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Larry Young goes for only $260! Now THAT'S crazy. Larry Young Mosaic

The Dexter Gordon Blue Note box requires looking in 3 different places to get the complete track information.

See show reviews HERE.

Went to last night's show and it was as good as I was hoping for - maybe better. Everyone was "on". I wish I could have stayed for the second set. They did 6 tunes: Harper's "Insight", Hicks' "Slowly But Surely", Harper's "Priestess", Monk's "Round Midnight", a Tolliver tune (who's name I can't place) and an encore that I didn't know. While the focus was definitely on Billy and Charles, Hicks got a lot of attention and Roy McCurdy did some tasteful solos. In fact the show opened with a drum solo that led straight into "Insight". I had seen the Charles Tolliver Big Band in NYC earlier this year, but was a bit disappointed in not seeing him play much. This was a much different situation, obviously. There was a nice rapport between Billy & Charles, too. They truly seemed to be enjoying themselves in front of the enthusiastic full house.

Thanks for the insight, David. I hope it didn't hurt your arm any more than necessary to type that out. Get well soon and come on out when you're well.

Fats

Not on Riverside, but this album with Harold Land from 1977 is certainly worth tracking down.

You guys are killin' me! I was trying to make an excuse for not worrying about getting this. Sort of like jbb's reasoning for missing out on Anita. But you're making it sound pretty weak. I'll see how I feel (and my wallet, too) when it hits the "Last Chance" list.

I got it, Mike. It is "Young & Foolish". Can't answer your second question, though - sor-ry.

I'm sure this is a great set. I just don't think I could handle that much trombone. I got the Curtis Fuller box when it was Running Low. I realized then that I'm not much of a fan of trombone as a lead instrument.

Thank G-d! I was getting really sick of debating whether to get this set even though none of her recordings that I've heard have turned me. Nonetheless, I considered getting this set purely on the hope that either (1) I would all of a sudden start liking her (which of course could happen), or (2) I would someday decide to part with it and would be able to sell it for big $$$. Buying something as expensive as the Anita set simply in hope that I might like it makes me feel like a fool for spending so much on something I have no reason to believe I'll like (other than the resounding endorsement of many on this board), and buying it so I can maybe sell it later for a big profit makes me feel like the sort of capitalist that I don't want to be. Besides, there are so many sets I'm considering getting that I think I'd like so much more and don't have (i.e., JJJ, Turrentine, Jazz Crusaders, etc.), that now I go back to deciding which of those to pick up next without the threat of missing out on a set that I never considered getting before it hit the last chance list. jbb P.S. Does this sound like sour grapes or am I making some good points? ← This is an EXCELLENT rationalization. So, don't feel TOO guiltiy about missing out on one of the great Mosaic sets ever produced.

All of them are available on eMusic, if you're interested in inexpensive MP3s of this stuff.

Anita - disk #6. I can appreciate it now that it's OOP. Until now, it's just been another box set of CDs.

I figure JJ or Ory is the next ta go? ← According to the web site, JJ is still in the "Running Low" catagory - not "Last Chance" like the Ory set.

I would highly recommend "A Sure Thing" with the great tune "Hip To It".

I wonder how? I've never heard any complaints. I would think that Yoshi's is one of the better venues.

Shouldn't Sony honor their original price with the retailers, too? At least the ones that took the pre-orders. They're doing their job to get the sales and shouldn't be penalized for Sony's change of "heart".

All good points, Eric. I think it's only going to be guys like you and me, though, who will continue to be interested in Mosaic-like hard-copy box sets of music in 20 years. I don't know if there will be enough of us to support a profitable operation by then.

I've always liked their earlier stuff - up through "Oranges & Lemons". "Drums and Wires" was one of the great albums of the "New Wave" movement. I saw them a couple of times in 1980, too. Great live show and it's too bad that they retired from performing.

If anyone's still looking for a deal on this, Red Trumpet has a pre-order price of $42.99.

I only have the Dukes original LP - "25 O'Clock". "Chips from the Chocolate Fireball" is everything on one CD. From what I remember, the other stuff wasn't as good as the original album. Is this worth getting?

Too hard to say because the product itself will be totally different. I suspect that everything will be downloaded in some way by that point. I would also think that the labels will have made their entire catalogs available since there won't be a warehousing issue anymore. So, boutique collectors labels like Mosaic would be a niche market, for sure.

I saw it for over $3 in SF today.

VSOP Records today including: Pepper Adams Richie Kamuca Jack Sheldon Danny D'Imperio Eddie Costa Quintet Herb Geller Quartet Jimmy Rowles Sextet Mel Lewis Sextet Warne Marsh ... and a lot of others. BTW, the new Rollins is showing up as available for me.