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But the missing track is an incredible version of "Drought", which shouldn't be missed. The remastering is also much better on this set. No idea why "Drought" was left off the Strata-East CD, it was on the original vol. 1 album, the CD had plenty of time left (only ran about 60 minutes, and "Drought" is 9 or 10), and even if you needed to leave a track off, that wouldn't be the one.

Mosaic could make a select by combining the three Handy Roulette albums with Charles Mingus's 'Mingus in Wonderland', which was on UA and featured Handy. "The Complete Roulette and UA Small Group Recordings of John Handy" (don't think I'm missing anything that EMI controls rights to, but I'm sure someone will let me know). I'd buy the thing immediately.

Then you've never heard "Black Miracle", Milestone's 1975 George Duke-produced attempt to cross him over.

AMG says: Clyde Hart's death just as the bop revolution was taking hold robbed him of the opportunity to be a major force in the music. Very active during his final year, Hart was an important transitional figure between swing and bop and would certainly have been on many significant sessions during the next five years had he lived. Hart first worked with Gene Coy, Jap Allen (1930-31) and Blanche Calloway (1931-35). After a brief stint with the declining McKinney's Cotton Pickers, he settled in New York where he led his own quartet, arranged for Andy Kirk and made quite a few recordings (including with Billie Holiday and Red Allen) as a supportive pianist. Hart had stints with Stuff Smith (1936-38), Roy Eldridge, Lester Young, Frankie Newton and the John Kirby Sextet (1942-43) plus often jammed at Minton's Playhouse. He also played with Wilbur DeParis, Walter "Foots" Thomas and Tiny Grimes (1944). After working with Don Byas in early 1945 and recording with Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie (including "Dizzy Atmosphere"), Hart contracted tuberculosis and died just as he was entering the prime of his career. Clyde Hart led three recording dates between Dec. 19, 1944 and Jan. 4, 1945 for Savoy and Continental with such notable sidemen as Parker, Gillespie, Byas, Trummy Young, Oscar Pettiford, Benny Harris and singer Rubberlegs Williams.

Great show, great company. Nice to meet Ron S and Alan. Alexander played beautifully, Mabern was wonderful, John Weber on bass and Willie Jones on drums were an outstanding rhythm section. Jones played with a tiny set, no toms, but was all over it, sort of like Roy Snap Crackle Haynes. First set was "Where or When", "Wave", "It's Magic","This Here", "Sugar", and "With a Song In My Heart". Second set was, if my ears caught it all correctly, "How Insensitive", "Traneing In", "It's All in the Game", "Listen Here", "Naima", and "Cherokee". Alexander has an exquisite tone, plays a ballad like no one else, and is all over the changes on the uptempo items. Mabern remains a very inventive pianist, and his after-song announcements and stories were fascinating. Chalupa, you shoulda been there!

The Bluesway stuff is a very different body of work than what came before, much more electric and 60's rock influenced. I strongly prefer it, but suspect that each person's preference will depend as much or more on which genre of the blues they prefer as opposed to which King is "better" on. I know that's the case for me.

Tom Peron - Interplay. He's a fabulous trumpeter out of the Bay area. I had never heard of him before getting a CD by him in a private collection I purchased. Was blown away by the warmth, clarity, and swing of his playing. His other CD, 'Dedication', is even better. Has a tenor player named Darius Babdazeh, who has the Joe Henderson thing down.

Wish they would do a good Clarke-Boland set.

Kevin, I was shocked to read you having such a high evaluation of this. I respect your ears greatly, so I'm open to the possibility that I'm somehow missing something on these Parker's. Can you expound a little on what you like so much about these? Is it strictly Parker's playing? The writing? The loose feel? thx. I sincerely would value your thoughts here.

DG had the Spanish version of Let Me Tell You 'Bout It last week for $6 or $7. Euclid has Rollin' With Leo on Jap. CD for $20 as well. Check out The Baritone Great on Chess... mostly cuts by Parker along with a few with Sahib Shihab on bari. Fun stuff. Not sure if that's on CD though. ← Some classic era Blue Notes even we can live without. Off the top of my head: Dodo Greene - My Hour of Need, Jimmy Smith - Plays Fats Waller, Donald Byrd - I'm Trying to Get Home, Freddie Roach - All That's Good. The Parker is OK, I can think of better uses of $20 if you're CD buying is on a budget. Those two Parker dates always have sounded a little like amateur hour to me compared to the vast majority of Blue Note's output in that peak period. I also agree with Chuck's assessment of the Parker date, and Blue Note saw fit to keep it in the can for 15-20 years, even though they only had the one other Parker release.

