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It isn't available in my "Edit profile information" thing. Do I need to do lots more gratuitous posts? MG seems you need 10'000, yes...

The Selects usually include several of the original album covers in CD size, also all the original notes, sometimes with additional post scripts or just a short note by MC or something.

Bumping this up since the Universal Classics series came up in another currently active thread here. The link to the Classics series: http://www.jazzecho.de/series.jsp?objectId=103603 These are full prize digipacks.

I've mentioned the Classics and Originals series before. The LPRs (which were digipacks anyway towards the end) came out in the Originals series, the VMEs plus lots more in the Classics series. The Originals series also contains other Verve releleases, but it all looks very much like a best of thing, and it's indeed limited to Germany it seems (Universal france still does their admirable digipacks!) I've started a thread on one of these series, I think, with links to the site where you can check out all of these series (though the listings seem to be incomplete). Edited to add: the french releases are also available elsewhere in jewel case packages, they're also listed on said site (see other thread here: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=34194) as "Heritage Series".

Glad to hear you liked it in the end! Ward's not present, nor is McBee... I'm a bit astonished you don't get this, but then someone else certainly will, I hope! Ibrahim it is of course. There's also a setlist around for this medley, but it's not correct (one of my favourite melodies that turns up towards the end - a version of it with saxes is on "African Horns" on KAZ/Camden - is missing on that setlist, for instance - so I'll just call it a medley for lack of better knowledge and laziness to compare songs for a day...) Basil, yup! Stone classic - one more to go with #8 from disc one (not same session of course)! I guess the bass player is jut prominent because of the bad mix... another partly mysterious track (just one horn player given on the disc I took it from - Basil... though he's not here, I think...). Drummer may be slightly better known and is, I think, still around. Thanks for your lenghty replies, MG - these are the kind of BFT posts I enjoy most!

'54... but this (#1-4) is what I consider the "historical segement" (you can add #1-3 of CD1 if you want, but they're slightly more modern). I included this exactly because I like the bluesy quality... This is them trying to do proper jazz, you know... not music of much originality, but I decided to include these four tracks because they are sort of a "pre-history" for the beef of the stuff contained on both discs. Drummer is indeed the same as on the following cut! Again from the second half of the 50s (as is #2, btw). It's a Duke Ellington classic - as clunky noted! Indeed one with an almost dixielandish drive, but I love it, too! (Great version on the Columbia "Piano in the Background" album that's available in a nice Legacy reissue.) It's pennywhistle, indeed. This is a great one, no? Very different, not really jazz at all, but the feeling is there! Sorry for the vow in sound, but believe me, before I cleaned it up, the only thing you heard where the bass beats from the drum... I don't know this chap from anything but this live recording, but it seems he's a bit of a legendary person. '77 - both horn players aren't from SA, but the band and its leader is... not Ricky Ford. Damn good indeed! May I give a hint here: check out the mf rhythm section! Yup, Feza! Sound again isn't great, but this was my pick for a tune by this group of players just because it's so strong and beautiful - it transcends sound issues easily for me! Not Coetzee, there's a piano player and I'm sorry this chap isn't featured longer here... Not Abdullah, not Robbie, not Adams... check the mo-fo riddim section again, Sir! Love this one!

and Jazz West - the Sonny Criss (a great one, in my opinion!) The Sonny Criss sessions were recorded for Imperial, not Jazz West! The Jazz West material (Art Pepper, Jack Sheldon, Kenny Drew ...) was reissued on the parent Pacific Jazz label. ooops - was posting while at work without checking... don't want to do too much web browsing here...

They had been midprize until somewhen in the late 90s, then all of a sudden and with no reason given they went high prize... some went down again, but several I'd be interested in (Coltrane's Ascension, Village Vanguard Again, Olatunji Concert and Interstellar Space - first and last I have in old editions, other two I don't have at all) are still labelled with the full prize here.

