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And the ever-threatening "What is (and isn't) Jazz?". Lived that one in the 70's a lot, before Sir Wynton came down from the mountain to gave us the definitive judgments.

I actually have been selling off most of my Mosaic sets as the material becomes available on other CD's. For instance, the Woody Shaw Columbia is totally trumped by that box set that Columbia put out - extra material, better sound, much lower price, smaller footprint. Exception for me is the Woody Shaw Muse box - the 32jazz reissues are so shoddy, I don't have the heart to have that be my representation of that great material. And the Elvin Jones, Lou Donaldson, Stanley Turrentine, Jackie McLean Blue Note boxes have important albums not readily available on Blue Note CD, and the Gerald Wilson and Jazz Crusaders Pacific Jazz sets the same. Beyond that, I only have a smattering of big boxes (Roach, MJQ, Sonny Stitt come to mind), and I expect to sell them eventually. I have kept a lot more of the Selects, which I prefer.

Understood, based on higher price but lower shipping cost. I tend to order 13 CD's at a time from CDJapan, which optimizes shipping for me. That is the max allowed for a SAL Small Packet.

I actually like Hi-Nology a lot. How is Swing Journal different? More straight ahead? I don't own and have never heard "Feelin' Good" or "Hino/Kikuchi". What are they like?

Yes, I see. And not at bargain prices.

Totally agree with your assessment. Very late in the game for this. I agree the price probably averages out OK (many go for a good bit less, but some go for a whole lot more), but I don't see it as a bargain. Interesting that they are all unplayed. Guess someone picked them up all along on a speculative basis, held them too long, and is now looking to get out. I predict that the lot won't sell at that price, but i've been wrong before. But Mosaic Madness seems to be many years in the past.

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/release/music/jazz-fusion/month/2018/10?periods=3 - Alone, Alone, and Alone - Swing Journal Jazz - Into the Heaven - Feelin' Good - Hino-Kikuchi Quintet - Hi-Nology - Alone Together I have the last two already. Any thoughts and/or on the first five titles? They are pricey ($22.14 + shipping) and unknown to me, so I did not pull the trigger. Should I? Low-priced reissue of "Hogiuta" comes out next month, and I did pre-order that along with a bunch of other coming low-price reissues, using my birthday points and points from last purchase. At what point do you get off the train if you like Hino's ca. 1970 work, but don't care for slick fusion, which seems to have been his thing later in the decade?

also offering up book "High Times Hard Times" by Anita O'Day. Have not read the book, so cannot vouch for it either way. Free via media mail to US-based member. If overseas, I just ask that you partially reimburse postage if you want it.

Picked up a reissue of his "El Exigente" from cdjapan earlier this year. 1970, really interesting group - Arnie Lawrence/Bob Mann/Steve Swallow. Lawrence on electric sax, but it's fine. Tons o' quirky delights on that album. Also LOVE the albums with Charles Lloyd and Gabor Szabo on a lot of labels in the early-mid 60's.

Offering up book "Ascension: John Coltrane and his Quest" by Eric Nisenson. I have two copies of it. Have not read the book, so cannot vouch for it either way. Published in 1993 by Da Capo Press, for whom I have great respect and appreciation. Free via media mail to US-based member. If overseas, I just ask that you partially reimburse postage if you want it.

Me too, that's like the holy grail of Hino's discography. I do have burns of some of them, excited to get real CD's. Deep Jazz Reality is a fascinating label, have put out a lot of wonderful titles such as some deep Strata East, Roy Brooks, etc. https://www.discogs.com/label/419894-Deep-Jazz-Reality?page=1

I own that Sam Rivers/Holland/Althschul reunion set, like it quite a bit.

The McLean also includes the spectacular Jacknife, which is also quite pricey on its on.

Thanks, down to $30.88 for the 10-CD box, I just ordered it.

Excellent music on ECM. For the uninitiated, a trio of Don Cherry, Collin Walcott, and Nana Vasconcelos. A great buy being offered here.

Next stop, Cooperstown, 2023.

I think of him as a jazz singer who later made pop albums. He died around the time I started listening to music, my mother loved "Ramblin' Rose", and I dismissed him for decades based on that and "Lazy Hazy Days of Summer". Then I heard the trio stuff and thought/think it was fabulous, and that (re)defined him for me

I'd be interested in giving it a (free) listen, but wish the Khan/Jarreau vocals were present. I don't know anything about Ledisi, despite all her grammy nominations. And I fear it having a creepiness quotient like those Beatles "re-unions" with dead John Lennon.

lovely, thanks so much!

That's a beautiful composition, most stunning anti-Vietnam War song imaginable. Would love to hear Gentry's version, and I treasure Warwick's, and Scott Walker's. The windows of the world are covered with rain Where is the sunshine we once knew? Everybody knows when little children play They need a sunny day to grow straight and tall Let the sun shine through The windows of the world are covered with rain When will those black skies turn to blue? Everybody knows when boys grow into men They start to wonder when their country will call Let the sun shine through The windows of the world are covered with rain What is the whole world coming to? Everybody knows when men can not be friends Their quarrel often ends where some have to die Let the sun shine through The windows of the world are covered with rain There must be something we can do Everybody knows whenever rain appears It's really angel tears How long must they cry? Let the sun shine through

Paid under $20 for my GE clock radio. It wakes me up fine, and gives me the traffic and weather via KYW.

Francis, as far as I know, is still doing fine and teaching jazz history at Temple University here in Philly. We email each other occasionally. In case people aren't aware, he's married to Terry Gross, host of NPR's "Fresh Air". Temple has a pretty amazing jazz faculty, including Eric Alexander, Tim Warfield, Terrell Stafford, Carla Cook, Tim Green, Byron Landham, Joe Magnerelli, Dick Oatts, and John Swana.

It won't, no one makes albums like that first Dreams album any more. Dreams themselves couldn't even follow it up - "imagine My Surprise" is one of the great sophomore slumps of all-time. For that first album, they were a fascinating group who made a fascinating record. High quality ca 1969 BST/Chicago, wonderfully written and performed on side 1, and something very different and quite wonderful on side 2. And any group with the Brecker's, John Abercrombie, and Billy Cobham, all frisky, pre-fame, and in their 20's, had the potential to make some sparks.

Galper did some really firey albums with the Brecker's in tow between '76 and '78. Very different than his work with Woods and since, more than a little McCoy Tyner influence in places.

I like this one quite a bit: