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Here's the discography, saved straight from the Mosaic website back in the day: The main beef, for me, have always been the magnificien live recordings! (And thus I didn't quite get the picks that BN made when they still did do some CD reissues...)

Also, if anyone finds this re-issue of EXPRESSION has the "Number One" bonus track please let us know. That one track would be my motivation to buy this re-issue. You might know that, but anyway: There's no "Number One" on the version that's part of "The Impulse Albums: Volume Four" box. (Why am I saying this? Because I don't think the "new" single versions will be any different... and no, I'm not saying they might fix mistakes with an MP3... oops, I did it again )

Irene Aebi was apparently the one who was confused about the rights to School Days and offered them to Emanem. She always sounded confused to me

Two discs in (I wonder why the earliest album is grouped as #2?), it sounds like my ears will need several listens to get attuned to this... synths, electric bass, lots of flute... not that anything about it is bad, not at all, but the overall sound isn't what I usually prefer.

Just found and read your piece - very nice! Here's another one: http://www.chicagojazz.com/magazine/jodie-christian-supporting-role-637.html

indeed-a-rooney! the PDF gives the info quoted on AAJ, but here it is again: RELEASE DATE 5TH MARCH 2012 Label: Cadillac Records File Under: Jazz Catalogue No: SGCD010/011 Barcode: 5020675971226 Format: 2 CD Packaging: digipack Mike Osborne - alto saxophone Harry Miller - bass Tony Levin - drums The Birmingham Jazz Concert Mike Osborne Trio A LIVE DOUBLE ALBUM BY ONE OF THE FINEST TALENTS OF BRITISH JAZZ - RELEASED HERE FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME Osborne’s is the great ‘what-might-have-been’ story of the UK scene – a brilliant and tempestuous player who blazed through the 60s and 70s in the Westbrook band, in Brotherhood of Breath, in S.O.S. with Alan Skidmore and John Surman, in Kenny Wheeler’s Big Band and in multiple other line-ups; as well as on a small number of his own recordings. Yet his voice was silenced by illness in 1982 and he was never able to perform again until his death in 2007. So any new material is welcomed with open arms by the ever-growing audience for what is now rightfully acknowledged as a particularly fecund time and place for jazz. This 2CD live set is eagerly and gratefully received. From the sleeve notes - Founder George West reminisces thus: I founded Birmingham Jazz in 1976 with the help of six other enthusiasts; we each put £25 on my dining room table and said we would promote some concerts for as long as the money held out. Birmingham Jazz has promoted live jazz ever since – a remarkable achievement. Our first concert was with Barbara Thompson’s Paraphernalia; I’m not sure who were our second but Mike Osborne’s trio with Harry Miller and Tony Levin was the third, on 7 November 1976. These concerts took place in the Warwick Suite of the Grand Hotel, Colmore Row, Birmingham that was our home base for the first five years. The musicians gave me permission to record the concert as a souvenir on my Maxwell C180 tape and Yamaha recorder, and it subsequently remained unplayed in my files until unearthed in 2009; amazingly the tape had not deteriorated in any way and gives a very high quality documentation of an outstanding evening’s music making. As there had been no announcements of tune titles, several have proved slightly controversial despite being auditioned by a number of musicians who had known and played with Mike over the years he was active. But what is unquestioned is the creative quality of the Trio’s performance.

Oh shit, that's sad. Very much an unsung hero. r.i.p.

Got "The Music I Like to Play Vol. 4: Let's Call This" by Tete Montoliu on Soul Note... and on the tray, it says "Tete Montoliu - Soul Eyes" The Waldron tune is part of the CD, but still...

And Francy Boland made better use of these guys, in general... the CBBB is when jazz REALLY started kicking in Cologne!

Does Red Mitchell really have one big front tooth?

Got my replacement and all four of the new ones today!

Got that one... not sure there's enough in the sale for me to warrant an order, really...

Shouldn't this be in "recommendations"? It will go under in misc very fast, I'm afraid... also, you kind of forgot Incus, didn't you? Got very few releases from these labels so far... Paul Rutherford's "Gentle Harm" being the most recent one - and that's a terrific disc! Definitely need to check out more!

Got hold of the VJC Carnegie Hall Concert by Ellington (Jan. 13, 1948) - fantastic! And that's the cue... "Fantazm" with Carney on bass clarinet! Wow!

guess I gotta get it again, then

one of our neighbour's late cats - she sure dug her jazz (more that she dug dogs)

Yes indeed! Was "Troppo" previously out in the impressed/re-pressed series? I remember mine having very lousy print and shabby info... Vocalion does better usually (not at home to check though.

All threads are equal, but some threads are more equal than others.

Same here.

Très intéressant!

Oh, I see - sounds weird...

Yeah! Any memories about what bothered Gilson, brownie?