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I hope thou asketh for a supplement now that the main gift has turned out to be so much cheaper! I'm hesitating if I should pre-order it or if I should just wait until it turns up in local shops - there's one of those cheapo German Media Markt shops around here which usually was where I got these sets, for about 2/3 of what the other shops asked... hell, I guess I'll go with this amazon prize... won't get much cheaper, I assume...

ah well, I'm just plain wrong... it was the Hodges chair he had, anyway... Hodges came back later as we all know (but I won't say he replaced Jefferson, since maybe Procope replaced Jefferson and Hodges thus replaced Procope... ) Hilton Jefferson's replacement was the boppish Rick Henderson, whom Duke for some reason very rarely gave solo space. Henderson held that chair throughout the entire Capitol period actually (Jefferson was only on the 1952 Columbia sides). Russell Procope was there all along! He replaced Otto Hardwick in 1946 and remained until the end. Rick Henderson was an interesting choice. When Hodges left, Duke replaced him with a fellow Swing Era star, Willie Smith, but he left after just a year. He was then replaced with another Swing Era veteran, Hilton Jefferson, who stayed an even shorter time. Perhaps Duke therefore decided to try something different in the young Henderson. But in late 1955 Hodges came back to the safety, and I think Duke was very pleased with that! I find it regrettable though that Willie Smith didn't stay longer. He fitted well into the band (musically anyway), and fortunately there are both live recordings and soundies in addition to the studio recordings, that document his stint with the band. Thanks for that lengthy comment... so I also mixed up Jefferson with Henderson... god, I ought to earn double the money for half as much work or something so I have more time to actually listen to my CDs... I love Willie Smith (mainly from Lunceford's band, of course) - too bad he didn't last longer with Duke, indeed! I know Procope was there all the time... but then except for the stray clarinet solo that can be very, very good, he isn't that much of a presence as a soloist (though I assume as a lead player he was great, or Duke wouldn't have kept him all the way!)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000TLMWMO/ Great stuff ! The best news all week. ye olde royal hycropite!

Does Amazon UK automatically subtract the VAT on orders shipped to the US? amazon UK, Germany and France always did that for my orders - I guess that applies to all foreign orders, then... edit: just put something in your shopping bag and continue as if you'd order, the prize will be adjusted before you have to finalize the order.

ah well, I'm just plain wrong... it was the Hodges chair he had, anyway... Hodges came back later as we all know (but I won't say he replaced Jefferson, since maybe Procope replaced Jefferson and Hodges thus replaced Procope... )

I wonder, is this the record labels' new pricing strategy for stuff of limited/historical interest? this has been the normal retail prize over here for all of these Miles boxes (except of course those with less discs, BB and IASW, mainly, JJ was almost the same as the 6CD ones). when's the european release date?

I liked it a lot. Maybe it's a bit stiff, yes... but then it has that joyful vibe to it that I enjoy that much with SA jazz. Not the loose, free-wheeling one from Harry Miller or Chris McGregor, but that jive thing, the simple grooves, the nice hummable melodies... I have that one Zim Nqgawana alubm, and I think it compares rather favourably with that but is in a similar bag... more organized, more arranged than the Nqgawana, but that's simply due to the group's size... and I like it if there's more than one horn... the KAZ sampler "African Horns" is still one of my favourites for that kind of sound. (Though that again isn't the best reference, as the whole sound on the Mrubata disc is a lot more polished, of course...) Will try and give it a spin again soon and report more thoroughly... I've only played it once as background listening, so it's hard to really judge yet...

Of course you're right... I got the two Hopkins discs and the Jordan (and the Shorty & Doc, too) all on the same day, must have mixed things up!

Too late now. yeah, ok, I see... but why?

why did I do this? and even worse, why do I keep doing it? do I need help? I guess I ought to change the part now and offer to answer all your stoopid questions, instead of asking more them, myself...

No problem, Jim - it is how it is... if one day I'll connect better with Roach's playing here, I'll gladly report it! Interesting about that bass... I never liked these kind of in-between basses a lot, however... not that it's all bad, necessarily, but I've heard them played in live concerts, too, and it's just sort of a lame excuse, more often than not... (but then there are still nowadays sound men - or bassits who ask them to do so? - who mix the bass like say Buster Williams sounded in the late 70s and early 80s, with that metallic slid-ey twang... doesn't get uglier even on such an in-between thing, so it's not necessarily about the instrument.

retarted? but you're merrily posting away, which makes your face look gay I'm quite sure!

by stalking poor polish kings around stoopid korners? I hope that makes you gay!

and why twiddle and fiddle diddle? and why does sevenfour always post just where I post? am I being followed? is the sevenfouri actually the fbeye?

an i for an i?

and why keep I saying I? did I catch keepnews-I-tis? (that would not be funny, I guess, would it?)

If I had "Forrest Fire" blasting out here, I'd not be bored... and why the hell does it keep raining?

Anyhow there were quite a few Ellingtonians: Clark Terry, Jimmy Hamilton, Al Sears, Taft Jordan, Shorty Baker, Rex Stewart, Barney Bigard, Britt Woodman, Wendell Marshall come to mind. That Taft Jordan twofer is great! Forgot to mention I have that one as well! Here's the cover - one to grab quick!

Probably these Ellingtonians where still in a position do do a record date on their own, now and then, opposed to guys like Claude Hopkins, Buddy Tate or sidemen like Hilton Jefferson (on one of the great Hopkins albums on the "Swing Time" twofer - btw. for a short while, Jefferson was an Ellingtonian, too - Capitol years, replacing Hodges... an underrated period, I'm glad I have the Mosaic!)

why do I find this funny right now? what state of mind must I be in to do so?

why again does the struggle continue? (or why not?)

why do I need money to live? (do others, too?)

why do I have to work?

why am I at work?