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Thanks for all the additional insight re: Argo/Cadeet twofers! Guess they didn't have international distribution to a degree comparable to Impulse/MCA or Fantasy (I've seen many of those around here, but as I said, was totally unawarre of Argo/Chess ones' mere existence!) Those Burrell bonus tracks would be the ones added to the GRP CD reissue but deleted again in the silly "Originals" series disc (which is, alas, all I have)?

There was a two-fer issued with the same name: Oh, I wasn't aware of any Argo vinyl twofers! Never saw one so far!

Love both "Zoot" albums! And the second Stitt Argo is tasty indeed! (But the one with Harris ain't half bad, either.) But in the above listing, why is "Inter-Action" suddenly the same as the Argo "Zoot"? Something fishy there. "Inter-action" was reissued fairly recently in Japan and I bought it. Pretty good one, but not great, I'd say. Still miss a complete edition of the album w/Green, so I'm holding on to the compilation "How High the Moon" (the one in the starting post) for the time being (there's a Gambit issue, I think, of the Green albums - don't know the other one w/Bunky that's on it at all yet).

Not really: http://www.amazon.fr/gp/aw/d/B000E0W3F And: http://www.amazon.fr/gp/aw/d/B000CRQZN

Belated best wishes, Tom!

Got my Brel box early in the morning ... the mail man must have thought I was an insomniac - was working until 4 a.m. (for a paper I had to hand in at 9 a.m.) and he rang at 7:30 or so, I wasn't dressed yet and was of course not quite awake either ... but anyway, the box looks gorgeous indeed! Silly way to store the CDs (on top, in "slots" in the thick cardboard, similar to the Hip-O-Select 7-inch-boxes, but here, it's two discs per page), so the box is bloated, but flipping through the booklet it seems it's indeed a nice presentation! Lots of photos and all the relevant info at the back, no liner notes proper, rather a montage of many Brel quotes taken from a variety of interviews. And with the booklet, there's also an enveloppe with some replicas of memorabilia: Brel's pilot license etc. I have no. 09845 - how many would there be? 10 or 20 thousand?

this is the label: http://rankrecords.net no more traces of anything jazz on their website - they did "Alabama Feeling" and "Paris, Ariès" and since, I think the more jazz-oriented one of the two guys that founded the label, has left - so no matter if Wadud has died, I think chances are low.

Very good points indeed, Alex!

The Jazz Crusaders is mighty good! Didn't quite know what to expect, or rather only did via live albums - but my point of entry was some later music of theirs, after they'd dropped the "Jazz" part of their name. They're truly "together" as a band, very in the pocket groove, allowing them to do surprising stuff with such ease that you wouldn't even notice unless you really listen! The Hamp is classic of course - had some of it before, but it's wonderful to have it all in one place! And the Woody Herman is darn amazing! I already raved about it last time it came up (another of these "sales", I think?). As for the Hackett, I guess it's indeed pretty inessential, but pretty it is. (The best two albums of his Capitol tenure, I think, are the ones with Jack Teagarden - they were included in the Tea Capitol Mosaic, which I was lucky enough to find in the mean time, but there's also a Collector's thingie, what's that weird Capitol boutique label called, they were never around in yurp, but I got this one some way, some years back ... Collector's Choice?) As for the Q, that was one that also had European issue and was around at rather attractive prices here (I think I even bought it in a local shop!) - I don't play it all that often either, but it contains the classic "This Is How I Feel About Jazz", the wannabe-classic "Quintessence" (style over substance, I think, but It's been long since I've played it, Mr. Sangrey will tell me off if I'm wrong, please!) and four discs of Q's mighty good big band in the late fifties, including many wonderful musicians. There's also one jam session (I think from my 'hood, but that was long before I was born, my parents were small kids at that time - and neither of them got into jazz before the mid/late sixties) with a contingent of the full band. To me, this, together with the 1956/57 Dizzy Gillespie band (in which Q had a hand as well, of course) and the Basie NT band (again, Q was there) kind of embodies what I consider classic modern big band music. It doesn't have the excitement, the quirks, the idiosyncrasies of Jones/Lewis or Clarke/Boland, both of which I ultimately prefer ... but it's good!

need the Shaw - has this been on the running low list for a while or is it a new addition? wasn't aware if it has been ...

The piano one is disc 8 of course ... but I played discs 1-7 too, today - wonderful set!

Know what? Might just be another case of satire, after all

how's that for hubris? if he wants to make fun of jazz writing, he should make fun of jazz writing and those that produce it, using a musician isn't the soundest of ways to achieve that - but then no one would ever read a piece making fun of jazz writing, so ... lame ass stuff.

But no Blue Notes yet?

"Homecoming" for one is essential Dexter. I've got the old double disc edition and the double LP (missing two tracks later added on CD) - not sure if the box contains a remastered version. There's a thread about "Sophisticated Giant" somewhere ... the quartet w/Cables is terrific, and the jams with Griffin are fun - guess that about sells it.

Check the South African Jazz thread for lots of recommendations and comments! But no matter what, get "Very Urgent" - and next, get the first two Brotherhood of Breath ("Brotherhood of Breath" & "Brotherhood", reissued by Fledg'ling, same label that did "Very Urgent" and "Up to Earth") albums if you don't already have them! And don't forget the Berlin 1971 concert ("Eclipse at Dawn", Cuneiform), sans Mongezi, but really, the band is on fire! You might also consider the Blue Notes box on Ogun ... and if you haven't done so yet, you might just as well check out some more recent recordings by Moholo, including the mighty good duo album with Alexander Hawkins! And don't forget Harry Miller ... oh, and the second (blue cover) of Ogun's "archival" releases by the Blue Notes is absolutely wonderful (I'm a bit less enchanted by the first, red one, with Frank Wright going apeshit ... but that might be because my CD has been scratched/damaged beyond repair by - probably - some dust inside of the silly plastic sleeves ... I've since started replacing them with papersleeves immediately, the plastic ones tend to fall apart eventually I guess that's how dust might creep in there ... sucks for such a quality label, but at least it only happened once).

discs 9-12 in the past hours, more to come - disc 7, I think (the piano one), and the rest tomorrow .... great box!

love this one!

Who's this Mann anyway? Any relation to Herbie?

Whoah! Costs like ten percent of what I paid (not quite, but you get the idea) for the separate releases. What I've heard (about half of it, I think) sounded wonderful to me!

extremely tempting ... but then I have the small "Intégrale des album originaux" .. hm ... Same here. However, I've had the box in my hands and it looks terrific (10-inch square, IIRC). And although it's probably not the best way to judge this, I've listened to some mp3 and the sound is better to my ears. Of course there are complaints about this not being really complete and all that, but still... F definitely looks like a wonderful box ... actually I've noticed it (at full price) some days ago and was tempted, so this is a no-brainer, really (and I guess I know a friend who'd be very happy to get the other one) thanks for the alert!

extremely tempting ... but then I have the small "Intégrale des album originaux" .. hm ... two I just got - Paul Simon - Complete Albums Collection for €37: http://www.amazon.fr/Complete-Albums-Collection-Paul-Simon/dp/B007EG9CPM/ Earth Wind & Fire - Columbia Masters for €22: http://www.amazon.fr/Columbia-Masters-Earth-Wind-Fire/dp/B005L12SH6/