Stompin at the Savoy Posted May 20, 2023 Report Share Posted May 20, 2023 I was watching PBS Newshour tonight and there was a piece on football player, actor, and activist Jim Brown, who died. Kevin Blackistone was interviewed about Brown's legacy and as he was speaking I noticed some books about jazz on the bookshelf behind him. Each time they cut back to him I would check out his shelves and there I spotted - Mosaic sets! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted May 20, 2023 Report Share Posted May 20, 2023 Looks like four (4) sets to me — but can we identify any of them??!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stompin at the Savoy Posted May 20, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2023 And he's not even an old white man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted May 20, 2023 Report Share Posted May 20, 2023 6 minutes ago, Stompin at the Savoy said: And he's not even an old white man! That's why he only has four! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stryker Posted May 20, 2023 Report Share Posted May 20, 2023 I just gave him a shout out on Twitter, asking if he might weigh in to tell us what Mosaic titles those are. Of the books, I see Gary Giddins' Visions of Jazz, George Wein's autobiography, a couple of Penguin guides, etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted May 20, 2023 Report Share Posted May 20, 2023 Kevin wrote for the Dallas Morning News for quite a while. He does good work. It doesn't at all surprise me that he has at least some affinity for the music and culture of jazz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stryker Posted May 20, 2023 Report Share Posted May 20, 2023 12 minutes ago, JSngry said: Kevin wrote for the Dallas Morning News for quite a while. He does good work. It doesn't at all surprise me that he has at least some affinity for the music and culture of jazz. Makes sense. I know the writing but not the man, though I did cross paths with him once for a minute in the Dallas Morning News newsroom in 1999 and was able to tell him I like his work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub Modal Posted May 20, 2023 Report Share Posted May 20, 2023 The light is hitting the silver type on those sets just right so it's incredibly difficult to tell what they are. Damn Mosaic design! 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitry Posted May 20, 2023 Report Share Posted May 20, 2023 1 hour ago, Stompin at the Savoy said: And he's not even an old white man! As a rapidly approaching retirement white man I bet these are just the boxes and booklets. The cds are stored elsewhere. If these were LP sets, they’d be kept with the rest of the records. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted May 20, 2023 Report Share Posted May 20, 2023 I keep my CDs in the boxes, just like I keep all my food on the same plate, at the same table. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted May 20, 2023 Report Share Posted May 20, 2023 4 hours ago, Mark Stryker said: a couple of Penguin guides, etc I just became a Cleveland Browns fan 🥲 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted May 20, 2023 Report Share Posted May 20, 2023 22 minutes ago, Eric said: I just became a Cleveland Browns fan 🥲 Meet Frank Ryan!!! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Ryan_(American_football) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted May 20, 2023 Report Share Posted May 20, 2023 18 minutes ago, JSngry said: Meet Frank Ryan!!! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Ryan_(American_football) Err ... wow that academic/post-NFL career is pretty impressive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted May 20, 2023 Report Share Posted May 20, 2023 Ryan had a big reputation as an "egghead" while he was a player. But then after playing, yeah, wow! Another Brown - Paul Warfield. Maybe more famous as a Dolphin, but definitely a badass as a Brown as well. Those late 60s Browns teams were the mortal enemies of the Cowboys in the playoffs. When the curse was finally broken, it was a big deal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted May 20, 2023 Report Share Posted May 20, 2023 Might as well throw Charlie Jonson out there: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charley_Johnson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmonahan Posted May 23, 2023 Report Share Posted May 23, 2023 I'm pretty sure that the third one from left is "The Complete Blue Note Sam Rivers Sessions," but I can't make out the others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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