/32 Jazz) Dean ,James L. – Mood Swings (Cexton) Dedrick ,Rusty – Salute to Bunny Berigan (DCC) ’57 session, John La Porta Delmar ,Elaine – S’ Wonderful (Live at Ronnie Scott’s) Denson ,Karl/Tiny Universe – The Bridge (Relaxed) Dolphy ,Eric – 1958-1961 (Giants of Jazz) Prestige collection Dolphy ,Eric – Out To Lunch (Blue Note) not RVG * Draper ,Ray – A Tuba Jazz (Jubilee/Fresh Sound) Coltrane Drummond ,Ray – Vignettes (Arabesque) Earland ,Charles – Live (Cannonball) Earland ,Charles – I Ain’t Jivin’, I’m Jammin’ (Muse) 8 Bold Souls – Sideshow (Arabesque) * Either/Orchestra – Afro-Cubism (Accurate) wonderful * Elias ,Eliane – Best of on Denon (Denon) Duke Ellington – Money Jungle (Blue Note) not RVG * Ellis ,Herb/Brown ,Ray – In the Pocket (Concord) 2CD Ellis ,Herb/Mitchell ,Red – Doggin’ Around (Concord) Eubanks ,Kevin – Spirit Talk 2 (Blue Note) Eubanks ,Kevin – Live at Bradley’s (Blue Note) Evans ,Bill – Alone (Again) (Fantasy/OJC) Evans ,Bill – Jazz Masters (Folio) good 70’s live set, so so sound Evans ,Bill/Bennett ,Tony – The Tony Bennett/Bill Evans Album (Fantasy/OJC) Evans ,Bill – At the Village Vanguard (Riverside) Evans ,Gil – Gil Evans (Jazztime) primarily 80’s cuts Farmer ,Art – A Work of Art (Concord) * Fasteau, Zussan Kali – Worlds Beyond Words (Flying Note) Ferguson ,Maynard – Footpath Café (Avion) Finnerty ,Barry – Straight Ahead (Arabesque) Fitzgerald ,Ella – Ella Abraca Jobim (Pablo) Fitzgerald ,Ella – Dream Dancing (Pablo) Fitzgerlad/Armstrong – Ella & Louis (Verve/Laserlight) Forman ,Bruce – There Are Times (Concord) Hutcherson, Cables Franklin ,Henry – All God’s Children (Skipper) Zane Musa Francks ,Don/Breau ,Lenny – At the Purple Onion (Art of Life) Freelon ,Nnenna – Heritage (Columbia) * Freeman ,Chico/Blythe ,Arthur – Focus (Contemporary) Freeman ,Chico/Barnstorm – The Mystical Dreamer (In + Out) Gallant ,Joe & Illuminati – Shadowhead (Black Mirror) ** Garner ,Erroll – In Concert (Giants of Jazz) complete ’55 + ‘63/’69 Gauvin ,Michelle – The Edge of the Pond (Whaling City) excellent Gertz ,Bruce – Blueprint (Evidence) Abercrombie, Bergonzi, Calderazzo Getz ,Stan – Getz/Gilbrato (Verve) not the remaster Getz ,Stan – Jazz Masters (Mandarim) * Getz ,Stan – What the World Needs Now (Verve) Getz ,Stan – and the Oscar Peterson Trio (Verve) * Getz ,Stan – Complete Savoy Recordings (Savoy) Gillespie ,Dizzy Allstar Alumni Band – Things to Come (Telarc) Gillespie ,Dizzy – Hall of Fame collection (euro reissue of 40’s-early 50’s) 5 CD’s Goldstein ,Gil – City of Dreams (Blue Note) Golson ,Benny – Quintet Live (Dreyfus) M. Miller Golson ,Benny – That’s Funky (Arkadia) N. Adderley, M. Alexander Goodfellas – 2 (Evidence) Herring, S.Scott, P.Harper Goodman ,Benny – Trio/Quintet Sessions: After You’ve Gone (RCA) Goodman ,Benny – Yale Archives (Jazz Masters) 2 CD Goodman ,Benny – The Small Groups (ASV) Goodman ,Benny – 40th Anniversary Concert 2CD’s (London) ML Williams Goodman ,Benny – Benny Goodman Story (Decca/MCA) Gordon ,Dexter – Timeless (Savoy) late 40’s sides Grant ,Gogi – Suddenly There’s (P&S) Grappelli ,Stephane – Timeless (Savoy) Grappelli ,Stephane – Live in Dublin (TKO Magnum) Phil Woods, Bellson Grappelli ,Stephane – Improvisations (Verve) Grappelli ,Stephane – Stephanova (Concord) Grappelli ,Stephane – At the Winery (Concord) Grappelli ,Stephane/Petrucciani – Flamingo (Dreyfus) Green ,Benny – Naturally (Telarc) R. Malone,C.McBride Green ,Benny – Jazz at the Bistro (Telarc) R. Malone Griffin ,Della – I’ll Get By (Muse) Grismore/Scea – Just Play (Accurate) Tim Hagans, Matt Wilson Grismore/Scea – Of What (Accurate) Tim Hagans, Matt Wilson Grusin ,Dave – West Side Story (GRP) Habian ,Cliff – Somewhere in Time (Goblin Bee) Haden/Metheny - Beyond the Missouri Sky (Verve) Haden ,Charlie Quartet West – The Art of the Song (Verve) Hagans ,Tim – Animation:Imagination (Blue Note) Hall ,Jim/Metheny ,Pat – Jim Hall & Pat Metheny (Telarc) Hall ,Jim – Downbeat Critics’ Choice (Telarc) Hamilton ,Scott – From the Beginning (Concord) 2CD his first two Concord albums Hampton ,Lionel – Live at the Blue Note (Telarc) C. Terry, Edison, Moody * Hampton ,Lionel – Mostly Blues (Jazz Heritage) Hancock/Brecker/Hargrove – Directions in Music (Verve) Hancock/Roney/Shorter/Carter/Williams – Tribute to Miles (Qwest) scuffed, plays fine Hancock ,Herbie – HeadHunters (Columbia Legacy) remaster Hancock/Henderson, etc. – One Night With Blue Note, vol. 1 (Blue Note/Jazz Heritage) Handy ,John – Excursion in Blue (Quartet) Hargrove ,Roy – Of Kindred Souls (Novus) Harper ,Philip – The Thirteenth Moon (Muse) Winard Harper - Be Yourself (Epicure) Harrell ,Tom – Time’s Mirror (RCA) Harris ,Beaver – Blue Humans: NYC 1980 Harris ,Gene – Big Band Soul (Concord) 2CD set * Harris ,Gene – Philip Morris All-Stars Live (Concord) Hartman ,Johnny – I Just Dropped In to Say Hello (Impulse) Hays,Kevin – Andalucia (Blue Note) Headhunters – Evolution/Revolution (Basin Street) Henderson ,Joe – In ‘n Out (Blue Note) not the RVG Henderson ,Joe – Inner Urge (Blue Note) not the RVG * Hendricks ,Barbara – ’94 Montreux Ellington Tribute (Angel) M. Alexander Hendricks ,John – Freddie Freeloader (Denon) Hendricks, John & Co. – Love (Muse) Herman ,Jazz – Antibes July 28, 1965 (Giants of Jazz) Herring ,Vince – Evidence (Landmark) Roney, M.Miller Hess ,Fred – Right at Home (Tapestry) Marc Sabatella Hess ,Fred – (Tapestry) Paul Smoker Hession/Wharf/Fell – Improvability (Bruce’s Fingers) Hi-Lo’s – And All That Jazz (Columbia/Sony) Jack Sheldon, Bud Shank Hines ,Earl – Plays Classics (Jazz Life) good 1977 solo set Hodges, Johnny/Stewart/Bigard – The Great Ellington Units Hoggard ,Jay – Love is the Answer (Muse) minor nicks don’t affect play Hoggard ,Jay – Overview (Muse) few minor scuffs don’t affect play Holiday ,Billie – Billie’s Blues (Capitol/Jazz Heritage) * Holloway ,Ron – Scorcher (Milestone) Hollyday ,Christopher – On Course (Novus) Goldings Hollyday, Christopher – The Natural Moment (Novus) Mehldau, excellent! * Horn ,Paul – Sound of Horn/Portrait of Jazz Musician (Columbia/Collectables) 2CD Horn ,Shirley – May the Music Never End (Verve) Hornstein ,Michael – Langsames Blau ( ENJA) Houghton ,Steve – Signature Series (Blue Moon) Tim Hagans Howard ,Miki – Miki Sings Billie (Giant) excellent B.Holiday tribute Hubbard ,Freddie – MMTC (MusicMasters) Hubbard ,Freddie – the Night of the Cookers (Blue Note) 2CD, not the RVG Hubbard ,Freddie/Heath ,Jimmy – Live at the Left Bank (Label M) Robert