The Magnificent Goldberg Posted December 19, 2006 Report Posted December 19, 2006 Blue Mitchell yesterday. Boooooful! MG Quote
tranemonk Posted December 20, 2006 Report Posted December 20, 2006 Congrats on the set! It really is a good one... Disc 6 of the Farmer/Golson Jazztet which features the Golson quartets. I really love his rendition of "Stella By Starlight" and "My Romance" is very nice as well. <edit> On to disc 7 listening to Golson's "Take A Number From 1 To 10". I've read criticisms about the concept of this recording but it's working for me. Interesting. Quote
jazzbo Posted December 20, 2006 Report Posted December 20, 2006 The Ellington Small Group. . . amazing sound. Quote
Ron S Posted December 20, 2006 Report Posted December 20, 2006 The Ellington Small Group. . . amazing sound. I'm envious. Quote
HolyStitt Posted December 20, 2006 Report Posted December 20, 2006 The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Art Blakey's 1960 Jazz Messengers Disc 4 Quote
mikelz777 Posted December 20, 2006 Report Posted December 20, 2006 (edited) Congrats on the set! It really is a good one... Disc 6 of the Farmer/Golson Jazztet which features the Golson quartets. I really love his rendition of "Stella By Starlight" and "My Romance" is very nice as well. <edit> On to disc 7 listening to Golson's "Take A Number From 1 To 10". I've read criticisms about the concept of this recording but it's working for me. Interesting. Thanks tranemonk. You're right, it is a good one! I'm least enthused about the Art Farmer Orchestra stuff on the last disc and I even enjoy that! It's a solid and enjoyable set all the way through. I think exchanging the Bobby Hackett Mosaic for the Farmer/Golson Jazztet was an excellent move. It's funny how things worked out though. I got buyers remorse after picking up the Hackett set and reading the booklet. Even the booklet was kind of dumping on some of the material (the stuff with the female vocals) and I wondered how much I would really listen to this set with all the lush string stuff and the unusual Hawaiian stuff. I was more interested in hearing Hackett's wonderful horn in a small group setting. As I was browsing through Ebay today, I saw someone had Hackett's Mosaic discs 3 & 4 for sale which contained Gotham Jazz Scene, At The Embers, The Bobby Hackett Quartet, and Easy Beat which were the four sessions I was most interested in hearing on the entire box set. (An octet and three quartets.) Only $13.00 shipped for the both of them! It looks like I'll be getting the best (for me at least) portion of the Hackett Mosaic at a pretty nice price! Listened to the Farmer/Golson Jazztet discs 1 and 2. Edited December 20, 2006 by mikelz777 Quote
ASNL77 Posted December 21, 2006 Report Posted December 21, 2006 Hall/ Johnson/ De Paris .... I grabbed this one on Ebay recently because it was cheap and I am glad I got it. Quote
BruceH Posted December 21, 2006 Report Posted December 21, 2006 Bennie Green Select---all of it. This never fails me. Quote
tranemonk Posted December 22, 2006 Report Posted December 22, 2006 Just finished listening to the Lee Wiley Single.... Didn't really work for me.. I didn't have any of her stuff and thought this was a good intro... I swear... Mosaic hit it big with the Anita O'Day set but IMHO every other vocal set Quote
gslade Posted December 22, 2006 Report Posted December 22, 2006 (edited) The Ellington Small Group. . . amazing sound. I'm envious. Me Too! I'll order it next month when I got the $$ Right now listening to the Don Pullen Select Edited December 22, 2006 by gslade Quote
sheldonm Posted December 23, 2006 Report Posted December 23, 2006 ...hope to be listening to a new set this Christmas morning !!! Mark~ Quote
tranemonk Posted December 23, 2006 Report Posted December 23, 2006 (edited) Andrew Hill Solo Select - Disc 1... We'll see... Onto Disc 2 and I'm liking it a lot... Edited December 23, 2006 by tranemonk Quote
sidewinder Posted December 23, 2006 Report Posted December 23, 2006 Festive Ventura/Phillips, disk #1. Charlie Ventura sessions. Quote
tranemonk Posted December 23, 2006 Report Posted December 23, 2006 (edited) Okay - Overall I give it a moderate thumbs up... I Discs 1 and 2 much better than three... Just started Disc 3.... coming down in my enthusiam a tiny bit.... Andrew Hill Solo Select - Disc 1... We'll see... Onto Disc 2 and I'm liking it a lot... Edited December 23, 2006 by tranemonk Quote
tranemonk Posted December 23, 2006 Report Posted December 23, 2006 As I grade final exams... it's a Mosaic weekend... Onto Curtis Amy Select disc 3... It's funny when I first bought this set... I hated it... (Only gave it one listen and thought it had WAY too much organ...) I then gave it away.... After hearing some more raves on this board.. I decided my premature jettisoning of the set was wrong... Right now I'm digging it... So to all of you who plugged this set.... Thanks! Quote
sidewinder Posted December 24, 2006 Report Posted December 24, 2006 (edited) it's a Mosaic weekend... Is it not for most weekends? Verve Flip Philips/Charlie Ventura disk 4. Great swing music from Philips with Harry Edison, Bill Harris and Billy Bauer. A 'sleeper' set, this one. Edited December 24, 2006 by sidewinder Quote
brownie Posted December 24, 2006 Report Posted December 24, 2006 Buck Clayton 'Complete Columbia Jam Sessions', disc 4 Quote
tranemonk Posted December 25, 2006 Report Posted December 25, 2006 Just started the controversial Duke Pearson Select - Disc 3.... This is nasty.... I hope it gets MUCH better - FAST! Otherwise this puppy might be on it's way back to Stamford Ct..... Quote
jazzbo Posted December 25, 2006 Report Posted December 25, 2006 ???? I think it's great stuff. Different strokes for different folks I guess. Quote
tranemonk Posted December 25, 2006 Report Posted December 25, 2006 The background vocals on the 1st half of Disc 3 are killing me... I hate that stuff. (Same reason why I trashed the Dinah Washington set)... Now it's onto the Xmas part of Disc 3.. so far I'm liking this part.... ???? I think it's great stuff. Different strokes for different folks I guess. Quote
jazzbo Posted December 25, 2006 Report Posted December 25, 2006 I don't hear these the same as the Dinah set. Much hipper chorus here in my opinion. It didn't float my boat the first times I heard it, but I've come to really dig them. Quote
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