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I'll top that by saying it will be THE cornerstone of your Parker collection! Wonderful set!

I thought "Double Barrelled Soul" was pretty good. Other than that I only have "Tobacco Road" from that period. Agreed though that anything I've heard from the Prestige years is better. Got the "Live!" twofer in just yesterday!

Belated congratulations, Tony! And all the best for 2011!

You can get the downloads from eMusic or Amazon and probably iTunes. There are a fair number of new and used copies of the box itself from resellers floating about on Amazon, but no idea how long they will last. You guys convinced me (esp. Chuck) and now there is one fewer... You won't regret it!

Is there a discography of Disc 4 of #1 band set floating around (aside from the booklet inside the box of course)? I have the Mosaic, so am unlikely to get this for just the live sessions, but I might look at other ways of obtaining the live material. (I didn't see a specific CD release that had the same material, but maybe it is spread over a few CDs.) Thanks! Besides the live disc, America's #1 Band includes 40+ tracks not in the Mosaic set - band tracks after Lester left town, 12 octet tracks and some rhythm section material. You get Byas, Hawk, Lucky, Illinois, Wardell and Rouse in place of Young. I think between this and the Clef/Verve Mosaic, you have the entirety of the official octet studio material, right?

Haven't counted them for many years... a rough guess: about 800 non-jazz CDs, somewhere between 6000 and 7000 jazz CDs... and around 200 LPs.

Is there a discography of Disc 4 of #1 band set floating around (aside from the booklet inside the box of course)? I have the Mosaic, so am unlikely to get this for just the live sessions, but I might look at other ways of obtaining the live material. (I didn't see a specific CD release that had the same material, but maybe it is spread over a few CDs.) Thanks! The main thing is the Famous Door broadcast - Pres is just unbelievable there! ... Hope this helps... Just as a note of warning: the info I give above is far from complete... and I'm in no way sure there aren't more recent (than my info, that is) releases where the music could be found more easily. Thanks! Very helpful. I'll see if I can track some of these down. It is a shame that some European outfit hasn't pulled together this material into one place. Oh, that would be a huge effort - there are so many Basie broadcasts around! And the sound of the Famous Door stuff on the 4CD set is so good - no way you'd ever get that with the pirates!

Ok, I got the box finally... bit of a letdown. LOTS of duplication (more than I expected, but I guess I should have checked more closely). Here's a quick rundown I made for my own use: CD1 #1-5: from JATP Vol. 15 (Mercury MG Vol. 15) CD1 #6-10: from JATP Vol. 16 (Clef MG Vol. 16) CD1 #11-14: from JATP Vol. 17 (Clef MG Vol. 17) CD1 #15-17 + CD2 #1-2: JATP Vol. 18 (Clef MG Vol. 18) CD2 #3-11: from OP Trio at the Stratford Shakespearean Festival (Verve MGV 8024) * CD3 #1-2: from Jazz at the Hollywood Bowl (Verve MGV 8231-2) ** CD3 #3-6: from OP Trio with Roy Eldridge, Sonny Stitt and Joe Jones at Newport (Verve MGV 8239) *** CD3 #7-14: from OP Trio at the Concertgebouw (Verve MGV 8268) CD4 #1-5: MJQ and OP3 at the Opera House (Verve MGV 8269) CD4 #6-12: from On the Town with the OP3 (Verve MGV 8287) **** CD4 #13-14: studio session, from "The Golden Striker" (Verve EPV 5088) ***** *) the 4CD box does NOT contain the two bonus tracks from the 1993 CD **) OP also accompanied the opening jam set (with Sweets, Eldridge, Jacquet, Phillips and Buddy Rich) - not included ***) only the trio half is included ****) the CD from 2001 contains loads of bonus tracks - not included in the 4CD set *****) the EP also contained two cuts from the 1955 session for "OP Plays Count Basie" Hence just the JATP stuff (CD1 and CD2#1-2), the Hollywood Bowl cuts (CD3#1-2) and the bonus (CD4#13-14) is really new to me. All the rest is available on Verve CDs. In addition, I'm sorry, but I have doubts about the legitimacy of this release... it looks cheaply done - same one photo on the box, the booklet, the four discs... crappy photos in the booklet, look like 7-pixel-screenshots off an old b/w tv... very crappy liner notes, just quickly running down the origins and development of the OP trio. But then I have no way to know who this Compagnie de Droits Audiovisuels (in short: Coda) really is. A bit of hackjob, the whole thing... and for what it is and what comparable release tend to cost these days, 25€ or maybe 30€ is the maximum I'd spend on this (the price on amazon.fr is going up and down, it seems).

