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The real honest answer is that I'm a Teagarden FANATIC and I want to have everything so that everything on this set that isn't on the Mosaic I want. I have a lot of other early material that is not on this set. . . because I love early stuff more and more as time goes by and I love early Tea. For one I enjoy the Jimmy McHugh and Whoopie Makers and Jack Pettis and Goody and his Gooders etc. sides that open the Epic set. I have a lot of other Teagarden from the twenties and early thirties that I really like. . . just really fun stuff. I think I have him complete up to the forties. . . or I hope I don't because I'd love to find more!

I recommend grabbing it as well at that price. Sounds better than the cd version from Collectors Classics (or at least different), has some stuff not in the Mosaic I would not want to be without, and is fun to spin!

The main reason I love this: It's got that slow burn to it that I really enjoyed playing within when I was playing back in the late eighties and the beginning of the nineties. I gues I respond to that and the very deep sort of sharing that happens in there like microsecond by microsecond when you're in that sort of a groove. Rare sort of stuff!

The TOCJs sound okay, but I like the sound of the lps and some of the domestic PJ reissues better. . . . It's just personal opinion AND, I BELIEVE (that is in my opinion) dependent on the character of your system, as to what one might like. I used to really like the TOCJ sound, but now with my system it's a little on the unexciting side. But that's me and my system. . . I know that others prefer this sound.

They are indeed pretty cool cds. . . ! They have that homogenized smoothed over TOCJ sound though. . . .

Okaay. . . NOW YOU'VE DONE IT! I totally disagree with your assessment of Cannonball! But it does eerily mirror the way I feel about . . . Lee Morgan!

I'm not going to buy this SACD. . . I haven't enough desire to hear this album (more and more Hartman annoys me and I'd rather have these ballads without him!) This could be a mastering plant problem too not necessarily to be lain at RVG's feet.

Mike, I'm a fan too. I wouldn't want to be without this one.

His classical disc is really something. . . the pianist is extraordinary (not Joel) and the sound is phenomenal.

I voted for Seger Ellis.

I feel so sad for Sonny!

Kevin, plod is probably too strong and poorly chosen, but I do find that bass and drum team to often be just. . . perfunctory or "getting the job done" and I think Cannon and Bill both SHINE when they have more than that beneath them. I don't think either Bill or Cannon really shine on that date! "Am I Blue" is meant to be on the downlow. . . I don't think there's a real comparison for me. . . one succedes (Am I Blue) and one doesn't (Know What I Mean) at meeting their possible goals. Jim: I have all the Landmark cds by Cannon and love them. I upgraded to ONE (Pollwinners) and then not any of the others because I didn't think that one was really a significant upgrade; the Landmarks sound pretty good.

I couldn't disagree more! I think that Cannon really came into his own, there was hardly a better alto saxophonist alive until he was no longer alive, and that he pursued his course as an artist, an entertainer and a teacher with steadfast progress from his appearance on the national scene to the close.

I'm with you Evan. I keep listening to Wayne around this time trying to har all the things that some people hear. . . and I don't. Nor do I hear much after his comeback. I'm just sort of tired of his "serpentine fire" to borrow a phrase from Maurice White's group. . . . After falling in love with his work in the seventies and listening away up through the nineties I just find that I am disenchanted now in the new millenium; other music speaks louder to me and I've set Wayne's aside.

Sensitive is one thing Al. . . I find Kay and Heath really boring here. And I find Evans quite himself, but not "sparked" by a rhythm section that just plods. . . Cannon too is not as inspired as I think he could be. But that's just me!

My favorites ARE trio or solo. . . I guess I'll say something off the wall to answer your question that probably others won't. . .well Shrdlu might. . . the sessions with Gary McFarland. AND I really love Evans' contributions to Mingus and Russell albums!

Not me. . . Heath and Kay just make Know What I Mean a bore for me. I much prefer many ohter dates to that, even stuff like "To the Ivy League from Nat" and "Jump for Joy" or "Great Love Themes"! And Somethin' Else just isn't in the top five for me either. . . not sure why. I just listened to "Accent on Africa" and "74 Miles Away"--those are amazing albums!

I'm not sure why Fat Cat Records are not on cd, but I wish they were. Those twelve volumes of Bechet in Boston, a number of other great lps. . . would be wonderful to have them on cd!

Hmmm. . . I wouldn't really put the Blue Note in my "favorites" list. . . but I really don't have a favorites list with Cannon. I think that more of the Mercury lps could stand to be on this list, and I really love "Them Dirty Blues" and the Riverside material with Teefsky. . . . So I'm firmly in the Harold Z camp!

Yes, wouldn't the Farrell CTIs make a great Mosaic Select? Who's going to write to them and suggest it? I agree that those Xanadus mentioned are very good. Xanadu. . . the little label that really could! The Turrentine is great and Gilberto/Turrentine is okay. . . nice. . . nothing special. I haven't heard any of the others. I'm looking forward to the Desmond and the Deodata/Airto.

I have always dug it! Going to have to spin it this weekend!

Ham Sweet Potatoes, baked, buttered Green beans Brocoli Pumpkin Pie It's just Helen and I this year, we're not enough of turkey fans to buy a bird, and we're going to relax as much as we can. I'm going to try to go see "Alexander". . . with or without her! NO MALLS! NO FOOTBALL!

I have a couple of his cds and a few appearances with Archie Shepp and others. A very interesting vocalist that I enjoy hearing. Should seek out more!

Yes, Adams goes off mic a little too often, and it sure is creepy to see his eyes roll back in his head so often. . . . Great dvd however!

I don't know why he would have had any reason to include it in the box set, none of it ever belonged to RCA! It's a nice cd, and the dvd has the best picture for these film items I've ever seen . . . I hardly think it will be found that cheap though!