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How does this compare with "Escalator Over the Hill"?

They did a major tuneup on the new release section. That's a big help for sure.

I saw him in Central Park in the late 80's. I knew nothing about him, but was really impressed at the time.

Thanks, Ron. I just read this on AMG: "The tune mislabeled "Wes' Rhythm" (actually "Twisted Blues") is an extraordinary example of Montgomery stretching out — starting with just Wes, bass and drums and developing into full, shouting call-and-response chords and octaves."

I was just looking at the listing on Amazon and noticed that the CD set does not include "Wes Rhythm". I wonder if it's mis-labeled on either the CD or album?

I have an LP on Affinity called "Impressions" from these dates. A truly great album. I should get the CD set one of these days, for sure. The album has four tunes: "Four on Six", "Wes Rhythm", "Impressions" and "To When".

Curtis Fuller - disk #3

FWIW, Stuff Smith was pulled because of some sort of contractual problem and didn't go OOP for the usual licensing reasons.

Anything with Charles Tolliver.

I decided to take a stab at asking Mosaic what the reason was for the quick move to "Last Chance". Here's their answer: It kind of sounds like they just lost track of how many of these they had left.

disk #3

NY Times June 12, 2005 Susan Bernofsky and Don Byron Dr. Susan Bernofsky, a college professor and literary translator, and Don Byron, the clarinetist, composer and arranger, were married last evening in Mount Tremper, N.Y. The Rev. Dr. Linda Anderson, a Unitarian Universalist minister, officiated at La Duchesse Anne, an inn. The bride, 38, was until last month an assistant professor of German at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y. She is the author of "Foreign Words: Translator-Authors in the Age of Goethe," a work about translation history and theory that is to be published next month by the Wayne State University Press. She has also received a grant from the American Council of Learned Societies to write a book about the Swiss-German novelist and short story writer Robert Walser, whose works she has translated into English, along with those of Gregor von Rezzori and Jenny Erpenbeck. The bride graduated from Johns Hopkins University and received a master's degree in fiction writing from Washington University and a doctorate in comparative literature from Princeton. She is a daughter of Shirley Bernofsky and Dr. Carl Bernofsky of New Orleans. The bride's father retired as a research biochemist at the Tulane University School of Medicine. Her mother, also retired, was a special-education teacher at McDonough 24, an elementary school in New Orleans. The bridegroom is 46. His latest album is "Ivey-Divey" (Blue Note, 2004) in which he explores the music of Lester Young. His albums since his debut in 1992 have incorporated classical, salsa, hip-hop, funk, klezmer, and jazz styles including swing, bop and downtown improvisation. This fall he is to become a visiting associate professor of music at the State University at Albany. Until April, Mr. Byron was an artist in residence at Symphony Space in Manhattan. The bridegroom graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music. He is the son of Donald E. Byron of the Bronx and the late Daisy A. Byron. The bridegroom's father, who is retired, was a letter carrier for the Postal Service in Manhattan and also a bassist who played jazz and calypso music in and around New York City. The bridegroom's mother was a clerk at Verizon in Manhattan.

I always assumed that once the lease expired, they had to stop selling the sets - regardless of what they had in stock.

Speaking of big band: Maynard Ferguson - "MF Horn 4 & 5: Live at Jimmy's" Don Ellis - "At Fillmore" When are these going to be released on CD???

These sets usually go to "Running Low" way before they drop into the "Last Chance" category and sit there for many weeks. So, it usually wouldn't be a problem for the "catalog only" customers. I wonder what the story is behind it's quick appearance on the "Last Chance" list.

I've never seen a set go OOP that quickly. I'm so glad I picked this up.

In the evil clutches of Mosaic madness ...

Some recent BN RVGs added: Blakey - "Like Someone in Love" Sonny Clark - "Dial S for Sonny" Herbie Hancock - "Speak Like a Child" Ike Quebec - "Heavy Soul" Wayne Shorter - "Night Dreamer" Silver - "Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers" Wes Montomery - "Smokin' at the Half Note" (Complete on Verve)

Haven't hear that Joe Willams myself. There are also a few Ray Drummond and Craig Handy albums recently added. Worth checking out, I think.

I find the first session of the Byrd/Adams set different, as well. A very brittle sound, actually. Anybody else? The rest of the sessions are CLEAN, though!

The original concept of the "Select" sets was like this. They were going to make a limited quantity of numbered sets available through Mosaic and then afterwards sell the same set with slightly different packaging, higher price and without numbers to the retail market. I think they have changed that strategy since the original roll-out, though.

For them to refuse a sale, this thing must be FLYING out the door.

FWIW, the copyright date is 2000. My Blue Mitchell set came in 4 single CD cases when I got it during the "Running Low" period last year. The B/A is in 2 doubles, like everyone else. It's an interesting point, because they would have to determine which format they are going to use ahead of time because of the CD case liner printing.

Rhino Handmade is primarily a limited edition, collectors' label, too. Their prices are pretty much in line with Mosaic's.

** See post #6.