Catching Up: A Little Trane, A Little JJ

Sorry for taking such a long and totally unexpected hiatus. I got caught up in things and just never put aside time to post. I won’t do that again. Anyway, I have not forgotten Rudolf’s question about the status of my Great Jazz Vinyl Countdown and I will address that soon, but first let me catch up on other stuff. I had noted the small John Coltrane autograph from the Jazz Record Center when I last posted and I had expectations it would go for a fairly high price, which it did: $491.85. And no, I was not the bidder, although that is certainly something I wouldn’t mind having. I was also watching this one: Jay Jay Johnson Volume 2, Blue Note 1506. This looked to be an original Lexington Avenue flat edge pressing. It was only in VG+ condition for the vinyl and VG- for the cover. Many of the flat-edge Lexington Avenue  Blue Notes have been

selling for more than $500 each lately, so I was watching this to see if it would come close. It didn’t: It sold for $102. I also had my eye on this copy of John Coltrane Giant Steps, Atlantic 1311. This was a black label pressing that seemed to be in VG++ condition for both the record and the cover, based on the description. It looked nice and had a nice picture and it sold for $700.

By the way, the gig went very well on Saturday night at the Monterey General Store. We had about 40-50 people in the audience, which is actually a decent crowd — it is just a general store, after all — and we played well. Dan was in excellent form and I made all the changes and even took a few solos. I’ll post a picture if I can get one from my daughter and I’ll check to see if there is any audio or video.