Hurst/Kenny Kirkland - One for Namesake (DIW/Columbia) Hutcherson ,Bobby – Natural Illusions (Blue Note/Applause) Hutcherson ,Bobby – Acoustic Masters II (Atlantic) Hyman ,Dick, etc. – Piano Players & Significant Others (Jazz Heritage) Hyman ,Dick – Cole Porter: All Through the Night (MusicMasters) Jackson ,D.D. – So Far Jackson ,DD – Anthem (BMG) incredible! Javon Jackson - A Look Within (Blue Note) Promo Copy Jackson ,Milt – Reverence and Compassion (Qwest) Jannah ,Denise – I Was Born in Love with You (Blue Note) Jarrett ,Keith – At The Blue Note: single CD version (ECM) Peacock, DeJohnette Jazz Underground – Live at Small’s (Impulse) Johnson ,Eric – Herbie Nichols, Vol. 1 (Summit) Johnson ,Jeff – Near Earth (Origin) Johnson ,JJ/Winding ,Kai – JJ Johnson in Person/Jay & Kai +6 (Columbia/Collectables) Jones ,Etta – Easy Living (High Note) Jones ,Etta – Sugar (Muse) Jones ,Etta – I’ll Be Seeing You (Muse) Jones ,Rodney – Soul Manifesto (Blue Note) greenback promo Jordan ,Marlon – Learson’s Return (Columbia) Jordan ,Marlon – Marlon’s Mode (Arabesque) * Jordan ,Sheila – From the Heart (Muse/32Jazz) Jordan ,Sheila – Heart Strings (Muse) Jordon ,Stanley – Stolen Moments (Blue Note) his best Drake ,Donna/Kelly, Wynton – Donna Sings Dinah (Luxor/Fresh Sound) Kenton ,Stan – Jazz Masters (Mandarim) Kirby ,Steven – North Light (A) Chris Potter, Barth, Colley, Matt Wilson Kirkland ,Kenny – Kenny Kirkland (GRP) Klemmer ,John – Involvement (Cadet/Verve) Konitz ,Lee/Brookmeyer ,Bob- In Paris (Vogue/RCA) Kosins ,Kathy – All in a Dream’s Work (Schoolkids) fabulous Kral ,Irene – Live (Just Jazz) Kral ,Irene – Better Than Anything (Ava/Fresh Sound) Jr.Mance trio Kuhn ,Steve – Years Later (Concord) * LA4 - Watch What Happens (Concord) Laverne ,Andy – Jazz Piano Heritage (DMP) Laws ,Hubert – My Time Will Come (Music Masters/Jazz Heritage) * Laws ,Hubert – Storm Then The Calm (Music Masters/Jazz Heritage) Lewis ,John – Evolution II (Atlantic) Lincoln , Abbey – Abbey Sings Billie Live (ENJA) 2 CD’s Harold Vick Lincoln ,Abbey/Jones ,Hank – When There Is Love (Gitanes/Verve) Lincoln ,Abbey – Over the Years (Verve) Los Angeles Jazz Quartet – Conversation Piece (Naxos) Lovano ,Joe – 52nd Street Themes (Blue Note) Hagans, John Hicks * Lundy ,Carmen – Moment to Moment (Arabesque) Gumbs,C.Freeman,K.Eubanks Lynch ,Brian – Keep Your Circle Small (Sharp Nine) Lynne ,Gloria – Starry Eyes:The Collection (Fontana/Mercury Chronicles) Lytle ,Johnny – Happy Ground (Muse) Mahavishnu Orchestra – Birds of Fire (Columbia) not the remaster Mahogany ,Kevin – Portrait of Kevin Mahogany (Warner Bros.) Makowitz ,Adam – My Favorite Things (Concord) Malick ,Pete/Jones ,Norah – New York City (Koch) more guts than her solo stuff Manning ,Renee – Uhm, Uhm, Uhmmmm! (Ken) Mantilla ,Ray – Dark Powers (Red/Mandarim) B. Watson so-so sound Mantler ,Michael – Folly Seeing All This (ECM) a few nicks that don’t affect play Mariano ,Charlie – Blue Stone (Black Lion) Marsalis ,Branford – Crazy People Music (Columbia) Marsalis ,Branford – I Heard You Twice The First Time (Columbia) Marsalis ,Branford – Scenes in the City (Columbia) Marsalis ,Branford – The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born (Columbia) Marsalis ,Branford – Royal Garden Blues (Columbia) Marsalis ,Delfeayo – Pontius Pilot’s decision (BMG Novus) Marsalis ,Ellis – Duke in Blue (Columbia) Marsalis ,Jason – Music IN Motion (BMG Novus) Marsalis ,Wynton – Hot House Flowers (Columbia) Marsalis ,Wynton – The Marciac Suite (Columbia) Marsalis ,Wynton – Standard Time, vol. 1 (Columbia) Marsalis ,Wynton – Selections from Village Vanguard Box (Columbia) Martino ,Pat – Think Tank (Blue Note) Matassa ,Greta – All This and Heaven Too (Origin) Mathews ,Ronnie – Lament for Love (DIW) few nicks, plays fine, nice trio Mays ,Lyle – Improvisation for Extended Piano (Warner Bros.) Mays ,Lyle – Street Dreams (Geffen) McBride ,Christian – A Family Affair (Verve) McBride ,Christian – Getting’ to It (Verve) McCann ,Les – Les Is More (Virgin) McCann ,Les – Listen Up (Music Masters) McCann ,Les – Layers (Atlantic/Rhino) McCaslin ,Donny – Seen from Above (Arabesque) *** McRae ,Carmen – Sound of Silence/Portrait of Carmen (Atlantic/Collectables) Gary McFarland - Does the Sun Really Shine on the Moon? (Skye/DCC) McFerrin ,Bobby/Corea ,Chick – Play (Blue Note) McGriff ,Jimmy/Hank Crawford – Blues Groove (Telarc) McKee ,Andy – One World (CAP) Joe Locke, Alex Foster McLean ,Jackie – Let Freedom Ring (Blue Note) McPartland ,Marion – Live At Yoshi’s (Concord) McPartland ,Marilyn – Live at Shanghai Jazz (Concord) McRae,Carmen – I’ll Be Seeing You (Decca) 2CD set of 50’s recordings Mehta ,Rajesh – Orka (Hatology) Mendes ,Sergio – In Person/Pele/Favorite Things (Atlantic/Collectables) 2CD Merrill ,Helen – Clear Out of This World (Gitanes) Harrell, Shorter Metheny ,Pat – Zero Tolerance for Silence (Geffen) solo Miller ,Marcus – The Ozell Tapes 2CD’s (3 Deuces) Minasi ,Dom – Goin’ Out Again (CDM) Mingus ,Charles – Jazz Composers Workshop (Savoy) Waldron Mingus ,Charles – Paris 1964 (Le Jazz) Mobley ,Hank – Dippin’ (Blue Note) not the RVG Modern Jazz Quartet – Beginnings (Savoy) Molinari ,Lello – No More Mr. Nice Guy (Accurate) Monk ,Thelonious/Coltrane ,John – Live at the Five Spot (Blue Note) * Monk ,Thelonious – Genius of Modern Music, Vol.1 (Blue Note)not RVG Montgomery ,Wes – Boss Guitar (Riverside/OJC) Moody ,James – James Moody (Argo/Verve) James Moody/Frank Foster - In Paris (Vogue/RCA) ** Moore ,Ralph – Images (Landmark) Moore ,Ralph – Furthermore (Landmark) Morgan ,Lee – Tom Cat (Blue Note) not the RVG Morgan ,Lee – Introducing (Savoy) Morgan ,Lee – The Sixth Sense (Blue Note) not RVG Morgan ,Lee – The Sidewinder (Blue Note) not RVG Morgan ,Lee – Here’s Lee Morgan (Vee-Jay) trade bait Morganelli ,Mark – Speak Low (Candid) Barron, Ron Carter, Cobb Morton ,Jelly Roll – The Pearls (RCA BlueBird) Moses, Bob - Love Everlasting (Amulet)Medeski, Bergonzi Moses ,Bob – Nishoma (Grapeshot) Mouzon ,Alphonse - By All Means (MPS) Hancock, F. Hubbard Muldrow ,Ronald – Facing Wes (Kokopelli) excellent guitar Mulligan ,Gerry – Live at Paris Olympia 1962 (RTE) Mulligan ,Gerry – Young Mulligan (Proper) 2 CD’s Murphy ,Mark – I’ll Close My Eyes (Muse) Murphy ,Mark – Crazy Rhythm: His Debut Recordings (Decca) David Murray – MX (Doctor Jazz) Murray ,David – Shakill’s Warrior (DIW) Nauser ,Mark – Wun-Wun (CMP) Jack Bruce NDR big Band – Bravissimo (ACT) Nestico ,Sammy – Big Band Favorites