king ubu Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 Hm, I only have "Turning Point" so far... And I'm oh so sympathetic about that annoying behaviour in brick and mortar stores... ever more so if they have what they call "sales" (meaning they're actually not totally beyond competition in terms of prices)... there are days where I can't leave without picking up a dozen discs, no matter how common and how much in print these may be (RVGs, Universal stuff... sometimes they also have SteepleChase or Leo sales... though usually it's just BN, Universal, and earlier on also Fantasy/OJC now and then... too bad I wasn't all over those when they were more common!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 The incessant rain stopped today, so I had a little shopping trip into Cardiff and bought: A wonderful CD - I have got the first 8 tracks on original LPs but, of the new material, the title track is just incredible! I've been looking for this for ages - I didn't find out about it until after it had been deleted. But Spillers had managed to get one in and I snapped it up quickly, in preference to the Jimmy Smith Conn, at the same price. Checking the track list carefully, I find I have 45 of the 106 tracks already. So I may assemble the others into something, or perhaps combine them with vinyl drops of other material by the same artists. One of the problems with this type of compilation, though it's MUCH worse on a 4 CD set, is that there are no ballads or slow grinds included. If the aim, as it says on the cover, is to present a history of this style, at least a few ballads and slow grinds are very important. Those guys could play a ballad so sexy, there'd be knickers all over the dance floor at the end! Same with slow, rocking blues. That was what this music was FOR! Still, the lack didn't stop my buying this, even though I knew what to expect MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMP Posted January 22, 2008 Report Share Posted January 22, 2008 Archie Shepp "The Way Ahead" and Nancy Wilson "Lush Life." Not exactly sure what I was thinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimi089 Posted January 23, 2008 Report Share Posted January 23, 2008 Other Dimensions In Music: Life At The Sunset - Marge 38 Looking forward to giving this one a spin. It's ODIM with Hamid Drake on drums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomastreichler Posted January 24, 2008 Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 Clifford Brown: Clifford Brown & Max Roach Quintet With Harold Land - Complete Studio Recordings (Essential Jazz Classics) contains the music originally issued on "Clifford Brown & Max Roach", "Brown & Roach Inc.", "Study In Brown" and "More Study In Brown" (only the tracks with H. Land) Milt Jackson: Plenty, Plenty Soul (Essential Jazz Classics) contains the complete Atlantic album "Plenty, Plenty Soul" and part of the Atlantic album "Ballads & Blues" Paul Gonsalves: Gettin' Together! (Jazzland) Brooks Tegler Big Band: That's It! (Maxngruber) Martial Solal: Improvise Pour France Musique (JMS) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikelz777 Posted January 24, 2008 Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 I'm stepping out of the jazz box for a couple of buys through the BMG club sale. Only $7.57 for the order! The Very Best Of War (2-CD) A Donny Hathaway Collection My oh my this man could sing! What a talent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewHill Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 Great finds today: Norman Howard-Burn Baby Burn-ESP Disk Elmo Hope Trio and Quintet-Blue Note Conn Beaver Harris 360 Degrees Music Experience-Beautiful Africa-Soul Note Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomastreichler Posted January 25, 2008 Report Share Posted January 25, 2008 Duke Ellington: Black Brown And Beige 1943-1945 (Naxos Jazz Legends) compilation of radio transcriptions Duke Ellington: Air Conditioned Jungle 1945 (Naxos Jazz Legends) compilation of radio transcriptions Dizzy Gillespie: Cubana Be, Cubana Bop (Dreyfus Reference) Big Band recordings 1946-49 Tommy Potter: Hard Funk In Sweden (Jazz Connections) 1956 recordings featuring Rolf Ericson, Ake Persson, Erik Norstrom, Lars Gullin, Freddie Redd, Joe Harris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewHill Posted January 26, 2008 Report Share Posted January 26, 2008 Art Blakey-Blakey-VEE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 1960 Posted January 26, 2008 Report Share Posted January 26, 2008 (edited) Let me also add, I was able to snatch the difficult to find Gryce recording from Newbury Comics for $16.18 including shipping. A bargain these days. Edited January 26, 2008 by Tom 1960 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papsrus Posted January 26, 2008 Report Share Posted January 26, 2008 Actually, I only bought the first on this list today, but here's what's in the pipeline: Duke Ellington -- The Ellington Suites Duke Ellington -- Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band Duke Ellington -- Complete Standard Transcriptions Duke Ellington -- Ellington at Newport 1956 Count Basie -- The Complete Decca Recordings Ran Blake, Anthony Braxton -- A Memory of Vienna (to replace MP3 copy) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.D. Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 I placed another Concord order to beat the Jan. 31 deadline: Lockjaw Davis / Johnny Griffin: Blues up and Down and The Tenor Scene Illinois Jacquet: The Blues: That's Me! and Bottoms Up Barney Kessel: To Swing or not to Swing Shelly Manne: Live at the Black Hawk, v. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 Randy Weston / Melba Liston - Volcano Blues took me about a year to realize that i couldn't find it on amazon.de because they had entered it to the system in a way that it doesn't show up when searching for Randy Weston... luckily that had also driven the price down so i got it for 2,50 euro... still some cheap copies on amazon.de, search for volcano blues, excellent upon first impression! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 Let me also add, I was able to snatch the difficult to find Gryce recording from Newbury Comics for $16.18 including shipping. A bargain these days. I was lucky to find a japanese mini-LP edition of the Gryce last summer (I didn't care what edition I got, I just wanted the music...) - make sure you also try your luck on "Sayin' Something", that one turned out even better to my ears! (I still have to get "The Rat Race Blues", but I figured that one was the easiest to find... