Bluesnik

Oh, I didn't know that. Although the CD came out a long while ago, its good to have a thread like this running.

Though the material is very good, it contains a zillion alternates, which I'm not so fond of.

I have his big band album Bernt Rosengren Big Band from 1977, which I like a lot.

I finished ordering Mosaics around 2004 or so, but I'm still informed about their catalogue and their new sets and could decide to jump on one eventually. But this isn't too probable now. The sets I'd be most interested in are OOP. And the demise of the Selects is a big drawback.

A rather small set (just 2 CDs), that brings together many of the first LPs issued by Blue Note as ten inchers. The famous series 5000. There is also an early 1500 series album included here, of which I'm not sure if it's 10 or 12 inch. I would say the switch to 12 inch was made with the 1500 series, the first issues of which were reissues of 5000 series albums, but I'm not sure.

Just got it from NoBusiness. Good idea.

Nice video of Round Midnight. I had never seen him move his foot in such funny way as here...

Never no Lament - The Blanton-Webster Band - Duke Ellington

Yeah, it's very high on my wants list.

A good compilation to me is his Blue Note album, called George Lewis and his New Orleans Stompers, which was recorded in 55. It was part of a series of CDs put out by Blue Note in 98 about New Orleans jazz, which also included the excellent Blue Note Swingtets album.

Yes, I also like that Mosaic very much.

I must admit I am not so familiar with his latest efforts and don't know what he's been doin as of late. Maybe he's more inclined to dance sounds now. What I liked most was what he used to do, which was always like a mix between broken beat and fusion. By the way, he's of Australian-Japanese descent. What a curious and interesting mixture.

One of his better projects, where I think he was involved and which I am listening to now, is The Politik, with singer Bembe Segue.

I like Mark de Clive Lowe and have done so for more than ten years.

No, they're not connected. And other than some spiritual jazz compilations, Kindred Spirit release a different kind of music. More cutting edge and less jazz. Maybe they have some more compilations out now, like you say. I haven't followed them in some years.

And don't forget the Vee Jay sides of the young lions and others where he shines with Shorter. They were collegated into a Mosaic.

The Germans are known as very good vinyl (and any other media) manufacturers.

A wonderful set!

I saw it a couple of years ago and I liked it. I didn't like the puppet thing, which didn't quite fit the rest. But I liked the dramatisation of the story.

That was a very good album.

Yes, but it also included the material Green & Clark recorded with Ike Quebec around the same time. Yes, a Mosaic should be at least four disc strong.

Yes, I second that one, which I love.

Not a boxset properly, just a 2 cd set from the now famous Doubletime Series. But the concept is like a boxset: everything Sonny Clarke and Grant Green did as a quartet for Blue Note. And wasn't there sometime a Mosaic along these lines?