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I have an original Atlantic SD 1412 green and blue stereo label Interaction and the songs and timings are identical to those described by Peter A. charles

Ron S Small consolation - KRTU plays a lot of Philly Jazz - Coltrane, Benny Golson, the Heath family, Kenny and Bill Barron, Lee Morgan, Sunny Murray, Sun Ra .... Hey, Stan Levey was on the air last Wednesday talking about his new dvd...

Trinity University's KRTU - Jazz for San Antonio 17 hours of jazz every day, 7 days a week

Stan Levey will be on San Antonio's jazz radio station on Wednesday, December 29, 2004 - you can listen @ KRTU.

Off Topic for OJC's but relevant to Don Friedman, any opinions on two recent Friedman trio recordings on the Japanese Eighty-eights label: Waltz For Debbie Timeless ?

Hiroshi Tanno of EarlyRecords has announced that Venus Records will be releasing several new Vinyl releases on January 26, 2005 - Vinyl lives! : Eric Alexander - Gentle Ballads - TKJV-19146 (Bill Charlap)New York Jazz Trio - Stairway To The Stars - TKJV-19140 Eddie Higgins - If Dreams Come True Vol 1 - TKJV-19138 Eddie Higgins - If Dreams Come True Vol 2 - TKJV-19139 Bob Kindred - Blue Moon - TKJV-19147 Steve Kuhn - Easy To Love - TKJV-19143 Harold Mabern - Fantasy - TKJV-19141 Danilo Rea - Romantica - TKJV-19144 Simone - Romance - TKJV-19145 Super Jazz Trio - Super Standard - TKJV-19142

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I made the trip north from San Antonio and had a wonderful evening filled with beautiful music. Lon's description that the tone was "deep blue" is very accurate, as Ornette alternated between blues ("Turnaround" and "What a friend we have in Jesus") and dirges. I was fortunate to get a ticket at the door 4th row center and could hear Tony Falanga more clearly than Lon did. I would also note that the two times Ornette played violin, Falanga and Cohen both played arco in unison with Ornette. My primary observation is that Ornette's music with his current group is not about the solo, but about collective improvisation. Maybe, it was always the case, but hearing him live with this accoustic group in a wonderful hall really empasized the wholeness of his vision. I had only seen Ornette live with Prime Time, and that is also a collective approach, but Denardo, Cohen and Falanga were a balm against strut and self, and I got it.

Village Voice Review by Francis Davis

Thanks for the link guys. I bought Cecil's Unit Structures NY Mono, Van Gelder pressing from anthonypearson for $37.00 - vinyl: "near mint/excellent+" cover:"vg++" I have had good luck with "avant garde" vinyl in the past because pepole bought the records "because no collection is complete without ________" instead of purchasing the music to listen to. I hope that will be the case with Unit Structures. Again, thanks for the link

I received the trueblue Fall 2004 Catalog yesterday that offers a tantalizing glimpse of upcomming Vinyl reissues from Classic - From Columbia - Duke Ellington - Piano In The Background Duke Ellington - Piano In The Foreground From United Artists - Duke/Mingus/Max - Money Jungle From the Blue Note Mono series - Tina Brooks - True Blue Jackie McLean - Swing,Swang,Swingin' Hank Mobley - Hank BN 1560 Horace Parlan - Us 3 Horace Parlan - Speakin' My Piece Sonny Red - Out Of The Blue ( file under Kyner?) The trueblue list synchs-up with the original Classic Mono list. I do think that the "Available October/November 2004" notation is probably overly optimistic.

"How would these sets stack up, let's say, against Mosaic LP sets ?" Mosaic has nothing to worry about, the two approaches are very different. Mosaic chooses a theme and strives for complete coverage of the chosen theme. Time Life were surveys of the chosen artists' work from a variety of labels, but, except for the Teschmacher set, never complete. Notwithstanding Mr. Albertson's modesty, the research is not the only strong suit of the Time Life booklets, the writing is frenquently beautiful and compelling, and never less than professional. The Mosaic booklets, of course, are also excellent, but the Time Life booklets hold their own. I view the Time Life sets as a fun supplement to the Mosaic approach, and if you are a vinyl lover and come accross one of these Time Life sets for a reasonable price, grab it ( the fact that the sets were issued by Time Life means they were not as rare as some jazz LPs and many appear to have been purchased but hardly played ). The sets are not the Holy Grail of recorded jazz.

