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My vote goes for slimey, desperate and embarassingly pathetic.

Lou Donaldson which just came in the mail today. Disc 1 right now with Donald Byrd and Curtis Fuller blending very well with LD.

Well, I'm at it again. With all the tallying for the most popular Mosaic thread, I've had my attention on the Mosaic site and searching around for bargains. Whenever I trip across a deal where I can save $15.00-$20.00 or more on a Mosaic box set I feel compelled to buy it. In July of 2005, I had no Mosaics at all. In the 16 months since then, I've acquired 6 of the box sets and 5 Selects. It looks like I have the Mosaic fever. This time the prospect is the Lou Donaldson Mosaic. When tallying responses in the "Which Mosaic Are You Enjoying Right Now?" thread, the Lou Donaldson set was barely mentioned-only twice. I don't see a whole lot of talk about it either. My only Lou D. is "Natural Soul" which I really enjoy. I also had the privilege of seeing him live at the Dakota in Minneapolis with the Doctor on organ and it proved to be a pretty great show. I understand that this is more the hard-bop Lou than the soul-jazz Lou. For those of you who have it or heard it, what are your thoughts? Is this a set I should pick up? Most of my buys have fallen into the hard-bop and soul-jazz categories with Hank Mobley, Stanley Turrentine, Horace Parlan and The Jazz Crusaders. It seems like Lou Donaldson might be a good fit. (but the amount I've been spending on music lately is getting a bit scarey. )

I think that's going to be my approach for now, picking up the smaller/cheaper and get a variety of pre-hard bop artists to see if they would suffice or if I wanted to move onto the Mosaic from there. I have a good idea that I would probably enjoy it if I got it but the same money on a different Mosaic might get more play. Still, it'll probably be on my short list of Mosaics I'd like to pick up. I have "That Devilin' Tune vol. 2" and I love it. I've only made it through the set once so far, but I'm looking forward to giving it another listen. Vol. 1 didn't really work for me so I didn't get that one. It may be going back a bit too far for me. When you talk about vital music that invigorates the brain and jumpstarts the heart, Django is a good recommendation. His music really lifts the spirits and it makes me happy. I've had the first two JSP box sets (9 CDs worth) for some time now and I'd highly recommend both.

In that case, even more reason to eventually go for the Mosaic Bix--you'll get some Texas T as well. I agree, the Mosaic is the way to go if you want a lot of good Teagarden. The Bix/Tram/Tea Mosaic is tempting but when I'm laying down that kind of money, I'm not sure I'd make it my next buy. Right now, I'm really drawn to the Roy Eldridge box. The H.R.S. and the Condon Mob boxes are also tempting but I might already have some of the Condon sides. I'll have to look into that.

Including the Chinese Waiter bit? (It's Bobby, not Buddy - I'm sure that's what you meant). Was that bit in 3/4 or 4/4 time? I stand corrected, I did mean Bobby. The first time I wrote the post which mentioned Pee Wee Russell among others I wrote "Pee Wee Reese" before I caught it. "Buddy" slipped by unnoticed. At least it's pretty close though.

Wow! I didn't expect this many responses so quickly. There must be a lot of love for Bix out there. Thank you all for your great advice and your recommendations. So far it looks like the JSP box is the way to go for cost and content and then decide if I want to go further from there. I've been on an older jazz kick lately. My last couple of purchases were by Buddy Hackett and Kid Ory. My Christmas wish list includes Pee Wee Russell, Jack Teagarden and Red Nichols.

Bix Beiderbecke has caught my ear recently and I have nothing of his in my collection so the slate is totally clean. What readily available CDs would you recommend? Is the Bix/Tram/Tea Mosaic the definitive way to go? If the Mosaic is not in the financial picture, what CDs, outside of greatest hits packages, would you recommend to get a nice and representative portion of Bix's output? I was listening to samples of JSP's "Bix and Tram" and there is supposedly vocals on nearly half the tracks, some of which were pretty awful. Are there a lot of vocals on Bix's recordings? I see Proper has a set out too but they are a lot less attractive to me since they started using cardboard sleeves instead of plastic cases. It's tough to choose with artists like this when basically everything out there is compilations rather than regular releases so there's a lot of opportunity for gaps or duplications.

if you're too cynical, I'm too cynical, too - let's hope for the best I was pretty cynical as well. If I look at all the sets still available and compare, would I place June Christie and Peggy Lee as one of their best sellers? Hmmm.......................

