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I don't know that work too well but feel like if it had the Mosaic treatment, I'd learn it. Or whatever part of it I could learn. Believe me, that Hamilton group is worth learning. Seriously underrated. I do tend to agree ... but some of it is sketchy and smartass overproduced, I think. The best of it is darn good, though ... Bohanon, Lloyd, Szabo, Stinson - that was a great band! Actually my mom's UK (I think) edition of "Passin' Thru" was the very first Chico I ever heard (and I think amongst my very first jazz experiences as a listener). There's also the Columbia "Drumfusion" which belongs with the first of the Impulses. Another nice idea would have been a Select with all the Dolphy material. Sketchy too, and too many short tunes with no real room for blowing, but the best of it is mighty good, and most of it is at least interesting.

Yes! A third Hodges would be amazing (though I misses the first, but still...)

Which McMaster are you referring to? McMaster is not credited on the 1989 CD reissue, Malcolm Addey is. Yep, that one! Thought "McMaster" was synonymous with all 1987-1989 Blue Note reissues

Well sorry for that, blame my smartphone And some pints of Guinness, too ... And now, one more once, pop goes the weasel, read yo' Derrida, and I'm off, heading for me kingdom, which is - a bed.

Hard to fault the majors when, to take one example, you can get 8 Three Sounds albums for $11. There's no way a legit company could compete with that. Well yes, maybe - but they had plenty of time ... it's not that I endorse the cheapo labels at all - far from, actually, but it's all following capitalist logic, I'm afraid. Hard to fault the majors when, to take one example, you can get 8 Three Sounds albums for $11. There's no way a legit company could compete with that. Well yes, maybe - but they had plenty of time ... it's not that I endorse the cheapo labels at all - far from, actually, but it's all following capitalist logic, I'm afraid. Hard to fault the majors when, to take one example, you can get 8 Three Sounds albums for $11. There's no way a legit company could compete with that. Well yes, maybe - but they had plenty of time ... it's not that I endorse the cheapo labels at all - far from, actually, but it's all following capitalist logic, I'm afraid. Hard to fault the majors when, to take one example, you can get 8 Three Sounds albums for $11. There's no way a legit company could compete with that. Well yes, maybe - but they had plenty of time ... it's not that I endorse the cheapo labels at all - far from, actually, but it's all following capitalist logic, I'm afraid.

Blaming the law is one option, blaming the majors another.

I hear you, but I would definitely not throw the JSP Waller in with Lonehill et.al.

Not sure what you guys are talking of here, but "Total Eclipse" is a fine album and ought to be heard in some form. I was overjoyed to be able to pick up a copy of the McMaster a few years ago, at a decent price - and frankly with my lo-fi ears, I've never thought much about its sound.

The Jacquet has mostly been taken care of by Lonehill, four single discs, for their standards very nicely done. Too much Rogers out on Fresh Sound, I guess ... I'd very much welcome a second volume from JSP, though! Speaking of JSP, I know Mosaic's presentation is a thousand times nicer, but JSP did a great job on Fats Waller, no need (and totally unfeasible) for Mosaic to touch that. No real need for either, is there? All individual albums are or were available forever or nearly. Those would be ones I'd be hard-pressed to decide ... but I'd definitely not need them. The late BNs by Shorter though would have made a nice Select, and they're rather scarce, too (I still don't have "Odyssey of Iska" as any type of hard copy).

just that my fairly big order is aleady here ... will see if I put in another one, but that wasn't actually the plan

too late But I'm almost through with the Ted Daniel - and that one's mighty fine! Rather trippy, with thick rhodes (including wah-wah and echo-plex), beat isn't as important here as it was with Miles, the music sounds somewhat more open, but also, if that makes sense, somewhat more "flat"? I'm enjoying it immensely, for sure!

hey, ho - just in case someone's on the fence: that Nat Cole Transcriptions set is very good!

