Clunky

I have avoided the LPR series from Verve because they appear so shoddy. The one I have Dizzy's "Afro" comes in a flimsy cheap looking cover with poor printing , the music is pretty good but the sound is quite harsh. I am no audiofile so it must be quite bad for me to complain. How is the sound the Mulligan issue and how likely is this box set ?

This is excellent, well done again

Lucky is one of the very few jazzers whose every piece of work I will try to collect. Unlike Jim I find the Groove Merchants the slightest of his latter work. This may be in part the haphazard CD releases I have one "Lucky Thompson" on LRC and the other "Yesterdays Child " on Musidisc. They share a number of tracks and lack even the most basic recodring information such as date or location etc. None the les worth hearing if you a Thompson nut like me. Looking forwar already to the "promised" MPS session later this year. There are three discs in the Jazz in Paris collection including the one with Sammy Price. All excellent.

Lucky surelky wasnt one of the first to viist Europe. Even the Original Dixieland Jass Band went there in the twenties and Coleman Hawkins and Bill Coleman some time after that. Lucky's best stuff was with Martial Solal in Europe 1956 on and his work with Oscar Pettiford . Lucky is truely an unrecognised great. The newish reissues on EMI France under the "Americans Swinging in Paris " banner are well worth checking out ( one in his name the other Kenny Clarke)- amazon.fr for availability

Over at the site previously known as BNBB Greg appears to be trying to flush out any remaining posters with his broom stick. He doesn't have appeared to have read the lengthy disclaimer at the top about being civil. That place looks real sick now. Hard to see it rehabilitating itself in a hurry.

we need to get all the old crew over here B) i like the functions , layout, but we need more posters

This a very good set. I have listened a lot to the third disc which includes the unissed session and the "Folk" session. The latter is particulary hard hitting and deserves the praise Chuck heeped on it.

Its on Warner recorded June 1980 at Village Vanguard, Mosaic had it as an LP only set some time back , an abbreviated version appeared on just 2CDs called The Artists choice or something deepdiscountcd have it for $75

I picked up this excellent late Bill Evans set from amazon.co.uk but it's even cheaper I found out later if you get it from amazon.fr they have it for only £40 , which is excellent value the music is pretty good too although i am only through one of the 6 discs recommended any one else know this release

This is amazing, I hadn't realise how primordial the BNBB really was, well done.