What music did you buy today?

[T.D.]

[Rabshakeh]

Stan Levey – Grand Stan

Blue Mitchell – Blue's Moods

Both from Flashbacks on the Essex Road in London, which appears to have recently bought a large collection of bop stuff from. 50s-90s and is selling it off at pretty good prices. Worth checking out for any Londoners in here.

[mjazzg]

Thanks for the tip off. 

[Rabshakeh]

It's quite Steeplechasey but there's lots there. New up and down.

[jlhoots]

Jure Pukl Whirlwind CD on Bandcamp Friday.

[HutchFan]

On 7/27/2023 at 12:43 PM, HutchFan said:

One of my favorite Discogs vendors is having a half-off sale on selected inventory.  . . . and I kinda went bananas.  I just ordered 40 CDs.  

• Al Grey / Jimmy Forrest Quintet - Night Train Revisited (Storyville)
• Bill Mays Trio - Live at Jazz Standard (Palmetto)
• Bobby Hackett featuring Vic Dickenson - Live at The Roosevelt Grill, Vol. 3 (Chiaroscuro)
• Bobby Watson - Advance (Enja)
• Bruce Gertz / Ken Cervenka - Shut Wide Open (Double-Time)
• Cab Calloway - Best of the Big Bands (Columbia)
• Charles Lloyd with Cedar Walton, Buster Williams & Billy Higgins - Acoustic Masters I (Atlantic Jazz)
• Charlie Rouse - Unsung Hero (Epic/Legacy)
• Chet Baker Quartet - No Problem (SteepleChase)
• Cleo Laine - Blue and Sentimental (RCA Victor)
• Count Basie & His Orchestra featuring Louis Bellson - Basie in Sweden (Roulette/BN)
• Daniel Schnyder - Nucleus (Enja)
• Daniel Schnyder - The City: Seven Compositions by Daniel Schnyder (Enja)
• Dizzy Gillespie - Dizzy in South America, Vol. 2 (Consolidated Artists Productions)
• Ella Fitzgerald - Ella Sings Broadway (Verve)
• Ernie Krivda - The Alchemist (Inner City)
• ETC [Fred Hersch, Steve La Spina, Jeff Hirshfield] + Jerry Bergonzi - ETC Plus One (Red)
• Gene Ammons - Goodbye (Prestige/OJC)
• Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt - God Bless Jug and Sonny (Prestige)
• Great Jazz Trio - Standard Collection, Vol. 1: Summertime (Limetree)
• Helen Humes - Songs I Like To Sing! (Contemporary/OJC)
• Hoagy Carmichael - Stardust, and Much More (Bluebird)
• Joe Venuti & Earl Hines - Hot Sonatas (Chiaroscuro)
• John Hicks - Beyond Expectation (Reservoir)
• Johnny Dodds - Great Original Performances: 1923-1929 (Louisiana Red Hot)
• Johnny Griffin - The Man I Love (Black Lion)
• Larry Willis - My Funny Valentine (Evidence)
• Maucha Adnet - The Jobim Songbook (Kind of Blue)
• Nancy Harrow - Wild Women Don't Have the Blues (Candid)
• Norris Turney - BIg Sweet N' Blue (Mapleshade)
• Ricky Ford & Kirk Lightsey - Reeds and Keys (Jazz Friends)
• Roy Haynes Group - When It's Haynes It Roars! (Dreyfus)
• Sammy Price - Rockin' Boogie (Black and Blue)
• Sandy Graham - Sandy Graham (Muse)
• Sue Raney - All By Myself (Capitol Jazz)
• Sweet Basil Trio [Cedar Walton, Ron Carter & Billy Higgins] - My Funny Valentine (Bellaphon)
• The Country Gentlemen - Calling My Children Home (Rebel)
• The Rhythmakers - 1932: The Complete Set (Retrieval)
• Tommy Flanagan Trio featuring Kenny Burrell - Beyond The Bluebird (Timeless)
• Vic Dickenson - Gentleman of the Trombone (Storyville)

 

I feel like a kid on Christmas morning.  My big order from Discogs > philadelphiamusic just arrived!   

Fresh outta the box!

I'll be hiding out in my basement all weekend.  

 

[JSngry]

On 7/27/2023 at 12:12 PM, HutchFan said:

  That would be philadelphiamusic.  

https://www.discogs.com/seller/philadelphiamusic/profile?sort=listed%2Cdesc&limit=250&q=Half+Off+-+Marked+for+Removal

Note: Only some inventory is half off.  About 1,700 jazz CDs.

