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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.

I bought this secondhand and it did not contain a booklet. I was wondering if anyone would be able to send me a photocopy or scan. I could compensate with a spare CD or some such.

I like the Penguin because it presents a personal vision of the music. There is no such thing as objectivity in the criticism of art, and I dislike anything that approaches it from that vantage point.

I don't own the Berry, but judging by your taste, you will definitely enjoy it. If I could only get 3 of the in-print sets that I don't have, this would certainly be one.

It seems that this operation is being run by some younger folks who work in Braxton ensembles. I admire and commend their dedication to getting something like this done.

It's also a reference to his current working large ensemble, the 12+1tet.

Got this email today:

Interesting. I was just looking at Mosaic Brochure #5 from I believe 1988 and among the future projects they mentioned (Shorty Rogers, Cecil Taylor, the Commodores, Ike Quebec) were two that never came to fruition: a Wardell Gray set and a Coleman Hawkins.

Mulligan Select Disc 3, the Vinnie Burke String Quartet Material. Great stuff.