I have been contemplating buying this box even though I already have one of the 5 discs. Apparently Windy (CD 4) is not up to scratch but the other three (The Astrud Gilberto Album, Look To The Rainbow & I Haven't Got Anything Better To Do) range from good to very good.
Windy is the weakest but the set can be had very cheaply. I paid $13.71 with free shipping. I wish the album with the Gil Evans arrangements was longer.
Oliver Nelson With Eric Dolphy - Straight Ahead via : Eric Dolphy - The Complete Prestige Recordings Disc 4, trk 13 & Disc 5, trks 1 to 5 Alto Saxophone, Bass Clarinet, Flute – Eric Dolphy Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet – Oliver Nelson Bass – George Duvivier Drums – Roy Haynes Piano – Richard Wyands
Bosco Records Bosco 2 recorded/Issued 1982 - Rngineer: Jim Hughart Featuring Alan Broadbent (p) / Pete Christlieb (ts) / Jim Hughart (b) / Michael Whited (dr) / Donald Bailey (dr & harmonica)
"Blues, When Your Lover Has Gone" - Pete Candoli Septet - Sommerset SD 17200 - Recorded 1961 - Reissued by Fresh Sound Records, Spain in 1986 - Engineer: D.L. Miller Featuring Pete Candoli (tp) / Milt Bernhart (tb) / Ted Nash (as) / Al Hendrickson (g) / Jimmy Rowles (p) / Red Mitchell (b) / Alvin Stoller (dr)
An interesting LP : same rhythm section plus different soloist EPIC LN 3297 "Rhythm + 1" - Reissued by Fresh Sound Records in 1984 The rhythm section: Osie Johnson (dr) / Milt Hinton (b) / Hank Jones (p) / Barry Galbraith (g) The Soloists: Conte Candoli (tp) / Jimmy Cleveland (tb) / Seldon Powell (ts) / Gene Quill (as)
Over this past weekend: Lester Young – The Complete Aladdin Recordings Of Lester Young Label: Blue Note – 7243 8 32787 2 5 Format: 2 × CD, Compilation, Club Edition Country: US Released: 1995 Bass – Curly Russell (tracks: 2-13 to 2-16), Curtis Counce (tracks: 1-9 to 1-12), Junior Rudd (tracks: 2-17 to 2-22), Red Callender (tracks: 1-1 to 1-8, 1-13 to 1-16), Rodney Richardson (tracks: 1-17 to 2-5, 2-10 to 2-12), Ted Briscoe (tracks: 2-5 to 2-9) Drums – Chico Hamilton (tracks: 1-13 to 1-16), Henry Tucker* (tracks: 1-5 to 1-8, 2-17 to 2-22), Johnny Otis (tracks: 1-9 to 1-12), Lyndall Marshall (tracks: 1-17 to 2-5, 2-10 to 2-12), Roy Haynes (tracks: 2-5 to 2-9), Tiny Kahn (tracks: 2-13 to 2-16) Guitar – Chuck Wayne (tracks: 2-13 to 2-16), Dave Barbour (tracks: 2-17 to 2-22), Fred Lacey (tracks: 1-17 to 2-9), Irving Ashby (tracks: 1-13 to 1-16), Nasir Barakaat (tracks: 2-10 to 2-12) Piano – Argonne Thornton* (tracks: 1-17 to 2-12), Dodo Marmarosa (tracks: 1-5 to 1-8), Gene DiNovi(tracks: 2-13 to 2-16), Jimmy Bunn (tracks: 2-17 to 2-22), Joe Albany (tracks: 1-13 to 1-16), Nat Cole* (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4), Wesly Jones* (tracks: 1-9 to 1-12) Saxophone [Alto] – Willie Smith (2) (tracks: 1-9 to 1-12, 2-17 to 2-22) Saxophone [Tenor] – Lester Young Trombone – Vic Dickenson (tracks: 1-5 to 1-12) Trumpet – Howard McGhee (tracks: 1-9 to 1-12), Shorty McConnell (tracks: 1-17 to 2-12) Vocals – Helen Humes (tracks: 2-17 to 2-22)
After the Lester set, moved on to Miles Davis: Complete Bitches Brew disc 4 and Complete Jack Johnson disc 2.
Now, disc II of this set, with the Allen Eager Quartet, Jay Jay Johnson's BeBoppers, and the Stan Getz Quartet (1946 recordings):
Oliver Nelson, Eric Dolphy, George Duvivier, Richard Williams, Richard Wyands, Roy Haynes – Screamin' the Blues (1960)
Grant Green – I Want To Hold Your Hand Label: Blue Note – CDP 7243 8 59962 2 1 Format: CD, Album, Reissue, Stereo Country: US Released: 1997 Drums – Elvin Jones Guitar – Grant Green Organ – Larry Young Tenor Saxophone – Hank Mobley Recorded March 31, 1965. Could this be the only domestic CD issue of this album? According to Discogs it is, but I'm not sure about that. Everyone's playing is excellent and the tracks are taken at a nice, easy pace. Young's B3 is phenomenal, as are the accents Hank Mobley provides.
Miles Davis Quintet* – Live In Europe 1969 (The Bootleg Series Vol. 2) Label: Columbia – 88725 41853 2, Legacy – 88725 41853 2, Sony Music– 88725 41853 2 Series: The Bootleg Series (3) – Vol. 2 CD 2: Recorded July 26th, 1969 at Festival Mondial du Jazz d'Antibes, La Pinède, Juan-les-Pins, France. Bass – Dave Holland Drums – Jack DeJohnette Electric Piano, Piano – Chick Corea Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Wayne Shorter Trumpet – Miles Davis