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Gonsalves on the Uptown / Betty Roche take on the "A " Train and for laughs, his Body and Soul on the Ellington Cosmic Scene wher he beats Dexter at the quotation game.. If you want to hear him do Body and Soul.. the afore mentioned Wonderful World of Jazz by John Lewis is the place to go.

Both the Selects are a plus for me. Always been a follower of Bennie Green since the Jo Jones Special album on Vanguard. To me Green, is more of a mainstream musician than some one overtly modern. I had most of this on LP, and am glad to get CD versions. Weston I came to by finding the Riverside twofer( ZULU) in a junk bin.. when Promo copies appeared in the "used" stores as soon as an album was released. Made me a bit of a Weston junkie..even bought the SPLENDID MASTER GWANA MASTER MUSICIANS OF MOROCCO because it was a Weston album... not jazz though.. The select will be quite varied.. Trio's to Big Band, club performances to "suites". I like Westons music and piano playing.. both have a somewhat different element to them, regardless of the comparissons people make to other musicians ( Monk etc.). I don't know a lot about truly African music, but from what I've read of Westons travels and investigations into it, I'm sure that these contribute to the singularity of his approach. ( Melba Liston's arrangements for the larger groups stay right with, or maybe are part of, the Weston image) I only had Niles ( a sextet date) and the 5 Spot on vinyl, and my vinyl playing dropped off a lot since CDs came along.. more now as I am transferring them to CDr.. Was just getting into the Westons when the select was announced , so I put it off until I could see what it would include. I recall that I preferred the Niles album to the 5 spot.. for some reason Hawk didn't seem to fit the rest of the band( I await the flames).. Destry rides Again was there too... but apparently Weston dislikes that album and didn't want Mosaic to reissue it The Suite/Big band. UHURU AFRICA.. is interesting.. it has some "dated" Freedom chants, and vocals that I find a bit pretentious, but once they're out of the way the music is great....just look at the band... The 5th movement KUCHEZA BLUES is one of Weston's Classics. Here it closes the album, and though the music is different, with "african" rhytmic support, it reminds me of the effect that La Nevada had on the Gil Evans Out of the Cool album. HIGHLIFE is something of a precursor to Weston's AFRICAN COOKBOOK , but with a larger group. Booker Ervin is on both, and to my mind he fits Weston's music better than Hawk. ( Yeah Booker got trashed elswhere.. but I still like him better than Hawk in Weston's environment) Then there's an unissued session with Cecil Payne. Payne recorded, and presumably played, quite a bit , with Weston around this time.. and was well versed in his music. As noted, the variety in the Weston set is such that it will give you ( Rooster) a lot to explore, and I would guess, a lot of enjoyment. But don't fluff of Bennie Green too easily. The first four selects, and the others projected.. ( the Mulligan Songbooks etc) looks like Mosaic will maintain it's "record company of the year" status in magazines that run those polls.

Around here the Proper boxes are quite visible, one of the local stores Silver Platters( with three stores) always seems to have them on display, as soon as they are annouced. Heven't seen any "pairs" but haven't really looked

Gene shaw made three albums as a leader.. for Argo. I have two.. Debut in Blues Carnival sketches Looking for BreaKthrough All the usual "exchange" rules apply

Oh Bery Gin this so BORING.... but my order is in.. getting this collected like this is a plus... what Mosaic should be about.. with older collections. Do you think there's enough here to Keep Berry quiet fir awhile... Don't neglect the truck though.