I think Quincy has a good question there. I've noticed alot of folks make multiple posts when listening to a Mosaic box, one post for each disc. That could kind of skew the results... I'm sure you're right and that is why I said that this was by no means a scientific method of determining which Mosaics were most popular. I merely tallied a set whenever it was mentioned. The results are probably skewed toward the sets with more dics, the ones that were new in the last 2 years, the ones that went out of print or circulation in the last two years, or towards the tastes of the most avid and voracious posters.

Believe it or not, even The 4 Freshman received more mentions.

The day after Thanksgiving is when we kick off the holiday season by setting up the Christmas tree and do the decorating around the house. I try and avoid the stores and malls at all costs.

I only have 5 of the big box sets and all of them are included on the list. Three of the five are on the top 10, four of the five are in the top 11 and I top out with Horace Parlan at number 16. I have five Selects which range between 2 and 8 on the list. It would be very hard to pick a favorite among the big boxes but it would be safe to say that Tal Farlow would be the 5th of 5 and I enjoy that set a lot. I'm not sure I could pick a favorite among the Selects either. When you have only 5 of each, they're all my favorites.

My mistake, the list was corrected.

What are the most popular Mosaics? Out of curiosity, boredom and not an insignificant amount of too much time on my hands, I went through the "Which Mosaic are you enjoying right now" thread (all 103 pages) and tallied which Mosaics were mentioned and then ranked them. (From May 2004 to present) It's not exactly a scientific method but I thought it would be interesting and with over two years worth of picks, it may be a fair indicator of which Mosaics people reached for the most often. What would you guess the top 5 were? How about the top 10? Make your guesses then check out the list below. Were there any surprises? Ones you woud have thought rated higher? Ones you thought would have rated lower? Multiple listing under a number indicates a tie. # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # Box Sets 1. J.J. Johnson 2. Anita O’Day 3. Sonny Stitt 4. Elvin Jones 5. Hank Mobley 6. Jazz Crusaders 7. Count Basie (Clef/Verve) 8. Art Farmer/Benny Golson Jazztet 9. Tal Farlow 10. Roy Eldridge 11. Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band Stanley Turrentine 12. Columbia Small Groups 13. Lee Morgan/Wayne Shorter Vee-Jay Tristano/Konitz/Marsh 14. Max Roach Thad Jones Johnny Smith 15. Donald Byrd/Pepper Adams Jackie McLean 16. Horace Parlan 17. Johnny Hodges Wynton Kelly/Paul Chambers 18. Blue Mitchell Count Basie (Roulette) 19. Joe Pass 20. Stan Kenton Selects 1. Andrew Hill 2. John Patton 3. Randy Weston 4. Bob Brookmeyer 5. Bud Shank/Bob Cooper 6. Charles Tolliver Carmell Jones 7. Bennie Green Dizzy Reece 8. Sidney Bechet Curtis Amy 9. Don Pullen 10. Art Pepper Grachan Moncur

Damage control already on Letterman tonight. He seemed remorseful and sincere.

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Naaaah, next year's sweeps week will bring out O.J. Simpson. But then again, getting a dance partner for him could prove to be a challenge! I heard he was a killer........dancer.

This was one of my occasional guilty pleasures. I watched it when I was able but wasn't ever hooked enough to ever tape it or catch the elimination shows. Props and much respect to Emmitt, but Mario was the better dancer. I miss Stacy Keibler from last season. I think she was the reason I ever bothered to watch the show.

You're probably thinking of "666". See the book of Revelation. Nope, Revelation doesn't bother me. I'm thinking of something more horrific: 777 (check: Aleister Crowley). I'd never heard of Aleister Crowley but just a cursory search for information on him quickly convinced me that your description of "something horrific" is quite fitting. My "777" has nothing to do with him.

Jazz is Devil's music. Are you sure this is the path you want to take? That's just plain silly.

You're probably thinking of "666". See the book of Revelation.

It's also blasphemous. Very sad.

Still too early for me. I'm with the people who start up after Thanksgiving. When that time rolls around my top picks jazz and otherwise: -A Charlie Brown Christmas-Vince Guaraldi Trio (Who doesn't listen to this one?) -Christmas Songs-Mel Torme -That Holiday Season-Joe Williams -A Time Life Treasury of Christmas-various artists (4 CD)