of (Summit) Newman , David Fathead – Mr. Gentle, Mr. Cool (Kokopelli ) Ellingtonia David "Fathead" Newman - Bigger and Better/Many Facets (Atlantic/Rhino) Newton ,James – If Love (Jazzline) excellent * Herbie Nichols Project – Strange City (Palmetto) Kimbrough * Niemack ,Judy/Waldron ,Mal – Mingus, Monk, & Mal (Free Lance) Mike Nock - Not We But One (Naxos) O’Malley ,Tony – Naked Flame (Ronnie Scott’s) Onishi ,Junko – Cruisin’ (Blue Note) Oversize Quartet – Plays Music by Rich Latham (Accurate) Parker/Gillespie – Diz ‘n Bird at Carnegie Hall (Roulette/Blue Note) Parker/GillespiePowell/Mingus/Roach – Jazz at Massey Hall (Debut/OJC) classic Parker ,Charlie – Legendary Dial Masters, vol. 1 ( Dial/Stash) Parker ,Leon – Belief (Epic) * Pastorius ,Jaco – Word of Mouth (Warner Bros.) Payne ,Freda – After the Lights Go Down (Impulse) Phil Woods Payne ,Cecil – Performing Charlie Parker Music (Collectables) C.Terry, D.Jordan, Payton ,Nicholas – Dear Louis (Verve) Perez, Danilo – Motherland (Verve) Peterson ,Oscar – En Concert Paris (Europe1) 60’s recordings Peterson ,Oscar – The Song is You:Best of Verve Song Books (Verve) 2 CD’s Peterson ,Oscar – Night Train (Verve) not the remaster Peterson ,Ralph – Presents the Fo’tet (Blue Note) Petrucciani ,Michel – Pianism (Blue Note) Phillips ,Esther – A Way to Say Goodbye (Muse) Plaxico ,Lonnie – Plaxico (Muse) Plaxico , Lonnie – With All Your Heart (Muse) Ponomarev ,Valery – Live at Vartan Jazz (Vartan Jazz) Ponty ,JL/Humair/Louiss, Eddy – HLP 2CD’s (Dreyfus) live ‘68 Ponty ,Jean-Luc – Very Best of (Atlantic/Rhino) Roney ,Wallace – The Standard-Bearer (Muse) Porter/Praskin Quartet – With Sal Nistico: Sonnet for Sal (ORF) Powell ,Bud – Amazing Vol. 2 (Blue Note) Printup ,Marcus – Nocturnal Traces (Blue Note) Puente ,Tito – Sensacion (Concord Picante) Purdie ,Bernard – Soul to Jazz (ACT) half is excellent Quartette Indigo – Quartet Indigo (Muse/32Jazz) Rava ,Enrico/D’Andrea – For Bix and Pops (Philology) Rawls ,Lou – At Last (Blue Note) Redman ,Joshua – Freedom in the Groove (Warner Bros.) Redman ,Joshua – Spirit of the Moment: Live at Village Vanguard (Warner Bros) 2CD’s Redman ,Joshua – Moodswing (Warner Bros.) Mehldau, McBride, Blade his best Redman ,Joshua – Timeless Tales (Warner Bros.) Reed ,Eric – It’s All Right To Swing (MoJazz) Reid ,Rufus – Perpetual Stroll (Sunnyside) Repercussion Unit – In Need Again (CMP) Rich ,Buddy – Rags to Riches (Four Star) ’46-‘47 boppish big band Rich ,Buddy – The Sound of Jazz (Galaxy) Roberts ,Marcus – Deep in the Shed (Novus) * Roberts ,Marcus – As Serenity Approaches (Novus) Roberts ,Marcus – Prayer for Peace (Novus) Roberts ,Marcus – Blues for the New Millenium (Columbia) Robinson ,Justin – The Challenge (Arabesque) * Robinson ,Orphy – The Vibes Describes (Blue Note) Robinson ,Perry/Smason/Knodle – 3 Much Fun (CMI) Rollins ,Sonny – Volume 2 (Blue Note) not RVG Rollins ,Sonny – The Sound of Sonny (Riverside/OJC) Roney ,Wallace – Misteriosos (Warner Bros.) Roney ,Wallace – Seth Air (Muse) Roney ,Wallace – Obsession (Muse) Rose ,Dan – Fountains (Midlantic) nice guitar trio with Ben Riley Rosenberg ,Marlene – Pieces of (Vernita) 4tet with Cedar Walton, Javon Jackson Rosewoman ,Michelle – Occasion to Rise (Evidence) * Rova – the Works, Vol. 1 (Black Saint) Rush ,Otis – Any Place I’m Going (House of Blues) Russell ,George- So What (Blue Note) trade bait Russell ,George Smalltet – Jazz Workshop (Bluebird) Ruiz ,Hilton – Manhattan Mambo (Telarc) Sanchez ,David – Street Scenes (Columbia) Sanchez ,David – The Departure (Columbia) Sanchez ,David - Melaza (Columbia) Sanchez ,David - Travesia (Columbia) Sanders ,Pharoah – Pharoah’s First (ESP Disk) Scherr/Cecil/Martucci w/ Joe Henderson – Warm Valley (Intersound) Scofield ,John/Metheny ,Pat – I Can See Your House From Here (Blue Note) Scott ,Tony/Sellini – Poets of Jazz (Philology) Sebesky, Don - Three Works (DCC) Faddis, recommended Shaw ,Woody – Solid (Muse/Camden) 3LP on 2CD Shearing ,George – Shearing Spell/Velvet Carpet (Capitol/Col Choice) Shepp ,Archie – Steam (ENJA) Shepp ,Archie – There’s a Trumpet in My Soul (Freedom) ** Shepp, Archie/Baker ,Chet – In Memory Of (Bellaphon) Sheppard ,Andy – Introductions in the Dark (Antilles) * Shorter ,Wayne – Speak No Evil (Blue Note) not the RVG Silvano ,Judy – Vocalise (Blue Note) Silver ,Horace – Trio (Blue Note) not RVG Silver ,Horace – Trio (Blue Note) RVG Silver ,Horace – Cape Verdean Blues (Blue Note) not the RVG Shaw, J.Henderson Silver ,Horace – Serenade to a Soul Sister (Blue Note) Silver ,Horace – Finger Poppin’ (Blue Note/Jazz Heritage) Silver ,Horace – And the Jazz Messengers (Blue Note) not RVG Silver ,Horace – In Pursuit of the 27th Man (Blue Note) RVG edition Silver ,Horace – Silver’s Blue (Columbia) not the remaster Silver ,Horace – Silver’s Serenade (Blue Note) not the RVG Silver ,Horace – Horace-Scope (Blue Note) not the RVG Simon ,Edward – Edward Simon (Kokopelli) Simone ,Nina – In Concert/I Put a Spell on You (Philips) Simone ,Nina – Wild is the Wind/High Priestess of Soul (Philips) Sims ,Zoot – Live in Philly (32 Jazz/Savoy) Mickey Roker Sims ,Zoot/Pizzerelli ,Bucky – Send In the Clowns (Pilz) nice quartet Sinatra ,Frank – Ol’ Blue Eyes is Back (Reprise) Smith ,Jimmy – Crazy! Baby (Blue Note) Smith ,Jimmy – Prayer Meetin’ (Blue Note) Smith ,Jimmy – In Paris 5/28/65 (Europe 1) Smith ,Jimmy – Home Cookin’ (Blue Note) not the RVG Snetberger, Farenc/Friedman ,David – Signatures (ENJA) Southern ,Jeri – Coffe, Cigarettes, and Memories (Roulette/Fresh Sound) Heiner Stadler - Jazz Alchemy (Tomato) Stitt ,Sonny - Live at Ronnie Scott's (DCC) Supersax – Stone Bird (Columbia) Sutton ,Tierney – Something Cool (Telarc) Sutton ,Tierney – Blue In Green (Telarc) Swartz ,Harvie – Arrival (Novus) Abercrombie, Goodrick Taylor ,Billy – Quartet (Concord) Taylor Billy – Dr. T (GRP) Gerry Mulligan Terrason ,Jackie/Cassandra Wilson – Rendezvous (Blue Note) * Terrasson, Jackie – Reach (Blue Note) Terry ,Clark – Live on the QE2 (Chiaroscuro) Terry ,Clark – With Pee Wee Claybrook/Swing Fever (D Note) Terry ,Clark – Reunion with Pee Wee Claybrook (d’Note) Thielemans ,Toots – Chez Toots (Private/Windham Hill) Thiele Collective, Bob – Louis Satchmo (Red Baron) Toussaint ,Jean/Nazaire – Who’s Blues (Ronnie Scott) Tsilis ,Gust William – Heritage (Ken) Tuck & Patti – Tears of Joy (Windham Hill) Turrentine ,Stanley – Never Let Me Go (Blue Note) not the RVG S.Scott, Burrell Turrentine ,Stanley – Comin’ Your