Stompin at the Savoy

https://archive.org/details/09-count-basie-musidisc-30-ja-5160_20210623_1346 This is a 1975 album on Musidisc with material from 1944-1945 called Super Count Basie. Never heard this before. Sound is goodish and some pretty great playing. Stream or download flac.

Couple more tips. Most of the time when you see albums on the Internet Archive the files are just 20 second samples. But sometimes they aren't! -This user on Internet Archive has posted some interesting files: https://archive.org/details/@chief_kurtz (scroll down!) -This query brings up postings with most of Duke Ellington on Chronological Classics: https://archive.org/search.php?query=chronological duke ellington&sin= which can be downloaded as flac files (some only mp3). As far as I know, Chronological Classics are/were a reprint series on material which is considered public domain in France. In other words Chronological Classics never owned any rights to this material. So I think it's probably ok to download these in order listen to the music as long as it's pretty old stuff and the players long deceased. I seem to end up buying more recent masterings of these once I get interested but this is a pretty good way to at least hear the music. Note - you can also get pretty much all of the Benny Goodman Chronological Classics volumes the same way.

Recent Blue Note 2 cd set.

Listening to this as I await the arrival of the recent The Complete Louis Armstrong Columbia & RCA Victor Studio Sessions 1946-66.

I like the way the Brownie Complete Emarcy Box is done. They seem to have decided to put one session or two closely related sessions per disc. So if that meant a disk with 44 minutes and others well over an hour, so be it. They were not trying to pack as much as possible into each disk but rather have disks represent sessions. I like this from a listening point of view. It's easy to follow who is playing - the different bands are segregated by disk. I also like lots of sets that are collections of original albums and have mini lp covers with the original artwork, such as those recent Columbia sets from Music on CD. The Mosaic sets are quirky and different and I love them. I generally rip the cd's to disk and photograph the booklets - very nearsighted and prefer blowing up the text and reading on a monitor without glasses. I do regret buying Lester Young, The Complete Aladdin Recordings, which is a 2 cd set. Only after I got it did I realize I had all of it (except for 2 tracks without Lester Young) on the 2016 Lester Young/Count Basie Mosaic set I have. Oops.

I don't know if this has been mentioned; been lurking a long time and don't think I've seen it. ==> https://musicbrainz.org/search On this site you can often find very complete cover art. You can search by release name, artist, label, etc. Once you drill down to the release you will see a cover art tab like this: https://musicbrainz.org/release/609a8d38-fbfc-46e7-9473-9baca2ddfed2/cover-art Check it out, great resource and includes many Mosaic booklets. You can just download the jpeg files! I find this very helpful for some Mosaic sets which are pricey: if I can find photos of the booklet on musicbrainz, then I'm very ok with downloading cd quality files from Qobuz or Presto. Here are a few more booklets: Classic Artie Shaw Bluebird and Victor Sessions https://musicbrainz.org/release/50f5326e-1986-4261-8acb-0f08df692e77 Classic Columbia and Okeh Benny Goodman Orchestra Sessions (1939–1958) https://musicbrainz.org/release/0b51e423-6110-4445-9b6d-02e7a595a1f8 Classic Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions https://musicbrainz.org/release/9c3f38c7-342b-4a2d-a160-6314abef8cf9/cover-art The Argo, Verve, And Impulse Big Band Studio Sessions of oliver nelson https://musicbrainz.org/release/b456e37b-0506-4150-8693-8c8f595c554d/cover-art The Quincy Jones ABC/Mercury Big Band Jazz Sessions https://musicbrainz.org/release/946c3804-cfd3-4a9e-93a5-653c724911b1/cover-art The Verve/Phillips Dizzy Gillespie Small Groups Sessions https://musicbrainz.org/release/609a8d38-fbfc-46e7-9473-9baca2ddfed2/cover-art The Complete Clef/Verve Count Basie Fifties Studio Recordings https://musicbrainz.org/release/28c2a16d-ce1c-4803-827c-74eb2b08ae33/cover-art The Complete Roulette Dinah Washington Sessions https://musicbrainz.org/release/54b77fd0-118f-4337-a776-e56bc81edc67/cover-art The Complete Roulette Sarah Vaughan Studio Sessions https://musicbrainz.org/release/4bce627c-0f4d-4e79-a122-c8dfdb547cf5/cover-art The Complete Blue Note Donald Byrd/Pepper Adams Studio Sessions https://musicbrainz.org/release/cc1484c5-c59f-439c-8fe3-a10763ab1b3a/cover-art The Complete Columbia Recordings of Mildred Bailey https://musicbrainz.org/release/d6cd75d9-007d-4cb7-ab02-ae19944f77f0/cover-art The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions https://musicbrainz.org/release/e9883574-788e-4dd5-9b84-909b571e92ff/cover-art The Complete Jimmie Lunceford Decca Sessions https://musicbrainz.org/release/7e0cf4e8-ca2d-4fc6-b519-dea789c6a82b Classic Earl Hines Sessions 1928-1945 https://musicbrainz.org/release/5cd94980-bd83-4638-a194-f4b44eaa5eb9/cover-art The Columbia and RCA Victor Live Recordings of Louis Armstrong and the All Stars https://musicbrainz.org/release/1f3ad4ea-004a-4ed5-b28c-a6375fb93e70/cover-art The Limelight / Verve Albums - roland kirk https://musicbrainz.org/release/3e914b5d-cbd4-4058-8279-bfd33268a2a0/cover-art The Complete Louis Armstrong Columbia and RCA Victor Studio Sessions 1946-1966 https://musicbrainz.org/release/d2b5c59c-8d02-4428-b71a-950ec2431ce5/cover-art