Chuck Nessa

ROLLIN' WITH LEO is one of the discs mastered in NY and pressed in Phoenix, as mentioned above.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart. This reaction is why I have done what I have done. Corny as it sounds, I feel giving "new kinds of beauty" to the world is the highest calling a human can aspire to. Forgive the CRAP, but this means something to me.

My guess is it's a ploy to get publishing money. Statutory rates for recorded tunes is currently 8.5 cents for any song up to 5 minutes. For longer performances the rate is 1.65 cents per minute. You can calculate a 25 tune historical reissue as $2.13 per disc. This is on top of any artist royalty.

I think Roberta would object to the exposure of those thighs. She'd have been great! Thanks for the teaser Chris.

Jim is correct - that's Atala Mitchell on the cover. She "was" Snurdy McGurdy and burned off her youthful energy by dancing. She had a favorite pair of gym shoes she destroyed with her dancing. Roscoe and family lived on a farm in Wisconsin. Ann and I took a trip to spend a couple of days with them and Ann brought her camera to take some pictures for the record cover. We intended using the shoes but none of the shots worked out for a cover so we used the pic of Atala in action. Two related points - this was the 2nd time this young lady was "immortalized" on record (A1TAL2LA on Roscoe's Nonaah is for her) and she went on to earn a masters in dance at the University of Michigan.

It is a "best of" disc. I suggest getting "Nice Guys" first. If you are not convinced by that, get Rarum. If you like "NG" move on to others.

Thanks Dan. Best of the new year to you.

DEEP and Patricia, why don't you get a room and report back.

None of the players are on my radar screen, so I have no opinion, AND I find the recent Dave Holland bands a "snore".

March is my best guess.

My four favorite Mosaics arrive early in the series. Ammons/Lewis, Monk BNs, Port of Harlem and Nichols. All these sets included historically important new material. The label justified being with these releases.

If I'm not mistaken, all Breakstone recordings are vanity deals - paid for (and owned) by the artist.

Not just club owners, how about the "artists"?

Real stereo.

Not so bad yourself.

The "original" BN never issued fake stereo lps. In the late '60s the new owner (Liberty) issued a bunch of them as mono was eliminated from the food chain. One funny aspect of this is the art department made the changes to the covers and the tape department found a bunch of real stereo tapes for a number of sessions. As a result some Liberty BNs with the fake stereo logo are real stereo. Please don't ask which ones - they are purged from my collection and I don't remember.

I doubt any sets will be in numerical order because of time considerations. The Keller set follows this sequence: 1, 2, 4, 3, 5, 6.

Shit man, you ain't tried nothin' 'til you import your own beans from Columbia. That's what is says on the customs papers - "coffee". Yeah, that's what it is. I stay awake for hours.

No Dan, the band was handing out discs of Christmas tunes (available online) to members of the audience.

The early BN/Manhattan discs were imported from Europe. Bad mastering and bad pressings. Later they changed to NY masterings and pressings from Wakefield Mfg. (my old pressing plant in Phoenix). The NY/Wakefield discs are much better, but not perfect. When I spoke to the folks at Wakefield about this, they complained about not being able to control all aspects of manufacturing. Ah, old vinyl stories of the 60s, '70s and '80's.

I would never record any other way.

Jim, I want to thank you for the mini disc and tell you the recording is terrific! I love the organ sound. I played it at high volume as soon as we got home. Ann took her copy to work and played it on her computer. Thanks again.

We had a great time, tainted by having to leave before the 2nd set was finished. Johnny gathered steam as the evening progressed and sounded dandy. Great crowd too.

Thanks for the offer Boss, but that won't be necessary.

We are planning on coming IF we can get some seats on the left side (so we can see the band - we could not see Randy last week). Any hints?