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Thanks, brownie! I got all 7, so no need to buy more. ubu

does this include exatly the same stuff as the 7 single volumes? or any additional material, so we need to have the box, too? and yes, that Slide Hampton disc is a marvel! ubu

Not yet, brownie (I counted them yesterday and I got even more than half of'em!), but I plan on picking up some more of these. I like Urtreger but hardly know Pfeiffer (except from some appearances as a sideman). Thanks for your recommendation (and still grateful for you pointing me to that Chet Baker disc)! ubu

I love many of the mentioned sessions, of course all the stuff with Coltrane, Ornette's Free Jazz, Ezz-thetic might be my favorite Russell session, The Quest is one of the highlights of the Dolphy Prestige box in my opinion, Where is a very nice session, too, and I love the one with Ken McIntyre, I had not heard McIntyre when I got the Dolphy box, and love all that I've heard him play yet..., the sessions with Roach and Booker Little might be among the best ones Dolphy ever took part in, and the Hamilton Ellington Suite was a real find! And then here comes a hearty recommendation for the "Mack the Knife" Weill disc. I love it! Dolphy is incredible, a great fit for the band, which actually is in quite a stiff groove, which Dolphy tears up with his soaring playing (check his bass clarinet solo on the first track of the CD!). Then, as far as John Lewis is concerned, I have not dug deeply into his music, knowing only a few scattered discs of his and some early sideman appearances with Bird, but he plays great on the Mack the Knife session with Dolphy! ubu

Good news, indeed, brownie! I love that whole series, too, got about a third or half of them (I'm not so good in counting my CDs, seems like I don't really want to know just how many they are ) - and I have to second the recommendation to pick up some of the lesser known names, too. The Wilen is a personal favorite, the Thompsons, Jaspars, René Thomas, the Cinémas, the Bebop disc, the Hodeir/Jazz Groupe de Paris things, the Bill Coleman, the Saxophones, ... many hours of listening pleasures! ubu

Thanks, John! I got these! ubu

Thanks, Chuck! So it was "Love for Sale". And thanks about the Candid dates. David: money won't allow ebay (and that particular seller ships US only, so no need to try for me being from Switzerland), but thanks nevertheless! ubu

Sure someone here can help: Over at the other board, I remember having read about the drummer on "Jazz Advance" no being Dennis Charles (but Rudy Collins, if I remember correctly). Is that so? Why is Charles listed? Then: I missed the Candid Mosaic and would be very glad if someone could provide a complete Candid discography. I checked some online sources and the five single discs I have and there are some contradictions (live my "World of C.T." lists a November date, while the online source I found have the "World of C.T." tracks listed with the October 12/13 sessions which yielded the music on the CD "Air". Then The Drummer for the Tracks Number One, tks 1 & 2, This Nearly Was Mine and Air tk9 is "possibly Sunny Murray replacing Charles" etc etc.) Anyone has some more or less correct information on these dates? thanks! ubu

no one has yet mentioned... Art Taylor's disc - I love that one, but I can hardly imagine anyone else does... (uh, and I love Braith, so maybe I don't count at all )

Off topic (but still Woody Shaw): This one looks interesting, too: Timeless Hayes Shaw anyone knows it? ubu

Timeless Woody Shaw I don't have them, but this might be another way to get them. Check the timeless catalogue - some nice things, there! ubu

I'm with Lon on Miles in Bird's quintet. He may certainly sound "shaky" or immature of insecure or whatever you may call it - if you want to hear it that way! But if you go beyond that, you might hear a young trumpet player doing something extremely lyrical, and I think what Miles did in the late forties next to Bird was totally apt: he played the style he was able to (technically) and in which he could express his thoughts the best possible. ubu

I had to vote for KD, as no one else had yet... I think the Savoy live sides he made with Parker are some of the best Parker ever recorded - and part of the reason why might well be Kenny Dorham. ubu

she IS german, you got that right. as long as she sticks to b3 i like her playing, but i'm not too fond of her synth stuff. ubu

