B. Clugston

I've been able to get most of Coltrane's Impulse albums without really trying. I think non-jazz people buy them, get scared when things go all altissimo and sell them again. Ditto Archie Shepp, I've managed to pick up almost every Impulse album used in the past year. I remember when Ahmad Jamal albums were everywhere, but nowadays they get bought quickly. I work near two used record stores and I could pretty much buy Bob James entire non-ESP output in the next 15 minutes if needed.

Was that Cry Young? If so, while it certainly has many breezy, easy listening moments, that version of "Nature Boy" is incredible. Also a big fan of Heat Wave on Cadet.

Mostly Cadet. First few were on Argo and the last before the Impulse sides was on ABC-Paramount.

Speaking of Jamal, I have a soft spot for the albums he recorded between the last by the Crosby-Fournier trio and the Impulse dates.

Winnipeg 45. Go Bombers!

Teddy Charles and Hall Overton, 3 for Duke with Oscar Pettiford. Excellent all-Ellington album. Walt Dickerson with Sun Ra, Impressions of a Patch of Blue

Record Surplus in Santa Monica is a good spot.

From Bitches Brew to On the Corner, Davis' sessions featured all or part of his working band with a lot of extra musicians, most of whom didn't play live with Davis during that period (John McLaughlin sat in a few times live and Maupin did once).

Master of the Art, with Bobby Hutcherson. That is indeed a great one.

My favourites: Plugged Nickel Fillmore East box Cellar Door box In Concert Agharta/Pangea Bootlegs: 1969: Rome, Paris Nov. 3 where Corea and DeJohnette swap places on a track, Stockholm Nov. 5 with a nice version of "Nefertiti" and Chick switching to acoustic 1973: Tokyo and Belgrade. Both are in good sound. Belgrade has some nasty Cosey rhythm guitar and Lucas takes the first solo. 1975: Every single Japan date. Fascinating to hear this band reinvent the material every night. You might get compositions superimposed on each other. For Dave can be a dirge one day and a rocker the next. Maiysha gets stretched out to half an hour on later dates, incorporating more of the Honky Tonk riff. There's one night where Lucas takes a wild solo on Funk instead of Cosey. Jan. 22 is in excellent sound, plus you get Cosey playing drums on the final track.

I haven't listened to enough of these, but two of my favourites are JATP 1946 and 1949, which both feature Bird and Lester Young.

Sad news. Really enjoyed his contributions. RIP. My condolences to his family and friends.

I've had good experiences with the blue Trident pressings. The hissy, recycled vinyl pressings I think are from an earlier period. I will say the Analogue Productions reissues are excellent and I'm generally not a fan of a lot of the modern vinyl reissues.

That's a neat story about Holloway. He was a great quarterback in the CFL--he could throw the ball like a rocket!

Winnipeg - 40. Go Bombers! Thank you Russell for organizing this again.

Note that the band was concentrating on the new tunes while they were being recorded. Listening to the Both/And stuff, they had a much bigger repertoire, including "Ceora," "Willow Weep for Me," and Mabern's "The Chieftain" and "Rakin' and Scrapin'."

There's a few Volume 1s on eBay. As per above message, the label still has the remaining volumes in stock. It was a great series.

It may have been, but I can't remember. I do remember it was a running gag that Letterman played out for a long time.

I owned this record at one point. When I bought it at the record store, the clerk was talking about how cool Heino is, but I quickly realized he was mixed him up with Haino, as in Keiji Haino, the equally distinct looking Japanese loud guitarist. Letterman used to have these funny segments about Heino.

The followup album, Jazz Orchestra '75, is a fun listen, too.

The ECM has four extra tracks, uses an alternate of "Trudgin'" and omits "Used to Be" from Fusion.

George Lewis (the trombonist) toured with Count Basie.

Fascinating stories. He certainly does bear a resemblance to Paul.

Yes! There are pure nuggets of gold on even the most critically derided Rollins albums.

I have a P1 and am happy with it. I didn't see the P2 as being significantly better enough to justify the difference in price.