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Stefan, my wife and I very carefully detail what we are getting for each other. That has been proven to be the safest thing to do. . . . I really like that Parker set!

My wonderful wife Helen got me the book of the Louis Amstrong HOUSE which is great, and the Master Takes on Verve of Charlie Parker which I am sure is great, but can't get at til tomorrow! Dem's da rules!

I have all eight volumes released on cd so far. This is a stupendous series in my opinion. Excellent sound quality. Great performances, featuring a number of selections live that are rarely recorded elsewhere. The original shows are well supplemented with other contemporaneous broadcast/taped live performances. It's so very fortunate that Storyville has initiated this program!

Quite a cool lp. This has been reissued on "RCA Spain" cd. . . . Great Jim Flora cover too!

Have a great holiday! PEACE

That is indeed the source of the picture!

C J, I hear it pretty much as you do. I dug it when it first came out because I had SEEN that tour, but I never listen to it any longer. The lps up through Tale Spinnin' are da schitte for me NOW and I hardly spin any of the others at all.

The Infinitys may have been better, but were they more EFFICIENT? I. e. did they get more volume out of a watt of power? If they were not as efficient as the new speakers it is possible the new speakers are revealing these sounds for the first time. If it is not a noise from the circuitry of your components it could be a ground hum or a ground loop noise from the antenna for the tv receiver, etc. . . . It's hard to isolate these things, and I'm not a good resource for ways to do so. A good power conditioner MAY help.

There's a strong possibility that what you are hearing is the hum or buzz of the amp or preamp or other equipment upstream from your speakers. Speakers of high efficiency will reveal equipment noise such as amplifier or preamplifier hum, tube "rush noise", etc. quite well, noise not previously heard with speakers of medium or low efficiency.

Well, my wife bought this for me for Xmas. . . BUT I wont' be able to open it til Xmas! It's sure giving me impetus for Xmas to be here! I don't have all these masters. . . . I have most of them, but this will be an upgrade in sound, and supply me with the remaining masters I need.

I've never had those sets, but I have that music, and I agree: it was very important to put them out and I'm so glad they did! I think the first decade and a half of BN's history was something else!

I LOVE "Quiet Nights." I often think I am in a minority, but I wish that one had been brought to fruition because I LOVE what there is. Singing it as she hears it, yeah I bet she does. Her "intonation problems" really don't bother me. . . . Non-"western" musicians and music often to me dances to a different sense of "in tune." I can dig it.

Blue Lake, this was a premature post, the one that started this thread; in a later post she noted the cds have been taken down for now. Keep checking, they should show up soon.

There are many better singers from Brazil and of Brazilian music. . . a statement who knows Astrud herself may agree to. But I enjoy many of her recordings. The sound of her voice is very nice.

Brad describes the label well. I like the label more and more as I realize how great a service they are doing by doing this chronolgical crosslabel reissue program. And they sound better and better all the time as they come out. They are also into the modern jazz era now, which puts them on a lot of person's radar. I should have ordered the Cozy Cole! This time I ordered a Billy Taylor, a Sammy Price, a Marsala and a Mezzrow.

Thanks for the announcement, premature or not. . . . I placed my order! I've bought DOZENS of these the last time they were offered . . . .

I have three or four of his Pacific Jazz titles, and they're great . . . I especially like his debut trio recording!

Okay whatever. I'm not completely sold, but you are. Cool. I see less of an issue of his use of this word, and I actually DON"T always know precisely what Jim or Chuck mean, and I know just how carefully Jim sometimes doesn't put together his words, but hey that's me. You have a different view, Cool.

Lady Sings the Blues: Organissimo does Nichols! (Yeah, I can see 'em sweatin' already!)

From websters.com: a·le·a·to·ry ( P ) Pronunciation Key (l--tôr, -tr) adj. Dependent on chance, luck, or an uncertain outcome: an aleatory contract between an oil prospector and a landowner. Of or characterized by gambling: aleatory contests. also a·le·a·to·ric (l--tôrk, -tr-) Music. Using or consisting of sounds to be chosen by the performer or left to chance; indeterminate: An object placed inside the piano added an aleatory element to the piece. Now yes, in MUSICAL terms it doesn't necessarily mean taking chances. But using the word in in a nonmusical form it can. So it's interesting that the word can have different meanings in different contexts. And he could have meant risktaking . . . though usually speaking in music it wouldn't mean that. . . he seems funny that way with his prose. He did not strike ME as talking down to ME.

Hey I can supply an address too!

Do you think he mean aleatory to mean "taking risks"? It fits that way for the jungle style. I don't really disagree with your statements about the book, none-the-less I thought his prose and its tone were fun.

Yes, the Thornhills are available, I still see them about in my cd traveling. The one to get in my opinion is the HEP cd of 1947 transcriptions: better sound, fantastic performances. I would say my favorite transcriptions may be the Ellington World Transcriptions that are available on Circle cds remastered by Jack Towers. FANTASTIC. Many others in this series on Circle are well worth hearing: Jonah Jones (with Ike!), Sammy Price, Bill Challis, Chick Webb, John Kirby. . . . World had wonderful original sound that is transferred very well to cd in this series.

That 12 dollar price is going to be hard to beat. I think these list at 14.98; I got mine about 11.99 from cduniverse by preordering them. . . . Good price at dusty.