colinmce

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.

In honor of the birth of my first son, August Ornette Jefferson Loyd.

The Giant is Awakened. It would indeed be nice to have by itself, but it does appear in whole on West Coast Hot along with one of the Carter/Bradford Flying Dutchmans, which is shorn one track. Magnificent album(s).

Good thing so many of us jumped on the deal on this one: http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B001GAQP2K/ref=sr_1_183_olp?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1301056076&sr=1-183&condition=new

Really any of those Dutch Fontana avant-garde titles-- Carla Bley, Archie Shepp, New York Contemporary Five, Dollar Brand ...

Probably not. I'm guessing this is an academic pressing and there are often huge differences in pricing between the hardcover and softcover, both being quite expensive. In addition, it looks like the softcover is being remaindered.

No worries, now, form an orderly queue, there are four (4) copies: http://cgi.ebay.com/Mosaic-Select-Onzy-Matthews-Onzy-Matthews-CD-J-/310300235390?pt=Music_CDs&hash=item483f55d67e#ht_660wt_903

Topology is slated for reissue, but not Linear B. I plan to one day own all of McPhee's Hats with Boni & Jaume, but it will be a long and rather expensive project indeed. Amazing music, that.

The kind of thing that just makes your heart drop-- beat up copies for sure, but at that price .... http://completed.shop.ebay.com/flamjo/m.html?_nkw=mosaic&rt=nc&LH_Complete=1&_fln=1&_trksid=p3911.c0.m283&_rdc=1

Yes, also released on CD by Jass:

Speaking of which, is there anyone who can point me in the direction of an affordable (in print?) version of the Carnegie Hall, Christmas 1949 show? Or am I just going to have to keep digging?

It can be had handily for list price or better on Ebay.

Anybody who doesn't have the Green needs it. As noted before, it runs very cheap on Amazon. Cheapest of all of the Selects almost, which is kind of a shame.