Brad

Obviously Chuck was right when Fantasy was sold way back when. We don't know how good we had it all those years.

I've got a feeling that at 5,000 copies this one may not be around terribly long.

It seems like it's been quite awhile, the Dizzy set being the last, since Mosaic did a full box set of anything since the 50s, i.e. hard bop or Modern Jazz, as they classify it (although that includes more than hard bop). Don't get me wrong, I look forward to picking up the Hampton and the Young boxes but just wondering and hoping there would be something coming along in the genre.

I hope the Gerald Wilson set was in a plastic sleeves. Sounds sacriligious :rsmile:

The people who dumped their stock last week must be breathing somewhat sigh of a relief. Beats $2 a share anyway.

Was just thinking the same thing the other day.

Horace Parlan. Haven't listened to in awhile. Big mistake

I'm picking up most of these but based on what I saw here not the Desmond and I'll skip the Nelson.

Just received Mosaic Singles: Jazz Piano and Drum Suite. Very cool. Will be listening to Woody Herman Select next.

I have XM. Enjoy listening to Jazz and believe it or not Wynton's educational shows. Also like having CNN on the radio as well as Baseball on XM, which is non stop baseball all year around. However, I still listen to my regulary AM/FM stations as well.

Got my vote. I don't find the AAJ as good but it beats nothin!

Any thoughts on this set? Anybody have it?

His first BN date was really good, the second ok (but not earth shattering). I have a few of this SteepleChase cds. The one with Jodie Christian is excellent.

Lon, Sorry to hear about your wife. There are really no words to say I'm sorry and hope things look up from here.

As a Giants fan, I was obviously glad they won. However, I think the streak did the Pats no good. Had they lost one during the season, they might be champs today, esp. considering how poorly they played the last month or so during the regular season; they had no business winning the Raven game, for e.g.

Any metal concert my son makes me go to. On the 22, we saw Ozzy Osbourne (not too bad), with Rob Zombie. For his birthday, I have to take him and a few friends to see Hell Yeah and Machine Head. Oh, joy

I've just started to read this and I'm a moderator on another non-jazz board, a lot smaller than this. Because this one is so big, I suggest moderators for different forums. Moderating can be very time consuming and to make it easier, several is probably best. I'm sorry Brownie is leaving, a real gentleman and a loss to this Board but I understand his reasons.

Hm. I never fully understood the claim that 3 Sounds are kept OOP. I think that at least seven BN titles have been released in USA and at least another six in Japan only. I count 13 plus a Best Of. I know that people want things to be 'in print' and 'cheap', but isn't 'still findable' and 'not costing a fortune' good enough for those who are interested (as opposed to those who just want to hoover up a cheap 'collection'? I thought the older Sounds reissues didn't sell very well - they aren't popular - and that has been the reason for dropping them. Edited after a recount! I gave up on the Three Sounds campaign awhile ago. When I visited Mosaic several years ago and talked to Michael for a few minutes, he said he was trying to find a way to get some Sounds into circulation. Too bad it never happened. Maybe he's still working on it.

I was just looking at the new Hampton set and the website IMHO is really fantastic on all the different things you can see about an upcoming set, related sets, etc. A quantum improvement over what existed.

The Jacquet Mosaic auction ends tonight.

Edited for addition of some new things

I've got a few things on Ebay, including: Illinois Jacquet Mosaic - 3 of 4 discs still sealed. Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy Louis Armstrong 1934-1936 - Classics label Stan Getz - The Brothers Frank Foster - No Count - Japan Cannonball Adderley - At the Lighthouse Mose Allison - Back Country Suite

I happen to like the Red Sox but don't consider myself a member of the Red Sox Nation. However, the 2004 season was as much baseball as I enjoyed in a long time. Much more fun, actually, than the Mets' good but ultimately disappointing 2006 season. As a Mets fan (read sufferer), Red Sox fans and Mets fans have something in common and I don't need to point out what that is I only saw the games on TV but didn't see the arrogance being discussed. Although replays showed Manny didn't get Lofton, he played the carom expertly. You couldn't do any better. The guy I love to watch on the Sox is Pedroia. He reminds of everyman, a player who is like the rest of us, making the most of his skills. What distinguishes him from the rest of us is obviously his skill but also his supreme confidence in himself. Maybe that's what separates the men from the boys. Many of us have talent but don't scratch it or have the belief that we can do so. I'll say Red Sox in 6 but they're also facing a team that doesn't know it should lose. It will be disappointing if the Red Sox lose. I'd rather see a local team (not the Yankees or Phillies of course) than some team out West win

Not sure that it matters one way or the other.

English. However, I am fluent in Spanish, having lived overseas in my youth (so sadly departed). I stil think in Spanish occasionally. It's always been my contention that when you think in a language, then you're on the way to mastering it. When I lived overseas, I would think in Spanish but for the most part I don't do that anymore. When I've been on vacation in Spain, right when I'm getting ready to leave, I can feel it coming back. It's a great feeling but bittersweet at the same time.