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This was the first of the latest batch of RVGs I grabbed, and completes my Blue Note Powell in great sound replacement plan (all the RVGs, and a Superbit TOCJ by McMaster.) I've had this session on vinly, and two other cd versions. . . it's an odd session. As noted, not much variety in composition, and the compositions are . . . well . . .ODD. I've grown to really like it but I remember when I first got it and went. . . "Damn, this is some strange writing!" Very Powell in the way that Monk cds are always very Monk, but Powell cds are not always this very Powell! (Does that make sense?) The RVG sounds GREAT!

Wow, for a minute there I thought I was going to be able to save some money and pass on these . . . because they suck!

Mike in my opinion, Shirley was a very consistent and consistently good player. Almost any of her OJC cds will please, I wish more of her Imulses were available cheaply, and I haven't heard this Candid release, ever, but I bet it's good. Her latest (or one of her latest) OJC cd releases, "Like Cozy," has been getting a lot of play in my machines. She plays some piano as well as organ on this one.

CONGRATS!

I'm with you guys. I love all piano jazz, and stride is an important part of that for me. Dick Wellstood. . . WHOA NELLIE!

Well, I really think Water did their usual fantastic job on Black Rhythm Happening which I received today. Can't wait to hear Ghetto Music; hope it is released soon!

I thought the Eastwood film was pretty darned good. I sort of wish he had hired a professional interviewer; he didn't get much out of several of those pianists himself!

I enjoy it Red as well. And I enjoy listening to my Jutta Hipps at the Hickory House and my Golden Eight cds too. . .these have been on cd, albeit from Japan only.

Brad, you've been a true friend and my thanks for all your contributions! Many more happy returns!

Mark, you won't be the first to like Night of the Cookers. I'm there before you. It's not a total stinker, and has grown on me over the years. I"m interested to hear the RVGs.

The two Eddie Gales, soon to be released on Water, are well worth a study. And the Harper is worth a search, a very good session. I need more Harper, this is the only one of his as a leader that I have. And yeah, I agree with Jim, I was going to add before his posts "surely you have the Max?"

I think it is correct that many didn't "get" him at the time. And I think that bitterness over his success played a part, that's just my guess from some of what I have read and seen. I wish he had lived another few decades at least! He was moving into waters that would have really made interesting music if he could have gotten it released (I'm not sure he could have done that with either Jeffries or Douglas though.)

I hope that day comes, the complete Basie on Columbia. . . I'll spring for that one too. In the meantime, I like this one bcause the sound is so SWEET and it is bringing Pres back to my foreground!

"I think I may be the best guitarist sitting in this chair"~! Yes, humility was exhibited often in his manner and character. The good news Brad is that the versions of his material released by the family now are in fantastic sound compared to earlier digital versions; I think you'll have fun hearing and exploring them. (Also there are some mail order only items that are worth investigating --especially "Morning Symphony Ideas"--from the family at the link below) http://www.daggerrecords.com/

Brad, glad you caught the Hendrix bit; I have it taped and will watch it this weekend. Hendrix was a marvel, and in the last few years I have been collecting all the unreleased material that I can from him, and there is a startling amount of it, and it is astonishingly good. The Cavett show interviews (and performances) in their entirety is available and worth seeing. He was indeed a softspoken man with DEEP things to say; the liner notes to some releases (especially the "Stages" Reprise box set) and several books (especially "Cherokee Mist") outline the fact that he had a real insight (in my opinion) into the political, religious and cultural forces of his age and a fascinating viewpoint. And he made music as no one else has! His cd in the "Blues" cd series in cahoots with this series of films is really something else!

To me there's no contest: the most recent Columbia release. I dislike cleaned up easy on the ears music from discs, I think that two cd set was da bomb.

Peter, here's the skinny on the Basie Pablo box: http://www.fantasyjazz.com/html/basie.html It's a good overview. For some (and I pretty much fall into that camp) it can serve as about all you really need to have for the Pablo era.

I really really have learned to love "Belly of the Sun" and in fact it's become my favorite, so I'm cool if this turns out that well. No idea what to expect really, and because I'm SO inundated with great matrial to listen to that I probably won't get around to this for a spell. . . .

cduniverse will probably have the best prices. I like www.worldsrecords.com though, as they get them earlier somehow (import them directly?) sometimes, and they're a great outfit that I like to support, though they're full priced there. Here is what Worlds has for the 1952 Gillespie Classics: In 1937, Dizzy Gillespie visited Paris as a member of Teddy Hill's band. He returned to France 11 years later, leading his own spectacular big band which created a huge sensation in Europe. Four years later, in early 1952, Gillespie was again in the French capital - this time as a soloist. Since he had no longer a regular band of his own, Blue Star and Vogue recorded the visiting star with a bewildering variety of local artists and expatriate Americans including Don Byas, Art Simmons and Arnold Ross. Includes Cocktails For Two / Cognac Blues / Moon Nocturne / Sabla y blu / Blue And Sentimental / Just One More Chance / Fragile / Hurry Home / Afro Paris / Say Eh! / I Cover The Waterfront / The Man I Love / Night And Day and others. I'm not sure what tunes to look for but the Vogue material that was leased may be here.

What I really want to hear are the Fats Sadi sides! Where are THOSE?

There are Blue Note sides on the first Moody Classics, but you're right Brad, these are likely the Modernists and not the with strings sides; I'm too far away from my collection right now to be certain!

The Garners have come out on Chronogical Classics in the corresponding years cds. The Moody and Gillespie sides also should have come out on Classics. I would have to check. . . can't remember precisely.

I've emailed quite a few requests. Some I've gotten replies to, some I haven't. If I got a reply it was within a week. . . . One set I requested was the Teagarden Roulette sides. I got a reply that this was a nice idea, but not enough material, it would have to be paired with another Roulette artists (in reply I suggested Wingy Manone) and that the possibilities weren't great. Then several years later out came the Roulette Teagarden set with a disc and a half of newer discovered live stuff! So my initial disappointment was for nothing! I hope you get a reply, but if you don't it doesn't mean that your suggestion wasn't given thought.

Well, I think this was a publicity photo, but I do feel that he was genuinely happy briefly during this period, enjoying a period of domesticity that he didn't often get to enjoy.

The easiest, and a very good sounding, option is to buy a Audio cd recorder, which is about as easy to use (and operates in a similar manner) as a cassette tape recorder. Several friends of mine have Harmon Kardon units that they love and that make EXCELLENT transfers; I prefer the sound of some of these lp to cdr trnasfers to the cd releases of the same titles. I have a Philips machine that does a very good job in all aspects except finalizing the cdr; I have perennial problems with that function. It makes very good sounding transfers, the Harmon Kardon just seems to have a little better sound.