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So am I. Permission for the set was declined by the Garner estate.

Mosaic's Scott Wenzel told me they are planning an Ahmad Jamal set for 2009, with probably 9 CDs. It will include these Argo and Chess albums: Argo LP-610 Count 'Em 88 Argo LP-628 But Not for Me Argo LP-636 Ahmad Jamal Trio – Volume IV Argo LP-2638 Portfolio of Ahmad Jamal Argo LP-646 Jamal at the Penthouse Argo LP-662 Happy Moods Argo LP-667 At the Pershing Argo LP-673 Listen to the Ahmad Jamal Quintet Argo LP-685 Ahmad Jamal's Alhambra Argo LP-691 All of You Argo LP-703 Ahmad Jamal at the Blackhawk Chess 2ACMJ-407 Sunset The "theme" is Jamal's piano-bass-drums trio, that's why Mosaic chose not to include his first piano-guitar-bass Argo album Chamber Music of New Jazz (LP-602). A couple of other interesting sets are currently in the early planning stages, but unfortunately the planned Erroll Garner set with his Columbia sessions is cancelled.

The thread starter is searching for info on German jazz pianist Walter Strerath (1942-1981). The info he's already got can be accessed through the link he posted - click on the pictures.

I doubt you'll get much response, as most members here do not speak or understand German. Maybe you could translate your question into English. Die meisten Mitglieder hier sprechen oder verstehen kein Deutsch. Vielleicht könnten Sie Ihre Frage ins Englische übersetzen.

I have volumes 2-4 (all three disc sets, I do not have the single disc volume 1 of the op.31 sonatas). These are straightforward performances with less drama than most. Leaving aside the British critics (who have hailed his Schubert and Liszt recordings from a couple of years ago as also great; and truth to tell his Schubert D958 & 959 are not bad) there were enough who were indifferent or had negative reactions, mostly because of such castration. Though they are played competently, you will hear less extreme tempos and less of a dynamic range here than in most other recordings of the sonatas. Quite good sound, recorded clearly but not too closely. His proponents have said that he is truer to the score than those "more dramatic" readings. Whether that it true or not if you already have number of recordings of these sonatas this is not a set I would recommend in that I do not think it provides a fresh/interesting perspective (whereas for a first set it might be alright, good sound, can be had relatively cheaply, and the mostly middle-of-the-road performances will not bother those with a passing familiarity of the music). Though I have not done a side-by-side comparison, of the recent cycles, I prefer to listen to Schiff's or Brautigam's (on fortepiano, of course). Thanks Gökhan. A respected Dutch critic was also quite enthusiastic about Lewis' performances, that's what made me curious. I think I'll pass, though, I don't need "middle-of-the-road" interpretations.

Time to reactivate this old thread Has anybody heard Paul Lewis' cycle? It was completed last year (I think) and the last instalment has just won Gramophone's "Record of the Year" award. Any opinions?

Just saw on CNN that Dionne Warwick's sister, singer Dee Dee Warwick has died. She was 63.

I do know he's been selling his "private" collection now for the last 9 months.....he seems to have an unlimited treasure trove of Mosaic sets among other things.....I've seen a couple maynard roulettes sold by this guy. Never seen him sell mosaics' without boxes and booklets though. Well, the Braxton has only been out for a few days - some people who pre-ordered it haven't even received their copies yet - so it can hardly have come from his "private" collection...

Because these Arista recordings are owned by Sony/BMG.

It's happened before with stolen stuff, also with the "no box, no booklet" note...

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Not many over there actually seem to listen to the music... Judging by SH response to Claude's question I'm not sure he's listened to what he's mastered. You'd think he'd be more interested in the end product than that. Hoffman said a while ago that he hardly listens to his jazz masterings.

Not many over there actually seem to listen to the music...

I don't think saying that the 45RPM LPs sound very close to or only slightly better than the "Blue Note Works" TOCJs would go down very well with Hoffman and some of the forum members over on his site

Kevin told me he's compared the 45s and TOCJs from the Toshiba "Blue Note Works" CD series that were issued in the 1990s, with catalogue numbers TOCJ-15XX, TOCJ-16XX and TOCJ-4XXX.

Maybe in Japan, but not domestically. AMG review, for what it's worth

Why don't you ask them: info@mosaicrecords.com

But it is included in the box. The Mosaic has these Parlan albums: Movin' and Groovin' Us Three Speakin' My Piece Headin' South On the Spur of the Moment Up and Down Happy Frame of Mind

"You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" was originally an Italian song, "Io Che No Vivo Senza Te", written by Pino Donaggio and Vito Pallavicini. The English lyrics were written by Dusty's manager Vicki Wickham and Simon Napier-Bell, who was indeed briefly the Yardbirds' manager.

Dusty Springfield's version is my favourite. It was a Top-3 hit in the U.K. in 1964. She was a great singer. Yes she was. Also knew how to pick a great song for her voice. Only top 40 charting version of "I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself" here in the USA was Dionne Warwick's, which went to #26 in 1966 (which I think was the same year as Springfield's version). BTW, back on Springfield, Shelby Lynne's tribute album from this year, "Just A Little Lovin'", is amazingly good. Dusty Springfield recorded the song two years before Dionne Warwick did. Dusty's version was a U.K. hit in the summer of 1964. It entered the U.K. charts in July of that year and reached #3. Scepter released Dionne's version in the summer of 1966. Interesting stuff. Springfield hit in the US with "Wishin' and Hopin'" (yet ANOTHER great Bacharach/David song) that summer ('64). During the "British Invasion" of 1964, a lot of songs which had already hit in England during the previous year charted in the USA at that time. That's how the Bealtes came to hold down the top six positions on the US Singles chart one of the weeks that April. I wonder if that's the case with Springfield, or if the record company just chose different songs for US and British release. In the United States "Wishin' and Hopin'" was coupled with Dusty's 1964 U.K. Top-20 hit "Stay Awhile"; her U.K. record company Philips chose a different B-side for the U.K. Dusty's 1963-1964 U.K. singles were: 1963 "I Only Want to Be with You" / "Once Upon a Time" 1964 "Stay Awhile" / "Something Special" 1964 "I Just Don't Know What to Do with Myself" / "My Colouring Book" 1964 "Losing You" / "Summer Is Over" Philips also released a Christmas single in 1964, with a song by Dusty's former group the Springfields on its B-side.

Dusty Springfield's version is my favourite. It was a Top-3 hit in the U.K. in 1964. She was a great singer. Yes she was. Also knew how to pick a great song for her voice. Only top 40 charting version of "I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself" here in the USA was Dionne Warwick's, which went to #26 in 1966 (which I think was the same year as Springfield's version). BTW, back on Springfield, Shelby Lynne's tribute album from this year, "Just A Little Lovin'", is amazingly good. Dusty Springfield recorded the song two years before Dionne Warwick did. Dusty's version was a U.K. hit in the summer of 1964. It entered the U.K. charts in July of that year and reached #3. Scepter released Dionne's version in the summer of 1966.

Dusty Springfield's version is my favourite. It was a Top-3 hit in the U.K. in 1964. She was a great singer.

If I remember correctly PID was/is an import division of a major record company or a distributor.

I got the first five volumes of this excellent series from European Amazon Marketplace sellers a year or so ago, but when I checked today they were all gone. Other European sites didn't have them either. Good luck with your search!

I've emailed him a couple of times about this with no response. Is this still his email address? hiroshi@earlyrecords.com is correct. Tuesday's his day off, so if you mailed him yesterday or today, he won't reply until tomorrow (Wednesday).