The discussion on another thread about Bix Beiderbecke caused me to pull out a 3-lp compilation put out by Time Life. In the late-1970's/early 1980's, Time Life issued about 30 of these 3-lp boxes in the series, focused almost entirely on pre-WW II jazz. As a music omnivore and not a specialist in pre-WW II, I think that there is a place for well-programed compilations of music from the 78-era. The Time Life Giants of Jazz series are well-progamed, have excellent sound (transfers by Frank Abbey), and wonderful documentation. Again, those who are students of, or who have a deep affinity for (Lon), pre-WW II jazz, the compilations will not be enough. But vinyl lovers who want to experience this wonderful music can find these sets, often in great condition, @ used book stores and second-hand vinyl emporiums. Fun to listen to without a series of endless alternate takes. Here are the ones that I can recommend: Henry "Red" Allen - STL-J16 - booklet by Richard Sudhalter & John Chilton Louis Armstrong - STL-J01 - booklet by Chris Albertson & John Wilson Count Basie - STL-J22 - booklet by Stanley Dance & Richard Sudhalter Sidney Bechet - STL-J09 - booklet by Frank Kappler, Bob Wilber & Sudhalter Bix Beiderbecke - STL-J04 - booklet by Curtis Prenergast & Sudhalter Bunny Berigan - STL -J25 - booklet by John Chilton & Sudhalter Benny Carter - STL -J04 - booklet by Morroe & Edward Berger Johnny Dodds - STL-J26 - booklet by Frank Kappler & Bob Wilber Duke Ellington - STL-J02 - booklet by Stanley Dance & Dan Morgenstern Coleman Hawkins - STL-J06 - booklet by John McDonough ( Why did they leave out "Piccasso" ?) Earl Hines - STL-J11 - booklet by Stanley Dance Billie Holiday - STL-J03 - booklet by Melvin Maddocks - Great 3-lp compilation James P. Johnson - STL-J18 - booklet by Frank Kappler, Dick Wellstood & Willa Rounder Jelly Roll Morton - STL-J07 - booklet by Chris Albertson Red Norvo - STL-J14 - booklet by Don DeMicheal Pee Wee Russell - STL-J17 - booklet by John McDonough Joe Sullivan - STL-J27 - booklet by Richard Hadlock Art Tatum - STL-J24 - booklet by A.B. Spellman Jack Teagarden - STL-J08 - booklet by Leonard Guttridge & John Wilson Frank Teschemacher - STL-J23 - booklet by Marty Grosz - unlike the others in this series, the Teschemacher has every known recording of his on 5 lp sides and one side of recordings that may or may not include Teschemacher ! Fats Waller - STL-J15 - booklet by David Thompson Teddy Wilson - STL-J20 - booklet by George Gelles & John McDonough Of course, as 3-lp compilations, they only whet the appetite and are wholly inadequate for completists or huge fans of the particular artist, but they are fun and very well documented. There are others in the series that I don't have and, as a result, cannot comment.

Not "new", but post-digital vinyl: Chick Corea & Friends (Kenny Garrett, Joshua Redman, Wallace Roney, Christian McBride, Roy Haynes) - Remembering Bud Powell - Stretch, a 2 Lp set of Bud Powell compositions, including "Cleopatra's Dream", not on the CD. See Remembering Bud Powell

Would your file a video of an early Mohammad Ali fight under Cassius Clay ?......I didn't think so. File the LPs/cds under Abdullah Ibrahim.

Wolff identified the Eighty-Eights lablel as one of those issuing new analog recordings on Vinyl. See 88's. I have 4 - Ravi Coltrane - Mad 6 - Ravi on tenor & soprano with two different rhythm sections - George Colligan - piano/James Genus - bass/Steve Hass - drums or Andy Milne - piano/Darryl Hall - bass/Steve Hass - drums, recorded by David Baker. Ravi tackles his dad's "26-2", Jimmy Heath's "Ginger Bread Boy", Mingus' "Self Portrait in Three Colors", and Monk's "Round Midnight" & "Ask Me Now". Enjoyable but not essential, but Ravi's interpretation of "Self Portrait in Three Colors" is gorgeous. Great Jazz Trio - Someday My Prince Will Come - Hank Jones/Richard Davis/Elvin Jones - Elvin is a monster and Hank creates modern improvised music of the highest order. Enthusiastically recommended! I am very tempted to try Autumn Leaves. Roy Haynes - Love Letters - my favorite of the 4. If you don't have, get out your credit card or cheekbook. Roy Haynes, Kenny Barron or David Kikoski on piano, Dave Holland or Christian McBride on bass, Joshua Redman on tenor and John Scofield on guitar in various aggregations and all recorded by David Baker. Clark Terry & Max Roach - Friendship - Solos, duets and quartets with Don Friedman on piano and Marcus McLaurine on bass, recorded by David Baker. Conversations between masters who listen and respond. Civil without being polite or mannered - no shouting, no need to show-off.

