Apart from the high price for someone living in Europe (tax/duty/fees and all that) there's indeed also the fact that some of these have been reissued ad nauseam (I always type Latin expressions in italics ) in audiophile versions, which makes it even more problematic; like cds23 I don't need yet another version of some of these albums, especially when they're so expensive.
(LP Contemporary King Records Japan GP-3035) - recorded in 1975 and feat Art Pepper (as) + Hampton Hawes (p) + Charlie Haden (b) + Shelly Manne (dr) .... simply beautiful ....
Duke Ellington – Historically Speaking—The Duke (Bethlehem) — With Cat Anderson, Willie Cook, Clark Terry, Ray Nance / Britt Woodman, Quentin Jackson, John Sanders / Russell Procope, Johnny Hodges, Paul Gonsalves, Jimmy Hamilton, Harry Carney / Ellington, Jimmy Woode, Sam Woodyard
Listened to this on the way to work this morning: I've never heard it quietly, just me and the music as closely as that. What a hauntingly beautiful album.
Max Roach with the J.C. White Singers – Lift Every Voice and Sing (Atlantic Records / Koch Jazz) — With Cecil Bridgewater, Billy Harper, George Cables, Eddie Mathias, Ralph McDonald and the J.C. White Singers
I hope I can get my hands on a good sounding copy one day. I'm done with OJC CDs since so many CD-Rs are on the market.
Miles Davis – Olympia – 20 March 1960 [Part 1] (RTE / Trema Music) — With John Coltrane, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, Jimmy Cobb; date is actually 3/21; live in Paris
Came across a used original Atlantic Records copy of Coltrane Plays The Blues and gave it a spin last night. I didn't need as I am familiar with the music from the The Heavyweight Champion box set but it was the disc I always played the most and you know it's a vinyl copy. Not a sonic marvel but I am happy to have it.
Miles Davis Quintet, 1960 – Live 'Trane: Underground, disc 1a, unknown venue, probably West Germany, between 3/23 and 4/10, 1960 — With John Coltrane, Wynton Kelly, Jimmy Cobb, Paul Chambers; 38' Miles Davis Quintet, 1960 – Live 'Trane: Underground, disc 1b, Kongresshalle, Frankfurt am Main, Germany — With John Coltrane, Wynton Kelly, Jimmy Cobb, Paul Chambers; 23'
Yes, raveoned... "I'm a Fool to Want You," which opens the album, is heartbreaking. It moves me immensely, every single time I listen to it.
Playing this afternoon: Andrew Hill, Mosaic Select 16: Andrew Hill (1967-1970; 3 CDs). Great improvisations from the musicians! Synchronicity: we just mentioned Billie's Lady in Satin and, on disc 1 of this Mosaic Select, there's "Satin Lady."
John Coltrane & Don Cherry – The Avant-Garde [(H) from The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic] (Atlantic Records / Rhino) — With Charlie Haden, Ed Blackwell; rec. Summer 1960; released in 1966
Reading the liner notes to the CD (I found the Columbia reissue from the Jazz Masterpieces series), it's really a touching story behind the album. You can feel the heartbreak in every note as the album progresses.
