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I have this one, but didn't realize it was hard to get. If memory serves, it's the second session (the unreleased one) with Woody Shaw, Kenny Barron and Billy Higgins, that's makes it worth a mere $15 and then some.

Thanks for the information. This is an excellent OJC (Sub-Conscious Lee), which also features the referenced session with Warne Marsh (another good one), plus a third session with Billy Bauer.

I suggest these: Lanquidity (Evidence) Strange Celestial Road (Rounder) My Brother the Wind volume 2 (Evidence) (half of it anyway) Mayan Temples (Black Saint) (superb late studio Sun Ra album)

I've long admired the 1949 Prestige Session featuring Lennie Tristano, Lee Konitz and Billy Bauer that produced Progression/Tautology/Retrospection/Subconscious Lee/Judy. I first heard this when I purchased a two LP set called Prestige First Sessions. Yesterday I picked up a Lee Konitz OJC which includes these sessions. I'm wondering--who was the actual leader of the session? My LP set indicates Lennie Tristano was the leader, whereas the OJC seems to indicate that Lee Konitz was the leader.

The Stitt concert sounds like it occurred ten years before the Coltrane concert. Yes and no. When you just compare Trane with Stitt, probably yes. But I think Miles' playing is more advanced on the 2nd date (meaning the one with Stitt). Or at least that's my memory of it -- been at least six months since I've listened to any of this material. Hafta try to dig it out soon. I do reallly like the Stitt concert also, but the concerts with Coltrane on this tour (Stockholm and Paris) are probably my favorite Miles Davis recordings. However, I had forgotten that I also have CDs from the March 24 and April 9 concerts. Going to have to take a listen again.

The Stitt concert sounds like it occurred ten years before the Coltrane concert.

Judging from the live CDs recorded at his club last year in January, he still doesn't sound his age. I wish I had a photo of the look on Kim Wilson's face, one of the times in Austin when he was playing with Buddy, on one of the best nights I heard him--stunned, awestruck and humbled at once. Probably my best experiences were his two appearances at the Caravan of Dreams, especially the first time with that superb three guitar band he had with Steve Ditzell and George Blaze (?).

I'm glad to see Buddy getting a little acclaim, he certainly deserves it. I'll never forget, back in 1982, when I happened to notice a bill on a lampost near the UT campus, Buddy Guy One Night Only Antone's. Fortunately for me, I went, and heard the wildest, most intense guitar sounds I'd ever heard. He was unbelievable that night. A few months later, he returned with Junior Wells, and I was able to see three nights of the Buddy Guy and Junior Wells Blues Band--it was amazing. He's one of my favorite musicians.

There's an ebay seller in Argentina, musicshop780, who sells quite a few Oscar Aleman CDs. I've bought from this seller and they are a bit slow but always respond to email.

Sounds good. Thanks.

An easy choice for me--definitely Claudio Roditi and Kenny Drew Jr.

I've been wanting to visit Chicago and go to the Jazz Showcase for years, as my business trips to Chicago have been few in number and very brief. I'm also eager to hear blues guitarist Melvin Taylor live again, having caught him in New York a few years back. Anybody here ever heard him at Rosa's? Is it in a safe neighborhood?

I have an Nomad Jukebox which quite frankly is not as smart as an iPod. On Lester Young's birthday I hit shuffle and it played a Paul Quinichette selection. That may be even smarter, especially if it then moved on to Zoot Simms, Al Cohn and Stan Getz.

The set sounds like what would happen if you mixed together Pepper's classic 1950s Contemporary LPs with his classic 1970s-80s Galaxy recordings, the resulting being very pleasing to the ear.

Sometimes I wonder about whether that thing has a brain. The other day, on Ornette Coleman's birthday, I hit shuffle and the first song was an Ornette piece. Today, the anniversary of Bird's death, the third song was Now's the Time. I'm sure it's just a coincidence.

It is really simple to download music from a CD to your computer, at least if you are an Apple itunes user. You just put the CD in the computer, itunes will open and show you the songs on the CD; keep the ones you want to download checked, and uncheck the others--then hit import. Plug your ipod into the computer and it will automatically add the new tunes you've imported onto your computer's harddrive. If you have a Windows computer, you might still want to try itunes for Windows.

I quite enjoy the Shuffle feature, especially in the car on a long drive.

Similarly, in Fort Worth, there was not a word spoken until over two hours into the concert. I vastly prefer the Cannonball Adderley approach to the Miles Davis approach which seems to dominate in jazz today.

I would love to hear the first set from the Carnegie Hall concert, but disagree with you--the jam session is great.

That review was not very well done, as the concert deserved more enthusiasm. There were of course occasional people leaving (though not that early), as this was a Bass Hall subscription concert, so there were a fair number of people in attendance who were not jazz fans. Roy played great, as did Herbie throughout. I don't care for Terri Lynne Carrington much; she was the weakest link. The best part was the long encore, when they really caught fire. I would love to see this group in a club.

I've found that the ones I wasn't as enthusiastic about early in my Mingus listening experience have grown on me over time--that is, Pre-Bird, Town Hall Concert (1962), and Mingus and Friends. The latter two grew in my estimation based on the expanded CD reissues. I haven't listened to it in quite awhile, but the one that might fill the bill is Charles Mingus and Orchestra, which was made in Japan with a mixture of Mingus and Japanese musicians. When I got it I thought it was not good, but now I find I can't really remember anymore, so maybe I better listen again.

I'm with you--I love my ipod. I'm at about 34 gigs of jazz and other favorite music, over 5100 tracks. I recently upgraded to a 60 gig model and then, one week later, Apple lowered the price 25%. To my amazement, Apple actually refunded the price difference.

Pardon my ignorance, but who are Elmer Snowden (sounds familiar) and Sam Wooding?

I haven't seen him live, but I have a couple of his records and like him. He's Nat King Cole's brother and there is definitely a strong family resemblance, but Freddie Cole's voice is gruffer/a bit rougher than Nat King Cole's voice. He mostly sings standards and also plays the piano. I would go see him if I had the chance.

The box doesn't contain anything like that. There are a few unrleased alternate takes from the Blues and Roots session, that's it.