Brad

I used to read his stuff on his Substack page and Twitter but stopped doing so, I found him tiring.

I have all or almost all of these. Just can’t see purchasing this set, plus he’s not my favorite trumpet player. 😂

My late boss who was a big jazz fan used to say that I only listened to the “dead guys” and by and large he was right. I don’t really listen to the current BN artists save maybe for Charlap. Does that bother me? Nope. Happy where I am. As a matter of fact don’t listen to a whole lot of BN anymore. As you said it’s not really a label it’s a brand.

Lucky you.

We’re hip to it so that’s all that matters.

Listened to this recently. Such beautiful playing. Makes me regret not buying the Mosaic.

Haven’t listened to this yet but might be interesting. With Times’ Jazz writer Giovanni Russonello and Nate Chinen. Where is Jazz Most at Home

Two of ours.

I sold a CD to someone in Puerto Rico. The Post Office delivered it in record time, unfortunately not to the buyer. The PO apologized but I had to give the buyer a refund. The cd has yet to re-surface.

Any thoughts?

I thought there was one that was contentious but couldn’t find it.

Since this thread stopped getting posts, the EU has extended copyright to 70 years in 2011. This means that everything Blue Sounds (Fresh Sound, Lone Hill, Blue Moon, etc.) is selling that was recorded after 1952 is in violation of EU copyright law. That's the facts. I seem to recall that there was another discussion about the Keynote box they reissued but can’t seem to find the discussion.

I’m about halfway through it and I can’t say that I do. It’s his attempt to do something different, to explore the dissatisfaction with bourgeois, ho hum middle class life and explore life with a rabelasian bohemian acquaintance; walk on the wild side, so to speak. The book, so far, seems aimless but I’m going on a trip so I will see if I can finish it.

You’re not equating Parlan with The Three Sounds are you? The sounds (no pun intended) are different.

I saw the series before I read Tinker Tailor. It was what got me interested in reading Tinker, Tailor as well as his other books.

A look at Paris in the 1920s, the writing of The Sun Also Rises and the actual people who made up the novel, most of whom remained unhappy to the day they died with the way they were portrayed in the novel. Fascinating book.

I thought Silverview was pretty good. Perhaps not among his best but still good nonetheless.

Several of his books are considered the Smiley books in that they include George Smiley. There are the two I first mentioned. The others are Call for the Dead A Murder of Quality The Looking Glass War (one of LeCarre’s best) The Secret Pilgrim and The Karla Trilogy — Tinker Tailor, The Honorable Schoolboy, and Smiley’s People. If you should decide to watch Tinker, Tailor, do not watch the movie but the six part series with Alec Guinness. It and Smiley’s People are available on YouTube.

No, in the story, Alec Leamas’s son is suing the government over the death of his father and the government calls in a now retired Peter Guillam to find out what happened. Smiley makes an appearance. In addition, the spy world is never closed or ended. Even though the Cold War is over, it still continues. See Agent Running in the Field and his last book, published posthumously, Silverview.

After you read that, you might want to try A Legacy of Spies. It’s a follow to The Spy Who Came in From the Cold.