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The usual BN bias was working here, the first Pell I got was the CD reissue of his Craziest Dreams album on Capitol (which in my book is worth having if only for the bonus session, the lone Don Fagerquist leader date I think, besides his excellent octet album on Mode/VSOP). Haven't gotten much further with Pell yet, only heard the Rodges/Hart album (Freshsound CD), which isn't bad at all. He might be on an LP I have, too, but a quick google search didn't help, will have to look for it at home.

"Five Points" is the only bonus track on my OJC Intensity, manufactured in Germany. Sorry for the confusion there - one session had two bonus cuts, I thought that was the "Intensity" one but didn't check again... anyway, "The Way It Was" has bonus material not on other OJCs, that's for sure.

http://www.mosaicrecords.com/prodinfo.asp?number=187-MD-CD It's been around for a loooong time - not that I would intend to create any panic, or some such, but then it's really a terrific set, and possibly by now easier to get than the OJC CDs!

Yes, I forgot to say that the HRS is absolutely great!

My 2 cents - If Lonehill has a good reissue - get it! If the legit label ever issues it - get that also. Yes, that's by now my policy, too - and those Hodges/Davis releases are on my list...

That one contains the two HRS sessions under Stewart's leadership, correct? © Rex Stewart's Big Seven Rex Stewart (cor), Lawrence Brown (tb), Barney Bigard (cl), Billy Kyle (p), Brick Fleagle (g), Wellman Braud (b), Dave Tough (d). NYC July 23, 1940 76396-B Cherry HRS 2004, Riv RLP 144 76397-A Solid Rock HRS 2005, Riv RLP 144 76398-A Bugle Call Rag HRS 2005, Riv RLP 144 76399-A Diga Diga Doo HRS-2004, Riv RLP 144 Note: Until this set, the unaccomanied trumpet introduction of "Solid Rock" appeared only on the original 78 issue. (U) Rex Stewart's Big Four Rex Stewart (cor), Billy Kyle (p), John Levy (b), Cozy Cole (d). NYC, c.July 1947 1072-2 Flim Flam HRS 1041, Riv RLP144 1073-2 Blues Kicked The Bucket HRS 1040, Riv RLP144 1074-1 Madeleine HRS 1040, Riv RLP144 1074-3 Madeleine (alt) previously unissued 1075-2 Loopin' Lobo HRS 1041, Riv RLP144 additionally these HRS session also feature Stewart - is any of those used to fill up the CD? (D) Jack Teagarden's Big Eight Rex Stewart (cor), Jack Teagarden (tb,vcl-1), Barney Bigard (cl), Ben Webster (ts), Billy Kyle (p), Brick Fleagle (g), Billy Taylor (b), Dave Tough (d). NYC December 15, 1940 R3414 St. James Infirmary -1 HRS 2006, Riv RLP141 R3415 The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise HRS 2007, Riv RLP141 R3416 Big Eight Blues HRS 2007, Riv RLP141 R3417 Shine HRS 2006, 1051, Riv RLP141 Note: "Shine" was assigned a new master number 1088 on HRS 1051. (S) Brick Fleagle's Rhythmakers Rex Stewart (cor), Billy Taylor (p), Brick Fleagle (g), Chocolate Williams (b, vcl-1), Jimmy Crawford (d). NYC, May 5, 1947 1064-1 They'll Do It Every Time-1 HRS 1036 1065-4 On You, It Looks Good-1 HRS 1036 1066-2 Wig Wham Blues (aka Green Light)-1 HRS 1037 1067-2 Blue Stew (aka Jive Junction) HRS 1037 Note: HRS 1036 is issued as by Chocolate Williams with Brick Fleagle's Rhythmakers. HRS 1037 lists the composer for 1066 and 1067 as Johnson, but the company's publishing files confirm that they are written by Rex Stewart. Anyone knows how/why some of the HRS dates ended up on OJC albums (and CDs), or rather on Riverside? here's the album list from the Mosaic disco, also albums on Atlantic and other labels were released with HRS material: Atlantic 10" 116 title unknown - possibly not issued Atlantic 10" 126 Pee Wee Russell Atlantic 1206 Sidney Bechet & Muggsy Spanier-Duets Allegro 1643 Jazz All-Stars Ultraphonic 8043 reissue of above Halo 50229 reissue of above Riv RLP 138/139 Sidney Bechet - In Memorium Riv RLP 141 Jack Teagarden's Big Eight/Pee Wee Russell's Rhythmakers OJC 1708 reissue of above OJCCD 1708-2 CD reissue of above Riv RLP 142 The Classic Swing of Buck Clayton OJC 1709 reissue of above OJCCD 1709-2 CD reissue of above Riv RLP 143 Giants Of Small Band Swing - Volume 1 OJC 1723 reissue of above OJCCD 1723-2 CD reissue of above Riv RLP 144 Rex Stewart And The Ellingtonians OJC 1710 reissue of above OJCCD 1710-2 CD reissue of above Riv RLP 145 Giants Of Small Band Swing - Volume 2 OJC 1724 reissue of above OJCCD 1724-2 CD reissue of above

