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Milt Jackson and Mobley make a great combination--one of my favorite discs from one of my favorite Mosaics

Here they are: WATERS OF MARCH A. C. Jobin -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A stick, a stone, it's the end of the road, It's the rest of a stump, it's a little alone, It's a sliver of glass, it is life, it's the sun, It is night, it is death, it's a trap, it's a gun. The oak when it blooms, a fox in the brush, The nod of the wood, the song of a thrush, The wood of the wing, a cliff, a fall, A scratch, a lump, it is nothing at all. It's the wind blowing free, it's the end of a slope, It's a bean, it's a void, it's a hunch, it's a hope. And the riverbank talks of the Waters of March, It's the end of the strain, it's the joy in your heart. The foot, the ground, the flesh and the bone, The beat of the road, a sling-shot stone, A truckload of bricks in the soft morning light, The shot of a gun in the dead of the night. A mile, a must, a thrust, a bump, It's a girl, it's a rhyme, it's a cold, it's the mumps. The plan of the house, the body in bed, And the car that got stuck, it's the mud, it's the mud. Afloat, adrift, a flight, a wing, A cock, a quail, the promise of spring. And the riverbank talks of the Waters of March, It's the promise of life, it's the joy in your heart. A point, a grain, a bee, a bite, A blink, a buzzard, a sudden stroke of night, A pin, a needle, a sting, a pain, A snail, a riddle, a wasp, a stain. A snake, a stick, it is John, it is Joe, A fish, a flash, a silvery glow. And the riverbank talks of the Waters of March, It's the promise of life in your heart, in your heart. A stick, a stone, the end of the load, The rest of a stump, a lonesome road. A sliver of glass, a life, the sun, A night, a death, the end of the run. And the riverbank talks of the Waters of March, It's the end of all strain, it's the joy in your heart.

Well, Lincoln's CD was released in the late '90s, so I at least had the right decade! Back to the drawing board.

Wild guess--Abbey Lincoln, Wholly Earth?

The absence of an index was alluded too in Cook's Jazz Review magazine. I got the impression that he (presumably Morton too) was forced to omit the index and that they might be looking for a new publisher next time around so that it can be restored.

Thanks P.D.!! This set's looking better and better.

I'm trying to piece together the details of what's going to be on this Mosaic set: Ruby Braff All Stars - Philips Buck Clayton & Marlowe Morris Trio - Epic Ruby Braff/Braff!! - Epic Marlowe Morris Quintet/Play the Thing - Columbia Buck Clayton, Ada Moore & Jimmy Rushing/Cat Meets Chick - Columbia Buck Clayton Special - Philips Buck Clayton/Songs For Swingers - Columbia Coleman Hawkins & Clark Terry/Back in Bean's Bag - Columbia Ben Webster & Sweets Edison/Ben & Sweets - Columbia Illinois Jacquet - Epic Herb Ellis/The Midnight Roll - Epic Kenny Burrell/Bluesin' Around - Columbia This is what I've got so far. Can anyone fill in the blanks (or make corrections)? Ruby Braff All Stars - Philips ??? -------------------------------------------- Buck Clayton & Marlowe Morris Trio - Epic Obviously Buck and Marlowe, but who else?? -------------------------------------------------- Ruby Braff/Braff!! - Epic ?? ------------------------------------------------- Marlowe Morris Quintet/Play the Thing - Columbia Morris (org), Matthew Gee (tr), Buddy Tate (ts), Jo Jones (d), Ray Barretto (congas) --add Buck Clayton (t), Edmond Hall (cl), Gus Johnson (d) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Buck Clayton, Ada Moore & Jimmy Rushing/Cat Meets Chick - Columbia Clayton, Moore, Rushing: Emmet Berry (t), Dicke Wells (tb), Edie Barefield, Willard Brown (as), Budd Johnson (ts), Brown (bs), Sir Charles Thompson (p), Steve Jordan (g), MIlt HInton (b), Jones (d) ---------------------------------------------------------- Buck Clayton Special - Philips ??? ------------------------------------------------------------------ Buck Clayton/Songs For Swingers - Columbia Clayton, Berry, Wells, Earl Warren (as), Tate (ts), Al Williams (p), Bernie Cavelle (d), Gene Ramey (b) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Coleman Hawkins & Clark Terry/Back in Bean's Bag - Columbia Hawkins, Terry, Tommy Flanagan (p), ??? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ben Webster & Sweets Edison/Ben & Sweets - Columbia Webster, Edison, Hank JOnes (p), G. Duvivier (b), Clarence Johnsoton (d) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Illinois Jacquet - Epic Jacquet (ts/as), Roy Eldridge, Ernie Royal (t), Gee (tb), Leo Parker, Cecil Payne, Charlie Davies (bs), Thompson (p), Burrell (g), G. Duvivier, Jimmy Rowser (b), Jones, Jimmy Crawford (d) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Herb Ellis/The Midnight Roll - Epic ??? -------------------------------------------------------- Kenny Burrell/Bluesin' Around - Columbia ??? ---------------------------------------------------------------

Wait until you get to the Red Allen sessions Dr. J. It only gets better!

On the Christmas list it goes.

