montg

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?

that's a beautiful site. thanks

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)

This is available at BMG now--I ordered a copy today. It looks like a fun record.

The Stitt was off my radar until just recently. I read the reviews on the Mosaic site and was somewhat surprised by the amount of love of expressed for that set ( in terms of the number of reviews and the glowing nature of them). And when I checked the discography a little more closely I realized this set had a little more variety than I had thought.

I haven't always been real fond of the K2 releases.. on my system a lot of them sound a little boomy, or undefined, in the bass. A little too loud. I agree that some of the early 90s releases sound excellent..Lockjaw Cookbook, Burrell jam session (All Day Long), and Gene Ammmons (Funky) are three that come to mind.

Geez, you'd think there would have been a little extra effort to get it there at least by Christmas. I have a 100.00 gift certificate and I'm pulled in three different ways: Mosaic sets I really want (e.g., Columbia Swing or Sonny Stitt), Mosaics I kind of want, but should get before they go OOP (Parlan, Roach, maybe Elvin), and then I like the idea of grabbing three Selects from among the many I want (Chambers, Reece, Amy, Brookmeyer, Hill, Shank/Cooper). Decisions, decisions.

I found some on the site, but you have to type in the individual album names you're looking for (e.g., 'everyone digs Bill Evans). It's a horrible web site--not user-friendly at all.

Thanks for the insight, C-A. I listen to the XM jazz station regularly and you pretty much nailed it (although I have heard Ornette now and then ). I have xm radio in my kitchen, which tends to be the hub of the house and the radio is always on. The jazz programming is OK, partiularly when compared to the public radio alternative which heavily focuses on vocals and guitar- trio-mellow-jazz-at-work selections. Baseball on xm, plus the news channels (Bob Edwards etc) pushes it past the tipping point for me--I'm very happy with it.

There's a 'selective discography' in Linda Dahl's biography of MLW. It does indeed mention 'unissued material recorded by Roulette Records in NYC in 1957'. The source is a 'tape of test pressing in MLW collection'. Only three songs are listed: Waltz Boogie, Untitled, and Morning Glory. Since the discography is selective there obviously could be others. The only other details are that MLW is the leader, Melba Liston is the arranger, and there are unidentified players on fl;b-cl;d;b. If Cuscuna could ever pull together the unissued MLW stuff into a Select he would deserve a grammy!

Every year I give Santa a list of Mosaics I'm interested in. This year I received the Crusaders set AND a 100.00 gift certificate for another Mosaic. Santa was bery, bery good to me this year. We got our daughter a kitten (a Persian--perfect temperament!). Although the kitten has been on the receiving end of too much love from our daughter now and then ('no, honey, hold the cat THIS way'), it is taking it all with a placid resignation. And with dignity

The price change isn't too significant, imo--15.00 per CD is acceptable to me. I will miss the preprinted numbers though.