What music did you get for Christmas...

[scottb]

7/4,

I love that Junior Kimbrough disc. He's got a real unique rhythmic style. Not your typical twelve bar blues.

"You might get raped yet'

"Mister Junior, you don't have to rape me. I love you."

(from "YOU BETTER RUN")

[undergroundagent]

My girlfriend was really sweet this year and bought me...

Groove Holmes - Legends of Acid Jazz

Trudy Pitts - Legends of Acid Jazz

Cannonball Adderley - Soul of the Bible

...and $25 more to spend on whatever I want.

[Noj]

My good friend who is also an avid music collector got me a crispy vinyl copy of Brick's GOOD HIGH. Well all right!

I picked myself up Freddie Hubbard HUB CAP, Sonny Rollins VOLUME ONE, Johnny "Guitar" Watson A REAL MOTHER FOR YA, and Marvin Gaye TROUBLE MAN. B)

[GregK]

just cashed in most of my Borders gift cards for Dave Holland Conference of the Birds and Jarrett Trio Tokyo 96

[relyles]

I ordered James Moody's Never Again, which was featured on Jim Sangrey's blindfold test.

[street singer]

My wonderful girlfriend reeeaaally came through for me this year. She got me the Hank Mobley Mosaic box, the 2004 Blue Note calendar, 'The Blue Note Years: The Jazz Photography of Francis Wolff' (Hardcover)....AND...a really cool set of jazz figurines as seen on this website:

http://www.zgallerie.com/full//ghma0032.jpg

Yes, I do believe I've got the World's Greatest Girlfriend!!!

All this jazz stuff...and she doesn't even like jazz! But she knows it makes me happy...

Edited December 27, 2003 by street singer

[kh1958]

It was a Christmas music bonanza for me:

CDs:

Mosaic set, the Complete HRS Recordings;

Django Reinhardt Proper Box;

Kurt Rosenwinkel HeartCore; and

Duke Ellington and Ray Brown This One's for Blanton.

DVDs:

Freddie King Live in Europe; and

One Night with Blue Note.

[Jazzdog]

All the music I got for Christmas I pretty much picked out and bought myself. I got...

Max Roach + Four Mercury Mosaic

Charlie Parker - Complete Savoy and Dial Master Takes

Rolling Stones - Singles Collection The London Years

Bob Dylan Remasters

- The Freewheelin'

- Another Side

- Brining It All Back Home

- Highway 61 Revisted

Dexter Gordon - Live at the Both/And

Not a bad pick up if you ask me!

[JSngry]

Eldridge Mosaic for my birthday and some funding of further purchases for Christmas.

Works for me.

[tonym]

I didn't actually receive any music cds this year. A transcriptions book perhaps.

I was given some money though which today has been spently (partly) on Stan Getz's Bossa Nova Years box and Sweet Rain (according to a thread here, it's gonna be a while for the VME).

My wife has bought me Belonging by Jarrett for my b'day. And I'll have enough cash left over for when I see some bargains online.

all the best for the new year.

[randyhersom]

My first Mosaic product, the John Patton Select.

B. B. King budget twofer

Time-Life 100 Jazz Greats

[mikeweil]

I ordered James Moody's Never Again, which was featured on Jim Sangrey's blindfold test.

Is that one available on CD or did you find a used LP?

[mikeweil]

My wife surprised me with Frank Zappa Live in New York 1984 DVD, "Does Humor belong in Music?" (sure it does!).

Two CDs I ordered many months ago and was anxiously awaiting arrived on the 24th, so I placed them among my Xmas gifts:

[.:.impossible]

I got some great stuff!

NEW

Bud Powell .:. The Scene Changes

Grant Green .:. Grantstand

Brad Shepik .:. The Well

USED

Joseph Jarman .:. Inheritance

Chicago Underground Quartet .:. s/t

Tim Berne .:. The Sublime and...

Califone .:. Deceleration Two

Bobby Hutcherson .:. San Francisco

Adam Levy .:. Buttermilk Channel

I also got a Björk DVD: Live at Royal Opera House. AND my Blue Note Covers book arrived during the Christmas season as well, thanks to a kind boardmember!

edit: forgot about Buttermilk Channel!

Edited December 29, 2003 by .:.impossible

[Dan Gould]

From Mosaic:

The Gerald Wilson Box

Curtis Amy Select

Carmell Jones Select

They also charged and shipped the Mulligan box, inexplicably, but since its not at the top of my list at this point, I told Mom to send it back.

Also:

Johnny Griffin and the Great Danes (Stunt)

Dexter Gordon, The Rainbow People (Steeplechase)

Dan Papaila, on Timeless, with Johnny Hammond Smith and Rickey Woodard

And since Man cannot live by jazz alone:

[patricia]

I received no music this year. However, I was gifted with a voucher for the used vinyl emporium at which I score my growing collection of classic jazz records by my youngest daughter. She was raised right. Can't wait to go and peruse the shelves.

[DrJ]

Lots of good stuff!

The "big one": Anita O'Day - COMPLETE CLEF/VERVE SESSIONS (Mosaic). What a GREAT boxed set this is...I had held off on buying any of her sessions from this era awaiting this box, and it has NOT disappointed. Superb music, O'Day has rocketed to the top of my list of vocalists...Malcom Addey did his usual amazing sonic work, too. Pricey, but recommended HIGHLY.

Baby Dodds - TALKING AND DRUM SOLOS (Atavistic)

Red Rodney - 1957 (Classic Records DAD edition)

Wadada Leo Smith - GOLDEN QUARTET w/DeJohnette, Davis, Favors (Tzadik)

Benny Carter - 3,4,5: THE VERVE SMALL GROUP SESSIONS (Verve)

Hamilton-Clayton Jazz Orchestra - GROOVE SHOP (Capri)

Edited December 30, 2003 by DrJ

[Brad]

Received the Kenton Presents, the Curtis Amy Select and Duke Pearson Select, plust Bud at the Golden Circle, Volume 1.

I've listened to part of Disc 1 of the Kenton Presents (Bob Cooper); really great. Better than I thought it might be.

[relyles]

I ordered James Moody's Never Again, which was featured on Jim Sangrey's blindfold test.

Is that one available on CD or did you find a used LP?

LP

[connoisseur series500]

None.

I received all the important stuff that I should have been buying over the course of the year instead of jazz cds, such as clothes and such.

I don't encourange my family to participate in my spending habits. I buy enough music on my own.

[vibes]

Came home from LA last night and found the "One Night With Blue Note" DVD and Dizzy Gillespie's "Have Trumpet, Will Excite" waiting for me from a relative. My wife always steers my relatives into buying things I want.