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Teddy Wilson - Solo / Big Band just popped in CD1.... finally got this (and have the Satchelmouth box on the way, too)

My discs were wrapped in some flyers... got my order in two packages also, but they got here the same day. Very happy with the music, I must say! The Hemingway ("The Whimbler") and Rob Brown ("Sounds") are mighty good, the two Whit Dickeys are fine, too (though I do need more time there, but with Campbell and Brown... they ought to be good!), the Rumback is quite what I expected of it (got it for Ward/Ajemian, never heard of Rumback or the tenor player), and because the line-up (as/ts/b/d) looks very appealing to me... that leaves the Rudd/Dresser, which is good as well (but hasn't yet been listened to attentively, will d so today, I think).

In the case of that CD which was in The Turnaround? Or maybe thèy took another turn?

I can kind of relate to what gnhrtg and JSngry say about the Konitz, though I've no intentions to sell mine. I love and admire Lee's music and will keep listening to these. The octet album was the only one I've known previously (I've got the LP, also got the LP of the similarly fine Nonet album on Chiaroscuro), and so far it's still my favorite among the five in the box. The one with Peggy Stern, they had it in my high school's library, and that one never clicked with me, still didn't.

With all the wonderful music you just purchased, is that really all that you have to say? It was back then since I'd not played anything by then... but still the packaging is silly. But I've played the Rumback and Blake discs by now, and both are very good!

Just watching "The Hazy Osterwald Story"... pretty funny. And there's a great little "Man with the Golden Arm"/monkey joke while they're in London

btw, of three discs in my order with these silly magnetic digipacks, only one really works, the other two just will remain open... I've often wondered about this packaging when looking at Clean Feed disc in stores, but now I'm finally convinced it's really moronic.

He'd have been scandalously young, but this guy could have been Rava's dad... but the latter's complexion would be somewhat different then

Got my order today - two packages, which was nice - might have just about cost me some VAT and stuff if it had come in one! Happy easter listening ahead!

We certainly had the Gaurdian, didn't we? Seems Connors insisted, thinking he was actaully (huh?) right!

already guessed wrong w/ Harrell. is it bad form to guess twice in a BFT? i have one more guess... Sure, go ahead! Don't know of any bad forms around here... would be delighted to get second round comments or whatever goes through your head!

Oh, "Afro Jazz" would be great! And so would "Hum Dono", of course....

There's a duplified track (and hence another one missing) - not sure, but I think CD2#22 is one of the takes of "Sweet as Can Be" that's duplicated, while "Late in the Evening Blues" is missing.

weezie arse?

Same here! Fabulous band! Quintessential hardbop! The Lugano disc is well worth tracking down (officially, TCB is distributed by Amazon, but not all their releases show up there, and many cost half a kidney).

Stefan, thanks for your thoughts! Some thoughts of mine in response... Again, no names are correct - but you've guess that already #1: Rendell/Carr - interesting! That and the NDR remark on #4 is the closest you got! (Hm, there's also Harriott and ICP/Dorge... kind of circling in ) #12: the piano player is 9 years Jarrett's senior... he's involved in another piece here. I'm hoping for someone to pick out the trumpet player in #8! He might well be the biggest name of all featured here (he's not the leader though). #2: this is of course a different era than Wild Bill, but this guy does indeed sound rather old-fashioned compared to what JOS came up with. Took me a while to dig, but I enjoy him (got two of his albums and some sidemen-appearances, like the one here). #14: there's no tenor there... so not Shepp, for sure

Yep, that CD twofer is fine!

None of the names are correct, of course But Jarrett and Tyner... with those two as reference, it might be possible to identify that pianist, eventually! It's two basses on "Caravan", btw, one doing the bottom chores and the other having some fun on top. Interesting the guesses for Wheeler and Harrell... the guy heard there is a generation older than Harrell (and some years Wheeler's senior, too). More of an "inside" player (though Harrell is a bopper at heart, too... not so much Wheeler!)

Good stuff indeed... I just wished for some more care - the Coltrane disc was quite a letdown, as I was hoping to get the untinkered-with masters on a new "remastered" CD!

Thanks for sharing, EKE! Will surely keep pulling for Mr. Terry!

Ben Webster / Don Byas (the MPS album in a pressing from Jazz Magazine) - lovely stuff!

Happy Birthday, Allen! :party:

I could try and check if there are more single copies of that PM Sings PM around - mini-LP packaging, no notes, no nothing, but they sold plenty of these for roughly 3.50$ in a shop here... drop me a message if you're interested - but as I said, all but one tune are on the Raven compilation CD. The missing track, btw, is the closer, "This Time You Suffer Too". Soloists on the album are Eric Gale (g) and Seldon Powell (ts).

I think there were 3 LPs PM sings PM, which I've got and lurve Blues, & then some, which I used to have but it got fucked up and also lurved PM is a blues master, which I never heard but my friend said was great. Dan, is this available now? I'll get one if it is. MG It's available and very good! The first of the albums, PM sings PM, is also part of one of those big Sony essential something albums boxes and is excellent! All but one of its tracks are on the RCA years compilation, while the two other albums are present with about half their tracks. Too bad they didn't do a 2CD set and include all there is!