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Pee Wee was one of those acquired tastes it took me a while to acquire. But I did. Finally. gregmo

Ricky, many, many thanks for the rundown. Doesn't look like there will be too much overlap with the Ambassador material, which would be just fine by me. Having the great Town Hall Concert in print again will be very cool, especially for Teagarden fans (like me) who regard that version of "St. James Infirmery" as one of (if not THE) greatest performances of his magnificent career. Of course, I have it elsewhere, but I'll be interested to see what happens with the sound. At any rate, I'm very excited about the set! gregmo

So Chuck, I assume the set will also include material issued on Ambassador? I got hold of all of those (I think) at the Louis Armstrong House in Queens a few weeks ago. There's some lovely stuff there. gregmo

Sigh, one of the few I didn't get. It came out when I was much younger and dumber (if that's possible)...and poorer! gregmo

Way cool, and a nice birthday present for you Chuck!

Have a great one Chuck!

Well, according to one of the replies in the other thread (), he/she was last known to be living in a retirement home in Florida. No sign of that rather cool-looking cd ("Every Night in Birdland") on Amazon. gregmo

I've ordered this one--have very little of the Muse stuff. It would indeed be cool if this meant Mosaic was going to reissue some material from that label. I'd love to see a Sam Most set--very little of his music is available, and I thought he was a great jazz flutist. gregmo

What Lon said. I'm looking forward to the Chick Webb set. gregmo

I love the FHF+2, but all their stuff was available on cd (at least for a while) when Fantasy owned the Good Time Jazz material, and I think you can still pick most of it up from various sellers. I have it and enjoy it! Mosaic has yet to do much of anything from the old Fantasy/Prestige/Riverside family of labels. Not sure why. Hans? gregmo

Bump. I was in New York last week and spent a morning (and part of an afternoon!) listening to the Savory recordings and talking to Loren Schoenberg at the National Museum of Jazz in Harlem. It's really just a large room with a few offices, but I became a patron/member anyway to do what I could. The recordings are...simply...fantastic. After four hours, I had barely touched the surface (there are five DAYS of music). Highlights included a "Fats Waller Block Jam" with Teagarden and Pee Wee Russell that included "I'm Coming Virginia," "Blues," and "Honeysuckle Rose," the three of them lasting a total of over 20 minutes. There was a gorgeous little version of "Star Dust" by Herschel Evans, a fabulous jam session by Bunny Berigan with members of the Lunceford band. The Teagarden material alone could occupy most of a cd. Several versions of "Strange Fruit" with Billie Holiday, and music from Adrian Rollini, Albert Ammons, Tatum, Shaw, lots and lots of Benny Goodman, Cab Calloway, Bob Crosby, Chick Webb, Hawk, Basie, Django, Ellington, Norvo, Krupa, John Kirby, Hampton, Satch, Stuff Smith, Teddy Wilson, Lennie Tristano among others. Loren told me that the big problem was with the estates, some of which just won't respond at all, including the Goodman estate with which you'd think he'd have an in. I guess there's also a big problem with the union (even though only three of the sidemen on the various recordings are still living). Otherwise, he said he's got the music ready to go. It is so frustrating. This music is an absolute treasure trove, and anybody who can should call and schedule a time to go in and hear it. Of course, it desperately needs to be released. To his credit, Schoenberg is working very, very hard to do it, but he appears to be something of a one-man show. I told him I'd post something about it here. Maybe some of you out there know people from the various estates (especially Goodman and Calloway) and can get them moving. It's not like there's any money to be made from these things. This stuff just HAS to be released! gregmo

I've been out of town for a few weeks and somehow missed this very sad news. He was a genius. I loved this little paragraph from the LA Times obit: "On movie sets, he was known to ad-lib 30 minutes for the crew at lunch. Ever-playful, he once turned to fellow comic Pat McCormick in a crowded elevator and said, 'You don't think we tied him up too tight?'" gregmo

I saw him at the airport in Geneva walking through with his entourage. I was jet lagged, but Miles was pretty easy to spot. I'm pretty sure that was after the revival of the Gil Evans material with Gil and Wallace Roney. I would never have dared approach him. Even then, I knew a little something about his rep. gregmo

Sure wish they'd do the Hodges 60s stuff from Verve. Most of that is still out of print, I think, and there's some very nice music there. gregmo

Try getting hold of that #$%! Classics cd by Harlan Leonard and the Rockets some time. gregmo

I can live with the digital files, as long as they are stored on a compact disc and placed in a numbered black box with a big picture book. ;-)

Well, it sent my "ewwww" meter into the stratosphere.

Ian McKellen was nominated for "Gods and Monsters" that year. So was Edward Norton for "American History X." I thought both were far better than Benigni. But, he was the first since Olivier to direct himself to an Oscar. gregmo

This was an exceedingly rare case where I thought the Definitive, of all things, sounded best. Go figure. gregmo

Yeah, Lon, like THAT will work!! gregmo

I've always particularly liked this album. Indeed, it's my favorite Woody Herman record, and I have just about all of 'em. The band is certainly looser than on the Phillips stuff (which I also like), but I've always credited that to the fact it's a live album. It has my favorite version of "Northwest Passage" with a great, great solo from the little-discussed Sal Nistico. This band could *burn*. gregmo

Fans have been requesting the whole series on dvd for a long time. Seasons 1 and 2 have been available for years, season 3 for streaming relatively recently. One can only hope the rest of the series will finally make it onto disc. It was a helluva fine show.

This was reissued in cd on the Teagarden Capitol Mosaic box. gregmo

Now that I have the Earl Hines Mosaic, it sure would be nice to have affordable copies of the Classics cds on either side of it (the ones including the 34-35 Deccas and 46-47 band sides) gregmo