No major changes here ... other than me not listening to much jazz at all these days. I never pre-ordered any Mosaic, I was lagging behind ever since I found out about them, and it's still like that (I need among others the Mingus, the Hawkins, the Lunceford, the Hines, the Jamal, might get the MJQ, too ... and there are a few others). I love the Selects, too, and am sorry to see them go. Still need a few of them, too (the Booby, for one). As for the big ones, I endorse them doing more older jazz ... and - just thinking out loud: might that be a reason for changed perception? Since all the "cult" Blue Note material has come and gone and they're onto different things now, they don't have that magical BN aura around them any more much ...

The Booklet is the only thing that looks okay - at least they used thicker than 80g paper ... the jewel case (one of the old jumbo ones with double trays in the front and back flaps) is one of the flimsy ones, too (I never got that: why are we not able to get good quality jewel cases? all those empty cases being sold are usually trash! and this is one of them, too ...) The feeble printing on the CDs gave it away already, but the other side has a slightly green-ish touch. Looks like a well made but home made thing to me, I'm sorry to say. So, for me it's clear, I might eventually get Wonder #8 and I might get Proper #2 for that half/shared album -- but other than that I'll stick to the cheapo stuff I've already got (Flamingo, Avid, Jasmine, Proper #1, and one by Acrobat, too). There I'm at least pretty sure they're all factory-made CDs.

The Tempo box ... I've got my friend's copy here - it's clearly CDR!

Got my package, ordered last Friday - amazingly fast! These all look very nice. Will take me a while to squeeze them in between my classical listening schedule, but I'm looking forward a lot (and thank you guys for the recommendations, I'd have skipped the Belogenis for sure, if I hadn't seen it mentioned here). Also, Luke was kind enough to add both freebies to my order, which amounted to quite a bit less than 100$, even including shipping. Now that's great service!

I've got the old Universal twofer w/Terry's weird "Out on a Limb" (more nutty Willie Jones there). How good is the other stuff on the Fresh Sound? Good enough to still get it?

Been playing some out of the Staier Edition 10 CD set - and with the Haydn again, I must reinforce that statement: These are very good recordings to my ears! Wonderful sound, too. There's a third volume (Sonatas and Variations) not included in the 10 CD set, alas, but for those inclined, all three are around in a 3 CD set, too.

Very interesting, Larry, thanks for sharing your thoughts! I've long loved the Monterose/Gordon combination (picked up the West Coast Classics disc back in the 90s from Trueblue without having ever heard either of them before, needed the Koch/Atlantic after that, too!). The Giuffre connection makes sense to me ... can't say anything about Donahue though. Are there any recommended discs where he can be heard? I'm familiar with his name but can't really place him. I see there are several Hep releases ...

Becky Friend Bobbi Humphrey Booby Hutcherson

DOH! I totally forgot a more recent recording I really like: Frank Peter Zimmermann/Alexander Lonquich - there was a box on EMI, goes for insane prices, too, but a friend made me a copy a few months ago. Very good playing, no-bullshit approach as always with Zimmermann.

Of all things, there's a Quadromania set with the Pauk/Frankl recordings - never heard of these two. Seems all of Frankl's music is out on either Membran (and sub-labels/series) or ASV ... but there's a lot, including some interesting looking Bartók! Here's the Beeb disc: Actually, I don't think I *need* anything beyond Szigeti here - but I'm always on the lookout, so ... I will definitely pursue a few of the recordings mentioned here (Goldberg/Lupu should be on its way by tomorrow, and that tangent piano thingie I want to hear, too!)

Thanks a lot, Mike! Those claviersonaten on tangent piano sound interesting. I'll check out the samples tomorrow, it's getting too late now, and I'm being lullabied by Kathleen Baker ...

Complete editions of those are going at those silly fantasy prices on amazon, it seems ... I love Grumiaux/Haskil, would you know how Grumiaux/Klien compares?

Thanks Larry, but I don't subscribe to any such streaming services. However I see the Mozart box on London/Decca is around for a very good price on amazon.de - I'll order it. Not sure if Hartnack's book on violinists is out in english, but I've found it very useful (although old and sometimes very far away in style and language) and his mere page and a bit on Goldberg (summed up in a later chapter together with Odnoposoff and Gitlis) do make me want to check out Goldberg (though he only does mention Mozart's a major concerto and the Brahms sonatas as far as repertoire goes).