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I was working at my computer recently when something on the radio really caught my attention...enough that I got up to take a look at what was playing (it's a satellite setup so the display gives the information). Anyway, it was something from this CD and it really stood out as something a cut above. That was a few weeks ago, thanks for reminding me I need to hunt down this CD.

If you're getting more into jazz guitar, have you checked out Kenny Burrell? I love him. Yes, but not enough, I'm embarrassed to say I don't even have Burrell's BN CD with Turrentine though I always see it listed as desert island material. I just ordered some single CDs with Rene Thomas and another with Billy Bauer. I'm going to spring for the Farlow in a couple of weeks, I'm waiting for a nice 250 bonus check to make its way through the system and to my mailbox. My bonus check is Mosaic's gain In fact, I probably should have just had it made out to MC.

Wow, this slipped away quietly. There's a beautiful 2 part song on this CD--a tribute to Lester Young. Plus, some mighty fine Ray Nance violin on 'Driftwood'. As an added bonus the sound on this CD is very nice. Concord seems to be somewhat silently letting things go oop, not even a heads up. Chuck was prophetic when he insisted a couple of years ago that Concord would never keep their catalog in the same shape as Fantasy. Too true.

Russell, George : Ezz-thetics Bailey, Dave : One Foot In The Gutter Davis, Miles : Filles De Kilimanjaro Niehaus, Lennie : Quintets

I'm spinning 'Sweets' right now, coincidentally. It swings hard right out of the gate and never looks back.

The Swing Trumpet Kings was indeed hard to find, I tracked it down a couple of years ago at a Canadian online store whose name I've forgotten. Some nice playing on the Red Allen session too.

'with spirit, not idolatry'--that says it exactly.

I'm really enjoying this CD a lot. It's taken awhile, but I'm starting to catch on to Douglas. If this is still available at yourmusic, I'd highly recommend it.

Dave Douglas writes about playing with the SF Collective in his blog. Pretty interesting. The observations made in this thread that he's having a blast playing with this group are apparently right on target. davedouglas

You're welcome. tell everyone in brooklyn i said hello.

Thank you for the feedback. The Farlow seems to be the place to start. The Farlow discography seems to be a lot smaller than the Pass discography, judging from what's available on amazon, so that's an added incentive for the Farlow.

Larry, your description of the sonic aspects of the recording are exactly how I would have articulated it if I wasn's so inarticulate spot on, as they say. A new Billy Harper interview at aaj. billy harper

Giddins writes about the reissue bidness in the April Jazztimes. I don't think it's available online but I thought I'd type out a small section of the article that I found particularly interesting: In a recent meeting with two Sony executives, both subsequently laidoff, I was told that they could not justify re-releasing unavailable Louis Armstrong, let alone King Oliver...because it is all public domain (in Europe)....This made no sense (domestic product can be cheaper, better designed, more comprehensive, more easily distributed), until the subtext of the conversation rose to the surface: The new company is interested in making movies and has basically lost interest in music. I guess it's Mosaic or bust with respect to the sony/bmg catalog. Also, I wonder about the validity of Giddins' presumption that the domestic product really doesn't face much competition from the European reissues of public domain material.

My listening has sort of honed in lately on jazz guitar. I'm wondering how people feel about the relative merits of these three sets, I'm thinking of choosing one to purchase some time this spring.

That's an interesting one to pick up. . . probably won't be in print too much longer. I like those Osby's too. Going to have to dig out "Symbols and Light" and spin it soon, my favorite. Lon, are there any of the Baker Pacifics that stand out from the others as a good place to start? I really like the Osby St Louis record--Nicholas Payton is outstanding, btw. I seem to like his playing much more on others' records than on his own.

I think the Zieff tunes are on the sextet album: I've generally overlooked the Baker Pacifics, maybe I should pick one of these up?

There's some good playing on the Newman 'In Paris' CD (paired with Cootie Williams). There's a thread elsewhere that suggests the Newman RCA dates will be part of a forthcoming Mosaic Select. I hope that news is accurate, I'd preorder it without a second thought. newmanselect

Sal, I hadn't seen your comments in that thread, interesting that our impressions were so similiar. I completely agree this band is a great way to introduce jazz to the uninitiated.

I had a chance to see the Cowboy Justice band (Ron Horton, Steve Cardenas, and Michael Sarin) live this weekend. Really nice show...The music on the Cowboy Justice CD has a rock feel to it at times, but with jazz rhythms and harmony. The track Emergency,which they closed the show with, is a good example of this blend. The show was a at small college campus in the Midwest, not a lot of hard core jazzers for sure, but the music was received with a lot of enthusiasm. I wish more artists left the New York comfort zone and played in the heartland. ANyway, I've been listening a lot to the latest CD, Cowboy Justice, and it's a lot of fun. And the political angle is sharper here than in Wynton's over the top sermons on his latest CD, imo.

Interesting that this new label is still absent from the mosaic website.

The Iyer piece elder don speaks of is now up at aaj vijay

Some of these that were released domestically in the early 90s are still available...e.g., Milt Jackson (Jazz Skyline), Art Pepper (Surf Ride), Errol Garner (Penthouse Seranade). How do these compare, sonicwise, to the Japanese Denon issues?

I bought this a few years ago mostly for the pre war stuff which was hard to find in decent sound. I think the remastering is good. The usual names for Legacy (Mark Wilder, Ken Robertson etc) are credited for the remastering. I think they were also involved in the Hot Fives reissue, if you have that it might give you a good idea of what to expect. I'm pretty sure there's some noise reduction, but I don't mind that ( I actually prefer it as long as the high ends haven't been compressed too badly). The booklet that comes with this box is pretty good, btw, a nice essay by Robert O'Meally and some good pics.

Wynton's latest was released this week. from the plantation to the penitentiary You can hear the entire album by clicking on the e-card link. Wynton kind of raps on the last track.

Thanks for posting. Some more excellent releases from the Fantasy/Concord catalog. Does anyone have information about whether these are 16 or 20 bit remasters?