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Yes David it's very important for the city but.....the big hall (Statenhal) is going to be torn down to be replaced with apartments and businessunits (?). The festival needs a big hall as you can understand so the city offered to close down the road (which is a very important drive through road) and place a massive tent on it. Still the organisation decided to move it to Rotterdam (I guess they got the location for free over there). A real pitty and a shame but money rules also in Jazz (how strange)

I had the Ben Allison in my hand by decided I could live without it.....Happy for you I did this!!!

Hello all, Just finished my 3 day stroll through the halls, cellars and tents of the Congresgebouw in Den Haag where the 30th edition of the NSJF was held. This was the last time it was here (I live 3 minutes walk from the building). Next edition will be in Rotterdam. Because of the 30th aniversary the organisation invited the Keith Jarrett trio to do a special concert before the festival (on wednesday). It was the first time I saw any of them (a)live. Needless to say I was exited to do so! And not disappointed. This was one of the best sit down jazz concerts I ever saw (in my 18 years of jazz loving/seeing/playing). I have all of the trio's CD's so I was prepared but they really knocked me out (down? what's the word). Luckily thursday was a day to recover from this event........ Friday (the first real festival day): Andrew Hill Big Band.......great but very abstract. Good to see him in fine condition although he didn't play much, just directed the band. John Scofield Quartet (Chris Potter, Denis Irwin & Bill Stewart): Saw the CP band last year (with Stewart in it) and was underwheled. Not inspired etc. But this was a different cup of tea! Scofield pushed all to their limits and it was a great show. Bill Stewart was in top form and you all know how that sounds....... Stefano di Battista (Parkers Moods): Great but a little stiff compared to the elastic Scofield group. The bassist Roberto Bonaccorso was great and the others played fine (E.Legnini,A.Ceccarelli). Last thing I tried to see was the Dave Holland Quartet with Herbie Hancock, Jack DeJohnette and Chis Potter. Tried because I was so tiered I fell asleep (shame on me I know...). The flashed I did hear were OK but not the sum of the total which it could have been..... Saturday: Dave Holland Big Band......I have no words to describe this band. So fantastic! Everything is perfect. Soloists are great (Mark Turner, Robin EUbanks, Alex Sipiagin to name a few) the arrangements are spot on and the execution is so scary precise it almost sounds like an edited studio performance so tight and secure they played. The new drummer Nate Smith is a revelation too. I never heard his name let along saw him play but that will surely change because he is reallt great. David Sanborn Group: An old time favorite of mine (yes I know, can't help it) with TL. Carrington, Don Alias, Christian McBride & Gil Goldstein. Also fantastic! I think McBride plays almost better bass guitar than acoustic upright (on which he is great as well of course). Nice mix of old songs (Lotus Blossom by Grolnick, Relativity) and songs from his last 2 records (Senor Blues etc.). Soulive: What a great show these cool cats from NYC have. And great music! A shame they didn't sell too well for Blue Note. Let's hope they do better on Verve. Groovy with great arrangements and solo's of the Sax and trumpet. Sunday (with my wife...): A bit of Roy Hayes Fountain of Youth (kinda boring). Steps Ahead reunion: also an old time fav of mine. With Mainieri, Mike Stern, Richard Bona, Steve Smith and replacing Michael Brecker who is serious ill in hospital: Bill Evans. Great to hear all the old songs again live. Pools, Beiruth, Trains, etc. super and over the top. Joss Stone: What a great voice this 18 year old has....amazing. Super band with jazz guitarist David Gilmour who I saw two weeks ago in the Village Vanguard with Don Byron. A real nice way to finish the festival........ Sorry for the long posting but you can stop reading anytime.....

Hello all, I'm happy to report an upcoming Mosaic set (which to my knowlegde hasn't been posted before but correct me if I'm wrong). This set will have all the Verve small to medium sized group recordings from 1953 upto 1961 (Blues Caravan). Also the 2 Argo LP's and an unissued Argo set will be there. This will be a 7 CD set and the idea is to release it later this year (october/november). Should make a nice christmas tree present!!!

