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Ack. RIP, Levon.

Bump with some stuff I'm getting rid of pronto. At this point, with a move imminent, I can't even think about letting stuff accumulate too much.

Yeah, mine are all Polydor or Euro Black Lion and sound fine. The Griffin rules - just picked it up recently. Yeah, that's a killer. Prince Lasha told me he was at the recording session and that they rehearsed it at the place he was staying in the UK. Sounded like a good time.

Oh yeah, a classic!

I think I got a lot of those in their original form for a total of less than $50. Probably still could.

Friday.

Okay, thanks - as I said, just my guess but not exactly an informed opinion. I do think of Mulligan as a composer whose breadth would encompass being very hands-on in terms of album programming. I don't know why it's hard for me to put someone like Mobley in the same light, as much as I enjoy his music. And that's not to say I don't have a lot of love for hard bop/etc.

Curious historical document. Not essential by any means, but interesting. At least it's not a solo drums album.

Right you are. I think you have to separate Mosaic's intent on presentation from the artist's programmatic intent. With the New Music (and with Ellington, Hill, and a few others in the Mosaic catalog), that becomes more of an issue and it's interesting to consider. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I can't imagine that Mobley, Morgan, or McLean were as concerned with how an album was assembled vis-a-vis track order. If they did a Bill Dixon or a (later) Cecil Taylor set, they'd have to consider the structuring of a disc as a complete performance or closely-related performances in a way that is not often done on boxed sets.

I knew of his boating career only vaguely - seems as though he was a big deal in the seafaring world.

While not all of the FD catalog is essential, there are some real gems including the three West Coast Hot LPs. The cover art on them is superb. Another favorite FD title of mine is Coryell's Barefoot Boy...

He was great. This really sucks. RIP, and thanks Teddy.

Oh shit. This sucks. I wasn't aware things were transitional.

Well, that's the info I got a while ago. Maybe I was misinformed - so who does own FD? I thought someone, maybe JLH, posted last year that Thiele's daughters owned the rights to the catalog. Furthermore they didn't want to license the FD recordings out piecemeal because they felt they would get more money for the recordings if they sold them all together. The info I got was that they had sold FD. Maybe the answer is somewhere earlier in this thread, but I don't have time to re-read it. Well it looks like Jonathan has the rights to 'em, so...

Courtesy our own Brandon Burke. I think he also has a shot of the Grant & Green street sign in SF somewhere (from Street of Dreams).

I haven't read the book, but I should check it out.

Sound on the Mosaic set is good. Not RVG or DuNann, obviously, but I feel like some of the corners were brightened.

Great post ep1. A friend of mine gave (!) me the Tapscott LP years ago and it's incredible indeed. I generally like most of the Nimbus stuff too, but it doesn't quite have the same go-for-broke ruggedness that the Dutchman LP has.

Expanding this topic a little, can folks here explain this to me? I frequently see posts by people who already have all the material in a newly-issued box set, but still buy the box set. I'm not being judgmental, just curious. Since it's something I wouldn't do, I don't quite understand it. As a reviewer, I didn't pony up as much dough for it as I would have otherwise (would gladly have paid full price for it if I "needed" to). However, for me, it was a chance to evaluate the material as a whole rather than as individual releases heard and experienced over time. Though to somewhat different ends, I think the Mosaic consumer who has the material already might want to experience it differently, in addition to the collecting impulse. I'm sure there will be disagreement over this, but it's a thought. Braxton's notes would have been great to have as well, though he's moved on in terms of his process from where he was in the mid- to late-70s.

I have all the LPs and the Mosaic box, and am happy to have both. I don't think the booklet is all that essential. The essay isn't one of my favorites. I like all the records quite a bit.

Yeah, CvsD has done some nice stuff. I believe that JC has severed ties with Atavistic and will be doing stuff this way now.

The Tapscott is a favorite, too. Glad to see that one might be reissued. Much love for the Carter-Bradford Dutchmans as well.

Siegfried Kessler/Barre Phillips/Steve McCall - Live at the Gill's Club - (Futura)