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Holy FUCK, man...where did you go? Used CD Heaven? Just a nice used CD store in a jazz desert (Greenville and Lovers, Dallas). I wish the mini-LP was the standard CD format.

Now this thread has caused me to look for OJCs at my favorite used store. I found three, Nat Adderley's Little Big Horn, Here's Jaki (Byard) and Otis Spann The Blues Never Die. Of course, during this search I also find a nice copy of Lester Young's recent 2CD reissue the Complete Savoy Recordings, and then stumble across no less than six Japanese mini-LP CD reissues of EmArcy/Mercury LPs in perfect condition for $5 or $6--Introducing Joe Gordon, Bill Perkins Just Friends (with Art Pepper and Richie Kamuca), Jazz Abroad (which appears to be half a Roy Haynes date and half a Quincy Jones date). and three leaders I've never heard of--Bernard Pfeiffer Bernie's Tunes, Eddie Chamblee Chamblee Music, and the John Wiliams Trio.

He has the right to prefer accoustic music; I can respect that while being in strong disagreement, but it's the way he's insulting and disrespectful toward musicians who don't adhere to his view of what they should play, and smug and arrogant about the truth of his opinions, that makes me dislike him. I never said he didn't have the right to "prefer" acoustic music. I think his entire attitude is jive. I didn't mean to imply you did. Jazz is not busting out all over here in Dallas. Listening to some "finger poppin" Sonny Sharrock right now.

He has the right to prefer accoustic music; I can respect that while being in strong disagreement, but it's the way he's insulting and disrespectful toward musicians who don't adhere to his view of what they should play, and smug and arrogant about the truth of his opinions, that makes me dislike him.

This thread has made me realize I take OJCs for granted. So I bought seven last night: Harold Land--The Fox and In New York Pepper Adams--Encounter! The Resurgence of Dexter Gordon Nat Adderley--Work Song the Bobby Timmons Trio in Person Coleman Hawkins--Nighthawk I fear the floodgates have barely been opened...

It's actually easy to recommend Mingus because virtually all of his recordings are great.

Mingus Dynasty is the followup recording to Mingus Ah Um on Columbia. That same year, he also recorded Blues and Roots on Atlantic, another classic. Pithecanthropus Erectus, a 1956 recording, was followed by a string of outstanding recordings in 1957: on Atlantic, the Clown and half the tracks on Tonight at Noon, East Coasting and A Modern Jazz Symposium of Poetry and Music on Bethleham, and Tiajuana Moods on RCA. Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus Mingus is the companion disc to the Black Saint on impulse, both recorded in 1963. I'm not sure which Town Hall disc you are referring to. There is a large group concert recording that was recorded shortly before the Black Saint and Mingus Mingus ... And there is a Town Hall Concert from 1964 with Eric Dolphy. If the latter, then you will want to get the newly reissued The Great Concert of Charles Mingus, which features the same group a few weeks later in Paris.

I don't have any of his records, but I did see him at Sweet Basil [six or seven] years back. He was at least 90 at the time (I believe he has since died). He was a nice, swinging alto player, with a style staight out of the 1920s-30s.

I have it on good authority that a UNT guitar instructor, a devout Methenyite (in the worst way, if you know what I mean, and if you don't you're either very blessed or one of them yourself ), was at that gig and was so, uh....unprepared for the music that he spent a good portion of the evening in the men's room throwing up. I kid you not. We need more music that makes irrationally happy people throw up. Now that I think about it, I do recall meeting a guy there on another occasion who said he was a UNT guitar instructer. I asked him who he thought was the best guitarist out there and he named Frank Gambale. I think I listed some of my favorites (blues and jazz) and he looked at me in a condescending and pitying way. That ended any further communication.

I have it on good authority that a UNT guitar instructor, a devout Methenyite (in the worst way, if you know what I mean, and if you don't you're either very blessed or one of them yourself ), was at that gig and was so, uh....unprepared for the music that he spent a good portion of the evening in the men's room throwing up. I kid you not. We need more music that makes irrationally happy people throw up. I was there also and thought it was great. I think I remember your friend--was he the guy with his head in the toilet? I assumed at the time it was excessive New Year's revelry.

I recently listened to the first two CDs I bought, in 1983, Art Blakey's Night in Tunisia (the Watson, Schnitter Band, not the Blue Note version) and a Max Roach Soul Note In the Light. They both played perfectly.

I did see Jaco one time, but the best jazz electric bassist I've seen in my opinion is Jamaaladeen Tacuma. Others I've enjoyed that come to mind are Albert McDowell (with Ornette), Gerald Veasley (with John Blake, McCoy Tyner and with Joe Zawinul), Mark Egan (with the Miles Evans Orchestra), John Lee (with Dizzy and with McCoy Tyner), Bruce Johnson (Ronald Shannon Jackson), Melvin Gibbs (Ronald Shannon Jackson and Oliver Lake), and Richard Bona (Mike Stern). Also, Tyrone Brown (who plays a hybrid) (with Max Roach and Odean Pope).

I have it and find it to be an excellent recording.

The group (Ornette, Denardo, Pat Metheny and Charlie Haden) performed live at the Caravan of Dreams in Fort Worth on December 31, 1985, and they recorded the concert. A double set with the live performance would be most welcome.

Giant mistake on your part. Those two Mingus LPs are superb.

Thanks.

I really admire Mick Taylor's guitar playing, but his recording career since he left the Rolling Stones has been such a disaster. However, I strongly recommend this studio recording from 1998, A Stone's Throw. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00...9441147-9711306

The Mingus attire is above the '70s fray. Actually, I believe that there are several more discs released with the Mingus disc; but the only jazz one is Al Dimeola.

A few years back, I recorded a number of live sets (with the artist's permission of course) on my minidisc recorder. They actually sound surprisingly good, since I used a good microphone. I can easily transfer these sets to CDs. However, I wanted to assemble an edited collection of the best tracks of these recordings. I was wondering what kind of software would faciliate my editing and compiling these various tracks onto a single CD. I have an imac. Any software suggestions?

Jack Bruce made some nice recordings with Kip Hanrahan. For instance, Vertical's Currency pairs Bruce on vocals with David Murray. There are others, where Bruce plays with the likes of Don Pullen, George Adams and others under the production leadership of Hanrahan. Some of these are kind of hit and miss, but the good tracks are quite good.

This is a great group, and the release of this DVD is a major event for Mingus fans. The Changes quintet plays The Devil Blues, Free Cell Block F, and an epic Sue's Changes. Then guests Benny Bailey and Gerry Mulligan are featured (with Pullen and Mingus) on Goodbye Pork Pie Hat and Take the A Trane. The sound is generally good, except that George Adams is somewhat erratically recorded.

I'm content with having most of the CD sets--the Hawkins, Eldridge and the Swing Trumpets, Lester Young, Benny Carter, Lennie Tristano, Fabulous Ellingtonians. Some great music in these sets.

I sure recommend those Ned Rothenberg Double Band CDs.

Somewhere a plastic surgeon is driving a Porsche.

Reflections in Blue is an excellent Blakey date, with the Blanchard/Harrison/Toussaint/Miller edition of the Jazz Messengers. Timeless released a number of recordings by George Adams and Don Pullen that I strongly recommend. In addition, there is the Kirk Lightsey-Freddie Hubbard date Temptation, which is one of Freddie's greatest recordings.