Have to mention Guy Klucevsek as well for great modern-day accordion improvisers. Lots of Zorn association and part of the sublime Dave Douglas "Charms Of The Night Sky" ensemble.
That's a bummer about your first disc. I hope having those two extra discs helps make up for it a little bit. I actually placed an order on Amazon for the version you bought, but then immediately found a thread here in the forums talking about how great the Sam Records version is. So I cancelled and bought the Sam. This made it doubly disappointing when the entire first side sounded bad. But Fred saved the day with some brilliant customer service.
I have both the US unedited and Japanese black/silver sets and while there may be a very slight difference between the two I always turn to the US set for the "complete" material. However, I do wonder about the blue/gold version and if there's an improvement. That being said I find that the US set sounds very good, especially considering that it's a club date from 1965. But even more intriguing is your mention of Ron Carter and his inaudibility. Forgive me if that's too strong an assumption of your comment but it made me pause so I pulled this set out and am listening to disc 2 right now after finishing the first disc and find Carter to sound very good, if not ecellent. He's prominent, full-bodied and articulate and sits in the mix beautifully. Every note is audible and properly rendered as to attack, sustain and decay, even when things get heated. Compared to other live recordings of this era I can't imagine him sounding better.....except for maybe on that blue/gold set or surely the Mosiac LP boxed set. Which I too would love to have but not at current prices.
The blue/gold by chance? I should also mention that the original Japanese cover graphics were used in the "semi-porch-crusher" box, and was remasterd by Wilder. Have not listened to them though. Probably should but the complete box is always at hand.
Desert island set. Has anyone ever wondered what's underneath that sticker in the liner note credits? Hell, maybe no one has even noticed it? Interesting story.
Just go ahead and slip $150 outta my pocket. Actually, that seems a bit pricey for 5 (6 considering the double I know) LP's. That's roughly $30 per. which puts them into "audiophile" reissue territory, unless these are AAA and of the same quality? Love this music, will do some legwork on the price issue but everywhere I look it's about the same. Have you gotten to any others in the set?
I listened to some Pete Cosey a few weeks back: OK, I'm starting to reach thread-takeover volume here so I'm going to take a break and give everyone else the same. Just trying to catch up from a few days incapacitated.
Jacques Coursil "Black Suite" Alto Saxophone [Alto Sax] – Arthur Jones Bass – Beb Guérin* Contrabass Clarinet – Anthony Braxton Drums – Claude Delcloo Piano – Burton Greene Trumpet, Composed By, Arranged By, Liner Notes – Jacques Coursil Love this one, from one of my all time favorite labels
$100 and change from Amazon Germany. Sounds great to me, but then again, I have no other PV's to compare with. I do have a few thousand+ other lp's to compare with, though
I’ve got the Sony “Tall Box” of this set and as far as I’m concerned, the booklet can’t be beat. I can’t speak to sound quality, having never heard the JSP but we are talking about stuff from the 1920s after all.
Certain musicians inspire stock phrases. My one for Hutch is “I’d pay money to watch Bobby listen to music”
Cool, checking now it's $108 USD, not sure about shipping. Will ask my local first, he often cuts a good deal on stuff like this...same as the Trad Gras set.
Spinning some new releases on LP today, both with excellent sound quality. Bill Frisell and Thomas Morgan Epistrophy on ECM 2x33 and The Comet is Coming Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery on Impulse 33.
Following on from the Chick Corea posts I was lucky enough to snap this one up from Ray's Jazz s/hand rack he other day. And then I started looking at his late 60s and early 70s sessions - a bit messy...and not helped by Blue Note's two double albums they put out in the 70s - Circling In and Chick Corea.
Hi Rob, you mean this second quintet box? Where exactly should I look for that sticker? I don't see any traces of one. I got this box second hand a long time ago... Didn't know until now of a sticker. I love album stickers.
NP Mongo Santamaria - Watermelon Man (Battle) black mono label Getting in the mood for a small drum circle this afternoon I've been attending for the last few weeks. So far it's been a party of two but the leader is well versed in the Afro-Cuban tradition so I'm learning a lot. It just started so we're hoping we get more participants soon. The goal is for some serious drum dialogue and not a hippie drum circle. Time will tell.
The sticker is on 2 pages before the ones shown above. If if I remember correctly the set was delayed due to the production credits. The sets were printed and done, but held up until it was rectified by the sticker. The sticker reads, 'Original Recordings Produced by Teo Macero..."
