Dan Gould

You are not a remotely serious person who should have quit while he was so far behind. It is remarkable to consider that no one has expressed an ounce of support for your assertion of 'sexism' as the determining factor in Mosaic's releases over the past 40 years. You might reconsider your views but instead you embarrass yourself every single time you post on this thread.

I don't even think that matches People Magazine which was described once as having one editorial rule: no articles that take longer to read than the average crap. OK that was in The Big Chill which remains a favorite of mine and loathed by some people here. At some point, perhaps before it stops publishing altogether, I will find myself at the nearest Barnes & Noble so I can have a gander. Perhaps there will be a car wreck on the way that will also command a little attention.

Well-put. I sincerely doubt the first bolded statement is the case, when a "teacher" finds :"sexism" without evidence and then screams it from the rooftop. You ought to know that correlation is not causation. Whatever your subject, I pity your students.

Maybe Rosenthal's book wasn't that great due to his head-banging. Actually I didn't think the book was that bad maybe I will leaf thru it again. The 60s must have been a remarkable time for the socially inept and/or repulsive to get laid on the regular.

When was this?

I am most mindful of this: Their opponents in March and April had a combined .427 winning percentage through Wednesday, but none of their May opponents had a losing record entering the month. The Red Sox have barely climbed above .500 but they have also played more than twice as many games against teams with .500 or better records than the Rays (27 vs 13). They don't have the pitching to keep up, barring a miracle among the starters, but I have to admit they have some younger/new players that I find fun and exciting to watch, starting with their Japanese import Mr. Yoshida, continuing with the seeming blossoming of Alex Verdugo into a very dangerous hitter and a catching tandem (one of whom was a throw-in to the Mookie Betts trade that brought Verdugo to the roster) that leads the league in hits by catchers.

I've told the story before but the former Gene Harris Fanatic only got one chance to see him in person, which was at the Blue Note in NYC with the rest of the Ray Brown Trio. At the time his feature was "Summertime" and it was captured on CD on the release Bam Bam Bam, which also was captured on video here: Now, that's a helluva performance if you love Gene but imagine the same approach to the tune extended for about twice as long, with Gene again alternating between those delicate passages and the romping/rocking style, like Spinal Tap going to 12 on their amps instead of 11. I have never in my life heard a louder or more sustained crowd response at the end of a tune than in that cramped club. My ears were ringing - loudly. But to top it off, Ray Brown brought the house down again, just as loudly, when he looked over at Gene and said "you keep playing that piano like that, it's gonna follow you home!" Edit to add: I started posting without realizing Pim was looking more for personal encounters so here's one: Jim Alfredson is still a personable chap even after eating a plate of very bad fish at Boston's in Delray Beach, FL. The lights were not helping his complexion much, either.

Hey kiddos, if you only have a total of 20 minutes of music, master at 45 RPM to fill out two sides, and sell it for $60 or more! How could Mosaic be missing this opportunity? Riches aplenty! </sarcasm> Ridiculous. https://www.jazzmessengers.com/en/95931/dexter-gordon-donald-byrd/the-berlin-studio-session-1963?mc_cid=550cd4307d&mc_eid=65354821cd

I think it's unfortunate Meg is so insecure as to have so much work done ... but what was shocking to me is to discover that she and Tracy Pollan - MJ Fox's wife - are the same age. Either Pollan has the genes or she's got a better doctor but I know who's aged well and who hasn't.

I do think Lon is right, with the exception that the recent return of the Paul Desmond set with Ed Bickert involved a discovery of many "pieces" of the set, which triggered a negotiation of a new lease with a limit of 3500 copies. But if I remember weren't the original recordings done by an individual - not held by any large conglomerate. It was probably pretty easy to make a new deal, for new cash flow.

Once upon a time, and I realize this time is fading fast in the rearview mirror, someone at the NYT would have asked "was the group promoted as the Second Great Quintet? If not, then don't call it that."

Everyone wants to add their 2cents about who was "biggest" in 1963 but what about the whole proper noun-ification of "Second Great Quintet" ?

I think that "World's biggest jazz musician" implies a substantial amount of cross-over appeal, and has nothing to do with what the "cognoscenti" would say.

I realize it may be behind a paywall for most but: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/03/arts/music/herbie-hancock-jazz-music.html Discuss, if you wish ... but here is my main question. That would have been a fine enough existence, but in 1963, his life changed when the trumpeter Miles Davis — the world’s biggest jazz musician — brought Hancock into the fold to be a member of his band, the Second Great Quintet. Is it truly proper English to call the group Second Great Quintet when that was never it's proper name and was only a colloquial name given in recognition, after the fact that Miles led not one but two great, distinctive, important Quintets? Also, when the 60s Quintet came into being, was Miles really the "world's biggest jazz musician" at that time? Putting aside Duke and Armstrong, I would have guessed that Stan Getz was the biggest jazz musician after his recent major LP successes. I would argue Miles wasn't "the world's biggest jazz musician" until he broke thru to the much younger audience, Bitches Brew and beyond ...

There's literally nothing in Mosaic's past to make one think that Shirley Scott's music from the 60s-70s fits into Mosaic's wheelhouse for a set. It would be like a late 60s - early 70s Lou Donaldson box, only without the BN cachet for the label (not to mention the ease they have had dealing with BN for licensing.) Mary Lou Williams though ... that's a clear contender in terms of era and importance and sidemen - Aside from issues of licensing/labels and that all-important question of demand in this day and age.

Shit-stirring par excellence here ... first pronounced guilty of "sexism" on what is zero evidence and now its all about "white guys" servicing the needs and desires of other "white guys". Absolutely sick of this garbage. Go set up your own goddamn company to put out what you think should be put out. Go put your own goddamn money at stake. And anyway, what do you care what artists get the Mosaic treatment when it comes from a sexist, racist, all-but-dead company?

Thank you!

I need to find decent length clips to be sold on this one. I found an AllAboutJazz review and there are some warning signs for me in there: There are lots of long hot-tempered lines and squealing by Coleman That's exactly the Coleman that doesn't make me excited to spend $25 on two CDs. I know my mileage is very different from others ... 🤐

Per Wiki written by Schaffer and Paul Jabara and meant for Donna Summer but she had recently become "born again" and considered it "blasphemous". I guess that "hallelujah" is only allowed in religious songs.

Curious what you think, Lon. I listened in the car last night on the way to and from a dinner engagement, and gave it thumbs up. It sounds to me like if Vick is going for "Coltrane" it's not Coltrane 1966, it's like Coltrane 1959-61 or maybe a tiny bit later. I like it. And your comments on the sound may reassure @felser that he shouldn't steer clear due to the source.

My interest was predicated on Junior Cook playing tenor and not appearing on one track while playing soprano (did he ever record elsewhere on soprano?). So it's a definite no for me.

Why would you ask me about a historic figure, a significant 60s-70s trumpeter, and a guy who played with the Blues Brothers?

I've done the same, but being perfectly aware of it: "More Jug!" "More Jaws!"

No politics I am aware of but I'd recommend James Carr. Ace has excellent comps as well as a strong recording from, IIRC, the 90s when he performed again.

I have no use for your "tests". I know four of those.