Comments on: Pandemic, Prestige, Impulse, Blue Note

By: WebWax

WebWax — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 00:28:44 +0000

Spending a lot of time with the collection and family. Be well everyone!

By: lennib

lennib — Wed, 02 Sep 2020 13:06:08 +0000

Well, Al and all, I’ve been doing great as I’ve been listening to WKCR since August 28, as it’s been “all Bird, all day,” celebrating Bird’s birthday centennial.
Brings me back to where my love of Jazz all began, with Charlie Parker.

By: Don

Don — Sun, 30 Aug 2020 02:30:23 +0000

I rarely leave comments on JC, but I wanted to let you know Al that I always look forward to your posts and have learned so much about jazz music & jazz records from you (and many knowledgeable JC contributors) over the years. You don’t need to explain your long absence between posts. In a global pandemic, we all get a mulligan.

And speaking of mulligans…the other night my wife and I saw a movie (outdoors) that probably many of you here know: “Jazz on a Summer’s Day”. It’s a concert film of the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival. It’s pretty basic: no narration, no interviews, just 90 glorious color minutes of Newport, the America’s Cup race (which was taking place at the same time) and of course the performers and their very engaged audience (all seated on hard back slotted chairs). The lineup included Anita O’Day, Dinah Washington, Louis Armstrong, Gerry Mulligan, Art Farmer, Monk, Mahalia Jackson and many others. One particular thrill for me was watching Chuck Berry playing “Sweet Little Sixteen”. It was like watching the birth of rock and roll.

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 29 Aug 2020 00:10:37 +0000

Prices are high. Blue Note has become a status symbol/surrogate for self worth, fueled by social media such as Instagram and the newly minted experts on Youbut. There is even a guy from Scandinavia with his own website who posts each record he purchases, along with his own expert assessment of the record’s amazing rarity, incredible condition, and (oh yes) the incredible music it contains. Conspicuous consumption in the face of economic collapse, reminds one of the final days of the Roman Empire.

By: gregorythefish

gregorythefish — Fri, 28 Aug 2020 15:28:45 +0000

A lot of mail is heavily delayed, but as near as I can tell, they are still doing their damnedest to make it work. A nice majority of packages going both into and out of my home are getting where they need to be on time. Main delays seems to be in eastern Texas and Utah, both states that Trump has locked up, so I am not worried about that as far as the election goes.

But I have to maintain a positive outlook on that. If I don’t, I’ll lose my mind.

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Fri, 28 Aug 2020 11:11:09 +0000

An album, shipped in Berkeley, Calif. on the 20th, arrived today, 28th, at my home in Savoia, thanks to the reliable services of USPS.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 28 Aug 2020 08:11:56 +0000

Some of my favourite misprints:

BLP 4033 with Reece misspelled as “Reese” on back spine.
And the runout of PRLP 8203 Farmer’s market: PRLP-8023 handetched, and strike through. Then PRLP-3058 handetched, mirrored (giving somewhat of a 8023), but x-ed out again. And finally, the correct PRLP-8203 with lettertype engraved ;). Love it.

By: japhy

japhy — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 20:16:56 +0000

Moreso than the pandemic, my collecting has been negatively impacted by a man called “Drumpf” and his blatant efforts to rig the US presidential election by messing with the US Post Office. I’ve personally experienced long delays in mail being delivered (and even lost, in one case) and am hesitant to buy records online, or sell anything on eBay for fear of a media rate package being thrown on a massive mountain of parcels to be delivered “sometime” and then getting into hot water with buyers. No bueno!

By: lennib

lennib — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 16:30:50 +0000

Nice goin’ Art Klemper re The Austin Jazz Society helping out the music. Putting some $ in the pockets of musicians beats putting $ in the pockets of record dealers ,I’d say ,in these current inane times.

By: d_notes

d_notes — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 15:45:34 +0000

p.s. – My favorite example of an important / obvious detail on an album printing that slipped through the cracks:

Billie Holiday at Jazz At The Philharmonic on Clef Records (MG C-169) …The first original 10″ pressing had Billie’s name erroneously spelled “Billy” on that otherwise hauntingly beautiful DSM cover !!!