mikeweil

You got the right LP, Guy, but after checking my Fresh Sound LP reissue - which sounds a bit better, BTW - I found out it is track 8 - the Fresh Sound has a different track order, though - click on the (Trio) CD title on this page to get track details - it is track 6 on this issue.

That Joe Locke picture simply reflects what many people in the business expect - not us jazz fans. You want to eat ... Locke is a good musician, I think he strikes the balance between that dreaded virtuoso perfectionism and personal ways of expression pretty well. The vibes are hard to play as an expressive instrument. I will have a listen to that organ band tomorrow, if they have it in stock where I go.

Well if you read the page I linked more accurately you will see: The Complete 1941 - 1954 Small Group Sessions Vol.3 1951 - 1952 1. You Blew Out The Flame 2. Something To Pat Your Foot To 3. Blue Something 4. My Reward 5. Good Queen Bess 6. Jeep´s Blues 7. Solitude 8. Jeep Is Jumpin 9. Castle Rock 10. Sophisticated Lady 11. Globe Trotter 12. Gentle Breeze 13. Sideways 14. A Pound Of Blues 15. Wham 16. Who´s Excited 17. Sweping The Blues Away 18. Day Dream 19. Standing Room Only 20. Below The Azores The Complete 1941 - 1954 Small Group Sessions Vol.4 1952 -1953 1. Tenderly 2. Sweet Georgia Brown 3. Duke´s Blues 4. Tea For Two 5. What I´m Gotchere 6. This Is My Night To Love 7. I Got Bad And That Ain't Good 8. Nothin Yet 9. Rosanne 10. This Love Of Mine 11. Hodge Podge 12. Jappa 13. Through For The Night 14. Black Brown And Beige 15. The Sheik Of Araby 16. Latino 17. Easy Going Bounce 18. Indiana 19. Johnny´s Blues The Complete 1941 - 1954 Small Group Sessions Vol.5 1954 1. In A Mellow Tone 2. I Let A Song Go Out My Heart 3. Don´t Get Around Much Anymore 4. Burgundy Walk 5. On The Sunny Side Of The Street 6. Sweat As Bear Meat 7. Used To Be Duke 8. Warm Valley 9. Madam Butterfly 10. All Of Me 11. Skokiaan 12. Autumn In New York 13. Sweet Lorraine 14. Time On My Hands 15. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes 16. If You Were Mine 17. Pobre Mariposa So the only items missing here are an alternate take of "The Jeep Is Jumping" and all the 1955 tracks. I'm sure they will cover these in 2006 ....

As much as I appreciate Mosaic's work, "cover art" is paying them too much of a compliment. A black & white photo on a black background with white print - that's so basic it could be done by any beginning design student. The music, sound and essays are all first rate, but the design is very basic. Add a little color and lettering, and you get a much more attractive desgin, like this, which I love to look at much more than any Mosaic:

The Canadian government should me made aware of this and change it immediately to avoid future claims on their territory!

I'm pretty sure this is not true: AFAIK the Australian Budgerigar was domesticated only after Europeans settled there.

I should say a little more precisely: When I look at the playing surface from a certain angle I can see a mirror image of the print on the label side.

Frankly I can't tell as I don't know how it looks like with air between the layers - the one copy of a Hyperion CD I had with similar look and defects was immediately replaced by the label, who sent a nice letter explaining the oxidation phenomenon due to lacquer experiments and parted company with the manufacturer - but that was ten or more years ago. The remark about an Italian plant Chuck made rings a bell: This CD was indeed manufactured in Italy!

As tall as you are, you should have an overview .....

Simply think twice before posting - but it won'tr last forever

I'm afraid this will increase the number of nonsense posts considerably ...

No new level after 15.000 or 20.000 posts? I'm afraid some will stop posting after they've reached 10.000 .... where's the suspense?

Phoenix 5th Anniversary Album after that it's gonna be Beryl Booker's Mercury sides and some Amos Milburn. Then, Doug Hammond's many self produced LPs.

Try to get his OOP Blue Note CD "go Round".

If it's the Blue Note - good set in good sound. No need for Andoran issues here.

Charnett Moffett - another bad mofo.

Certainly not for the fans of his Prestige, Savoy and Impulse LPs, not even for the Atlantic aficionados. Funky beats, solos on top, nice but nothing much is happening. Trying to sell some, he was. Don't blame him - the Seventies were a hard time for jazzers.

Today I threw in one of my first hundred CDs purchased, a 1989 JazzUp JU-304 CD issue of the Jivin' In bebop soundtrack with Dizzy's big band, and it took loooooooooong to read, and almost as loooooong to start playing, and then only with bad distortion. CD layer looks brownish, like some of those manufactured in Great Britain for a short time oxidizing fast - and it shines through, a very thin layer. A hopeless case for the wastebox .... I'll rather get me a DVD of the movie.

Didn't know I'd be the first - more elaborate comments to follow, as I said. A theme? Hmmm - is this all from the 1940's? In any case, that was a fascinating time and scene!

Thank you so much Milan for this fabulous anthology - the best of this era I have ever heard! Great programming and even better selections. Excellent musicianship throughout. Wish I had more time right now but I am working on something with a strict December 1 deadline limiting my listening time - so I will comment only on tracks where I recognize some. I will participate in the impressions discussion as soon as I find the time. The usual disclaimers apply. I will get back to spinning this for sure - many many times. Track 1: What an enjoyable opener - had me dancing back to my computer. Certainly not Miller's mood! I heard some more serious jazz band version like this many years ago but can't remember. Track 5: If that isn't Bird playing Star Eyes I will eat my tie! Is that from the Benedetti recordings (because of the fadeout)? Track 6: Prez? Sounds like an informal jam on Don't Be That Way. Marvellous!!! I want this!!! Track 7: Excellent brushwork!!! I know that tune Oh yes, that must be a Ray Bryant tune played in drummer Jo Jones' trio (Splittin'?). Maybe I have that one somewhere. Track 8: Benny Goodman live? with Hampton? but I dare say this is not Charlie Christian. Track 9: Wild! They sure were havin' a helluva time! Though the drummer sounds a little stiff to these ears. Track 10: I'd say Lady Day. Don't recognize the band, don't have time to investigate. Track 11: Four Brothers. Woody's band? Would have to compare. Track 15: I know that voice, but can't remember right now ... arrgh! Track 16. Louis Jordan moving to the outskirts of town. Track 20: Oop Bop Sh'Bam - but a little too pedestrian for Dizzy's band - and he would never have let his trombone player solo first! Oh - Gene Ammons on tenor - yes this is Mr. B.'s band! Track 21: Maxine Sullivan. Straight and sweet - but I don't have this one; I like her very much. Track 22: Kay Penton!!!! my favourite bop era singer!!!! A big hug for Milan! This is from a Dameron band session (Savoy?). I wish there were more than these 8 sides I found so far. I LOVE this singer!!! Thanks again for this wonderful compilation - your collection must be the Belgrade Jazz Archive! p.s. edited to correct a smiley

This means some day we're all going to be "Groovissimo"? Great! United at last!

Now I wanted to use this feature to find out where I was, but each time I click on it it says "Viewing board index" - how boring!

Oh yeah - worst thing that can happen after such a long marriage. My thoughts are with both.

Of course - couldn't locate the cassette copy I have. As for the titles previously on CD - that's why I complained they mostly reissue stuff that's already been on CD. Spanish Blue is not earthshuttering, but not mediocre either. But it's a matter of taste. p.s. one "l" in my name - I'm not related to Kurt Weill, unfortunately ...

We all do .......... but I'd prefer a sponsor.