Dave Douglas' "Witness" group live (with Speed, ts & cl, and Jamie Saft & Craig Taborn on Fender & Wurlitzer) was great, too. Then - maybe where one doesn't expect this, but another proof of avant & grease fitting tight and well - on the Wildflower sessions (5LPs, now 3CDs on KnitClassics), there's some very groovy stuff, too, with freak saxophone etc. Then the very first Kirk record (56 for Bethlehem) might be some sort of a precurson, though he was mainly in R'n'B at that time, but somehow I hear some connections. Don't know if this fits your category, though. ubu

got mine, too, beginning of the week. and still have the wrong one, which makes me have the complete MD quintet prestige sessions again (after having traded in the Modern jazz giants disc when I got the Monk Prestige box...) - so even though it's wrong for Bill Evans, I still have some use for it! ubu

check volume 3! mine had "Volume 3" typed in front, but did include the wrong discs nevertheless... ubu

got my monk discs 8-12 last week. (sorry for posting that late, had little time for the bb's) ubu

oh yeah, Stick Up! and In'n'out are two of my favorites, too! and two I forgot: Grant Green, Idle Moments & Solid ubu

one more for Basra! then: The State of the Tenor, Live at the Village Vanguard (2CD, Blue Note, with Ron Carter & Al Foster) Mirror Mirror (MPS, 1980, with Chick Corea, Ron Carter, Billy Higgins) Then the other Henderson-Dorham Blue Note collaborations: Our Thing (with Andrew Hill) Kenny Dorham, Una Mas! (with Herbie Hancock) and then let's hope Dorham's Trompeta Toccatta will reappear (I never heard it) then some more: Lee Morgan, Sidewinder Lee Morgan, Rumproller Andrew Hill, Point of Departure Andrew Hill, Black Fire these are only the ones which come to my mind right now. ubu

Those were the days of the fatassa models Otherwise, so many great covers - and imagine they were done by a guy who likes classical music using the photography of some german - now zat swings! How about some sort of a "Blue Note Chappel"? (like the Rothko chappel) Sort of a cube where all walls are pasted with original LP jackets... not to meditate in, obviously...

everybody who received a Bill Evans Riverside set from zweitausendeins, check disc 8. it may contain some Miles Davis session instead of what should be on it! (despite looking alright - what's printed on the CD is "Bill Evans Disc 8")</span> I emailed Mr. Luening again and he replied two hours ago that they'll send the right one out to me. I'll post here when I'll have the Monk discs 9-12 and the correct Evans Disc 8. Now: has anybody detected similar flaws to the Pepper, Evans Fantasy and the two Tatum boxes? - if so, please post here! ubu

Mike: I've only heard one set (off the air) from Ms Gambarini, but I did like what I heard. No need to argue. What seems to me is that she's maybe a little bit too, say, "artistic"? Maybe the concert I heard was good cause Ronnie Mathews, Jimmy Woode and Roy Hargrove were accompanying her... Jim: No idea if she's made a record. Then another recommendation: swiss singer Susanne Abbuehl. She made an ECM record called "April", where she's accompanied by her band (piano, percussion & clarinet/bass clarinet). I saw her live once and heard several broadcasts. She has studied among others with Jeanne Lee, her disc has songs she wrote for lyrics of e.e. cummings and Carla Bley compositions she wrote lyrics to. Now you may say this sounds special, but I think it's not just for the sake of being different. She does her thing for quite some time now, has a stable band with constant line up who are extremely responsive, and she does have a good voice with much musicality and feelings projected. Anyone knows her? ubu

nothing to add...

Jim, good point you have about the scatting! How about Mel Tormé? I think he's a hell of jazz-singer and I consider his bethlehem albums (Lulu's back in town, At the Crescendo, Sings Fred Astaire) some of the best vocal jazz ever done. And Mel's scatting (go for "Lullaby of Birdland" on Lulu) seems to be very musical. (I know there are some who like Mel and dislike Ella scatting, for instance...) And do you (or anyone around here) know Roberta Gambarini? She seems a tremendous singer (with extremely musical scatting/improvising/soloing like a horn player), imho! ubu