Is there a discography of Disc 4 of #1 band set floating around (aside from the booklet inside the box of course)? I have the Mosaic, so am unlikely to get this for just the live sessions, but I might look at other ways of obtaining the live material. (I didn't see a specific CD release that had the same material, but maybe it is spread over a few CDs.) Thanks! The main thing is the Famous Door broadcast - Pres is just unbelievable there! America's #1 Band - CD4: #1-10 - Famous Door, NYC, 1939-07-15 All on: Masters of Jazz (F)MJCD158 [CD, titled "Count Basie - Volume 11 - 1939 - Complete Edition"] Jazz Arch JA42 has some of it, but misses "Boogie Woogie Blues" and "White Sails", as well as the opening and closing "One O'Clock Jump" #11-12 - Savoy Ballroom, NYC - 1937-06-30 This was a longer broadcast (eleven titles plus the theme at the end) and the 4CD set only contains the two tracks with Billie Holiday singing. They were on Columbia C3L 21 in 1964. The list of releases is way too long to paste in here and various releases didn't contain the entire set. But all is on: Masters of Jazz (F)MJCD48 [CD, titled "Count Basie - Volume 4 - 1937 - Complete Edition"] #13 - Meadowbrook Lounge, Cedar Grove, NJ - 1937-11-03 Another lengthy broadcast (eight titles) and again the 4CD set contains the one track with Billie Holiday, which also was on Columbia C3L 21. All is on: Masters of Jazz (F)MJCD49, Jazz Archives JA73, all but the theme on EPM (F)FDC5502 (CD), all but the theme and the Holiday cut on Forlane UCD19007, all but the Holiday cut on Jazz Soc 67410, all but the Holiday cut and "Moten Swing" on Alamac (It)Q22412. I guess that's about it... #14 - Panther Room, Chicago, IL - 1939-06-05 This is just a two-tunes broadcast, the other being "Darktown Strutter's Ball" (said to be just a theme song - not that I knew). Both are on: Jazz Arch JA41, Vintage Jazz Classics VJC1033 "Moten Swing" (the track in the 4CD set) is also on: Joker (It)SM3969 #15-19 - Southland Theatre Restaurant, Boston, MA - 1940-02-20 The 4CD has the whole broadcast except for the opening "One O'Clock Jump", a "Riff Interlude" following "Ebony Rhapsody", and a Helen Humes vocal feature, "If I Could Be with You". Three releases seem to have the whole broadcast: Jazz Soc AA512, EPM FDC552, Jazz Archives JA75 Various others miss the Humes track and/or the theme. The Masters of Jazz discs didn't seem to get that far, I have Vol. 11 (the one with the Famous Door material) but know of no later ones. #20-22 - Café Society Uptown, NYC - 1941-09-20, 1941-10-10, 1941-09-29 One cut from each date, in that sequence. Seems most of these cuts came out on Jazz Unlimited, easiest to find may be "Café Society Uptown 1941" (JUCD2006/7 2CD set) - but there are missing cuts. And discographically, these sessions seem to be a mess... Hope this helps... Just as a note of warning: the info I give above is far from complete... and I'm in no way sure there aren't more recent (than my info, that is) releases where the music could be found more easily.

Can anyone comment on these two? I do realise the Scott is off-topic here, but they're both on Candid and from Les Tompkins archives (or so they say) hence I though I'd ask about it here as well. I've got the Tubby. It consists of several long jams, and the sound is good. The tracks with Sal Nistico are excellent, and it's interesting to hear Cat Anderson in this context. The "interview" at the end of disc two is casual, to say the least, but it's nice to hear Tubby and Sal's conversational voices. Recommended. Sounds good, thanks! Nistico is a player I have lots of respect for... though he's totally under-represented in my collection so far. He digs into the music and he does know his way around the tenor sax! I figured it must at least be interesting to hear him and Tubby play together. Will get this one sometime soon. Can anyone comment on the "Lament" disc, now that it's been out a while?

Figured that out... the same two cuts ("A Night in Tunisia" and "Laker's Day") are also on the Proper set - but it seems he also appeared on a third cut ("Jazz at the Flamingo") released on Tempo TAP 5, as well as on a fourth unreleased cut ("I Want to Be Happy"). Now why is "Jazz at the Flamingo" not included? Because them bootleggers just copy what the others have dug out already? This one's more confusing... the two tracks on the Flamingo/Futurenoise set are "Beryl's Bounce" and "Odd Man Out". The first is part of the Crombie session from 1958-06-18 (which yielded five titles, another five were done 1958-07-23, including one featuring Tubby on vibes with just the rhythm section). However, "Odd Man Out" is nowhere to be found... but the 3CD set says it's from the June 18 date as well. Weird. Did they dig up a rarity here? And what about the rest of that Crombie album ("Tony Crombie and His Men") - crappy stuff, or why wouldn't they have included more of it on the 3CD set?

