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Please contact me at john.felser@verizon.net if interested in any of these: New Additions: CD’s: Allen ,Harry – I Won’t Dance (BMG) Armstrong ,Louis – What A Wonderful World (Decca) Beirach ,Richie – Self Portraits (CMP) Bergonzi/Gertz/Kaufman – The Line Between (Whaling City) Bley ,Carla/Swallow – Go Toghether (Watt/ECM) Brecker ,Michael – The Nearness of You (Verve) Burton ,Gary – Reunion (GRP) Metheny Callier ,Terry – New Folk Sound (Prestige/BGP) fabulous ’64 debut Carter ,Betty – I’m Yours, You’re Mine (Verve) coupla scuffs, plays fine Carter ,Ron – Eight Plus (Dreyfus) Christian ,Jody – Rain or Shine (Delmark) Roscoe Mitchell 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) Colley ,Scott – Initial Wisdom (Palmetto) R.Coltrane Coltrane ,Alice – Translinear Light (Verve) coupla scuffs, plays fine Coltrane ,John – The Last Giant: Anthology (Atlantic/Rhino) Coltrane ,John – Giant Steps (Atlantic) Daniels ,Eddie – Nepenthe (GRP) Davis ,Miles – Seven Steps to Heaven (Columbia) not the remaster 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 – A Tribute to Jack Johnson (Columbia) not the remaster Ellington ,Duke – Far East Suite (RCA) not the remaster Ellington ,Duke – Presents (Bethlehem/Shout) Erskine ,Peter – Motion Poet (Denon) Evans ,Bill – The Tokyo Concert (Fantasy/OJC) Evans ,Bill – Alone (Again) (Fantasy/OJC) Evans ,Gil – Gil Evans (Jazztime) primarily 80’s cuts Fischer ,Clare – Lembrancas (Concord Picante) Florence ,Bob – Whatever Bubbles Up (Summit) Franklin ,Henry – All God’s Children (Skipper) Zane Musa Gallant ,Joe & Illuminati – Shadowhead (Black Mirror) Getz ,Stan – Getz/Gilbrato (Verve) not the remaster Goodman ,Benny – The Small Groups (ASV) Goodman ,Benny – 40th Anniversary Concert 2CD’s (London) ML Williams Goodman ,Benny – Benny Goodman Story (Decca/MCA) Grant ,Gogi – Suddenly There’s (P&S) Green ,Benny – Naturally (Telarc) R. Malone,C.McBride Green ,Benny – Jazz at the Bistro (Telarc) R. Malone Grismore/Scea – Just Play (Accurate) Tim Hagans, Matt Wilson Grismore/Scea – Of What (Accurate) Tim Hagans, Matt Wilson Gauvin ,Michelle – The Edge of the Pond (Whaling City) excellent Haden ,Charlie – Nocturne (Verve) Rubalcaba,Lovano Hall ,Edmond – Profoundly Blue (Blue Note) Hall ,Jim – Downbeat Critics’ Choice (Telarc) Hess ,Fred – Right at Home (Tapestry) Marc Sabatella Hess ,Fred – (Tapestry) Paul Smoker Hi-Lo’s – And All That Jazz (Columbia/Sony) Jack Sheldon, Bud Shank Hinton ,Milt –The Basement Tapes (Chiaroscuro) Holiday ,Billie – Billie’s Blues (Capitol/Jazz Heritage) Hyman ,Dick – Cole Porter: All Through the Night (MusicMasters) Jamal ,Khan – Infinity (no label) B.Lancaster, S.Murray Jarrett ,Keith – The Out-of-Towners (ECM) Peacock, DeJohnette Jarrett ,Keith – At The Blue Note: single CD version (ECM) Peacock, DeJohnette Johnson ,Eric – Herbie Nichols, Vol. 1 (Summit) Jones ,Hank – The Trio (Chiaroscuro) M.Hinton Jordan ,Clifford – Live at Ethell’s (Mapleshade) coupla scuffs, plays fine Kirby ,Steven – North Light (A) Chris Potter, Barth, Colley, Matt Wilson Kosins ,Kathy – All in a Dream’s Work (Schoolkids) fabulous 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) Lundy ,Carmen – Moment to Moment (Arabesque) Gumbs,C.Freeman,K.Eubanks Manning ,Renee – Uhm, Uhm, Uhmmmm! (Ken) Marsalis ,Branford – Crazy People Music (Columbia) Marsalis ,Jason – Music IN Motion (BMG Novus) Marsalis ,Wynton – Crescent City Christmas Card (Columbia) Marsalis ,Wynton – Hot House Flowers (Columbia) Matassa ,Great – All This and Heaven Too (Origin) McCann ,Les – Listen Up (Music Masters) McGriff ,Jimmy/Hank Crawford – Blues Groove (Telarc) McKee ,Andy – One World (CAP) Joe Locke, Alex Foster Mendes ,Sergio & Brasil ’66 – Equinox (A&M) Metheny ,Mike – Day In Day Out (Impulse) Miller ,Marcus – The Ozell Tapes 2CD’s (3 Deuces) Molinari ,Lello – No More Mr. Nice Guy (Accurate) Morgan ,Lee – Here’s Lee Morgan (Vee-Jay) trade bait Murphy ,Mark – Crazy Rhythm: His Debut Recordings (Decca) Nauser ,Mark – Wun-Wun (CMP) Jack Bruce Nestico ,Sammy – Big Band Favorites of (Summit) Herbie Nichols Project – Strange City (Palmetto) Kimbrough Oversize Quartet – Plays Music by Rich Latham (Accurate) Perez, Danilo – Motherland (Verve) Pass ,Joe – My Song (Telarc) Ponty ,JL/Humair/Louiss, Eddy – HLP 2CD’s (Dreyfus) live ‘68 Pullen ,Don – Sacred Common Ground (Blue Note) Redd ,Freddie – Redd’s Blues (Blue Note Conn.) McLean, T.Brooks Redman ,Joshua – Freedom in the Groove (Warner Bros.) Rich ,Buddy – The Sound of Jazz (Galaxy) Roberts ,Marcus – Blues for the New Millenium (Columbia) Sinatra ,Frank – Ol’ Blue Eyes is Back (Reprise) Sutton ,Tierney – Blue In Green (Telarc) Terry ,Clark – Live on the QE2 (Chiaroscuro) Thielemans ,Toots./Werner ,Kenny – Toots Thielemans & Kenny Werner (Verve) Threadgill ,Henry – Carry The Day (Columbia) Walton ,Cedar – Underground Memoirs (High Note) Watters ,harry – The Island of Dr. Trombone (Sundial) Winston ,George – Winter into Spring (Windham Hill) not the remaster Still Available : CD’s: Acuna ,Claudia – Rhythm of Life (Verve) Adams ,Pepper – The Master (Muse) 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/Brown/Ellis – Triple Scoop (Concord) 3LP on 2CD Alexander ,Monty – My America (Telarc) Alexander Monty./Brown, Ray/Ellis ,Herb – Straight Ahead (Concord) 2 CD’s Allen ,Harry – Blue Skies (John Marks) 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 (RCA Bluebird) 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) 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 Basie ,Count – Story (Proper Box) 4 CD’s Bass ,Mickey – Another Way Out (Early Bird) Carter Jefferson Bates ,Django – Winter Truce (And Homes Ablaze) (JMT) Beirach ,Richie – Some Other Time (Triloka) Beck ,Joe – Relaxin’ (DMP) Bellson ,Louie – 150 MPH (Concord) Bellson ,Louie – Dynamite! (Concord) Bellson ,Louie – Prime Time (Concord) Berg ,Bob – Cycles (Denon) Berg ,Bog – Virtual Reality (Denon) Blackman ,Cindy – Telepathy (Muse) 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 Blakey ,Art – For Minors Only (Bethlehem/Charly) 50’s Messengers Blanchard ,Terence – Romantic Defiance (Columbia) Bley ,Carla – I Hate To Sing (ECM/Watt) Bley ,Carla – Goes to Church (ECM/Watt) Bloom ,Jane Ira – Art & Aviation (Arabesque) Bobo ,Willie – Finest Hours (Verve) his 60’s hits Bolling/Grappelli - First Class (Milan) Bolling ,Claude Big Band – Cinemadreams Braden ,Don – The Fire Within (RCA) Braga, Leandro – And Why Not (Arabesque) Braxton ,Anthony & Richard Teitelbaum – Time Zones (Freedom) Breau ,Lenny/Francks Don – At the Purple Onion (Art of Life) Bridgewater ,Dee Dee – Love and Peace: Tribute to Horace Silver (Verve) Bridgewater ,Dee Dee – Victim of Love (Charly) Bridgewater ,Dee Dee – In Montreux (Polydor) her masterpiece Brisker ,Gordon – The Gift (Naxos) Brookmeyer ,Bob – Small Band (DCC) 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 Byrd ,Donald – At the Half Note Café (Blue Note) 2 CD’s, not RVG Bryant ,Rusty – Legends of Acid Jazz, Vol. 2 (Prestige) Bryson ,Jeanie – Deja Blue (Koch) Burrell ,Kenny – Blue Muse (Concord) G. Wiggins Byrd,C./Ellis/Kessell – Great Guitars Live (Concord) 2CD Byrd ,Donald – Byrd in Paris (Verve) Byron ,Don – Bug Music (Nonesuch) Cain ,Jackie & Roy Kral – Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most (Black Lion) Caine ,Elliott – Orientation (EJC) excellent hard bop, messengers-style Caine ,Uri – Sphere Music (Verve) Calderazzo ,Joey – Joey Calderazzo (Columbia) excellent piano Cameron ,Jay/Third Herdsmen – The Vogue Sessions (Vogue/RCA) Camilo ,Michel – Why Not? (King/Evidence) Campbell ,Roy – It’s Krunch Time (Thirsty Ear) Khan Jamal Carter ,Benny – Central City Sketches (MusicMasters) Carter ,Benny – Central City Sketches (MusicMasters) Carter ,Betty – It’s Not About the Melody(Verve) Carter ,James – The Real Quietstorm (Atlantic) 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 ,Regina – Rhythms of the Heart (Verve) Cartwright ,George – Dot (cuneiform) Cary ,Mark – The Antidote (Arabesque) excellent Cary ,Mark – Listen (Arabesque) excellent Chambers ,Paul – Whims of Chambers Blue Note0 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) Clarke/Boland Big Band – Live in Paris 1969 (RTE) 2 CD’s Cline ,Nels – Angelica (ENJA) Cobham ,Billy – Rudiments: The Anthology (Atlantic/Rhino) 2CD’s Cole ,Richie – Pure Imagination (Concord) Coleman ,Ornette – Sound Museum Three Women (Verve) 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 ,John – Soultrane (Prestige) 20 bit remaster Coltrane ,John – A Love Supreme live (Castle) Condon ,Eddie – Chicago Style (ASV) Cooper ,Jerome/Buckner ,Thomas – Alone, Together, Apart (Mutablemusic) Corea ,Chick/RTF – No Mystery (Polydor) a little nicked, plays fine Corea ,Chick New Trio – Past, Present, Futures (Stretch) excellent Corea ,Chick – Expressions (GRP) good solo piano set Corea ,Chick - Sundance (Pilz) Corea, Chick – Elektric Band (GRP) Coryell ,Larry – Fallen Angel (CTI) Coryell ,Larry – Comin’ Home (Muse) Cowell Costa ,Gal – My Name is Gal (best of) (Verve) Crawford ,Hank – South-Central (Milestone) Dara ,Olu – Neighborhoods (Atlantic) DVD-A Davis ,Anthony/Newton ,James/Wadud ,Abdul – Trio 2 (Gramavision) 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 – Highlights from the Plugged Nickel (Columbia) Shorter, Hancock Davis ,Miles – Cookin’ (Prestige/Jazz Heritage) Coltrane, Garland Davis ,Miles – Circle in the Round (Columbia) 2 CD’s Davis ,Miles – Panthalassa (Columbia) Davis ,Miles – Tutu (Warner Bros.) 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 – 1.2.3.4. (Arabesque) 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 Either/Orchestra – More Beautiful Than Death (Accurate) wonderful Elias ,Eliane – Paulistana (Blue Note) Elias ,Eliane – Best of on Denon (Denon) Ellington ,Duke – Best of: Centennial Collection (RCA) great mastering Duke Ellington – Money Jungle (Blue Note) not RVG Ellington ,Duke – Birthday Sessions, Vol. 4 (Laserlight) 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 – 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) Farmer ,Art – A Work of Art (Concord) Farmer ,Art – The Company I Keep (Arabesque) T. Harrell Fasteau, Zussan Kali – Worlds Beyond Words (Flying Note) Ferguson ,Maynard – Footpath Café (Avion) Finnerty ,Barry – Straight Ahead (Arabesque) Fitzgerald ,Ella – Ella Abraca Jobim (Pablo) Fogel ,Marty – Many Bobbing Heads, At Last (CMP) Fortune ,Sonny – From Now On (Blue Note) Freeman ,Chico/Blythe ,Arthur – Focus (Contemporary) Freeman ,Chico/Barnstorm – The Mystical Dreamer (In + Out) Friesen ,Dave/Terry ,Clark/Shank ,Bud – Three to Get Ready (Summit) Frisell ,Bill – Gone, Just Like a Train (Nonesuch) Frisell ,Bill – The Intercontinentals (Nonesuch) Garner ,Erroll – Dreamstreet/One World Concert (Telarc) Garner ,Erroll – In Concert (Giants of Jazz) complete ’55 + ‘63/’69 Garrett ,Kenny – Songbook (Atlantic) Garrett ,Kenny – Trilogy (Atlantic) Getz ,Stan – Jazz Masters (Mandarim) Getz ,Stan – Café Montmartre (Verve) Kenny Barron Getz ,Stan – What the World Needs Now (Verve) Getz ,Stan – and the Oscar Peterson Trio (Verve) Getz ,Stan – Complete Savoy Recordings (Savoy) Gilberto ,Joao – In Tokyo (Verve) 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 Dizzy Gillespie – And Mitchell-Ruff Duo (Mainstream) Gillespie ,Dizzy – Big Band (GNP) Gillespie ,Dizzy – Playel Jazz Concert 1953 (Vogue/BMG) Grappelli ,Stephane/Petrucciani – Flamingo (Dreyfus) Gray ,Glen/Casa Loma Orch. – 1939-40 (Hindsight) Griffin ,Della – I’ll Get By (Muse) Goldstein ,Gil – City of Dreams (Blue Note) Golson ,Benny – Quintet Live (Dreyfus) M. Miller Golson ,Benny – That’s Funky (Arkadia) N. Adderley, M. Alexander Gonzalez ,Dennis – Stefan (Silkheart) 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 – Weber and Nielsen Clarinet Concertos (RCA) Gordon ,Dexter – Timeless (Savoy) late 40’s sides 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) Grolnick ,Don – Weaver of Dreams (Blue Note) 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) 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) Harper