https://jazzcollector.com/memoirs/in-memory-of-a-jazz-collector/ For those who love jazz Mon, 24 Aug 2015 13:32:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://jazzcollector.com/memoirs/in-memory-of-a-jazz-collector/comment-page-1/#comment-387194 Mon, 24 Aug 2015 13:32:27 +0000 http://jazzcollector.com/?p=4456#comment-387194 […] 100 records and 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 […]

]]> https://jazzcollector.com/memoirs/in-memory-of-a-jazz-collector/comment-page-1/#comment-346660 Tue, 09 Sep 2014 15:02:24 +0000 http://jazzcollector.com/?p=4456#comment-346660 […] past two years has left me with many items unawares and unplayed. This one, I recall, came from the Irving Kalus collection, still very near and dear to my heart. My copy of the Bird record seems to be an […]

]]> https://jazzcollector.com/memoirs/in-memory-of-a-jazz-collector/comment-page-1/#comment-338812 Tue, 10 Jun 2014 00:22:56 +0000 http://jazzcollector.com/?p=4456#comment-338812 […] as my lucky charm companion on the two collections I’ve bought in the past two years, the Irving Kalus collection and the Bruce M. West collection in Baltimore. We take our normal route up Broadway and […]

]]> https://jazzcollector.com/memoirs/in-memory-of-a-jazz-collector/comment-page-1/#comment-332128 Fri, 25 Apr 2014 17:55:40 +0000 http://jazzcollector.com/?p=4456#comment-332128 […] mediocre condition with a not-so-great cover. I never owned an original copy until I purchased the Irving Kalus collection last year and now, I’m almost embarrassed to say, I own two mint original copies […]

]]> https://jazzcollector.com/memoirs/in-memory-of-a-jazz-collector/comment-page-1/#comment-311112 Fri, 29 Nov 2013 14:08:22 +0000 http://jazzcollector.com/?p=4456#comment-311112 […] had thought I was finished buying collections. I had gotten so much joy out of buying the Irving Kalus collection last year, I thought nothing else would compare. It was such a nice collection I didn’t think […]

]]> https://jazzcollector.com/memoirs/in-memory-of-a-jazz-collector/comment-page-1/#comment-296040 Tue, 06 Aug 2013 13:57:26 +0000 http://jazzcollector.com/?p=4456#comment-296040 […] a nice opportunity for us, as was the case with the Irving Kalus collection I purchased last year, In Memory of a Jazz Collector. To give you an idea, here’s what’s come in during just the past few […]

]]> https://jazzcollector.com/memoirs/in-memory-of-a-jazz-collector/comment-page-1/#comment-261608 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 07:58:00 +0000 http://jazzcollector.com/?p=4456#comment-261608 Well done Al, just read all six parts to this story. What a lucky find. Great to hear that such a nice collection has gone to someone like you. This whole story does raise the issue of what will happen to our collections after we have gone… I for one have catalogued my, admittedly modest collection, with an indication of what each LP cost me at the time of purchase so at least my family have something to go off when the end comes.

]]> https://jazzcollector.com/memoirs/in-memory-of-a-jazz-collector/comment-page-1/#comment-261458 Sun, 12 Aug 2012 08:15:09 +0000 http://jazzcollector.com/?p=4456#comment-261458 a tribute to Mrs. J C, from Mingus, referring to Dolphy:
she is a saint.

]]> https://jazzcollector.com/memoirs/in-memory-of-a-jazz-collector/comment-page-1/#comment-260792 Tue, 31 Jul 2012 13:41:39 +0000 http://jazzcollector.com/?p=4456#comment-260792 great story/Tribute Al!!

]]> https://jazzcollector.com/memoirs/in-memory-of-a-jazz-collector/comment-page-1/#comment-260740 Mon, 30 Jul 2012 15:11:38 +0000 http://jazzcollector.com/?p=4456#comment-260740 Hey Marc, glad you found the site. I was going to call and ask for your email so that I could send you a link to the tribute. Knowing you’re a big jazz fan, I hope you enjoy Al’s site. BTW, the tooth is holding up fine.

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