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No way ! - I even hand out white gloves for anyone who wants to inspect the booklets..

This is just the excuse I need to book a transatlantic flight to NYC ! B)

Miles/Trane on the Mosaic, Heavyweight Champion on vinyl and the VV and Impulse sets on CD. Can't get enough of it ..

With regard to Gerald Wilson recording the commercial stuff on 'California Soul' I think I read somewhere (might even have been in the Mosaic booklet) that it was hearing some of these tunes played on a gramaphone by his daughter that influenced him to do the album of covers. The resulting album is not without faults but for me at least is an endearing 'period piece'. As for the Woody Shaw - I have to say that this is one of my very favourite Mosaics. It was one of the first I bought from them and gets lots of airplay. A hugely vital collection of some of Woody's finest work.

I'm going to have to find some way of getting out to NYC this year just to see this Tolliver Big Band. The frustration of it !

Great work from her too on JJ Johnson's 'The Brass Orchestra', where her early classical training is clearly apparent. B)

I tend to keep the BN Lps together - Lex/4763/NYUSA pressings with pride of place, Kings/Toshibas next and then the Pathe Marconis hidden off in the sidelines (not to mention at least one 'Applause' frisbee which should be marked 'condemned') . Also have a separate breakout area for the Impulses. I also have a bit of a separate area for West Coast Jazz. The one artist who gets his own row of a record rack is Miles Davis, otherwise chaos reigns when it comes to ordering !

She has great touch and sound on the piano. Check out the new Gerald Wilson 'New York Big Band' CD which features Renee on about half of the tracks and she sounds totally at home in Gerald's arrangements. Saw her some years ago in one of JJ Johnson's last quintets - JJ always did have really great taste in his piano players. I believe that she was born in Western Canada (was it Saskatoon?) and was very active on the Canadian scene before moving to the US.

There's a Tempo LP by Jimmy Deuchar called 'Pal Jimmy' that would be a good candidate. Has Tubby Hayes in the lineup and I believe only about 200 copies were ever produced. Saw one recently go for £1200

That was a mighty fine list of Mosaics on the spreadsheet, Hal. Your dad had exquisite taste..

Sirota's previous releases on Naim are well worth a listen - I particularly like 'Propaganda' with its wide-open, sophisticated sounds and hint of Mingus influences throughout. Ted is also being featured on another board's forum (which shall be nameless here ) and offering to respond to questions posted. Cool stuff ! -_-

I like the John Patton very much indeed, although there seem to be some mixed opinions out there concerning sound quality of parts of this set.

With regard to the Hubbard album, what I find shocking is that this one didn't even reach it's reserve !! I wonder what that could have been - $500 perhaps? Admittedly this is a nice copy of the deep-groove original but still a crazy price. Or maybe it's just little-ol' cheapskate me?

I believe it was also the last recording Morgan and Shorter made together as a front line. A great way to end one of jazz's greatest partnerships. :rsmile:

The Larry Young set on vinyl, about 3-4 years ago. I think the Woody Shaw was the next one..

I assume this refers to 'Mirrors'. A good session - and a great shame that BN didn't follow up with another release from Joe. Wonder why that was?

Could it be the same session as 'Erich Kleinschuster - Oberwater Messe' released on German Columbia LP C067-33036 and I think recorded in 1970? This disk has both Farmer and Pauer on it.

The Conn vinyl 'BASRA' and 'ETCETERA' are good ones to get, if you can find them. Too bad that they stopped doing them - would love to have a 180g 'Mother Ship' and 'Passing Ships'. Anyway.... back to the 'main feature' ..

Glad you like my choice, and forgive me to just jump ahead here, but it's a pity in my opinion that AOTW got lost. "Dear Sir" is the track I remember as outstanding, too. Your remarks are quite fitting, in my opinion. I had no idea this was out on Conn LP! Might be one I'd like to have on LP and CD. A beautiful sounding date! ubu Ubu - I didn't realise it was out on a vinyl Conn either until I saw the copy in the shop. It has a 1995 date on the back and the pressing and inner sleeve are identical to Mosaic Q-LPs of that vintage. In other words - A MUTHA !!

If the CD box goes for $1200, the mind boggles at what the vinyl version might fetch...

For those who missed it, here's the thread for you ... Mosaic Blues

A timely thread. I've had the Toshiba CD for some years but just recently came across the 180g vinyl version that was issued with the Conns in a second-hand shop. A very fine session and quite atmospheric in a 'Search For The New Land' kind of way. The two tracks which have always stood out to me are Wayne's 'Dear Sir' and 'Rio', which both have a sort of quiet, searching quality that reminds me a lot of Miles' 2nd Quintet. Interestingly, I recall reading in the sleeve notes that 'Nefertiti' was being recorded by this line-up almost concurrently with these sessions and the presence of Messrs Shorter, Hancock and Carter certainly bring out the similarities to both 'Nefertiti' and 'Sorcerer'. Yes, one of both Morgan's and Shorters best BN dates this one. Strange that it doesn't get more plaudits though in the Penguin Guide. For vinyl-frontierfetishists, The 180g Conn sounds very good and is well worth picking up.

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The Ellington 'Reprise', closely followed by the Blue Mitchell and the Mulligan Concert Band sets. All gems...but it's bread and water for the next month.

Falling off my seat in hysterics here ! What is sad is that I sat through 2 hours of this guff this morning, presented under the heading of 'Future Business'.