Comments on: The Complete Jazz Collector Bruce M. West Collection

By: The Great Jazz Vinyl Countdown, Ad Infinitum | jazzcollector.com

The Great Jazz Vinyl Countdown, Ad Infinitum | jazzcollector.com — Tue, 18 Apr 2023 15:23:28 +0000

[…] record on Blue Note and the Donald Byrd on Transition. I know that I got those records from the Bruce M. West collection in Baltimore, and I am pretty sure those records weren’t played more than two or three times. When I listened […]

By: A New Adventure in Jazz Collecting | jazzcollector.com

A New Adventure in Jazz Collecting | jazzcollector.com — Mon, 10 Apr 2023 13:57:53 +0000

[…] Jutta and Zoot record I got when I purchased the Bruce M. West collection in Baltimore from November 2013. The Saxophone Colossus and Donald Byrd on Transition […]

By: Watching Some Original Original Jazz Vinyl | jazzcollector.com

Watching Some Original Original Jazz Vinyl | jazzcollector.com — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 15:21:29 +0000

[…] on this auction. I was fortunate to acquire a near mint copy of this record when I purchased the Bruce M. West collection in Baltimore. For some reason, I always considered this to be an album for the $1,000 bin. I guess […]

By: Giant Steps, Impulse and Moose the Mooche | jazzcollector.com

Giant Steps, Impulse and Moose the Mooche | jazzcollector.com — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 14:28:24 +0000

[…] Clark LP is another one I was able to get within the past few years, back in 2013, as part of the Bruce M. West Collection, one of my all-time favorite memories, driving down to Baltimore in an empty SUV and driving back […]

By: Shades Of . . . . . | jazzcollector.com

Shades Of . . . . . | jazzcollector.com — Fri, 10 Apr 2020 16:03:04 +0000

[…] I found two copies in beautiful condition: First in the Irving Kalus Collection and then in the Bruce M. West collection in Baltimore. These copy in New York doesn’t have have the New York 23 address, but it […]

By: Grails, Holy Grails and Actual Jazz Records | jazzcollector.com

Grails, Holy Grails and Actual Jazz Records | jazzcollector.com — Wed, 24 Apr 2019 18:27:44 +0000

[…] according to Popsike, has been about $3,840. I was fortunate when I purchased the collection in Baltimore to get a beautiful clean original copy of this […]

By: Chris O

Chris O — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 05:13:45 +0000

Yes I’d like to more about the mysterious Horace!

By: Reorganizing Records: A Particular Insanity? | jazzcollector.com

Reorganizing Records: A Particular Insanity? | jazzcollector.com — Mon, 24 Aug 2015 13:54:44 +0000

[…] then started buying again in droves, hundreds, even thousands at a time, i.e., the Irving Kalus and Baltimore collections that I wrote about often here at Jazz Collector. I did get rid of a bunch of records […]

By: Kind of Blues & The Abstract Truth | jazzcollector.com

Kind of Blues & The Abstract Truth | jazzcollector.com — Tue, 07 Apr 2015 13:46:29 +0000

[…] used a plastic inner sleeve that had a seal. I know that from a couple of albums I purchased in the Baltimore collection. On this particular copy of Kind of Blue, the seal had never been broken. The cover also looked to […]

By: A Diversion Into the World of 78s | jazzcollector.com

A Diversion Into the World of 78s | jazzcollector.com — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 20:47:17 +0000

[…] inexpensive collections, and then I was very fortunate with the 78s I purchased in the infamous Baltimore collection. I probably have about 1,000 78s, with probably about 40 Parkers on Savoy, Dial and Mercury, but a […]