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mikeweil

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  1. Nice opportunity to gather all these titles in one list - one also missing is Babs Gonzales. I, too, added a few to my wish list.
  2. Very nice! In case of curiosity: " organissimo with special guest Paul Brewer perform the beautiful JJ Johnson tune "Lament", Recorded live on the air at WBLV Blue Lake Radio on May 12th, 2009. "
  3. I always knew that music listening was basically a nostalgic thing
  4. Right below the title there is written: CD $25.00
  5. 2014 vintage - Arneis is an old grape variety from Piemont - I live in the Riesling area but like this grape better.
  6. I pulled the trigger, and threw the Bud Freman in for a contrasting bonus. Spinning a four disc Proper Box right now to help me decide and not regret it ... will sell it after the big box arrives. Curiously, there are some amazon sellers listing at higher prices than the Mosaic box - it's a crazy world.
  7. Southern Germany: Südwestrundfunk, which Joachim Ernst Berendt made big, and Bayerischer Rundfunk (Bavarian) - especially the latter played a lot more jazz than the average radio. No wonder you got that impression. The 1980s were the best time span for jazz in Germany, Travelling costs were not as high as today, so you had more people touring than later. Congratulate yourself you were there when it was the best
  8. Will give it a try, when the occasion arises - still without a smartphone right now, but might get one sooner or later.
  9. I don't know how much jazz was in the air in the USA in the 1960s and 70s, but over here it was just a few hours during the week, so missing them always hurt, and listening always was full of surprises and had a magical quality that the ubiquitous availablity of internet files does not have - at least for me. I do listen to foreign stations on the internet radio offered by our TV server, but the musical level is not as high as during the years when real people were selecting the records in realtime. The times they are a-changin', I suppose. Even local classical programs sound to me like they have a few hundred albums on hard discs they keep repeating and rarely add something new.
  10. Well, it was released five years ago ...
  11. I received an e-mail from Mosaic that the Hawkins set is running low - though not yet listed in that category on their website. Phew ....
  12. Sound is very good, like the OJC CDs. Having some of the sessions spread over two LPs presented in direct sequence is an advantage, IMO.
  13. I knew that trick, but still a nice and moving story.
  14. Being a connoisseur of wine can be even more costly and dangerous as being one of music ... whenever I get to Vienna again, we'll see. And hear, And ....
  15. R.I.P. - and thanks for the music. There were some years where I played some of his albums almost every day. Saw him live in the 1980's with Hadley Caliman and Eddie Marshall - still remember this very vividly. Sad news ....
  16. Yes it is - 100% Negroamaro and very tasty, 2014 vintage - but this one is already sold out. I still have four bottles in the basement, in case you stop by ... I prefer Negroamaro or a Primitivo with just the right amount of remaining sweetness over Chianti, most of which are too dry for my taste.
  17. I'd buy a Mercer Records set. Problem could be that some items released on 78's are very rare, and others were reissued on other labels, e.g. Prestige, Riverside, Storyville. Plenty of prime Ellingtonia, for sure. I may have posted these next two wishes before: The complete Okeh Ellington up to 1934 where the big Mosaic box starts The complete late 1940s early 1950s Columbia Ellington - this really needs a definite compilation
  18. Yeah, but programming a CD track sequence seems to feel like sacrilege to some CD buyers. Album sequence as part of the art.
  19. The author is not discographically inclined - covers sessions acquired by Prestige many years after being recorded, like the Chaloff/Pettiford - there are many board members here that are more knowledgeable. As a document of his enthusiasm it is okay, though.
  20. While we're at it - what was the nomination procedure? I can start a new thread as soon as I'm back home on Monday.
  21. It's interesting if you are interesting in the process of creation. I, too, had times when I was tired of listening through all that before reaching the master take.
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