Which Mosaic Are You Enjoying Right Now?

[HolyStitt]

So far it has been a nice evening spent with the Oliver Nelson The Verve/Impulse Big Band Studio Sessions. I have heard the first 3 CDs for the first time and I am about to start the fourth. I am a little nervous about the JFK tribute but I am excited about the Pee Wee Russell material coming after.

The jfk tribute came off a lot better than I had anticipated. I liked the archival speech introductions that set the theme for each song...'Artists' rightful place' was pretty awesome, imo (both the sentiment of JFK's speech and the music)

I agree. Never having heard the Kennedy thing before, I would say it's pretty good, better than I had expected. Overall the whole set is very strong and I really like it, though there are parts of discs 5 & 6 with Jimmy Smith which seem a tad weaker than the rest. On the other hand that's what you get with "complete" sets and some of the stuff with Smith is really good.

Edited for spelling

Sorry about the delay in responding.

I was pleasantly surprised how good the JFK stuff was. At first I was a little nervous when the speeches came in but they seemed to compliment the music and vice versa. Now I can't imagine the music without the spoken parts

A very enjoyable set.

Now I am playing the first disc of the Farmer/Golson/Jazztet set.

[Ron S]

Hank Mobley, discs 1-3

[brownie]

Don Cherry Complete BN, disc 1

[Ron S]

Hank Mobley, discs 4-6

[Matthew]

The Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcriptions Disk one.

[brownie]

Miles Davis at Plugged Nickel, LPs 1 and 2

[sidewinder]

The Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcriptions Disk one.

How is it, Matthew? Recommended?

[Matthew]

The Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcriptions Disk one.

How is it, Matthew? Recommended?

I happened to like it, but it has to be in small doses though. If you like Christy or Lee, then it would be a good buy, but if it's your first exposure to those two singers, I would buy some single cds first, just to test the waters. The style of these sides are very 1950ish, kind of laid-back, slower, in other words, it won't knock your socks off by any means.

[sidewinder]

cheers !

[sidewinder]

Mine still hasn't arrived yet in the domestic mail !

[sidewinder]

Just finished LP 4 ('Roots & Herbs' session) of Art Blakey 'Complete 60s Jazz Messengers Studio' LP set.

Blakey was a genius - no question about it !

Edited November 10, 2007 by sidewinder

[sidewinder]

Followed by Oliver Nelson, CD1. Thank you Amazon UK.

Just noticed there's a photo of the Jazz Interactions Orchestra in the booklet taken in NYC Central Park by Brownie.

Edited November 10, 2007 by sidewinder

[sidewinder]

Oliver Nelson CDs 4,5 and 6.

for this set.

[sidewinder]

Oliver Nelson, CD2.

The 'Jazzhattan Suite' is great !

[sidewinder]

Just about to tuck into this set -

[Ron S]

Buddy Rich, discs 1-4

[sidewinder]

Sonny Stitt Roost, CD3.

[BruceH]

The Complete Roost Johnny Smith Small Group Sessions

[sidewinder]

Sonny Stitt CD4

[mikelz777]

Buddy Rich along with Ron S. Disc 3 at the moment.

[sidewinder]

Oliver Nelson CD2. Just checking the disk 2 on my replacement set..

[Ron S]

Buddy Rich along with Ron S. Disc 3 at the moment.

You mean that I'm on those recordings with Buddy???

How could I have forgotten working with such a sweetheart?

[mikelz777]

Buddy Rich along with Ron S. Disc 3 at the moment.

You mean that I'm on those recordings with Buddy???

How could I have forgotten working with such a sweetheart?

How are you liking it?

[Ron S]

Buddy Rich along with Ron S. Disc 3 at the moment.

You mean that I'm on those recordings with Buddy???

How could I have forgotten working with such a sweetheart?

How are you liking it?

I've only made it through the first 2 discs so far and, so far so good. I really liked the last session on Disc 2 with Barney Kessel.

[brownie]

Randy Weston Select, disc 2