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  2. Electric Blues Recommendations

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    I need to expand my understanding of blues music from the 1940s and 1950s especially. All that I have in this direction is the five disc Chess box set that samples that label's output. Any other recommendations are very much welcome. I have a preference for box sets just because I like methods of chronicling the music that are more thorough and comprehensive.

    Thanks!

  5. Recommend Me Books on the Blues

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    That's really well-written, Allen. Thanks for sharing. This is giving me a lot to think about. In general I like provocative arguments, even if they are flawed; I like tracing the history of an idea, even an idea that might be out of date or wrong. I like histories that are more poetic than "objective" (since nothing is objective anyway), and I love good writing. I think I will snoop around my academic library and see what I find, then go from there. This has been really helpful. I knew you guys would come through!

  6. Recommend Me Books on the Blues

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    So, far, far, too late, I've been getting into listening to blues music recently (Blind Willie McTell, Charley Patton, Bessie Smith, etc.) and need to know what are the best books out there on the history of the blues. Basically the only thing I've read that touches on the topic is Leroi Jones's Blues People.

  8. Movie Gold label at DMG?

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    It is still pretty much my favorite place to shop for music in person. I've always found the staff friendly and knowledgeable and I try to make a point of ordering from them when I can. I've discovered more music there than at any other store.

  10. Four Mosaic Selects For Sale

    in Offering and Looking For...

    Posted · Edited by Face of the Bass

    Continuing my pruning of my current collection of box sets, I have the following four Mosaic Selects for sale. Each of them is $30, shipping included to the U.S. Paypal only. PM if interested. Will ship internationally at cost. For all four sets, the booklets and discs are in like new condition. The outer boxes have minor shelf wear consistent with what you see in most Mosaic selects. The Jones outer box is a bit more banged up than the others.

    All Sold.

    Thanks for looking!

  12. Box Sets For Sale: Avant Jazz and Mainstream

    in Offering and Looking For...

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    Update: the Bill Evans Verve set and the Roland Kirk Mercury Set are now both on E-Bay. Here is a link to the auctions. You might be able to get them for a lower price:

    The Evans is here:

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/251226782486?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

    The Kirk is here:

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/251226784771?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

    The other sets that I still have available are listed above and can be had by sending me a PM.

    Thanks!

  21. Why does LeRoi Jones (aka Amiri Baraka) hate Hard bop?

    in Jazz In Print - Periodicals, Books, Newspapers, etc...

    Posted

    Fell across this blog, which attempts to review various Mosaic reissues. In this case, a review of Cartler/Bradford set takes the view that the new thing replacing hard bop (jealous ensues, yada yada, yada). Thought it was related to the discussion on this thread.

    Mosaic Reviews: John Carter and Bobby Bradford

    Huh, I wrote that almost two years ago. Not sure if my opinion still holds. I do think, though, that hard bop as a genre was vital to jazz music until the early 1960s, by which point it was largely played out and overly formulaic. Of course, a lot of free jazz is also overly formulaic these days as well. Eventually everything gets played out.

  23. Last Shop Standing (Whatever happened to record shops?)

    in Jazz In Print - Periodicals, Books, Newspapers, etc...

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    Well I absolutely love record stores. Every time I hit a new city I always find out where the record stores are (if there are any) and drop a boatload of cash. Online shopping is nowhere near as fun, and downloading is awful. I'm a human being, which means that I relate better to physical objects.

    Does that make me old-fashioned? Maybe. But I'm only 35.

  24. LF: Harry Miller: The Collection (Ogun)

    in Offering and Looking For...

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    Figured I'd take a stab at this. Checking the usual places, I cannot find a single copy of this for sale anywhere. (Only illegal downloads come up on searches.) I am trying to bolster my collection of South African jazz, and so if anybody happens to know where one can get a copy, or have a copy themselves that they would be willing to sell or trade away, then send me a pm. Thanks.

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