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Some of my favorite New Orleans music. Some folks might not share my enthusiasm - Piron's band was "polite" and restrained rather than hot. But there's something going on rhythmically with them that just gets under my skin. They swing in a way that only New Orleans musicians could at the time. There's plenty of improvisation going on, even if it takes the form of melodic variations rather than hot solos. And the musicians! These are the only recordings of the great Creole trumpeter Peter Bocage in his youth, and practically the only recordings at all of a couple of legendary figures: clarinetist Lorenzo Tio and pianist Steve Lewis. Don't expect this to sound like King Oliver. But on its own terms, it's great. Many thanks for the review! Sounds like music to savour many times over.

What's the opinion on the Armand J. Piron band. Sounds like excellent music, based on the the review of the Retrieval CD at cduniverse.com.

Thanks for ze heads up.

Wow - 9CDs ... ... Amazon.com states 20 September release.

Oh shucks didn't even know volumes 13 & 14 were released ...

Just discovered the series, That Girl...love it!

Happy birthday Chuck!

Cat Ballou

Hi folks You may be able to find a few of the Selects at www.cdconnection.com - some may be at a significantly higher price.

When watching a really dull movie at the cinema and someones cell phone suddenly rings out loud and that someone starts speaking at the top of his voice and other movie viewers start swearing at the fella.

Hi Hans, I didn't realise you did the liner notes - great work! Will be getting this volume soon, and the next one when it's released.

Root Doctor - Been A Long Time Coming

The Earl Hines, Bobby Hackett and Mary Lou Williams discs are favourites. Yes the Mary Lou Williams set is available. Here is the cover: I think disc 2 has a half hour track of Mary Lou talking about her earlier days.

$25 - $30 for an OOP item by a small and/or defunct label. $18 for a new disc, maybe a couple more $ if the disc is a 2-for-1.

More OJC/Fantasy: Coleman Hawkins - Sirius Sonny Rollins - Easy Living Sonny Rollins - Old Flames Ada Moore - Ada Moore Red Holloway - Brother Red Jack McDuff - Tough Duff Art Pepper + Eleven Count Basie - Kansas City 5 Yusef Lateef - Centaur and the Phoenix

The chopper should be upgraded to a B-52.

Love the female voice

Eric Dolphy - Complete Prestige, discs 7 - 9

I have been eyeing the Parker Benedetti for years and now with this promotion...

Eric Dolphy - Complete Prestige, discs 3 - 6

Eric Dolphy - Complete Prestige, disc 2

Eric Dolphy - Complete Prestige, disc 1

Missed yet another Mosaic promotion but, I'll buy most of their sets with or without a discount. Any label that reissues 3 (possibly more) Duke Ellington sets will get my money! And, I got to bow down in reverence to a label that reissues such a broad range of jazz, especially the pre-bop and vocal sets. Now if only they didn't raise the price of booklets of OOP sets to $20.