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I'm NOT a fan of the E-Bay thing... I suspect I'm gonna get slammed for this... and I know you didn't ask my opinion... but why not DONATE them to a Public Library or a Community Arts non-profit... Write it off your taxes and some (likely) low-income follks (particularly kids) will have free access to the music??? I don't expect I will EVER sell any of my mosaics but that's what I'd do... Hope I didn't offend....

Cough it up!!!!!!!!!!!! Before you know it... "Last Chance..." Gotta put that tax refund to use somehow, right????

thanks DrJ.... good review... it kinda fits where I'm at... Didn't know much of her stuff, listened to the online samples and managed to fine a couple of mp3's of the Oscar Peterson stuff and BAM!!! I'm totally interested... I foolishly took the plunge... but I suspect I'll be very glad I did especially 5/10 years from now... there are very few Mosaics that I end up regret buying... I'm pretty confident that this will not be one of them.. great summary and thanks

You're a RED SOX Fan in NYC?????????????? Brave Soul!!!!!!!!!!!!

did anyone buy this?? thoughts??? I don't remember seeing a thread about this set...

Fair enough Ron... I'm definitely affected by the "Last Chance/Running Low" (a.k.a the Sky is Falling - My life will be incomplete if I don't grab this - What can of jazz fan am I to NOT have so and so in my collection>>> ;( )... Or the strategic/hopeful prayer of if I wait 5 years, they'll reissue most of this stuff on individual CD's theory.... fyi.. I'm still fighting with Camian for my return Farlow...

okay so we're all doing our taxes.... and some of us will get refunds from the FEDS... so you've got a little extra cash flow... and you decide you want to get a set or two from Mosaic... Which of the following criteria take preference in your decision on what sets to get??? A. Love the artist and have been dying to get the set for a while/will buy anything by this artist/during this period. B. Don't know much about the artist (or the period), but developed a curiousity (e.g., heard a CD, read the review on the board...etc.) and want to check out the set. C. The infamous "Last Chance/Running Low" threat... D. You had the original LP's/CDs' and wanted the complete set with better sound. E. I'll buy 2 and sell one on E-Bay.... F. Something else (please specify!) In my case - I would definitely say in order - A, B and C.... I definitely bought Lee Morgan, Art Blakey, Jackie McLean, Elvin Jones, & Stanley Turrentine boxes for reason A...

I completely do NOT remember this release... Amazon has it coming out in 1999.. 8 Cd's... with Disc 8 composed of mostly interviews... Did anyone pick this up??? Got a review???

I understand what you're saying and to clarify.... I said when I listen to someone in the hard bop vein.... I have a hard time not comparing them to Lee Morgan... I don't consider Clifford Brown a hard bop trumpeter...BeBop yes, hard bop no.... and I don't consider Lee Morgan "better" than Brownie... He's different... I do consider Lee Morgan and Donald Byrd (and a few of others you named... Tommy Turrentine, etc.) in the hard bop vein.... There are other trumpeters that I consider different (and in some ways better) than Lee Morgan... Miles, Dizzy, Brownie.... etc... but for what Lee played... I consider him the best.... Hope that helps clarify things... and no offense taken

With all due respect, I find statements like Lee is the only one for me quite hard to fathom since Donald has such a sweet sound. But beyond that have you listened to Brownie, Blue Mitchell, Tommy Turrentine, Kenny Dorham, Woody Shaw, Carmell Jones or even Freddie Hubbard of the late 50s to early 60s. While I love Lee, there are many, many other brilliant trumpeters. If you made a statement like that you obviously haven't listened to them and I strongly suggest that you do before you make a statement like that again. I also strongly disagree with your views about Pepper. While I have no objection to Gerry Mulligan and enjoy listening to him, for the hard driving hard bop sound of that ear, Pepper is THE MAN! actually I have listened to ALL of those trumpeters... I have plenty of Clifford Brown and the Carmell Jones Select .... I enjoy both of them but IMHO, in the hard bop vein (hate to use that label)... I do place Lee Morgan in a seperate class... (both as a trumpeter and a composer)... Just because I disagree with you doesn't mean I don't know what I'm talking about.... I'm glad you like Pepper... but I still stand by my comments... that if I wanted more baritone I'd still go with the Mulligan set...

I originally had no intention of checking out the Bryd/Pepper Adams set... but after the strong and positive posts... I went ahead and listened to the Mosaic set samples and the one Bryd CD I have (Mustang).... I'm just not there.. for a couple of reasons... 1. When it comes to trumpeters of that vein and time... It's hard for me to listen to anyone who's not Lee Morgan... 2. As for baritone sax... I kinda of enjoy it but if I was going to explore that more I probably would go for the Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band set... and I haven't quite got there yet..... 3. And this is one is the most intangilble..... It just doesn't grab me... although the playing by Sonny Red (on Mustang which I'm listening to as I type this... ) is quite interesting....

yea I've got the JJ, Parlan and some of the Chambers (which came out as individual CDs years ago...) Can't quite get into the Pepper Adams/Bryd stuff...

okay since I NEED to stop buying Mosaics... :( and I've got a little cash flow left... I figure this is it for the rest of the year (short of gift cards for my birthday... ) So what should I get...??? It's down to the the Columbia Swing Sessions... (thanks for the reviews Ron S. and if you've got any more thoughts now that you've had it for a few weeks, would love to hear them...) OR... Roy Eldridge set.... (I'm concerned about all the Oscar Peterson on organ,, OR.... and this is where I'm leaning... the Django Reinhardt set.... (since I don't have any Django and its one of the older sets...) Anybody got the Django set???

