Brad

Man, that's a lot of posts.

After reading the last two posts, that's all I need to know. However, I am quite jealous about the release party. That must have been something else.

Has anybody picked this up yet. It just came out this week and I was wondering if there was any feedback about it yet.

This is very strange. Amazon UK has it listed for pre-ordering but not Amazon US. I wonder if Amistad Press, the publisher, is European based. At any rate, it's something I'll want to buy.

I'm with Stefan on this. There are some good performances on there but it's not the most exciting Mosaic that you can get. As the saying goes, a little goes a long way. I'd probably hold off until they put it which I don't think will be for several years.

I figured that I'd save you some time so you can post more in the political forum

From time to time I pester Michael about putting out a Mosaic, a Select, anything. I asked again yesterday and the response I got from Mosaic is that "I believe he will be putting out some Three Sounds on Blue Note. There is nothing on the boards for next year for a Three Sounds Select. FYI - He just got approval for an Andrew Hill Select for February." Hopefully, something will come out and remind us of how good they were.

I sent an email to Mosaic regarding this numbering question and here's the answer: The numbers on Mosaic sets are sequential as the order is placed. The system assigns the next number which you may have noticed is on the invoice that is sent to you. That number is then written in the booklet at the time of packing. There can be some exceptions such as when a set is returned and that number is then recirculated back into the system. For Mosaic Selects, we get an initial delivery of the first 750 - 1000 sequential numbers. They are randomly picked. After that first pressing, the sets are picked at random.

Happy Birthday Aftab. Hope you enjoyed some Chet today.

Keep this man away from sharp objects. Works of art down the drain.

I just ordered this one. It's dangerous to read these threads.

Yes, it's time to throw in the towel (and the dollars!)

I got this and it's very good. I'm into my second listen. His rendition of Equinox is outstanding, almost Trane like without being slavish. Cherokee is my favorite of the bunch. George Cables: some very good solos here.

Shut the hell up. OK

I've never heard of this until now but it does sound like a recipe for disaster, everybody heading off in the completely opposite direction. Must have been something else for those who were there.

Enjoy those Mosaics. That's what birthdays and holidays are for

A classic indeed. Not a bet I'd like to make.

You don't have this yet? Man, you gotta get it NOW!

I think number one only goes to the artist.

Regardless of legality, I've heard the sound on the Beehive is pretty damn awful so you might want to avoid that anyway. Regarding Dex, the Carl Perkins is hard to come by if you want to stay legit. Keeping an eye on ebay is probably the best way.

I think with Dave on this one. There doesn't appear to be any rhyme or reason how they allot numbers. However, Wesbed's post does make sense because why would you start in the middle, or even if you started out with 1, 2, 3, etc., why would you assign a higher number if in fact you're not at that number?

I've never tried this but have been thinking about it. How difficult is this to do? CD burning is fairly effortless but this seems more of a challenge.

This may be a little unfair but wasn't that the difference between Blue Note and a lot of other labels, that Alfred had his musicians prepared while others weren't as prepared. I know that Chris doesn't agree with this and since he was there, he's probably right. But that's the perception today (or the myth).

Further to Bill's point, Sonny was planning just to record the old hackneyed standards that he'd recorded before and Alfred flipped out. As Dan Morgenstern said in his excellent Mosaic-like notes for the Dex box, "Sonny Stitt's approach to making records was diamterically opposed to that of Alfred Lion and Blue Note."

Do you have the Dex box. It's got the full details there. If not, I can try to post it tonight when I got home.