No one told me about this place until March 14, so I'll wait a few days to celebrate... Seriously: even though I'm one who still is sad about some of the recent uproars and people who quit after that, this is still my favourite (and actually the only) place to discuss jazz and other things... and right in time I first heard randissimo's old man play that great tenor solo on Herman's "Blues Groove" - way to go!

I just ordered The Way It Was and Smack Up - the two missing Contemporary discs (from the first Contemporary period, that is - not sure there really was y second one or were those just a few of the comeback albums and then some live stuff? Or are those on Galaxy? Anyway, it all used to be Fantasy/OJCCDs, so I didn't look that closely). Nate: some of the alternates and additional tracks were added to the actual albums - "Intensity" has two bonus titles that are also on "The Way It Was", I think (but it's been a week since I checked - I have the LoneHill "Freewheelin'" twofer which has the date with Marsh but none of the alternates from that one, and some of the alternates from the other dates have not been added to the respective CD reissues, so I did order it anyway, even more so as Lonehill is not my favourite way to have the music...) About the Coltrane influence, the one thing which I really did find a bit of a bad recording is the Jazz Casual show - there, as far as I can hear it, Pepper is in the midst of a struggle, torn between himself and Coltrane. Generally I'm in the camp that prefers late Pepper - the Galaxy box is fantastic to my ears, and the Vanguard box is almost up there! I found my way to Pepper via early recordings (the three Blue Note CDs now in a Mosaic Select, then the old LP Pepper Mosaic, the Tampas on VSOP and OJC...), then I got the Galaxy box and was really blown away. Only after that I went on to explore the late 50s albums on Contemporary that most seem to consider the best bunch of his career. I agree they're all very good ("Intensity" is beyond very good, that's the favourite of the bunch, for me). But the raw emotion in his later recordings is what wins me over. It starts in "Living Legend" and "The Trip", I think the two later Contemporary albums that I'm aware of. And then it goes all the way through the Galaxy albums and the later live releases, too. The Hollywood sessions box is a notch below, I think, though there are of course many glorious moments on it and it's absolutely woth having (as is everything he ever recorded, in my opinion - he's among my favourite musicians, that's for sure)! PS: why the hell were the piano trio tracks left off the Pepper/Sims Fantasy/Pablo live CD? There was more than enough space, and the liners mention what the trio played... and how the hell could a couple of trio tracks by Victor Feldman, Ray Brown and Billy Higgins do any harm?!?

Idem I thought was... Tim is those Membran/Original Long Play/Quadromania etc. guys, yes? They're german, I think - www.membran.net is their site. Hm, kind of weird: http://www.membran.net/Impressum/index.html Seems to be based in Ireland, but I'm sure that's only for some tax or whatever reasons (though Liechtenstein seems to be the majority of wealthy German's choice... )

The blues. these were my first two thoughts (actually Cannonball was first) - but neither is really true, I guess... I sort of stopped listening up to particular kinds of music or artists or specific albums to "modify" my mood(s), but there are a few that I often used to play in such situations, for instance Kenny Burrell's "Midnight Blue" or the title track off Green's "Idle Moments". Also Coltrane, "A Love Supreme" or "Crescent".