Hoof In Mouth - Teva Tartar "Will it be tube ? Without a doubt" I lied.... I bought a very simple preamp/amp combination from Crimson Electronics crimsonusa. I compared the Crimson with Naim and an Audio Note OTO. Neither moved me like the Crimson. I will miss tube rolling but the Crimson preamp will allow me to try a moving coil cartridge to my LP 12/Ittok LV II. The Crimson plays music, which is the only thing that matters. With the price, I can afford to buy more music on vinyl and cd.

Sidewinder, True Blue is a fantastic session. Classic has stated that they intend to release True Blue as part of their 200-gram MONO series, but I do not think that they have gotten to it . See this link Classic MONO Based on your recommendation, I will be picking up the Classic reissue of Dizzy Reece's Star Bright - thanks.

sidewinder, I am not aware that Classic reissued True Blue, Classic did reissue Back to the Tracks and Blue Note reissued True Blue in 1994. Also Toshiba has just reissued a digitally remastered RVG on vinyl. I sprang for the Toshiba before I knew it was digital. "A fool and his money..." I have all 3 and the Mosaic set - I rate the sound of the reissues as follows: 1. the Classic 2. the Mosaic 3. the 1994 Blue Note 4. the Toshiba It goes without saying that the music is superlative !!!!

Sorry to be the source of a bummer ..... I have a couple of the Mosaics that I know to be digital and like them anyway - the Paul Desmond 4tet w/ Jim Hall & the Stan Getz w/ Jimmy Raney. If anyone can confirm the mastering of the vinyl set sold out by the summer of 1993, please do so.

Once Mosaic started issuing "Q-LPs" with MQ4-143 - Charles Mingus 1959 CBS, all vinyl issues purport to be analog except as follows: parts of MQ7-153 - Charles Brown Alladins ( LPs 1,2 & side one of LP 3 ) parts of MQ10-155 - Amos Milburn Alladins ( Lps 1,2,3,4 & side one of LP 5 ) parts of MQ6-165 - Illinois Jacquet 1945-50 most of MQ10-163 - Stan Kenton Capitol Studio parts of MQ11-164 - Miles Davis/Gil Evans ( LPs 1,8,9,10 & 11 ) Winter 1998 - Mosaic started issuing New Releases ( except for Horace Parlan and completing the Miles Davis series ) on CD only. MQ9-191 - Miles/Trane - analog MQ8-197 - Horace Parlan - analog MQ5-209 - Miles Silent Way - analog MQ10-226 - Miles '63/'64 Sessions due in October 2004

