jazzbo

Wow .. . I think it might be Bitches Brew or Band of Gypsies or (Ellington) Indigos.

Now let's see, what DID I spend that last grand on. . . .

Analog K, I think you'd dig the Ronnie Boykins or maybe even the latest Ayler from Fondation Maeght Nachts. . . .

The real PKD shift would be if Jeff B couldn't find anyone who remembered Africa Brass! Come to think of it, I remember Asia Gold and South American Bronze. . .

I'm in posession of most of this material; I probably WILL buy this eventually, but I'm not going to buy it right away.

I've got both Roulette boxes. I prefer the Roulette material myself, BUT I have almost all this Norgan/Clef etc. material and enjoy it as well. The Roulette sports a homogeneity that this one won't quite have. . . . Still, there's lots of great Basie, both before and after these sets. If you don't have the Decca material within the three cd set I think that is more essential to have than this upcoming Mosaic. . . . TIMELESS music.

http://www.artistshare.com/artist_project_...D=6&selection=1

There IS a 24.95 level, but also a 19.95 and 12.99 level I think. . . .

My parents should have just named me "Jim." On every other board I've ever been on I've used my real name in some form (shortened first, proper first, shortened first and last) but for some reason when I came here I wanted to use "jazzbo". . . was feeling fun to discover this place and I just have let that stay. My grandfather was a banjo player in the teens and twenties and I always liked this mechanical toy from pictures, racist as it may be construed. (I'M no racist, I just like the image and vibe I get from it of itinerant seat of the pants life; I've had my share of that). Most here know that I'm "Lon Armstrong" and I'll reveal it to anyone who asks. Really after the huge JCS broohaha (I had someone sending me nasty messages about ten times a day during that time and posting ridiculous things about me including that I "smelled like poopoo!") (how could they know?) and subsequent scuffles on other boards I fully understand why others have used handles for security reasons. By the same token, using my real name in one form or another has brought me many benefits in friends and rareties and companionship and sympathy and opportunity.

I still don't know what my parents were thinking when they named me jazzbo. . . .

It's a sound!

Ah yes, the Charles Tylers are excellent. As is the Gato.

These are fairly early in the New Testament Band history, and I like them, though there is less powerful soloing and more emphasis on swinging and section work (or so it appears to me). And this is sort of like dancing material; my inlaws would dance al whole evening to this stuff no problem! So. . . not the best material in this Mosaic in my estimation, but nice stuff to hear.

Well at least you got one good one. . .

Should you do a search you'll find quite a bit of discussion of these artists and this label. I have nearly every "jazz" release and really enjoy a lot of them. The Aylers, the Boykins, the Ras, the Marion Browns, the Sanders and the Simmons and the Waters. . . I actually play these fairly often.

Try typing in "Jazz Crusaders" in www.amazon.com "Popular Music." You'll get some Pacific Jazz cds with brief clips to listen to. . . .

I think the noninclusion was just a size matter. Keeping the set at a manageable, possibly affordable, size. This material is going to be really fun jazz. Soulful and solid. I'll look for some sites with clips though I'm not thinking of any off the top of my head. I have nearly all this stuff and it's good time good feeling music !

Actually I would personally, even as a lad, chosen a more petite model. . . but there wasn't a . . . decent . . . photo of one!

Well, at least it was an honest answer.

I think you're probably right. Could I spend about three months in the vaults though to verify?

Moi aussi.

Well, I think they're walking the line. They offer the music and an undersized cover . . . They figure if you don't like that you'll track down an import or OOP cd. . .

I'm so glad it made it there safely!

Whew it's a relief that there's nothing wrong with that. . . I want to hear it too!