I assume you are talking about the 28 Oct., 1940 session issued earlier on Jazz Archives JA-6 and JA-42? That's the session I was under the assumption everybody was talking about in this thread... I have no idea about that, but as I have mentioned owning this session as part of the Christian Sony 4CD box (maybe I wasn't clear enough, the genius one with all the official material), I assume that part of your post wasn't directed at me, really... Fer, I'll have to play the tracks from the Spiritual to Swing concert again and compare. I've known them for a while but the studio session was new to me and I was simply blown away by it - that doesn't mean that the live tracks aren't even better, of course!

yes, same here - and as I said, I do like "Desire" a lot, too, though I'd not consider it innovative or anything... I can sort of see 1968 as kind of end of a period or something... "New Morning" was nice, too, but nothing big, "Planet Waves" again though is highly enjoyable... the Peckinpah soundtrack, well... too bad everyone had to cover Knockin' on Heaven's door, it's not *that* bad, really... and the Nashville album... a very mixed bunch what he did in 70-75! Definitely as a whole not on the level of say 1964-68. Still have to read your piece, Allen, but thanks for putting it up here!

that session with Prez, Christian and Basie is one of the marvels of small group swing, in my opinion! only heard all of it last year, when I finally got myself a copy of that christian 4CD box - the session with Prez and Basie clearly is among the highlights!

my girlfriend upgraded her copy of Blood on the Tracks and i vaguely remember being astonished ( ) by the difference (more than with any other such upgrade)... my favorite album is Desire, followed by Blonde on Blonde... (but i don't know all) thanks, so I might consider upgrading blonde on blonde, blood, bringing it back/subterrenean homesick blues (or what's the bloody title again?) and also finally getting my own copy of highway 61, I've held my dad's hostage for years now... also john wesley harding... hm, will have to think this over, but desire has a few songs great enough for me to replace my scratched CD fast! oh, knocked out loaded and down in the groove are two more I don't own - how about them? saw him live three times, last time was fairly recent (I think that was that april tour someone mentioned here, with no opening act), first time in 1990 I think... my first rock/pop/whatever non-classical concert...

Go for it ! done - and this looks great! and except for the VMEs, the few Mobley cuts on Diz & Getz and the film music twofer, the rest is new to me, some of it looks very interesting!

hm, I must have missed this thread before... been a Dylan fan a few years before starting with jazz, and always kept loving his music. last night I caught "I'm Not There", finally (Cate Blanchett is terrific! The young boy is quite a treat, too... Gere is as lame as always, but he sort of fits in nicely... oh, and of course there's Charlotte Gainsbourg, too... drool...) anyway, the 65/66 albums remain my most cherished, other favourites being Blood, Desire, John Wesley Harding, Love and Theft... but also New Morning, the Basement Tapes (I think I only have the official version, but I'll have to dig into all those Dylan boots I've downloaded in recent years), Time Out of Mind and Oh Mercy. One of the more astonishing things is that even on weak albums like that one ugly 80s thing, there's a very good song, like in that case the beautiful "Dark Eyes". I'll have to replace my 80s CD of "Desire" - brings to mind I've never upgraded andy of those old Dylan CDs (I have most of them, except for Pat Garrett - seen the Peckinpah film though, good one -, Dylan, Self-Portrait, Street Legal and the other christian one... Slow Train I have and quite like, but it's not his "natural" sound, though it's a great sound, what with the memphis horns etc)

yesterday: Art Farmer/Gigi Gryce - When Farmer Met Gryce (Concord/Universal OJC) Red Garland - Red Garland's Piano (RVG) Pat Martino - El Hombre (RVG) good to see an album like the Farmer/Gryce getting re-printed by the new owners/distributors! today, if it's still at the shop: the Dizzy Gillespie Philips Mosaic, for about the Mosaic prize or even a bit less, with some discount I have - and no crazy shipping costs and no taxes either...

hey there, Big Al! sorry for not following up earlier, but I did enjoy our collective chanting here

Herman Capitol disc 3 - to be continued with discs 4-6

Happy Birthday, Garth! :party: (I just played a nice recent live broadcast of McCoy Mrubata's!)

Happy Birthday! :party:

PM sent, looking forward!

today: Roy Eldridge discs 6 & 7 then to prepare for the newly arrived Herman Select, the V-Disc 2CD Hep set

phew, just got my shipping confirmation (not exactly... but that mail were they state that the order has completed and will ship within 24 hours...) :excited:

anything goes