Joe Bip Posted October 2, 2009 Report Posted October 2, 2009 (edited) George Shearing Capital Live Recordings. Took me a long time to get around to hearing this -- Shearing just isn't too important to me. However, I've been pleasantly surprised a few times just on the first disc, such as the performance of Weston's "Little Niles" and the group interplay on Denzil Best's "Nothing But De Best." My only question is why Mosaic spread 4 1/2 hours of music across 5 discs. They could have put it onto four discs and still had quite a bit of room to spare. I've noticed this with a fairly good number of Mosaic's larger sets. I know that back in '94, when this came out, they might have been using discs that held 74 minutes maximum rather than 80, but even taking that into account it could have fit on 4 discs. I don't mean this as a criticism of Mosaic, whose efforts I greatly appreciate -- just something I've been curious about. Edited October 2, 2009 by Joe Bip Quote
jazzbo Posted October 2, 2009 Report Posted October 2, 2009 It may have something to do with Capitol or Shearings heirs defining how long a disc can be. I remember reading of the Cole set (which had a similar set up) that the heirs (I believe it was the heirs) had a definition at the time that an "album" couldn't be much longer than an hour, or some similar "proviso." Quote
sidewinder Posted October 2, 2009 Report Posted October 2, 2009 (edited) Don Pullen Mosaic Select, CD1. Nice to have this one ! Next up - The Condon Mob. I managed to find a copy of this OOP set in London today. Edited October 2, 2009 by sidewinder Quote
sidewinder Posted October 3, 2009 Report Posted October 3, 2009 Don Pullen Mosaic Select, CD3. Nice to hear 'Random Thoughts' again, some lovely playing on that one. Quote
mellowT Posted October 3, 2009 Report Posted October 3, 2009 Elvin Jones, disc 3. This might be my favorite of the eight. Quote
BillF Posted October 4, 2009 Report Posted October 4, 2009 Condon Mob, CD1. Nice ! Yes, Condon's nice to listen to once in a while. My favorite track is "Jam Session Blues/Ole Miss" from Jam Session Coast to Coast. Eddie's studio comments are priceless! Quote
jazzbo Posted October 4, 2009 Report Posted October 4, 2009 That's a great one, but SW and I were listening to the Condon MOB Mosaic. Quote
BruceH Posted October 4, 2009 Report Posted October 4, 2009 That big black one...y'know, with the b&w photo on the front? Quote
clifford_thornton Posted October 4, 2009 Report Posted October 4, 2009 Braxton Listening to disc two of that one now myself. Quote
BFrank Posted October 5, 2009 Report Posted October 5, 2009 That big black one...y'know, with the b&w photo on the front? I LOVE that one! Good choice. Quote
king ubu Posted October 5, 2009 Report Posted October 5, 2009 yesterday had most of the Carmell Jones Select on (all except the Harold Land album on CD3, for time reasons) Quote
sidewinder Posted October 5, 2009 Report Posted October 5, 2009 (edited) That's a great one, but SW and I were listening to the Condon MOB Mosaic. Yeah, exactly Jazzbo Eddie hardly features on the Condon Mob set but the Condon 'vibe' is all over it and the music is very representative of stuff that I guess could be heard at Eddie Condon's NYC club in the 1950s. A great set, glad to have 'stumbled' across it. And much of it recorded at Columbia 30th St NYC studio. Heaven ! That big black one...y'know, with the b&w photo on the front? I LOVE that one! Good choice. Is that the one with the big booklet in it? :rsmile: Edited October 5, 2009 by sidewinder Quote
mellowT Posted October 10, 2009 Report Posted October 10, 2009 Shorty Rogers - Complete Atlantic & EMI Jazz Recordings, discs 1 & 2 Finally found a copy of this set. Wonderful! Quote
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