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As I suspected this set was announced today. I have heard about a third of this music, I like it, and I pre-ordered.

I also just received the e-mail with the announcement. Interesting choice. I am not very familiar with Bob Crosby and will have to check out more of his music to decide if I will get the upcoming box set. I am glad that Mosaic is still going strong and putting out a wide variety of music. From Pharoah Sanders to Bob Crosby, that is certainly a wide variety.

Last price reduction and last day that I will keep these listed for sale. Special Offer: $29 each, or take both for $54. Shipping $6 extra. Offered for sale are some Mosaic CD sets without the large boxes or large booklets. These are only the CDs in jewel cases with jewel case inserts. The Spann/Hopkins set is complete. The Charles Brown is a partial set. All are in Excellent condition (jewel cases, inserts, CDs). Complete Candid Otis Spann/Lightnin' Hopkins Sessions 3 CDs, Mosaic. 1992 No large box, no large booklet. $29 Complete Aladdin Recordings of Charles Brown Partial set: CDs 1-3 only in a fatboy jewel case (it does not include CDs 4 & 5) Mosaic, 1994 No large box, no large booklet $29 Shipping is $6 extra U.S. shipping only Payment by pay pal friends/family

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I just got the Mosaic e-mail announcing it.

European Jazz monument. What an amazing record.

I have saddlebags on the bike and I found a bag that fit well behind me on the seat and that was what I packed with me. I did this trip most often in two days one way, one overnight stay--I love being on the road and "in that zone" that I find in mind and body and did 12 or 13 hour days or so. I did do camping twice, and stayed in motels three times. I have a tool bag with tools that have been useful that is strapped down low on the frame in the front. During these trips I had little to no issues at all. When I stayed more than two days in Ohio I mailed clothes to my parents and then back to supplement what I brought.

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How did you pack for those trips? It's at least a 2200 mile round-trip, I imagine. Did you stay in motels, or camped? What did you carry with you as far as tools and supplies?

In the case of my Fat Bob from late '07 through '14 it was my only vehicle used almost daily in Central Texas until early '13, and I drove it to visit my parents in Ohio back and forth about five times. It has been a very reliable bike.

Why not LPs in an empty wooden wine bottle box? For beginners ... 😂 Various: Very Good Music Compilation Vol. 1. New Noise Entertainment NNE005. [US 2017]

The band in featured in the video above, BTW. Randy Brecker, Freddie Hubbard, trumpet; Joe Farrell, flute, tenor sax; Michael Brecker, Joe Henderson, tenor sax; George Duke, keyboards; Robben Ford, electric guitar; Alphonso Johnson, electric bass; Peter Erskine, drums. Apparently to be heard on Jazz Of The 80's (Eastworld, EWJ-80190)

That is quite a lot of miles for a motorcycle, isn't it? I take it's been reliable, then. I do see a good number of older HD and BMW motorcycles with very high mileage on FB Marketplace. Also Goldwings. Those three makers specifically seems to last. Also see many dual sport and adventure motorcycles with low miles on the clock. People just want to get rid of them, probably were impulse buys. I have been putting around the neighboring towns (it's pretty dense here in Southern Mass and RI; one town flows into another. There's a place a few miles away, where borders of four towns come to a confluence at basically one intersection. Here's my Honda Trail, resting. Tomatoes at this farm stand are fantastic - juicy, fragrant, imperfect in appearance, cracked, scarred...as they should be. I take a large slice of an artisanal sourdough bread, this ugly tomato, burrata, olive oil, a bit of coarse sea salt, I got myself a good lunch. We are saving the seeds to plant in our little garden next year.

I've seen Jerome Harris as a leader a couple of times and as a member of few touring bands. I've never seen him play acoustic bass though. To be honest, I didn't know he played with Sonny nor that he's been playing for so long. When I last saw him, which admittedly was a long time ago now, I thought he was younger than me. It turns out that he's 73 now, which really surprises me. His CD, "Rendezvous", is excellent. If you don't have it, grab a copy.

Same here. But I know many musicians over here who rave about these three. I think their musical approach is easier to comprehend than the black roots for German guys.

There were opportunities outside of Jazz that paid well and Brecker made a lot of money doing this. That said, he made some great Jazz records as well, so I'd have a hard time agreeing with the sentiment that "his solo stuff isn't really Jazz". Sure, a majority of his work was outside the Jazz sphere but he is not the only Jazz musician to chose to make money outside of straight ahead Jazz. To be perfectly honest, considering his career as a whole, he did not really even make a lot of solo records. I count maybe 20 records under his leadership/co-leadership or as a member of The Brecker Brothers. Of those 20 recordings, there are some Jazz gems. I also know that the three times I saw him play live, he was playing Jazz, no question.

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It's a great record, you won't be disappointed The song 'Sugarplums' is the same as 'Sugar Plum', written by John Court and recorded by Bill Evans on several occasions I presume Bill picked up on it via Eddie Gómez although I have seen it credited to Bill and John Court

The Google books link to "Dameronia" led me to a page that did not display but below is what the Bruyninckx discography says about the recording session of 14 May 1945: I have this recording on Official 3046 ("The V-Discs Volume 2") but its liner notes give the dates for mx JD296 and 297 as 30 Oct. 1944. Not being familiar with the V-Disc matric numbering I do not know who is right.

"So What". I really like that there is no real dilberate effort to sound like Miles' So What, but the chord changes are there, and Grant "chording" behind Kenny Drew is awesome. Color me impressed. Grant, in my opinion, really turned "So What" into an outstanding track on the entire album.

I bet that was good. Never seen Ricky or Barker before. Here's Jerome w/Sonny at Montreux Jazz 1978

Cool. I didn't know about that one. Will check it out. I'm sure it's good.

I remember when this thread was created 15 years ago. My opinion about Brecker’s playing has improved over that time.

Not one of the all time great LPs. It had a few good moments. Mostly I am just surprised no one has put it out on CD.