Ed: finally I can say I hate an album (Soul of the Bible that is). I don't know the Zodiac but if it's in the same vein I won't ask MC for it because I know he won't like it either.

The grumpy old men are hard to please I guess......

I didn't hear anything about this and as I wrote it's not likely. Samba para Dos was just reissued in Japan (UCCV-9199).

Hello all, here's the new batch of Capitol reissues of AUgust. Finally we see Domination for which I buged MC for ages!!! The Money in the Pocket CD is a live unissed date from 1966. JUNE CHRISTY – JUNE’S GOT RHYTHM STAN KENTON – THE STAGE DOOR SWINGS LOU RAWLS – LIVE CANNONBALL ADDERLEY – DOMINATION CANNONBALL ADDERLEY – MONEY IN THE POCKET

Claude is spot on (as always). Universal only leases for the big Mosaic sets and not for the selects.

He's in the wharehouse but what he does isn't quite clear to me either. Not shipping but something else.

It's going to be a real Blue Note album (CD that is) and Michael Cuscuna is producing it. They recorded two thursdays (last week and the week before which I just missed because I was there right in between ).

That's from the Jazz for a Sunday afternoon live date some years later with a West Coast all star band. The first 2 and a half minutes are by Land so that's why Jerry thought it was a good idea to add it. I'm sure the remastering will be done propperly. Jerry has the Mosaic mentality so rest assure he won't settle for a bad end product.

both...don't remember and didn't know his name. Not Gary from Water for sure. And THEY as in Jerry???? It's a single man's operation out of his house.

Remastering done by someone I don't know (not McMaster nor Addey). Let's hope he has good ears.

Do I have news for you!! The owner and sole person of Mighty Quinn Records is Mosaic's Jerry Roche. The name comes from his daughter. And rest assured he will use the original cover for the Adams CD. The first two reissues (Rawls and Ellis) will be from flat 16 bit transfers but from then on he will use 24 bit transfers. Hope it works out and I believe we all should support him so he can continue to do this and release the things we otherwise won't be getting from the majors (or Mosaic for that matter). I know I will.

Hello all, I'm off to NYC again this friday. Besides the usual suspects (Tower, J&R, Jazz Record Center) what other stores do you recommend for jazz and classical cd's (not LP's). Thanks!

I have the box and the single cd (different versions of the same tunes on both) and like them very much. Not quite a recommendation but if you're unsure just buy the single cd used and if you like it you'll like the box too....

Mike, I hope you're joking, right?? Of course they'll use the original cover. I think this is just a temporary picture because they don't have it yet. Don't know for sure but it looks like this.

Much more to my liking is the fact the PAcific Jazz date Essence will be issued on august 23rd on a label I'm not familiar with (Mighty Quin).

Thanks Brownie for keeping us updated on these Vogue's (I have most of them and like them very much). I guess the Broonzy is on the blues side of the music spectrum, right? Not for my taste I'm afraid.

Of course You and Lee was reissued in Japan on CD (POCJ-2149) in 1991. I might be able to get the copy which is (was) still in the store I work for if someone is interested (not cheap though).

Alfred and other non US citizens......I ordered the set thought the site and sent them an email explaining my country was the Netherlands and not the US. The reply was OK no problem we'll ship it to you (for the same shipping fee). Got it within a week so thumbs up for the SF Jazz org. I also pre ordered the next set. So you can tell I really like it.

There are 3 tracks (I believe) from the Shades of Blue LP which to my knowledge hasn't been on cd anywhere. Those tracks are great imo (with big band) and we all should push BN to reissue that LP completely on cd.

Hello all, I have the now OOP first ENJA cd of Maria Schneider on eBay right now. http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfrppZ50QQfsooZ...ssZcartonsleeve

Are there more reissues in these Universal series of june 2004? I've found these on Amazon UK: Troppo - Michael Garrick Trio - Mike Taylor Integration - Amancio D'Silva Greek Variations - Neil Ardley I hope there are more.....