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Thanks Mike! But now, what to do? The Charles/Bags is the old 2CD set, in a big old double-size jewel case, right? I could get that here. What else do I need? Can you give me the album/CD titles, please? I'm only just getting into Charles (believe it or not)!

That's strange because I really like WHISTLE STOP. Everyone is in fine form: Hank, the leader, a top-notch rhythm section that is just cooking. Maybe you don't dig the compositions, although I find that hard to believe as well. Give it another chance. Whistle Stop is an awesome record, in my opinion! A love-at-first-listen affair, for me! Maybe my favourite Dorham, together with the Jazz Prophets' recordings.

I thought this one was quite weak. There should be my sort-of-review somewhere up wen we discussed Evan Parker - a couple of dozen pages above. Don't know the Silva thing. What reissue is that? - if ZYX I would sugest you skip it, as they have dreadful remastering. Not sure, it says ESP (NL), thus I'd say Calibre? AMG says the Parker is very good, but I'm not sure from their comments that it's one for me...

About 3 CD box: is it Mr. B. box you're talking about, or... No, this one: brownie linked it above, it's where those Prez tracks from the Carnegie Hall concerts come from... and you know where mine came from

Markus Stockhausen was there, too, with his strange small (C?) trumpet and some delay/echo stuff, very very nice musician, he, too! Bass and drums were Dieter Ilg and Jojo Mayer. Yusef is a vey charismatic person, I think. His singing is rather idiosyncratic, and I think not everyone would like it. Live though it propels tons of energy! I have this CD of his: It features some of the same musicians I saw him with live, but it's more of a laid-back affair. I find it very very nice. Somehow I cannot take Abou-Khalil anytime, I think I slightly prefer Yousef, but then also I see that Abou-Khalil's projects are more interesting, more elaborate, and have higher ambitions, too.

Thanks Mike, seems like I can live for some time without getting the Eckstine (though I have his VME and actually like it rather well, it's sort of a time capsule). I plan tough to get the nice little box, so thanks, nothing missing.

Re: Mr. B.: I got an earful of the Spotlite disc last night - great stuff! I realized the track in question is not on that disc, but I don't have the studio recordings. Any CD recommended?

I know the question wasn't directed at me, Mike, but I thought I'd respond anyway. I don't exactly have "doubt"- I know it's not from SONGS FROM THE HEART, and not Hartman. I have nearly all of his recordings, and although Hartman is not a "bad" guess in that he did have that lush baritone voice, he never crossed my mind on this track 15. I'm convinced it's Joe Williams (and seeing that a certain other member with pretty decent ears had already gone with JW, I'm even more convinced. ). Quite a relieve to read this! Mike, I had no time to check (and was already offline when you posted, sorry), but my ears thought about Williams, too, when I listened to the disc, however, as I chose not to offer insight-less track-by-track comments, I did not mention him. And, no, I don't have that whole 3CD box (it's very expansive here, would have to search online, but not right now) - I just have the Prez-featuring tracks, and guess from whom I got them?

Anyone here knows these two CDs? Alan Silva Skillfulness (ESP) Parker/Akchoté/Casserley/Ryan Live at les instants chavires (Leo) I want to get the Parkins/Mori disc, and the above two are available at the Mego-related (?) distributor mdos.at for 8 Euros. ubu

Glad to see I'm not the only one who's confused! This sucks! I mean, these new reissues are certainly done very well, compared to some of the crappy digipack editions Atlantic/Warner released in recent years, but then I do want additional tracks, and I do want at least all that was on the original CD release. Even stranger is that the Rhino website has not listed this disc at all, though it clearly says it was produced by Rhino! Paul, thanks - at least one thing is clear. So I wait for the new reissue of "After Hours" and hope that one will include "Black Coffee" where "Ain't Misbehavin'" should've been!?!

