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Yep, nice disc for sure! I noticed that jazzdisco.org (which I don't take as a reliable source) gives Wilson for one track only (and doesn't list the bonus tracks at atll): https://www.jazzdisco.org/atlantic-records/catalog-1400-series/#lp-1488 But then they explain to me who "Ronnie Clark" is, okay ... didn't realize that yesterday

Hm, I kinda learned to like Chronogicals (at around the time it was becoming too late, of course) ... they were ugly, they were expensive (high-prized, in that time in the range of 30-40, depending if DM, US$ or CHF), they often had less than ideal transfers (compared to Masters of Jazz, Mosaic ...), and they omitted too many (alternate) takes to my liking. But this was easy, as I wasn't all that much into early jazz or swing at that time. (I know about Neatwork and have bought one or two, but I guess they became hard to find already towards the end of Classics run.) Masters of Jazz, on the other hand, I really love. I have about two dozen, including the full Lunceford run (with the missing portions supplied by Chronos, and then there's the Mosaic, too ...) - inclusion of air-checks and other live recordings (which, having grown up in the CD era and far away from UK or IT bootleg labels, were totally unavailable to me at that time), inclusion of alternate takes of course, and good sound on top of that. Fremeaux is a label I've really grown to appreciate, too - again not exactly nice design (oh those clumsy fonts!), but solid work and excellent documentation. I am collecting their Armstrong series, got the Django, am thinking if I should not get the Bird, too (overlap, overlap, mess ... I'd give the kingdom I don't own in order for a thorough Bird discography, even just for a complete sessionongraphy without all the release info). Some of the Fremeaux "Essentials" and other compilations are excellent value, too. And I have also ended up buying a dozen or so of their Biguine and other compilations (also those two vols. of "Gainsbourg et ses interprètes") Yeah, okay ... but omitting all those wonderful takes he did for Keynote ... I know, including them would have been a violation of PD rules, I assume -- but still, in an ideal world (which I have no reason to expect, I know, right ...)

Rita Hayworth, dude! Rita Hayworth!!!

Btw, would love to lay my hands on the new one, but it's not quite available yet over here (or in the 30-35$ range) ... I'll keep checking!

Okay, thanks - so as I wanted to post initially (but then didn't since wiki and that linked site don't have that info): all the more it's a pity that the large Warner/Atlantic reissue programme in Japana, a few years back, seemed to have skipped these, too! Prompted by the Wilson discussions here, I played his first two Atlantics (and threw in "Virgo Vibes" by Roy Ayers, with Wilson on piano on the second half as well as two bonus tracks) over the weekend. Very nice for sure!

Can we work out a list of all the aliases the LonehillGambitPhonoAmericanJazzClassicsEssentialJazzClassicsSolar crew has used so far? Does Lonehill still exist? I recently bought that double disc set with four big band albums of Urbie Green's (you're to blame for giving one of 'em thumbs up when he died) and it's under the Phono moniker now, no longer Lonehill, although the design looks totally like Lonehill. And I still wonder if Freshsound really has nothing to do with it, although I tend to agree that they're different in what they release and the (relative) amount of care they put into their product. They still offer extremely lousy transfers/sources every once in a while (tape flutter, generally dull sound, records that sound worse and worse the longer they go on ...) -- JazzBeat was another one ... and Groove Hut and earlier the Definitive family (they had two more names for sub-series/labels)

just in case, they are not operating within European law (50 years) - they're Florida based: http://essentialmg.com/about-us/ it's too bad not even Japan seems to bother about the Vault recordings - whom do they actually belong to? Not to any of the major conglomerates? http://www.cvinyl.com/labelguides/vault.php

Ordered via .co.uk as well? It's been "1-3 months" for a while so I'll be happy if I ever get it at all ...

I'll certainly keep buying NoBusiness' releases of older stuff (and I'm throwing in some of their new recordings as well, usually). The Braufman I still need to get ... but I just see that with shipping it's over 40$ -- a bit on the rich side

I try doing so whenever I end up in that situation (if I forget doing it immediately, I might forget until it's too late ...)

My "context" was Nichols so far, not Neidlinger and/or Krystall per se ... but I guess I'll look for the Soul Note disc as well then.

Booker Irving Quartet??? -- My parcel (with Dolphy, Cannon and Etta) was just shipped, guess it'll be a week ... looking foward most of all to the Adderley!

Art Pepper as well -- there's an audience recording in circulation (rec. Sep 1980 from what I could find online).

