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Yeah, I've been scouring AMG's discography, because I'd like to do a whole program devoted to Clay sometime. This is a longshot, but are there any Ray Charles tracks on which he takes a solo?

Yeah, Joe, I read that review too a couple of nights ago when the new issue showed up in the mailbox. I'm particularly interested in reading what he has to say about Thomas A. Dorsey, a figure who's long fascinated me, and about whom little seems to have been written so far.

Man, until last night I'd heard Clay only on Don Cherry's ART DECO and Wes Montgomery's MOVIN' ALONG. Then the package from Mr. Tanno arrived and I finally got to check out TENOR MAN--was he really only 20 when he made that record? He sounds as if he's 40, and I mean it in a good way. How do his Riverside dates compare? And does anybody around these parts have a copy of his TEXAS TENORS record with Marchel Ivery that they might be able to dub for me? I'd gladly send something in exchange. (I'm assuming, by the way, that it's OOP--if not, I'll definitely buy it.)

James Clay/Lawrence Marable, TENOR MAN (wow!) Cab Calloway, 1935-40 (new JSP set, discs 1-2) Reuben Wilson, BLUE MODE Earl Bostic, CHRONOLOGICAL 1948-49 Duke Ellington, EARLY ELLINGTON (disc 1) Don Cherry, ART DECO Wes Montgomery, MOVIN' ALONG

And a good Lunceford jam or two would be significantly more convincing as to the rightness of our cause! Rhythm saved the world!

The Yanks have been on a tear since their humiliating no-hitter at the hands of six Houston pitchers. I'm hoping that they've bottomed out. Hell, even Weaver threw a halfway decent game yesterday against the Mets--maybe the threat of rookie Claussen taking his place in the rotation has snapped him out of his funk.

Doing fine, thanks! I'm going to see the doctor again on Thursday. I'll have a slight bump in my collarbone for the rest of my life, but it could've been much worse. When I'm home from work I mostly sit around popping painkillers and listening to jazz. It's the life, I'm tellin' ya! Hey, NEW YORK CITY R & B is a kick*** record. I listened to another track from the Taylor Candid sessions the other day--"Jumpin' Punkins." Still some of my favorite Cecil, that period.

Agreed, but perhaps Tony's comparison was inspired by the fact that Mobley--in regards to this particular version of the Miles Davis band--has suffered so much over the years through just such comparisons with both his predecessor (Coltrane) and his eventual successor (Shorter).

Love Geri Allen's work on that one.

Thanks for the tip, Clem, I'll seek those out, as I'm dubious about the Classics' sound... I was pretty bummed myself, as I had high hopes for a Lunceford Decca Mosaic. It was indeed a great band that still lingers in the historical shadow of the Ellington and Basie units.

Last call for June listening: Woody Herman, 1963 Dexter Gordon, COMP. TRIOS & QUARTETS (disc 3) Charles Mingus, CHANGES ONE Bunny Berigan Mosaic, disc 7 Rachel Caswell (Bloomington, IN jazz singer), SOME OTHER TIME

Just finished listening to this set last night and I have to say it's one of my favorite Mosaic releases from the past several years--esp. in terms of pulling together a lot of material that I would never have come across otherwise. Yes, the vocal tracks are uneven, but God, Berigan's trumpet-playing is consistently brilliant, and some of the vocal tracks come from the likes of Mildred Bailey, Billie Holiday, and Lee Wiley. Richard Sudhalter's commentary is quite a pleasure to read as well; he draws upon interviews he did with session participants such as Bud Freeman, lending a nice sense of historical presence to the box. The set just gets better and better as you go through Discs 1-7; I plan to re-visit it frequently. So a big from me.

Having heard THE EASY WAY now only makes me want a Verve Mosaic even more.

No insert on mine, either, and I wondered about it... sounds like we should contact Universal?

Sonnyhill recently posted a suggestion in the Mosaic Select wish-list thread regarding Woody Shaw and possible unissued material from the STEPPING STONES live sessions. Here's Mosaic's reply to an inquiry I sent them about this and other matters:

Me too... When I saw Chuck several weeks ago, I asked him how many sets of these he had left; I can't remember his exact answer, but I think it matched up with Jim Sangrey's estimate.

The past two days: Bunny Berigan Mosaic (Discs 1-6) Benny Green Mosaic Select Randy Weston Mosaic Select (Discs 1-2) (can you tell that I got a Mosaic shipment recently? ) Dexter Gordon, COMP. TRIOS & QUARTETS (discs 1-2; thanks, Lon!)

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How could you leave out William "the Refrigerator" Perry?!

Time for only two again, but again a pair of aces: Billy Mitchell, THIS IS BILLY MITCHELL Jimmy Giuffre, THE EASY WAY ...and Sonny Stitt and Mulligan/Hodges on deck for tonight.

It is an interesting period, what with the Americans and the Soviets racing to divvy up Europe, allies who were already viewing each other as future Cold War enemies. That's one of the reasons why I'll probably give THE FALL OF BERLIN a read.

Well said--I agree. The recent Jazz Oracle Jack Purvis set is the same way, and I actually enjoy--from a historical perspective--hearing the musical contexts, warts and all. Now please let the set be there when I get home from work tonight! In the meantime, ordered the Bunny Berigan Hep from Deep Discount--$10.91 total. Yeah, man!

Ouch! Point taken--right in the gut. Were they really that EZ? I've heard only the material with Wes that was re-issued.

Actually, my favorite Pepper dates from the 1970's--the Vanguard box, his work on Galaxy (which reaches into the 80's), etc. I haven't heard any 70's Warne, but hope to grab the Storyville stuff soon. And Chuck's forthcoming re-issue of ALL MUSIC is high on my list of anticipated releases...

Granted I'm an Indianapolis partisan, and it's doubtless been suggested before, but how about a World Pacific/Pacific Jazz Mastersounds set--either Select or regular?