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I thought I read after the release of the small group box set that Steve Lasker was working on a Mosaic box of this material (Or is it no all owned by SonyBMG?) Wow, that would be great! I've never heard about that! Where did you read this? Anyone knows more about it?

Happy Birthday, John! :party:

Yes, the Merrill/Katz sessions are among her finest! I mentioned these reissues in the Merrill corner... time to dig that stuff up again and play it!

good news: Mosaic will release three of Merrill's best albums (on two Mosaic Single discs, the first is a twofer): Mosaic Single: The Helen Merrill- Dick Katz Sessions In the mid '60s Helen Merrill and Dick Katz collaborated on two magnificent albums, "The Feeling Is Mutual" and "A Shade Of Difference", both originally issued on the Milestone label. These were the greatest example of Merrill's artistry since her collaborations with Gil Evans and Clifford Brown. The repertoire fits her like a glove and sidemen include Thad Jones, Gary Bartz, Jim Hall, Katz, Ron Carter and Elvin Jones. Both albums are on one CD for the first time. Mosaic Single: Helen Merrill - Casa Forte This 1980 album beautifully orchestrated by Merrill's husband Torrie Zito features her in a variety of settings interpreting mostly the great Brazilian songwriters (Jobim, Caymmi, Nascimento etc). The exceptional supporting cast includes Sal Nistico, Bucky Pizzarelli, George Mraz, Grady Tate and Dom Um Romao. Theser were, I think, originally on Milestone, but their last incarnations were done by Universal. Magnificient music on the first one, and the second isn't exactly bad, either!

he he, I wouldn't know what to do with a car (unless a driver was included...)

Let us know - I cut out a tiny review from a daily paper, wanted to check it out ever since (in December, I think) but haven't come around...

Ah, ok, never saw that one! I assume sound is similar as on the other of these black reissues? Some think it sucks... it never bothered me that much (I have the Dizzy, Norvo and Prez sets).

So that's a big load of new music then... have to wait till the next payday though, before I can order.

hm, just answering the second part myself... wasn't aware jazzdisco also have a hack Getz disco up: Stan Getz Quintet Stan Getz (ts) Al Haig (p) Jimmy Raney (g -1/7) Clyde Lombardi (b) Charlie Perry (d) NYC, October 25 & 26, 1948 1. C121-1 Pardon My Bop, I Dale EP 201; Dale LP 21; Spotlite [E] SPJ 140; Mainstream MDCD 722 2. C121-2 Pardon My Bop, II - 3. C121-3 Pardon My Bop, III Sittin' in with 532; Jade 702; Spotlite [E] SPJ 140 4. C122 As I Live And I Bop (Bopcycle) Sittin' in with 505; Jax 5002; Dale LP 21; Spotlite [E] SPJ 140; Mainstream MRL 364, MDCD 722 5. - As I Live And I Bop (alt. take) Mainstream MDCD 722 6. C123 Interlude In Bebop (Bopelbath) Sittin' in with 549; Jade 702; Dale EP 201; Dale LP 21; Spotlite [E] SPJ 140 7. - Interlude In Bebop Sittin' in with 505; Dale EP 200; Dale LP 21; Mainstream MRL 364, MDCD 722 8. C124 Diaper Pin (Pinhead) Sittin' in with 532; Dale EP 200; Dale LP 21; Spotlite [E] SPJ 140; Mainstream MDCD 722 9. - Diaper Pin Sittin' in with 549; Dale EP 201; Dale LP 21; Spotlite [E] SPJ 140; Mainstream MRL 364, MDCD 722 * Al Haig Meets The Master Saxes, Vol. 2 (Spotlite [E] SPJ 140) * Various Artists - Yesterday (Mainstream MRL 364) * Various Artists - A Look At Yesterday (Mainstream MDCD 722) * Stan Getz - Stan In Retrospect (Dale LP 21) * Stan Getz - Pardon My Bop c/w Interlude In Bebop (Jade 702) * Stan Getz - Bopcycle c/w Flugelbird (Jax 5002) * Stan Getz Quintet (no details) (Dale EP 201; Sittin' in with 532, 505, 549; Dale EP 200) Then Savoy: Stan Getz Octet Earl Swope (tb) Stan Getz, Zoot Sims (ts) Al Cohn (ts, arr) Duke Jordan (p) Jimmy Raney (g) Mert Oliver (b) Charlie Perry (d) NYC, May 2, 1949 S36-126 Stan Getz Along (alt. take) Savoy SJL 2210 - Stan Getz Along Savoy 966, XP 8021, MG 9004, MG 12105, SJL 1105 S36-127 Stan's Mood (alt. take) Savoy SJL 2210 - Stan's Mood Savoy 966, XP 8021, MG 9022, MG 12105, SJL 1105 S36-128 Slow (alt. take) Savoy SJL 2210 - Slow Savoy 967, XP 8020, MG 9004, MG 12105, SJL 1105 S36-129 Fast (alt. take) Savoy SJL 2210 - Fast Savoy 947, XP 8020, MG 9004, MG 12105, SJL 1105 * Various Artists - Brothers And Other Mothers (Savoy SJL 2210) * Various Artists - Lestorian Mode (Savoy MG 12105) * Stan Getz - Opus De Bop (Savoy SJL 1105) * Stan Getz Beboppers (Savoy MG 9004) * Various Artists - Birth Of The Bop, Vol. 1 (Savoy MG 9022) * Stan Getz - New Trends In Jazz, Vol. 2 (Savoy XP 8021) * Stan Getz - New Trends In Jazz, Vol. 1 (Savoy XP 8020) * Stan Getz - Stan Getz Along c/w Stan's Mood (Savoy 966) * Charlie Parker - Klaunstance c/w Stan Getz - Slow (Savoy 967) * J.J. Johnson - Audubon c/w Stan Getz - Fast (Savoy 947) Quite a mess, all of those sessions (or rather the way how they have been released... at least the Roost material was collected in a nice way!) - will have to look for that Classics disc, then, thanks!

