Hancock box set finally coming

[Peter Friedman]

Other than some of his Blue Note sessions, I am not interested in most of Hancock's recordings.

[CJ Shearn]

That said, I can vouch for the two Japanese only trio dates with Ron and Tony -- both of which are wonderful (and I'm happy I sprung for the import versions of on CD).

Yes, they are wonderful, though I give the slight edge to the second one, "Trio '81". I got the last copy of that from Dusty Groove, years ago.

The two of them, plus Ron Carter's "Third Plane" is the complete output of that group as a trio, correct?

Not aware of any others (trio-dates only) under Herbie's or Ron's name, nor any under Tony's (correct?)

Right, just those three. The "Herbie Hancock Trio" (SRCS 7051-had to look on the shelf) is the second half of the "Third Plane" session, I believe licensed to Sony for release under Herbie's name. Ethan Iverson did a write up on these and I don't agree with him, he finds that and the '81 trio session, aren't that great. They are important just to have Herbie in a trio.

[JSngry]

That Five Stars VSOP thing is pretty damn frisky, let me say that.

[CJ Shearn]

That Five Stars VSOP thing is pretty damn frisky, let me say that.

That Five Stars VSOP thing is pretty damn frisky, let me say that.

Good or bad?

[etherbored]

I am not a customer for this set but if they boxed the Japanese releases I'd pull out Mr. MasterCard.

when i make my move, i'll pm you on my cache of them.

and yeah, the vsop sides, are among the best of the lot ('flood' and 'dedication' also being high watermarks).

[JSngry]

That Five Stars VSOP thing is pretty damn frisky, let me say that.

That Five Stars VSOP thing is pretty damn frisky, let me say that.

Good or bad?

Very good, imo.

[xybert]

I'm definitely in the 'wouldn't mind getting this if i had money to burn' camp on this one.

[mjzee]

I have no interest in this.