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Followed by Jimmy Ponder 'Jump' on Muse with the magnificent Big John Patton. A pretty good deal for £4 this one.. -_-

I followed the link then clicked to the home page. It told me 'You are visitor number 1 to this page'. Man, sure is quiet in here. Strange, I'm 'No. 1' too..

Big thumbs up for this one. . Probably my favourite Gil Melle, along with the early Blue Note recordings. Very nicely mastered on the vinyl by Verve too.

and hope its a great one !

Very best birthday wishes, Marcus !

The very best of luck with these concerts, John. Just wish I lived a bit closer to the Pompey area to be able to check them out, the Stan T. in particular..

Outrageous.... nay, scandalous ! Just spinning Archie Shepp/Horace Parlan 'Trouble In Mind'. Then I'll launch with gusto into the Parlan Mosaic LPs B-)

All of the Impulses for sure can be picked up as first pressings in good condition in the $30 to $50 range.. Reminds me of some new Toshiba pressings I saw in one of the London shops a few weeks ago. I think they were asking about £40 for each of them. I'd expect perfection (or rarity value) for that.

'The Kerry Dancers' on Riverside would definitely qualify. Conventional quartet lineup with Barry Harris on piano but the tune selections are mainly from Ireland and the rest of the British Isles. This is a session that has been really growing on me the last few weeks and a goo one to spin on St Paddy's Day too..

Need to dust this one down but it's a nice set. Sort of like a Verve Mosaic but in a 'sack cloth and ashes' type binding, if you know what I mean. I think I got my set from Zweitausendeins, when they were offering this one at very good price. Hugely swinging, enjoyable music in this box.

Amen !

There are a couple of his sessions that I have in my LP racks that I really should pull out more often. 'New York(Fall 1974)' and 'The Montreux/Berlin Concerts' 2LPs. Both Kenny Wheeler and George Lewis seem to fit with Braxton on the respective sessions, incredible stuff really. This Arista material is certainly overdue for re-assessment.

Is he? Can you link me to any information? There's a listing in this month's Jazzwise David. I'll post the dates on the board sometime during the weekend. It's with a 'UK RivBea' big band, comprising UK guys such as Tony Kofi and Ian Ballamy, sort of like the UK Andrew Hill Big Band of a couple of years ago. Off the top of my head there are dates scheduled in London, Southampton and Bath for sure.. Maybe there can be a meeting of the UK branch of the Organissimo members at the Southampton date ?? (I know of 2 board members with front row centre tickets ) Dead jealous ! B-) I'll almost certainly go for the Bath gig on the Wednesday at the Michael Tippett Centre and will possibly also treck down to Southampton on the Friday also. This one needs a repeat viewing !

Thanks, Brownie. I had the magazine in my hands just about to type in the dates !

Interesting thread, just happened to stumble across it. This one is by all accounts an extremely rare UK Vogue 10". Probably just as rare if not more so than the equivalent US BN 10". Not a great market out there for Elmo Hope in the mid 50s...

Jackie McLean Mosaic LP1. The 'Its Time' session with Tolliver, lovely stuff.

Johnny Griffin 'The Kerry Dancers' UK Riverside mono. To be followed by Lee Morgan 'Cornbread' NYC.

An incredible story. Maybe this was started by a Japanese tourist who saw the trendy (circa 1990) 'Cecil Gee' clotheswear chain in London and who also happened to have a King pressing of Wayne's 'The Collector'. Second the comments about McBee's playing. One of the under-heralded giants of the bass and a real team player for the groups in which he participates. I hope his lawsuit works out.

DrJ - I think you're in for a treat. For a vinyl 'nut' like me to say the CDs sound great has to mean that Mosaic (specifically Malcolm) did a mighty fine job with this particular mastering. I had no Django material in my collection before getting these disks but one spin made it pretty obvious we are talking natural genius of the guitar here. Enjoy !

I have several of the disks from the Django acquired (funnily enough) from 'Djangos' and IMO the sound of the CDs is more than acceptable. Wonderful music - really timeless stuff. I really must pounce on the full set when I clear the latest Mosaic backlog..

The Bud Shank is tricky to score on vinyl. It's a good set though, very agreeable and relaxed listening (although there have been mixed opinions of it on this board). I picked up a CD copy from Mosaic just before it went OOP and the sound quality is to my ears more than OK. I've also been supplementing this with selective picks of some of the LPs when I can find them (for example just acquired a UK original Vogue copy of 'New Groove' in A1 condition - worth it for the cover art alone.. ). Good luck with getting hold of the Shank !

Still no sign of my 'Kenton Presents' and Teddy Wilson LPs. The Mosaic invoice arrived about 3-4 weeks ago. Looks like this consignment is on a slow boat to China

Looks like it's been buffed up on a shoe-shine rig !

The one Byron CD that I've always been a big fan of is 'Introducing the Fo'tet' from about 1989/90. That one hangs together as an advanced BN session extremely well ! The 'Music of Mickey Katz' CD also sounded pretty interesting too, although I haven't got a copy of that. Saw Byron live one time with Bill Frisell and Ralph Peterson (they were doing the 'Music For Six Musicians' and 'Tuskeegee' material). Very impressive, exploratory stuff. Particularly 'Tuskeegee'. Jazzwise magazine is offering a free BN CD for new subscriptions, with the Byron listed as an option, so I may just give this one a go.

Nothing much more to add. They both sound great on the LP. In fact this is as good a reminder as any for me to get the DeFranco/Clark off the shelf right now..