Big Al

I wish I knew! I’m pretty sure it was an original issue of some sort (not a reissue), cuz I remember it had the Columbia 360 Sound label on it. And it was a 2-LP set as well. Like I said, I’m only going from memory, but you’d think that AMG or some other jazz discography would list it!

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Amen to that, and peace to you and your family. Thank you for sharing your time with us, and allowing us to help you through this time. You and your family are still in my prayers. aL

The local library used to have this LP, and I checked it out once, but I don't remember anything on it. I just remember it was a 2-LP set. But I can't find it at AMG or the Jazz Discography site. Does anyone know which session I'm thinking of, and was it ever released or re-released?

Did any of you guys pick up This is Billy Mitchell last year? Sure some GREEEAZE on a few of those tracks! And even the tracks without the organ are fine and dandy as well!

I think my local Barnes & Noble has it. I'll find out and report back.

Well.... I'm not that much in a rush to get 'em! Thanks again for the good vibes though! I just checked my order and it said that as of January 28, the order status was unknown. Maybe it's time to call 'em......

And I'm still waiting to see if mine will ever ship!!!!! SHEESH!!!

Dang! Yours already shipped? I placed my order on Wednesday night for items that were "in stock," and my order is still "in process!"

KISS gets greeeeazy!

I know it. I don't have anything on this set, and the more I read about it, the more I want it. Looking at the Mosaic webpage for it doesn't help matters either! B)

WOW!!! I gots to check this out!

Tom, My thoughts and prayers go with you as well. Have a safe trip. aL

Spinnin' the disc right now, and it certainly deserves its place among the bigger names on the list! Hopefully, years from now, jazz writers will be listing WFTBS as one of the most powerful debut albums!

If it doesn't, you have a nice warm place to stay down here, complete with CD player to play all your nice new Mosaics.

It looks as though Verve may have finally gotten it right, pricewise: one can pre-order it from CD Universe for $9.09. For that price, it may well be worth waiting for the new version.

The "Contemporary" album was released as a Verve By Request a few years back, and is still readily available cheap! Anyone heard Cal Tjader's Cuban Fantasy, which prominently features Fischer? He damn near steals the show with this remarkably lyrical playing!

Not a bad coup: Paul Desmond FROM THE HOT AFTERNOON Cal Tjader PLAYS THE CONTEMPORARY MUSIC OF MEXICO AND BRAZIL Al Grey SNAP YOUR FINGERS JJ Johnson JJ's BROADWAY All that for about $35!

As an accountant and a jazz fan, I resemble that remark!

I've never heard this album. How good is it?

What timing: this thread gets revived just as I pop Boogaloo Sisters into the system for a much-needed revisit! Y'know, I hadn't really had that much interest in the Amy set...... until ss1 and you guys started singin' its greazy praises. DAMN!!! And I thought I wasn't gonna buy anything for awhile! DAMN!!!

Yer gonna need electricity to spin BLUES FOR LOU!!! Dig that while saving up for the Blue!

What jazzbo said. The sessions with Jo Jones on drums are worth the price of admission alone.

A very nice site; thanks for starting it up. Yet another engaging retreat in the vast wasteland of cyberspace.

Hard to believe there were only, what, 4 or 5 of those shorts, total?