John Tapscott

I'm in the midst of working my way through (and enjoying) 3 Mosaics at the moment: Maynard Ferguson Joe Pass Sonny Stitt

Dang it! Entries from Canada not accepted.

Yes, I will second that. I haven't always agreed with some of Scott's reviews and raised the whole issue of his approach to reviewing on the thread I deleted. BUT, and this is a compliment and I hope Scott takes it as such, I think this is where Scott's strength lies - in directing newer listeners and people with a more superficial interest in jazz towards exploring jazz more-in-depth. When it comes to recommending the classics to such people it seems to me Scott does a very good job. I think that some of the critcism comes because the grizzled jazz veterans that hang out on Boards such as this are looking for a little more depth than is often found in Scott's reviews. But for his target audience (which is really not us), he does a good job.

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Yes, in a way it was a mistake for me to delete that thread, but I did it because Jim was uncomfortable with it. I think we need to respect Jim's feelings on the matter. I am a bit surprised by the the amount of power a critic seems to have. It's only when we can "criticize the critics" that their power is kept in check. BTW, Scott's email to Allen, private or not, was hardly said in jest. It was a sarcastic little missive, designed to provoke a reaction. Perhaps the thread needs to be deleted for that reason alone.

Maybe Allen ought to delete the thread, just as I did with the one I started re Scott's website. Can't we all just get along???

I say this as someone who hestitated over the Elvin set, but who has become a true believer and one of its biggest boosters. I cannot speak highly enough about the WHOLE set. The dates with Farrell are excellent, but so is 98% of the rest. It is the one Mosaic set I own which greatly EXCEEDED my expectations. And there is something about putting all the sessions together in one set which makes each indivdual session shine more brightly.

Happy Birthday! Have a great day!

Happy Birthday Dan, and all the best!

Maynard Ferguson - Complete Roulette Disc 1 - listening my way through all 10 CD's.

Yeah, that was a bad call. I think the only reason it was called was because the defender slipped and fell down.

Yes! Mine too. MF Horn 4 & 5 is a recording that should have been out on CD a long time ago. It is very good, IMHO.

This is the only Breau I have on disc, but I love and highly recommend this 2 CD set:

Couldn't have said it better myself!!!

Ray Nance. Allegedly Duke fired Nance due to unreliability. Gonsalves remained! Thanks. I should have known that was Nance, but it was stuck in my mind that he had left the band by '65. I believe that another reason Nance was let go was because he couldn't get along with Cootie Williams who had rejoined the band in the early '60's. I remember reading or hearing about a major blow-up the two of them had on stage on one of the Asian or Middle Eastern tours. One of them had to go and it wound up being Nance.

Oh my god, Paul Gonsalves is sleeping throughout the entire tune!! That's why Jimmy Hamilton after taking his clarinet solo also has to take the tenor solo... Now that is hilarious. It's really bizarre at the beginning of the drum solo where you can see Gonslaves with the tenor in his mouth and totally out of it - as still as a corpse. Man, it's no wonder Ellington's was the only band Paul could play in. No one else would put up with a minute of this. BTW, who is the trumpet (cornet) soloist? I should know who it is, but can't quite place him. Herbie Jones?

After I digest tyhe Stitt and Pass sets my next black and white sets in order (but probably not until '08): Jazztet Oliver Nelson After that : Dizzy or maybe the Hodges first if it goes to running low. Of course, I will probably be "throwing in" some Singles or Selects with these.

This week and weekend - Kid Ory. Too bad only about 1,000 of these were sold before it went out of print. I don't listen to this kind of jazz all that often, but this is a fun set!

Great choice. Can't wait to get these out.

Just ordered the Stitt and the Pass sets. No more Mosaics for me until '08.

Fabulous recording. The whole thing makes up the last two CD's of the Elvin Jones Mosaic set. Mainly tenor, yes. Exclusively, I can't recall, and don't have the set here in front of me. Liebman is superb, too. A great example of two tenors utilizing the lessons and vocabulary of 'Trane in a very positive way, five years after his death, and after the dust had settled down, so to speak.

IMO, too. My favorite CD of the whole set is # 7, the session with Victor Feldman.

Well, I wasn't going to order mine until the very end of the month. MG Me too. I imagine Mosaic will be having a busy day on August 31. I may buy the Pass, as well.

Thanks for posting this. I found it and just finished listening to the hour long segment. Very good and enjoyable music. All new to me.

According to the Mosaic website, the Stitt is now back ordered and will be shipped in 2-3 weeks. Guess Mosaic met their goal of freeing up some shelf space (at least as far as the Stitt is concerned).