If you really want to buy legit used CD's of these titles, several of them are on my trade/sale list listed on 11/4 in this section. "CD's for trade or sale - new list 11/03/05".

But I was psyched for parachuting down the art museum steps wearing an Organissimo sweat shirt.

For raw, hard swingin' emotional playin' I like the Charles Tolliver LPs "Live At Slugs" vol 1 & 2 on Strata East.. Stanley Cowell-piano, Cecil McBee-bass, & Jimmy Hopps-drums swing with great passion on these sides! Jimmy Hopps kind of reminds me of Chicago drummer Wilbur Campbell. ← FYI randissimo, those albums are on disk #1 of the Mosaic set in addition to some unreleased tracks from the same dates on disk #3. ← Thanks for the info BFrank.. I'll have to get the box set.. ← Oh, yeahhhhhhhhh. Disk #2 and part of #3 are from the "Live in Tokyo" set. Almost as smokin' as the Slugs stuff. ← Almost, but not quite. Largely due to 'Effi', which breathed fire in the version Tolliver, Cowell, Gary Bartz, and Jymie Merritt did with Max Roach on 'Members Don't Get Weary', but doesn't cut it as a ballad in Tokyo (maybe just due to my heightened expectations).

[Oh, yeahhhhhhhhh. Disk #2 and part of #3 are from the "Live in Tokyo" set. Almost as smokin' as the Slugs stuff. ←

I'll probably just down a sandwich or burger in the car to hold me over. How do we go about meeting up?

Plan to go to both of them, and just eat dinner there inbetween. Since the shows are free with museum admission, I'm assuming I wouldn't have to pay twice. Alan, can you confirm if you see this post?

PM sent on Cohn/Sims and Louiss.

Don't forget "Grand Max" (which isn't on here, unless I'm mistaken). ← Nope........not mistaken. ← Also don't forget 'The Ringer' by Tolliver, the studio session which came before the great 'Live at Slugs' albums. It is up to the same standard. 'Grand Max' was the name stuck on the Black Lion CD reissue of 'Live at Loosdrecht', which came out as a 2LP set on Strata-East in the 70's. Reggie Workman is amazing on that. And don't forget Tolliver's 'Compassion', a quartet with Nathan Page on guitar instead of a pianist. 'Empyrean Isles' is also fabulous, as is 'Outpost'. I've never been a big fan of 'Candy'. For the person who didn't knwo which label 'Empyrean Isles' was on, it was Blue Note.

Anita O'Day?

Eric Alexander is playing at the Philadelphia Art Museum on Friday, 11/18. My wife and I are still planning to go to that. Are any of you other Philly guys looking to make it? http://www.philamuseum.org/events/friday/2005-11fri.shtml

Eddie Henderson on the Herbie Hancock Sextet stuff with Bennie Maupin, Julian Priester, Buster Williams, and Billy Hart.

I bought each of the three sets when they came out. I'm shocked they would have the need to discount those. Timeless music, certainly mucho collectable in the future, and only 5,000 of each being made. Presentation is stunning.

Hello Wenospeak. Very nice post, thank you. I agree that the Galper is a very nice work, and that the early George Duke stuff was pretty great - a shame that he sold out. There has been much positive buzz on the site about the Priester, and the Arnold is certainly nice to have back in print.

Watson is 52 years old, ineligible, would be my pick otherwise. He would have been my choice. I like Vincent Herring, Kenny Garrett, and Abraham Burton a lot, and (bracing for criticism from the crowd here), quite enjoyed Christopher Hollyday's J-Macism's 15 years ago. Saw him play a nice set at Penn's landing in that era (Brad Mehldau making the best of a severely out of tune piano, shades of Mal Waldron at the Five Spot), and would be curious to know whatever came of Hollyday. Osby is totally lost on me (and I've tried a half dozen CD's, in and out the door), as is Coleman in his M-base guise.

If I remember correctly, I think that was also the case with the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis in that series. The other series had light brown at first, and then dark brown later on, I think with smaller cover photos than on the light brown ones if I remember.