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Contrabass flutes sound incredible. Some cool fucking shit.

I'm way too cynical to believe she actually listened to these. Nice take. I haven't heard live Cumbia so need to check that out.

I'm literally lol'ing at this. 😂

It would be interesting to know the other projects hampered by licensing issues, especially those pipeline projects that they've kept under wraps. A few Mary Lou tracks were included on their Jazz Piano Mosaic Single CD and they're worth the price of admission.

Indeed. I've got the CDs that capture most but of course I'm missing the trombone material. Hard to justify buying the set for it but I'd love to get it at some point

Lol my preferred local used record store had a Tristano set for resale at $140 a couple of weeks ago. That shit is $99 new.

Disc 1 which is Braxton's Composition 350. The ensemble work is amazing.

Wish I could read it, but glad his work is getting this kind of publicity.

I'm just digging into @AllenLowe's work Letter to Esperanza: Or: The Goyim Will Not Replace Me: Looking for Tenure in All the Wrong Places; Writings on life, music, race, and culture I'm digging it so far, but I share Allen's skepticism of Spalding's SAL project, which I developed after reading and listening to that album (and 12 Little Spells); although my skepticism is from a distance rather than Allen's direct experience. Looking forward to reading the rest...

I came down harsh on Mosaic but I want to make it clear that those are how I feel about their products and business model today. What they did and accomplished for jazz artists long forgotten and/or underrepresented is unparalleled and worthy of respect and honor. They set an impressively high bar for reissues that few have been able to match or exceed. FTR, I don't think they intentionally neglected female artists and it's unfair to pass judgment on that because we don't know what projects they had or have in the pipeline that can't get done due to reasons outside of their control. In light of the legacy they've left the world they absolutely deserve the benefit of the doubt.

I thought UME owned them outright after someone retired. Looks like it's still Cuscuna & Wenzel running the show. Aside from that error on my part, it appears licensing and locating masters are their largest hurdles. For all we know, they have female sets in the pipeline but that can't get executed due to licensing.

Track 9 is the only one I've heard before. Nice work Big Al!

1 - Amazing Grace. Sounds like bagpipes. Nice to hear this instrumental version as it brings out why this song has become special in American musical vernacular. I'm not a fan of the overuse of its truncated form in just about every public quasi-spiritual setting these days but this rendering works. No guesses though. 2 - Familiar tune and playing but no guesses. Probably master musicians involved but the song got a bit long in the tooth after 3 mins or so. 3 - I dig the solo in the intro but the orchestration is a bit maudlin. Only guess is that the tune is a standard. 4 - no guesses 5 - Familiar tune, no guesses. 6 - Enjoyable bass-led tune but no guesses. 7 - The guitar makes it but the sax player is nice as well. I like the space they used in this song. 8 - Bass sounds like it's from this 70s. Nice track. Big-bandish with a marimba(?) & live - no guesses but intrigued as to who this is. 9 - Sound reminds me of Bee Hive a bit. Horns are dry, groove is good. Nice song. 10 - Terrible sound but a great tune. 40s recording maybe? 11 - R&B vibe here and I like the organ. Yeah, this is a fun one. Bass player here instead of B3 bass correct? If so, I'll guess either Scott or McDuff. Sax is the star though. Guitar is rather forgettable. 12 - Booker Ervin? I dig the bass player here. 13 - Sax player is all over that horn. Decent song. No guesses though. 14 - Drums are hilariously bad in terms of recording. Awesome. Song is familiar...Bass solo is in there too. 15 - No guesses here either. Singer has a good voice though. Thanks for this BFT. Some familiar songs that I've either heard before or that I actually have the album of. My guessing game is totally off today though. Not that it's ever really good mind you. Looking forward to revisiting this one.

Hungry man's lure because ain't nothing getting tossed back after being caught on that bad boy. And you're guaranteed to hook yourself a time or two.

One episode of The Last Thing He Told Me on Apple+ was all I could take. Well acted and a decent script but the pace and editing just killed it.

Mosaic just ain't it anymore. This forum is probably the only internet corner where they're discussed on a regular basis in a serious way. I'd recommend looking elsewhere for box set needs/wants at this point. Griping about underrepresentation of female artists is just beating a dead horse. They're still a going concern but the entity was sold and the new ownership is going to be more bottom line focused. Their absence from any 21st century marketing efforts and platforms like bandcamp where they could offer digital download options just confirms their days are likely numbered.

Some classic live sets this morning from Cannonball, Manne & Evans:

Anthony Braxton & Ann Rhodes (and someone on electronics, but who?). Surprisingly loving this. Waaaay outside what I typically like. Going to revisit it for the 2nd track in a minute, but I was intrigued (and impressed!) by Ann Rhodes and so sought out some of her other work. Ended up with, and now playing: Carl Testa's Sway Prototypes vol. 3.

Interestingly enough their first s/t album doesn't stream, so that was avoided. Will definitely be listening to more albums of theirs, thanks for the recs!

This is queued up 👍 ...and now listening. It's excellent. Second track "Alla Mingus for La Bang" is incredible.

Enjoying this Braxton quartet session, especially Nels Cline: led me to this Doug Cuomo album, Seven Limbs from 2021: which was apparently based on a Buddhist practice.

Taking an impromptu excursion through Eloy's discography: Inside, '73 Floating, '74 Power and the Passion, '75 Dawn, '76 Enjoyable albums with Power and the Passion being the highlight so far.

Ha, I know what you mean. I'm no Christian but those tunes are serious ear worms.

Highly rec that comp. It's a 2 CD set with the first disc being Sam's gospel productions and the 2nd one his secular r&b with plenty of overlap among the singers. You get to hear Johnny Taylor and Lou Rawls as young men which is awesome. And Sam's studio chatter is pure gold.

As usual. 👍