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Added a Coltrane box set-sealed and Miles' Jack Johnson 5 CD set.... Will add a late period Bill Evans set in the next few days.

The Peterson Mosaic has been SOLD to Eric. Thanks! I've got an extra box set (sealed) of Coltrane's 5 CD "Side Steps" for $40 or Miles' Jack Johnson box set-mint- $45- if anyone needs either of these (plus shipping at cost) Send me a PM if interested.

Eric: PM sent back to you...

Dropped price on the Oscar Peterson Mosaic (new and sealed) to $70 to facilitate a sale.

"Do you have a Maynard CD set you'd want to part with, by any chance?" Jim: If I had a Maynard Ferguson set, I'd be able to cover my expenses for a month... I'm holding onto my Hodges LP set and Thad/Mel CD set until the bill collectors break in the house. However, if someone here with big pockets has to have the Parlan Mosaic in LP form...

Got laid off at end of last month, so with household expenses, etc. I thought it might be time to sell a Mosaic or two.. Therefore: I have a new sealed copy of the European issue of the Oscar Peterson 7 CD Clef/Mercury set. The box is completely sealed. I think there was mention that the booklet was not numbered, but as we know it is identical booklet and sealed CDs to the American issue. I think $70 plus shipping is reasonable. (SOLD) ADDED 3/19: John Coltrane- Side Steps Sealed 5 CD box set- $40 plus shipping Miles Davis-Complete Jack Johnson- 5 CD mint set- $45 plus shipping I have a mint Mingus 4 LP 1959 CBS set and a HRS CD set that I am considering selling as well. Please PM me if interested to discuss. Funny, just before getting the ax, I was on the hunt for a Shorty Rogers CD Mosaic set, but never found one at a affordable price. Bummer, being out of work, but if I can hold on through the Summer, I'll be old enough to tap into a retirement IRA account with no tax penalty. It's strange, you always hope you'll be able to avoid a job loss in this bad economy-but then it catches up to you. Since I have been out of work, I've already heard about several friends/acquaintances who have been let go as well. It sucks. Also very odd to wake up daily with no job to go to. And thank goodness for Unemployment which will help somewhat in getting by. And glad my wife has me on HER health insurance-especially after a 7 bypass surgery in 2005... Thanks for letting me moan here... -Jeff

PM sent...

For those of you back in the day on Jazz Trading Post, Jim Sintetos, who started the Jazz Trading Post (how many years ago?) is happy and well in Santa Cruz, Ca. He helped run KRML radio station in Carmel, Ca. for a while. He and I have been good friends for some time and till recently used to do Amoeaba and Rasputin Records runs when I was down in the Bay Area (where I grew up). I got my start on the JTP site back when the search for Dizzy Reece's "Trinity Blues", old TOCJ issues from Lou Donaldson, Stanley Turrentine, Big John Patton etc. drove us crazy in the search. That may be where I "met" Dave (Kinuta) from Tokyo, Big Al and many other friends to this day. I sure made some fun trades with Vic in Europe and others. Once RVG and Mosaic series issued these hard to find treasures, it became much easier to find the Magic Grail of Blue Note, the hunt was much easier, but maybe less exciting. Thank goodness when the BNBB shut down that the good folks at Organissimo stepped up to fill the the void. AND thanks to jazzbro, Big Al for bringing back the memories. We made many trades ourself, good buddy. Now that I am laid off from work, maybe it's time for me to unload some of my multiple copies of said treasures to some of the newer members who are still "on the hunt"?

This is a great CD. I love Jeremy's band, which he has kept intact for several years. Soul may be the best among the bunch IMHO... I recommend it.

I've heard the new Wes Montgomery Cd featuring unreleased tracks from 1957-58. Well worth the purchase. Wes plays some straight Chicago type blues on the last track- improvisation that to my knowledge he ever recorded anywhere else. It alone is worth the purchase price. The essays in the liner notes are also great. Get this one when it is released March 6 (Wes' birthday)

Welcome back Brass. My own tale of sadness. Will be laid off effective next Thursday- 8 mos before I can draw on my retirement IRA. Plus uninsurable except at great expense due to a 7 bypass surgery 7 years ago today... Thank goodness for jazz. Saw Charles McPherson last night at our jazz fest. Life goes on...

I've got a table reserved (for three) for 7:30 show at Jimmy Maks this upcoming Monday night for Charles McPherson. Been told that Darrell Grant will accompany Charles on piano. You will need to pick up a ticket online before the show and I can add you to table reservation. Any Portlanders interested? I've been waiting years to have the chance to hear Charles live!...

Vibes; Sent you a PM on the June Christy/Peggy Lee set... -Jeff

Although "Come Sunday" did not meet the standard that Steal Away set, I am still pleased with this new issue. It is mostly sacred music with not as many hymns, and no folk songs. Reverential treatment, with a bit less swing/gospel feel. Charlie's solos are warm and strong and Hank does fit in some jazz feel. Highly recommend its purchase-I just preferred "Steal Away" a bit more. Very well recorded- as to acoustics-no question about that.

