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  4. Which Mosaic Are You Enjoying Right Now?

    in Mosaic and other box sets...

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    Ike Quebec and John Hardee--The Complete Blue Note Forties Recordings

    Side 1.

    I ended up spending the night with this whole set yesterday. What a great one! It seems to be rarely mentioned among people's favorite Mosaics, but it just shot way up on my list. Just good old fashioned fun. John Hardee is just a fine Texas Tenorman, and Ike Quebec gives no surprisese playing with some smokin' rhythm sections with Milt Hinton. Cuscuna and Morgenstern put a hell of a booklet together, too. It ranks up at the top with the Max Harrison booklet for the Albert Ammons/Meade Lux Lewis box and Larry Kart's Tristano/Konitz/Marsh box. I found this set for only $100 on an ebay auction not long ago. If you can find it, grab it!

  8. Yoshi's Feature in SF Chronicle

    in Jazz In Print - Periodicals, Books, Newspapers, etc...

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    "We're still going to be doing jazz at Yoshi's San Francisco, but it won't be the main focus," said Kubeczko, who aims to widen the musical scope but "respect the jazz history of Yoshi's and this neighborhood." He wants to get to know the people who run Slim's, the Fillmore, Cafe Du Nord and other local venues and work "in the spirit of cooperation rather than competition. My hope is that given the economy, we can all survive and flourish."

    So sad. Even though I detest the idea of rearranging the original venue, I guess it's a matter of harsh economic times, a very common and pandemic malady these days. I was in S.F. last year and I was in a book store somewhere in the Fillmore district. The woman in the book store was listening to some hard core music (Cecil Taylor, Albert Alyer, etc) when I asked her where were some good venues for serious music in S.F.. She said there was really none outside of Yoshi's. I was stunned to hear this but this is what said.......*shrugs........

    It is a superficial impression of the Bay Area to think that Yoshi's and Amoeba are all there is to offer in terms of jazz. I'm not sure what you mean by "hard core," but if you're looking for improvised creative music, there is almost always something going on: http://www.transbaycalendar.org/.

    Anyway, I'm not really surprised by Yoshi's SF's "new" direction. It is unfortunate, though.

  19. Free Funk

    in Recommendations

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    Tatas-Matoes (1968). :)

    Hey Chuck, will this be reissued ever? I missed the AEC Box.

    Later this year. Half the studio work is done at this point. I'll ago back in the (Chicago) studio when the friggin' snow stops.

    Excellent! Thanks.

  25. Charley Patton Revenant box relatively cheap on eBay

    in Offering and Looking For...

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    Ah well, guess I should follow suit. At least I got a brand new Ayler Revenant set for a $12 "Buy It Now" price last year on eBay, can't win them all.

    Wow, was it a mistake in the listing price? I'm still happy with my $47 version, but you really did well!

    Well, the Ayler box has sold for $35 on eBay the last few times from the ESP store. There's one for $45 right now w/ no takers.

    http://cgi.ebay.com/Albert-Ayler-Holy-Ghos...1QQcmdZViewItem

    Funny how the value on it has plummeted so much, that thing was going for at least $75+ last year.

    Thanks! I just went for it.

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