colinmce

Agreed. Doesn't even get any better.

Whoa, great price.

I have seen that. Gerry Mulligan, too. Now where is that mountain of Freddie Slack and Johnny Richards?

I never enjoyed Byrd's playing overmuch, but I decided to put in Transition Sessions the other day and was really impressed. His playing on "Crazy Rhythm" was dazzling. Maybe I need to listen harder.

Tell me about it. There was also a fellow who sold almost every Select and maybe 60+ big boxes on Ebay earlier this year, all with Mosaic invoices included. I wish I knew the secret!

http://cgi.ebay.com/Mosaic-Select-Complete-Collection-exc-32-35-3-CD-sets-/230612268509?pt=Music_CDs&hash=item35b18ff5dd#ht_500wt_1156 All the Selects. An amazing deal, really at $33 per set. I have few completist collecting goals, but this is certainly one.

Monk Black Lion/Vogue on LP for the first time. Wow! Already some of my favorite Monk!

Well, me either! Thanks! Even so, I don't see why something has to have never been on CD to warrant reissue. The Blake was issued once, a decade ago, for a short time in France and is still only available secondhand at an OK price. It's an album that's routinely listed on Best Jazz Albums polls and it's just plain very good. I swear I'm not being defensive about "my" choice here, I just think this is an interesting angle in this debate.

I maintain that my suggestion of Ran Blake and Jeanne Lee's Newest Sound Around fits the bill perfectly. Is this oop? It was issued on CD in 2001 and is still findable. So why are we asking for it to be re-issued by Jonathan? Then find me a copy for under $100. The LP of Intents and Purposes was "findable".

A rather arcane question, but I was wondering about the old slimline outer boxes used on Mosaic LP sets. Do all the LP sets (at least the ones that run 3-6 or so LPs) come in these slim boxes or did they eventually transition to using the "regular" sized boxes that the CD issues came in? Basically, are there two different-sized boxes for all LP and CD releases or did they eventually merge, and when? Just curious as I recently bought a couple of the early LP sets and was not expecting the slimmer spines.

I'm not so sure about that. I think it's an interesting debate.

I maintain that my suggestion of Ran Blake and Jeanne Lee's Newest Sound Around fits the bill perfectly.

I actually find their shipping to be an amazing deal. It's a flat $6 no matter how many items you get. So purchasing one CD or LP is a poor deal, but if you stock up you essentially pay nothing for shipping.

Some of the most incredible and under-heard creative music of the last 30 years on those records and one of the best groups ever (the triad of McPhee, Jaume and Boni that is). I wish Werner X would do more to keep his core 80s-early 90s catalogue in print: the McPhees, the Braxtons, the Hemingways, the Koglmanns.

Agreed. I got mine in the mail and have tried to give it a listen in the car, but didn't get very far. I think it needs more attention.

Ditto Joe McPhee's Po Music series.

Must be my lucky day, cuz I just spotted this one in a store that has no emphasis on jazz whatsoever for $6.99; I'm running back there first thing tomorrow morning to buy it!!!!! I always like that bit of luck. I check the hell out of Reckless Records' website, which is mostly indie rock but carries a lot of jazz; they price their Miles & Coltrane rather competitively but anything else is fair game. I've walked away with OOP stuff and Mosaics for a steal.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Pacific-Jazz-Collection-Not-Mosaic-/350452775601?pt=Music_CDs&hash=item51989cfab1 What is this? I can find no info anywhere on the net, and there are no copies on Amazon. The listing states: "There are six albums included on the cd's all issued from emi including Chet Baker Lee Konitz and Gerry Mulligan,John Lewis/Bill Perkins, Jim Hall, Gil Evans (2) all never used." Have these all been subsequently released on standalone CDs? Do they appear in this box as individual albums (w/ their own artwork, etc) or just as a collection?

Dave Douglas' Tiny Bell Trio, while trumpet-led, offers a great blueprint for interaction in this formation.

A eureka moment! On CD briefly, twice: once as a Bluebird CD with a bad cover and once as an RCA France CD. Ridiculously expensive on the secondhand market, but a vital and singular document by an underrated performer.

Dusty Groove shows Braxton, Konitz, Lacy and Murray Octet as the next batch, coming this month (maybe)!! Fantastic!

Yes, their stock is mindblowingly repetitive, but I find my membership is worth my while. For instance, they have started carrying dozens of OOP Savoy titles; I got 3 Dizzys + 2 other free CDs for $27 a couple months back. Just this week they were running a sale with tons of $3 RVGs; I once got The Complete In A Silent Way Sessions for $14 and once cleaned up on a huge stack of 2xCD RVGs and 2xCD Miles Davis titles (all original packaging) for under $100 (they list for $30 damn dollars in the real world). Plus they sometimes carry OOP Blue Note & umbrella label titles. I only order a couple times a year, but I'm glad I have it.

My thoughts on that:

Argh, I want that one. Definitely one of the few expensive OOP Mosaics I will own before I die.

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