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I recall seeing David Schnitter with Cedar Walton circa 1979/80. He had just taken over from George Coleman in ‘Eastern Rebellion’. Forgot about that. The Pure Pleasure issue is very good. Much prefer it to the Mole LPs, which sound a bit rolled off to my ears. I get sick of hearing about this particular Mosaic set, considering that mine remains untraced and lost somewhere mid-Atlantic. Mosaic Bermuda Triangle perhaps. 🥺

Aha - The Mole Jazz label ! I think their first LP of Pepper was ‘Blues For The Fisherman’, followed by this one. The whole lot is on an OOP 6LP set from Pure Pleasure.

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Mealing spent a bit of time with the Rendell/Carr Quintet I think but not aware of any recordings with them.

I find it ironic that when the original ‘Passing Ships’ came out on Conn CD, the general reaction was that folks were happy that it existed and was out there, warts and all (which to my recollection were largely to do with lack of rehearsal and some section sloppiness). This Tone Poet vinyl issue has resulted in myriad BS reports from people expecting perfection, where none ever existed. Total b*lls !

Saw him at Swanage last year - where he covered some Monk tunes as well. No tap dancer though.

The set is now available in JazzMessengers. If I had gone this route, it would have worked out quicker. Still no sign !

No problems for me playing ‘Passing Ships’ with a Dynavector MC cartridge set at 2.0g.

Nothing received here yet either and the tracking system shows no progress. I’ve just emailed Mosaic. Not impressed !

Didn’t the Miles ‘Calypso Frelimo’ come up somewhere on Super Mario Bros. ?

Need to give the Carmell Select a spin.. This afternoon, leisurely working my way through CDs 8-10 of Basie Studio. Starting with Benny Carter’s fine arrangements for ‘Kansas City Suite’.

Strange - availability of good and varied bread has rarely been better here. Not cheap though and prices have gone up significantly thanks to that nonentity out East. Plenty of garbage bread out there as well. 🤮 I’ll pass !

Other fine releases by them include the Don Cherry ‘Cherry Jam’, Buddy Rich ‘Just In Time’ and Alan Wakeman Octet 2LP set. Never heard the Trible.

They did the fabulous Tubby Hayes Fontana LP box set. Superb job done. I’ll be looking out for this one on the day, that QR code as well.

The story above is very sad to read. Jerry Dodgion was a fine pro and really excellent musician. So many great bands he played with and recordings he was on. Saw him just the once but it left a lasting impression. I’ll spin the Duke Pearson Big Band in his memory today - RIP.

I’ll be tempted with the Miles ‘Turnaround’, those Miles issues have been fun so far, albeit material taken from the box sets. The two Left Bank sets will be of interest as well (although just the Shirley Scott seems to be on the UK list). Not sure about the Bill Evans 3LP Danish thing - could be expensive.. There’s also this one on Gearbox. Not forgetting also the ‘Mr Benn’ album, featuring Duncan Lamont and co ! In summary... empty your pockets.

His wife was English - lived in Brighton in latter days I think. I have the feeling that Clifford Jarvis lived there too (or was it Hastings).

Still no sign of mine yet. The tracking system Mosaic sent a link for doesn’t throw any light as to where it is either. The combination of the US plus the UK mail system is the pits. Now that I have posted this, no doubt it will arrive..

All the main Prestige albums - ‘Saxophone Colossus’, ‘Tenor Madness’, ‘Plus One’, ‘Worktime’ etc. Sound is very good. Get this one and the ‘Saxophone Colossus and More’ Prestige Twofer and you are pretty well sorted for Rollins on Prestige vinyl, unless very big bucks beckons.

Newbury Comics - that was the place. The Duane Tatro ‘Jazz For Moderns’ was one I picked up at their big sale too.

I remember a big ‘splurge’ on these OJC CDs back in the early days of this Board, or maybe it was with the BNBB? One of the US sellers was clearing out many of the more obscure titles for a few bucks a pop. I remember putting in a big order via a kind member of the board. Years later, YOPP Covent Garden, London branch over here also did a clearout of much of the catalogue at £3 per disk and they were also offering some of the box sets too. ‘Fill Your Boots’ time !

Awesome twofer.

I’ve always liked the cover art for the UK Esquire LP version of ‘Rites’. Never seen a copy though.

Yes, it’s very good - and beautifully recorded.

CDs 3 to 5 this afternoon. Bliss !