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Looking at this thread now that it has been "resurrected", and following the question by Pim "how come there are so many incomplete sets out there", and the above reply by Jazzbo, I figure there are other reasons, but the above one by Jazzbo definitely is true. As mentioned in other threads, I obtained a lot of jazz books from the estate of a deceased jazz collector some time ago, and recently was able to make a first pick from his LPs and CDs. And there sat a box and large booklet of the Count Basie live Roulette set and the Stan Kenton Capitol set, but no discs at all. The heirs who had spent almost endless hours restoring 200 CDs (stuck in a CD jukebox in their father's music room) to their jewel cases so far have been unable to locate the CDs to the above sets. Sifting through the CD part of that collection I did not find anything either. So if I can eventually manage to get this Basie live Roulette box I might even be tempted to shell out for the CDs alone if the price is right. On the same shelves there also sat the box for the 1954/55 German Jazz Festival box set on Bear Family, and I was able to locate the CDs in the drawers holding all the CDs. So this one is now a spare copy at my home. But the booklet is missing, so I will have to complete it with a photocopy from my own copy of that set that I've owned since it was released. All this just to show parts of such box sets can indeed disappear in almost any way. and the problem is not limited to Mosaics. And it takes dedicated family members to restore any order among things that only the late owner knew how and where he had filed them. (Yes, that experience taught me a lesson too )

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November 27 Michel Portal - 1935 - 90 today! Saw him performing as a duo with Richard Galliano in Göttingen on November 7, 1998

D'oh! The Kodaly were my very first purchase of Haydn quartets, the op. (Hob) 34. I haven't listened to them in a while, but I do remember (my impression) that they like to take slower tempos. Lets a listener take apart the voicings. I haven't heard the Attacca; will have to find them on YT. Sounds good! On first impression, they're like a blend of the Mosaïques and Amadeus.

I like it anyway. Maybe not for everybody, though.

He was. If i called and he was home and available, he always took time to talk to me. I miss the Brubecks, they were a sweet couple.

Kodaly Quartet on Naxos.

Trees.

Christmas and car tires. A natural partnership! 😛

The 1982 Art Blakey gig (at "Seventh Avenue South") that was filmed for VHS—with Messengers Wynton, Branford, Bill Pierce, Donald Brown, and Charles Fambrough—contains Branford solos (on alto) that really show (in my interpretation) he'd been listening to the Plugged Nickel recordings. A Wayne influence in Branford's playing here? Agree or disagree! 😁 Walter Davis was in the audience!

I’ve had a very emotional time of late and have been staying away from Mingus, whose music seems to communicate emotion to me–that instinctively seems it would be too much for me now. But maybe not, I saw this on the shelf and wanted to revisit it. This was a powerful period for Mingus music! Charles Mingus “Cornell 1964” Blue Note 2 cd set, disc 1

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I shared the FOMO acronym with a fellow attendee this year and he suggested it should be GOMO. Not fear of missing out but guarantee of missing out. seeing Wild Up perform Julius Eastman's Femenine means missing Ches Smith with Mary Halvorson seeing Pat Metheny means missing William Hooker with Charles Burnham. seeing both means only seeing half of Tyshawn Sorey. Tim Berne or Masada? Marilyn Crispell, Petra Haden or Ned Rothenberg? Jeff Parker, Marc Ribot or Caroline Shaw? Mary Halvorson or Richard Thompson? Dave Dougles with James Brandon Lewis or Chicago Underground Duo? As usual, missed second choices would be a pretty good festival by themselves.

Is it conventional wisdom that Haydn is the progenitor of the string quartet? I know both Mozart and Beethoven admired his writing for quartet. I have scattered recordings of Haydn's string quartets: the Amadeus, Quatuor Mosaïques, Tokyo String Quartet, Keller, and maybe a few others. What recordings are you fond of? I'm particularly interested in checking out Haydn's (seemingly neglected) Op. 50 quartets, which include the quartet nicknamed "The Frog." (I also love the "Seven Last Words" arrangement for quartet.) I don't care whether the instruments are HIP or modern. Recommend away!

Goodyear had a series too

That's interesting, thanks for sharing. It's among my favorite Shorter as well.

I bought this box set a few days before Christmas in 1999. As a result, I weirdly associate the Plugged Nickel recordings with the holiday season. I need to get it out again and re-listen. There's always something new to discover. When I met Branford Marsalis (once after a concert) in 1991, he mentioned that these recordings contained his favorite Wayne Shorter.

I think that there was a film about Bro that included some footage of these sessions, and not just playing?

Agreed. You can really hear when they're responding to what the other is playing. I'll have to keep an eye out for Vol. 2.

I dig this photo of Beirach looking with admiration at Bill Evans.

I just read through the liner notes, and there's no designated listing of personnel. That said, certain players are mentioned. They are: Richard Evans: arranger Cleveland Eaton: cello (!) Dorothy Ashby: harp Phil Upchurch: guitar Bobby Christian: vibes Lenard Druss: flute, English horn Ron Steele: sitar "Uncredited": drums & conga (Note: Druss does spell his first name "Lenard" as opposed to the more common "Leonard.") Full album Claude Thornhill's "Snowfall" is covered.👌 Me too (from those I've heard). My favorite track was Jack Jones on "This Is That Time of The Year," which (if I'm not mistaken) was written expressly for the Firestone release.