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too easy to twist things ... but since we're all assholes, who cares

Well, you get what we get when ordering from the states ... makes one think two or three times before ordering (and that concerns smaller orders, too, btw).

So they all sat together in caves, some had their heads attached to dog's bodies ... and then they did some fishy sliding? I don't like those four (CD?) covers - some clichéd way to depict "primitive", that's the first thought I have whenever I see them pop up.

Only just caught this - great to know! My copy should arrive any day.

Seems "Yours Is My Heart Alone" was played rather regularly at least on that 1981 tour - it's both on the Stuttgart and Croydon sets Laurie has released

Not saying any of those are bad or something, the one with Hawes is indeed great! ... there's also two fine discs with Kenny Barron and John Taylor (don't know the Zeitlin) It's just that to my ears, the ones with Hank Jones reach another level that is out of reach with any of the others (in the case of Barron and Hawes I'm not sure they wanted to go there, but surely Jarrett tried).

The mailman just brought mine ... will play it later today!

I love the Bley cover - CD is finally on the way, hope to have it here this week! The Jarrett/Haden will be of interest - when was it recorded? I dimly remember reading Charlie was doing somewhat better, but I don't remember details. He, to me, is one of the greats. Jarrett can be happy he bothers to play with him, as he's no Hank Jones by a long stretch ... but yeah, "Jasmine" wasn't too bad. Still, the Haden/Jones duo looms over any other duos haden does with piano players and to my ears, none of them are quite up there, not even Chris Anderson (but he's close, I'd say).

She's talkin' it straight - me dig that. Will have to get this and the (auto-)bio, too, finally!

Belated best wishes, Alex! Hope you had a great day!

Had missed the Dinah W. too, alas ... but I'm good on the Tea and the Basies (bought the studio last year, cost some, but hey, you only live once!) - the Ferguson was too expensive for my high schooler's admission back when it went onto the "running low" list, alas, but I was able to hear it, as I was with the Dinah.

I know, but depending on where you live and the consecutive shipping costs ... also xe converter tells me 40€ is about 33£ - so definitely cheaper.

Might be a bit cheaper from amazon.fr by now ... not sure I need this, will have to take a closer look!

I went with the Fremeaux boxes eventually ... the Mosaic just wasn't enought for me, but I hold on to it, of course! Also to his whole run of Jazz in Paris discs ... there'd be a very nice small Vogue box, too - but reason kicks in, eventually, even with me The Vaughan has some really good stuff! The less than great (some of those singles session, the classical stuff) is in a minority, but it's there. On the other hand you get great things such as "Sarah Sings Soulfully" (of which I'd not even heard prior to receiving the Mosaic - too band Carmell Jones and Teddy Edwards don't get to blow) and well-known ones like the Basie and Benny Carter collaborations and of course the magnificient trio albums (Sarah + 2, After Hours).

Jonathan, I'd sent you WAV of "Hum Dono" some months back, via private message here (October 1, to be precise) ... hence my question ... guess it went under then!

Big fan here! CBBB indeed - one of the mainstays, also on plenty of small group dates! Not quite sure if it really was the very first time I heard him, but I totally love his solo on "Bakai", the opener of Coltrane's first album! A complete musician!

Hm, thought Universal took over the jazz parts of EMI? It's not that simple then, it seems ... never is. The Django isn't really essential in light of the other options there are to get his recordings, the Vaughan runs the gamut from rather horrible commercial stuff to - indeed! - divine singing and great music.

Seems this is the only Henze thread we've got here ... I know it's the obit thread, but ... Glue alert on the DG box! Just got mine and one disc had glue stuck on it that could just about be removed without damage - and several of the cardboard covers made me feel there might be more damage eventually - so I took out all the discs and stuck them into paper sleeves. The box luckily is large enough to hold them even without having to adjust/cut the sleeves and stick them back into the slots, instead I just placed them inside the foldouts.

