tranemonk

whatever it was is no longer "Running Low"... just updated on the Website...

Just sent the following email off to Mosaic.... whaddya thinK? hey there.. How about the Complete Verve/Roulette/Capitol Recordings of Betty Carter. I know some of these titles are still in print and were released in the late 80s/early 90s but this is a compelling set for a few reasons.... 1. She did not have a tremendous number of sessions (and this 6-8 CD set) would represent a major portion of her career. 2. She was (at the time) and still is a tremendously underrated rated musician. 3. Once these final existing Cd's disappear from record shelves no one is going to reissue them. 4. With the popularity of the jazz vocalist today (good and bad)... she represented the one of the last great "throwbacks" if you will. 5. It will do well with the hardcore (me) Mosaic fan base.... So please let me know if thats a good possibility..... And any chance.... we'll get some a Select set of unreleased live Michel Petrucciani??? thanks

Bummer... which means that the Oliver Nelson... due out in February is more like March.....

mulligan Concert Jazz Band Disc 3....

have we finally determined... on that upcoming dizzy set... What is currently in print??? I know that "An Electrifying Evening with Dizzy Gillespie" is still in print??? Others??

Mulligan Concert Jazz Band - Disc 2...

don't know but if there is ... that would be a heckuva set....

Sonny Stitt - Disc 7.... I'm beginning to feeel like I need to plug this set a little more....

Horace Parlan Disc 3... Wadin'... a great way to start this set.... and there's a bottle of red wine airing and waiting for me... So at the end of disc 3... comes dinner... wine... and disc 4.... I NEEDED this after 2 days with my infant daughter who's sneezed, coughed and wiped her runny nose on every article of clothing I own.... Those of you with kids - KNOW what I'm talking about!!!!

so each will have 1 disc... or did they record together???

makes me pretty glad I pre-ordered....

Anita... Disc 9... with Cal Tjader... and later the 3 Sounds... (w/Roy Eldridge!!)) Damn that's a good set....

just outta curiousity... I've just started listening to him and checked out his discography and noticed he had a fair number of Verve dates... is it fair to assume that the reason there hasn't been a Mosaic set is because a lot of the material is still in print??? What's not? What would be on a set??? As I have nothing by him.. should I start on his Fantasy/OJC stuff in the hope that a Mosaic set does come out??? What's his 2 or 3 best albums?? thanks

Johnny Smith disc V... I'm telling ya (RON!!! ) This set grows on ya!!

was this the stuff that came out on Fresh Sound years back?

the jazz Passengers???? Was that an OOP - EBAY Special??? Methinks you might mean Jazz Crusaders....

Who's got or who's getting the Lou Donaldson???? I've got a couple of previously released cd's... Sunny Side Up and Gravy Train.... I caught him perform once... and he kinda put me off... (a little).... But I'm listening to the Quartet/Quintet/Sextet CD (not on the Mosaic set..) and its forcing me to give this another considering...

Will "Montara" originally issued as BNLA 551 - Aug. 12 & 14 1975 be on this set???? If so...might not be so good.... as this is not one of my favorite Hutchersons....

okay, I caved in again..... I used my Xmas Gift Card (and another little gift from my wife) and preordered the Oliver Nelson... I was listening to the OJC CD - Afro-American Sketches... (as I mentioned in a earlier post) and really liked it.... So I'm hoping the Verve set is similar.... I'm sure it will be a little uneven... but I hope its as good.... (You hear that Ron... that's Mosaic on my speed dial... preordering again!!! )

Slicker??? (As in tight arrangements, compositions and playing... ALA Benny Golson??? [i know Golson didn't do big bands but I'm trying to understand your concept... with a point of reference...) The material on the Mosaic is slicker, less "rough and ready".

got a question for you Oliver Nelson experts... I bought the single OJC CD "Afro-American Sketches" since it was a record around the time of the Mosaic set... I like it a lot and was wondering - Will the Mosaic set be much different than this CD?... I know (at least AMG) has mixed reviews of the individual LP's....

Did they really lay off staff???? uh oh.... I only bought one European edition (out of 30+ Mosaics)... but if that's true.... I'll stick to their website then....

guess I still didn't get my question answered in the affirmative... (which was... Is there a US Distributor selling the European Roy Eldridge Mosaic.... and at what price...?) I will take that to assume that the answer (that we know of) is no....

exactly... that's the same problem I have.... I assume a "Fine Arts Rider" is a seperate policy for artistic valuables???

I'm not quite at your level Ken... I've got about half of the Selects and about 22 sets... I know it's a daunting task... but I am slightly inclined to burn them.. Would take a good day or so... but it can be done... (Might only provide me piece of mind..... but...) Did you insure yours??? I talked with my insurance guy once and he was like.. "what the hell.. you want to insure CDs????" Did you get a seperate policy??? I recommend not worrying about it. If a disaster like that struck your house, I'm sure the good folk on this Board would be eager to help you out with some CDR's. Count me in.