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ain't life grand?

Well, the earlier Granz dates are surely a mixed bunch, but still I've never fully connected to the recordings with OP.

Agree with John L here - but Allen's point is valid, too. No fan wants to be without any of this material. The saddest, to me, is "Laughing to Keep from Crying"... but then the cover and the poignancy of the title... well, I love all things Pres

Hey, I *love* the Barry Sisters!

Thanks again! Had a good day, nice dinner out in the evening... and got invited to the Sharon Jones gig in Zurich in May (as I'd been hoping ), donated to Giuseppi Logan's new project, ordered me some new stuff (that Eddie Rozner 2CD set, Satchmo's Complete Town Hall Concert and a very cheap copy of "Satchmo the Great", finally the two Lifetime albums I've been wanting for years, "Emergency!" and "Turn It Over", as well as the Loretta Lynn 3CD set... that will keep me busy for a while). All of this good stuff has been overshadowed by the news first of Levon Helm's sad state and just now his death - damn! Playing CD2 of "The Last Waltz" box as I'm typing this... best rock band ever, best rock drummer ever, and a fantastic singer, too!

Levon Helm Lives! r.i.p. Levon Helm. Thank you so very much for the magnificient music made with The Band and later on. Very, very sad.

Agreed on the Coleman/Lafitte! Got that one and the wonderful Websters on CD... Webster's LP "Midnight at the Montmartre" I also have... wonderful wonderful music! "Stormy Weather" - whoah! That's some deep shit! I got that LP for free (!) while I was still in high school, at a great little record store in Zurich, where I bought some stuff and then they let me have that one with it... still love them for it, though the store moved out of town and the original owner ain't there no more. Don^t know the Hines and Byas material yet, the Griffins ("Live at the Jazzhus Montmartre", two vols.) I've got on Jazz Colours cheapo discs - fantastic music indeed! Same here, judging from what little I know about vinyl... bought the Stitt w/McGhee (okay session, but not that good, really) and Helen Humes' "On the Sunny Side of the Street" last year somewhere in Germany (darn, was it in Essen or in Bochum? I can't remember!). The other LP I've got is Pettiford's "Vienna Blues". Another fine one!

Yeah, they really just want to play.

I recurr.

Thanks for your comments, MG! Interesting read on various accounts (of course I expected you to dislike several tracks, maybe I should have issued some kind of warning )

Dammit, this makes me so sad. Listening to "The Last Waltz" right now... Levon's the best! Love the SOUND of his drums!

Who me? I didn't do anything! Thanks everyone!

found on ebay: Wonderful record, one of those that changed my listening habits. Still have my copy. I'd *love* to find that one!

The encore from "The Last Waltz" - that one is FUNKY! Funky as hell! How Levon and Danko lock in the groove together, so sparse, so seemingly simple... but darn! To me, they're the best rock band of all times! And Helm singing and kicking his drums at the same time is something else!

Thanks a lot, everyone! Boring office day, but will have dinner at a nice little place tonight... and get some books and (hopefully) an invitation to Sharon Jones' gig in May! (missed both her previous two gigs in town)

Absolutely!

r.i.p. Teddy Charles

Very, very sad.

Reminds me how slow I am in catching up with new releases... just got his "Beyond the Wall" today, and haven't even listened attentively to "Standard of Language" yet.

Unless they bring Fred Hopkins back, it's no real Air show.

For Europeans the good place it get it for merely €6 (this is a double CD) is amazon.it: http://www.amazon.it/Dynasty-Stan-Getz/dp/B001NHZ2PW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1333896809&sr=8-1 This is excellent release, indeed. My favorite Getz at the moment is his live one from '75 "My Foolish Heart". I barely listen to jazz these days, but Getz is once of the few exceptions. As disc two of my old Polygram edition has quickly gotten holes (!) in it (there's just plastic there, you can see through on a few spots) after I'd bought it used in very good condition, I have a set from amazon.it on its way now... could rip (and can still play) the bonustrack, luckily! It was the dreaded foam rubber btw, inserted in the back of the jumbo jewel case, that stuck to the disc and would hardly come off again, revealing said holes once it was peeled off (peel slowly and see... ha!)

Saw a pile of mint (or near mint or whatever) Jazz Tribune 2LP sets at a very good price (roughly 8-9€)... got Earl Hines Vols. 1/2 and 3/4, left behind Vols. 1/2, 3/4, 5/6 and 7/8 of Ellington (got the big RCA CD-box), the Chu Berry (got the Mosaic), the Bunny Berigan (got all the Chronogicals - should I still get the Tribune? please advise!), the Fletcher Henderson (which I do have on CD). I've also got Vols. 1/2 and 5/Panassié by Bechet and the Dizzy (because sound on the 2CD set isn't that... lively). Still waiting for a good copy of Vol. 3/4 of Bechet to turn up somewhere (I'm wary of buying LPs via the internets, mostly). Anyway, also got: Tomasz Stanko - Purple Sun (Calig) Arthur Blythe - The Grip (India Navigation) Lee Konitz - Yes, Yes, Nonet (Steeplechase) Steve Reich - Music for 18 Musicians (ECM) and a wonderful Japanese reissue (MV 2100) of "Jazz Samba Encore", which is my favorite of Getz' bossa platters...

Yeah, great news! I'll jump at each of them!