Guy Berger Posted April 28, 2005 Report Share Posted April 28, 2005 I'll be digging out this set for the next few days -- I've listened to it a few times since I got it last fall but not given it the attention it deserves. I'd be glad to hear any interesting thoughts by other board members. Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted April 28, 2005 Report Share Posted April 28, 2005 I really dig Tiny's drumming on the live sides, and Horace's early piano appearances on the studio sides. I need to dig these out again too, great stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjzee Posted April 28, 2005 Report Share Posted April 28, 2005 Sound quality's not that great. Liner notes admit that no original sources were used. I've wondered, since Cuscuna has since seemed to have found the Roost masters (witness the Sonny Stitt and Johnny Smith Mosaic boxes), he has any plans to redo the Getz box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundog Posted April 28, 2005 Report Share Posted April 28, 2005 (edited) Some great Jimmy Raney on this one. Not sure I've ever heard a guitarist play as fast and clean as Jimmy does on "Parker 51". Edited April 28, 2005 by Sundog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMusicalMarine Posted April 28, 2005 Report Share Posted April 28, 2005 I first listened to those sessions about a year and a half ago. Probably my favorite Getz. His version of "Thou Swell" kills me, and if you can't hum/whistle/tap your foot to "Potter's Luck" you're out of your mind. Awesome music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 I had ancient vinyl of this stuff and the cd sound is better than I'd hoped. Good stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 Recommended here also. Some like this better than the Mosaic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.W. Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 Recommended here also. Some like this better than the Mosaic. I have the Mosaic and prefer it to the later set. Great music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 I love the Roost set! One of my favourite box sets ever! In those early Getz was so good, his sound just reaches out for your soul. And there's a few miraculous moments, musically ("Imagination", for instance, and much of the live date...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonym Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 'Imagination' indeed. Ditto, one of my favourite sets and the first disc in particular as a date is some of my favourite Getz, from any period. 'Yesterdays' is a marvellous piece of tenor playing as is 'You Go To My Head'. I also love the studio quintet date where they play 'Autumn Leaves'. A real desert island set for me. I cannot praise it enough without getting all slushy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeith Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 I like this set a lot. It's some of the best Getz!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Fitzgerald Posted April 29, 2005 Report Share Posted April 29, 2005 There are tracks in this set that are NOT in the Mosaic - three from the Storyville gig, I believe. And yes, I know the set limits/concepts are not the same (Roost Getz vs. Getz w/Raney), but I mean newly discovered stuff that *would* have made it into the Mosaic set. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted May 3, 2005 Report Share Posted May 3, 2005 I love this set! Some of my favorite Getz playing is here. Every home should have a copy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS Posted May 3, 2005 Report Share Posted May 3, 2005 This has to be some of my favourite Getz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted May 3, 2005 Report Share Posted May 3, 2005 (edited) this is the best Getz there is, though I gotta admit I still have some problems with his occasional creeping narcissism - which, in my (admittedly minority ) opinion, eventually took over - but VIVA Haig, Raney, and Tiny Kahn! Edited May 3, 2005 by AllenLowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peggy-Ann Posted May 3, 2005 Report Share Posted May 3, 2005 Has anyone compared the Complete Roost Recordings to the Complete Roost Sessions? If so, how do they differ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted May 4, 2005 Report Share Posted May 4, 2005 Has anyone compared the Complete Roost Recordings to the Complete Roost Sessions? If so, how do they differ? If you're talking the Spanish/Andorran (Jazz Factory/Definitive) edition, probably just a rip of the Blue Note/EMI set, if you're talking the Japanese single discs, I can see two volumes (1 CD each), each more expensive than the 3CD set... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesoul Posted October 15, 2017 Report Share Posted October 15, 2017 Set on eBay for twelve bucks. One of my favorites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 1960 Posted October 15, 2017 Report Share Posted October 15, 2017 Wow! Somebody needs to snatch that right up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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