Brothers - Remembrance: Live at Village Vanguard (Verve) 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) Harris ,Gene – Big Band Soul (Concord) 2CD Hartman ,Johnny – I Just Dropped In to Say Hello (Impulse) Hays ,Kevin – Seventh Sense (Blue Note) Hays,Kevin – Andalucia (Blue Note) Headhunters – Evolution Revolution (Basin Street) Hedman ,Norman – One Step Closer (Arabesque) 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 ,Woody – The Thundering Herds 1945-47 (Columbia) Herman ,Woody – Featuring Stan Getz (RCA) excellent 70’s material Herring ,Vince – Evidence (Landmark) Roney, M.Miller Hersch ,Fred – Trio Plays… (Chesky) Hession/Wharf/Fell – Improvability (Bruce’s Fingers) Hicks ,John – Friends Old and New (Novus) Hi Lo’s – And All That Jazz (Columbia) 50’s west coast jazz greats like Geller, 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 – In The Spirit (Muse) James Newton coupla nicks, plays fine Hoggard ,Jay – Overview (Muse) few minor scuffs don’t affect play Holloway ,Ron – Scorcher (Milestone) Hollyday ,Christopher – On Course (Novus) Goldings Hollyday, Christopher – The Natural Moment (Novus) Mehldau, excellent! Hubbard ,Freddie – the Night of the Cookers (Blue Note) 2CD, not the RVG Holmes ,Groove – Comin’ On Home (Blue Note) Horn ,Shirley – May the Music Never End (Verve) Hornstein ,Michael – Langsames Blau ( ENJA) Houghton ,Steve – Signature Series (Blue Moon) Tim Hagans Hubbard ,Freddie – MMTC (MusicMasters) Hubbard ,Freddie – Blue Spirits (Blue Note) not RVG Hubbard ,Freddie/Heath ,Jimmy – Live at the Left Bank (Label M) Humes ,Helen – And the Muse All-Stars (Muse) 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) 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) Jacquet ,Illinois – Jacquet’s Got It (Atlantic) Jamal ,Khan – Speakeasy (Gazell) Dave Burrell Jannah ,Denise – I Was Born in Love with You (Blue Note) Jazz Underground – Live at Small’s (Impulse) Johnson ,Jeff – Near Earth (Origin) 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) Jordon ,Stanley – Stolen Moments (Blue Note) his best Jordan ,Sheila – From the Heart (Muse/32Jazz) Drake ,Donna/Kelly, Wynton – Donna Sings Dinah (Luxor/Fresh Sound) Kenton ,Stan – Jazz Masters (Mandarim) TJ Kirk – TJ Kirk (Warner Bros.) Kirkland ,Kenny – Kenny Kirkland (GRP) Klemmer ,John – Involvement (Cadet/Verve) Konitz ,Lee/Brookmeyer ,Bob- In Paris (Vogue/RCA) Kral ,Irene – Live (Just Jazz) Kral ,Irene – Better Than Anything (Ava/Fresh Sound) Jr.Mance trio Krantz ,Wayne – Long to Be Loose (ENJA) Kuhn ,Steve – Years Later (Concord) Kuhn ,Joachim – Let’s Be Generous (CMP) LA4 - Watch What Happens (Concord) Laverne ,Andy – Jazz Piano Heritage (DMP) Laws ,Hubert – My Time Will Come (Music Masters) Lewis ,Ramsey – Sun Goddess (Columbia) Liebman ,Dave – If They Only Knew (Impulse) Liebman ,Dave/Quest – Of One Mind (CMP) Beirach 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 – from the Soul (Blue Note) Lovano ,Joe – 52nd Street Themes (Blue Note) Hagans, John Hicks Lynch ,Brian – Keep Your Circle Small (Sharp Nine) Lytle ,Johnny – Happy Ground (Muse) Makowitz ,Adam – My Favorite Things (Concord) Malick ,Pete/Jones ,Norah – New York City (Koch) more guts than her solo stuff 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 – 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 ,Wynton – Think of One (Columbia) Marsalis ,Wynton – Uptown Ruler (Columbia) Marsalis ,Wynton – The Marciac Suite (Columbia) Marsalis ,Wynton – Blue Interlude (Columbia) best of later efforts Marsalis ,Wynton – Thick in the South (Columbia) Marsalis ,Wynton – Mr. Jelly Lord (Columbia) Marsalis ,Wynton – Standard Time, vol. 1 (Columbia) Marsalis ,Wynton – Classic Wynton (Columbia) classical pieces Marsalis ,Wynton – Selections from Village Vanguard Box (Columbia) Martino ,Pat – The Return (Muse) Martino ,Pat – Think Tank (Blue Note) Mathews ,Ronnie – Lament for Love (DIW) few nicks, plays fine, nice trio Mays ,Bill – Summer Sketches (Palmetto) Mays ,Lyle – Improvisation for Extended Piano (Warner Bros.) McBride ,Christian – A Family Affair (Verve) McBride ,Christian – Getting’ to It (Verve) McCann ,Les – Layers (Atlantic) McCann ,Les – Les Is More (Virgin) McCaslin ,Donny – Seen from Above (Arabesque) Gary McFarland - Does the Sun Really Shine on the Moon? (Skye/DCC) McFerrin ,Bobby/Corea ,Chick – Play (Blue Note) John McLaughlin/Shakti - True Believer (Verve) McLean ,Jackie – The Jackie Mac Attack Live (Verve) McLean ,Jackie – Let Freedom Ring (Blue Note) McPartland ,Marion – Live At Yoshi’s (Concord) McPartland ,Marilyn – Live at Shanghai Jazz (Concord) McPherson ,Charles – Come Play With Me (Arabesque) McPherson ,Charles – First Flight Out (Arabesque) McPherson ,Charles – Manhattan Nocturne(Arabesque) McRae,Carmen – I’ll Be Seeing You (Decca) 2CD set of 50’s recordings Mehta ,Rajesh – Orka (Hatology) Melford ,Myra/Ehrlich ,Marty – Yet Can Spring (Arabesque) 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 Metheny ,Pat – One Quiet Night (Warner Bros.) Miller ,Marcus – Silver Rain (Koch) Miller ,Mulgrew – From Day to Day (Landmark) Minasi ,Dom – Goin’ Out Again (CDM) Mingus ,Charles – Complete Town Hall Concert (UA/Blue Note) Mingus ,Charles – Jazz Composers Workshop (Savoy) Waldron Mingus ,Charles – Paris 1964 (Le Jazz) Mintzer ,Bob – Urban Contours (DMP) Mitchell ,Roscoe – Ericka (folio) Modern Jazz Quartet – Beginnings (Savoy) Monaco ,Tony – Master Chops T (Summit) Monheit ,Jane – Come Dream With Me (Silverline) CD/DVD dual disc 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 – Impressions: Verve Jazz Sides (Verve) 2CD’s Montgomery ,Wes – ‘Round Midnight (Le Jazz) Paris ‘65 Moody ,James – James Moody (Argo/Verve) James Moody/Frank Foster - In Paris (Vogue/RCA) Moore ,Ralph – Images (Landmark) Moore ,Ralph – Furthermore (Landmark) Morgan ,Lee/Clifford Jordan – Baltimore ’68 (Fresh Sound) Morgan ,Lee – Introducing (Savoy) Morgan ,Lee – The Sixth Sense (Blue Note) not RVG Morgan ,Lee – The Sidewinder (Blue Note) not RVG Morgan ,Lee – Charisma (Blue Note) not RVG Morgan ,Lee – Candy (Blue Note) 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) Mraz ,George – Jazz (Milestone) 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) David Murray – MX (Doctor Jazz) Murray ,David – Shakill’s Warrior (DIW) NDR big Band – Bravissimo (ACT) Neville ,Charles - & Diversity (Laserlight) Newman , David Fathead – Mr. Gentle, Mr. Cool (Kokopelli ) Ellingtonia David "Fathead" Newman - Bigger and Better/Many Facets (Atlantic/Rhino) David Fathead Newman - Mr. Gentle, Mr. Cool (Kokopelli) Ellington Tribute Newton ,James – If Love (Jazzline) excellent Herbie Nichols Project – Strange City (Palmetto) 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) Osby ,Greg – Mindgames (JMT) Geri Allen Osby ,Greg – The Invisible Hand (Blue Note) Andrew Hill Osby ,Greg – Black Book (Blue Note) Parker ,Charlie – Boss Bird: Studio Recordings 1944-51 (Proper) 4 CD’s essential 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 – Above & Below (Epicure) Parker ,Leon – Belief (Epic) Payne ,Cecil – Performing Charlie Parker Music (Collectables) C.Terry, D.Jordan, Payton ,Nicholas – Dear Louis (Verve) Pepper ,Art – Complete Alladin Rcdgs vol. 2 Modern Art (Alladin/Blue Note) 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) Porter/Praskin Quartet – With Sal Nistico: Sonnet for Sal (ORF) Powell ,Bud – Amazing Vol. 2 (Blue Note) Previn ,Andre – Uptown, with M.Lowe, Ray Brown (Telarc) Previn/Pass/Ray Brown – After Hours (Telarc) Printup ,Marcus – Nocturnal Traces (Blue Note) Purdie ,Bernard – Soul to Jazz (ACT) half is excellent Quartette Indigo – Quartet Indigo (Muse/32Jazz) Ragin ,Hugh – Feel the Sunshine (Justin Time) Rava ,Enrico/D’Andrea – For Bix and Pops (Philology) Rawls ,Lou – At Last (Blue Note) Redman ,Joshua – Wish (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.) Reid ,Rufus – Perpetual Stroll (Sunnyside) Reinhardt ,Django – Verve Jazz Masters 38 (Verve) Ribot ,Marc – Spiritual Unity (Pi) remake of Ayler comp. Rich ,Buddy – Keep the Customer Satisfied (Pacific Jazz) Rich ,Buddy – Rags to Riches (Four Star) ’46-‘47 boppish big band Richmond ,Dannie – Last Mingus Band AD (Landmark) excellent Roach ,Max/Rich, Buddy – Rich vs. Roach (Mercury) scratched but plays Roberts ,Marcus – Deep in the Shed (Novus) Roberts ,Marcus – As Serenity Approaches (Novus) Roberts ,Marcus – Prayer for Peace (Novus) 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 – Newk’s Time (Blue Note) not the RVG, classic !!! Rollins ,Sonny – This is What I Do (Milestone) slightly nicked, plays fine Rollins ,Sonny – Global Warming (Milestone) slightly nicked, plays fine Rollins ,Sonny – The Sound of Sonny (Riverside/OJC) Roney ,Wallace – Misteriosos (Warner Bros.) Roney ,Wallace – The Standard Bearer (Muse) Roney ,Wallace – Seth Air (Muse) Roney ,Wallace – Misteriosos (Warner Bros.) 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) Russell ,George- So What (Blue Note) trade bait Russell ,George Smalltet – Jazz Workshop (Bluebird) Ruiz ,Hilton –Rhythm in the House (RMD) Ruiz ,Hilton – Manhattan Mambo (Telarc) Sanchez ,David – Street Scenes (Columbia) Sanchez ,David – The Departure (Columbia) Sanchez ,David - Melaza (Columbia) Sanchez ,David - Travesia (Columbia) 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 Shank ,Bud – I Told You So (Candid) Shaw ,Artie – Frenesi feat. Begin the Beguine (RCA Bluebird) 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 Sickler ,Don, etc. – Birdology Vol. 2 (Verve) 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 – Jazz Has a Sense of Humor (Verve) Silver ,Horace – Silver’s Blue (Columbia) not the remaster Simmons ,Sonny – American Jungle (Qwest) Shook,Workman,Blackman 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 Smith ,Jimmy – Crazy! Baby (Blue Note) Smith ,Jimmy – Midnight Special (Blue Note) Smith ,Jimmy – In Paris 5/28/65 (Europe 1) Snetberger, Farenc/Friedman ,David – Signatures (ENJA) Southern ,Jeri – Coffee ,Cigarettes, and Memories (Roulette/Fresh Sound) Spaulding ,James – Blues Nexus (Muse) Heiner Stadler - Jazz Alchemy (Tomato) Stitt ,Sonny - Live at Ronnie Scott's (DCC) Stitt ,Sonny – Prestige First Sessions, Vol. 2 (Prestige/OJC) Sullivan ,Charles – Kamau (Arabesque) Supersax – Stone Bird (Columbia) Sutton ,Tierney – Something Cool (Telarc) Tatum ,Art – 1944 (Classics) 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 – With Pee Wee Claybrook/Swing Fever (D Note) Thielemans ,Toots – Chez Toots (Private/Windham Hill) Thiele Collective, Bob – Louis Satchmo (Red Baron) Tjader ,Cal – Concerts in the Sun (Fantasy) Hewitt, Bobo Tolliver ,Charles – Grand Max (Black Lion) fabulous, with John Hicks Toussaint ,Jean/Nazaire – Who’s Blues (Ronnie Scott) Tsilis ,Gust William – Heritage (Ken) 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) Vaughan ,Sarah – The Mystery of Man (KokopellI) Vaughan ,Sarah – Brazilian Romance (CBS) Vaughan ,Sarah – Divine (Columbia) 2CD Vega ,Ray – Pa’Lante (Palmetto) Ware ,David – Passage to Music (Silkheart) Watson ,Bobby – Live & Learn (Palmetto) O. Evans Watson ,Bobby/Curtis Lundy – Beatitudes (Evidence) Weather Report – 8:30 (Columbia) Weather Report – Black Market (Columbia) Wess ,Frank, etc. – Live at 1990 Concord Jazz Festival, 2nd Set (Concord) Westbrook ,Mike – Orchestra of Smith’s Acadamy (ENJA) Weston ,Randy - Berkshire Blues (Black Lion) Weston ,Randy - Carnival (Black Lion)Montreux ’74 Billy Harper Weston ,Randy/Wood ,Vishnu – Perspective (Denon) wonderful Wiggins ,Gerald – Sub-Jazz Proxy (Lucid) acid jazz! Williams ,James/Contemporary Piano Ensemble – The Key Players (DIW/Columbia) Williams ,Rod – Hanging in the Balance (Muse) M.Ehrlich Willis ,Larry – A Tribute to Someone (Audioquest) (coupla scratches) Wilson ,Cassandra – New Moon Daughter (Blue Note) Wilson ,Cassandra – Blue Skies (JMT) her best ever by far Woods ,Phil – Bouquet (Concord) Woods ,Phil - Song for Sisyphus (DCC) Woods ,Phil – I Remember (DCC) Woods ,Phil – Full House (Milestone) 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) 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