I have the Brothers disc, but not yet the Haig... Hm, those I definitely don't have yet... was there a Savoy CD (in those Denon violet tray series, or even a later digipack one)? And what is "Sittin' In With"? I assume not the album that came out as digipack in the Universal LPR series (with Gonsalves etc)?

Am I correct in my assumption that the Play the Blues Back to Back session (and hence half of the Side by Side album) isn't included in the Mosaic? I only have those two (VMEs, glorious!) and the 3 albums on 2 CDs Verve set which has those two alternates Mosaic missed (plus a good Webster and a great Edison album).

Yes, I think that's about how it goes... I got the Berigan and Bailey when the ran low. (The O'Day was higher up, I think - but maybe that was an edition of 7500?)

my latest acquisitions, all as of yet unplayed: Jimmy Heath - The Thumper Jimmy Heath - On the Trail Jimmy Heath - Triple Threat JATP All Stars - Carnegie Hall 1949 (the set with Fats Navarro, Hawkins and Sonny Criss) Tiny Grimes - Blue Goove (w/Hawkins) Gigi Gryce - The Rat Race Blues and yesterday on sale - both Universal Yurp new pressings: Stan Getz - Quartets Stan Getz/Al Haig - Prezervation (I've had the Roost box for years and bought "Early Stan" when zweitausendeins had their ZYX/OJC sale... also have the Verve "Plays", so these two should come in handily to complete the picture of early Stan!)

