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Agree wholeheartedly with this point, though I think a fair amount of material Vogue recorded by American artists has been reissued over the years. Did Verve Gitane's excellent "Jazz in Paris" series reissue any Vogue things? It put out a lot of material on other small French labels. gregmo

Disc II

After news of his death, some fine music in memory of his mentor:

I imagine that would hold for most of us here! gregmo

Looks like if you want the "ultimate" it's this one.

Cool! It would be interesting to have Lil Hardin Armstrong's perspective. Now, if only Ricky could find those Buddy Bolden cylinders.........

I especially valued the Horace Silver Trio album in the brown bag series. It seemed like it was a while before I could get those sessions on cd. greg

From the recent cdjapan haul:

I too have slowed down...or tried to... Luckily, I don't have to keep anything in storage (most--not all--fits in cases along one fairly long wall), but I keep trying to tell myself: *Only* get records you're going to listen to more than once or twice or three times! Alas, then comes an announcement that cdjapan has some cool stuff from the old Time Record label, and suddenly, I have five new cds in a nice package at my front door. Or Resonance is out with a new Nat Cole box, or Mosaic is doing something cool with Hank Mobley... Sigh. gregmo

Agreed. An excellent miniseries, well worth seeing, but his role in "Blade Runner" is hard to beat. RIP. gregmo

Interesting responses to my query. Thanks! Am I correct in assuming no one actually makes them anymore? And that those who occasionally blow one must own an antique? gregmo

It's comforting somehow to know that my collection, which most of my friends regard as a product of uncontrolled addictive insanity, pales in comparison to yours. As for Yanow, where on earth does he keep 60,000?? In a warehouse? gregmo

This thread did cause me to wonder: Are any players today occasionally playing a C melody Sax?? gregmo

From the great period of Legacy reissues, an underrated album, I think:

Disc 2

Take the jewel cases out of the box and put them on the shelf with others, store the box, put the books on a separate shelf. To me, Mosaics are meant to be listened to, not stored away like jewels in a safety deposit box. gregmo

No idea how I ever missed this one, but this is a wonderful disc. 25 tracks from Louis' various appearances in film, and the sound is outstanding. But what I really adored was how much Teagarden there is, especially on the first 8 tracks from the (obscure!) movie "The Strip." As Will Friedwald writes in his very good notes, Teagarden virtually co-lead the All-Stars with Satch, and gets some very good solo/vocal time on the disc. There's also some good Hines and Bigard, aside from the Young/Hall group that appeared in "High Society." Only complaint: you have to read the notes to get personnels, but I recommend this one. gregmo

Thanks Chuck. I thought I remembered them being pretty early. gregmo

I think most, if not all, of the Columbia sides are spread across 4 Classics cds. Don't know about the Victors. Those were recorded early, weren't they? gregmo

Interesting reaction to "Rocketman." I thought it was better than "Bohemian Rhapsody." I liked how they took the music out of its original chronological order and used the themes to tell the story, and I thought Egerton did a fine job singing. But, to each his own!! gregmo

Disc V: The Great Basie Old Testament band in full flight!

Thanks for the heads-up, Lon. It appears that the Musicmasters cds only include four tracks with Django. Those four are also on JSP's "Django on the Radio," CD-A, so I'm wondering if that's it, or whether Savory got more. Of course, your post begs another question. IF the Estates agreed to these releases (they must have agreed to the Columbia box release), why on earth would they ok those--especially the small label releases--and not this one?? Arg!!! gregmo

Toward the end, he also mentioned that there are a number of Goodman recordings with Lester Young. I don't find any of those in the "On the Air" 2-cd set of Savory recordings issued by Columbia. Also an entire concert of Django Reinhardt with Duke Ellington. There are a few bits of their post-war tour together in the massive JSP Reinhardt collection, but not much. Sigh. gregmo

I was just listening and watching the presentation by Scott Wenzel on this set from the Mosaic Jazz Gazette, and he mentioned some of the Estates that wouldn't allow release: Benny Goodman first and foremost, but also Cab Calloway, Bunny Berigan, and Tommy Dorsey. Like many here, I continue to be flummoxed by these estates. Are they in abject poverty and think this would somehow put them on easy street? What kind of massive audience do they somehow imagine is out there? It's bizarre. gregmo