Beginning with Brochure # 10 from Summer 1993, announcing the first Q-LPs - the Louis Armstrong 50's All-Stars, the Buck Clayton Jam Sessions, the Mingus '59 CBS Sessions and the Don Cherry Blue Notes as New Releases ! According to Brochure No 10, the following vinyl sets are digital: MR6-120 - Paul Desmond 4tet w/ Jim Hall MR3-121 - Ike Quebec 45 Sessions MR4-122 - Chet Baker Pacific Jazz Studio MR23-123,MR23-128 & MR20-134 - the 3 Commodore sets MR6-127 - Cecil Taylor Candid MR10-129 - Charlie Parker Dean Benedetti MR9-130 - T-Bone Walker MR4-131 - Stan Getz 5tet w/ Jimmy Raney MR5-132 - George Lewis Blue Notes MR12-135 - Count Basie Live Roulettes MR6-136 - Stan Kenton Holman/Russo MR9-137 - Larry Young Blue Notes MR27-138 - Nat Cole Capitols MR5-139 - Otis Spann/Lightin' Hopkins Candids The Brochure lists the following sets as analog: MR4-106 - Tina Brooks Blue Notes MR4-111 - Charles Mingus Candids MR4-112 - Thelonious Monk Black Lion & Vogue MR5-118 - Herbie Nichols Blue Notes MR3-124 - Freddy Redd Blue Notes MR6-140 - Master Jazz Piano MR10-141 - Art Blakey Blue Notes MR4-142 - Woody Shaw CBS All of the "new" Q vinyl as of Brochure No 10 is listed as analog. The mastering of the then sold out vinyl sets is not addressed: MR4-101 - Thelonious Monk Blue Notes MR5-102 - Gerry Mulligan/Chet Baker Pacific Jazz & Capitol MR3-103 - Albert Ammons/Meade Lux Lewis Blue Notes MR5-104 - Clifford Brown Blue Note & Pacific Jazz MR3-105 - Art Pepper Pacific Jazz MR4-107 - Ike Quebec/John Hardee 40's MR1-108 - Port of Harlem MR4-109 - Edmond Hall/James P. Johnson/Sidney De Paris/Vic Dickenson MR6-110 - Sidney Bechet Blue Notes MR4-113 - Chet Baker Live Pacific Jazz MR5-114 - Art Hodes Blue Notes MR1-115 - Benny Moten/Jimmy Hamilton Blue Notes MR5-116 - Bud Powell Blue Notes MR5-117 - Buddy DeFranco/Sonny Clark Verves MR1-119 - Pete Johnson/Earl Hines/Teddy Bunn MR6-125 - Shorty Rogers Atlantic & EMI MR6-126 - Johnny Hodges 1951-1955 MR5-133 - Grant Green/Sonny Clark Blue Notes Mosaic started issuing CDs in the spring of 1990 and did not put the Monk Blue Notes (MR4-101), the Clifford Brown (MR5-104), the Art Pepper (MR3-105), the Tina Brooks (MR4-106),any of the single LPs - Port of Harlem, Morton/Hamilton, Johnson/Hines/Bunn -, the Commodores or the Johnny Hodges 1951-1955 on CD.

Claude Williamson - Autumn In New York - Venus - 1995 trio date with Bill Crow on bass and David Jones on drums

audioquest - not "new" as in 2004, but "new" as in post-digital age (early-1990's) all-analog recordings issued on vinyl. Several are still available for $7.50 ea. from Acoustic Sounds. Glen Moore/Larry Karush/Glen Velez - MOKAVE - Vols 1 & 2 from 1991 - Glen Moore of Oregon on bass with Larry Karush on piano ( demonstrates his straight-ahead chops on "I Would Do Anything For You" on Vol 2) and Glen Velez on frame drums and percussion. I like these LPs much better than Karush and Moore's ECM recordings - not a "piano trio" w/ rhythm, but an equilateral trio, improvised modern music that explores sound and celebrates rhythm, and while not exclusively blues-based, should appeal to jazz fans (ie not somnambulent newage - oops -"somnambulent newage" is redundant). James Newton - Suite For Frida Khalo - from 1993 - James Newton on flute with George Lewis and George McMullen - trombones, Julie Feves on bassoon, Pedro Eustache - flute, bass flute & bass clarinet, Kei Akagi - piano, Darek Oleszkiewicz - bass and Sonship Theus on drums and percussion. Not as strong as James Newton's two mid-1980's Blue Note releases - African Flower and Romance and Revolution but more cohesive than Newton's excellent Gramavision recordings. Again, Newton rejects labels that restrict his amalgam of musical influences. If you are not restricted to the hard bop version of swing, this recording rewards repeated listens. Larry Willis - Steal Away - from 1991 - fans of the Archie Shepp/Horace Parlan duets on Steeplechase should grab this immediately! Larry Willis on piano with Cecil McBee on bass and Gary Bartz on alto - this is a wonderful and under-apppreciated recording. Larry Willis - A Tribute To Someone from 1993 is Larry Willis' tribute to Herbie Hancock. The sextet (Willis, John Stubblefield on tenor and soprano, Curtis Fuller on trombone, Tom Williams on trumpet, David Williams on bass and Ben Riley on drums) reprise three Hancock tunes - "King Cobra", "A Tribute to Someone" & "Maiden Voyage" and explore three Willis originals - this LP will appeal to fans of hard bop. Bennie Wallace - The Old Songs from 1993, Bennie Wallace on tenor, Bill Huntington on bass and Alvin Queen on drums are joined by Lou Levy's piano on "My One And Only Love" & "Skylark". Beautiful versions of standards lovingly played. Not as adventurous as his earlier enja records, but much better than his Groove Note record - Moodsville, which I found underwhelming.

I have also purchased LPs from Ron @ Music Matters - prices are dear, but quality, Seller's professionalism & service are first class.