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Voted 'other' - My favourite Cannonball session is probably Gil Evans 'New Bottle, Old Wine' ( ) but I particularly also like the material on the 'Sophisticated Swing' Emarcy sessions 2CD set. 'Cannonball Enroute' in particular has a great sense of drive, purpose and 'joie de vivre' about it.

I bought a cheesy Applause Lp of this one many years ago for $0.99 expecting to hear great things. I was obviously unimpressed as I gave it one spin and it hasn't been retrieved from the rack since, in all those years. Maybe I'll give it a second hearing...

A bit of advance posting before I actually reach for the turntable today but the first is going to be Jimmy Smith 'Plays Fats Waller' mono NY USA followed by the Larry Young Mosaic LP set. The weekend starts here.. Oh - and seeing the Freddie Roach 'Good Move' listed above reminds me to also add this one to the pile. B-)

Why the stereo 'Go' as distinct from the mono?

I fully agree with your verdict on this one. I could never understand that 2 star rating from AMG. Both of those A&M Horizon Sonny Fortunes are worth searching out. Side 1 of 'Dreams' is particularly good.

The Dannie Richmond 'In-Crowd' LP on Impulse.

I wonder where this clown seller got the $19.16 from..

These have long been a favourite of mine - lots of nice Ernie Wilkins charts and a dream band lineup. I remember seeing a BBC TV broadcast of this band back in about 1975/76 and it had the likes of Richard Williams and Chris Woods in the lineup (who was heavily featured). Naturally, Clark did a version of 'Mumbles' on the broadcast and threw in some 'topical' comments about Watergate. A rare abberation by the BBC at that time to actually broadcast some real jazz... I bet they wiped the tape and stuck some soap or game show **** over the top of it

Yes.

Thank you for reminding me about this one. I'd forgot that I had it. - agree that Moody is on great form on this one. Good Dave Burns too..

Right colour as well !

Curtis Amy, on the strength of 'Katanga' alone.

Thoroughly recommended. I don't have much Hodges in my collection but the mid-size group of this vintage put down some hugely enjoyable music which swings mightily. Some beautiful ballad performances too. Also a quite fascinating booklet which paints an illuminating picture of Hodges the man and musician. Next stop for me the '56' onwards Verve CD set....

Aha !

Damn....

I was interested in the Scottish one. I got a Hodges set from the same seller in great condition and very nice price (part of an estate sale ) so put in an early bid. I was out on a business trip over the past few days and the price leaped over my bid and beyond the budget. Ah well, there's always another time... B-) Didn't even see your copy DrJ. Must be a 'stealth' item for UK bidders..

It wouldn't happen to be a 'stealth' Mobley set would it?

" Last orders....please" :rsmile:

John - I think Stinson must have been a sub. Wasn't he part of the Coryell/Chico Hamilton bands of the vintage? A huge, pivotal sound on the bass. Too bad he passed away very young (probably not too many years after this session). To my mind, Joe Chambers drum work is also captured beautifully on this particular recording.

Another Keystone set has just gone on ebay for about £180 from a UK (Scottish) seller. That works out around $350. Nice one DrJ !

I've got both volumes of the 'Birdland' LP on blue-label Liberty and (somewhere) the RVG CDs (which I enjoyed a fair bit) and will try to have a listen to both tomorrow. May even dig out the Brown Mosaic to check out that version too. My impression of this one is that for 1954 vintage both CD and LP versions sound pretty damn good and for a live recording at that.

You wont regret it. Too bad I already had a copy !

Lovely - sounds like a great set to have. All of the big band Mosaics that I have have been memorable and I'd hate to miss out on a 'sleeper'. The comments both in this thread and on the Mosaic site from reviewers have been pretty favourable all round. I wonder if I might get set # 3000. I'm due for one of those..

Just put in a special family request to have a copy of this for Xmas ! Looks like it's readily available via Amazon UK.

Nice selection of LPs ! B-)