mikeweil

Now that I have the Gerald Wilson, Carmell Jones, and Curtis Amy Mosaics and the Lou Blackburn Imperial on a Blue Note CD reissue all together, I realize what a great job Cuscuna did in documenting this too little known side of California hard bop - the Onzy Matthews Select and the recent Lou Rawls twofer CD on capitol with Mathews arrangements also belong here - I will get me the latter two before it's too late. Sad thing is, once these are all sold out, this music may be unavailable for a long time, as most of the other music he reissued ... God bless Mosaic and Cuscuna.

I saw in a duo performance with Abdullah Ibrahim - unforgettable, especially as it was in small club-like venue and we had front row seats!

I wonder why this has stayed in the tape vaults for so long, especially since Criss Cross Jazz always promoted organists like Melvin Rhyne or Sam Yahel, to name just two. More info here. The Turbanator, Peter Bernstein, and Billy Drummond - can't be bad.

Count me in, send me some links!

Another big fan here - I think I have 90% of his recordings.

I don't know what to do ... I have all the music on Japanese Blue Note LPs - should I go for the Select anyway before it goes OOP?

I decided I will wait for your comments on the sound of the new Columbia box before I go for it. While we're at it: Verve/Universal in Germany announces a box set of Lady Day's Commodore and Decca recordings for November 10, at around € 50.00 ... the title says "masters" and I found out it will be three discs - no alternates, I guess. Since I have the Commodore single CD and the Decca double, I think I can skip that one:

If the H.R.S. box is still available in two weeks, I will order a copy ...

In this particular case, it could sell out any minute!

Sometimes it was "Trinkle Tinkle," sometimes it was "Little Rootie Tootie," sometimes it was "Criss Cross," but the goal was always "Epistrophy." ... and I tend to think Nellie always was on top ...

Speaking of customs: This time I had to pick them up at the customs office at the other end of town, and bring an invoice (they accepted Mosaic's e-mail). I paid € 11,85 import tax for a value of $ 100 (€ 62,36) for the two sets. No customs fee - they didn't claim those € 2,18 as they were below their limit.

Enjoy ! Certainly glad I got the Pearson, that one holds together as a coherent set very well. As usual, I started to pull the duplicates from my shelves - I always sell them as space is limited - and almost fainted when I found out that I had sold the Pearson vinyl years ago! The one Rare Groove CD was all that's still there ... Imagine that set had sold out as well before I got it! I'm really glad some good spirit made me keep the two Johnny Richards Roulette LPs ...

Well ... Thelonious Monk Jimmy Rowles Herbie Hancock Geoffrey Keezer John Lewis Duke Ellington

There was this box set on Definitive which I bought several years ago for just 20 bucks as I misread its description for the Columbia set at a bargain price. It's not from Membran. Sound is good, and since they placed the alternates at the end of each disc and include some live tracks not on the SONY box, I kept it. But at 20 bucks I still may get the bargain Columbia box.

Just ordered a copy. Thanks for pointing this out.

The Pearson and Amy Selects arrived today - glad I got them, very good music. The Pearson seems to be sold out at Mosaic ... it's no longer listed on the last chance page. The Amy is still available.

Geez ... this is tempting ... I guess, if you say Braxton, you have to say Threadgill as well.

Amazon.de sells this for EUR 19,95

Sorry I didn't get around to complete my guesses before my vacation, and now that I'M back all kinds of things keep stealing my time ... This was a great, extremely enjoyable disc - I will get back to it frequently. In fact I have one or two of the discs you chose, but it shows that I should listen to music from this era much more often. Thanks a million times!

I once saw him live with Stone Alliance. He plays some great modern mainstream piano on this Tain album: Highly recommended!

Does this mean you've been ripped off??? No - amazon only charges the buyer after the seller has confirmed shipping the goods. As a marketplace seller you have to confirm shipment within 7 days - if you don't, the process is suspended until you confirm shipment. In my case, that the seller didn't confirm means that contrary to their statement they didn't have the Brookmeyer Select in stock. Meanwhile they replied to my e-mail that they still await delivery from their US distributor, which means they have no idea what happened.

"The Dongle" would make a great title for a weird funky organ trio piece. Oh, and welcome back!

For the non-alcoholic tea break (or does he pour some rum?):

I'm not a Peterson fan, but I would consider this for the bassists ... and € 10 for 3 discs is a nice price.

Amazon today e-mailed that the seller of the Brookmeyer (a Munich bookshop) had not confirmed shipment within the timespan pre-set for charging my credit card. You know what that means. I e-mailed the seller, anyway. Since my funds for CDs are totally used up, I will stop hunting for now. Time will tell if used copies come within reach ...