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I've had this for some time, and I really can't remember what impression it made on me. . . I'll have to dig it out and relisten if I can find it! Thanks for the reminder!

Can't comment on the lps, but I have the cd set. . . . As Hans says so rightly, fantastic in small doses. . . . I'd surprised if anyone could listen to it disc after disc. . . . But if you like that LA RandB sound from the day, this is a great set to savor!

Brownie, the latest Sony DSD remastered cd from Japan of "Miles in Europe" sounds fantastic, so potentially we'll have wonderful sound in the box set! Tony Williams' drumming at this Festival appearance has been an inspiration ever since it was first heard many moons ago!

Ah, here we go: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...l=candid+mingus

I really like the sound on this set, but the sound on the single Candid discs is comparable. There are two differences I am aware of: the Mosaic set does NOT include at least (maybe only one) track/take that IS available on one Candid cd; the "Mingus Presents Mingus" session appears in good sounding mono on the Mosaic and in less good sounding extreme stereo on the individual cd. There is a thread about these recordings around these here parts somewhere. . . .

This would be the last PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED AND SCHEDULED box set. . . . But if there is a dollar to be made with a Miles box set, Columbia will sniff it out and supply to the demand. There are a few interesting studio sessions from the Agharta/Pangaea period that would be great to hear, some of which prefigure the sort of "song forms" that he began to use when he returned from his 'seventies retirement . . . .

Fork. Elveen, now the Brotherman.

Looks to me as if "Someday My Prince Will Come" WILL NOT be included. Should include "Seven Steps to Heaven," part of "Quiet Nights," "Live in Europe," "Live in Berlin," "Live in Tokyo" . . . .

Going to be a wonderful box. Some of my favorite exciting jazz drumming I've ever heard is a part of this series of concerts. . . . And some other dazzling performances I am very fond of, such as the "I Thought About You" that only surfaced on the "Columbia Years" box set previously. Metal spine?

Well, the Tower Austin jazz section at least has good service, better than Waterloo to me personally, and I don't believe that Tower has been responsible for the collapse of independent stores here. . . . Bushonomics in general seem more repsonsible to me. No, DL is not interested in spending time on internet bulletin boards. . . which is something I guess I admire in him!

Sunday the 13th is the last day. No further reductions are going to happen either, 30% is as low as it go.

It's too sad for me to go. . . . I have a lot of fond memories in that store, one of my very best friends has been working there from day one and doesn't yet know what he'll be doing next. . . . I've sort of been mourning it's closing about three months (abd I've known since before Halloween they were going to close as soon as someone assumed their lease).

Grimes and Quebec, and Grimes and Hardy, now that's some good listening!

Still material that could be included besides those that Gibbs got Contemporary to put out, including a favorite, Terry Gibbs Plays the Duke. There are also some great dates on MGM, Verve, that could be all incorporated eh?

Luckily this one is out. . . . I think I have them all, but yeah, a Mosaic would be nice. More Terry Pollard is always a good thing, who knows there may be extra material Mosaic could unearth as well. Someone should email and suggest it. The drag of the Mosaic idea is. . . the original cover art won't be there. . .and there are some . . . well ATTRACTIVE covers!

Yeah, this has long been a favorit. . . Quite a nice little session!

Have a great day Bertrand!

Shades of Velikovskian wonder!

The message DOES say June 9th though. . .

I wouldn't have said this ten years ago but now. . . Soul Samba!

Guess we have to wait til tomorrow; still has shipping there in the totals today!

Alright! I was hoping that was the case, that it was the Prevue and reasonably priced!

Welcome! Wear out the posting fingers!

Hey Tony, this is from the All Music Guide: Johnny Richards was one of the more progressive-minded arrangers of the 1950s and '60s, turning out big, heavily orchestrated scores with a sometimes unabashed use of dissonance and a good feel for Latin rhythms. His music has been called "provocatively colorful," though in the case of his notoriously portentous "Prologue" for the ego-tripping Stan Kenton, simply the word "provocative" says it all. Richards grew up in Schenectady, NY, learning piano, violin, banjo, and trumpet; his mother was a concert pianist who had studied with Paderewski. He started writing film scores, first in London in 1932-1933, and then in Hollywood for the remainder of the decade, as Victor Young's assistant at Paramount while studying composition with Arnold Schoenberg. From 1940 to 1945, he led a big band and then returned to Los Angeles to arrange for Charlie Barnet and Boyd Raeburn. He also arranged a string album for Dizzy Gillespie in 1950, along with recording dates with Sarah Vaughan, Helen Merrill, and Sonny Stitt. His most famous association was with Kenton, with whom he started arranging in 1952; Kenton's album Cuban Fire! is an outstandingly flamboyant example of Richards' work. Richards continued to lead his own orchestras in 1956-1960 and 1964-1965, recording for Capitol, Coral, Roulette, and Bethlehem, and co-wrote one of Frank Sinatra's signature songs, "Young at Heart."