another cube coming up, first of three, it seems, see blurb from amazon.co.uk below - amazon.de has the best pre-order price currently (83€) This 50CD set is dedicated to L’Oiseau-Lyre’s founding commitment – the music of the Baroque. It contains a range of acclaimed, pioneering recordings that testify to the curiosity and ambition of an iconic label. Tracklist CD1 ARNE Overtures Academy of Ancient Music • Christopher Hogwood CD2 BOYCE Eight Symphonys, op.2 Hogwood CD3 BLOW Venus and Adonis Catherine Bott • Libby Crabtree • Michael George Choristers of Westminster Abbey Choir • New London Consort • Philip Pickett CD4 PURCELL Theatre Music Joy Roberts • Hogwood CD5 PURCELL The Indian Queen John Mark Ainsley • Emma Kirkby • David Thomas • Gerald Finlay • Catherine Bott Hogwood CD6 PURCELL • BLOW • LOCKE Songs from the Restoration Theatre Bott CD7 HANDEL Water and Fireworks Music Hogwood CD 8-9 HANDEL Concerto grossi, op. 6 Handel & Haydn Society • Hogwood CD10 HANDEL • ARNE • LAMPE Arias Kirkby • Hogwood CD11 HANDEL Italian Cantatas • The Alchemist • English Songs Emma Kirkby • Judith Nelson • David Thomas • Partizia Kwella Hogwood CD12-13 HANDEL Messiah Nelson • Kirkby • Carolyn Watkinson • Paul Elliott • Thomas The Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford • Simon Preston • Hogwood CD14-15 HANDEL La Resurrezione Kirkby • Kwella • Watkinson • Ian Partridge • Thomas Hogwood CD16-18 HANDEL Orlando James Bowman • Arleen Auger • Catherine Robbin • Kirkby • Thomas Hogwood GERMANY CD19 J.S BACH Goldberg Variations Christophe Rousset CD20-21 J.S BACH Brandenburg Concertos Pickett CD22 J.S BACH Concertos for 3 and 4 Harpsichords Hogwood CD23 J.S BACH Sacred Cantatas Julianne Baird • Allan Fast • Frank Kelly • Jan Opalach The Bach Ensemble • Joshua Rifkin CD24 J.S BACH Coffee and Peasant Cantatas Kirkby • Thomas • Rogers Covey-Crump Hogwood CD25 C.P.E BACH String Symphonies Hogwood CD26 J.C BACH Overtures Hogwood CD27 TELEMANN Double and Triple Concertos Hogwood CD28 BIBER Requiem • String Sonatas Pickett FRANCE CD29-30 COUPERIN • MONTÉCLAIR • FORQUERAY • LECLAIR • MARAIS Musique pour la chamber du Roy Nelson • Hogwood CD31 REBEL • DESTOUCHES Les Elémens • Les Eléments Hogwood CD32 ROYER Pièces de clavecin Rousset CD33 RAMEAU Ouvertures Les Talens Lyriques • Rousset CD34 COUPERIN Trois Leçons de ténèbres Nelson • Kirkby • Jane Ryan • Hogwood ITALY CD35-36 ALBINONI 12 Concertos, op. 9 Hogwood CD37 CARISSIMI Cantatas Martyn Hill • Robert Spencer • Trevor Jones • Hogwood CD38 GEMINIANI Concerti grossi, op.3 Jaap Schröder • Catherine Mackintosh • Trevor Jones • Anthony Pleeth Hogwood CD39 PERGOLESI Stabat Mater • Salve Regina Kirkby • Bowman, Hogwood CD40 A. SCARLATTI Sinfonie & Harpsichord Concertos Accademia Bizantina • Ottavio Dantone CD41 D. SCARLATTI Harpsichord Sonatas Colin Tilney CD42 VIVALDI The Four Seasons Hogwood CD43 VIVALDI Stabat Mater • Nisi Dominus Bowman • Hogwood CD44 VIVALDI Cello Concertos & Sonatas Christophe Coin • Hogwood CD45 VIVALDI Violin Concertos op. 6 Andrew Manze • Hogwood CD46 VIVALDI Oboe Concertos Stephen Hammer • Frank de Bruine • Hogwood CD47 VIVALDI [+ J.S BACH] Gloria • [+ Magnificat] Kirkby • Nelson • Watkinson • Elliott • Thomas The Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford Preston VARIOUS CD48 CORELLI • TORELLI • J.S BACH • HANDEL • GOSSEC WERNER • VEJVANOVSKY Christmas Concertos The Academy of Ancient Music Chorus Hogwood CD49 HEINICHEN • SCHICIKHARDT • TELEMANN • MARCELLO • VIVALDI Concerto di flauti Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet Hogwood CD50 VIVALDI • FERRANDINI • CONTI • PISENDEL Il Pianto di Maria Bernarda Fink Il Giardino Armonico • Giovanni Antonini Further sets will be The Classical Era and Medieval & Renaissance. ________________ source: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00IRQS24A/

I wonder: will it still contain the thick booklet with notes on each and every sonata? I've not really immersed myself into this ... so far rather played the three Pierre Hantaï discs (the fourth, or rather first, on naïve, is here now, too ... part of the nice recent box set) and some old piano interpretations (Horowitz, Ciccolini et al.) I did get the Davis/Berlioz, Böhm and Sawallisch sets in the meantime, btw (didn't order the others, for Jochum I've got the ICON, not that interested - so far, at least - in Chailly and Barenboim).

ordered - thanks for the bump!

Valid points ... but in light of combos like the Art Tatum and Nat Cole Trios or the glorious Bechet/Spanier Big Four (or the Hot Five), this is more about chronology and developments in jazz than about validity of concept, isn't it? I mean sure, Giuffre (or Brooks - I'm not familiar with any of his work besides the Alabama album with Cannon) raised the bar for everyone *after* him, but there was a time before, too

Happy Birthday, Steve! You are allowed to not put your shirt tails into your trousers today

I don't usually take photos during concerts - I like to focus on listening (or on wandering thoughts if the music fails to totally grab me), but this was the second time I caught Randy Weston (at Moods, Zurich, 9 April 2014) and when Billy Harper did his somewhat too cutesy solo number (the same as on the 2013 duo album) I kinda without taking notice grabbed my phone and took these two or Weston sitting there, relaxed but still focused.

guess Tatum solo applies, too ... a whole orchestra