Ok ok, it's not Dizzy, but Mr. B - I just got that Spotlite CD, by the way, but had not chance to listen so far. Also, I have the Hartman and the Prez track

Milan, thanks a lot for your compilation! Lots of old and nice music on it! However, I decided not to post any track-by-track post. I find it harder and harder to find any meaningful words to write about music, and the disc you compiled mostly contained music of styles of which I hardly scratched the surface as a listener. I recognized some tunes ("In the Mood", "Star Eyes", "Four Brothers"), as well as a couple of artist (Bird, Dizzy's first big band), and I think Basie. Probably several big names are there (Prez? Goodman?). Also I got a bad feeling that at least one cut comes from some disc you got from me... and I did not recognize. Now some things I like and thought about while listening: #4 has very nice saxophone tutti writing! Creamy. #5 should be Bird, yes? Was too lazy to check my Bird, but I don't think I have any version of "Star Eyes" of his that's cut after his solo. #6 that modulating phrase during the tenor passage reminds me of Prez quite some - I'm not sure if it's him, though. Also I'm too lazy to go through all my Prez stuff... #8 does the announcer say "Artie Bernstein"? Is this a Goodman recording? Tough or Krupa? #12 is this the original version of "Four Brothers"? My Herman still is very thin, and I don't have any of his Mosaics yet. #16 very nice alto here! Willie Smith? Guess not, no. Who's the singer? Good stuff! #20 would be the one tune I could pin down, weren't I too lazy to do so... Many many thanks for this nice disc, Milan!

Now I just had a first listen to this disc I recently got in a sale (it's fantastic and highly recommended!): Now track #3 is (or rather should be) "Black Coffee", on which Ray is supposed to play in trio with backing by the great Oscar Pettiford on bass. Now the original liners, the discography page of the booklet, and the tracklisting of both the CD reissue and the reprinted LP backcover list #3 as "Black Coffee", but actually #3 is not "Black Coffee" but a terrific version of "Ain't Misbehavin'", mentioned only in David Ritz' new liner notes. A search here for "Back Coffee" did not find anything related to this, thus I thought I start a thread discussing it. The reissue in question is the very nice Rhino 2004 one, with very good sound, packed in Jewel Case, part of the "Atlantic Jazz Masters" series (which is printed inside the traycard, where you can read it with the jewel case closed). Anyone has this disc? Is it just mine that has this error? And where is "Ain't Misbehavin'" from? Sounds a lot like Fathead (who is mentioned playing on this tune in Ritz' notes), and could well be from the same dates, BUT it was NOT on this album, originally, right? thanks for any insightful help or comment! ubu

nice to see the thread in which I'm GOD up again! ubu

I'm glad to hear this. I took a chance and grabbed this, too. I figured it would be hard to go wrong for $5. I'm looking forward to hearing this one now. I also bought the disc you highly recommended, but have not had time to listen to it yet. I will post my thoughts once I have some time to listen to them. Why didn't you tell me BEFORE I sent in my order?

I've got this disc, too, and it is indeed very good! Will have to check out more of Lindberg's recordings!

I hear ya, brother! B-)

I just never came around to getting more. I'm buying too much stuff all the time anyway, and I'm not proceeding in any strategical way...

This one looks tasty! Get two of them if you have a chance to listen and like it, please! I don't know about that trio you mentioned, never actually heard them! But you've heard Sonny Simmons, haven't you? Nothing except this one:

This one looks tasty! Get two of them if you have a chance to listen and like it, please! I don't know about that trio you mentioned, never actually heard them!

Thanks for your offer, Tony, but with 20$ plus shipping customs should not be a problem, so I ordered them directly. Anyone knows about their shipping fees? They charge me 4.50$, which is what's displayed before you enter your address (when the website/calculation supposedly believes your ordering from teh US). Do they have same shipping fees for US/Overseas? Their overseas shipping is quite high. Check it in the backoffice section of the site. 10.50$ makes more sense, thanks!

Weston's "Carnival" is highly recommended! Some great Billy Harper there!

my drimala order: Thanks for your offer, Tony, but with 20$ plus shipping customs should not be a problem, so I ordered them directly. Anyone knows about their shipping fees? They charge me 4.50$, which is what's displayed before you enter your address (when the website/calculation supposedly believes your ordering from teh US). Do they have same shipping fees for US/Overseas?

David, I missed this post when you originally wrote it. Knowing your affectation for solo bass records, may I direct your attention to this interesting-looking one? http://www.nottwo.com/PelnaPlyta.php?Id=1&W=&Od=&Off= Oles is a very fine player, so this disc could be good. He sat in with Brad Mehldau's trio, for instance, and seems to be one of the best Polish bass players (I believe he exiled, but I'm not sure).

word! (another Mingus fanatic here!) oh, put the 1964 Europe stuff also on the list of things you get BEFORE you get the rest ("Great Concert", "Mingus in Europe" 2 vols., and some others). Same for the three Impulse albums! All terrific, in my opinion! ubu