I have that set of Griffin with Urtreger, some 30 minutes I think, all in all - very nice! As for Drew: just because you don't know Gruntz, don't diss him! He's a fine pianist and has in the late 60s founded his great Concert Jazz Band. He recently celebrated his 70th birthday and is still doing annual tours with his big band. The band always includes a number of great US players, in its rank have been guys like Ray Anderson, Marvin Stamm, Alex Sipiagin, Danny Gotlieb, Doug Purviance, Frank Lacy and many, many others. Anyway, he's a very good pianist in a small group setting as well. In 63 or 64 he also played for Kirk on an tour in Europe (some of those recordings are on the 32 Jazz 3CD set "Dog Years in the Fourth Ring").

well, just for the record, I won't bid anyway... don't have these amounts of money at hand in one go... and I own half of the sets, plus several others are still readily available, too.

and Jazz West - the Sonny Criss (a great one, in my opinion!)

Does anyone have a disco or a list of what's on the Kenton Holman/Russo? I assume much of it is on individually released CDs by now, but I never found complete info on the Mosaic anywhere... As for the Hall/Johnson/DeParis/Dickenson, there's a 2CD that came out in the late 90s - I love that one and certainly would love having all of it!

Those were the 60th B-Day sets: Blue Note Swingtets (incl. Quebec, Hardee, Hamilton a.o.) Blue Note Jazzmen (2CD set, 4 dates with James P. Johnson, Edmond Hall, Sidney De Paris, Vic Dickenson, and Ben Webster on one, too) plus four discs by single artists: George Lewis (mostly disc 2 of his Mosaic) Edmond Hall (3 great dates, incl. the celeste & Charlie Christian on acoustic guitar) Sidney Bechet "Runnin' Wild" I think, two or three dates with Wild Bill Davison Not sure these are the 6 already (thus the 2CD would count as 2) or if I'm still missing one... There are other "early" CDs, too, such as the one by Babs Gonzalez or the "First Day" by Gene Ammons/Mead Lux Lewis. Too bad none of the Art Hodes came out on CD! ANd there's another Bechet that came later, titled I think "The Fabulous Sidney Bechet" with his latest BN dates (De Paris and Jonah Jones on trumpet, I think).

Thanks for your post, MG - I'll post a tune-by-tune reply when home from work tonight. The Ibrahim medley would have been the first thing I'd have omitted on a one disc-compilation, but I'm enjoying it a lot... you're quite wrong on his accompanying players, though... I thought this was one of the most obvious cuts. Also on #10 you're a bit off... but as I said, more later!

You know, the worst is, back when I started buying Mosaics, some of these would have been easily available, but they held no interest for me back then. Aaaargh!

I'm sure you'd pass the Milburn, Hall/Johnson/DeParis/Dickenson, Master Jazz Piano, Teagarden 50s, Chaloff, Otis Spann/Lightnin' Hopkins, Charles Brown, Kenton Holman/Russo, and the T-Bone my way, yes?

I keep noticing how many jazz fans are afraid of / have aversions against some hand drummers ..... Why do you wonder about that? It's almost as bad as free jazz, you know... all these boring bumpy beats in a total mess with no order, and no melody at all!

Excuse me for intruding (this is the wrong of too many threads on this series anyway...) - the Stitt bonus tracks in question are the takes without Eldridge at the end of the VEE disc, right? I have that one (although with a somewhat damaged cover, but it was the only copy of it I ever saw, had to pick it up!)

I haven't been able to find anything by Coetzee, Rachabane or Jansen, alas... but I still wanted to share this music, even though the number of discs I picked it from was pretty small! Sangrey got the links even though he didn't ask for them (as did 10 or 11 others - the whole BFT thing is fading away it seems so I just sent the links out to a few more, hoping some of them might join in, but had no reaction whatsoever to my spamming action...)

