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Right now I'm listening to one of the beautiful "Mosaic like" (but with LOADS OF COLOR!) Jazz in Paris box sets, so no need to feel sorry for me!

Thanks for the link!

Yeah, well I have this set on Japanese cds, etc. and haven't sprung for it. Perhaps quite a few people snapped up some of the recent Japanese reissues and now are kicking themselves hard (not that I am )! Maybe those preorders are actually from another source! (Whereas with the Andrew Hill set I wouldn't be surprised if a third of the preorders were from THIS BOARD!)

Dr. J made me keep listening to Lee Wiley and I "got" her at last and then I got bit by the Condon gang bug and of course she shows up on Town Hall shows and studio sessions. . . . What a talent she was. David Baldwin's "Devil's Music" label has reissued four (so far) incredible cds that reissue her work chronologically. These are dipping into those "Songbook" sessions now; those are both avaiable also from www.jazzology.com in the Audiophile Records cd series. (As well as two others!) I have Japanese cd copies of the two RCAs, and I have about nine discs from Spain of her work that I am replacing as I can from legitimate sources. Collectables also has her two Columbia 10"s as a cd, so the Mosaic Condon Mob is not the only source. What a woman. . . I wish there were more biographical information available all under one big cover. And photographs! Chris Connor. . . I recommend the Bethlehems as a beginning, and I have a handful of Atlantics including the one that Jim rightly praises. I'm becoming a fan of hers. . . . And a fan of Jeri Southerns. Became a STONE COLD PEGGY LEE ADDICT last year. Wow. So much great music to hear!

I've got the Drewo, all the other CBBB related material, and this one which I am so glad seems to be still available: Going to have to try some others; great series!

I love me some summer movies! Great escape from everyday stress. This weekend: KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. I'm going to see it you betcha! Last weekend I saw a full length trailer of "Batman Begins" that really increased my interest in the film.

Damn you make me jealous! Last Mosaic I spun was first disc of the Serge Chaloff

Not quite. From this page http://www.vincewallace.com/Words/Jimmy_Bl...my_blanton.html In autumn 1939, the twenty-one year old Blanton started playing on a regular basis at the Coronado Hotel Ballroom in St. Louis. According to Miles Davis, Blanton sat in one night with Davis during his stint with the Blue Devils, the house band at the Rhumboogie Club. It was on this night that Duke Ellington, in town for a concert, stopped by and impressed by the abilities of the young musician who was to become his most famous bass player, signed Blanton immediately. Ellington was impressed with Blanton's advanced techniques that belied his young age. Also, by this time Blanton had developed a new bass technique of playing lines that sounded more like a horn than like a bass, which until then had been primarily for keeping time. Blanton agreed to join Ellington's group, but did not own a four-string bass at the time. Gene Porter, who played the saxophone, clarinet and flute in the Jeter-Pillars Orchestra with Blanton, served as the guarantor. Blanton shared the bass duties with Billy Taylor until Taylor left the Ellington orchestra in January 1940.

I've had the two Archives of Jazz volumes. . . but suspect that they will be transformed by Storyville sonically as well as the joy of having the other material which I have not had!

Rearward has reissued it on both cd and lp. I have the cd; not sure if the lp is identical in content. I don't have the disc at hand, but www.dustygroove.com show both in stock.

Mike, yes I agree that the album with McRae is better. . . .Still, each album has their charm. The album with McRae ("November Girl") has been released on cd with an additional tune and it's a superb reissue!

A, thanks so much for that detailed news. Wow! I can't wait!

Wow, how about REED organ and a couple clarinets?

Looks great!

I love that Banda Nova material, and yes, I love the amusement in Elis' voice. She was such a talent! I need to get more of her material. And I really like our new poster Elis as well and her lovely avatars!

Then again, if they'd rather invade MARS than say. . . .

