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Yup, very good music!

Satchmo and Kenny G ... oh, wait!

Indeed, Byas wasn't served too well so far ... there was another disc of his predating the black digipack series, but I never actually saw it for sale anywhere. I'd still love someone serious re-do those cheapo Definitive boxes and compile all his American and European sessions from those years - there's lots of wonderful music to be found there!

I'd not hold my breath ... but yeah, and if they include "Zodiac" I will get the next box, too - that's for sure! They did take a few silly decisions here though, I find - like including halves or thirds of previous discs. I didn't check, but does it say anything about remasterings? I'd have expected this box to use the ones from the "Original Vogue Masters" series (ca. 1997-2000 mostly, and sounding alright to my ears).

Oh, sure it's common knowledge, but I still get the impression - and heavily so! - that his fanboys are in full denial mode (and that includes with one or two notable exceptions all his heirs and profiteers).

So gardening is important but sexual orientation is not? Frankly, the mind boggles. I'm entirely with Larry here. I also cringe about all the Wagner jubilee activities where they totally ignore his blatant antisemitism (he wrote that one essay in Zurich and he's being celebrated all over here, but not a word one hears). It's all part of the big picture -

Damn, it's the other Hill I need!

Only got hold of the Singer recently ... and yes, it's fine indeed! Go get it, MG! (edited for typo)

Oh, wow! I had no idea, thanks!

Oh, I do! Rollins I missed once, but caught him another time, saw Mitchell in a very strong solo performance once, but never yet Ornette - no one willing to pay his fees in rich Switzerland, I guess. Okay, obviously those locations where he'd fit aren't rich at all ... and the high-brow places that do book Rollins have no use for Ornette's - or Taylor's - music, alas.

I guess I can gladly book that under "superfluous" ... no need to re-buy stuff again and again, I'd rather see the few remaining rarities out and around. And maybe - despite Cuscuna's reluctancy - the odd unissued/canned session, too.

Ram Ramirez Carlos the Jackal Jack the Ripper

Happy Birthday!

Exactly. Sorry I wasn't clearer. Beside his playing....you really have to marvel at it all. One of those I will road trip/fly to anything I can, Oh, okay - I thought you meant something like he was in decline or some other negative thing. Glad it's the other way 'round! I only had one chance to see him live so far - in duo with Tony Oxley -, travelled quite a bit, too (including a stay overnight), and it was more than worth it!

What's the state of EMI anyway? Whom do they belong to, and do those have any interest in releasing any jazz at all? In classical, they seem to run their new productions mainly via Virgin Classics, but EMI itself seems to have mostly turned into a reissues operation. Wish it were at least that in jazz, but it's rather totally quantité négligeable there, it seems (no matter if Was or not).

What's that supposed to mean?

Castor & Pollux Orpheu & Euridice Philemon & Baucis

So you got your BMW 3 series in the meantime?

My favourite is still "Soul Station" - but then I love many of the fifties BN dates including the very first quartet 10" album, which is kind of the Jazz Messengers featuring Mobley ... the Jazz Messengers material is brilliant, too, both the Silver as well as the Café Bohemia - some of my favourite music! And the re-union is terrific as well, with Lee Morgan and Hank Mobley - I totally love the groove they get into on "Chicken an' Dumplins"!

Happy Birthday!

That's easy, it's segment/day 20! Why didn't they look for a good guitar player? Oh, wait, the answer is: Wheels of Fire! Depends on how far you're willing to go. Mine wouldn't be that much later than the ultimate concert with Pigpen.

Had a quick glance and read the paragraph on Carl Van Vechten - his novel is definitely worth reading! Will have a closer look, this does look like an interesting list, after all!

wronging notes is a mean thing anyway, they don't have any means to defend themselves ...

You forgot about Lenin and the dadaist movement ... that one's actually real (well, maybe ... Hugo Ball writes about the balalaika orchestra playing at Cabaret Voltaire and some weird Russian-looking chap visiting).

Where/when was this article (the one in the original post) actually published? and why is my font auto-adjusted to smallest size?