We had this discussion on the old homestead porch. The complete session has been issued but it takes two cds The tracks are Iron Man Mandrake Come Sunday Burning Spear Ode to Charlie Parker Jitterbug Waltz Music Matador Love Me Alone together I settled for a 2CD set on jazz world called The Eric Dolphy Sound, the tracks are separated as above This issue is "filled " out by two tracks claimed to be unissued, which is false 1 Wherever I Go is a Chico Hamilton quintet 2 Stormy Wearher is Dolphy with Mi8ngus. These sessions seem to have been released a number of times on a variety of labels

If you like armstrong this is an excellent selection.. It includes all of the Armstrong Autobiography recordings, but without the narration by LA( with Billy Kyle in the background). Also the autobiographical selections are in chronological recording squence, and do not follow the "historical" sequence of Armstrong's life. It was a little weird to me because I was so familiar with the LP sequence.. something that usually doesn't bother me, but as this set was designed as a narrative presentation, the order of these tracks on the Mosaic is a bit unsettling. The Auto... used two live tracks, that do not show up in the Mosaic. So if you have the Autobiography ( most recently reissued on CD via verve) there is quite a bit duplication. If not , you get a terrific selection of LA playing tunes from his early days, that he rarely played later in his career, plus the New Orleans Function set and the music recorded for the Glenn Miller story ( three takes of Basin St. with different line ups though). I guess Lon and I were simo-posting

Why do these go so cheap? Because they're cut outs.. I don't think the company exists anymore There were a lot available at www.broinc.com 2.99 each.. at that price you can take a chance Some of them had no better sound than an old LP, from which they may have been taken ( Joe Newmans.. I Fell Like A Newman especially ) but others are fine.

How about a count of the number of times each one has been mentioned.. hell we need a score keeper.. some of us want the shot... some of us should be shot... Oh BTW please sort it alphabetically Bobby Brookmeyer

Simple Question... Have you read the Thread... Sorry someone did that to me on a BB.. never went back.. don't want to chase you away... but Hell read what is above your post.. both pages

Bastards... I'll never buy a Japanese mini LP overpriced CD again... Never...... never....

Bastards... I'll never buy a Japanese mini LP overpriced CD again... Never...... never....

DEEP, He Say BUY actually he'd probably say.. Cat Teaser, satisfy your Jones with Charlie Pherst.

I, too, just got my shipping notificatoin from CDU so no need to worry.

Carmell Jones.. you gotta support your Jones.

There were two Blue Moon sets 1 was the small groups 1937 - 1940 two CDS 51 tracks in all 2 was the small groups 1941 -1954 5CDs total..Below the Azores is rhe last track on vol 3 of these thats 60 tracks between Sqatty Roo of july 3 1941 to Azores of jan 17 1952. Proper most likely stopped there because of the copyright laws.. I haven't checked the above list to see if it, the proper is as complete as the Blue Moon.. also perhaps the Proper includes Hodges in small group settings under other Ellingtonians in the early sets???? The last two discs take the band up to the Ballad medley ending in Poor Butterfly of Aug1954.. all the tracks on these were in the Mosaic LP only box There were a couple more sessions from Sept 7 & 8 recorded for Verve which were in the Mosaic box but do not appear on the Blue Moons.. this might be the only place they were most recently available. As a point of interest, there were 4 tracks cut under Hodges name, with the complete Ellington Orchestra but with Strayhorn on piano, from Jan 12 1956. These should have been included in the second Mosaic( except it was called "small groups" ). They followed the first session in the Mosaic , with which they made up the album Ellingtonia 56. Unless that album is reissued these tracks may lie in the vaults until 56, is beneath the 50 year copyright. If Proper do a box then I'll buy it in spite of having all the other material that , that box would contain. Elingtonia 56 was one of my first Hodges albums, those four tracks still are up there with my favourites. Added re checking the list, the Proper only includes sets under Hodges name There are two sessions on the Blue Moon not included April 14 1947 St Germain Good to the Last Drop Only Wish I Knew We Fooled you these were originally recorded under Shorty Bakers leadership, but released later with Hodges as the leader and Jun 1 1950 In a Mellow Mood How I wish I were around I met a Guy Tea for Two recorded in Copenhagen, possibly left out of the Proper for space reasons and because the first three tracks feature vocals by a Chubby King(?) Also in the earlier dates, unless Berigan missed them, there are 6 more tracks Jun 2 39 Kitchen Mechanics day My heart Jumped over the Moon You can count on me all from the same date as Hometown Blues and The Rabbits Jump Moon Romance Truly Wonderful from the Dream Blues session of Sep 1 1939 So if you want it all you need the 7 Blue Moons, but for the price of the Proper box, you could only afford about 2 of them

