Kevin Bresnahan

I'd love to get my hands on a reasonably-priced copy of the earlier Mosaic. The last few I tracked on eBay went for $250. The current set is in heavy rotation in my playing list. I just dig Hodges and Big Ben. They swing like there's no tomorrow.

Yeah, but chicks on the cover sell... just ask Diana Krall.

I was trying to find a Somethin' Else discography on-line with no luck. Has anyone ever found one? Also, since Somethin' Else is a sort of sister label to Blue Note, I wouldn't mind finding a Blue Note discography with the Japanese TOCJ titles listed. The ejazzlines sale had me scratching my head for some of the titles. Kevin

Money sent. Hey, for 4 bucks, I'll listen to any Jazz.... at least once.

I think I found them. Ordered 4 more.

Actually, my post was timed to get the Japanese buyers as they awoke. Everyone knows they pay top dollar for Mosaics, right? I'm sorry I missed the European buyers. I know what it's like when I get up and see a CD or Mosaic that sold while I slept. BTW, the reason I chose $150 for the Tristano Mosaic was that the last two sold for around $130 on eBay. I figured $150 was reasonable considering it was sealed. Watch eBay and you may get lucky.

I was also informed that their system does not keep current stock on line and that 2 of my titles were not going to ship. I e-mailed them a note expressing my concern that their system might lose them some business. I told them how I used to order 100's of dollars of Jazz from www.euclidrecords.com but that after getting a bunch of cancelled orders, I stopped shopping there. If people get a lot of cancelled orders, they'll stop shopping there, which would be too bad because they look like a good alternative source for Japanese CDs. Kevin

Hah! I thought I was the only one. I ordered Vol. 1 of Blakey's "Three Blind Mice" because I never got around to it when it was in print.

Pm back at ya. The two Mosaics are sold. Herbie's still available. BTW, the only reason the Herbie is up here is because of its non-standard shape. I have it stored in another room because it won't fit in my Can Am unit. Even though I think it has some of the best-sounding versions of Herbie's BN material, I still grab the single CDs just out of convenience. Kevin

Selling a few box sets to make some room. Shipping for US/Canadian buyers is $7.00 for one or two boxes. International shipping is extra and depends on the destination. US buyers can pay with PayPal (preferred) or money order. I am only accepting PayPal from international buyers at this time. SOLD $150 MD6-174 The Complete Atlantic Recordings of Lennie Tristano, Lee Konitz & Warne Marsh (6 CDs) This set is sealed. SOLD $70 MD4-179 The Atlantic New Orleans Jazz Sessions (4 CDs) Discs 1, 2 & 3 opened and played once. NM. Disc 4 still sealed. REDUCED was $80 now $60 Herbie Hancock - The Complete Blue Note Sixties Sessions (6 CDs) Disc 3 has a couple of very faint scuffs. The other CDs have been played but look new. Small, barely-visible-under-bright-light scratches may be on them and I just can’t see them. Thanks for looking, Kevin

I still think that there were a couple of shill bidders driving that Quebec/Hardee 3 CD set to that price. The "winning bidder" has no history of that kind of spending, and a majoity of his previous purchases weren't even music. I'd be willing to bet that the second place bidder got an E-mail claiming that the winner stiffed him and "would he like to buy the set at your last bid"? I knew that eBay's new "Bidder 1", "Bidder 2" stuff was going to create this situation. We now have no way to know if the losing bidders were shills or not. It used to be a piece of cake to check the bidding history of the losers to see if they were legit. Now, let the shills rule! BTW, eBay probably loves shills. They get a cut of the final selling price. They could care less how that price got up there.

It ain't necessarily so! http://cgi.ebay.com/MOSAIC-CD-BOX-Ike-Queb...1QQcmdZViewItem I smell a shill! This is exactly why eBay's recent switch to "Bidder 1", "Bidder 2", etc. is very bad for the buyers. There is no way to know if the bidders are all legit. I'd bet that the winner is a shill. Look at his bid history. All books. Not someone who should be whipping down insanely stupid money for a Mosaic box.

I am very aware that my car's silence can be deadly in "stealth mode" so I am particulalrly careful in parking lots. My 2004 Prius is now up to 71,000 miles. Gas & oil changes. Best car I've ever owned (so far). I just picked up a 2002 Toyota Avalon for the wife. This is one smooooth ride.

