Ed S

The Larry Young is among my very favorite Mosaic sets. This is one of the few sets that I make an effort to listen to from one end to the other. I love the way the intensity and creativity build throughout the set and how the music evolves and takes shape with each succeeding album. I'm a big fan of the second half of this set which I know has not drawn rave reviews. Dare I say it's my favorite Mosaic??? There are many many great ones and sometimes favorites change based on mood etc, but if someone had a gun to my head.......

Rarely venture into AOTW or Blindfold test. With the election coming up and the whole Iraq thing goin' on I find myself hitting the political forum often. I don't post there and don't read much of the exchanges , but I like many of the links that are posted there. Musician, Vinyl, and Live are infrequent, unless something catches my eye when I scan the main board.

1. Billie Holiday - Columbia 2. Lester Young - Verve 3. Parker - Dial/Savoy

Joe Pass - Disc 1

No need for one - I have all of the individual CDs

No problem PD. Your first post and the later one were certainly of no offense to me. By the way, I never heard the Concert Jazz Band and had no Roy Eldridge in my collection before I picked up these to recent sets.

Does the Patriot Act figure in here somehow? Better go back and read the finer print.

Nothing specific - just the link and a thanks for the interest and recommendation.

I have to say that Happy Together off the Wilson record is worth the price of the CD by itself. Very nice - groovy, swingin'

Anyone who's been here or on Blue Note in the past knows I'm a big Mosaic fan. I've bought many Mosaic sets without ever having heard the artist. Ellington Capitol, Django, Bix, Mildred Bailey, Venuti/Lang, Ventura/Phillips, Jacquet, Teagarden, Johnny Smith, Maynard Ferguson, Woody Herman, Gerald Wilson, Teddy Wilson to name a few. Why? Because Mosaic established a track record of credibility with me when I first began purchasing their sets in 1998. I like their product and in one swoop, I can pick up a chunk of an artist to whom I had no prior exposure. I know that the artists they pick for sets are significant and that the music therein is of high quality, significance and/or interesting. I also know my buying habits and realize that if I like one release by an artists I'll go nuts and pick up as much as I can - if they are available. I also know that I'm likely to get a full return on my investment if it happens I don't like the set. Numbers? Who cares. The only reason I pay any attention to the numbers is to gauge how Mosaic is doing insofar as sales go. I'd like them to stay in business a long long time. I guess I've just got a box set mentality. When I decided to take the plunge into Billie Holiday, I grabbed the Columbia set. Like it so much I picked up the Decca and Verve. Lester Young? I finally got around to grabbing the Young Verve set. I recently picked up the Parker Verve and Savoy/Dial sets. Anyone have a Clifford Brown Emarcy they want to unload? ....or know where to get one cheap?

I emailed them about an hour and 1/2 ago with a compliment on their Blue Note releases, my hopes that they will continue to mine the EMI vaults for material and my suggestion that they look at Nat Adderley's Soul Zodiac as a possibility. Got a response just now with a link to their updated website: Water Records by Runt Distribution

I passed on the Pearson as I have the Mosaic Select, but I just received the Reuben Wilson. Very nicely done from a packaging and sound standpoint. I'm diggin' the music as well. Very much in the Rare Groove mode of the late 60s, early 70s Blue Notes that many of us are familiar with (and some, myself included, actually dig B) ) Wonder if with the two recent Water licensing agreements and the fact that there was no Rare Groove release this year, BN is throwing in the towel on their own Rare Groove series. Hope these sell well enough for Water to continue to lease from BN.

I'm currently battling some infestation by a program called allaboutsearching.com. My 9 year old has been playing around with the comp lately and this bugger's arrival is coincident with that increase in activity. I've tried Ad Aware, Spybot and Hijack This. It keeps coming back - changes my homepage, adds an unwanted tool bar and a gazillion pop-ups. Totally annoying. Totally sucks. These spyware guys should be shot.

Sorry, but her singing makes my ears hurt.

Consider me a weirdo too (meaning that I enjoy Herman's vocals as well )

Woody Herman Capitol

I think the Mulligan numbers must include the sets that have been distrubuted at retail in Europe. I think the Wilson set has been around 3 or more years. Numbers in the 2900 range are indeed very good.

Teddy Wilson now Running Low

Gone Teddy Wilson hits the list.

Columbia Jazz Piano Moods disc 4

That's funny, because earlier when I read Leeway's question about who gets set number 1, the first name that popped into my head was Tod.

Marty Fogel - Many Bobbing Heads, at Last...

Thanks for the nice thoughts. Took my oldest son to his hockey game this AM. Yes, in WNY we still have hockey leagues at this time of year Spent the rest of the day at the local 6 Flags Amusement Park. Had a great time.

ebabies ????

It's late,hot, and muggy and I'm sitting out on the deck listening to Gerry Mulligan Quartet and Tentette with Chet Baker Disc 3 Nice stuff