jazzbo

I voted for the Bennett. An interesting list!

I'd say that the swing feel (the use of dynamics, that pulse that Chico has and the fact that he is either never soloing or always soloing) and the general exploratory direction of these groups in the Hamilton Mosaic is really his leadership signature. All his groups forward had a "fusion" aspect to them---not necessarily of rock music alone, but of classical chamber music, etc. I truly like his groups, and usually I found that another musician in the group gave the music a direction, for example in the PJ material the cellist, in the Columbia and Impulse Charles Lloyd as music director, in his most recent groups I think the guitarist, etc. This is not unlike the way that Golson and Shorter and Walton and others shaped the direction and signature of the Blakey groups.

Okay, I'll play devil's advocate. . .get the Capitol Classic Jazz Sessions box. It's 100 dollars off this way!

Hey, the Stitt Mosaic is really fantastic, marred only by the fact that it has a sameness running throughout it. . .much the same instrumentation over and over, and the same sort of "Sonny's in the studio blowing" feel to the sessions. Still tons of masterful Stitt and piano work too from great pianists. . . .The larger ensemble sessions are excellent as well and make you wish for more. It's a set to consider strongly indeed. I got it and played it through a few times and then recently played much of it again. . . . It definitely gives you your Stitt "fix" and then some!

Yes, I have the material in the Pres series, and find it pretty fascinating. I really love that Lee and Lester Band!

Thanks Dan for nominating me. I'll try to think of a nice selection that would invite a lot of participation. Good suggestion Joe, actually. . . .

I have this on lp somewhere and haven't heard it in a long time. After going through the Stitt Mosaic a few times I kindof couldn't pick up a Stitt session for a spell! Jimmy Jones. . . anything with Jimmy is worth picking up. I remember this as being good; glad that Verve is putting out some nice cheap reissues again.

I hadn't heard of these either, but makes sense that they would be short bad-sounding bits probably from Jimmy Rowles' holdings. Always something to find!

Barak, you are SCARILY right!

Hmm. . . I've had the Adams cd from Fresh Sounds (or is it Cool and Blue? same difference) for years. Killer session. So is the Geller. Good that it's becoming more available.

The thing that most chaffs my hide is THIS is the stuff they slap the "American" monicker on! I mean wouldn't some nice buttery white "Brick" cheese be the more appropriate choice?

Interesting choice. This is a good session. I'm going to enjoy digging it out and listening to it again. After all, maybe it will help me realize why I "get" Hank!

I am NEVER going to put plumbing on THAT house again! Or I would hope not after spending over three grand!

Correct, I'm jazzbo here and now! New avatar. . . same old cast iron!

I'm appreciating Ernie's clarinet artistry more and more as time goes by. . . . But yeah, first thing I think of is that supple baritone sound!

Well, in comparison the Columbia should at least sound better and have NOTES! May have jiggier packaging however!

Way cool avatar Joe! Ernie Caceres!

It seems unlikely to me that SACD will ever support digital outs. . . just my gut feeling about the intent of the system re: copying, etc. I would definitely think it worthwhile to find a player that had a CD digital out, and a DVD digital out if you go that route. I just don't have the time to follow the industry any longer, but it would seem to me that if SACD is heavily adopted (and I think it likely will be/is beginning to be) then you're future proof for some time with CD and SACD playback as good as it can be. I'm a big believer in a quality source, and in the importance of a sturdy power supply and quality components in a source component; I would rank that high in what I would look for in a machine. I would at least look at a midline player, not a universal lightweight machine like the new Pioneer universal player that sells for about 175 dollars that I see people beginning to talk about elsewhere. Still, I'd be interested to hear the impressions of users of inexpensive SACD machines, ESPECIALLY re: cd playback and cdr playability. Just to bore you further, here are my amp and speakers: Select amp Radial RL-2 speakers

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