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I'm 69. I go back to at least 1990, maybe before. My first "brochure" is number 4, and my first set was the Monk Blue Note. So, over thirty years and still at it.

Fascinating--thanks for the history! And, of course, thanks again to Jim for keeping it going. When I tell people (rarely) about my jazz fanaticism (and the size of my collection), they sometimes shake their heads as if to say, poor man, he's crazy. Only here are there people equally as......devoted!

I still want the inside story on the Goodman estate, and why they are apparently so hard to deal with.

Some early Wes

Ditto! Is the "bluenote" board Aggie87 is talking about "rec.music.bluenote," the old usenet group? That's where I came from. That's how old *I* am! Stereo Jack clued me to this one, so I'm his fault! Thanks Jim and all for your work in keeping it going!

I still think packaging all of those 1957 Newport albums that Norman Granz put out on Verve would make a nice box. I used to babble on about a Hodges 60s Verve box, but then the Andorrans put paid to that by issuing almost all of them as twofers. What about labels? They've done Savoy, Dial, Bee Hive, and Black and White. Is there enough material on Mercer for a box? Maybe grouped with some other small labels from that era??

I was kidding, of course. It would be a great box.

Really Jim? I mean, was he *that* important? 😁😁 After Jim's Bill Barron box gets issued, I still want to see that Lionel Hampton Big Band 40s Decca box, with maybe the MGM stuff tossed in for good measure! And yes, Lon, I suggested it to them. They said they'd think about it.

I'm curious--how much of this material has Mosaic NOT reissued?

I've enjoyed reading this thread. I wonder if one can differentiate between a jazz singer and a "jazzy" singer. Frank could swing--and does on that cool version of "Serenade in Blue," but if you then listen to Stan Getz's version of the same song from his Cool Sounds record, you see how a real jazz artist does it. As much as I love Sinatra (and I *really* love Sinatra's music), I've never been able to see him as a jazz singer, per se. I think improvisation really is the soul of jazz, and while Frank occasionally embellished a song--especially singing live--he didn't improvise much.

Responding to the title of the thread, Mosaic has issued material from Muse before (the Woody Shaw set), but it has in general seldom had access to material owned by Concord.

Finishing up this set with disc 10. Decided to take my time and enjoy it!

Like Brubeck's light touch on the piano, do you, there, Allen?! 😏

And funny too. I loved seeing interviews with him. What a great run by a brilliant artist! R.I.P.

Mine failed the first time but succeeded the second. Many thanks to hopkins for this one!!

I liked that one. Thought Fiennes was particularly good.

I just watched "Blonde" last night (I try to see all the Oscar-nominated performances) and really hated it. Ana de Armas was fine, but she was undone by a lousy one-note screenplay that had nothing but Monroe as victim. She *was* victimized, but she also formed her own production company, negotiated a tough deal with another studio and won several awards for her acting. The "scene" with JFK was particularly nasty. Hated the movie. Hated it.

A while back, someone said they were working on a Sonny Clark Blue Note set.

The thread on Billy Eckstine caused me to get this one out and give it another listen. Some fine work here:

It appears several of us are on a Rollins kick. I've been listening to this one as I read the earlier part of the biography:

Oh yeah, that one is a classic!

How's the sound on this one?