Brad

Death is all around us (as if that's some great revelation) and people will kill themselves. What's unacceptable is if they injure or kill someone in the process, like Jan. Thank god nothing like that happened.

Isn't that picture of Art but in red and black on the cover of the Savoy release?

Those Jimmy Cobb Mob cds are really quite outstanding. Peter Bernstein really shines on these.

Thanks Lon. I guess that's one box I won't be getting as I'm sure it must be way out of print and way expensive.

I think Dr. Freud and Red Menace have gotten their respective (?) tongues stuck in their collective (?) cheeks.

You're going to have to educate the ignorant here but what is this 16CD box that ubu referred to?

I listened to Atomic Basie earlier this week and was blown away again, especially Neal Hefti's arrangements. Bit by bit, they seem to be releasing what was on the Mosaic Roulette Studio.

How could that be a crime against nature. He did it with nature. Guess he made a real pig of himself

Playing and writing is very good. Worth picking up.

I can't believe this only one post about GH. Don't you have guys have any shame. This guy was GREAT!

I'm sure your kidding about burning them. That's probably unethical, not to menton illegal. But this has happened to me. I received something not what I expected and the other buyer received mine. So we simply traded and the seller send us money for shipment (with much apologies of course) and everything turned out well.

It's almost not his birthday anymore and I also don't want to steal the Fanatic's (aka Dan Gould) thunder but Happy Birthday Gene Harris. May you someday get the credit you're due.

I don't have this particular album but I could never warm up to Bunky's style, plus I have a hard time getting serious about anybody called Bunky.

Whatever happened to him or is it true that he passed away or was that just a scam?

This is a real pisser, I gotta tell ya. Nice idea but I'm inclined to say it's more country. Of course, those vibes are real nice but it's still country to me.

Now, if you tell me that Rickey recorded with Lionel Hamption, I'll be impressed

Why don't you send brownie a PM. He's a big Barney fan and lives in France. Maybe he has some suggestions.

Ejp626 deserves all the credit, not me. I just listened to the disc after he mentioned it. It seems that after the fourth track the rest of the disc is bad. Can't imagine why it would be a collector's item though. It's unlistenable. I'd underadand if it was a Moncur situation. Mine's in the garbage as soon as I get the new one.

I just called Mosaic and the distortion is bad on all Disc 7s. They've notified the manufacturer and they're going to replace them all when they get them in.

You're not the only one. The distortion is bad. At first it sounded like someone playing a tambourine. I'm going to email them right now.

Since Mosaic is no longer making lp sets (or is the Miles' sets still in LP?), these prices are just going to go up, not down.

I received this set this morning and while I have some of the sessions (5 out of 12, which will be going to ebay soon), purchasing it was an easy decision for me. I've been listening to the first couple of cds at work and this set is good it's scary. It's easily going to rank up in my top 3 favorite Mosaics, along with Hank's and Sonny's Mosaic.

Interesting - a much better price. I wonder if the packaging is identical, if the set is numbered, etc. It's probably the same thing as the Mosaic. I'm sure Verve is not putting anything out different. If you look at Mosaic, it says that it's by Universal and manufactured by Universal. Don't explain me to explain the legal niceties since I don't know them myself.

As Kevin says, it depends on the set. He mentions the Shorty Rogers set. That LP recently sold for $182. The CD set is still currently selling for $183. BTW, why not try Ebay for sales. You can factor in the paypal fees and ebay costs into your sales. On the purchase side, jazz record center in New York often has many lp sets.

Today is Charlie Parker's birthday, August 29, 1920, a blessed event if there was ever one. Bird speaks to me like nobody else. I can't really explain it but there's no one who moves me like he does. There's little I can say that countless others have so all I'll say is happy birthday and BIRD LIVES!