Since the CD-R question may go back to my remark elsewhere ... I just ordered the three Nichols albums (Neidlinger, Krystall, Alden/Krystall/Neidlinger), and the earliest one, "Blue Chopsticks", I only got a CD-R of ... I guess they're sold out on CDs and in order to keep the music in print sell CD-Rs of it. The other two are proper CDs. And my understanding is that indeed it's Krystall handling it now - quite fast delivery, no problems whatsoever. I'm planning on a second order of another three discs soon (there's one with a track featuring Cecil Taylor I saw, and a few more including Nichols tunes).

Very sad indeed ... will spin some of his Jacques Demy music this weekend, I guess.

Thanks @Brad - forgot to check the uk site, customs is all same now (no uk/fr/de/it tax but swiss tax added since Jan. 1 ... but no more hilarious fees added as earlier).

amazon.fr finally has a release date (tomorrow), but 55€ is a bit steep (other offers range between 60 and 80) ... but I'll keep looking/waiting: https://www.amazon.fr/Monks-Dreams-Complete-Compositions-Thelonious/dp/B07HSLSQ7L

And add to that that the festivals do the same, book the same guys (and happily some more gals) in similar constellations (oh, they were good last years, let's bring them back and replace X with Y this time 'round ... or let's add seasond veteran Z to young group ABC that needn't more than a sammich for pay ...) All the happier I am about the outstanding concert given by Akinmusire's quartet last night ... the first set was probably more than an hour already and quite a trip, the second even longer and full with quite moments this time, including a wonderful hommage to Roy Hargrove ... I love their live album from the Village Vanguard, and consider them to be an outstanding unit--how they can shift gears together, let things roll and then hop on again, change tempos and all that ... threy really have their act together, the material is challenging I guess, but also attractive, and while all four have their own voice, it's a band that is very much more than the sum of its parts.

Those reissues are the continuation of the "Touchstones" series - basic two-fold cardboard sleeves with not liners or booklets, just the dicc inside the right half and a cover "flap" (fold out-like). Nice at the price (around or a somewhat less than 10€ a pop usually). Several in the run that I'm interested in! The Lovano, btw, must rank among the top 3 ugliest ECM covers ever ... looks like your usual us mainstream design of the 90s, noughties or 10s (db covers look about the same - don't get much uglier) and nothing like ECM at all.

Ambrose Akinmusire Quartet tonight - quite excited, as good jazz concerts (i.e. not shows in classical halls that you can't really afford) by musicians from beyond the local scene seem to become more and more rare in Zurich these days ...

I'd buy that Francescatti in a whim! Regarding Rabin, what's wrong with this: https://testament.co.uk/michael-rabin-6-cd-set-for-the-price-of-4.html Don't think EMI (Warner) can better it ... there was an Icon before that ... and Testament has added a set of prev. unpublished recordings: https://testament.co.uk/michael-rabin-3-cd-set.html Not sure what else there is ... but the Masterworks Heritage box by Sony contains an "early recordings" disc by Rabin/Ossy Renardy (and two mighty good discs of Francescatti): https://www.amazon.com/Masterworks-Heritage-Collection-Various/dp/B00CUPQHT6 -- One thing I'd really love to see - that came up when the Dial Mosaic box was announced ... a set of Dial's classcial recordings - take a look at catalognue numbers 1-20 here: https://www.discogs.com/label/50041-Dial-Records-3

I figured that out in the meantime -- and yes, it seems Blake has a hand in this indeed, also came to that conclusion. Got to get this!

Great news for sure! Hope it'll be distributed over here (still no luck with Kimbrough's Monk set, Sunnyside is us only it seems, and I guess it's getting worse ...)

Very sorry to hear this. -- @Guy Berger try the Delmarks if you don't know them yet.

just in case: the complete Dreyfus box has just been reissued in a slightly expanded edition as well (and it costs a 40€ from amazon.fr): https://www.amazon.fr/Complete-Dreyfus-Jazz-Reco/dp/B07HHPZZQ4/ my copy arrived yesterday, sturdy box in the same build as the Vogue boxes, but glossy ... covers are designed LP-like, no liners or booklet, but most (for one album I didn't see any recording date, but I assume that corresponds with the initial info) of the relevant info is printed on the back covers And Petrucciani's five OWL albums were reissued (over a year ago already) as part of another, really cheap box (filmsy stuff, but you get what you pay for, right?): (edit: "five of" seems to be correct, there are more Owl albums?)