Dub Modal

Great movie. The other day I watched most of Mama, but couldn't finish it to see how it ended. Pretty good modern horror movie.

These past few days have been listening to the Lester Young Basie set, discs 7 & 8; and then the Complete Dial set, mainly discs 1 through 4.

While marmite is terrible, this box set most certainly is not.

Oh, it's hilarious. Campy horror is one of my favorite genres.

I wouldn't call myself a huge fan of Richards', but this album is on the Mosaic Select and it's not bad if you like or are in the mood for this sort of thing: Alto Saxophone – Gene Quill Baritone Saxophone, Piccolo Flute – Billy Slapin* Bass – Chet Amsterdam Bass Saxophone – Shelly Gold Drums – Maurice Marks French Horn – Al Antonucci Leader, Arranged By – Johnny Richards Liner Notes – Dom Cerulli Piano – Hank Jones Tenor Saxophone – Frank Socolow Timpani – Willie Rodriguez Trombone – Frank Rehak, Jim Dahl*, Jim Cleveland* Trumpet – Burt Collins, Doug Mettome, Jerry Kail, Paul Cohen Tuba – Jay McAllister

I've got no answer for that other than no one there is paying attention to this and actually giving it that focus would mean they're spending time/money on something that probably doesn't turn much profit. I have to think their attention is way off in another direction.

If you liked what you heard, then that's a good place to start IMO. I see it states that during Virgo the band goes into Braxton's language music to interpret it, so you'll get some doses of his "typical work" which can help with further exploration.

I can only guess the Capitol Vaults series doesn't sell that well and so someone probably saw that which likely puts to bed any further releases.

Yeah, especially if you can find it for under $50 or so. There's some commercial gloss here and there, but once you get behind that there's some good tunes and nice solos.

RZA did the soundtrack and has a cameo. Ghost Dog himself was Forrest Whitaker. Great movie. Now watching And before that it was:

I don't think Capitol Vaults has the entire Mosaic discography correct? It seems pretty limited actually.

And now: A 2-CD Snapper/Trojan comp that's got a pretty good mix.

All I can say is that earbuds of just about any make sound better than whatever is coming out of a google home or alexa speaker. I'm betting that demo younger than 30 y/o, most of their music gets played via either of those or car speakers.

Some beautiful music here. The track Dedication is remarkable, and this RVG CD has an alt take as a bonus track. Good stuff

Can't really speak for rock, but I listen to a decent amount of current pop and I think it sounds fine on regular speakers. Although most of my listening of that happens in the car, on the occasion it plays on regular speakers I think it actually sounds better.

Grains of salt and tons of skepticism are mandatory for perusing that forum. Less than half of what's said there should be believed, and that's probably generous.

NP: Making a note to check this out in the near future

Good news indeed.

Now playing some cuts from these albums in the Brookmeyer Mosaic Select:

Last night played: and via those Fela 2-fer CDs that came out a couple of decades ago now. I should've bought more. These albums are killer.

How is this one? Music & entire package worthwhile?

Reminds me I need to pull that Mosaic Select out again...

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Interesting that Mack Avenue is ultimately owned by Gretchen Valade, the Chairman of the Board at Carhartt. Apparently she's a big jazz fan and it's a pet project of hers as is the Detroit Jazz Fest.