mikeweil

Sounds good, if a bit tame at times. I happened to step over one of their discs in December, bought and liked it. There is one name they obviously avoid while outlining the orchesra's history .....

I could have looked there - haven't been there for a while and remedied that. Thanks for the pointer.

One more ....

Still alive, buddy?

Comparing my pristine condition 1960's Pacifici Jazz LP with the recent Japanese CD resissue - both really sound different. The LP has a more natural balance and dynamics, the CD has the higher frequencies boosted up and the piano less audible in the mix - strange. I'll stick with my LP. Now spinning Herbie Mann - I still know exactly where I bought this LP! This band had a serious groove going!

Spinning the old Alantic LP right now - highly recommended as a complementary release, two great performances!

Had a listen to the first disc earlier today, and it more than fulfills my expectations. Bemsha Swing on bass sax - hell yeah! And the slow rubato treatment of Light Blue moves it closer to Monk Ballads like Crepuscule with Nellie - if it goes on like this, it's the new box set of the year. I passed on the Schlippenbach set as their approach was much too sloppy for my taste - don't mess with Monk! But this here hits the perfect balance between respect and personal attitude.

One disc a day.

Side two has Gerry Mulligan and Bud Shank with synthesizer, harp, and the grand organ of the Grace Cathedral, where it was recorded. Perhaps one of the least known items in the two saxists' discographies. Faintly reminds me of Paul Horn's Inside LPs. Mulligan's baritone in the cavern of that Catheral with its seven seconds decay is something else.

Mine was scheduled to be delivered today, and just when I returned from work the mailman arrived with a pile including some conspicuous objects. It wouldn't have passed the mailbox slit, and amazon.co.uk's thin cardboard envelopes make my neck hair rise. Will give it a listen tomorrow.

Same here!

Duh - missed that one. Went straight to the top of my must buy list.

One of my all time favourite jazz books: R.I.P., and thanks for the excellent work.

The technical of oboe and basson playing in Dresden in the 18th century was breathtaking, almost literally ...

Yep

IIRC a Mosaic with those four LPs with Kelly was considered (still in the LP era of Mosaic) but dropped in favor of individual album reissues on Blue Note. None of all those alternates is listed in the Blue Note Discography, btw - they all must have been found on the occasion of later tape examinations.

Thanks all - no wine so far this year as I'm sufferin' from some flu-type infection. My lovely wife did her best to cheer me up, and presented me some nice things, but no books or music this year. What would I do without her? I got this book as a gift for myself, which is beautiful;

That's how it should be titled!

Happy Birthday, Hans!

Why do they call it The Complete Hank Mobley Blue Note Sessions 1963-71 when the last session is from 1970? Just a typo?

Same here ...... and the four LPs with Wynton Kelly - Soul Station, Roll Call, and the two Workouts. - are lost in the gap between this and the 1950's box set. Of tkese two takes, one was only on a Japamese issue: Tk 14 Don’t Cry, Just Sigh (alt tk) (omit Spaulding & Greenwich) CD TOCJ 50296 Tk 15 Don’t Cry, Just Sigh (omit Spaulding & Greenwich) LT 1081 but I don't see me buying this set just for two alternates .....

Now he is up there, too ...... one of the greatest.

So they noticed they goofed. Glad they'll have to sell it to me at the old price.