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I just watched another documentary of him and once again wondered at his majesty. I greatly miss him. He was an inspiration in that he played and saw so much beauty in spite of/because of his handicap and disease. I just love the guy. I know Blue Note put out a 7 cd box a long time ago on his Blue note recordings... (which IMHO are not his best recordings...) So I called Mosaic and asked them (AGAIN) if they had any plans to release either the 7CD set again or ANYTHING that's not in print... They said "there's no interest." It appears that Dreyfus may have rights on his stuff since they routiney come out with a Michel release every year/18 months ago... I'm just looking for some love/help lobbying to get Cuscuna to find some unreleased live stuff and/or work out a deal with Dreyfus....!!! Can I a get some help???? And what's your favorite Michel record??? I have to say the 2CD Au Theatre Des Champs Elysees is my fave... Followed very closely by the 3CD Concerts Inedits set... (Thank you to Dreyfus for putting this stuff out!!!)

Got the set but haven't cracked it open yet... It's on my list.... Sounds promising...

not useless to me... love da link!!

just started listening and it sounds very good to me....

tolliver Disc 3.... Now onto Columbia Swing Sessions Disc V.... Liking it more than the first spin or two.... Love this Buddy Tate guy!!! Who da heck is he? (Although the sound of this session seems funky...) Now... Johnny Smith Disc 3..... I do like this set... !

Mulligan Select Disc 2....

WOW....that bad huh?

I hope that's a problem that happens often....

Ironically enough... (even if my thread isn't good enough... ) I'm very interested in the Hill Solo stuff... I tend to be lukewarm on him in general... but the recently purchased "Pax" was interesting and the Select was uneven (IMHO) but intriguing... I've got one a FREEDOM Recording on a West German import... of him Live (solo) at Montreux on July 20 1975 (ironically produced by Cuscuna... and Alan Bates....) and I'm giving that a spin now.... so I'll have a better sense of what would be on the Select.... Will report more later.... -_- -_-

betcha by 1 minute... Great minds think alike....

Up on future projects... (at least I bet Ron S. on the updates.... for once... ) http://mosaicrecords.com/futureprojects.asp Damn... solo sessions... I might have to break my own vow....

Why not?

Now you HAD to go and tell me that right???? Oh well Who NEEDS a good credit rating anyway!! (And FYI Ron... I suspect I have a few Mosaic won't have...!!!! ) Then you're going to miss Moaic's announcement next month of "The Complete Wynton Marsalis Sessions: Any Label, Any Time, Anywhere," with a special reduced price for those who preorder by the end of August.

We should hide all these from any spying spouses.... Just placed my last order of the year... incl... Classic Capitol Jazz Sessions, Johnny Richards, Duke Pearson and Patton... $300... (NOW I'm really done... I'm not looking at their web page until Jan. 1 2007!)

Wow.... a diss on the Eldridge set.... hhm.... I was also tepid on that one... What turned you off???

I don't agree... Sure ... part of the responsbility is mine... but as many on this board will tell you... you don't KNOW what's often in a set (and if you like it or not) until you've purchased it... Sure having familarity with the artist is important... but in many cases (I'll speak for myself now...) I didn't HAVE the original LP's or had very little by the artist... (or it's an artist who doesn't have much in print...) so therefore it's often difficult to KNOW exactly what the records sound like. My feeling is yes... I bear part of the responsibility (and ultimately most of it... since it's my $$$$) BUT... that doesn't mean I don't think Mosaic makes mistakes... They make ALL kinds of editing/remastering/selection decisions... In fact... if Mosaic were perfect (in everyone's eyes...) I doubt there'd be as much debate on this board....

They just swapped them with you??? How long ago had you purchased the other stuff???? You got me thinking??????

I know we do this from time to time... but I'm in the middle of digitizing my entire collection... and am reliving some of my Mosaic decisions... For my money... the two clunkers.... were the Dinah Washington set (all those backup vocals are truly awful...) and the Chico Hamilton set..... Your take on their mistakes? Regardless of whether or not you bought them.....

Elvis Jones Rockabilly jazz singer/drummer. Well known in concentric circles. MG LMAO.....

my problem is this... The last time I caugh Roachie in person (7 or 8 years ago... ) It was with this group he called the "Asian/Beijing Trio" (something like that)... and it was an unmitigated DISASTER!!! It was SOOO Bad... It was not the first time I seen Roach but it was SO dismal that it completely put me off to this artist.... I know this is his prime stuff done fourty-fifty years before...but I just can't shake that last performance... You guys are forcing me to rethink this though.... I'm about to place my last Mosaic order for the year!!!! (And yes I did preorder the next Singles and the Ellington Set....) and I'm making some hard decisions... I'm leaning heavily (for many reasons Ron S. including those extra lbs. put on by a few too many bagels...) toward also getting the Classic Capitol Sessions and Johnny Richards Select.. and to continue my avoidance of the Roach set.... So... if YOU had to choose between the Classic Capitol and the Roach....????

who DA HELL is that? Elvis Jones

i'm leaning heavily towards it..... What about you Ron S?

looks like an excellent set to me... as I don't have any of those previous releases....

thanks... What ar ethe currently available CDs? Personnel???

what's the scoop again about what's in this set? http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?...349471403&BAB=D thanks...