Hears him play last year in LA at the LA Jazz Institute-with a big band of local "A" quality players. A Brilliant set-orchestral music that swung. I will miss him... RIP...

Lon: I will take the Brandenburg Gate Revisited CD at $4. Thanks! -Jeff

http://www.amazon.com/Come-Sunday-Charlie-Haden/dp/B005NEJM02 I have been waiting two years for this CD. Recorded just a few months before Hank Jones' passing. Gospel and spirituals. Man, I miss Hank so much! I plan on getting this one the week it comes out. Great news.... (I know some of you did not dig the prior Steal Away. For late night listening in a quiet setting, it deeply moved me)

Wayne Shorter, The Complete Columbia Albums Collection (Columbia/Legacy, 2011) The journey started in Newark, New Jersey where Shorter began drawing attention to his musical prowess as a teenager. His five year stint, starting in 1959, with Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers alerted the jazz world to Shorter’s compelling voice on the tenor saxophone and his beguiling compositions. On joining Miles Davis in 1964, Shorter solidified what came to be called “The Second Great Quintet,” alongside the trumpeter, pianist Herbie Hancock, bassist Ron Carter and drummer Tony Williams. Shorter’s tunes – “Footprints,” “E.S.P.”, and “Nefertiti” among them – and his alluringly elliptical playing were decisive elements in the critical success of the Davis band. Shorter’s own concurrently released albums as a leader have proved to be just as inspiring to subsequent generations of players as his work with Davis. With Davis’s initial fusion foray, In a Silent Way, Shorter turned to the soprano saxophone, instantly cementing a new and highly influential voice on the instrument. After participating on the epochal Bitches Brew, Shorter joined forces with Joe Zawinul, forming Weather Report. Increasing commercial success, particularly after the innovative bassist Jaco Pastorius joined, marked the fusion super group’s notable fifteen-year run. Shorter’s own Native Dancer (1974), effectively introduced North American audiences to singer and composer Milton Nascimento. With the dissolution of Weather Report in 1985, Shorter, the musician, was on his own for the first time. His albums Atlantis, Phantom Navigator and Joy Ryder found him delving deeper into extended composition while continuing to investigate electric fusion. Approaching his eighth decade, Shorter reverted to an acoustic setting once more, forming a highly lauded quartet noted for its risky improvisational ethos. Shorter remains what Hancock dubbed him: “the master.” Albums Included: New bonus disc - Weather Report Recordings of Wayne Shorter Compositions 1 New bonus disc - Weather Report Recordings of Wayne Shorter Compositions 2 Native Dancer with Milton Nascimento (1974) Atlantis (1985) Phantom Navigator (1986) Joy Ryder (1988) Any opinions on the four sessions issued as leader? Remastered by Mark Wilder of Sony/Columbia APPEARS TO BE COMING OUT NOW OR VERY SOON...

I will be there from Friday thru Sunday. Tonight was a special trip to old LA studios (Radio Recorders?) and then a night at the Lighthouse to honor Howard Rumsey.That trip sold out immediately. Monday is being added as an all Kenton day. Garth, are you coming? We've never met... Jeff

I just contacted them-re: purchase! I will be in LA next weekend.

I'll be looking for it as well. Let us know buying sources. enjoyed my visits there...

Add me to the guilty list. Sometimes the hunt is the highlight... You know you will get to them eventually-but as the list grows you know you must wait till retirement till you find time. But the hunt never ends Many of us continue though to hit the used bins at least a few times a month looking for "finds" as we are addicted... I plead "the fifth"...

Tom: Sent you a PM

What do you guys think of this offer? Cheap enough to keep in your car-though most of us have this material. Amazon has other sellers offering at under $10. Supposedly passable sound-but at this price who can quibble. Amazon has a grey market import box of Miles Davis called Twenty Classic Albums for $18.98 (under $10 now...). It also has: Sonny Rollins - Eight Classic Albums - $13.40 Jimmy Smith - Eight Classic Albums - $13.52 Hank Mobley - Eight Classic Albums - $8.01 Lou Donaldson - Eight Classic Albums - $8.07 Kenny Dorham - Eight Classic Albums - $7.28 Cannonball Adderley - Eight Classic Albums - $8.13 Red Garland - Eight Classic Albums - $7.34 Thelonious Monk - Eight Classic Albums - $7.64 John Coltrane - Eight Classic Albums - $7.26 Charles Mingus - Eight Classic Albums - $8.17

Everything has been mailed. Last call for the remaining two items. Open to a small box set(3 CDs?) for the Six Brownie mostly Japanese issue Emarcy CDs Mosaic partial set still available...