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Now up for pre-order, release mid-March.

Diggin’ into a bunch of Tone Poets, starting with this one - First Mingus LPs I ever got were his ‘The Atlantic Years’ twofer, a fantastic compilation, with ‘Blues and Roots’ featuring strongly. I think no. 2 was that America 3LP set, astonishing stuff. The silver cover German Warner Bros. Series - ‘That’s Jazz’ I think they were called. Have quite a few of them - Giant Steps, MJQ, Fat Albert Rotunda etc. Followed by -

She gets a nice mention and photo in the Mosaic Black and White set booklet. Mosaic’s Scott mentions seeing her play piano at a party in honour of Louis Armstrong and very nicely too.

A good afternoon to crack open this box -

Near enough, I guess ! 😆 Rare picture there these days of a Pearly King and Queen. Once a fairly regular sight in the Smoke, I guess these days they have been ‘cancelled’..

Same crowd demographic of the particular time who would then progress to rock and roll, Hendrix etc. and subsequently punk so goes with the territory I guess.

Need to get hold of that one before it disappears !

All of those GKK ‘first issues’ were put out in the late 70s/early 80s. They caused quite a stir amongst Blue Note fans at the time. I used to drool over them in the racks when seen at Mole Jazz In the Imports section but being a poor student at the time it was the £1.99 deletion racks or nothing for me. The Kings were around £7.50-£9 and limited issue. 🙁 They didn’t last for too long here either and became scarce and even higher price when second hand. Over the years, I filled some gaps. Yes, the Paul Kuhn is a very nice sounding audiophile issue. Good job there by In&Out Records of Koblenz.

Why is that? All of those GXK Grant Green Kings used the Warhol-like graphics I think.

Yes, ‘Ezz-Thetics’ is on there. The cover art is the one used on the King LP when the Japanese first issued this session. I think the blue cover photo was used on the Conn CD. I only have a couple of these BN Classics but happy with this one.

Yeah, a good one. Amazingly, my ‘local’ had this new Classic Series in stock this afternoon. Not a mark on it and the sound is very good, certainly trounces my old ‘Collectors Choice’ CD of this title. Punchier and much clearer. A happy camper !

Blue label copy - sounds surprisingly good.

Took me years to get a vinyl copy of that one on UK Verve. Kept both !

Yeah, that Shorter was a scarce one too. Another one I had to pick up from the States.

It was pretty elusive when it came out - the whole series was in limited quantities. I don’t think I ever saw a copy of the 3CD here in the UK and picked mine up during a visit to the States back then. The other very elusive one I recall in that Verve Elite series is the Lalo Schifrin.

what a lineup ! The US guest input apparently coordinated by Clark Terry and separately recorded for mixing in. Works very well.

The time to get worried is probably when you become a ‘black hole’ or ‘red dwarf’ !

A classic.

Yeah, she is very much missed on the scene over here - having said that, I was never fortunate enough to see her live. I recommend her ‘Live at the BBC’ CD box set. Whenever I come across one of her LPs in the racks, it is often signed. Says a lot about her good natured personality, I think.

Just got my shipping notice !

From my experience, their regular email does confirm new Mosaics in stock when they get them into their stores. I’ve gone the ‘direct’ route with this set, after a number of orders from JM. Sadly, they don’t offer free shipping above a certain amount any more.