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To go off topic again: there's some Mingus boots around from the seventies with that Brooks guy (sorry, I always mix them up, but I do remember that one's called Billy and the other Roy...) playing some saw.

if it's not too late (it's never too late, isn't it?): YES!

This is what does *suck* about this series. Even more so since by now these reissues have turned into regular, jewel-case-packed, releases. The digipacks were nice and easier to handle than the mini LPs (which I keep in those plastic bags, so it's a drag to get the out...), which saved shelf-space, though. But now... even the Verve by Request series included the occasional alternate (the Blossom Dearie Oh-la-la comes to mind immediately), so why not these here... really escapes me why they produce regular CDs and still maintain the original album fetishism now that they don't pack them like LPs anymore.

alright alright... we all know brownie is... uhm, ancient? ← Ancient? I'm like old wine! Just need a new bottle ←

alright alright... we all know brownie is... uhm, ancient?

Ok, I see a little bit clearer now, thanks! I will definitely add the Brown to the list! Thanks to you and to Brownie for relating all the memories to the young ones like me!

what did this look like then? The mini-LP replicas have been abandoned for a couple of batches already in favour of digipacs with a foldout in the cover. The LPR series seems to have some interesting people at the helm, some have cool stoopid tastes, others are more interested in the classics and yet others like the whacky bits. Of course it's a pity there are no alternate takes, left-overs and the lot on these disks, but other than that, it works for me. No doubt this particular album will pop up at a more friendly price if you wait a bit. I'll keep my eyes open as I will want to replace my vinyl dub myself. ← Normal Jewel Box packaging. Like several other new Verve releases I saw. more than a dozen - they included a Shirley Horn (the one with Miles I think), a Satchmo (available as a VME already, I think), Gato Chapter 4 and many more, some good to see, some weird. I think also a Pres (the one with OP maybe?)...

← you dear Sirs are slightly whackier than me... no, I didn't buy it (even if prized at 19.50 Franks - you won't get a new disc cheaper in a regular shop - it's too expensive, I assume... and I should cut back, as you, Mr. couw, are aware...) but now: is this the way the releases that once were LPRs look now? Or is this a new series of Verve reissues?

The Vonski is very nice! I also heard (but don't own) the Shepp one - ok, I'd say (but then I'm cautious of any post... say '77 Shepp). The others I don't know. Just browsed through the recordings... quite a few! I dimly remember reading about four or five of them in some Penguin (4th ed?) - I think they did not get such favourable reviews there... and some of the covers are pretty tasteless...

Is the Gato "Chapter 4 - Live in NY"? If so: it's out, in a jewel pack edition... same as the Lateef and several other new and old titles (Satchmo, Shirley Horn... can't remember, saw a dozen or more in a store yesterday, and they're not labelled as LPRs but as some new series - forgot how it's called. Prize is cheap, and funny enough at least one of the releases is at the same time available in the expensive VME edition... I don't understand Verve...)

One is deliberately taking time off... don't know about the rest... probably just a little bit busy with other things?

Just in case someone is close to Zurich in the weeks to come: http://www.fotomuseum.ch/index.php?id=22 Robert Frank From the Bus New York, 1958 © Robert Frank, Courtesy Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York Robert Frank Chicago, 1958 © Robert Frank, Courtesy Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York Robert Frank Political Rally – Chicago, 1956 © Robert Frank, Courtesy Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York Robert Frank Mabou – Sick of Goodby’s, 1978 Gelatine-silver print, 47,8 x 33 cm © Robert Frank / Courtesy Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York

Here's another recent ratty listen (again: thanks, David!): Has anyone else heard this? I must confess I didn't like it much. Will have to give it a few more spins, though...

Ah ha! No track listing for it so far, though, so no telling if it will be 3 or 4 tracks... ← Tracklist is up now... 4 tracks! Of course I just bought a 3 track version of it... (I still don't understand the ESP CD reissue situation... Calibre, Abraxas, Get/Abraxas Mini-LPs... I guess those are all European-produced and licensed? And ESP is doing its own series in the US? And wasn't there talk about their own reissues being CDRs?)

Slightly off topic, but... for the first time in at least a month I visited a music store here, and saw this Lateef reissue, as well as several other albums in the same series (among them items readily available in their previous editions). Now what's the deal with this new series? WTF? LPRs, ok - those are the ones that show the finger to the reissue community but we're still buying them for lack of availability... is this new series filling the Verve By Request hole? Price-wise they're cool, but then... what's the use of having discs out both in this nice-prize series and in the VME series simultaneously?

Well, here's one funny rat, and here's a great disc (thanks, David!), that this funny rat had with him/herself (what's the sex of "rat"?) while being funnily dressed as depicted above: Radioactivity. 008 CD Sergey Letov - leader, baritone and soprano saxophones, alto flute Yury Parfenov - trumpet, pocket trumpet Alexandr Alexandrov - bassoon Terrific stuff!

Carney even more so than Hodges! He sort of spent his whole life with the Duke...

I picked this disc up in a sale, never having heard (about) it before... and it blew me away and then some! Desmond could do (almost?) no wrong, and yes, even Gadd is not a major problem... a terrific disc! Lon, you should get the CD reissue! Jim (or any other of the Americans): is this a digipack, too, in the US?

You can listen to this till the next show takes place next Sunday: http://www.radiofrance.fr/listen.php?pr=rt...probablement.rm I had a minidisc running, but haven't listened yet. Here's the info: Tampere Jazz Happening 2004 November 6, 2004 FRED ANDERSON & HAMID DRAKE Fred Anderson (tenor sax) Hamid Drake (drums, perc) CHICAGO UNDERGROUND TRIO Rob Mazurek (cornet, laptop) Noel Kupersmith (contrabass) Tim Mulvenna (drums)

Very nice covers!

Glad I'm not alone there! It's definitely a weird one, but I like it!

halfway into this:

Sad news I'll play that Ted Curson Marge disc again soon. He's excellent on the Sonny Criss Jazz in Paris disc (Criss is fantastic there, too). Oh, and of course he plays organ on that disc, too!

No time to read through the whole thread, but in my opinion Thirsty Ear is no way as great as ESP or Hat or whatever... What I've heard and what I think of it: The GoodAndEvil Sessions Boring, a total let-down (even more so since one of the very few good Swiss jazz critics wrote an orgasmic review about it...) Roy Campbell - It's Krunch Time Ok, but not great. As someone said above: some beautiful moments. Wilber Morris... I only recently got familiar with him - a plus for this disc. Khan Jamal too, is pretty interesting. DJ Spooky - Optometry Boring stuff. A friend of mine is a big fan of this disc - I can't see why... Spring Heel Jack - Amassed A great one! I definitely want to check out the other SHJ discs! Craig Taborn - Junk Magic Just got this a few weeks ago, gave it one listen and it didn't really grab me. Will give another listen soon. I do realize that I don't know a lot of Thirsty Ear releases, but given waht I think about these, I don't feel the need to explore the whole label. Certainly I want to check out more Spring Heel Jack, and maybe some of those Hunter/Prevites. Not sure I need more Shipp than I have (three or four Hat releases and a couple of live dates). For me it all is a bit too pretentious - it comes accross as trying very hard to achieve something. Would be better to go the understatement way and then surprise with some real achievements, instead of blurting out how great they are and then offer some old stuff, packed as if it was the future of the whole music. An aside: anyone knows the Albert King live disc?

Certainly not the greatest, but this one deserves mention, too, I think: Arrangements are by Ivan Jullien, main soloist is Eddy Louiss.