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A roommate in 1976 had an lp set of the complete Savoy masters. That was my first serious exposure to Bird. Somewhat later I bought cassette tape versions of some of the older lps. These were like sacred texts to me and I had backup copies of the cassettes! Later I got most of the Denon cds and eventually complete sets in several reissues including Japanese and finally the big Savoy and Dial complete set. Plus the live stuff and the Mosaic. Etc, etc. I would say if you don't have anything get the complete master takes. But if you are really into it eventually you get them all because he would spin off interesting and different ideas in every take. It's hard to listen to every take one after the other but in small doses it's worth it.

Ruby Braff “You Brought a New Kind of Love” Arbors cd Almost every time I play Braff I say to myself “I need to play more Braff.” There is so much to listen to, but anytime I listen to Braff I hear so much of the jazz history and flavor I love.

That's already out as a Select, isn't it? Also available as a download. Much as I love Dexter Gordon, I don't think Dexter's Blue Notes are a good candidate for a Mosaic set now. The recordings are pretty much all available as single cd's or the complete blue note set. I have the individual cds or in one or two cases hi res downloads. You can listen to the set here: https://archive.org/details/BBDex Qobuz has the complete blue note set in cd quality download. The set is also pretty cheap at the usual used sources.

Yes! I have three of the NoBusiness discs, and I need to listen to them more closely.

Spring is here, and it's time to start a Jug-A-Thon once again. I think I'll start with this one:

Bach - Partitas No1, No.2, No.3

I still say get the Complete Savoy and Dial from 2000. There are a couple on Discogs for $70 and $58. A steal in my opinion. If you don’t like alternates or false starts, just skip over them.

Emil Mangelsdorff https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil_Mangelsdorff, older brother of Albert Mangelsdorff

Nights at the Keystone.

Stefon Harris - 1973

thanks for saying that, not everyone here agrees that I am a benign presence.

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Milt jackson “The Jazz Skyline” Savoy/Denon 20 bit lp facsimile cd

It kinda already exists in the form of the NoBusiness Sam Rivers live series, but I suppose you are probably looking toward the albums on Fluid, Red, Vedette, Circle, Horo, Black Saint, Tomato, Impulse, and ECM.

Still surprised no Shorter (on Blue Note) Mosaic has emerged. That'd probably be the only way to hear the Because session. I bet Don Was wouldn't be against it (unless Shorter expressly wished that session remain unheard). Maybe in 2039 (for Blue Note's Centennial) we'll be able to hear Abrasion, Because, and [let's think of a better title than The Trainwreck.] In the meantime, there are plenty of other recordings to explore. A Sam Rivers post-Blue Note Trio & Quartet Mosaic. That'd be great.

I'd echo this sentiment. Not necessary, but not unpleasant. But I do wonder who (Bob Thiele?) thought: "Waitaminute! I know! Let's use harpsichord instead of piano! Yeah! People will go crazy for that! We're gonna have a new jazz hit!" 😜 I wish there were a Ben Webster Impulse! date with Gary McFarland arrangements. And Bill Evans on piano. I think Ben played better—or perhaps was more inspired—when placed in a setting that was harmonically challenging. I could see McFarland pulling that off while still giving Webster room to be himself.