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I will sure get a JPJ box when it comes back! Received shipping confirmation from Jazz Messengers for the Hines box today.

Did you notice they reversed the two LP sides of Gumbo on that CD? At least it is like that on my copy. Now spinning the two HEP CDs with Chick Webb material - just right for me instead of the big Mosaic box with Ella's vocals dominating - she gets on my nerves when listen to too many tracks with her singing

Not only the Earl Hines, but the Joe Pass, too, has disappeared from Mosaic's website ...

Sunday's dose of harpsichord music: Part 2:

A sign of the times? Yes, as far as the raise of shipping costs, for international orders in particular, over the last years, is concerned. Printing of paperwork also became more expensive (Jonathan Horwich once remarked here on the forum that it was the foldout cardboard sleeves that were killing). I used to receive a catalogue twice a year from an Austrian publisher who asked us to switch to e-mail instead to help them save on costs; another in Berlin used to print and ship an almanach once a year (on a lifetime basis!) but now apologized for sending a pdf file via e-mail due to some unexpected events that forces them to reduce costs. As far as I can it is the separation of manufacturing, distribution, and publishing that increases costs, too. A label without their own pressing and printing plant saves on storage, but depend on others to keep their catalogue available, and smaller numbers of a product require almost the same costs for recording, mastering, research, printing and pressing as a larger quantity. Just like a single, unique handmade chair is more expensive than one from IKEA. Remember the Weis brothers and Fantasy? They had their own pressing plant, which was a great advantage. Until ..... And, I hate to say that, there are enthusiastic supporters of Mosaic as well as choosy connoisseurs who do not like the design etc. As long as the call for profit dominates, it will be that way. If it can be balanced, quality product can survive. In the case of Mosaic, quality is the research, the essays, the remastering - which you do not get with any of the cheapo box sets. It's always cheaper to take an LP master from the shelf and make a replica reissue than do all the discographical research and search for the best sounding source. And only listeners with decent hi-fi equipment and ears care for sound. We are and always were a minority, that's a fact. The solidarity with Mosaic certainly helps, but the times-they-are-a-changing, I'm afraid.

I already placed the JPJ in the cart but obviously forgot my recently changed password

Maybe we have a chance when we all place our oder now?

Those Sir Charles Thomspon sessions are timeless stuff! Now playing: These really are the Joe Davis label sessions of the Walter "Foots" Thomas All-Stars, with Bean or Ben. And the better known Hawkins quartet session with Monk.

Don't blame me if I ask you for a CDR of that one some day in case I will not get it .... crossing my fingers, of course.

Which sets did you get?

Good to read the positive remarks about Jazz Messengers - the Hines box is my first order from them. The Jamal will be next if things will develop smoothly, i.e. financially. I'd rather go on a diet than miss the Jamal set.

Sorry to say you're right - these three are not listed at all any more ...

Sophisticated Swing: Emarcy Small Group Sessions by Cannonball Adderley

I just looked but the CD sets I checked were all in stock. Which sets did you find as "no stock? BTW - they have listed the Johnny Mercer and Tony Williams Selects.once again ......

That CD arrived yesterday - it's good! Waterford was one of the better singers in that style, the bands are vey good, and all three horns on the session with Brigham get their spots. The trumpeter has a bright, clear sound, and his short solos and obligatos show technical profiiency and lots of potential. It's a pity this man never had his own session. If one wants to get an impression of this man, the CD is a must, I'm afraid. Anyone who likes Jay McShann (Waterford replaced Walter Brown in his band but recorded only three tracks with them) will like this. Good music, nice arrangements, good sidemen incl. Pete Johnson, Maxwell Davies (on a Pres kick) and the Gerald Wilson Orchestra on four tracks.

That's a very good blues CD!

Mosaic sure will get some orders through that e-mail, it seems. I ordered a copy of the Hines from Jazz Messengers, who still seem to have a few in stock. On my wish list are the Joe Pass, the Ahmad Jamal, James P. Johnson, Lester Young/Count Basie (although I have almost all of it in various forms), and the Turrentine - hope the latter comes back in print. One box per month ....

It's on my wish list, but ordering Mosaics from that list is first priority at the moment ...

After reading that I immediately ordered a copy from Jazz Messengers. Phew ....

You're right, the Mosaic box does not include the QRS tracks.

There is something about him - besides the enormous number of sessions he played on - that makes him the elder statesman of jazz bass, more than Richard Davis, Reggie Workman or any other great jazz bassist of his generation. Happy Birthday!

Luaka Bop will reissue Alice Coltrane's Devotional Music, a little known side of her musical activities, but closely connected to some of her albums on Impulse and Warner Bros.: World Spirituality Classics 1: The Ecstatic Music of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda Samples on amazon: https://www.amazon.com/World-Spirituality-Classics-Ecstatic-Coltrane/dp/B06XCDN2WQ/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1493801242&sr=1-1-fkmr0&keywords=World+Spirituality+Classics+1%3A+The+Ecstatic+Music+of+Alice+Coltrane+Turiyasangitananda Nice review here: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/04/24/alice-coltranes-devotional-music