J.A.W.

My thoughts exactly.

And Dig It!. Read my post again. I was not clear but really describing Dig It in the portion you deleted. Didn't check the song titles on Dig It! when I wrote my post. Your post was indeed a bit cryptic - to me at least

And also Dig It!

I don't think the publication of a new book is proof that Hank Mobley's popularity is growing. Not disputing what you say Hans. But it's really hard to believe Hank isn't very popular. Having posted on these forums for the past few yrs. I would have thought the opposite. Love my Mobley Mosaic just the same. Depends on how you define "popular"- popular within the jazz community: probably, though I've met quite a few people here in the Netherlands who love jazz but don't like Mobley that much; popular in the broader sense, i.e. outside jazz: I'm sure most people don't even know who he was. The fact that many members of this forum, including myself, love Mobley isn't proof either that his popularity is growing. I posted my reply to the original poster because his assertion that Mobley's popularity is growing is based on the recent publication of a book, which is totally unfounded in my view.

I don't think the publication of a new book is proof that Hank Mobley's popularity is growing.

What about the Jamal set -8 or 9 CDs or is that project shelved ? No updates on that one. I understand they're having problems locating some of the tapes.

Which of the releases would you qualify as big sellers? Not many, I would guess, although the Lester Young/Count Basie seems to be doing pretty well. That's pure speculation, and even if it has sold that number, it's taken 11 years.

As Free For All posted above, a 1960s Mobley set would be big and, as was posted elsewhere on this board, Mosaic has decided not to produce sets with more than 7 discs anymore to avoid any extra licensing costs, the possible exception being the - hopefully - upcoming Duke Ellington 1930s Columbia set, which would probably have 10 discs. Again, with the 1950s Mobley CD box being such a slow seller they aren't considering a 1960s Mobley box.

I asked Mosaic about a 1960s Mobley set a few years ago and they said they didn't have any plans. Remember that the 1950s Mobley set is not exactly a big seller; it was released in 1998 in a limited edition of 7500 and the CD version is still available.

Sketches of Spain, 50th Anniversary Legacy Edition 2CD-set - audio remasterer: Mark Wilder.

I'm not trying to start an argument here or anything but does it actually say there is "new" re-mastering on these sets??? Mark Wilder interview on the new mastering of the Kind of Blue Legacy Edition 2CD-set. I've read in an article that he had also newly remastered the 'Round About Midnight and Sketches of Spain Legacy Edition 2CD-sets, but I can't find it right now. Anyway, Phil Schaap's name is not mentioned in the mastering credits of the Sketches of Spain Legacy Edition 2CD-set, while it does appear among the mastering credits of the Miles Davis / Gil Evans boxed set. Mark Wilder, Maria Triana and Woody Pornpakoski (and in a few cases Seth Foster) remastered almost the entire Miles Davis catalogue between 2001 and 2006, and those remasters were used for the now OOP 2006 Japanese mini-LP reissues in the SICP 12XX series and also for the 2007 Japanese hybrid SACD reissues and the later Japanese blu-spec versions. This was confirmed to me by CD Japan some time ago. The mastering credits can be found on the CD inserts and the dates on the obi strips. You don't have to take my word for it, of course P.S. Forgot to add that Charles Mingus' Mingus Ah Um Legacy Edition 2CD-set was also newly mixed and mastered. According to the booklet Mark Wilder did the mixing from the original three-track tapes on an original Presto tube tape recorder. Thanks for that, but on the late 90's versions (1998) of the Mingus material it says "Digitally remixed and remastered from the original 3-track tapes using an original Presto Tape Tube Recorder by Mark Wilder and Rob Schwarz at Sony Music Studios, NY", so I think I'm going to go with CJ Shearn here, that the mixes on these fancy new Legacy editions are the same as the late 90's versions. I just can't see a record company spending the money to re-re-master stuff these days. Just my opinion though. :cool: Maybe the mixes are the same as on the late 1990s Legacy reissues, but that does not necessarily mean that the masterings are the same. Anyway, I do not have either the Miles Davis / Gil Evans box (sold that one ages ago), or the Sketches of Spain Legacy Edition 2CD-set, so I can't compare them. Has anyone compared these two releases, or at least the tracks that both releases have in common? As for a record company spending the money to re-remaster stuff, Sony did just that when almost the entire Miles Davis Columbia catalogue was remastered again between 2001 and 2006, as noted in my earlier post.

I'm not trying to start an argument here or anything but does it actually say there is "new" re-mastering on these sets??? Mark Wilder interview on the new mastering of the Kind of Blue Legacy Edition 2CD-set. I've read in an article that he had also newly remastered the 'Round About Midnight and Sketches of Spain Legacy Edition 2CD-sets, but I can't find it right now. Anyway, Phil Schaap's name is not mentioned in the mastering credits of the Sketches of Spain Legacy Edition 2CD-set, while it does appear among the mastering credits of the Miles Davis / Gil Evans boxed set. Mark Wilder, Maria Triana and Woody Pornpakoski (and in a few cases Seth Foster) remastered almost the entire Miles Davis catalogue between 2001 and 2006, and those remasters were used for the now OOP 2006 Japanese mini-LP reissues in the SICP 12XX series and also for the 2007 Japanese hybrid SACD reissues and the later Japanese blu-spec versions. This was confirmed to me by CD Japan some time ago. The mastering credits can be found on the CD inserts and the dates on the obi strips. You don't have to take my word for it, of course P.S. Forgot to add that Charles Mingus' Mingus Ah Um Legacy Edition 2CD-set was also newly mixed and mastered. According to the booklet Mark Wilder did the mixing from the original three-track tapes on an original Presto tube tape recorder.

I agree. I find some of his masterings good and some not so good, but to my ears he did a terrific job on the American version of Bill Evans' Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Sessions 3CD-set.

Phil Schaap was responsible for the production and mastering of the first edition of the Miles Davis/Gil Evans box and the 1997 Legacy edition of Sketches of Spain. He was not involved in the 2007 "50th Anniversary Legacy Edition" 2CD-set, which has a different, new mastering by Mark Wilder.

Earlier thread

The Columbia Small-Group Swing set is gone.

BBC obit

Obit

Another innovator gone...

The Mosaic has 1951-1953 trio recordings, so the European 1950-1951 duo set will not fill the gaps on the Mosaic.

He was 74. Sad news indeed.

It's "Have to Change Keys to Play These Blues", so that's twelve songs

There's no Venuti on the Blue Guitars set if that helps. I know, but there's lots of Lang without Venuti and Lang with Johnson on the Mosaic.

Don't have access to the booklet right now, but wasn't this material, or at least some of it, released in the Venuti/Lang Mosaic set?

I am all for that. I wonder if it is lucky when the people "carpe deiming" happen to be perceived as a gateway into jazz by a lot of people. Right now we have people "carpe deiming" who are motivating people to download more Miley Cyrus and Jonas Bros. songs. "Carpe deiming"?? I wonder what Horace would have thought about that... [carpe diem quam minimum credula postero]