 

Got a 100% fill on the following order (which came to the whopping total of

Subtotal for 14 items$32.86

Shipping (Standard)$4.50

Tax (Sales Tax (TX))$3.12

Total $40.48

Pretty amazing deal....

Bill Perkins - Remembrance Of Dino's	$1.27
Carmen McRae - Carmen McRae Sings Great American Songwriters	$0.75
Carmen McRae - Here To Stay (	$0.75
Count Basie - Café Society Uptown, 1941	$2.11
Count Basie - Old Manuscripts: Broadcast Transcriptions 1944/45	$0.96
Count Basie And His Orchestra* - Warm Breeze	$1.69
Dinah Washington And Her Trio - Live At Birdland	$1.27
Elmo Hope - The Beacon & Celebrity Trio Recordings	$7.29
Jackie Paris - The Song Is Paris	$6.84
Lucy Reed With Bill Evans - The Singing Reed	$3.17
Sue Raney - Autumn In The Air	$1.69
Sue Raney - In Good Company	$1.69
Sue Raney With Bob Florence - Flight Of Fancy	$1.27
Sue Raney With The Bob Florence Group - Quietly There	$2.11

[HutchFan]

6 minutes ago, JSngry said:

Got a 100% fill on the following order (which came to the whopping total of

Subtotal for 14 items$32.86

Shipping (Standard)$4.50

Tax (Sales Tax (TX))$3.12

Total $40.48

Pretty amazing deal....

Bill Perkins - Remembrance Of Dino's	$1.27
Carmen McRae - Carmen McRae Sings Great American Songwriters	$0.75
Carmen McRae - Here To Stay (	$0.75
Count Basie - Café Society Uptown, 1941	$2.11
Count Basie - Old Manuscripts: Broadcast Transcriptions 1944/45	$0.96
Count Basie And His Orchestra* - Warm Breeze	$1.69
Dinah Washington And Her Trio - Live At Birdland	$1.27
Elmo Hope - The Beacon & Celebrity Trio Recordings	$7.29
Jackie Paris - The Song Is Paris	$6.84
Lucy Reed With Bill Evans - The Singing Reed	$3.17
Sue Raney - Autumn In The Air	$1.69
Sue Raney - In Good Company	$1.69
Sue Raney With Bob Florence - Flight Of Fancy	$1.27
Sue Raney With The Bob Florence Group - Quietly There	$2.11

Great deal & great music.

Those two Carmen McRae discs are primo sides from early in her career.   

I see you grabbed those Sue Raney albums too.  

 

[felser]

My current order from Philadelphia Music/Beautiful World Syndicate, bundled together (they let you bundle for 30 days, I'll settle and pay mid/late-August):

