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4 CD box set in great condition. $40 shipped in USA or best reasonable offer or agreeble trade. PM if interested.

And a set with the Savoy Post-bop stray stuff like Valdo Williams, Charles Moffett, and Marzette Watts. Actually, I guess a lot of that was produced by Dixon, along with the Dixon/Shepp sides. I'd jump on a box like that.

And there can be some value in that. But the days of being amazed at Mosaic are long gone. Nothing ever again on their label will match the excitement of something like the original Larry Young box or Grant Green box, with wonderful music I had heard about but never actually heard. Older and wiser.

Fascinating career, and seems like a life well-lived. 83 years old. I first heard him on the Elvin Jones "Illuminations" album when I picked that up out of a cutout bin at Woolworth's as a new listener, and I was hooked on him from his two features on that.

And I probably have most of it on the various CD issues, but this may be the best way to have it all going forward. Would likely clear out a lot of shelf space. Will really have to give it some thought. This would have been awesome 20-25 years ago.

Exactly where I am except that I sold the Young Mosaic (twice!), and live without 'Heaven on Earth', but keep hoping. Really surprised the recent Japanese series didn't include it.

Wayne-less and likely compositionally challenged, for sure. I loved Vitous' and Eric Gravatt's work with the group, but it wouldn't have been Weather Report without Zawinul, it would have been something very different and likely very less, as evidenced by his work as a leader later in the decade.

Went through them. The usual suspects. And still no Larry Young "Heaven on Earth".

I do.

I find the Savoys stronger than the Blue Notes for him.

When I go to open the "Complete Nocturne" recordings thread in the "reissues" forum, I get a warning that I am going to a malware site.

Like new condition. $15 shipped in USA or best reasonable offer in cash or trade for CD's.

Which ones are you looking for at this point?

Things that are not bottomless: income, shelf space, listening time, patience/indulgence of significant others...

See my June 29 post.

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1 & 2 – Don’t know, but I’m never again going to feel self-conscious about anything I put on one of my BFT’s! 3 – Post-Mahavishnu run amuck. Dense. 4 – Pretty, but I can’t possibly identify it. 5 – As I had previously posted, Jymie Merritt’s “Nommo” from the Max Roach ‘Drums Unlimited’ album. Roach, Merritt, Freddie Hubbard, James Spaulding, Ronnie Mathews. Half a great album, I could have lived without the drum solos and the W.C. Handy revival. 6 – Nat Adderley “Sister Caroline” from ‘Branching Out’ with Johnny Griffin and the Three Sounds. Never have much liked that whole Gospel Jazz sub-genre, tend to skip over those cuts. 7 – I have to be in a certain mood for this sort of thing, often sad and/or thoughtful. Whoever it is has listened to a lot of Walt Dickerson, but it’s not Dickerson, newer. 8 – I should like this more than I do. I may well own it, but never listen to it. Assume it’s something from one of those 70’s Pharoah Sanders albums, but I can’t identify it right off. 9 – Great stuff. Elvin Jones Jazz Machine, ‘Soul Train’ album, “In A Sentimental Mood”. I’m going to guess that is Andrew White rather than Ari Brown on the tenor solo. Andy McCloud on bass, Marvin Horn on guitar. Don’t own this, wish I did! 10 – “Variations on a Theme by Erik Satie” (recognize it from the second Blood, Sweat, and Tears album). No idea who the pianist or bassist are. Lovely, for sure, but is it jazz? (which is one of my favorite questions to pose for my own BFT postings). 11 – “Round Midnight”. Great version. I hope I have this, and should probably recognize it. Will look into acquiring it (price permitting) if I don’t. I’m going to guess this is the Max Roach version (Odean Pope, Cecil Bridgewater, Calvin Hill) from ‘Chattahoochie Red’, which has never been on CD for some awful reason, and which I have never owned.

I have this one on Avid:

Track 5 is Jymie Merritt's "Nommo" from Max Roach's "Drums Unlimited" album. Freddie Hubbard, James Spaulding, Ronnie Mathews complete the lineup. Caught that on a quick runthrough, look forward to enjoying the BFT in detail. I know this tune well from it's inclusion on Lee Morgan's "Live at The Lighthouse", first jazz album I ever bought.

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I listened to the samples, and that desciption isn't far off the mark. Very easy to understand why it was never released, would have sank like a rock in 1969.