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Thanks! I've listened to it this past hour, sounds great. (And, as someone noted above, no humming, for better or worse.) I paid $15 for it, so it wasn't any big investment. The Brooklyn Bridge probably would have cost me more.

Wayne Shorter, on "Free For All."

It's a new release of Glenn Gould's 1955 "Goldberg Variations." A hybrid CD/SACD (with a multi-channel version AND a "binaural stereo" version), it's a "Zenph Re-Performance." Something about software and a new piano. Can anyone tell me about any of this??

The Rascals, "Peaceful World" (the one with Joe Farrell and Alice Coltrane - a disappointment 35 years ago, curious to see if it's gotten any better); Glenn Gould's 1955 recording of "The Goldberg Variations" (the new CD/SACD release -"Zenph Re-Performance" - what the hell IS this thing anyway?); and Willis Jackson's "Please Mr. Jackson."

Put in a small order today, go an e-mail this evening that says one has shipped. That's pretty quick, although when it arrives is another story.

Not as much detailed information, no sound clips, appears they no longer take American Express. Still a great selection, though, and the prices seem good - I ordered a Tubby Hayes import and an Arnett Cobb OJC, together for about $20, free shipping - we'll see how it goes...

He steals the show on some of the Griffin/Davis Minton's stuff - and, considering the company, that's a hell of a feat!!

"Out To Lunch?" Maybe some of the Pharoah Sanders' Impulse titles, which can be free and groovy at the same time?

I think some of Harris' Vee Jay material surfaced on labels like Kent.

Picked up the Tubby Hayes "Proper" box. Am I going to hell?

Yes to "Mating Call" and Red Garland.

There might be a brief section where's there's some improvisation, but that's about it. It was released on MGM, not that it makes any difference, there was a lot of junk on Verve at the time.

Oliver Nelson's "Afro/American Sketches," an album I put off buying for 45 years.

Nice that they're keeping Groove Holmes' "Soul Message" available - always enjoyed Sammy Cahn's work on that one.

Jack McDuff made several, although it's questionable how "live" they really were...

Miles

The multi-channel aspect, when it's available on these, is just for 3 channels. And you're right - this is a fine series - excellent (and, in a couple of cases, very popular) recordings reissued in a first-class way. I read once that the old Columbia catalog would enjoy a similar reissue program, now that the companies have merged, but haven't heard anything about that lately and wonder if it's still in the works.

Think I like "Straight Life" a little more than "Red Clay" (which I bought the week it came out - my first CTI title). Hancock's electric piano (so strong in so many other situations) sounds thin to me - "Straight Life" has a fuller sound, with the guitar and added percussion. And if I never hear that mysteriouso introduction to "Clay" again it would be all right with me. (It was okay the first hundred times, but today it keeps me from putting the album on.)

For all are complaints about missing titles on CD, there's been an awful lot of stuff reissied that was long gone even in the height of the CD era.

I'm with Donald Peterson on this -especially looking forward to Buddy Terry's "Awareness." (And I have a soft spot for the Manne, which has been out on CD a couple of times already - it's a real period piece, and not just the cover!)

"Aquarius" and "More..." are originals, but everyone knows that "Yellow Submarine" and "Octobus's Garden" are really "He's So Fine."

One way to figure it out would be to hum the melody of "Rigby" as "Black Talk" is playing - it fits right in. (Sometimes it's easier to spot the original during the improvisation - the changes stick out more - a good example would be the lead tune on Art Blakey's "Night At Birdland" - a Horace Silver tune, "Quicksilver" - once the melody is over and the solos begin, you can figure out what original song the Silver one is based on.)

The Adderley has two new tracks (including "This Here"), in addition to the "bonus" track on the earlier CD reissues. And Keepnews says (in the notes) that there are 2 more that can still be released if they can find a place to put them. So, this is probably the best issue of this material so far.

It's the changes and structure of "Rigby" with a different melody on the top - just like all those bop songs that used "Indiana" or "How High the Moon."

One of the best jazz performances I heard in the Johnny Carson era was Paul Shaffer (on organ) with the Tonight Show band playing Oliver Nelson's arrangement of "A Taste of Honey" - the one that appears on Lloyd G. Mayers United Artist album. Shaffer acknowledged the "great Oliver Nelson."