a little postscript: the Dameron I have as well... and I failed to recognize it last time it was in a BFT already... but it's the one Dameron album I don't know that well yet. I love his scoring, though, those airchecks from the Royal Roost are magic - now that would be a terrific Mosaic Select! Too bad copyrights aren't just 50 years in the US... and too bad those things aren't readily around over her so some thieves could pull it all together... I managed to find three of those Rose LPs (Ult-Tadd, Ozone, whatever) and one LP from an old "Musica Jazz" magazine with a couple of additional (I think) takes, but I have no means to do good transfers... and there's duplication on those discs, they're a total mess anyway, not ordered in any way... then there's the Fantasy disc with most of the tracks with Fats Navarro in the band but no exact dates of recording given, and then there are two Jazz View boot CDs again with all the Fats material (including the short theme songs omitted on the Fantasy disc) and some more... it would be terrific to have that all compiled and sounding, say, as terrific and vivid as disc 4 of Sony's Count Basie box! And two last notes: I have most of Blue Mitchell's OJCs by now - they're a nice bunch, most of them superior to the BN albums, I think. But I'm not that familiar with them - that's why I only got Golson... And as for Heath, I've owned a Japanese edition of "The Quota" for a while now, but the others just only arrived ("The Thumper", "Triple Thread" and "On the Trail") - I'm looking forward to hearing them a lot! ("Swamp Seed" seems to be gone for good, and the big one is in the Keepnews collection, so I figured there was no need to hurry and buy it quite yet.)

Yeah, same here - I have the Webster, Terry, Jacquet, Grey and Mitchell discs... at least I did recognize Grey, but those two (to me they sort of belong together, the LPRs of Mitchell and Grey - in mood, in style, in relaxedness) are new in my collection, and the Terry hasn't been played for a looooong time. With the Jacquet, I'm indeed one who loves the two jams with Ben the most... for the jump stuff, I rather play some of the Mosaic. The Webster is good, but it never really gelled with me. At least I did recognize Bill Evans (I own practically all his recordings, but some I've only played once yet, some not at all... Fantasy and general buying frenzy to blame for that...), and also Silver, though I don't have that one... might be indeed a good Mosaic Select, to put those Silver'n albums together (would they all fit onto 3 CDs?) Oh, and now let me slab my forehead (slab is of course softer than slap, I wonder what's the problem with that? Wer'e no northern Germans who say "Appel" instead of "Apfel" and other such crazy hard things... and we don't want to get serious headaches because of too hard slaps, so we just do a softer kind of slab, you know... )

That's a baaaaaaad mofo rite there! Yes it is! But again: is this the one you (MG) mean above? I always referred to it as "Soundtrack"... Larry Goldings is on this, I think. And there's a terrific minimalist/groove bass solo on the first cut that I've always loved!

maybe here the G-ster could get an idea about chirps? parallel universes...

Maceo being this one? The only one I've owned for a loooong time (before I got into jazz at all, found this when listening to funk - Crusaders, Earth Wind & Fire, etc). The other one I have gotten sometime ago is "Roots Revisited", but I never found that one so good.

Hm, I wasn't able to dig this one yet... played bits of it now and then, but never warmed to it, really.

Interesting - I've loved "Cannonball In Europe" for a long time, he being one of the first musicians I had multiple CDs of. And "In Europe" was always a favourite, also "Nippon Soul". I only came around checking out "Jazz Workshop Revisited" in the latest Capitol/Blue Note edition, and what a letdown it was! Similar to "In New York" - both just don't ever live up to the expectations built up on the base of "In Europe" and "Nippon Soul"! There's some wild stuff on those, not just by Cannonball, but also by Lateef (his two oboe features are terrific!) and Zawinul. And the bass/drum team was of course really together by that time!

And I thought this was a thread of some board member moving from the mid west to Afghanistan or something...

And just in case you wonder: almost all of the Holman/Russo Mosaic can be found on Capitol CDs by now (someone was kind enough to provide me with photocopies of the Mosaic booklet so I could check...)

The Innovations stuff is also on the 1950 and 1951 Classics, I think (I have the Capitol 2CD set, but I remember seing the Classics in a sale a few years ago and I checked them just to be safe - should be almost identical - not sure Abeille still has their sale going on, and not sure these are still in print, but it may be a cheaper way - don't ask me about sound issues, though...)

Doesn't Ventura play bass sax on one of Dizzy's Philips dates from the early '60s? Memories from school days. Yep. 'Dizzy On The French Riviera'. A nice cameo spot for Ventura. Included on the Mosaic Dizzy set. gee, sometimes I really wish I was as old as you

So how are those Baby Grands? Are they as great, wild, freaking crazy, as the Groovin' at Smalls set? That one's still THE best ever Smith did, in my opinion! So much going on in there!