John Tapscott

Until recently they used to be known as Mark's Work Warehouse - mostly, as the name implies, clothes, work boots, jackets, vests etc. for workers engaged in physical, outdoor, or factory type occupations, plus they carried some casual clothing (big on jeans and sweaters and coats). They changed their name to Mark's in order to expand on the more casual side of the market though I'm not sure they've yet gone into more formal wear like suits and jackets. Just about everything else but that, I think .

Happy Birthday GA!

The McLean is a great set. Wonderful place to start. My first Mosaic order in '92 or '93 consisted of 3 sets - Basie Roulette Live; Kenton -The Holman/Russo charts & the Tina Brooks set (on vinyl). Not bad for the first order.

That is a terrific set. The Basie at Birdland stuff is simply awesome. Somebody at WBGO was clueless. But it's good it finally fell into the hands of someone who will appreciate it.

Surprised myself with this one a bit: James Carter (on alto) playing Sun Ra's beautiful ballad "Hour of Parting". Lovely performance. From: James Carter on the Set (DIW)

Yeah, I feel that way this morning. There are several LP's mentioned in the McCoy Tyner thread that I had and sold. Wish I had kept them now.

Atlantis is good and definitely worth having/hearing but it's not as good as Enlightenment (IMHO). I'm weird I guess, but I really like Fly with the Wind. Jim is right - it's a Tyner/Billy Cobham fireworks show, but it really works IMHO.

Pretty much describes it for me, too Bill. But you're a much more mature connoisseur than I am! And of course we could say this about many things in life.

It's still available from Mosaic at their regular price. A little more than this deal, but not too much more .

Have a good day, David. Happy Birthday!

One of the truly great Mosaic sets IMHO. Indispensable.

Happy Birthday, Leeway!!

in 1972, age 16 or 17

Thanks for the birthday greetings everyone!!

There may have been some others, but this one I specifically remember:

Yep, just me, I guess. I have strange ears.

I think that's the best CD of the whole set; at least it's my favorite.

Gilad Edelman is not as young as you think, perhaps. Looks young, granted. He's a law student at I believe, Yale. Such an unwise career choice - there's much more money to be made in playing straight-ahead jazz! P.S. I agree with Bill - his CD is very good.

Directly from the artist or label, if possible. Occasionally cduniverse (used to order from Words records a lot). But mostly now from amazon marketplace (which often is importcds). The amazon.ca shipping deal is really good - $3.49 Canadian per item, which given the recent hike in postal rates around the world is very good for Canadians. I find now that the general shipping rate for a single CD from almost every other retailer runs $5-10 per single item. Of course, it goes down significantly if you buy more than one (not that would ever consider such a thing).

Art Pepper - Disc 2, Track 4 "What Is This Thing Called Love?" A spontaneous, yet perfectly formed and totally satisfying solo. Masterful. Bird-like.

Happy birthday, Ken!