Brad

Congratulations Johnny E and welcome to member 1005, Milo!

This strikes me as a song that's very hard to mess up. I have heard countless versions and all beautifully haunting. My favorite is, of course, Bird's, with Don Byas' a close second.

I'm not sure dubious is the right word. They were originally issued by BN for a limited purpose. When they started showing up on the Fresh Sounds website and elsewhere, that went beyond the intended purpose.

Apparently too many people went on the grass and look at the results.

I'm an in house corporate attorney who tries to keep sane by listening to jazz.

Jim, Had no idea Eddie would sell them directly. That's great because I'm sure there must be more out there than the 3 I have. Do you know his address (I'm guessing it's something like eddiehiggins.com).

In former lives I've been a Movie Usher - Saw the Graduate about 60 times. Still can't watch it today. Short Order cook - Shoney's Big Boy in Nashville Grade Change Clerk at a university Court Reporter - got to travel a lot

You're going back to number 4?

Hiroshi doesn't charge $30 for a mini lp. That's why we generally order from him. Also, as a loyal customer, he will go out of his way to find some things that are generally OOP. I don't normally buy that many Venuses but if I'm putting in an order for other material, I might add in a Venus. However, a lot of the Venuses I've purchased I found locally for $20. The guy just happened to have them.

yes, definitely a big

I don't know how many called in vs. internet but I believe if you called in, you were to do it by credit card which is how I did it. The overall debt is apparently $700,000 so they will have to do this again unless maybe they're getting some matiching funds from somewhere else.

I'm partial to the Eddie Higgins cds. I don't have a lot of the others but the EH's are quite nice. I have the most recent Harold Mabern. It's ok but not as good as the EH's.

I haven't taken the plunge on this one yet but your rec. is all that I need!

Since we're into mentioning a bunch of labels, how about Xanadu? They put out some great stuff some of it still not in cd. I was listening to the Frank Butler lp this morning and while not a great date by any means it's a very nice and it would be nice to see this on cd.

Doubly correct. I missed this one but without the book, forget it. That's what a Mosaic, a Mosaic. I'd rather pay for the whole thing.

What the hell, as Ernie Banks might have said, let's get two!

Folks, there is only a couple of days before WCKR may be pulled off the air. If you can please pledge. The number is 212-851-2699 and the website is WKCR. Sorry to be repetitious about this, but this is very important to the future of jazz.

I think his thread got trashed because the music from both labels has been great. There have been some threads about why BN was better but Chris who worked for Prestige has thrown water on it. There was great music coming out from everywhere and I probably have almost as much of the Fantasy labels (Prestige, Riverside, Contemporary, New Jazz) as I do of Blue Note.

Well, this will be the first time that I listen to them so it could be awhole another galaxy!

Don't think we need it. Next thing people will look for hard bop, swing, bop, traditional, etc.

I've already got Queen of the Organ and Crazy Baby so that reduces my output right there

Open House Plain Talk. However, I don't agree that he never made a bad record for BN. I can't stomach the Smalls Paradise records. I've listened several times but don't care for 'em.

My first Mosaic purchase was in the late 90s, the Mobley set, still one of my favorites.

Yes, unless it's due to death or banning, I don't see how you can do it.

I believe it has but awhile ago. See this thread for some discussion.