upcoming Jelly Roll Morton set?

[jazzbo]

That IS a fine horn!

[tranemonk]

YEAH! Dat's My GUY!!!

I decided to take y'all's advice (particular Ron's) and go with the JSO set....Hopefully if I like it I'll get the LOC set as an Xmas gift or something... Hey.. those of you who do get the LOC set... please review...

Especially THIS horn:

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[Ron S]

I decided to take y'all's advice (particular Ron's) and go with the JSO set

NO!!!! Not the JSO set!!! That one SUCKS!!!! (We said the JSP set.)

[tranemonk]

ooops... typo... I meant the JSP....

What's the JSO one I should stay away from?

I decided to take y'all's advice (particular Ron's) and go with the JSO set

NO!!!! Not the JSO set!!! That one SUCKS!!!! (We said the JSP set.)

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[Stereojack]

ooops... typo... I meant the JSP....

What's the JSO one I should stay away from?

I decided to take y'all's advice (particular Ron's) and go with the JSO set

NO!!!! Not the JSO set!!! That one SUCKS!!!! (We said the JSP set.)

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Look down at your feet. Hear that rustling sound? That's the sound of your leg being pulled.

[Ron S]

ooops... typo... I meant the JSP....

What's the JSO one I should stay away from?

I decided to take y'all's advice (particular Ron's) and go with the JSO set

NO!!!! Not the JSO set!!! That one SUCKS!!!! (We said the JSP set.)

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Look down at your feet. Hear that rustling sound? That's the sound of your leg being pulled.

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The at the bottom of my post was supposed to give you notice of that.

[kenny weir]

To see the LOC recordings as mainly of interest for Jelly's delicious and sometimes suspect reminiscing is a mistake.

The piano playing and music side of those sessions if wonderful, with all his classic compositions featured, often in longer versions than found on earlier recordings, be they either solo band versions.

For mine, I'll be keeping the earlier, music-only Rounder CDs for sure.

[AllenLowe]

I like the JATP set myself - though it's not as good as the NCCJ or the USO - but stay away from the KKK or the SOL -

Edited September 22, 2005 by AllenLowe

[Chuck Nessa]

I like the JATP set myself - though it's not as good as the NCCJ or the USO - but stay away from the KKK or the SOL -

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This might be the proper time to grow up Allen.

This is a MAJOR release and I have been waiting about 40 years for something like this.

The Rounder folks seem to have done it right.

[StormP]

Hi Allen,

I remember you. Where you been? missed you humor.

You de guy mit der sieve und der water und der blue sky.

Pay no attention to that Nester guy. He's just jealous that he doesn't have your humor.

Rahdegoo Rahdegoo

[Chuck Nessa]

Hi Allen,

I remember you. Where you been? missed you humor.

You de guy mit der sieve und der water und der blue sky.

Pay no attention to that Nester guy. He's just jealous that he doesn't have your humor.

Rahdegoo             Rahdegoo

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You think that's funny?

[Christiern]

I second the praise for Morton's General recordings--music simply does not get more gripping than "Mamie's Blues."

As for Wynton's appearance in this thread--I cannot think of anyone who has molested Morton's music more.

[EKE BBB]

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As for Wynton's appearance in this thread--I cannot think of anyone who has molested Morton's music more.

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[Ron S]

As for Wynton's appearance in this thread--I cannot think of anyone who has molested Morton's music more.

Wynton's brief cameo appearance here was intended merely as a humorous reference to our thread-starter's affinity for him. I certainly didn't mean to stoke up the old Wynton controversy.

[AllenLowe]

sorry for all the initials Chuck, but I was having a flashback from the old LSD -

[jazzbo]

Okay, time to talk about this set.

I got it last night and have listened to two discs.

First off, right away I was a bit disappointed in the sound. I SUSPECT it was just a little too heavily scrubbed with Cedar. But maybe not. . . the piano sounds magnificent. This was DSD mastered and that shows. But there is a "grating" quality within the sound of Jelly's voice that could have been avoided I THINK if there were just a little less digital cleansing going on. I could be wrong. I listen nearfield in a pretty revealing setup and that may be aggravating it; I haven't listened on any other systems yet.

But now that I have that out of the way I have to say: if you THINK you would like this set, you'll LOVE it for the music, the history and the personality.

Edited October 1, 2005 by jazzbo

[tatifan]

What a package!

My initial impressions of the sound, and a very quick spot check with the previous Rounder cds, I still get the nagging sense that there's some high end shaved off, but I've never heard anything from the various issues prior to the 10 year old Rounder series. However, without filtering out MORE than the previous cds, they do avoid the nasty "blasting" effect that suddenly spikes certain sibilants in those older cds. In any case, the completeness and annotations make it a must for the Morton enthusiast.

One question. Has anyone been able to access the promised PDF file on disc 8?? Can't find it by "exporing" on my XP setup. Hope I figure it out, because that sounds like a great feature.

Edited October 1, 2005 by tatifan

[Harold_Z]

Gave a listen today to disc one. Sounds good to me, an improvement over the last Rounder "music only" set. Still, it would have been nice to see what Mosaic or the late John RT Davies could have done. Did John RT do the Swaggie lps that have been mentioned previously on this thread ?

In any event there is no reason for anyone to NOT get this set becase of the sound.

The content is wonderful. I was completely absorbed in it. Jelly is a raconteur supreme. There was not one uninteresting moment. I'm looking forward to a lot of enjoyment from this set.

[brownie]

Did John RT do the Swaggie lps that have been mentioned previously on this thread ?

The Swaggies do not have any indication on who engineered their JRM LPs

[jazzbo]

Yes, the pdf file is on disc 8 and I've glanced over it. On my iBook G4, when I load the disc in there are two files that show up on the desk top, the audio and the pdf, separate.

[tatifan]

That's odd, on my Windows XP setup, the "explore" feature only seems to find the audio tracks, no PDF file at all, and nothing extra shows up on my desktop. I'll have to try the Mac at work, I guess.

Edited October 2, 2005 by tatifan

[kenny weir]

I haven't got my set yet, but I do have an 18-track sampler.

After hearing about half of it with headphones, for my tastes the sound is WAY, WAY better than the Rounders.

Maybe I'm prepared to happily accept a higher degree of compromise than Lon and others, but I can now envision playing much of this with unadulterated pleasure - and not through gritted tetth.

For me, it sounds like the fog has lifted!

[Peter]

Rounder apparently "misunderestimated" the demand for this item. They are out of stock till February. Guess I'm not going to heard this one for a couple of months. If Chuck can wait 40 years, I can wait 2 months.

[AllenLowe]

I'm gonna buy that box today - if the sound is ok I will sell my Rounder CDs and Swaggie LPs - if not, I will re-sell the box - stay tuned -

[kenny weir]

Agree about the box - mine's ripping already.

Actually, I only got this set so I could get another copy of the Lomax book.