[Helping Mosaic by Suggesting Artists and Sets, Part Deux]

How about a Max Roach on Impulse Box Set?  A lot of this material seems to be out of print.  Too late for the Max Roach Centennial but still!

[Phil Schaap R.I.P.]

His website with many of his recorded shows on WKCR seems to have disappeared completely from the internet. A loss to his listeners and one that probably would have horrified him.

[Frank Kimbrough Plays The Complete Thelonious Monk]

I agree with Brad--just listened to CD2 last night and I'm really enjoying this one.

[Where the hell is Phil Schaap?]

One of the broadcasters on the Coleman Hawkins broadcast today said that Phil Schaap is sick. I know he is a somewhat controversial figure on these forums, and without getting in the middle of that discussion, I hope he makes a good recovery. I think he has played an important part in keeping so much jazz on WKCR, including these regular birthday broadcasts.

[Coltrane: Both Directions At Once (lost album)]

Here is an Amazon link to the 2 CD set.  I think it is still in stock, not shipping until June 29. http://a.co/a1x10CT

[Coltrane: Both Directions At Once (lost album)]

This may already have been discussed here, in which case I apologize in advance, but I just saw an article in the NY Times about a lost Coltrane album to be released on June 29.  Link below:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/07/arts/music/john-coltrane-lost-album-both-directions-at-once.html

[Mosaic Records is releasing a Savory collection set]

Has anyone looked at the overlap between the downloads and the new set?  Probably will buy this either way, just curious.  Exciting news for Mosaic, long may it run.  

[Hey Kids, Have You Heard The News? MOSAIC's IN TROUBLE!!!]

Needle-nose pliers:  another very good idea.  I just saw these at the hardware store last week when buy a new pair of small pliers for a hard to reach location.  Better jazz listening through hardware!

[Which Mosaic Are You Enjoying Right Now?]

Benny Goodman Columbia Sessions, Disk 1.

[Hey Kids, Have You Heard The News? MOSAIC's IN TROUBLE!!!]

Thanks!  I will visit the hardware store and find some fine-grain sanding paper.  This sounds better than what I have been doing (essentially breaking one or two of the teeth).

[Hey Kids, Have You Heard The News? MOSAIC's IN TROUBLE!!!]

Thanks for letting us know about the Beehive box CD teeth problem.  I have already had a problem with the Earl Hines set.  What is the best recommendation for how to "shave down" the teeth?  I have tried to use a nail clipper to poke out or bend some of the teeth but there must be a better way.  Any advice appreciated!

[Whole batch of Mosaic Selects and Singles running low]

On the Goodman order saga, I ordered mine on May 23 and just got a notification today that it would be shipped in the next week.  Seems like progress is being made.

[2018 NEA Jazz Masters: Metheny, Reeves, Brackeen, Barkan]

Thanks -- I should have known!  Somehow when I was looking at a list of them I missed it.  I was watching a live feed of a show of his on Sunday night and it reminded me of how much I have enjoyed seeing his shows in the past.

[2018 NEA Jazz Masters: Metheny, Reeves, Brackeen, Barkan]

Has Barry Harris ever won this honor?  If not, he seems like a good pick.  He's 87 years old and still playing and teaching.  

[Savory Collection volume 3]

I have downloaded and listened to the album ("Volume 3:  Honeysuckle Rose") once.  The sound quality was good and the music conveyed some of the excitement that there must have been when Fats Waller, the John Kirby Sextet, Benny Carter and the others played clubs.  The Kirby Sextet sounds looser to me than in some of their studio work, if that makes sense.  The narration is a perhaps bit corny for 2017 but very much of its time.  Wife and younger son both tolerated it well while I made breakfast on a Sunday morning.  I'm not as knowledgeable as the group here and not in a great position to make a comparison to what else is out there, but I would recommend it.

[Which Mosaic Are You Enjoying Right Now?]

Bennie Green, Disc One

 

[Which Mosaic Are You Enjoying Right Now?]

Art Hodes, Disc 3.

[Which Mosaic Are You Enjoying Right Now?]

Lou Donaldson, Disc 4 (Gravy Train session).

[Which Mosaic Are You Enjoying Right Now?]

Discs 4-6 have a great variety of post-war jazz, with some Be-Bop (Moody is great), some McIntosh-written hard bop (November afternoon is perfect for this time of year), and lots of bossa nova jazz.

[What live music are you going to see tonight?]

Bob Dylan at the Beacon Theater. Mostly new material from Tempest, Modern Times. Good show; it's cliched to say it, but it would have been nice to have heard one or two more of the classics.

[Paul Desmond Biography]

As I'm sure will be noted on Doug Ramsey's superb blog tomorrow morning, tomorrow is the 90th anniversary of Paul Desmond's birth. Not that any excuse is necessary, but this is a great excuse to read the biography or listen to Take Ten (or anything Desmond) again.

[Which Mosaic Are You Enjoying Right Now?]

Discs 1 and 2 (Star Bright and Soundin' Off)

[Clifford Brown Birthday Broadcast on WKCR]

All day, until midnight.

[Which Mosaic Are You Enjoying Right Now?]

Discs 1 and 2.

[Which Mosaic Are You Enjoying Right Now?]

The session with strings.