Sure, sure (same band as which one? To nitpick, not as #8...) Indeed - same band as "Memories of you". #8 is, I think, a later edition of the same band with completely different personnel, except the pianist. MG correct, professor! I totally forgot for your encompassing love of african music... I thought there might be just one or two persons being able to pin down the occasional track and maybe a few more that recognize just one or two cuts, but this, I didn't expect! -_-

You can still contact Sony through the information in the booklet. They may still have some replacement discs for this set. Hopefully, they stocked up on A LOT once they realized what a problem they had with the F'ed up packaging. Glad to report the used copy that arrived here looks fine - some minor scratches that don't look frightening at all, and no glue problem or anything looking like it!

oh ho ho ho - part two... Effin chops - one of the greatest! Bleed they did indeed, alas... McGregor, Dudu, Feza... 'bone is from yurp, Kippie isn't here... yup yup, that's the theme... Yeah! Another great favourite - in fact the LP of this was in constant play at my parents' home when I grew up and most likely played a pretty essential role in me getting drawn to jazz... one of my first concerts in the mid nineties when I was in high school (swiss equivalent of) was Ibrahim solo, playing (and singing on one or two occasions - his "Tuula Dubula" on those solo albums from around 1980 is magic! That evening he sang his Coltrane homage, though) in a beautiful church here in Zurich. Still a magic remembrance for me. Also I love the alto player who gets the most solo space on this album (he's terrific on "South Africa", also on "At Montreux" and "Zimbabwe", but "South Africa" - also done live in Montreux, btw - is my favourite of those). Much later... retro stuff by the band you mentioned, indeed. I took this from a sampler, haven't got any full album of them and am not sure I'd be interested, but this track is a good one. The closing tune the musicians played in the old district 6 days when they were too tired to play for the mobsters anymore... sure is, ain't it! Thanks for your great post, MG! Waiting eagerly for your opinion on disc two!

Oh ho ho ho! I should have known and told you not to post until June 20th or so... almost spoiling the party there, Sir! But good to hear you're enjoying it! Got it! I wonder can you guess more than the pianist? Of course "Body & Soul," yes... I just included this because it's sort of atypical since it's an ole standard - there's a reason for that, though... I find the trumpet player interesting - he's trying but he's not there yet. There's that spot in his solo where he has that idea (wants to go up) and simply doesn't pull it... an embarassing moment I'm sure, but also a strong moment, somehow. This came out on a collection of - as far as I know - previously unreleased music, it's pretty old, may be the reason for the weird sound. Not Abdulah, indeed... and not a big band, either, just a sextet... This cut is one of my favourites! I've been unable so far to locate the CD reissue on which the album it comes from was included... it's tenor sax (Dolphy is in sound the closest you'll get to Parker, in lines the weirdest you'll get playing inside changes - whatever altered changes they may be... you need to check out some, even though it's not "aimed in your direction", as you put it! Same for Lacy - he played soprano [almost?] exclusively...) Got it, again! One of my personal and sentimental favourites... yes, of course this guy is KILLING! I don't know... sounds weird but seems to be a piano - I got several similar recordings with this sound and the liners giving piano... PS: perhaps, perhaps, perhaps (do count...) Not Dudu! I'd be very astounded if anyone (besides one of our local aliases) would know this... love the whole album! (Dudu did work with BoB, also with McGregor's first band, the "Blue Notes".) Yup - stone classic! Couldn't omit it and I love it! The alto solo ain't bad, either... Sure, sure (same band as which one? To nitpick, not as #8...)

Interesting comparison with Art Pepper there! Didn't occur to me before, but sort of makes sense... #3 certainly is non-US players trying to play some hardbop... #8 is a stone classic... Hey, what positive ID? I'd like to know, if only by you dropping a hint or posting a link!

Thanks everybody! I'll look for some RCA material then, likely rather on Hep than on Classics... The Wiley material I have, Guy - all four of the Baldwin Street discs (although last time I checked detailed info was only online for Volumes 1 & 2).