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Thanks all! Looking forward.

Thanks; good call!

I can do September if its still open/available. Thanks!

Thanks, and apologies for not catching that. I'll post there.

Hi all! I'm interested in doing another BFT this summer. Please just let me know what months might be available. Thanks!

THE OTHER SIDE has always been my favorite from Golson's Riverside tenure. Agree; it's both tight and loose in all the right ways, and the tenor-trombone coloration just works here.

I'm down with an Anthony Davis set. Mosaic may or may not be the ones to do it, but the John Carter Gramavisions need to be returned to wide circulation.

What is the state of the Moers label material? Thinking specifically of the dates from the late 70s and early 80s. https://www.discogs.com/label/38874-Moers-Music

I figured folks could do the math!

I bought my first Mosaic set — the then brand-new The Complete CBS Studio Recordings Of Woody Shaw — in 1992. I was 20 years old. As soon as I learned about the Herbie Nichols set, I purchased that, followed quickly by the Mingus and Cecil Taylor Candid sets. Freddie Redd and Tina Brooks were early purchases as well. I've since sold all of my sets (after digitizing them) except the last one I purchased, which was the Tristano. It's not that I am all that much less interested in what they are putting out these days. It's that I don't want more stuff.

Yes, I think of this as a de factor Mary Lou Williams set. Honestly, Mosaic would be wise to consider a set focused on women instrumentalists. Not sure how you could work the parameters of that, but there's got to be some way to do that. Maybe starting with bop/the modern era. I mean, it would never happen, but I'd love a set focused on Barbara Donald's work.

Great call on Frankie Newton. A Hot Lips Page box would be awesome, too. But, again, logistical challenges. Also, would love to see Mosaic start to work with / rescue some of the small label output from the 80s and 90s. Leaning House comes to mind.

What would you all say to an Andy Kirk set? Or a John Kirby Sextet set?

As long as they are focused on upgrading the sound of classic BN sessions, I feel like we're overdue for a Horace Silver set. Specifically, the post Cook-Mitchell bands (though I'd love to hear SILVER'S SERENADE brightened up). Probably some logistical challenges with such a set, but it would be nice to have.... especially if something could be done to improve the on the existing THE JODY GRIND transfers.

Horace Silver Mercury Morris Remington Steele

The original cover is more arresting, but also more illegible.

Max Harrison has a nice little essay about Nieehaus' Contemporary dates in his A JAZZ RETROSPECT.

Matched only by his pelvic thrusts.

From what I can tell, Keith Jarrett does not have particularly large hands. Is that the impression others who have seen him play have?

John "Jellybean" Benitez Candy Dulfer The Chocolate Nuisance

His "with strings" recordings are among the more interesting and successful exercises in this genre, IMO. That opening rendition of "All The Things You Are" makes quite a statement.

Recently revisited this semi-obscurity, recorded about a month after 2 Horns / 2 Rhythm. I'm much more taken with it than I used to be, as KD plays exceptionally well here, IMO. Shame about the sound (a bit muffled on my OJC CD).