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+1. 100% These never-ending discussions seem paradoxical, to put it mildly. Mosaic looks like a small two-man enterprise that is (maybe not so) gradually winding down. Is there any indication that they care about these suggestions? IMO, one of the points of a project aimed at the niche audience of "jazz connoisseurs" is not needing to "sell jazz" or "broaden the audience". OTOH, as that niche audience ages and dies off, so will the project. However, given the age of the two principals that may not be a big concern.

I was also extremely surprised by that. One of the most striking things about the book IMO.

I'm sure you can find significantly higher offerings at eBay, home of ridiculous listings. 🤣 [Years ago, when I occasionally sold on eBay, there were significant listing fees...that must have changed, judging by the multitude of absurd listings.] I almost never check eBay recording prices any more because the S/N ratio is so puny. Amazon is often even worse, but one seller happens to have this set for a bargain $109.99.

Good book and worth reading. Although after Wonder Boys and Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, the first two Chabon novels I read and thought outstanding, I never enjoyed any of his other works as much, and no longer consider his releases "must reads". That said, I read Telegraph Avenue as soon as it was published.

Overall, the sound quality of the Tristano set is not pleasing. One full disc (#1) and portions of a couple of others have really poor SQ, but the rest is OK. The SQ of disc 1 is so low that I can't really enjoy the music and seldom listen to it, but I find the other discs enjoyable. I did not expect great sound quality given long-dormant "Personal Recordings 1946 – 1970", and I'm sure Mosaic did as good a job as possible with the source material, but the low points were somewhat disappointing. I know a Tristano enthusiast on another forum (not Hoffman) who disliked the set due to sound quality. IMO the Tristano set was a "must issue" for Mosaic, that kind of thing was ( / is?) their raison d'être.

From https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/la-vuelta-femenina-2023/stage-1/results/ 2023 La Vuelta Femenina Stage 1 (Team Time Trial) Results: Pos Team Time 1. Team Jumbo-Visma 18:03 2. Canyon/SRAM Racing +01 ... 23. Farto-BTC Women's Cycling Team +3:22 The tail-end team was rather far behind. Perhaps they weren't going "full gas". 😄

Excellent that you own the Arashi LPs. Agreed that the live performance would have been incredible. I went for the Takagi solo box. Couldn't sample any clips, but was persuaded by a few solo cafe performances I found on Youtube. Should arrive in a day or so.

You're welcome. The local paper initially printed a short and woefully inadequate obit. From what I've heard, they subsequently hired a freelancer to write a proper one. Thus the two-week delay.

Didn't Mosaic omit R&B-type material from the Black and White set "to keep it to a reasonable size"? That's the only explicit example that comes to mind. I wouldn't rule it out entirely (the Mosaic Contemporary series did a bunch of "smooth jazz" / "adult contemporary"), but strongly doubt Mosaic would go for it.

She did the arrangements, but did not play.

Melba Liston plays a big part in the Randy Weston Select. She could be a candidate in the "classic jazz" mold. Though this discussion is merely fantasy.

[Emphasis added] At this point of Mosaic's life cycle, "take a risk" is not operative.

That would have been a thread of epic length! 🤣

Listening to this intense album on Youtube. Not likely to find a recording.

Zuzana Růžičková's husband was a pretty good composer.

Wanted to listen to something upbeat, and this worked.

The latter being Silver World (or Ginkai) by Hozan Yamamoto and Masabumi Kikuchi (+ G. Peacock, H. Murakami)

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Dissent or Descent is on the Bandcamp Nimbus West page (download). Physical CD has been in/out of stock at Dusty Groove, currently out.

On the heels of the very recent 11/26/78 release https://www.nimbuswestrecords.com/shop-5/p/pan-afrikan-peoples-arkestra-live-at-iucc-62479-2cd-preorder Limited edition of 333, up from 250 for the 11/26/78