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wglt Ghost, your program would be a significant upgrade over the tierney sutton type stuff they usually play ( no offense to tierney sutton or her fans, but hey, it's not Charles Tolliver, you know). Good luck

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I love Red Clay. Especially the live version by the CTI All Stars. Anybody who thinks jazz was dead by 1970 isn't listening. That stuff is electrifying. If Freddie was still playing in the 80s like he was in the early 70s, then I've got some shoppping to do!

Do these early 80s recordings capture the Hubbard you're talking about? I'm guilty of not really listening to FH after Red Clay. Maybe time to rethink that.

Lots of good music on this set. Bobby Hackett producing some of the most beautiful sounds you'll ever hear coming from a trumpet. I think trad/Chicago style jazz really suffers from the perception of candy striped vests and crackers playing 1890s rags in a Disney World parking lot. Condon and colleagues are authentic. If you get beyond the PERCEPTION, there's some real, honest, hard-swinging jazz in this idiom, and in this set. The Condon set would not be the first step I'd take into this area, however. There are lots of single CDs that would be better starts.

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If you're considering the bigger sets, and you like Chambers/Blue Note stuff, then I'd recommend the Mobley. It may be the most consistently excellent Mosaic that I own (and that's saying a lot because they're all great). Among the Selects, I really enjoy the Pepper set.

Thanks John. The band on the Tolentino CD looks really good--Jeremy Pelt, Vincente Archer, Willie Jones etc..that's the first thing that caught my eye.

I've also been interested in some things on this label, though I haven't picked any up yet. The samples I've heard from the Anthony Wonsey (The Thang), Eddie Henderson (Reemergence), and Julius Tolentino CDs ("Just the Beginning") all sound promising. Any comments on those?

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Wow, that Freddie Green set sounds outstanding. I think there were a couple of lps with Al Cohn from the mid 50s recorded for RCA. Joe Newman and Jo Jones were among the sidemen.

I jotted down the XM playlist this morning while helping to get my daughter ready for school. Cootie Williams, Clifford Brown, Coltrane (early 60s I think), Turrentine, Joe Williams, Mingus big band (current one), Eric Mintel, S. Grappelli, Marcus Roberts, Frank Foster, Orbert Davis. I think thats a pretty representative set. Too conservative? Probably, I guess it depends on your personal midpoint. But note the lack of vocalists (only one), and plenty of good stuff.

Your point is well taken. Anybody who programs Fletcher Henderson and Fred Anderson--in this "Media Guide" climate-- has my undying respect. Unfortunately, in my experience with public radio as a listener to my local station and to internet stations, this type of prgramming is the exception. On my local station, Feather is followed by Krall, a bland guitar trio, a new recording tht's a freebie to the staion and it's worth what they paid for it, etc. This type of programming promotes jazz as adult background music.

There's no higher praise. I'm trying to stay within a budget and be somewhat selective, but I'm not going to pass this up. I don't have any earlier versions of 'Workout', so it's brand new to me.

Good advice. Once upon a time, Coltrane's Village Vanguard recordings were too 'out' for me. I kept it on the shelf rather than selling it and now, some time later, it's pretty indispensible to me.

New Yorker magazine top ten for 2005 Dave Douglas (Keystone) Diz & Bird (Town Hall) Haden ('Not in our name') Jim Hall & Enrico Pieranunzi (Duolouges) Shirley Horn (But beautiful...) Marc Johnson (Sahdes of Jade) Hank Jones (For my father) Paul Motian Trio (I have the room...) Kenny Wheeler (What now) Lizz Wright (Dreaming..)

--whenever I hear L. Feather or any of the other plethora of 'jazz' vocalists on the radio (a sadly common phenomenon), I immediately flip the dial. In fact, I flip it to the oldies AM station, because I would rather hear Bing, or Peggy Lee, or even Johnny Mathis. To me, that stuff seems more real. --I have made a concerted effort to buy more new jazz. It's more hit and miss (compared to say, an RVG) and I've returned my share of the newer stuff, but gradually I've begun to find new music I really like. There really is jazz being recorded right now that is 21st century, of-its-time real. To me, we live in a hard, technical cold society and when I find an artist who's expressing that, right now, it speaks to me (Greg Tardy Viijay Iyer, Greg Osby, Walt Weiskopf, Jeremy Pelt). The jazz industry is so bent on nostalgia. Just listen to your public radio jazz station. It's not that they play old stuff 24/7, but the play new stuff that's based in nostalgia. Feather, Krall, Marsalis etc. Wynton is a mystery to me. I think his best playing is the cold hard technical stuff--that's him. He's analytical and contentious and his playing should probably reflect those qualities. Why he insists on trying to sound like Bubber Miley or Red Allen is a mystery to me. He sounds horrible.

I have an earlier TOCJ version of Joyride and it's not something I listen to a lot. I much prefer the Mosaic sessions and I grab for that material a lot more frequently.

I don't think the Joyride session is on the Mosaic. Any comments on the Mobley?

I think I'm going to pick up this set with my Christmas gift certificate. Although I'm not really into piano trios, the other 4 albums represented look great (the Turrentines, Booker, Grant green etc.) and picking those up via imports would run at least 80.00. The good reviews in this thread helped push me over the fence. Plus, I figure this one's may be timing out fairly soon (if the Byrd/Adams is any indications), so it's time to act.

I'm looking forward to this set. I've wanted to hear the Pee Wee Russell material for quite some time.

The first few on the 'new release' are obvious (imo), but thereafter I agree. The conflicts of interest run deep, I mean the biggest advertisers for the magazines are the deep pocket labels.

I picked this up recently, some nice playing by Tardy. A killer arrangement of Wade in the Water. Rooster, if you like Helen Sung you'll really like this CD--she gets a lot of solo space throughout.

fwiw, the Jazztimes critics' poll: New releases: 1. Monk/Coltrane 2.Diz/Parker Town Hall 3. Coltrane--Live at the Half Note 4.Sonny--9/11 Concert 5. Wayne Shorter-Beyond the Sound Barrier 6.Terrance Blanchard--Flow 7.Vijay Iyer--Reimagining 8. Motian/Frisell/Lovano--I Have the Room Above Her (ECM) 9. Tord Gustavesen--The Ground (ECM) 10. Brad Mehldau-Day is Done Reissues: 1. Metheny/Ornette--Song X 2. Jelly Roll Morton Complete Library of Congress... 3. Miles--Cellar Door Sessions 4. Bill Evans--Complete Village Vanguard 5. Andrew Hill--Andrew!! 6. Sonny Sharrock--Black Woman 7. Woody Shaw --Live at Village Vanguard 8. Julian Priester -- Love, love 9. Various--100 years of jazz guitar (Columbia) 10. (tie) Basie (Mosaic), Don Cherry (Symphony for Improvisors), Hutcherson (Oblique)