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Next up: Lester Young - Pres and Teddy and Oscar (Verve, 2 LPs, rec. 1952 & 1956)

Did you go direct Mosaic route or Jazz Messengers?

Came here to say exactly this after receiving the set yesterday, listening to disc 1 and reading your superlative notes. This set pulls together a lot of previously hard-to-find or unavailable music, presents it in beautiful sound and with words that capture and elaborate on its creative vitality, and broadens the perceived spectrum of Sanders’ legacy as a jazz artist. Grateful that David Weiss and John Koenig shepherded this Cuscuna project to completion and that you signed on to do the essay and session liners. When it comes to Mosaic booklets I’m a consummate Loren Schoenberg fan, but there’s a new horn in town, kids… somebody go wake up Mary Lou Williams!

Spinning this again while I have it pulled from the shelf: Jimmy Heath - Love and Understanding (Muse, rec. 1973)

We most certainly do. The Boris Tax has certainly affected my purchases from Europe, oddly often making US purchases better value. I feel your US based pain folks

A summary: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/26/postal-services-suspend-us-usa-deliveries-how-will-it-affect-you

Made it to disc 4 and I have to say I'm not disappointed. I have scattered entries from his discography but haven't investigated his music throughly - my way of saying I'm not a hardcore fan. Very limited weirdness ( vocals !!) and just a lot of strong tunes and thoughtful playing in great set. I'm not sure that this set is overkill. I really like it

Disc 1 - originally released as Consciousness Excellent.

I miss Bohemian Caverns-I saw many great shows there.

Original LP

I usually don't buy Concord albums but this one I don't regret at all... almost a Hard Bop album, with Herman Riley, Chuck Berghofer and the great Donald Bailey...

Nondescript cover of a latter-day reissue. In case anyone's wondering, it's this one: https://www.discogs.com/de/release/4116417-Lucky-Thompson-Lucky-Thompson

Last night at Close Up Nate Wooley, Sylvie Courvoisier & Chis Corsano 46 & 42 minute sets. Stunning.

Received mine in Kansas City yesterday!

Kicked me out of a desert of music to get Pax back on - Calliope here we come!

Bobby Hutcherson “Highway One/Conception The Gift Of Love/Un Poco Loco” BGO 2 cd set,disc 2

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Another disc from the “Enjoying the Ride” Grateful Dead box set released at the end of May. Greek Theatre, University of California, Berkeley, CA (7/13/84), disc 3

Tchaikovsky “Four Seasons” Fidelis SACD Piano trio pieces, one for each month. I last listened to this with my Dad on the old family stereo in that beautiful cherry wood cabinet he had specially made in '62 and kept all these years, one of my brothers enjoys that now. I really miss that man. . . so much!

Another cool and quiet morning. Starting off with Sean Lyons “The Roar of Lyons” Posi-tone cd Seán Lyons: tenor saxophone David Hazeltine: piano John Webber: bass Al Foster: drums Jim Rotondi: trumpet, flugelhorn Conrad Herwig: trombone Tom Harrell: flugelhorn, trumpet

Mine was scheduled to arrive yesterday. It reached ClevelandUSPS (about 45 miles away) on Saturday but then on Sunday. . . Cleveland instead of sending it East to me sent it South to Columbus! Hopefully I'll get it re-routed to me and have it tomorrow.

when I saw a cheap copy of Ambrosia 30 yesterday, I couldn't resist and took it home to compare against the broadcast here: and these are the same versions of the same songs. To be more precise, compared to the A side of Ambrosia 30, In a little spanish town is missing and the order of Lester Leaps In and Destination Moon is flipped but that's the only difference. So this is the tape that is commonly dated 25 April 1952. The lineup with Kelly, Bell and Abrams is consistent, e.g., with what is found in Frank Buchmann Moller's book but other sources give other lineups, most commonly Knight as a possible alternative for Kelly (e.g. in Dan Morgenstern's notes for some Lester Young box I saw yesterday, can't find it now)