Way (Blue Note) makeshift artwork Turtle Island String Quartet - Turtle Island String Quartet (Windham Hill) Tyner ,McCoy – Tender Moments (Blue Note) RVG edition Tyner ,McCoy – Time for Tyner (Blue Note) RVG edition Ulmer ,James Blood/Adams ,George – Phalanx:Got Something Good for You (Moers) Vaughan ,Sarah – The Mystery of Man (KokopellI) Vaughan ,Sarah – Brazilian Romance (CBS) Vaughan ,Sarah – Divine (Columbia) 2CD Vega ,Ray – Pa’Lante (Palmetto) Walton ,Cedar – Underground Memoirs (High Note) Watson ,Bobby/Curtis Lundy – Beatitudes (Evidence) Watson ,Bobby – Live & Learn (Palmetto) Watters ,Harry – The Island of Dr. Trombone (Sundial) Wess ,Frank, etc. – Live at 1990 Concord Jazz Festival, 2nd Set (Concord) Weston ,Randy - Berkshire Blues (Black Lion) Williams ,James/Contemporary Piano Ensemble – The Key Players (DIW/Columbia) Williams ,Joe – Ballad and Blues Master (Verve) Williams ,Joe – Here’s to Life (Telarc) Williams ,Rod – Hanging in the Balance (Muse) M.Ehrlich Willis ,Larry – A Tribute to Someone (Audioquest) (coupla scratches) Wilson ,Adrienne – She’s Dangerous (Arabesque) Wilson ,Cassandra – Blue Skies (JMT) her best ever by far Winding ,Kai – Trombone for Two (w/JJ)/Trombone Sound (Columbia/Collectables) Winston ,George – Winter into Spring (Windham Hill) not the remaster Woods ,Phil – Bouquet (Concord) Woods ,Phil - Song for Sisyphus (DCC) Woods ,Phil – I Remember (DCC) Woods ,Phil/Swanson ,Chris – Piper at the Gates of Dawn (Ryko) Woods ,Phil – All Bird’s Children (Concord) * Yamanaka ,Yoshiyuki – Great Time (Origin) J.Mance/B.Riley Young ,George – Burgandy (ProJazz) Young ,Lester – With the Oscar Peterson Trio (Verve) remaster; few scratches, plays fine Young ,Lester/Eldredg/Edison – Laughin’ to Keep from Cryin’ (Verve) Zilber ,Michael – Stranger in Brooklyn (Owl) Zimmerli ,Patrick – 12 Sacred Dances (Arabesque) * Various – Yule Struttin’ (Blue Note) The Jazz Life (Candid) legendary collection with Roach, Mingus, etc. The First Esquire Concert (Laserlight) Tatum, Hampton, Eldridge, etc Various – Jazz Loft Sessions (Douglas) Weston, Murray, etc. Various – A Great Night in Harlem (Concord-Playboy) 2CD Zvarious – Savoy 60th Anniversary Celebration (Savoy) 2CDs

So where should I start? Is any of his stuff on Pablo good for an Ellington newbie? A lot of that is currently on sale at 2001, available for ridiculous €2.99. 'Newport 56', 'Ellington Uptown' are two of my favorites. I really like much of his 50's Columbia stuff (which those two titles are). 'And His Mother Called Him Bill' and 'The Far East Suite' are two of his 60's RCA titles I like quite a bit, and the first of those is universally recognized as one of his greatest works. 'The Blanton/Webster Band' ha some of his greatest 40's stuff. I don't do well with the earliest Ellington material (20's and early 30's), it's lost on me, but others will have plenty of suggestions on that and other eras. The titles available on Fantasy are very good - his late work is very rewarding and very underrated IMO. The Ellington/Coltrane session, to me, was pretty much an uncomfortable, lifeless compromise all around, which makes the explosiveness of 'Money Jungle' (recorded just nine days earlier) all the more amazing.

