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I would like to grab them YESTERDAY rather than today, but money is a little short these days... Maybe end of the month. You have a complete list of them? Could start a thread in the Reissues section! ubu

Yeah, that Gayle disc is GREAT! The Ornettes are part of the daily bread, of course. Add the Town Hall disc, too! ubu

Then, this site provides more info on him than one earthly being could digest in a lifetime: http://www.velocity.net/~bb10k/RIVERS.disc.html ubu

Bringing this one up! It's Rivers time, guys! The man is huge, has a huge discography, yet most of his records are quite difficult to find (at least this side of the water, high up in the swiss alps). I hope I'll find the time to listen to Fuchsia Swing Song somewhen this week and type some of my ideas here. And that's probably my favorite photo of the man: ubu

Hey, couw! The usual brilliant work! - Actually, just to have some use for this covers - is there any possibility yet to get the BT disc issued up to now? (and with such a cover, I am hard pressed to let a friend of mine do the painful work of compiling a CDr, too, so that I get such a cover... but it would have to be along the lines of the Dan Gould one... ubu

I thought that one was a normal CD? Because it was too long to fit on a cactus s**t? ubu

HELL!! I missed the Brotzmann! Anyone has a spare copy? I only have one Vandermark disc so far: See more here. I like it very much! ubu

Are these complete sessions? Or just half ones? I'd love to have the COMPLETE Lucky T Paris dates! (I have all three JiPs and the two Vogues, so far, and the ASiPs are easy to find here). ubu

I could pick it up as an Affinity LP. Anyone knows how that edition sounds? If it's not too bad (I'm no audiophile), I might go for it! ubu

found this puppy for some 6 or 7 bucks worth yesterday: I like what I heard till now (only began listening to the disc) ubu

Anyone has an idea how many of the set are left? ubu

I think the Rudd/Shepp reunion is not bad, but certainly not BAD in any way, either! Quite a nice affair, and with Grachan Moncur III added, they produce some nice sounds. Rhythm section is strong, but Shepp does too much piano playing and singing. A little bit of an inconsistent disc, in my opinion. I have never heard the Lacy/Rudd. ubu

Thanks for this information, Vincent! Mike: is there a possibility of attaining your Lucky discography? (is it the Paris recordings or a general one?) I'd love to get that! Clunky (or anyone who knows) - as I don't have those Americans Swingin' in Paris discs yet - they both consist of four lenthy tracks? That would be quite a departure from the sessions for Vogue and those in the Jazz in Paris series. By the way, Vogue Vol. 2 contains three great live tracks with Lucky in trio, accompanied by Peter Trunk on bass and the great Daniel Humair, drums. (The rest of the LP was made up of the three Bud Powell tracks reissued on the Original Vogue Masters CD called Duke Jordan / Bud Powell - New York / Paris). ubu

State of the Tenor is the one that came to my mind first, too! Other albums in the format I like are Benny Wallace's early ones (Live at the Public Theatre and his debut album, both on Enja). And the later Big Jim's Tango (with Dave Holland and Elvin) being one of my favorite Wallace albums. His Plays Monk has Jimmy Knepper on about half the tracks, the rest also being a trio affair. Then Enja released another very good trio album, Bobby Jones' Hill Country Suite (with Jiri Mraz and the great Freddie Waits). Teddy Edwards made a beautiful album with Christian McBride and Billy Higgins, called Tango in Harlem. Another vote for Garbarek/Vitous/Erskine's Star! A classic: Lee Konitz, Motian (with Dallas, E. Jones) Sam Rivers made several recordings with just bass & drums. There was that Impulse CD reissue some years ago, "Trio Live", and another I have (on LP) is Paragon (with Holland & Altschul). I mentioned this one in the New Releases forum some days ago: Damaged in Transit, a unit led by Steve Swallow, with Adam Nussbaum and Chris Potter. I have not yet bought (but listened to already to) their new live album (XWATT/ECM), but I saw them live just a few days apart from when the album was made, and they were BAAD! ubu

Thanks for jumping in, Lon! Dmitry, I think that 8CD set is one of the greatest reissues of more recent years. The only things to complain about are the high prize (I bought mine online, in Stores in Switzerland, the prize is more than 200$!) and the fairly chaotic liner notes (which do cover everything, but not in chronological order, as there is a part on the Savoy stuff - reprinted from the 5LP Savoy box, as is an interview with Savoy's producer/owner, who's name escapes me right now - and a separate part covering all the rest, while the music is presented in chronological order). But these are minor complaints, in my opinion. And be aware that one disc had some speed problems - this was fixed when I got my set, but if you find one that has been standing around in a shop for some 2 or 3 years, it might be an issue. I cannot recall exactly what it was, but someone here sure could, if necessary. ubu

yeah, and dont't forget: ubu

If money is not the issue, I'd go for the Complete Savoy/Dial 8CD set. That's probably the best documentation available of Parker's most important recordings. (I actually have the 4CD Dial set issued by Spotlite, too, and it sounds very good to my - non-audio-fanatic - ears, and a 5LP set of the Savoy material.) Otherwise those JSP and Proper boxes (I don't know them) might contain most of the master takes, too, but with Bird, and alternate is not just some boring additional material, but each alternate take is worth getting (Famous Alto Break etc) actually. The Savoy live 4CD box is great too. There you get the working units, mostly with Kenny Dorham (the first disc has mostly Miles), and the Carnegie tracks with Dizzy, as well as a home-recording (both together make up disc 4). Then the Jazz At Massey Hall (Fantasy/Debut/OJCCD whatever) is pretty essential, too. Sort of the swan song of bebop. The Verve box is great to have, too, but maybe not the best starting point. And then you might find cheap used copies of the Blue Note Bird CDs, which are all worthwhile, too. This just for starters And be careful not to get an overdose! This music is still very very strong, and you might not be able to digest one of those boxes in its entirety when you're not too familiar with Bird! ubu

Second everything said before! I only have them up to volume 3 so far. Must get the fourth before it goes OOP! ubu

yes indeed! And Grant Green's take on "It Ain't Necessarily So" with Blakey (from the Quartets with Sonny Clark 2CD). Night of the Cookers (I don't know many are no big fans of this, neither am I, but sometimes I still like to listen to it!). ubu

And google turns up a link to our own home: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...opic=3520&st=0& ubu

Not much of a help, but there's some comments on him under one of the listed records: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&u...l=B2z5tk6kx9kr3 ubu

very VERY cool! ubu

brownie, thanks for all that information! I'd LOVE to hear this date in a good-sounding CD reissue! Copeland, Cleveland and Thompson make a great front line, and Dennard (I don't know anything by him except this date) is pretty good, too. I will have to ask for that LP again to check the details! ubu

Probably the trio sides are my favorite recordings, yet there are many I have never heard (as those ABC Pettiford albums - bring them out again, PLEEEAZE!!). "Lucky Strikes" is a marvellous album, too. And all those '56 Paris sessions (with Martial Solal and Henri Renaud) are cool - begging for a Mosaic! Then the few things with Jackson I have heard (Plenty Plenty Soul being my favorite of those), are very good, too! Begging for another Mosaic! And that Hampton date is very good, indeed! The father of a friend of mine has it on a very old, really beat-up LP (I've got it on some old tape, only). What was the label it was recorded for? ubu