As Lon ( Jazzbo) says this is a good.. no great set of Hodges... it will probably put you into a mood to have it all though...Hodges small group music is always of a high quality. You even get his "hit" Castle Rock ... Hodges doesn't solo on it, its basically a 3 min feature for Al Sears R&B influenced tenor. The rarest track is probably the Trio on Wax.. but this was recently available on the Storyville label ( The Wax Sessions) along with the other three tracks recorded that day.. and it takes you into the Clef / Verve era covered by the first now OOP Mosaic box ( don't know too many places where that is still available, unless the Blue Moons are still in print.....) and thats the point... the music may give you the bug to seek out what you don't have.. and the Proper box will be redundant then... however at these prices who cares????? I have bought Proper boxes BTW.. The early Shearing, the Machito ( even though I had the "Jazzier" parts) and the Wynonie Harris ( just about as much of him as I wanted).. all have been good value in music content and presentation... probably as good or better than, Mosaic Selects.

Me too, I have been listening to and collecting Jazz for about 50 years. When I started thoughts of sets like the Proper boxes would have been better than a Maiden saying yes.. When Mosaic started I thought I had found nirvana ( not the bill evans place, but it'll do too). This was music I wanted, presented the way I wanted it. Then when the likes of Chronological Classics started up.. I invested heavily in them.. so most of the music by the major musicians, to be found in the Proper boxes I already have. If I hadn't I would buy them up, because I think they're extremely good value for the money. I'm actually a little dissapointed that I don't need them. I would have been hard pressed to consider the Mosaic Berigan if it had been his RCA sides as a leader, as I have most of the music already, but collecting his pre RCA recordings, many as a sideman is right up my alley, I might have quite a bit, but not collected together like it will be. Maybe Proper will come out with a box on some musician that appeals in the same way But if you don't have this music ( and at present I can only guess what is in the Hodges) it's got to be high on anyones list, you should check out the Wardell Gray too.. that material has not been collected together( outside the Masters of Jazz sets.. which I bought). It's a real good buy.

only if they're duplicates.....

I think he means reissue.. based on he has Dave Bailey's Two Feet in the Gutter as a RELP... This was a "facsimilie" reissue of the original LP, most of the cds he lists as just CD have only been issued once... though if this in depth analysis is correct... there are a couple of mistakes.. the Pony Poindexter for example.

The problem you face is not the system, it's the games that become available and Popular with the Kids... My son has two machines.. the PS2 and the Nintendo. It seems the most recent games that were popular in his crowd were on one of these two machines. Before you jump in you might want to get some idea of the types of games he likes. RPG's, fighting games, car racing games etc. They differ from system to system. Games for the X box don't seem to have been too sucessful.

I have two other versions of Walkin' by Baker June 64 was on a Colpix album, mine is a Jazz Junction CD that I picked up out of a junk bin Has Phil Urso on tenor, Hal Galper, Jymmie Merrit and Charlie Rice..... it's played slower than usual Chet sings, but lyrics, sings directly after the ensemble theme " Love is a quite the Joker Likes to have his fun..... etc then Urso Then Chet sings another chorus There is no Baker trumpet solo on this version the other is from the concert with Lee Konitz on India Navigation from april 74.... this is only a partial and is cut off after Chet solos.. no vocal

I thought Jazz Violin was really a waste of time too.. until many years ago when Jazz records were not that readily available ( in England ) the world Record club put out the Diz / Stuff Lp.. one listen to Rio Pakistan and I was hooked. If you have doubts and can find that 2CD set.. snap it up... listen, then sell it and buy the Mosaic.

Chug up Kari S..... George Kelly

no vocal.