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From Paul Tingen's site miles-beyond.com: "The On The Corner boxed set appears on schedule for a release in the fall of this year."

They could get Kenny G to do overdubs on some of the Mosaic favourites a la his "It's a Wonderful World" fiasco. Early contenders would be The Four Freshmen, the Bix or the Andrew Hill.

Well, Wynton Marsalis obviously. And Chewy.

Black Fire .

I've often wondered about that. Played blindfolded, you would think it was the saxophonist's gig. But Lee has some great lengthy solos on Disc 1 of the Fresh Sound "Lighthouse" recorded shortly before the Blue Note Lighthouse.

I can't wait for this show to tank and see Cowell, Adbul and company selling steak knives on infomercials in order to keep in the spotlight.

There ain't no justice in them Andorran hills.

Lonehill is crass. Avoid the Aylers, anything that says “Complete” and, for truth in advertising purposes, the Dolphy/Lalo Schifrin billing that doesn’t even feature Lalo Schifrin. Caveat emptor. There’s a lot of great Fresh Sound. I’m not sure about the provenance of some of their stuff, but the reissues are done with a certain amount of care. I recommend the Lee Morgans, the Al Haig reissues, Lucky Thompson, etc. Fresh Sound’s Lou Blackburn has been superseded by Blue Note’s resuscitation.

If you are referring to the duo disc on Rastascan, it's a good one. There aren't a lot of Braxton duo discs with percussionists out there. Still, I could name you 50 other Braxton discs I'd snap up first. By the way, Robair is releasing a DVD-A of Braxton recordings with a similar line-up to the 4-CD box.

Because the Parker/Gillespie CD is a new issue and the Mingus was a painstakingly assembled labour of love that some git from the hills of Andorra turned around and pirated without having to do any legwork.

If I'm catering to knowledgeable jazz fans, selling incomplete needle drops wouldn't be a profitable choice in the long run.

Great point! Afro-Blue-->Spanish Lady-->In Memory of Elizabeth Reed (really). I was thinking more "Whipping Post," but "Elizabeth Reed" is another good example. Duane Allman was an admirer of Coltrane.

I think there's at least two with Chico's band and Martin Milner pretending to play guitar. One of them is fairly long scene. Chico may even have a small speaking part, if I recall correctly. Great film with some great lines: "The cat's in the bag and the bag's in the river."

While it’s not earth-shattering from a jazz perspective, it’s more important as a precursor of the hippie rock jams later in the decade. To me, “Spanish Key” sounds like a missing link between early-1960s Coltrane and the Allman Brothers Band. It’s an album that has much broader appeal than just jazz listeners. The quintet regrouped for a reunion set that was released in 1996.

These are cheap in the states. I had all of them at one point but had to make room, figuring it wouldn't be hard to buy them back. It isn't. If it's vinyl you want, I'll keep my eyes out. CHEAP?? Difficult to find! I suggest you buy (if you can) at least half a dozen CDs of Creative Orchestra Music, Five Pieces 1975, and Montreux/Berlin. Several of us here would buy them from you immediately. Sadly (and shockingly), Five Pieces isn't on CD. A batch of Creative Orchestra Musics and the 3/4s of Montreux/Berlin CD reissue showed up on eBay a couple of years ago at less than $20! I managed to snap up a Creative Orchestra Music, but the live date was gone in seconds.

The CD reissue of Montreux/Berlin omits one track. $15 is a very good price. The CD has been known to go for more than quadruple that. Creative Orchestra Music is the only other original Arista to wind up on CD. The albums frequently pop up on eBay, often at reasonable prices. Avoid rip-off asking prices; these LPs aren't that scarce. The Arista LPs have circulated as part of a tree in the past; it's about time they were given a proper release.

I remember Ron on CBC. He was great. They even used him at the 1988 Olympics. I hope he does return to the broadcast booth.

That's an AACM dream team. How come no Joseph Jarman?

According to the Braxton group on Yahoo, the duo will happen “probably next Spring in Bologna or next Summer in London.” Not sure if that means 2007 or 2008. Braxton has long been a Cecil Taylor fan and Taylor has described Braxton as an important artist in interviews. I wonder if the seed was planted following Braxton’s duo recordings with Andrew Cyrille. Apparently, Braxton will be playing in trios with William Parker and Hamid Drake and Parker and Milford Graves in Italy this March.

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The Taylor/Braxton duo is listed by a booking agency as a potential act. http://www.exb.it/inglese/framez/touring_set.htm I hope some festival takes them up on the offer.

Media baron David Asper is reportedly an interested buyer. When he was on the board of directors two years ago, he went apeshit on the team. He's certainly more passionate and knowledgable about football than newspapers.

I still remember the Kansas City Scouts—awful team, awful uniform. But the Canucks' Oh Henry uniforms were worse. I can't see Kansas City being a great NHL market.

My first LP box set was one of the George Harrison triple-LPs, probably The Concert for Bangladesh. First CD box set was Ornette Coleman's Beauty is a Rare Thing. First Mosaic: Jimmy Giuffre.

Pharoah was playing a bit of piccolo around this time. There is also some uncredited piccolo appearing on Live in Japan at times.