Cedar Walton With Curtis Fuller, Bob Berg, Sam Jones And Billy Higgins - Eastern Rebellion 3 (CD,... Lars Gullin - Portrait Of The Legendary Baritone Saxophonist - Complete 1956-1960 Studio Recordin... Barbara Carroll Trio - Complete 1951-1956 Recordings (4xCD, Comp + Box) The Mingus Dynasty* - Mingus' Sounds Of Love (CD, Album) Mark Masters Ensemble - One Day With Lee (CD, Album) Howard Rumsey Presents... Conte Candoli & Lee Morgan - Double Or Nothin' (CD, Album, RE) Eddie Bert Quintet - Kaleidoscope (CD, Album) George Russell Sextet* - Live In Bremen And Paris 1964 (CD, Album) Charles Tolliver - The Ringer (CD, Album, RE) The Barry Harris Trio* - Complete Live In Tokyo 1976 (CD, Comp) Stan Getz - Not So Long Ago (CD, Album, pap) Mike Melillo Trio - Alternate Changes For Bud (CD, Album) Kenny Garrett Trio - Stars & Stripes / Live (CD, Album) Milt Jackson - Born Free (CD, Album, RE, RM) Nancie Banks Orchestra - Bert's Blues (CD, Album) Walter Davis Jr. - In Walked Thelonious (CD, Album) Malachi Thompson - New Standards (CD, Album) Michael Carvin - Revelation (CD, Album) Sal Mosca - A Concert (CD, Album) Artie Shaw, Al Cohn, Zoot Sims, Don Fagerquist, Jimmy Raney, Herb Steward - The Artistry Of Artie... Dizzy Gillespie Big Band - Groovin' High Live At Birdland, New York City (CD, Album, Comp) Bud Shank And Trombones* Featuring Bob Enevoldsen, Maynard Ferguson, Stu Williamson, Bob Brookmey... Jackie & Roy - High Standards (CD, Album, RE, RM) Jackie Cain & Roy Kral - Full Circle (CD, Comp) Mike Melillo / Chet Baker - Symphonically (CD, Album) Mingus Amungus - Live In Cuba (CD, Album) Mary Lou Williams, Barbara Carroll - Ladies Of Jazz (HDCD, Comp, Mono, RM) Jackie Cain & Roy Kral* - One More Rose - A Tribute To Alan Jay Lerner (CD, Album, RE) Al Cohn - Broadway (CD, Album, Mono, Ltd, RE, RM) Jimmy Heath - Little Man Big Band (CD, Album) Thad Jones, Mel Lewis & Jon Faddis - Greetings And Salutations (CD, Album, RE) Duke Jordan - Solo Piano - One For The Library (CD, Album) Archie Shepp Quartet Feat. Annette Lowman - Lover Man (CD, Album) Joe Lee Wilson - Secrets From The Sun (CD, Album, Ltd, RE, RM) Scott Wendholt - What Goes Around (CD, Album) Mike LeDonne - Then & Now (CD, Album) Hans Koller - Minor Meetings 1958 (CD, Comp) Paul Desmond - Sweet Paul - Vol. 1 (CD, Album) Jay Jay Johnson Quintet* - Live At Café Bohemia 1957 (CD, Album) Helen Merrill - The Complete Helen Merrill On Mercury (4xCD, Comp) Clark Terry - Free And Oozy (CD, Comp, RM) Freddie Hubbard & Oscar Peterson - Face To Face (CD, Album) Louis Bellson - The Louis Bellson Explosion (CD, Album, RE, RM) Anita O'Day - Live In Tokyo 1975 (CD, Album) Sweet Basil Trio, Cedar Walton, David Williams (2), Billy Higgins - You're My Everything (CD, Alb... Sal Nistico - Empty Room (CD, Album) Sir Roland Hanna* - Maybeck Recital Hall Series Volume Thirty-Two (CD, Album) Mike DiRubbo Quintet - From The Inside Out (CD, Album) Zoot Sims - Love For Sale Live In Dublin 1978 (CD, Album) Labelle - Moon Shadow (CD, Album, RE) LaBelle - Labelle (CD, Album, RE) Inner Life & Jocelyn Brown - The Anthology (2xCD, Comp)

$181.52

[HutchFan]

1 hour ago, felser said:

My current order from Philadelphia Music/Beautiful World Syndicate, bundled together (they let you bundle for 30 days, I'll settle and pay mid/late-August):

