Teasing the Korean

This.

I probably would have supported Mosaic if they had released more individual rare albums, with bonus cuts when available. Mosaic could have tried to grow the jazz audience - and the Mosaic customer base - with affordable, limited-edition single- or double-disc releases of rare sessions. Instead, they only reinforced the exclusivity of the existing jazz audience by releasing pricey box sets aimed at people with significant disposable income, who are likely on the older half of the spectrum. Their approach to certain box sets is perplexing: If we already have most of an artist's catalog from a particular label or era, are we really going to repurchase it all in a pricey box just to get one or two unreleased sessions? And I really don't like tracks presented chronologically. (I realize not all Mosaic box sets took this approach.) If an artist records, say, a ballad first, as a warm-up, does that ballad necessarily make a good album opener? Mosaic could learn from the film score boutique labels. While they sometimes release pricey box sets, like the complete music from the original Star Trek, they do lots of limited-edition releases of single unreleased or out-of-print scores, often combining the film and album recordings on one or two discs. At $20 or $25 a throw, these are more affordable. Considering how much I spent on these limited film score releases, I may have bought more Mosaics if they had taken this approach. Real Gone Music, Numero, and Light in the Attic also offer examples of what Mosaic could have been as a jazz label. Oh well.

I am now proficient!

Ken Nordine is my spirit animal! Ken Nordine once said that his things was poking fun at the man in the grey flannel suit, while simultaneously being the man in the grey flannel suit! All in fun. We are one happy dysfunctional family!

My Dad worked with Duke Ellington and Dave Lambert. And my Mom worked with your hero Perry Como. Not trying to one-up anyone, jus' sayin'...

Respectfully, I don't care about your assessment of Ken Nordine.

Thanks. I know you're in my corner. I prefer artfully arranged track lists, and I don't like it when the original LP sequence is replaced by chronological order of recording. And I REALLY hate it when multiple takes of the same tune are presented together.

Mosaic, like Shingles, won't care, because they will be dead, as will their audience. C'est la vie. Mosaic is run by people with no sense of style or taste, as their moldy graphics and chronological track lists attest. You can have them.

Bear did a Louis and Keely Capitol box, but it did not include the Dot albums. The Word Jazz Dot LPs have been collected, but not the NPR radio shows. I agree. Mosaic is for old white men who want box sets that look, feel and smell like moldy 78 albums. The thread is called "Helping Mosaic." I'm trying to help them by suggesting that they produce something that people will actually buy. Maybe with some era-appropriate graphics that have a sense of style and taste. Their target demographic is dying, and some of them may already be dead.

Maybe ask if Mosaic is out of their mind? They are appealing to a demographic of dying white men who want moldy box sets that look, feel, and smell like 78 albums. Mosaic doesn't understand that jazz is sexy, or that jazz once was sexy, probably because none of the key players at Mosaic have gotten laid in decades. If the YouTube videos I've seen of Mosaic guys were shot in their homes, their pedestrian taste in decor and furniture would only reinforce my opinion. These people are doing nothing to help jazz. They are reinforcing its stature as an old man's genre. Oh, and did I mention a Babs Gonzales box set? Add that to my suggestion list!

Complete Louis and Keely, Capitol and Dot combined. Complete Ken Nordine Word Jazz NPR radio shows. Complete John Dankworth Fontana albums.

The board survives, despite my participation! 😹 Congrats!

Good to know. Hope you're on the mend soon!

Just curious, were you vaccinated? I'm wonder how long the vaxes are going to last, considering mutations.

60 years later, Kai Winding's Soul Surfin' still has Les Baxter's "Jungle Flower" listed as "China Nights," credited to the composer of the latter, Takeoka. I informed the Les Baxter estate of this years ago. Not sure if they're collecting any royalties, but it still hasn't been corrected. https://www.qobuz.com/us-en/album/soul-surfin-kai-winding-kenny-burrell/ky0bvju7zbhha

There are even examples of a track credited under the title of a different tune, listing the author of the wrong tune. Some of these have been perpetuated for decades. You would think this kind of thing would be corrected sooner!

I Googled these and my results showed a few different styles and sizes of speaker. Are these floor speakers?

MacArthur Park is melting in the dark, all that sweet green icing flowing down...

Do you think it is primarily a cultural thing?

Yes, so I can probably write him off. at least according to my criteria.

I just looked him up and saw that all his credits were from that most dreaded of decades: the 1980s (or later). Find me some pre-1975 sessions with him, and I may check him out.

This turned into a crazy weekend for reasons that I won't go into here, except to say that I had patience only for Mizell Brothers Blue Note LPs. I will get to these two Shorty albums soon.

The Future Sound of Lesiman (Easy Tempo)

The Mizell Brothers - Places and Spaces (Blue Note) with Donald Byrd on trumpet or sax or something.

Truth in packaging. NP: Larry Mizell - Street Lady (Blue Note) with Donald Byrd