Brad

I loved Tommy's stuff so I'd give it thumbs up. Although I haven't listened to this one in a while, I dig all his stuff. It's too bad he didn't record more.

Speaking of Parcells and why he is considered a great coach, a couple of years ago Imus told a story on the air that when he was in the hospital with a collapsed lung, Parcells came to visit him and give a pep talk. Imus said that after that visit and the motivational talk he got, he could see why Parcells was a great coach. There was more to it than that but when he relayed the story on the air I found it fascinating.

Totally agree Larry. That's a very poor choice of words. If Verve will only give them certain "select" material, I hope that it's a little different than what came out on cd. However, since I think few people probably have that material that wouldn't be a bad anyway. This would just show how great this material is.

So ends one of the most unique threads I've ever had the pleasure to read. Not with a bang but a whimper. Too bad.

I say go for the bill. Without the juice, you can't live. Jazz is fun and to many our hobby but comes secondary to the basic necessities. Hopefully, Blue won't sell out before you pay the bill.

I like the Farlow box. That sounds exciting but expensive. I also share Larry Kart's concerns about the Woody Herman but we'll have to see. However, I am puzzled by the Keynote references. To issue this material as several Selects wouldn't do that material justice. This is a set that cries out for the full Mosaic treatment. I understand that it can't be done as one Mosaic but probably several Mosaics, similar to the Commodores (which were 3 boxes). If it came out this way, this will be the best Mosaic ever. This set deserves an exhaustive book written by experts. I suppose if worse comes to worse they could use the book that accompanied the LP Box.

I assume that since the article said that she is Ravi Shankar's daughter and doesn't like to talk about it, that it must be true. I thought it was amusing that the article referred to Blue Note as a boutique label. I was thinking of writing a letter to the Editor saying "Idiots! BN was one of the preeminent jazz labels of the 50s and 60s."

As an example of what Dan is talking about, if you take a look at the Hank Mobley box, Mosaic choose his entire output from the 50s for Blue Note. It's got everything in there, nothing less. Mosaic goes in for the complete approach on their full size boxes. That is how the Selects differ. They're not going for the complete approach. Plus, the booklet is just the original liner notes, unless there's an unissued session, in which case, Michael Cuscuna may write something about the session. In addition, he usually writes a brief postscript about the session.

Has your cd player been exposed to any kind of moisture or different kind of weather changes. I know with the portable players that can sometime happen.

Marcus, These are all great. I really love them, especially the Pepper Adams cd. That is just fantastic Pepper. I believe there's also a Stan Levey one that's very good. And so is the Conde Candoli. If you can get them all. BTW, there happens to be a copy of the Stan Levey cd on Ebay right now.

I guess it depends how much you love Grant. But if you do (and I do), this is a must pickup, as is all of his BN output (at least before the late 60s). Ben Dixon on drum, Ben Tucker on bass, how could you go wrong?

I have the Fresh Sounds Cd and haven't had time to compare that with the Blue Note (call me lazy or busy ). Is there anything on the Blue Note that's not on the Fresh Sounds Cd. Is the Blue Note claim "of first time anywhere" for that particular session correct?

Since I have most of these in JRVG or TOCJ, I'll probably pass. The one I don't is the Duke Pearson (which I think is a Conn; not totally sure) but it sounds fine to me so I'll probably pass on all of these.

According to Mosaic, they're receiving these today and will start shipping today also.

It's a little bit of what Jim and John said. He was a great motivator, fearless and inspired fear and loyalty in ohters. If Lombardi said it, it must be true. He, from what I remember, didn't have much respect for less than perfect execution and having said all that, he was loved by his players. I don't know if you remember that photo of Jerry Kramer looking up at him as they carried him off the field after one of his super bowl victories. That is love and respect.

Deus, happy birthday. Although, one wonders how does a deus have a birthday if he's been around since the beginning of time .

One cd which hasn't been mentioned, which I think is quite nice, although not as much a favorite for me, is Moods. It's a Japanese issue that I picked up. I can't really tell when it was recorded but since it has Jacky Terrason on it, it must be more recent than others.

I was unfamiliar with this until now but now it's on my buy list. From the column posted by Roger, I'm really looking forward to this.

As Jim notes this is out of stock again so I have followed his advise and asked for notification when they get it back in stock. I'm sorry I missed this thread earlier.

That Manne CD is not bad. Just worth getting for Richie Kamuca. Also, wasn't there another JATP cd of Gerry Mulligan that Fantasy released a couple of years ago? Here's the link to the Mulligan Cd.

I heard some of his solo playing recently on WKCR and was very impressed. Really nice.

There's a few more that have just come out in Japan. See the attached thread, although a couple were cancelled, like the Herbie Harper.

Or maybe he just needed a title for a song and figured it'd be a catchy phrase

I received a response from Michael. Nothing imminent. He's still trying to figure out what to do. I certainly wouldn't look for this anytime soon.

I know my copy of Blowin' in from Chicago was white. Maybe they were trying to replicate the TOCJ series, which are in white. Frankly, I like the white myself. It stands out from the normal grey/black. But maybe it was cheaper to go with the grey/black.