Mr. C D. Sharpe e.e. cummings

just a CDR - unwilling to shelve out 20£ for a used disc... And I'm afraid while I like it, it doesn't grab me as much as some of the Fontanas.

Dr. Jekyll Roger McGuinn Guinevere

Gee, I did cave in and got the Flamingo 3CD set - the price was right... spinning it now, those Tony Kinsey sides are indeed rather on the easy side, but nice. I've got some Jazz Couriers two or three times now, but still miss other stuff by them... the Avid 2CD set will fill another gap (and triplicate or quadruplicate some). Is there a GOOD discography somewhere? Also on Crombie and Kinsey? What's up with those two tracks each from Crombie/Ronnie Scott "Jazz at the Flamingo" (Ember EMB 3337) and "Tony Crombie and His Men" (Columbia 33SX1119) that are on the Flamingo set? Are those the only cuts of these two albums that Tubbs is on, or that he solos on? Or else why wouldn't they have included the rest, there's plenty of space left on the discs! Also, more unreleased music has come out, it seems... not just the "Lament" disc pictured above (haven't got it yet), but also these: and a similar looking one by Ronnie Scott: Can anyone comment on these two? I do realise the Scott is off-topic here, but they're both on Candid and from Les Tompkins archives (or so they say) hence I though I'd ask about it here as well. There's so much Tubby around, I'm really at a loss where to continue... got the Propoer set, the Flammingo set, "The First and Last Words" and "Some of My Best Friends are Blues" by the Jazz Couriers, "Down in the Village" and "Late Spot at Scott's" as well as the five Fontanas I needed (skipped the one with Moody and Kirk, got that in the Rahsaam box). Also got "Addictive Tendencies" most recently... So, what else do I need?

Thank you for all the music! r.i.p.

But now... am I still allowed to enjoy the music of Elvis (one of my big discoveries of this year) - or do I automatically turn into a lie then... and even worse, get a member of the SS? (Will they find that I signed entry papers in 1933, even though I was born a mere 46 years later?)

I'll gladly take the download, Jeff!

You might be thinking about this one: The liner notes give the date as November 2, 1949, but the actual date (as asserted by a poster on the old BNBB) was February 11, 1949 (2/11/49 rather than 11/2/49, in American parlance). No, I thought there was one release with a date given that must be some years off... could it still be the London recording? Coleman Hawkins died in May 1969 and I read somewhere that his final recording stem from 1966! Ah yes, mystery solved... the London set is from November 26, 1966, it seems. So says the (german) book on Hawkins by Teddy Doering (one of these Oreos "Collection Jazz" books subtitled "Sein Leben - Seine Musik - Seine Schallplatten", in english: "his life - his music - his records"), p. 221: My own translation: "This concert recording's CD release gives March 1969 as date of recodring, hence the title of the CD is "In London 1969", which can't be correct by any means. In March 1969, Hawkins' health wasn't strong enough to allow him to go on a JATP tour through yurp, and even less strong enough to play so well. The original double LP came with correct information." So I might not have read it on the webs anywhere but right there in that book... But thanks mjzee anyway, wasn't aware of the US/euro date confusion with the 1949 set! So, it's this one that gives a wrong date:

Bumping this one... wasn't there a Pablo package that's not from the date it said? A search here didn't turn anything up, I thought it might be the "J.A.T.P. in London 1969" set? Or was it the Stockholm one (which I don't have yet)? Just dimly remember something but can't bring it together anymore...

Yep, all the best to everyone! Will have some celebration with family tonight and tomorrow night... will bring the June Christy with me

Would that be Bob Cooper providing the tenor fills and occasional solo? Anyone has any info on the line-up? Sounds like a band full of cracks!

Ok, just got mine and am 15 minutes in by now - nice!

I guess I'll get mine in time for x-mas 2012 It's been in the mail since Dec. 9 but not trace of it yet

Will definitely get it, the IoW performance is terrific! And just as Mike, I'll be happy to have it audio only, as I rarely put on DVDs... Most people seem to have remembered the Tiny Tim show and switched off when Miles came on ! There was a documentary on TV the other night showing some IOW 1970 footage (a bit of Miles) with one of the local old ladies serving tea and cucumber sandwiches to a gaggle of hippies. As a freebie too. Some fun documentation is in the Hendrix IoW film, too... similar stories... also how the small population of that island was virtually run over by the thousands and thousands of people attending these concerts (and they all had to get there with a ferry, I assume...)