jazzbo

Good for you. It is not something I am going to do.

I don't like computer audio, etc.--never has sounded right to me even when a digital engineer set examples up for me. Not going to start that now. I'll be fine downsizing and selling some.

Ivan “Boogaloo” Jones “Legends of Acid Jazz” (Vol. 1) Prestige cd I love Jones’ playing and the guitar sound from his Barney Kessel Gibson model. These are perhaps my favorite two albums of his but I like all his work. I love the way he snuck in the riff of “Sunshine of Your Love” in one of these tracks.

In my personal case nothing ominous, just the course of living long enough to have a fixed income. I never made a lot of money, and due to a profitable sale of a home in Austin I was able to make an investment that will turn into an annuity income next month and with a modest pension and social security funds as well I'll do okay. My wife last month walked off her job and decided to retire, which does impact our household as her retirement funds are not as large as mine and monthly income has taken a hit. Regardless of that, we live in a very small expanded cabin near the woods, luckily now paid for, and there's not much storage space here. I have as much of my collections here to play around with but to house all my books, cds, and instruments I pay for a climate controlled storage unit that costs me nearly 400 dollars a month now. My wife keeps attempting to convince me that I don't need 30,000 plus cds and a few dozen instruments and a few thousand books. My defense strategy was barely successful before this economic hit, and she is completely correct that were I to become disabled or expire she would have a massive mess to deal with that she would really really rather not. So. . . it makes sense fiscally. . . and it makes even more sense if I love her, AND I DO. . . to begin to evaluate and downsize and perhaps make a little money taking care of all this. And as for Mosaic. . . second and third hand I have heard enough about their situation to believe that "dire" may be an accurate description of what they have gone through this decade and may face in the near future. They have my respect and my appreciation and I wish them well. On another forum an audio business that I have supported for decades is facing a chorus of non-customers "suggesting" how they should run their business since they have a backlog of thousands of orders and can manufacture and ship about 15 per week currently. I just really find it distasteful to have persons on the outside, not industry people, not customers, telling a business how they should operate. And I find it rather uncomfortable to see a similar focus on Mosaic.

It just seems a futile discussion as Mosaic will choose to issue sets that they can license and that they feel can sell. I don't honestly believe gender plays a big part in their decisions--I definitely don't feel they are sexist. If tens of thousands of jazz fans were clamoring for complete sets of female jazz artists and they saw a market and could convince companies to lease I believe they would react to that market. But that is not happening. I'm not hurting for the work of these musicians. I have nearly everything that Mary Lou Williams released. And Shirley Scott. And even Hazel Scott. I'd buy a Mosaic treatment were they to come. I've bought all that Mosaic released this century and before. I don't believe Mosaic or any company has a moral duty to collate and produce any type of music as some sort of historical necessity or artistic imperative. This is all after all. . . business. We are a capitalist nation, we don't have a social structure to diligently restore or protect any art. I've spent many years of my life seeking out things that are obscure that I feel are artistically important and worthy, it has been an effort and in general a happy pursuit. I've been so successful that I now have to face dismantling a collection that I prize and enjoy. Life. It is a fascinating pathway full of rabbit holes and cow pies to navigate. And then it ends.

Tom Jobim “My Soul Sings” I will never get enough of this disc. This disc collects all the tracks that Jobim contributed to the many discs in the series “Great Brazilian Songbooks” . . . late works by the master interpreting the works of other composers. There’s a vibe here that I need in my life.

So sorry to read this Kevin. All my best to you and your family.

Dave Douglas Quintet "Live at the Jazz Standard" disc 2 Followed by "Sonny Clark Trio," Audio Fidelity SACD

“Weaver of Dreams: The Vocal Artistry of Kenny Burrell” Sony cd Some great Bobby Jaspar tenor on this one.

I'm amazed that he hasn't come up yet. And the excellent drummer George Wettling was also a painter.

MIles Davis “Kind of Blue” Mobile Fidleity SACD Sounding fantastic today. Followed by Count Basie and His Orchestra “The Legend From the Pen of Benny Carter” WEA Japan/Roulette cd Best I’ve ever heard this release.

Disc 2

Joyce AND Dori–very nice. Joyce featuring Dori Caymmi “Rio Bahia” Far Out cd

Yes, Waits and Jones were together for two years ending late 1979.

I can certainly see why some here dislike Rickie Lee. By the same token I really don't like some artists these do. That's the way of it. As much as I really enjoyed Rickie Lee's earliest as it came out and seasoned, I think that her work of this century is better still. But no one is for everyone.

Replayed this one. . . like it a lot. Rickie Lee Jones “Pieces of Treasure” Followed by a replay of this one, also much liked: Eliane Elias “Quietude”

I just listened to "Pieces of Treasure" again. A beautifully produced and recorded album. I really like her interpretations but then I've been a fan ever since I saw her sing "Coolsville" on Saturday Night Live in '79. A minute long google search found this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Fluffy_Clouds

Rickie Lee Jones “Pieces of Treasure”

Laurindo Almeida, Bud Shank “Brazilliance Vol. 2” World Pacific cd

Bill Evans “Treasures” Elemental Music 2 cd set, disc 2 Wow. This is a great 2 cd set.

Yes, I think that was an erroneous answer. . . though correct likely with every other set.

I've bought every album of hers since her first album was released. This one is quite good.

Rickie Lee Jones

Monday Michiru “Routes” This is the one that got me into Monday’s work and revisiting it still sounds amazing.

Disc 1