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  5. Hey Kids, Have You Heard The News? MOSAIC's IN TROUBLE!!!

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    On 4/18/2018 at 0:18 PM, Brad said:

    This is not comforting news:

    Last Chance!

     

    The Complete Bee Hive Sessions
    Final Pressing - Advance Order Request
     

    In this time and place, the Mosaic business model is becoming harder and harder to sustain in this rapidly changing world. We aren't sure what the future will hold for us, but we want to let all of you know how much we appreciate that your support has allowed us to constantly make our dreams come true with set after set and that we intend to persevere. The way we operate may change but our mandate remains steadfast.

    We've always been diligent about warning you when sets were running low so you wouldn't miss out on titles that you wanted. But at this point, some sets which are temporarily out of stock may not be pressed again. We want to keep every set active as long as possible, but sometimes, we have to reach out to you to determine demand before investing precious resources in another pressing.

    A case in point is The Complete Bee Hive Sessions (MD12-161), a marvelous collection of superb hard bop albums recorded between 1977 and 1984 with artist like Curtis Fuller, Clifford Jordan, Sal Nistico, Dizzy Reece, Nick Brignola Junior Mance and Johnny Hartman among others.

    We are currently out of stock and cannot afford to repress the set without a substantial number of advance orders for it. If you've been considering this collection and not yet obtained it, now would be the time to step up in order to secure one.

    If you place an advance order for this set, we can determine if another pressing is possible. Your credit card will not be charged until we repress the set and ship it to you (however paypal is immediately deducted from your funds). We regret any pressure or inconvenience this may cause you in your purchasing decisions, but this is the only way that we can safely proceed. 

    Thank you for your support and understanding, 
    Michael and Scott

    I bought the Beehive set maybe two months ago. I  have about 28 (ish) Mosaic boxes and and a handful of selects, but I haven't made a purchase from them in about 10 years. My interest was renewed from seeing some Mosaic boxes come up on Ebay searches. I hope my purchase didn't cause them to be out of stock!

  6. Why not more LIVE/location BN-Lps????

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    Local 42 had different rules/scales for live vs recordings?

    .... when the union found out (just before the band went on).....

    What union are you referring to? Musicians'? 'Cause I could tell you tales about IATSE when trying to record in a union hall... :( (IATSE is the stage hands union...)

    I guess i misunderstood, i thought the union being referred to was the electricical or stagehands, which may be the same union. Upon rereading jsngry's post, i realised he was referring to the musician's local. My post refers to a story in "the Real Zappa Book", an 'as told to' Bio. I have worked with electrical, projection, and stagehand unions in Chicago. (I am not bashing unions, i am in IBEW)

  7. Why not more LIVE/location BN-Lps????

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    Local 42 had different rules/scales for live vs recordings?

    I recall reading in a Zappa bio that when the union found out (just before the band went on) that a show was being recorded for radio and TV, the union rep demanded their scale for broadcast work, instead of performance/sound reinforcement. It was $9000 EACH extra from Zappa, the radio, and the TV people ($27,000), or they would pull the plug. They got the money, but that is why Zappa refused to play in NY for many years.

    As for live Blue Notes, I recently purchased Donald Byrd at the Half Note.

  10. Johnny Griffin has left us...

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    The odd thing is I borrowed the Monk at the 5 Spot CD from the library yesterday, and was enjoying listening to it in my car yesterday and today. I've heard Monk with Rouse and I've heard Monk with Coltrane, but I never heard Monk with Griffin on tenor. He had his own style, it kicked ass.

    I loved his playing. I saw him with Lockjaw twice in the same week at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago when it was at the Blackstone Hotel. I was seventeen and just getting into jazz.

    A few years later, after Lockjaw had passed , I saw Griffin in a quartet setting. I got his autograph on the liner notes of a reissue of the Introducing Johnny Griffin CD. He looked at the CD (this was maybe 1989) and said with a smile:

    "Thats an ooooooooold one!"

  17. Serge Chaloff stories

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    How strange - I swear someone told me the story about the book floating in the water; except that Stan Getz was the culprit.

    Could be, but would Getz's tenor book be anywhere as difficult to reconstitute as the bari book? Also, the story -- which certainly may be apocryphal

    -- fits Chaloff's personality much better than it does Getz's. (Stan certainly could be evil but not I think in that confrontational manner, at least not with a male figure of authority like Herman.) Finally, the story as told segues nicely into the familiar tale in which Woody pisses on the semi-zonked Serge's leg while both men are standing at a bar.

    Both stories are in Gene Lees' Herman bio "The Leader of the Band."

  18. LOCKJAW

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    A few days ago, after hearing a recording Lockjaw playing with Basie, I broke out my three Jaws recordings, and I realized I needed a bunch more. It was cool to read this thread and get reviews of what is out there.

    I remember back in the day, (1980?) you could go to the Jazz Showcase in Chicago and get in for $10 with a student ID. I sat through through three sets of Jaws and Johnny Griffin (with a very young Kenny Washington on drums) twice in one week.

  19. Serge Chaloff stories

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    I remember reading a little anecdote in a Woody Herman bio. After the music-in-the-river incident (or possibly another Serge Chaloff incident) Woody and Serge were standing crushed up against each other in an extremely crowded bar, after a gig. Woody took this opportunity to get some "payback" by peeing on Serge's leg. Since the bar was so crowded, Serge couldn't move away, even after he realized what was happening.

    As for Chaloff's tone, it had an aggressive, biting quality on some of his solo stuff, although he stayed in a bebop style.

  20. Mosaic sale, ending October 14

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    (except for the brief moment when I was out running with my iPod and Gerald Wilson's version of the Door's "Light my Fire" appeared in the shuffle mix, and I nearly hurled my iPod to the ground and stomped on it, but I surpressed the urge and changed the selection, now it's all good.)

    I'm not sure why, but for some reason I like even the pop tunes on the GW Mosaic. Maybe just because I grew up with a lot of that music, but also there's a sense of spirit in the GW band that even the commercial material can't ruin.

    IMHO. :)

    The musicianship and arrangements are top notch, I like 99.9% (or theirabouts) of the set, I think it was my first listen and it sneaked up on me in the shuffle play mode. I was hearing piccolos and a harpsichord, and my brain was trying to figure out the tune. I thought it sounded kind of Muzaky, like ane orchestral attempt to rock out, but upon subsequent listenings it on a good sound system, I got a better appreciation for it. You are right, their is a highly professional sense in the band, they know how to approach everything. (as for commercial material, I've always liked Woody Herman's version of Deep Purple's "Hush.")

  21. Mosaic sale, ending October 14

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    Lets see, a few weeks ago I had a little extra cash, and I thought I better spend it before I end up needing it for something practical. I hadn't purchase a Mosaic in a year, so I surfed the website. I surfed it agan the next day when the "free shipping" message appeared. I went for the Basie set, because it was the highest priced item on my "want" list. I ended up spending more than 300.00, but thats okay, I've been enjoying the music non stop. (except for the brief moment when I was out running with my iPod and Gerald Wilson's version of the Door's "Light my Fire" appeared in the shuffle mix, and I nearly hurled my iPod to the ground and stomped on it, but I surpressed the urge and changed the selection, now it's all good.) I am surprised Mosaic is having a sale, the must have had a pretty good infusion of cash, just from the members of this board just from the free shipping. Maybe they recognize a trend, lower prices= more sales...

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