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 Randy Weston / Melba Liston - Volcano Blues took me about a year to realize that i couldn't find it on amazon.de because they had entered it to the system in a way that it doesn't show up when searching for Randy Weston... luckily that had also driven the price down so i got it for 2,50 euro... still some cheap copies on amazon.de, search for volcano blues, excellent upon first impression! One of my favourite Weston discs - Teddy Edwards is marvellous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 Randy Weston / Melba Liston - Volcano Blues took me about a year to realize that i couldn't find it on amazon.de because they had entered it to the system in a way that it doesn't show up when searching for Randy Weston... luckily that had also driven the price down so i got it for 2,50 euro... still some cheap copies on amazon.de, search for volcano blues, excellent upon first impression! One of my favourite Weston discs - Teddy Edwards is marvellous! indeed! thank you so much for recommending it, spinning it for the second time now... my second later weston disc (after kephera) and i like it a lot more than that one, favorite track so far is that trio version of Mystery of Love with Weston, Edwards and Jamil Nasser... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 Bought a new copy of the 'Sinatra in Vegas' box from the always wonderful Newbury Comics on Amazon Marketplace for $29.99 plus shipping. The list price is $79.98. Amazon Marketplace is great for box sets as overseas shipping for one CD item is $6.89, not cheap for one CD but great for a bulky box set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 Randy Weston / Melba Liston - Volcano Blues took me about a year to realize that i couldn't find it on amazon.de because they had entered it to the system in a way that it doesn't show up when searching for Randy Weston... luckily that had also driven the price down so i got it for 2,50 euro... still some cheap copies on amazon.de, search for volcano blues, excellent upon first impression! One of my favourite Weston discs - Teddy Edwards is marvellous! indeed! thank you so much for recommending it, spinning it for the second time now... my second later weston disc (after kephera) and i like it a lot more than that one, favorite track so far is that trio version of Mystery of Love with Weston, Edwards and Jamil Nasser... "Saga" is almost as good - it has come out in one of Unviersal France's digipack series (Heritage, Anniversary, whatever). I'll keep my old disc for that one... it does not have Teddy Edwards, though, who's a major bonus to me on "Volcano Blues". The 2CD set "Spirits of Our Ancestors" is likely what you should look for, next, I guess... (seems there's a one CD selection from that one, too, so be cautious!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 It isn't that I don't like Randy Weston - I do - a lot. It's just that I hardly ever seem to get around to buying his records Now that's not the case for Teddy Edwards. So I had better catch up with "Volcano blues" - didnt know Teddy was on this. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 (edited) as i wrote above you might consider buying Volcano Blues at amazon.de, prices start at 3,50 Euro... http://www.amazon.de/Volcano-Blues-Weston/...2752&sr=8-1 just ordered another Weston, this one... (from juno.co.uk...) one of the most diverse and impressive credits listings i recall http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&s...gzfrxq95ldje~T4 Bob Marley, Can, Tim Hardin, Viv Stanshall, Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker and (not on the list) Nick Drake, Randy Weston and the Rolling Stones (and some more) Edited January 28, 2008 by Niko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomastreichler Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 Woody Herman Mosaic Select Oscar Peterson: A Norman Granz Legacy - Songbooks Etcetera (Avid) 10 cd compilation of all the songbook recordings of OP between 1952 and 1954 with either Barney Kessel or Herb Ellis and Ray Brown, sesssions with Billie Holiday, Ben Webster, Lester Young, Dizzy Gillespie/Stan Getz and Flip Phillips as well as 1953 JATP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 as i wrote above you might consider buying Volcano Blues at amazon.de, prices start at 3,50 Euro... http://www.amazon.de/Volcano-Blues-Weston/...2752&sr=8-1 just ordered another Weston, this one... (from juno.co.uk...) one of the most diverse and impressive credits listings i recall http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&s...gzfrxq95ldje~T4 Bob Marley, Can, Tim Hardin, Viv Stanshall, Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker and (not on the list) Nick Drake, Randy Weston and the Rolling Stones (and some more) Thanks niko - I'm going to look over here first, because Amazon.de charges 6 euro for postage to the UK. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 Thanks niko - I'm going to look over here first, because Amazon.de charges 6 euro for postage to the UK. MG should have said that i had already looked at amazon.co.uk for you (starting at 14 pound), maybe amazon.fr is an option (iirc they charge only 4,50 at least to germany...) or something other than amazon... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 Thanks niko - I'm going to look over here first, because Amazon.de charges 6 euro for postage to the UK. MG should have said that i had already looked at amazon.co.uk for you (starting at 14 pound), maybe amazon.fr is an option (iirc they charge only 4,50 at least to germany...) or something other than amazon... Oh, thanks Niko MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikelz777 Posted January 28, 2008 Report Share Posted January 28, 2008 (edited) These all recently came in the mail. Portrait of Sonny Criss and Just Us-Roy Haynes Trio Sonny Stitt/Bud Powell/J.J. Johnson (What's up with that cover art?) and Soul Battle - Oliver Nelson/King Curtis/Jimmy Forrest About Time - Eric Kloss Edited January 28, 2008 by mikelz777 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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