Grant Green plays pretty good but Ike has played better. He sounds tired. When I heard these tunes in Cuscuna's office, he was looking for stuff for the "lost sessions" Connoisseur CD. He deemed these not worthy for release.

5 or 6 years ago, shortly after co-founder Charlie Lourie's death, Mosaic went through a tough patch. They let go one of the telephone operators and didn't fill another spot when someone else left. I was told that those moves would help keep a positive cash flow. I have no idea how they're doing now. I doubt they're doing excellent. No one in the physical music business is doing well that I'm aware of.

I remember finding this in a used bin, seeing "Coleman Hawkins", and that was that. I agree that it's a great, swinging date and that Hawk is in top form. Not Smokin', but definitely swingin'.

If they did, it wouldn't matter much. Clearly, they dislike this type of jazz as a rule, and give out ratings for it based on the wrong criteria. I'd agree with that John, except for the fact that they seem to like the sessions when they're listed as Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis & Johnny Griffin. The three titles listed under Eddie's name get 4, 3 1/2 and 3 1/2 stars. Flip to the two titles listed under Johnny's name, "Lookin' At Monk" and " Tough Tenor Favorites", and the ratings drop to 2 1/2 each. Do they jusy not like Griff? Later, Kevin

You want to know something? I almost didn't buy this because Morton & Cook bashed it in the Penguin guide. They gave it something like 2 1/2 stars and dinged for Griff & Lock going all out on every tune. Imagine my surprise when I played it and found two ballads and 3 other tunes taken at the same tempo Monk used! There is only one screamer, and that was the opening tune. Did the Penguin guys even listen to this CD?

I just picked up "Lookin' At Monk" from Hiroshi. It was just reissued in that very inexperience series last month. Even with shipping, it's around $10. The sound is very good too.

Oh I like this one: Mr. White Chocolate Kevin Flash

I would have bought a lot more of these, but the prices were all over the map. When I first saw them (Tower Records maybe?), they were mid-line priced. Maybe $11.99? I bought a bunch. The next time I saw them, they were stickered "IMPORT" and had $15-20 price tags. I actually bought a whole bunch of the mini-LP versions from Berkshire Record Outlet for around $6 each. I think the mini-LP versions sound pretty nice too and even better, many included extra tracks not found on the jewel-cased versions.

I don't know specifically about "The Jody Grind", but the Japanese master tape of "Sweet Honey Bee" is identical to the US master, clicks and all. When BN decided to do "Sweet Honey Bee" in the US RVG series, I told Cuscuna he had to get the Japanese master because everyone said it had no clicks. Maybe it wasn't a needle drop? Well, according to Cuscuna, whoever did the mastering in Japan for their CD releases cleaned up the clicks. They were there. I assume this would be the same for "The Jody Grind". FWIW, the needle drops are in the BN vaults and apprently have been for decades. I believe the Japanese masters were created in the late 70s-early 80s. If the Japanese dupes have the clicks, the switch had already been made. Later, Kevin

I actually won't mind meeting Chris over on those SH forums. Some of his more obvious methods of dissing people, like intentionally mangling their name, wouldn't be allowed over there. It is good to hear Chris talk about his experiences as a Riverside employee and not about his animosity towards... well... many people. I hope he sticks around there even though politics is verbotim.

I once asked Michael Cuscuna about this. He said Blue Note was very good at documenting their recording sessions. I am pretty sure that it's been determined that "Thinking of Home" was the Blue Note Session Hank was talking about. He mentioned a guitar player and a suite. "Thinking of Home" has both. He said it wasn't released and that was true at the time. What's even weirder is that Hank isn't the only one feels there's a missing session. Guitarist Eddie Diehl remembers another session too. I was once contacted by someone who knew Eddie and he says that Eddie claims, like Hank, that there was another Blue Note session out there. Michael & I talked about this too and he figures both of them must be talking about "Thinking Of Home". I E-mailed the guy asking him to see if Diehl knew about the release of "Thinking of Home", but I never heard back from him. It may simply be that neither of them knew that Blue Note did actually release "Thinking of Home" in 1980, 10 years after they recorded it. If it isn't "Thinking of Home", Blue Note doesn't have it in their records.

But what do you do when you have every session he ever played on? Oh wait, I still haven't picked up that Archie Shepp date. Ha, I'm still not there yet.