John Tapscott

Since the warehousing/shipping is now being handled by an outside firm, what Mosaic thinks is happening and what in fact, had been happening, may not be happening anymore. The people in the warehouse who probably house and ship dozens of items besides Mosaic likely just grab whatever box happens to be handy at the moment - top, middle or bottom shelf. The Turrentine box I received last spring had no number at all. Even so, it is still a great set!

Ehud Asherie - Welcome to New York (Arbors) Dmitry Baevsky - Down With It (Sharp Nine) Carl Fontana - The Fifties (Uptown) Jimmy Greene - Live at Small's (Smalls Live) Scott Hamilton/Rossano Sportiello - Midnight at Nola's (Arbors) Keith Jarrett/Charlie Haden - Jasmine (ECM) Wynton Marsalis Quintet & Richard Galliano - From Billie Holiday to Edith Piaf (WM) Grant Stewart - Around the Corner (Sharp Nine) Spike Wilner - Solo Piano Live at Small's (Smalls Live) Gerald Wilson - Detroit (Mack Avenue) Phil Woods Quintet - Ballads and Blues (Venus) * footnoting 2 excellent recordings on the Woodville label from England which were released in 2008 but which I only heard in '10 - Simon Spillett - Sienna Red; Alan Barnes Octet - Harlem Airshaft.

"L'Homme a la Moto" from The Wynton Marsalis Quintet & Richard Galliano - "From Billie Holiday to Edith Piaf" Yeah, yeah, I know it's Wynton, but this is a very exciting track with some fiery exchanges and interplay between WM and accordianist Galliano who is a really amazing player, whom you can see in action on the accompnaying DVD.

I don't keep exact count, but I would guess 3,000-3,500 CD's; maybe 1,500 Lp's. The CD count went up this morning with the arrival of the Sonny Rollins Prestige box from Newbury Comics.

I have this Blakey DVD and I have mixed feelings about it. The video quality is significantly below most Jazz Icons DVD's; it's pretty grainy, kind of inexcusable for 1965 I would think. Yes, there is some hot playing, and it's interesting enough, but I just find the solos too long, even for players of this calibre. Freddie Hubbard blows high, hard, and long, and it is no surprise that later on he would blow out his chops. I also find it curious that Hubbard and Nathan Davis have such long solos but Jaki Byard's are relatively short. This one is good to see, but the earlier Blakey Jazz Icons DVD (Morgan, Golson, Timmons, Meritt) is much better, IMHO. OTOH the Art Farmer w Jim Hall DVD mentioned above is an absolute joy, one of the highlights of the Jazz Icons series, IMO.

The link at the bottom doesn't work (at least for me) so I searched under Jim Galloway and ordered one. http://www.jimgalloway.ca/ I'm sure it will be very good. These guys (Ted and Jim) would not put out anything that is less than top drawer, musically and otherwise.

Thanks. Looks very interesting. What I hear on the site sounds good, too. I do find the site a little cluttered, and no clear indication as to whether the CD is available now and if not, when it will be, and how one might obtain it. Could you let us know when it is released? Otherwise, I will likely forget about it, which I don't want to do.

47 black box sets (plus 2 more on CDR); 19 Selects & 7 singles

We should do an update. I see back in 2004 I had 36 sets, including 1 Select. Probably twice that now, especially since I've bulked up on Selects. But definitely some more black boxes, too.

at home - Art Farmer/Benny Golson Jazztet at work - Dizzy Reece Mosaic Select

Yes, I heard him in Toronto a number of years ago, at the old Bourbon Street club, backed by a local Toronto rhythm section. It was a most enjoyable show. A friend and I arrived early and had the front seat. As James was getting set up, one of us asked him if he could play "Anthropology". We had heard it on one of his recent Muse LPs. He said "No problem", and made the usual jazz musician's joke, "Oh, I finally found the person who bought the album." We figured he'd play the tune somewhere down the set. Instead he picked up the alto, turned to the rhythm section, called "Anthropology" and kicked off a rapid tempo. Now the drummer on the gig was Claude Ranger who always played with a cigarette dangling from his lips and a beer at easy reach. Well, neither of those were in place as James started and it was rather humorous to watch Claude keep the tempo with with hand while trying to sort out these necessities. James was burning through his choruses oblivious to what was going on behind him. At last it all came together (sort of), but as far as we could tell Claude never said a word to James the rest of the night. R.I.P James Moody - giver of jazz joy.

I don't see it. Was it a used set? Brand New from Newbury Comics. Now $29.99--still a terrific deal. Agreed! Ordered! Thanks!!! Me too. Thanks. Now hoping for a similar deal on some Bill Evans boxes. Hey, I'm not greedy!

I have several Montoliu Steeplechase LP's plus his Concord CD called "A Spanish Treasure." One of my favorites is Tete's 2 LP "Boston Concert" (solo piano) on Steeplechase. Don't know whether it's on CD. But it is recommended (at least by me!)

Steven D. Harris' book "The Kenton Kronicles" says that this clip comes from a TV program called "Sounds of the Sixties" from March 20, 1962; broadcast March 22, 1962. Personnel info. is sketchy , but the tenor soloists who recorded with Kenton in Dec. '61 were Sam Donahue and Buddy Arnold. It's defintely not Donahue, therefore I believe it to be Buddy Arnold. But I am still awaiting confirmation from Kenton personnel experts.

Saskatchewan - 65 points (high but this is the CFL after all, shoot-outs are not uncommon).

I am very sorry for your loss. May you and your family be blessed by comfort and peace.

Happy Birthday, Don!!

I have never heard Joe Henderson to be such a "predictable" player as Allen implies. In fact, one of the things I like about Joe is the sense of unpredictability in his playing - Joe never goes over the edge, but you never quite know where he's going next. I do enjoy Joe's Blue Notes (including the "excellent IMO "State of the Tenor") and early Milestone recordings more than his later Verves. But hey what do I know - I prefer early Lee Konitz to Dave Schildkraut(them's fighting words!)

Joe Henderson - The Milestone Years - great stuff on the first four discs; the last 4, not so much, but they have their moments.

For years I subscribed, but then quit and bought it from the newsstand for years. So a couple of years ago I subscribed again to Coda, because it was becoming hard to find even in the large magazine racks. I received a few issues, but nothing for a year now, I would say....so technically they owe me a few issues, but of course that's not going to happen. Seeing Coda go down would have been very hard on John Norris, I'm sure.

http://www.uptownrecords.net/home/ The Carl Fontana is a good disc.

Chuck used to have the Uptown recordings, but my understanding is not any more. At least that's what he told me a few months ago when I asked about buying a couple from him along with a Nessa disc. So I doubt if he has any Reservoir CDs (correct me please if I'm wrong, Chuck) . Best place to get them is directly at their website http://www.reservoirmusic.com/

Have a great day GA!!

John I think you might have heard Joe say that to me, in an interview on my show years ago. Just to add to the "mad" -- the band had already been paid for the session weeks before, and had spent the bread. You're right, Ted, I got it from your program (which is why we miss it so much!) But I'd honestly forgotten that it came from your Joe Williams interview. I thought you may have said it in introducing a record.

Yes! to all the above comments. Great clip. The Basie band playing "mad". They were always at their best when they did that. (The reference comes from the time the band and Joe Williams remade some of their famous Verve sides for Roulette. Apparently the studio call was for 9AM, and everyone was really ticked off at the early hour. So they played "mad" and got great takes).