A phenomenal record, and one that broke a lot of misconceptions for me about Ellington when I was a kid starting out in jazz, coming in through 'A Love Supreme' and thinking of Duke as old-fashioned. It was the first Ellington I ever bought (a cut-out LP of this on UA, I think), and I loved it immediately. Mingus and Roach were drawing cards for me, but Duke is able to hold his own in their world, and this did a lot to draw me into his world with open ears.

My favorite Mingus album, period. And I love Mingus's music so much I named my first male cat after him. (The cat also has turned out to have a horrible temper).

It did. Vortex was either distributed by or a subsidiary of Atlantic. Some interesting albums on that label, by Sonny Sharrock and Steve Marcus. Of course 1966 was just an interesting time musically, period.

'Tones for Joan's Bones' was an early favorite of mine, Corea's first album as a leader. An excellent post-bop quintet with Woody Shaw and Joe Farrell on the front line. Steve Swallow and Joe Chambers join Corea in the rhythm section. The writing and playing are extremely strong, with none of the indulgences of ARC/Circle and none of the smugness which has poisoned too much of his work since then. "Litha" has become something of a standard, and the other compositions are of the same caliber. This album was reissued as 'Inner Space' with two long, excellent outtakes and two cuts Corea did with Hubert Laws in the 70's - that was my introduction to this work. Unfortunately, Atlantic botched the 'Inner Space' CD, leaving off two cuts from the 'Tones' album which can only be found on 'Piano by Four' instead of just dropping the two Laws cuts or making it a double CD (hello, Collectables, please rescue!). 'Piano By Four' is worth running down, as it has two early trio recordings by McCoy Tyner which are otherwise unreleased. Corea's style here reminds me of his playing on 'Matrix', which is another essential album by him. This one, that one, and the two RTF's with Flora Purim/Airto/Stanley Clarke/Joe Farrell are the crown jewels of his work to me.

Go ahead, do it!

We've firmly established that's not the case. Too many of us with a second, smaller order (mine for an overseas friend) that were filled before our first, larger orders were.

Hopefully, not the 7 you were planning to keep. Taken with the humor intended :-). The great majority of this order for me will be upgrading everything in sight to K2's from the original CD releases, so I'll both be keeping most of the titles, and yet having those same titles available on my trade list!

Finally got confirmation on my big order from last Wednesday. 136 of 143 shipped. I'm not taking the time to figure out which 7 didn't.

A bunch of good Cobblestone/Muse titles by Jimmy Heath ('The Gap Sealer', and the next one) and Carlos Garnett ('Journey to Enlightenment' and 'Let This Melody Ring On'). I also heard Garnett do a phenomenal live version of "Mystery of Ages", which was not fulfilled on the big band record. There are also some really good mid-70's Italian LP's by Archie Shepp, George Adams, and Don Pullen. There was a 2 LP set by Shepp that had an amazing live version of "African Drums" on it. The first album by Hannibal Peterson. The Eric Kloss Muse LP with Peterson on it. Gary Bartz Live at the Left Bank on Milestone. Any of the remaining McCoy Tyner's. The Elektra Musician Woody Shaw's. Non-jazz, the Richie Havens titles on Douglas ('Electric Havens' and 'Richie Havens Record' - he hates them.) and on Stormy Forest. The Bobby Hutcherson stuff with Harold Land (Blue Note) and the Harold Land stuff with Bobby Hutcherson (Mainstream). The Mainstream Buddy Terry's.

I placed an order for one of my overseas friends from our community tonight and it was 5860. My order last Wednesday afternoon was 5559, so a little over 300 orders in about a week. Seems like most of those literally would be from this community.

The first of my two orders shipped. They canceled one CD -- John Coltrane "Soultrane." I wouldn't have expected that one to be a problem, but it really doesn't matter to me because the Coltrane box IS coming and that material is on there anyway. To those thinking about skipping the Coltrane box - that material is a lot better than you may suspect. Some excellent writing/arranging by the likes of Tadd Dameron and Mal Waldron, a lot of cool jamming with Donald Byrd, Red Garland, and several other noteworthy tenor players, and some beautiful playing later by Coltrane as you hear him mature in his playing and discover and refine his sheets of sound. 31 complete albums contained on those 16 CD's, all worth hearing and owning.

If they won't back their product, you can always dispute through your credit card company.

A related thought, are they processing orders that did not reach the $2.98 tier first, figuring that they'd rather sell a CD for $3.98 than $2.98. That would really be low, since they are the ones who came up with the tiered approach in order to get people to make large orders.