scooter_phx Posted May 7 Report Share Posted May 7 Pre-ordered. Wish it had Montara on it but I will survive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted May 7 Report Share Posted May 7 Montara is a good record. Maybe not great, but quite good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted May 7 Report Share Posted May 7 6 hours ago, clifford_thornton said: Montara is a good record. Maybe not great, but quite good. Better, sound wise and for the conception, more successful than Ambos Mundos. Harvey Mason was excellent at adapting himself to the Cuban groove, Eddie Marshall much less so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted May 8 Report Share Posted May 8 You really hear "Cuban" in Montara? I hear Hollywood, not Havana. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danasgoodstuff Posted May 8 Report Share Posted May 8 (edited) I have an acceptable version of every album on this, so it's a 'no' from me. I have about half of the BN Hutch that's not on this, might rectify that given the chance. Favs are Dialog and Head On, least fav is hard to say since I find much of the '70s stuff is kind of forgettable to me, although I own and am keeping both Montara and Natural Illusions even though I don't think either is very good. I should get Now just for comparison to other weird use of vocals on BN. I'd buy the still not issued in full funk date in a flash, I like the 3 cuts I've heard. Edited May 8 by danasgoodstuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted May 8 Report Share Posted May 8 I think "Now" is a beautiful album and the previously unissued additional material perhaps even a hair better. I get why it would be excluded here (especially adding another disc to the set) but I would welcome a remastered return to the catalog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted May 8 Report Share Posted May 8 For sure -- it's live and later, as I recall. But excellent nonetheless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted May 8 Report Share Posted May 8 I was planning on ordering this but I see that I have about half the albums on cd and since Bobby Hutcherson isn’t someone I play a lot, I’m going to pass, for now anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felser Posted May 8 Report Share Posted May 8 Of the later dates, the mysterious Live at Montreux album with Woody Shaw is spectacular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted May 8 Report Share Posted May 8 1 hour ago, felser said: Of the later dates, the mysterious Live at Montreux album with Woody Shaw is spectacular. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stompin at the Savoy Posted May 9 Report Share Posted May 9 (edited) 3 hours ago, felser said: Of the later dates, the mysterious Live at Montreux album with Woody Shaw is spectacular. Just realized I don't have that and downloaded the flac files from Presto. $7. Excellent! Cover art: https://musicbrainz.org/release/74215367-4638-4c0d-8e84-5a2323c7cd18/cover-art Edited May 9 by Stompin at the Savoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pim Posted May 9 Report Share Posted May 9 As with a lot of Mosaics I already own all the material on cd or vinyl and not gonna spend 100+ euros for a few bonus tracks. Definitely a pass for me. Leaves me to say that the music is amazing. Bobby Hutcherson was pretty consistent this period in releasing top notch quality jazz music. I love all of these recordings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted May 9 Report Share Posted May 9 On 5/8/2024 at 4:31 AM, jazzbo said: I think "Now" is a beautiful album and the previously unissued additional material perhaps even a hair better. I get why it would be excluded here (especially adding another disc to the set) but I would welcome a remastered return to the catalog. Yes, that! I love the cover too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted May 9 Report Share Posted May 9 (edited) On 5/8/2024 at 3:35 AM, JSngry said: You really hear "Cuban" in Montara? I hear Hollywood, not Havana. The base is Cuban, but of course filtered through Californian influences. With Bobby Matos, Rudy Calzado, Victory Pantoja, Eddie Cano there is quite some Californian Cuban/Latin prominence on board. Edited May 9 by mikeweil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 On 5/8/2024 at 4:31 AM, jazzbo said: I think "Now" is a beautiful album and the previously unissued additional material perhaps even a hair better. I get why it would be excluded here (especially adding another disc to the set) but I would welcome a remastered return to the catalog. I would welcome some printed lyrics! That L.A. Phil album is not bad, really. Besides the Hutch stuff, there's also some dandy Carmen McRae doing some standards with Bill Holman charts and some perfectly nice wallpaper by Earl Klugh. It could have stood a reissue in itself, especially if decent tapes of the whole gig still exist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felser Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 2 hours ago, JSngry said: I would welcome some printed lyrics! That L.A. Phil album is not bad, really. Besides the Hutch stuff, there's also some dandy Carmen McRae doing some standards with Bill Holman charts and some perfectly nice wallpaper by Earl Klugh. It could have stood a reissue in itself, especially if decent tapes of the whole gig still exist. Was reissued on CD in 2013 in Japan for about five minutes, as usual for those Japanese reissues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted May 13 Report Share Posted May 13 I mean, it's not a lost classic, but it is certainly a pleasant record. I bought the LP a few months years ago, cheap and on a whim with low expectations and was very pleasantly surprised. Also, recorded in 1977 and released in 1978, it was one of the last releases by the "unbroken" Blue Note label name. I think that Carmen McRae had moved on by then, so maybe she owed them some tracks or something. Bobby had just moved on. Earl Klugh had graduated to the parent UA label, so Blue Note was already running on fumes. And yet it's not a bad record at all and if there is more Hutch & McRae in the can from that gig, let's have a look! Somebody? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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