I also agree with these assessments. I have both, am glad to have them, value many Mingus releases much higher than them.

I don't have a budget. It would clash too much with my CD habit.

That would be a terrible mistake. That set is incredible, trumpet playing as good as it gets and otherwise very difficult to find material. The Slugs recordings are a milestone in jazz to me.

PM sent. As I don't own a good comprehensive discography, this seems like a good opportunity.

Anxiously awaiting for Concord to schedule 'Prince Lasha/Sonny Simmons Plays for Lovers' as they wring every last drop out of the Prestige/Riverside/Contemporary catalog. No offense to GA Russell and others who enjoy this series, but it just gets frustrating to see the same material repackaged ad nauseum, where there are still some fine albums in those catalogs (Sonny Simmons - Rumasuma, Gary Bartz - Home, some McCoy Tyner sides, etc.) that still have not seen CD release 20 years on.

Caiman.com through Amazon.com has the Farlow for $50. Cheap US shipping, too ($2.49).

This is out now in Japan, but DustyGroove wants $24.98 + shipping for it, about a 35 minute CD. Where can I get a good price on this?

And one would wonder if they happened to play anything together at the Coltrane/Cherry recording session for Atlantic.

In fact, there will be some really interesting things before that. Elvis Sun recordings are now, the early RCA's start next year, as does Buddy Holly. There's a lot of great Chess records stuff now, there will start being a lot of Phil Spector in five years, etc. The Bear Family complete boxes will be fair game in Europe, etc.

Kenny recorded with his older brother Bill Barron for Savoy in '61, a couple of years ahead of his recordings with Dizzy.

I haven't heard the Yoshi's sets. In general, you won't go wrong with any of the Landmark dates (many reissued on 32jazz). Much of the Novus stuff sounded like a rehash to me. Of the Landmarks, one other that I really like is 'The Countdown', a quartet date with Joe Henderson. In addition to his work with Tony Williams in the late 80's, l liked his mid-80's work with Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers (many recordings, the most easy to acquire are 'New York Scene' and 'Live At Kimballs', both on Concord).

Me too, PM also sent. This will be my first time participating in a BFT.

What's the best place to get the Marion Brown set? I don't see it on Amazon at all. I just ordered the Sonny Simmons from Caiman through Amazon, will replace the two single CD's I have from that set. I only have 'Why Not' from Brown, not the quartet. I had it on vinyl in a previous lifetime when I was in college.

Agree with the assessment of the date. Seems to come down to if seeing Fathead on a Lee Morgan Blue Note strikes you as a great idea or a lost opportunity for some other player who was underrecorded in that period (Benny Maupin, Frank Mitchell, John Gilmore, Clifford Jordan, George Coleman, Gary Bartz) to have been on the date. Love Lee's playing, but Freddie Hubbard is the man for me in that era as far as trumpet playing. They were very different in their approaches, and I'm thankful for both. Hubbard always struck me as the one who extended Clifford Brown, and Morgan as the one who extended Dizzy (understandably).

Listened to a lot (hundreds of CD's) of recent-vintage jazz recorded by artists located in and around Seattle - these came in a collection that I bought off a contact from ebay. A surprisingly large number of "keepers", showing me that jazz is alive and well in at least parts of the USA. As always, listened to a lot of vintage Blue Note stuff. Non-jazz, listened a good bit to the late-60's/early 70's British group Spooky Tooth, especially 'Spooky 2' and 'Witness'. Unlike jazz, I find very little current rock which impresses me enough to add to my grossly overcrowded CD shelves.