Cedar Walton With Curtis Fuller, Bob Berg, Sam Jones And Billy Higgins - Eastern Rebellion 3 (CD,... Lars Gullin - Portrait Of The Legendary Baritone Saxophonist - Complete 1956-1960 Studio Recordin... Barbara Carroll Trio - Complete 1951-1956 Recordings (4xCD, Comp + Box) The Mingus Dynasty* - Mingus' Sounds Of Love (CD, Album) Mark Masters Ensemble - One Day With Lee (CD, Album) Howard Rumsey Presents... Conte Candoli & Lee Morgan - Double Or Nothin' (CD, Album, RE) Eddie Bert Quintet - Kaleidoscope (CD, Album) George Russell Sextet* - Live In Bremen And Paris 1964 (CD, Album) Charles Tolliver - The Ringer (CD, Album, RE) The Barry Harris Trio* - Complete Live In Tokyo 1976 (CD, Comp) Stan Getz - Not So Long Ago (CD, Album, pap) Mike Melillo Trio - Alternate Changes For Bud (CD, Album) Kenny Garrett Trio - Stars & Stripes / Live (CD, Album) Milt Jackson - Born Free (CD, Album, RE, RM) Nancie Banks Orchestra - Bert's Blues (CD, Album) Walter Davis Jr. - In Walked Thelonious (CD, Album) Malachi Thompson - New Standards (CD, Album) Michael Carvin - Revelation (CD, Album) Sal Mosca - A Concert (CD, Album) Artie Shaw, Al Cohn, Zoot Sims, Don Fagerquist, Jimmy Raney, Herb Steward - The Artistry Of Artie... Dizzy Gillespie Big Band - Groovin' High Live At Birdland, New York City (CD, Album, Comp) Bud Shank And Trombones* Featuring Bob Enevoldsen, Maynard Ferguson, Stu Williamson, Bob Brookmey... Jackie & Roy - High Standards (CD, Album, RE, RM) Jackie Cain & Roy Kral - Full Circle (CD, Comp) Mike Melillo / Chet Baker - Symphonically (CD, Album) Mingus Amungus - Live In Cuba (CD, Album) Mary Lou Williams, Barbara Carroll - Ladies Of Jazz (HDCD, Comp, Mono, RM) Jackie Cain & Roy Kral* - One More Rose - A Tribute To Alan Jay Lerner (CD, Album, RE) Al Cohn - Broadway (CD, Album, Mono, Ltd, RE, RM) Jimmy Heath - Little Man Big Band (CD, Album) Thad Jones, Mel Lewis & Jon Faddis - Greetings And Salutations (CD, Album, RE) Duke Jordan - Solo Piano - One For The Library (CD, Album) Archie Shepp Quartet Feat. Annette Lowman - Lover Man (CD, Album) Joe Lee Wilson - Secrets From The Sun (CD, Album, Ltd, RE, RM) Scott Wendholt - What Goes Around (CD, Album) Mike LeDonne - Then & Now (CD, Album) Hans Koller - Minor Meetings 1958 (CD, Comp) Paul Desmond - Sweet Paul - Vol. 1 (CD, Album) Jay Jay Johnson Quintet* - Live At Café Bohemia 1957 (CD, Album) Helen Merrill - The Complete Helen Merrill On Mercury (4xCD, Comp) Clark Terry - Free And Oozy (CD, Comp, RM) Freddie Hubbard & Oscar Peterson - Face To Face (CD, Album) Louis Bellson - The Louis Bellson Explosion (CD, Album, RE, RM) Anita O'Day - Live In Tokyo 1975 (CD, Album) Sweet Basil Trio, Cedar Walton, David Williams (2), Billy Higgins - You're My Everything (CD, Alb... Sal Nistico - Empty Room (CD, Album) Sir Roland Hanna* - Maybeck Recital Hall Series Volume Thirty-Two (CD, Album) Mike DiRubbo Quintet - From The Inside Out (CD, Album) Zoot Sims - Love For Sale Live In Dublin 1978 (CD, Album) Labelle - Moon Shadow (CD, Album, RE) LaBelle - Labelle (CD, Album, RE) Inner Life & Jocelyn Brown - The Anthology (2xCD, Comp)

$181.52

Nice!

I almost grabbed that Helen Merrill set.  Already regret that I didn't.   

 

[JSngry]

That's one of those places where if you have a lot of time and you know your labels to know what's what, you can make some worthy additions for under $5.00/disc. ESPECIALLY if your collection is fairly settled and you're just looking to fill in some holes. OR if your collection has a lot of holes and you're ok with older CD versions, cheap.

[HutchFan]

18 minutes ago, JSngry said:

That's one of those places where if you have a lot of time and you know your labels to know what's what, you can make some worthy additions for under $5.00/disc. ESPECIALLY if your collection is fairly settled and you're just looking to fill in some holes. OR if your collection has a lot of holes and you're ok with older CD versions, cheap.

Yes.  That place can be dangerous -- from both a time and money point of view.

 

Edited August 5, 2023 by HutchFan

[JSngry]

Daedalus books used to be like. Some other place too, I forget the name. But I see a lot of the same type stuff. Fortunately, I most of it now. But most is not all...Like Roy Eldridge, The Nifty Cat with Budd Johnson, did not have a legit CD on it and BAM there it was tonight in the Under $5 filter.

I was relieved that their comparable Modern Classical seemed pretty weak. Thank God! 

[felser]

1 hour ago, JSngry said:

That's one of those places where if you have a lot of time and you know your labels to know what's what, you can make some worthy additions for under $5.00/disc. ESPECIALLY if your collection is fairly settled and you're just looking to fill in some holes. OR if your collection has a lot of holes and you're ok with older CD versions, cheap.

It's a good way to sample artists around the edges at a minimal cost (such as Sal Mosca, Mike Melillo, Mike LeDonne, Scott Wendholdt,Sal Nistico on this latest order for me).  The # of jazz CD's (especially interesting ones) jumps up and down on the site, I think when they end up buying a big collection (which they've done a few times in the years I've followed along).  They were at 11,000+ jazz CD's a couple of months ago, now at 7700, and I remember them being around 3000 for a long time a few years ago. 

