Brad

Mark, Nice photos, as usual!

You should never respond to a thread without READING it. Why, that never stopped anyone before

C'mon give us those treasures you're hoarding. I know you've got 'em

According to AMG, there's a couple of other Musicraft cds but I haven't checked the discography of those.

There are 6 Musicraft Sextet and 9 Musicraft Orchestra tracks in the Savoy box. I assume they're some or all of the ones on the Musicraft CD you're talking about. I checked and everything that's on Musicraft is on Odyssey, which is a great 3 cd set.

The cd that Brownie is really excellent, one of the better pickups that I've made. There is also Dizzy Gillespie and his Sextets & Orchestra on Musicraft (MVSCD-53) but I think it's long out of print. I'm not that wild about the RCA set. What I much prefer in its place is Afro, released as part of the Verve LPR series. That one should be definitely around.

I'm over 50 and love Al Haig as do many of us here so we know what you're talking about

The new April list looks quite nice. On my list will be the Pepper, Adderley, Monk and Lateef. The rest I already own

Tal Farlow Verve sessions. Awesome!

I don't think the review is badly written but what disturbs me is that it's clearly written for a non-jazz audience and the insertion of that paragraph about what happened after 1959 is an attempt to prejudice an unenlightened reader. That is clearly pathetic and does a disservice to everybody, especially the would be jazz fan.

How about "I didn't know Wynton played piano also."

Just finished reading John Le Carre's Absolute Friends. A weird sort of espionage tale going from the 60s to the present time.

I don't have the problem but my wife does and it drives me friggin' nuts. She has clothes in four different rooms in the house. I can't tell you how many arguments we've had over it. My son is a slob too. It's a constant battle. She's always buying household supplies because they're on sale. It's fuckin ridiculous. I'm a neatnik, always have been. My desk at work is neat. It couldn't be any other way. Don't get me goin' on this subject

Further to Chuck's post, people when they acquire or divest a business say things are not going to change, we're trying to make it better, etc. That usually is correct as far as present intention goes. But when the new buyers actually run a company things do change. Otherwise, why would they buy a business. It's to make money and a lot of times buyers don't really comprehend how the business is run until they run it themselves for a few months. Then things change. It's just the way it is.

I've also seen a bunch of OJCs going cheap lately, $8.50, which is a good price. Doesn't that all direct site have them for that price?

It's more of a question of marshalling resources. If Mosaic comes out with something I really like such as when they came out with the Jazztet or Sonny Stitt, I'm on the preorder list. What I have of this set doesn't blow me away. I may get it eventually but I will probably put the Classic Capitol Jazz set on my wish list before this set. As mentioned, I also have to factor in what they're putting out in the next few months. If the potential of this set blew me away, I'd probably saw screw it, but that's not happening this time.

In looking at this set I have a couple of observations, one discographical. I have a cd by Kenny Burrell called Moten Swing: Columbia Records Instrumental Recordings 1961-1962, put out by Euphoria and this cd is referred to in the Mosaic discography. This cd has 18 songs, including Moten Swing. 5 of these are alternates. However, when I look at the Mosaic discography, only 8 of these songs (including 2 alternates) are included. This includes Moten Swing. I'm curious why. Did Euphoria not have rights to these and who is Euphoria anyway. Now Euphoria is mentioned in the Mosaic discography which I'm sure Mosaic wouldn't use if Columbia disapproved. Secondly, I have the Kenny Burrell cd as well as the Illinois Jacquet cd. The Burrell is nice but not outstanding. I listened to the Jacquet cd yesterday and it's all right. It's got its moments and I'm glad I have it. But based on just these two cds, I'm not sure it merits plunking down a healthy chunk of change at this time, esp. with what Mosaic has coming out in the next couple of months: Art Pepper, Andrew Hill and Count Basie.

Here's another question. I have an ipod and my son wants an ipod mini for his birthday. Will two ipods work on 1 computer and would I have to load the software for the mini onto the computer. Wouldn't having 2 ipods on 1 computer confuse things?

The use of the accordion reminds me of the use of the harpsichord on Artie Shaw's Grammercy Five disc. Strange but interesting.

The bottom one (which is what we're talking about) looks fake but the others are scary enough.

That won't wash since that would mean we're all nuts.

I guess the deafening silence answers the question. Guilty as charged, mon capitain.

--- entirely possible, but i've known this date with benny golson for so long that it's hard to tell. allow me to return the favor by humbly presenting lem's beat. , -e- Favor reciprocated . I just ordered it so hopefully I'll have it in a few days.

Mosaic Tal Farlow.

Sal, It's too bad it's not available for less than $35. I'd love to hear it.