Justin V

A grilled peach a la mode sounds like a great idea.

I believe that I only know his work on On the Corner, but it sounds like I'd enjoy some of his other work. Thank you for the music, Mr. Lucas, and rest in peace.

I would neve put salt on watermelon, but I am tempted to try a sprinkle of crushed red pepper.

Inspired by this thread, I picked up Short Stay by Danish bassist Morten Ramsbøl. It is fun hearing Joey Baron in a group with organ, not to mention the combination of organ with upright bass (plus saxophone and guitar), which has seemingly become more uncommon in recent years. I was unfamiliar with the European musicians on the album, but they more than hold their own and don't shrink in the company of Baron.

I have a spare ticket for Herbie Hancock at the Meijer Gardens in Grand Rapids on 6/27. It is general admission, so you could purchase a ticket for a guest and not worry about having to sit apart from one another. Face value is $62, but I am asking $50, which would save you about $20 compared to what you'd pay by ordering online with ticket fees.

I used to read a lot of HST, yet I still thought that Han Bennink did the album cover at first.

I'd add Al Grey, Ray Bryant and Major Holley, if my old contacts and tiny phone don't deceive me.

Obviously, which is why I go to see a ton of live music and support the artists by buying their music. I don't think many people here completely ignore current artists in favor of artists who are no longer with us, so save the snark.

From how things have been going, I worry that the number of available sets will continue to dwindle down and any recent sets will be pressed in such small quantities that they will go out of print much faster than sets once did, leading to no new sets being released. As a person whose collection (and life) has been enriched by Mosaic's work, it pains me to say that.

For my preferences, the sweet spot is approximately 45-60 minutes. With compilations like Mosaic sets that have multiple sessions and/or multiple leaders on one disc, extended lengths of 70-80 minutes matter less to me because the variety in personnel breaks things up a bit.

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I like his sideman work that I've heard. I'd often Google him to see if there was any news on him when I'd hear him. Thank you for the music, Mr. Mahones, and rest in peace.

I was thinking about seeing them when they came to Cleveland, but a family emergency struck that weekend.

I am seeing him next month and have seen him in duos with Chick and Wayne in the last few years. It might be on YouTube, but he played a great set in Detroit last year. Due to the festival reducing their non-VIP seating by maybe about 75% at that stage on opening night, I ended up having to go to the hotel to stream both Wayne and Herbie's sets. As a big fan of Wayne's quartet as well, having to settle for streaming after booking the hotel for an extra night specifically to see the two masters live was heartbreaking. Although I might prefer hearing Herbie with just a core band focusing on instrumentals and without the added starpower, I am still looking forward to hearing his new album. Herbie still sounds great, so if he has found collaborators who have inspired him to record again, I'd say that is good news.

I was sad to learn from saxophonist Caroline Davis that Jeff Parker is based in California now, as I've only seen him once here in Cleveland.

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I am pretty sure that I saw him after catching a show in Pittsburgh within the past few years, but I am not sure which concert it was. There is a YouTube video of him sitting in with Gov't Mule when they played Pittsburgh in 2013.

Count me as a Norman Simmons fan as well. For some reason, I thought that Jimmy Heath had arranged Johnny Griffin's Big Soul Band when I found it in a store this month (but maybe I was thinking of a Bags date?). At any rate, when I got home and looked at the album, I was intrigued by the thought of Simmons having done the charts. Simmons' charts really pop behind Griffin, whose work I've been quite enjoying lately. With Riverside not being known for doing a ton of big band dates, it is remarkable that they took a chance on a young Simmons, who rewarded their faith with some top-shelf work. In addition to Midnight Creeper, I also recommend The Art of Norman Simmons. With Simmons still alive and well, it is shame that no one has recorded him recently.

It isn't available in the US.

I bought the Clifford Brown Emarcy box set for 27 bucks on Thursday, sans box and booklet. After checking the forum, I found out that there was an 11th disc that had a fifth take of 'Flossie Lou' on it, which I thought was a joke at first. I looked at past eBay sales and it appears that recent sales have been without the 11th disc, although there is a really expensive eleven-disc set on eBay now. The Emarcy set is available for legal download via the usual channels, but with the 5th take of 'Flossie Lou' as an album-only download. I am not interested in a burn of the track and could make do with Spotify when I listen to the set to scratch my completist itch, but missing one track still might drive me nuts. Can anyone tell me anything about this mysterious 11th disc? I am assuming that there was an inadvertent exclusion and the record company supplied the missing disc, but how did they distribute it? Any advice on tracking one down? I know that it is quite a long shot, but you never know; Savoy was still sending out corrected discs for the Bird set when I requested one a couple of years ago.

I never got to see Cecil Taylor live. There was a solo concert in Buffalo in 2009 that I found out about the day of or the day before the concert, I believe, but tickets may have been unavailable by that time anyway. I had listened to Love for Sale and Coltrane Time in the weeks leading up to his passing, but I have a lot of ground to cover in his catalog in the future and need to revisit his other albums that I have. Thank you for the music, Mr. Taylor, and rest in peace.

Count me as another fan of the Bee Hive set. It was the largest Mosaic set that I've ever ordered new, and the quality and breadth of the music justified my investment. It is frustrating that such a rich set is going to go out of print relatively early due to Mosaics financial woes. To me, the Bee Hive set represents what Mosaic does best- presenting a treasure trove of material that had mostly been unavailable for years. With Mosaic's financial situation being so precarious, it is puzzling that the Bee Hive set is going to go the way of the dodo while they release the Savory set containing a good chunk of music that is already widely available, albeit in download form.

Dream Dance, by the same trio, is an excellent album. I have only seen Baron twice live, on two consecutive nights at Birdland with Steve Kuhn and Buster Williams, and I was thoroughly impressed by his playing; I remember him playing with a big grin like he was having a great time, and that happy attitude came through in his drumming. Steve Kuhn cheekily introduced him as Joe E. Baron.

I recently landed the H.R.S. set (sans box and giant book) for $30 ppd on eBay and am very happy with my purchase. There is a pretty wide range of prices for Mosaic sets on eBay and you can sometimes get a crazy bargain.