A review! HAENNING, GITTE – ... meets the francy bloand kenny clarke big band CD bureau b / edel contraire Schöne Idee, dieses neue Label namens ‚bureau b’, in gewisser Weise ein Ableger von den liebgewonnenen Tapete Records, welches zielsicher neue alte Sachen ans Tageslicht bringt und dabei sicher nicht im Revier von Tapete wildert und vielleicht trotzdem teilweise die selbe Zielgruppe anziehen könnte. Denn bei bureau b stehen nicht die üblichen Indie-Kleinode im Mittelpunkt, sondern Raritäten, alte Schätze und viel viel mehr. Den Anfang aus dieser großen Serie machen GITTE HAENNING und die Doppel-CD mit Film- und TV-Melodien von MARTIN BÖTTCHER, wenn das mal nicht verdammt unbewusst cool ist. Bei der vorliegenden Veröffentlichung handelt es sich also nun um GITTE HAENNING, die eigentlich für ihre Schlager wie „Ich will ’nen Cowboy als Mann“ bekannt ist, hier aber in diesem Rahmen mit völlig anderen Qualitäten überrascht. Wie der Titel schon verrät geht es hier um Big Band Musik und Jazz-Kontext. Was als Schreiberling also machen, wenn von dieser Materie keine Ahnung hat? Sich in die komplette Historie und Szene einarbeiten? Viel zu komplex. Lieber ganz einfach mit viel Enthusiasmus an die Sache herangehen. „Gitte Haenning meets…” ist ein kurzweiliges Vergnügen, welches als Soundtrack für einen Abend mit Karten und starken Drinks dienen könnte oder zum Entspannen nach einem langen Arbeitstag. Wenn krachige Gitarren zu anstrengend sind, kann das hier eine nette Bewusstseinserweiterung sein. Das Werk ist eine Wiederveröffentlichung von 1969, Gitte Haenning trägt die Songs mit viel Können und fantastischer Stimme vor; mal wird gesungen, mal gehaucht und wann anders gesäuselt. Das ist manchmal anstrengend und meistens aber einfach schöne Begleitmusik. Hinter den Songs verbergen sich meistens Big Band Klassiker, aber auch Eigenkompositionen der beteiligten Francy Boland und Jimmy Woode. „A world without love“ ist sogar von keinen geringeren als John Lennon und Paul McCartney. Die CD erscheint als sehenswertes Digipak mit 20-seitigem Booklet mit jeder Menge Linernotes und anderen Zugaben. Das Herz manches Sammlers sollte jetzt aufgehen! Was uns demnächst noch für Absurditäten und Raritäten erwarten kann man in Ruhe auf der folgenden Homepage nachlesen. (32:05) (--) www.bureaubuskies.de >> big band-jazz [sebastian, februar 04] http://www.sellfish.inserteffekt.com/review/02-05.htm#hg I think they like it a little. . . not sure!

HELL YEAH

I've had this for about a month now thanks to dustygroove.com Interesting date. The new cd sounds mucn better than the lp version I had and that helps for appreciation. The band plays really well and the vocals that Gitte adds (from what I can understand from the notes the band and the singer never recorded together) are very spirited and fun. You'll enjoy it! The new reissue has a different cover than the lp and doesn't reproduce all the lp artwork but does have photos (some different).

I think this set timed out. One of these days soon I have to shove aside the newly purchased material I'm swimming through and listen to this again. I really do like this set. One has to like the clarinet to really enjoy it. And you have to like that sort of cool and clever mode that Jimmy has of writing and making sound. There's a LOT of variety in this set really . . . . Ensembles vary in size and instrumentation and there are a variety of material used as building blocks as well. Highlights for me are the trio mateiral and the material with Pee Wee Russell.

I have the original lps of these sessions and man it's some good music!

What Mark said.

I'm most excited about Volume One, which I think is stupendous in its variety and the excitement in the material and sound. Sound is really good on this set! Though Volume Two. . . well that would be second on my list! So I might have it one day!