This gem, recorded in January of 1972, was Tyner's first work released on Milestone following a series of distinguished albums on Blue Note. While the Blue Note albums featured renowned musicians such as Joe Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson, Lee Morgan, Woody Shaw, Gary Bartz, Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter, Alice Coltrane, and Elvin Jones, the band on 'Sahara' was by comparison much more obscure. Drummer Alphonse Mouzon had played on the inaugural Weather Report album, but alto/soprano sax player Sonny Fortune had most recently been with Mongo Santamaria for a number of years, and had not been recorded in his stay with Elvin Jones. Bassist Calvin Hill had played with Joanne Brackeen in Boston, but Tyner was his first major gig. And yet, together, they recorded an album for the ages, truly a masterpiece of masterpieces in Tyner's catalog. 'Sahara' consists of four cuts on side one, and the extended title track on side two. "Ebony Queen" starts the album with a pronouncement that Tyner had taken his playing to a new level, with a rhythmic power and beauty unmatched then or now. Mouzon is superb in his playing here and throughout the album, lifting Tyner into flight. What a loss for the music when he chose to pursue the brass ring of fusion. Fortune more than holds his own in this context, laying down the most successful saxophone playing ever done on a Tyner recording. Azar Lawrence was able to cut through the torrent on 'Enlightenment' and 'Atlantis' without going under, but shortly thereafter, such strong players as George Adams and Gary Bartz were being steamrolled by the power of Tyner's playing. Fortune's playing on this album, which sounded so good at the time, has gained in significance over the years as no one other reed player has been able to approach his success playing with Tyner. "A Prayer For My Family" is a beautiful, spiritual solo piano piece. Tyner would successfully revisit this turf on his 'Echoes of a Friend', a fantastic solo piano album recorded later in '72. "Valley of Life" is an early example of world music, shades of the Orient with Tyner on koto instead of piano, and Fortune on flute. "Rebirth" is a modal burner, with Fortune's only alto sax appearance on this album and a strong solo by Tyner over inspired drumming by Mouzon. "Sahara", running over 23 minutes, is a remarkable work which is relentless in its power and majesty. The main theme from this cut will stay in your head for the rest of your life after you experience it. All of the musicians are given great space to stretch out, and in one fascinating sequence, Tyner lays out to allow Fortune to play with just bass and drum accompaniment. The bass and drum solos are beautifully integrated into the music, so they do not become boring at all (this from someone who often fast forwards through drum solos!). World Music influences are found throughout, with simple reed instrument and pecussion sounds entering from the players at intervals. Rarely has a 23 minute cut justified its length the way 'Sahara' does. It is an organic whole, and editing out any piece of it would damage the work. Overall, Tyner truly established himself as a visionary musician on this work. This was the turning point in his career where he would no longer be thought of just as Coltrane's pianist, but rather as the giant in his own right he had become.

true, but if you buy more than one item from the same half.com seller, shipping is a dollar less for each additional item. there is no such discount from sellers in the amazon.com marketplace. to that end, if you're thinking of buying one or more of drummond's arabesque recordings, you might check to see if the seller also has available some titles by charles mcpherson, art farmer, or charles sullivan on that label (see below). again, the asking price for sealed copies of these cds often is quite low. Agreed, some really nice stuff. You can sometimes find the Arabesque's in multiple CD lots on ebay, which really brings down the per disc shipping cost.

Half and the used network at Amazon each have $2.49 shipping charges. Ebay sellers usually exceed that in my experience. I have overall had much better experiences buying from the Amazon used network than from Half. In my experience, Amazon seems to be more "professionals" (lots of transactions), with better overall ethics.

I thought this was reissued on CD on Black Lion many years ago. Might you be thinking of Coon Bid'ness? Chuck, 'Reflections' is the one I was thinking of. I know I had the vinyl of 'Dogon A.D.' back in the day. Jerry Gordon at Third Street Jazz in Philly got all of those Arista/Freedom releases really cheaply, and sold them for like $2.99.

I thought this was reissued on CD on Black Lion many years ago.

Another great classic-era Blue Note album, one of many, no more, no less. 'Free Form' is my favorite Byrd, especially the second side with 'French Spice' and the title track. He recorded some great albums then (although I've always thought he was particularly weak at NAMING his tunes!). I agree, he was not the most technically dazzling trumpeter, but great feeling. If your friend is a trumpet player and you are really looking for something with amazing trumpet technique as well as excellent music, get a Freddie Hubbard CD from that era or a little later instead. Something like 'Ugetsu' by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers shows Hubbard to great advantage. His solo on the title track of that album turned me onto him for a lifetime. His work on "Aries" on 'The Body and the Soul' is also incredible.

I have CD available, Woody Herman - 'The Jazz Collector Edition'. This is a nice 10 cut CD of some of his 30's/40/s material on Laserlight. Should be good for filling a hole in somebody's collection if they don't have any of this material. Let me know if you want it.

You can get the same material for 20% of the cost by purchasing the Green/Clark 2CD set and Green's "Born to Be Blue".

Judging by the jazz names these guys are dropping, they had some pretty hip music collections. (How many people were listening to John McLaughlin before 1970?) I think that JMcL was a session musican before becoming known as a Jazz musican. Lots of people would have heard him on the radio and if you into Jazz in London in the late '60s, you would have known who he was. McLaughlin played in the Graham Bond Orgainzation in '63with Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker, and Dick Heckstall-Smith, and recorded 'Things We Like' with Jack Bruce. He also had worked with Alexis Korner,a nd recorded with John Surman prior to this time. So he was pretty well known in musical circles in England already, and certainly Fripp would have been well aware of him.