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Depends on how you define "really a fan of the Jaco period" ... Sangrey made those points already. Similar here: studio-wise, prefer the earlier albums, but live, the band keeps holding up interest. So this new set might in fact be of way more interest than the studio box (plus it's pretty cheap over here, the US pre-order price seems to be kind of a joke).

Thanks! Guess I'll skip then, having both the Tutu deluxe edition (that live set isn't particularly great, they could have done better, but it was probably the one that fit best, setlist wise) and that earlier Warner set (which adds plenty of Miles' cameo tracks but omits the live recordings and only includes excerpts from "Dingo", not sure if it's the same with "Siesta" but that one is among the albums I've also got on single discs).

Hey, you're good in voicing extreme opinions in curt phrases, so I'd expect you to be able to deal with a remark in return. Furthermore, albums like "Tutu" or "Amandla" aren't shit, keep trying Anyways, I wonder, as does JCR, what the additional material might be, the originally planned box was supposed to contain six discs only, it seems, so either there's more or it's been re-grouped or whatever. Of course I feel dumb now, having that five disc set.

we're so glad you did .... anyone else please, every opinion is welcome, we will not laugh at you either

this was supposed to come out years ago ... earlier thread: also, this thread here about another, not quite complete/smaller in scope box that did come out: more info on that older version: http://www.miles-beyond.com/lastwordintro.htm

btw, pre-order a amazon.de ist 30€: http://www.amazon.de/dp/B01543DFZO/ guess at that price, this is what they call a no-brainer

coming up in the fine "Jazz at the Concertgebouw" series by the Dutch Jazz Archives: Count Basie - Blues Backstage: Live in Amsterdam 1956 (NJA1502) can't find a tracklist or any other details yet, but the site gives Oct 27 as release date and it's listed (without cover, info or release date) on some yurpeen amazon sites (i.e. http://www.amazon.de/Blues-Backstage-Count-Basie/dp/B016JE8F84/) the blurb on the NJA site mentions a few classics that seem to be included: "Shiny Stocking", "April in Paris", Ernie Wilkins' "Flute Juice" (with Frank Wess on flute, of course) http://www.jazzarchiefwinkel.nl/jazz-at-the-concertgebouw/NJA1502.html 13 tracks in all, as can be read here: http://www.jazzarchief.nl/category/jazz-at-the-concertgebouw/ (news section of the NJA website)

Thanks for compiling all the info on Holiday here, guys! Coincidentally just bought the disc a couple of weeks ago.

Same here, have that fiver ... and the Duke/Cobham, no sir, I don't want that ... gave a separate reissue of it a partial listen in a store once and didn't connect at all.

Well, hope it'll be a success for sure, would love to be there!

sounds great ... alas not around the corner! but: how many are there in that quartet?

Somewhat ambivalent about the Dave Pike Set (and Pike in general) ... four of the MPS studio albums (all but "Album" if I'm not mistaken) were reissued by Universal Germany in 2011 (part of the "Most Perfect Sound" edition that should rather have revived stuff like the Archie Shepp and Cecil Taylor albums, but it is what is, or rather was what it was). As a group, the quartet is pretty good, they're groove, rooted by J.A. Rettenbacher's soulful double bass and the flexible beats of Peter Baumeister, is really nice, while Pike and Volker Kriegel weave their lines and textures in and out of it ... as soloists, none of them holds my attention. Makes for good background listening and I guess if you're into that stuff it could be a nice sonic texture for some kinds of trips ... There was also one live album, reissued by Promising Music (the label that also brought "Dear Prof. Leary", "Fly Fly Fly Fly Fly" or "Afro-Disiaca" back but no longer has access to MPS masters now the ownership changed) - I guess I'd recommend that one ... or maybe the "Masterpieces" compilation from Motor Music (who did some MPS reissues in the mid 90s) - used copies available: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000024S2O

so ... Ornette is on two tracks only?

wtf indeed! Will they follow up with a mono edition later? As far as I know, Impulse only did mono as fold downs though, so I don't get the point of including mono versions in the first place -- the "thrill" of hearing what Trane heard, returning home from the sessions?

intriguing!

My email inquiries, too, I guess.

sad news!

Happy Birthday!

yeah, rub it in

Yeah ... I'm a bit annoyed by now, since I also think that whenever something is kick-started by a crowd-funding campaign those that help funding it should get a head-start of at least a couple of weeks (but that does not seem to be the case pretty often, at least going from my own limited experience). Anyway, I'm really looking forward to hearing the album eventually, but as of now, I'm unwilling to buy it since I already did, two years and seven months and some days ago

Thanks Chuck, appreciated. I wrote a while ago but am not even sure I got a working email address.

Yeah, just noticed "Here 'tis" having gone OOP, too ... the Byrd I luckily bought a few weeks ago. I'd wish they'd list those end-of-availability-dates on CD Japan or wherever, it's really difficult to prioritize (the entire Big Band series from Universal seems to be OOP as well - some of the series seem to be OOP almost as soon as they're released, so pre-ordering is the only way to get hold of 'em).

Has anyone actually received "Pomegranate" by Stephen Haynes by now? I took part of the funding campaign, and I wrote a mail a couple of weeks ago inquiring ... I *am* patient, but ...