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  4. Finally-the follow-up Charlie Haden/Hank Jones duo CD

    in New Releases

    Posted

    Although "Come Sunday" did not meet the standard that Steal Away set, I am still pleased with this new issue.

    It is mostly sacred music with not as many hymns, and no folk songs.

    Reverential treatment, with a bit less swing/gospel feel.

    Charlie's solos are warm and strong and Hank does fit in some jazz feel.

    Highly recommend its purchase-I just preferred "Steal Away" a bit more.

    Very well recorded- as to acoustics-no question about that.

  8. New Wayne Shorter Columbia Box set- 6 CDs

    in Mosaic and other box sets...

    Posted

    Wayne Shorter, The Complete Columbia Albums Collection (Columbia/Legacy, 2011)

    The journey started in Newark, New Jersey where Shorter began drawing attention to his musical prowess as a teenager. His five year stint, starting in 1959, with Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers alerted the jazz world to Shorter’s compelling voice on the tenor saxophone and his beguiling compositions. On joining Miles Davis in 1964, Shorter solidified what came to be called “The Second Great Quintet,” alongside the trumpeter, pianist Herbie Hancock, bassist Ron Carter and drummer Tony Williams. Shorter’s tunes – “Footprints,” “E.S.P.”, and “Nefertiti” among them – and his alluringly elliptical playing were decisive elements in the critical success of the Davis band. Shorter’s own concurrently released albums as a leader have proved to be just as inspiring to subsequent generations of players as his work with Davis.

    With Davis’s initial fusion foray, In a Silent Way, Shorter turned to the soprano saxophone, instantly cementing a new and highly influential voice on the instrument. After participating on the epochal Bitches Brew, Shorter joined forces with Joe Zawinul, forming Weather Report. Increasing commercial success, particularly after the innovative bassist Jaco Pastorius joined, marked the fusion super group’s notable fifteen-year run. Shorter’s own Native Dancer (1974), effectively introduced North American audiences to singer and composer Milton Nascimento.

    With the dissolution of Weather Report in 1985, Shorter, the musician, was on his own for the first time. His albums Atlantis, Phantom Navigator and Joy Ryder found him delving deeper into extended composition while continuing to investigate electric fusion. Approaching his eighth decade, Shorter reverted to an acoustic setting once more, forming a highly lauded quartet noted for its risky improvisational ethos. Shorter remains what Hancock dubbed him: “the master.”

    Albums Included:

    New bonus disc - Weather Report Recordings of Wayne Shorter Compositions 1

    New bonus disc - Weather Report Recordings of Wayne Shorter Compositions 2

    Native Dancer with Milton Nascimento (1974)

    Atlantis (1985)

    Phantom Navigator (1986)

    Joy Ryder (1988)

    Any opinions on the four sessions issued as leader?

    Remastered by Mark Wilder of Sony/Columbia

    APPEARS TO BE COMING OUT NOW OR VERY SOON...

  14. Are there any box bargains currently available?

    in Mosaic and other box sets...

    Posted

    What do you guys think of this offer?

    Cheap enough to keep in your car-though most of us have this material.

    Amazon has other sellers offering at under $10.

    Supposedly passable sound-but at this price who can quibble.

    Amazon has a grey market import box of Miles Davis called Twenty Classic Albums for $18.98 (under $10 now...).

    It also has:

    Sonny Rollins - Eight Classic Albums - $13.40

    Jimmy Smith - Eight Classic Albums - $13.52

    Hank Mobley - Eight Classic Albums - $8.01

    Lou Donaldson - Eight Classic Albums - $8.07

    Kenny Dorham - Eight Classic Albums - $7.28

    Cannonball Adderley - Eight Classic Albums - $8.13

    Red Garland - Eight Classic Albums - $7.34

    Thelonious Monk - Eight Classic Albums - $7.64

    John Coltrane - Eight Classic Albums - $7.26

    Charles Mingus - Eight Classic Albums - $8.17

  24. Some goodies for sale

    in Offering and Looking For...

    Posted · Edited by jazzkrow

    Here are some good ones for sale:

    SIX from the Clifford Brown Emarcy set ( I recently got a good deal on the boxed set)- These were those I built up to make

    the set for years...

    Brown and Roach Inc. (Japanese issue)

    Clifford Brown and Max Roach (US edition)

    Clifford Brown with Strings (Japanese issue)

    Best Coast Jazz (Japanese issue)

    Clifford Brown All Stars (Japanese issue)

    Study in Brown (BMG issue)

    ($11 each or $54 for all six)- AVAILABLE

    Partial Mosaic sets:

    Complete HRS Sessions (Discs III-IV)- $16-STILL AVAILABLE

    Classic Capitol Jazz Sessions (Discs IX-XII- 4 CDs)- $24- SOLD

    Carmell Jones-Disc 3- Mosaic Select - $9-SOLD!

    Julius Watkins Sextet- 10" Connoisseur Series- $15---On hold

    Shipping to be worked out depending on order

    US Shipping only please

    PM for any more info on the Mosaic partials

    Thanks!

    -Jeff

  25. Blue Mitchell Memorial Benefit

    in Live Shows & Festivals

    Posted

    Thanks, David!

    Blue Mitchell's music has meant so much to me.

    My first Mosaic as well.

    Is there any unreleased Mitchell material out there that you are aware of-especially pre- 1971?

    Is Blue's widow still alive? Would love to send her a note telling her how much I

    loved his playing.

    Wonder if he had any children and if they are musicians as well...

    Thanks!

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