Which Jazz box set are you grooving to right now?

[B. Goren.]

CD # 2:

[brownie]

Bessie Smith 'Empress of the Blues, vol. 2' (JSP), CD 3

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Shopping expotition to Cardiff today, accompanied by ipod with

Cab Calloway - The early years: 1930-34 - JSP

Cab Calloway - 1935-40 - JSP

Just finished disc 1 of the later volume when I arrived home. Now on disc 2

Calloway is AMAZING! This set keeps revealing new stuff to me, every time I give it a listen - and that's fairly frequently.

MG

[jeffcrom]

Ornette Coleman - Beauty is a Rare Thing: Complete Atlantic Recordings. I'm listening to all the July, 1960 tracks (with Cherry, Haden & Blackwell) which were not released at the time on This is Our Music. Pretty amazing - plenty of stuff here is every bit as good as the music they picked at the time.

[ElginThompson]

Disc 1 - Bird live performances on Savoy.

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Art Tatum Group Masterpieces (Pablo)

the Tatum-Benny Carter sides. Splendid!

[B. Goren.]

CD #2 of this set:

Edited May 22, 2012 by B. Goren.

[BlueTrane1954]

J J Johnson: Eight Classic Albums containing The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Vols 1& 2; J is for Jazz; The Great Kai & JJ;Blue Trombone; A Touch of Satin; JJ Inc; First Place. This on the Real Gone Jazz label, of which I now own a dozen titles in the series. No frills, good sound, low prices and I get to listen to some music I hadn't heard before. A collector's dream. My dad owned Blue Trombone, several Kai & JJ lp, JJ Inc. He had great taste in jazz and passed on the love for the music to me.

Wayne Shorter: The Complete Columbia Albums Collection. Two discs are comprised of Shorter compositions performed by Weather Report, Native Dancer (one of my favorites, period), Atlantis, Phantom Navigator, Joy Rider. Picked this up in Used/Like New condition for $22-a superb bargain.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Cheapo Kod Ory comp on Quadromania. Disc 1 is mostly 1944 broadcasts. Rousing!

(By the way; is that REALLY Ory on the sleeve?)

MG

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Art Pepper 'Complete Village Vanguard Sessions' (Contemporary), CDs 4 and 5

[jeffcrom]

Duke Ellington - Centennial Edition (RCA). Disc 16, from 1946. I hate the internal design of the box - my CDs slide all over the place - and the booklet fell apart within a week, but this is still one of the cornerstones of my collection.

[colinmce]

I can only pine for the big box, but I love the mid-forties stuff, maybe even more than the early 40s.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Spent the afternoon with

Ray Charles - Singular genius: The complete ABC singles 1960-1972 - ABC-Tangerine (Concord)

now on disc 5

MG

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John Coltrane 'The Heavyweight Champion' (Atlantic)

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Art Tatum Box (Storyville), CDs 3 and 4

[B. Goren.]

CD # 1.

[B. Goren.]

CD # 2.

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Blind Blake 'All the Published Sides' (JSP), CDs 3 & 4

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Stan Getz/Kenny Barron 'People Time' (EmArcy), disc 4

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The Complete Fats Waller, vol. 2 'A Handful of Keys' (JSP)

[T.D.]

Wadada Leo Smith, Ten Freedom Summers

[ElginThompson]

Complete Studio Recordings of Elmo Hope Trio.

Edited July 8, 2012 by Delightfulee

[JSngry]

Feeling all anthropological this morning like I feel today.

[ValerieB]

The Complete Columbia Collection of Wayne Shorter. lovely birthday present from my brother.

[jeffcrom]

Norman Granz Jam Sessions (Verve); disc two, with Wardell Gray, Getz, Benny Carter, DeFranco, etc.