J.A.W.

if you email Mosaic, I am sure they will tell you the answer to your question. According to Mosaic there are currently no sets heading for the "Running Low/Last Chance" list.

I have no idea which set will go OOP next. I asked Mosaic's Scott Wenzel about the Reinhardt, Mobley and Parlan sets a few days ago and he said he expected them to last until at least the end of this year.

Well put. Besides, whether Mosaic sets are value for money or not is the topic here.

I'm going to sell hundreds of CDs from my collection soon, probably including a few I'll later wish I hadn't sold...

I agree. What a pity this series didn't sell.

Calling from Europe is a bit pricey...

Yep

Result: Juventus 0, Udinese 1

Juventus are not playing Roma. misread the schedule Juventus are playing Udinese today.

Apparently I'm the only one who has mixed feelings about some of the music...

Hear, hear! I'd put Lion and Wolff first, though, because they made this session possible - and so many other great dates, for that matter.

I paid very little for it too, but I don't like the compilation that much, some tracks sound rather uninspired to my ears.

Ah, our jazzshrink beat me to it!

To recap: Recorded in Los Angeles on June 23, 1954 Personnel: Benny Carter (leader) - alto saxophone Don Abney - piano George Duvivier - bass Louis Bellson - drums Tracks: Moonglow My One and Only Love Love Is Here to Stay This Can't Be Love Tenderly Unforgettable Ruby Moon Song Recorded in New York City on September 20, 1954 Personnel: Benny Carter (leader) - alto saxophone Teddy Wilson - piano Jo Jones - drums Tracks: Little Girl Blue June in January Jeepers Creepers Rosetta The Birth of the Blues When Your Lover Has Gone The Moon Is Low This Love of Mine Recorded on November 12, 1954 Personnel: Benny Carter (leader) - alto saxophone Oscar Peterson - piano Herb Ellis - guitar Ray Brown - bass Bobby White - drums Tracks: Don't You Think Will You Still Be Mine We'll Be Together Again Five more tracks were recorded during the November 12, 1954 session: A Foggy Day - released on Norgran MGN-1035 and reissued on Verve MGV-8126 You Took Advantage of Me - same Poinciana - same Prisoner of Love - same Frenesi - released on Norgran MGN-1044 and reissued on Verve MGV-8135 Norgran MGN-1035 / Verve MGV-8126: Various Artists - Alto Saxes Norgran MGN-1044 / Verve MGV-8135: Various Artists - New Jazz Sounds

...And I also found the last three tracks on the CD: they were recorded in LA on November 12, 1954 and remained unissued.

Just found the date with the first eight songs on the CD in the Ruppli discography: they were recorded in NYC on September 20, 1954, and were scheduled for release on Norgran MGN-1025, which was not issued.

I did some more research and found that the Moonglow date was recorded in LA on June 23, 1954, not in March 1955. I found the info in Michel Ruppli's Verve discography.

You're welcome. I don't think so. At least it wasn't a Norgran date, since that label wasn't founded until 1953. Maybe Norman Granz purchased the recordings, but didn't release them. Anyway, I couldn't find a 1947 Benny Carter date with those song titles.

Did you look at the back of the jewel box? For some reason I think they are there. No recording dates are mentioned on the back of the jewel case.

The quartet session was recorded in Los Angeles on June 23, 1954 and first released as Benny Carter Plays Pretty (Norgran MGN-1015) and later reissued as Moonglow: Love Songs by Benny Carter (Verve MGV-2025), but I coudn't find dates for the other two sessions. According to the Penguin Guide (seventh edition, page 268) the trio sides with Teddy Wilson and Jo Jones and the final three tracks on the CD with Oscar Peterson were not released at the time.

The Dexter Gordon Bethlehem date is one of two sessions he recorded in the mid-1950s, the other one being Dexter Plays Hot and Cool (Dootone). It's nice, but not essential, at least not to my ears. Here are the details: Daddy Plays the Horn - Bethlehem BCP-36 (original LP catalog number) Recorded in Hollywood, September 18, 1955 Personnel: Dexter Gordon (leader) - tenor saxophone Kenny Drew - piano Leroy Vinnegar - bass Lawrence Marable - drums Tracks: Daddy Plays the Horn Confirmation Darn That Dream Number Four Autumn in New York You Can Depend on Me

This is the only Urbie Green Bethlehem album: East Coast Jazz, Vol.6 - Bethlehem BCP-14 (original LP catalog number) Recorded in NYC, January 12, 1955 Personnel: Doug Mettome - trumpet, mellophone Urbie Green (leader) - trombone Al Cohn - tenor saxophone Danny Bank - baritone saxophone Jimmy Lyon - piano Oscar Pettiford - bass Jimmy Campbell - drums Tracks: Mutation Green Dolphin Street How About You? Assafras Recorded in NYC, January 19, 1955 Personnel: Doug Mettome - trumpet Urbie Green (leader) - trombone Al Cohn - tenor saxophone, bass clarinet Danny Bank - clarinet, flute, baritone saxophone Jimmy Lyon - piano Oscar Pettiford - bass Osie Johnson - drums Tracks: Sneaky Pete Just One of Those Things Love Locked Out Melody in B-flat Three Little Words When Your Lover Has Gone

I had the Japanese Bethlehem CD issue of the Urbie Green date and wasn't impressed, it sounded very uninspired to me. I sold the disc.

It won't last... At least it was more fun to watch them than the Dutch, whose last three games (one friendly and two qualifiers) were dismal...

I'm not dogging you. If I were, I'd be posting a lot more Anyway, that doesn't belong here in my opinion. Blame the people who did the hiring, not the people who were hired to work with these tapes. You've got a point, though. I don't like this kind of elitist approach either and I also wish they would make these masterings widely available on CD - the damage to the "primary sources" has already been done, so why not give more people the opportunity to hear the results. What's that supposed to mean?