Eric

$100, First Class mail included to US. CDs, box, booklet are NM-. PayPal please. Edit: *** GONE ***

Stuff on small labels, probably never to be re-issued - that is kind of OK in my book. I will buy it from these guys, but if it ever comes out legit, I will buy it again. However, it seems they are way over the line, now disregarding even the European copyright laws. The Harold Land/Carmell Jones lp on Atlantic. Even they say it is from 1962. Plus Koch just re-did that a few years ago. Their rip-offs of Mosaic and now even the Selects is just disgusting.

Congrats - I could not make it, but will look for these in the future. It sounded like an interesting group. Too bad about the weather, but I think it is great that you took this from concept to reality!!!

Tom, I am going to try and make it, but regardless, congratulations!!! Very cool!!! Eric

I like the Hicks, Jones and Cowell.

Sorry, it is the Curtis Fuller Mosaic!

I tend to agree and I live here. Based upon the most recent minor league team we had, there appear to be ~ 5,000 "core" hockey fans in town. There is really no "buzz" about hockey here -- it would take an incredibly sustained marketing effort to make it work. Even then, there is big competition with college basketball in this area. BUT, Raleigh has the exact same predicament and they seem to pack them in (having a great team helps). Plus there are a lot of Yankees in Raleigh that grew up with the sport in the Northeast. Should be interesting to see what happens.

Yes, this one should be interesting. How infrequent is it that NONE of this material has been out on CD? I've got all the lps except for the one issued in Japan only. Some of the material is quite good - up there with his late 60s stuff. There really isn't any bad material, although some of the weaker stuff is too tame for my taste. I am especially looking forward to the sonic improvement - BN lps of this era seemed to sound lousy ...

WOW!!!!!!!!

My first Mosaic and my first box!

They are my amazon seller of choice, particularly for OJCs. They give shipping confirms and ship very quickly.

Same goes for the Montgomerys.

Yeah, but it's still fun as hell, especially when you've got youngins.

I listen to music every day, although often I am doing something else. I tend to listen to rock in the am (getting ready for work, driving in) and jazz in the evening (cooking dinner, reading before bed, etc.). As for which artist, I tend to go in "subgenre spurts". I may be into the organ thing for 2-3 months, then I move on to more avant garde stuff and then maybe some 70s fusion-y stuff. I have wondered if there is any linkage between subgenre and my overall mood, stress level, etc. So far, no discernable connections! I will sometimes "go exclusive" to either rock of jazz, but usually I am listening to both over the course of a few days. I really do apreciate the size and diversity of my jazz colection - there is always something perfect to listen to. This board definitely is a stimulant for particular artists. Case in point - recently there were some lukewarm comments about Freddie Hubbard's Blue Note records. I happen to love most of this work, but haven't listened to it hard core in maybe 15 years. So I have been pulling them out over the past few weeks and it has been a blast to reconnect with these old "friends"

There are five Frank Wolff photos on the Mosaic site: http://www.mosaicrecords.com/photosearch.asp

Not sure if this is hard bop, but I liked just about everything from the Akiyoshi/Tabackin big band. Insight is a personal favorite. Clifford Jordan has a pretty cool date on Mapleshade. Much better than the one on Milestone. I also like the Joe Henderson record on Verve.

In your opinion, in general terms, how do they help?

Pulled this one at the last second ... great record!

Andrew Hill - Black Fire Art Blakey - Witch Doctor Joe Henderson - Our Thing Tina Brooks - Minor Move Grant Green - Born To Be Blue Hank Mobley - No Room For Squares Big John Patton - Let 'Em Roll Jimmy Smith - Back At The Chicken Shack Larry Young - Contrasts Sonny Rollins - Night At The Village Vanguard Very hard to just pick ten ...

I happen to love Freddie Hubbard's BN dates (well, except for the live one). I think they are more interesting artistic statements than most of the stuff that Morgan or Mobley put out. Donald Byrd made quite a few good records on BN ... personally he doesn't do much for me as a trumpeter.

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Interesting to see Mark Elf on guitar. Kinda surpising that he only plays on 3 cuts. Based on the line up, this would seem to have some promise.

Ditto, except Kansas.

Awesome!! Thanks!

The rainbows came out just as I was getting into jazz and were often the easiest Blue Notes to find. They were/are a lot of fun - I learned a hell of a lot from the notes.