I haven't really warmed up to this, which reflects poorly on me, I know, because it's a classic. Maybe it's the weird way it starts--Phil Schaap has the Star spangled banner and two fairly long talks by Fr. O'Connor in the first six tracks. Then Duke's festival suite doesn't do much for me either. Things don't really start cooking, for me, until Schaap's solo.

I like what I've heard from Ken Peplowski. And Kenny Davern--not on the list but probably should be.

I just ordered Pops' California Concerts, which got me thinking about live recordings and those I like the best. Top tier live sessions have to have at least two qualities for me--first, they have to be well recorded (well-balanced, can hear the bass etc) and there has to be a really good vibe. Two favorites of mine are Monk, 'Live at the it Club'--well recorded and, for some reason, I just get the sense that Monk was in a really happy, dancing mood on these sets Basie Live in Sweden (Roullette/Mosaic)--again, well-recorded and the band is just crackling with energy. Great to hear Basie's band, especially the two Franks and Thad Jones, stretching out. What are some other favorites?

Bobby Watson's 51 I think, but I'm going to sneak him in as eligible. What is the meaning of 'is' anyway? Greg Osby gets my vote also. From the much younger category, I like Myron Walden on Jeremy Pelt's CD and with the New Jazz Composer's Octet.

Where's a good place to start with Mark Turner?

I have this album--it's very different from Elevated. There are some parts that are kind of 'free' and there's some electric guitar fuzz/distortion in a few places. It's produced by Teo Macero. This isn't usually the type of thing I go for, but I really do like this CD a lot. First, Blake's a great writer and there are some beautiful songs on here (e.g., 'Perfume river' and 'Folksong'). Second, I like how he integrates the Vietnamese/Eastern influences in the instrumentation and some of the melodies--the blend is seamless and it's not awkward or overdone. One way that this CD is similar to 'Elevated' is that it has kind of a cinematic scope... the soundscapes are very rich and evocative. 'Elevated' evokes images of the Middle East at times for me and "Kingdom" evokes images of Vietnam. The sound samples from Amazon (I assume they're still there) are pretty representative. As I said, I like this CD a lot and I'd recommend it, especially if you like Blake's writing.

I followed up Larry Kart's recommendation for Walt Weiskopf a while back and I've become a big fan of Weiskopf. In fact, I just picked up one of his Criss Cross CDs (Sleepless Nights) earlier this week. Michael Blake, Don Braden, and Eric Alexander all have CDs that I enjoy. I like Jimmy Greene too on the recent Jeremy Pelt and Ralph Peterson CDs. Count me out of the James Carter camp (at least so far). I find his playing to be overheated, zig-zagging all over the place, without really going anywhere.

I almost forgot one of my favorites, 'Doctor Jesus' from the Miles and Gil Evans Porgy and Bess CD.

Gospel and the blues are so intertwined, I think you could argue that much of jazz is 'gospel jazz'. Some of the more explicit gospel references that come to mind: Hank Mobley (Roll Call)--Baptist beat Lee Morgan (Taru)--Dee Lawd Mary Lou Williams (Black Christ..)--'Praise the Lord' (this is an amazing, toe-tapping cut) As Nick points out, the New Orleans trad vets do a lot of explicit gospel. One I really enjoy is from Riverside's living legends series (produced by Chris Albertson): 'Jim Robinson Plays Spirtuals and Blues'

I've been so happy with the Horizon Reassembled release, I ordered his other Palmetto recording 'Live and Learn' yesterday. Bobby's writing is good, but there's also something soulful, or authentic, in his playing that puts him in a different league compared to a lot of his contemporaries, imo. I like Stafford's playing a lot too and I'm kind of surprised he's recorded so few dates as a leader.

Man, those are unbelievable line-ups. I really like the Eldridge/Carter combination in their Verve studio meeting (in the Mosaic box)..it'd be nice to hear them together in the Sweden set...Heck, it'd be nice to hear any of those sets. It boggles my mind that Verve sits on material like this while devoting their energy to Jazz for lovers compilations and their money to signing pop stars like Al Jarreau.

Sounds intriguing. Who's on these? Does Verve own them or did Granz keep them--in which case, perhaps Pablo/Fantasy will release these concerts (as they've done with some other 50s concert material from Granz).

That's good to hear. I was able to find some brief sound samples of this at the barnes and noble web site and it sounded really good. I guess it goes on the list!

I'm interested in picking this up, in part because I'd like to check out Marcus Strickland...But, 15 minute songs, recorded live, from a band led by a drummer... makes me think there's gotta be a loooong drum solo or two on this set. 5 or 10 minute drum solos wear thin pretty quickly for me. Any such beasts on this CD?

Here's an earlier thread on the Ory ory thread I really like this set. As I said before, Ory's tone is just so rich and alive and, fortuntately, well-recorded...beautiful stuff. And I love the Red Allen session--a classic session in my opinion. When this is gone we're not likely to see it again as Verve has, to my knowledge, never released even one Kid Ory CD in the CD era (nor, I beleive, have the Japanese). Bring on the Verve George Lewis sets Mosaic!

Has anyone recevied the 7th edition yet? Amazon US has it listed as coming out Sept. 28, Amazon UK has no scheduled date, and Barnes & Noble has it listed for Oct 26th.