hmmm.. Shaken, But not Forsaken (from the soundtrack to a scrapped Bond movie) - 11:30 McCoy & Bond.... what a match!!!!!!!!!!!!!! what was the scapped Bond movie???? Please tell me that it wasn't a Bond movie with Sean Connery (not that fraud Bond - Roger Moore)???? Hey on a related question... Art Blakey had a slammin' record called "Soulfinger" (spinoff of Bond movie "Goldfinger") which I've never been able to find on CD.... Here's the info from AMG... "After six years of very consistent personnel (with only a few gradual changes), Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers in 1965 were in a state of transition. This particular LP found both Lee Morgan and Freddie Hubbard making farewell appearances on trumpet, pianist John Hicks and bassist Victor Sproles joining up as short-term members and veteran Lucky Thompson being well featured on both tenor and soprano sax. The music is more relaxed than usual but still contains some of that distinctive Jazz Messengers fire. This rare set is worth searching for." Anybody have it? Know where to get it???

I understand your point.... and it's a good one... but this hasn't stopped Cuscuna before.... If you look at the Hank Mobley box, several of those sessions were out on CD (and still in print) before the box set came out. For example - both "Hank Mobley and his All Stars" and "Peckin' Time" were already out on CD. I think "Poppin" was also... They did this again with the Lou Donaldson set..."Sunny Side Up" and "Gravy Train" and "Blues Walk" had all been out... So I don't think that's unusual... Also we don't know what "extra" stuff they have in the vaults (e.g., alternate takes, any unreleased recordings, etc.) So that's why I was hoping for a full box.... I too will buy the Select though... BTW since we know now it will be out on 1/2006, do we know when it will be avialable for pre-order on the Web??? (November???)

very mixed feelings.... I'm delirious as a big McCoy fan...especially since the only one of that set that I have is Extensions... but I'm totally bummed about the lack of the full box set.... Do we know what actually happened prohibiting the full box??? I know jazzmatazz said it was in doubt due to the infamous "licensing issues,'" but that doesn't really say much... anybody now the inside story... Of course I'll preordered the Select set....(maybe even 2) .... B-)

I desperately have mixed feelings... I was SO hoping the full BN box was coming to come out... For example "Time for Tyner" (although briefly released as a CD a few years back) is one of my favorite McCoy records..... I'm sure they could have found some extra stuff... I just zipped over to AMG and they list some of the following as 1960's BN dates (that presumably would have been on a box set).. The Real McCoy Tender Moments Time for Tyner Expansions Cosmos Extensions Asante Although I have 3 of those (The Real McCoy, Time for Tyner & Extensions) I definitely would have bought the box.... Wasn't "Tender Moments" also released on CD?? Do we an ETA on the Select set?? (Other than next year?) Should we start a lobbying campaign for the box set????

generally I have only bought Mosaic sets which focus on an individual. I have 15 or so boxes on mostly be-bop related folks (E.g. Turrentine, Lee Morgan, Art Blakey, etc.) I have stayed away from Mosiac sets which focus on a particular period of time and/or a label for 2 reasons. One, it seems to me there's a lot more selectivety of what Mosaic chooses to include (or not)... and two, generally speaking that tends to be a lot of the pre-1950 stuff (which I'm not that familar with).... I was looking at these two sets (not that I've got the $$ to get either of them now).... but if I do get one of these in the near future, which would you recommend and why??? thanks....

I am so impressed with this music... I must admit two musicians who are standing out to me - who I didn't know that well prior to this set... are Barney Kessel and Flip Phillips.. Wow!!! Did anyone get the Flip Phillips Mosiac set from years back???? What Cd's would you guys recommend as the best works of Kessel and Phillips (seperately)?

wow .. .no replies... I guess that means no one does... (other than me...) the reason I asked is it does seem to me that the reviews on their site are very influential.... but I guess I'm just a crazy kinda guy.... hmmmm

It's amazing how many birthdays/celebrations/my wife messed up (so buy me off with a Mosaic gift card) moments you can have???? I too have been a CD binge lately... but okay... I'm gonna commit heresy here... When my wife was pregnant with our daughter last year, I deliberately went on a binge and called in almost every favor since I knew when was our daughter was born... my disposable cash was gone.... At the moment I'm savoring in several unopened to be listened to Mosaic sets.... And I actually DO have a birthday coming up this year Can you imagine that???

I'm going to follow this thread carefully and please give us your complete thoughts once you've recieved and listened to the set... I'm kinda in the same boat as you are ... not that familiar with her stuff..... I haven't bought the box yet but am curious... FYI... I bought and DID not like the Curtis Amy stuff... The cuts with the organ were the worst... I am much happier with the Carmell Jones select set... Buy that!

thanks man.... appreciate that...

OH... My bad.. thanks for clearing that up....

I agree with you about Verve packaging... the sad thing is MOST of the people who will buy these box sets are us.... jazz fans who care about the content. You would think they would cater their packaging to us.... And btw.. I shipped back the Farlow to camain.com today.. Will see how long it takes to get a replacement set... Even for $50 I want the best I can get...i