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Cool. I like this one! I wasn't sure what to think about the Patton at first. . . but looking at the albums covered, you know it looks like it works!

I guess I like Wolff's contemplative photo side, as this one is also a favorite (and I'm now far enough along in my not-smoking that I don't want to light one up when I stare at it!)

Yeah, I know what you mean. . . and Malcolm Addey is doing remasters on the Mulligan set so I know how good it will sound. . . .

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At least twice! I think only twice. . . . But I'm not an artwork fiend or connoisseur.

This is one of my favorites. It just seems to capture the lyrical quiet core to this man's fiery sounds, and the time period as well. . . .

Gosh it's been too long since I listened to this session (while eating a can of Wolf Brand chile.) It's one of my favorites of his Impulses! because I think he WORKED on this puppy long and hard in preparation. It was the big shot you know! And there was some love in there too for Trane who had been a support and a catalyst and guide in some ways to the music and the biz. The arrangements are what does this for me. Excellent stuff, striding the free and the less so very well, putting the soloists right where they need to be. And they also serve as a vehicle for Shepp's "acting." I view Shepp as an actor for the most part, especially during these Impulse! years. . . . He puts drama, maybe melodrama, into the material with his sound, his notes, his swaggering swing (or lack of swing, I'll certainly grant you that John). It took me a while to come to grips with his style in this period, and finally the "acting" idea allowed me to wrap my mind around it. . . . This is among my very favorite Shepps. I'm going to have to grab it and put it in the player again soon! Come on FRIDAY!

And Alanis Morissette is God? Who knew!

I've always found it safer to let sleeping dogma lie! Not that I always follow that advise. . . .

Alright Temple Jazz, glad you checked that one out because it's a winner, offbeat but on the mark!

Ummm. . . true confessions time. . . I have all of them but the batch that came out last week. . . Sunday I bought Indestructible which caught me up on the last batch! I love this series, yes I do.

It says "More good stuff coming soon!"

Congrats! Getting together with Helen has been the best thing that ever happened to me, tragic events that followed and all! I know you're in for a great adventure!

Slight correction: That is the TOCJ cover for Sonic Boom. The other half of the Procrastinator 2 lp set was actually reissued with the first half of the Procrastinator 2 lp set on the Procrastinator TOCJ cd release (with a different cover than the US cd!)

Figures! Man, Vic. . . . I just look at that picture and I can hear the music he made that makes me smile!

Well, I don't have this one but it would have to be good because did Vic ever make a BAD record?

No, there's a sort of new ugly red cover posted elsewhere on the board for this one.

I dig this photo!

Two I'd like to mention: Lush Life and Dakar. Lush Life was quoted as being Van Gelder's favorite Prestige session for some reason. Dakar is very nice because of the baritones. . . unusual, everyone plays very well. At least the sound on almost all of the Prestiges is more than good. . . .

Echoes to the above. Sorry for the loss of your friend Chris. Knudsen was a true benefactor of jazz.

I'll have to check out that single disc. . . I didn't realize it sounded different. To my ears the two cd set in jewelcase, the later release, sounds considerably better than the longbox earlier edition.

I don't have this, but I have nearly all the material on it mainly on separate Verve releases from the US and Japan. . . .Amazing stuff. A treasure trove. I'm sure the booklet is great. I think you did GOOD.

Yeah, when is "Flute Suite" going to be on cd anyway? It's an interesting date David. And the liner notes include Savoy talking about how Van Gelder has really become an expert with that newfangled thing called "STEREO."

I've never heard the lps; the cd sounds acceptable to me. Incredible music!

And if I remember correctly, by the time the record was distributed, the P O box had been closed because the rental fee had not been paid!