[JSngry]

We're on fixed incomes now, so my paranoia is getting me to where I'm not indulging in non-essential record purchases unless some REALLY big bargains show up. And this place has them!

HutchFan, thanks for shining the light on this place. Never heard of the before, but you can't unsee it, can you;

[HutchFan]

11 minutes ago, JSngry said:

HutchFan, thanks for shining the light on this place. Never heard of the before, but you can't unsee it, can you

Sure thing.  Happy to spread the good deals 'round.

And no you can't unsee it!   

 

[Ken Dryden]

The nice thing about Philadelphia music is that they undergrade their CDs. Many listed as NM are still sealed, while the orders I have received graded VG+ have been NM.

It is surprising how many long out of print jazz CDs can be purchased so cheaply. I don't think that I missed anything in the low priced jazz CDs under $6 on my want list and I bought a few more pricey items as well. My latest order is scheduled to arrive today.

 

[Rabshakeh]

Just bought Fanfare by the Art Ensemble and live at Willisau by the Brotherhood of Breath.

@mjazzg - Further East London news. I'm afraid OTO has now started to sell second hand jazz vinyl at a fairly reasonably price, apparently via a connection in Japan. Some seriously good stuff.

[T.D.]

18 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

Just bought ... live at Willisau by the Brotherhood of Breath.

I actually own this. Good one!

[HutchFan]

1 hour ago, Rabshakeh said:

Just bought Fanfare by the Art Ensemble and live at Willisau by the Brotherhood of Breath.

Both TERRIFIC.   

I love hearing Muhal with the AEC on Fanfare.

 

[mjazzg]

5 hours ago, Rabshakeh said:

Just bought Fanfare by the Art Ensemble and live at Willisau by the Brotherhood of Breath.

@mjazzg - Further East London news. I'm afraid OTO has now started to sell second hand jazz vinyl at a fairly reasonably price, apparently via a connection in Japan. Some seriously good stuff.

I know, they've been pushing it on Instagram, I've stayed away...so far.

I agree, the selection has been top notch

Edited August 5, 2023 by mjazzg

[Kevin Bresnahan]

On 7/28/2023 at 9:05 AM, bresna said:

11 CDs with shipping for $24.85. Not too shabby.

A few I've owned in the past but lost track of them so I figured I'd add them back in at these prices...

 

Flying Colors - Joe Lovano & Gonzalo Rubalcaba $0.79

Dear Sir: Tribute To Wayne Shorter - Dale Fielder Quartet $1.27

Telepathy - Cindy Blackman $1.90

Deep Purple - Arnett Cobb $5.07

When Larry Met Harry - Larry Goldings | Harry Allen $1.69

Night Birds - Harry Allen/Totti Bergh/George Masso $2.53

With European Friends - Stan Getz $0.75

Jonas Plays Gullin – Bertil "Jonas" Jonasson $1.06

Are You Having Any Fun? - A Celebration Of The Music Of Sammy Fain - Harry Allen-Keith Ingham Quintet $2.11

Andalucia - Kevin Hays $1.06

Angel Eyes Ballads & Slow Jams - Jimmy Smith $1.06

Two of these discs were sealed. Can't get more mint than that.

I could swear that I owned Jimmy Smith's "Angel Eyes" but it's not in the racks. However, I don't remember it having a brown smoke tinted jewel case. Was that how it was released?

[HutchFan]

1 hour ago, bresna said:

Two of these discs were sealed. Can't get more mint than that.

A bunch of my CDs were sealed too.    They often don't even bother mentioning it.

And, like @Ken Dryden said above, their grading is very trustworthy. What they call VG+ typically looks like NM to me. And this true of both their CDs and LPs. 

Because their grading is so "conservative," I often buy VG graded LPs from them. (With other online retailers, I typically won't go below VG+.)  After a couple spins on the vacuum machine, their VG-graded LPs typically play very, very well. Maybe not PERFECTLY. But much better than what you usually get with a VG-rated platter.

 

Edited August 6, 2023 by HutchFan

[T.D.]

Lee Pan Geun Jazz Quintet (Korean)

[mjazzg]

David Sanborn - Time And The River

Swept up in a wave of nostalgia thanks to a post from @Rabshakeh, I thought I'd see what Sanborn's been up to more recently.

It was cheap...