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ok, so after all it works - forgive my stupidity

Yes! And that's the one it didn't seem to accept - so it DID work, but I couldn't see it at first - weird!

Porcy, that Gordon "Settin' the Pace" is just a single CD, right? Someone should be all over the OOP Mosaic Selects! I paid more for several of these!

Digging up this thread rather than starting a new one - hope that's ok. I can't change my avatar. Tried several JPGs, all smaller than 100 x 100 pixels, all just about 3-6KB in size. No way it will accept any of them. Even better, it took the settings of the last new one I tried to upload and now shrank my 100 x 100 pixels one out of ratio.

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I guess not really, but these JiP Collector's discs (just out in Germany and it seems they should be around for just 5€) are nice! I've got this one and the "Jazz Boom N°1" so far.

Thanks Ray! Glad you enjoyed it! 1 Shepp-like, but not him. I really like this “traditional” stuff done with the gritty passion of a 60’s firebrand. I should know this – one of those old Louis Armstrong “Blues” numbers. Ellington it is... 2 Sounds much older than I think it is. Is that an electric guitar? Sounds odd, but I like it. It's fairly old, but yes - sounds older than it is. Electric guitar indeed (at least that's what my crappy ears tell me). 3 Nice, moody piece, but almost a bit too minor, depressing in its tone. There are times when a trombone is my favorite jazz instrument. It works here, but I don’t think I’d want to hear a whole album of this. Did something get mixed up in the sequence here? This is a trumpet/piano duet... 4 “Street of Dreams,” apparently, but I’m unfamiliar (I think) with the vocalist. Sounds like it could be from a motion picture soundtrack circa 1940. 5 Jack Sheldon. I’ve seen Jack perform many times here in L.A., but not recently and I feel terrible about it. He plays every Thursday night (and has for years) at a place not 10 minutes away, and yet it’s been several years since I’ve seen him there. He’s a local (if not national) treasure. Another Jack here... but I'd love to have Jack Sheldon perform weekly in my hometown, that's for sure! 6 I like the sound of the bari, but the tune’s just okay. There’s a faraway quality to the sound/recording – it’s obviously live, but maybe an amateur or bootleg recording? It's a tenor - and yes, the sound isn't too good, but I love the sax playing! It was officially released, btw. 7 Love the energy here – great track! 8 Okay, but not a favorite 9 Love the intensity of the sax solo juxtaposed with the coolness of the ensemble horns. Very curious about who this is. #7 is a favourite of mine, too! But then so are the others, or else I'd not have picked them 10 Least favorite? 11 Better, but only okay Both of these may need undivided attention... but I can also see some not liking them! 13 Poinciana – I do like the guitar solo So do I... but we're in a small minority here!

It doesn't seem to have too many friends here - but I know that brownie and me, we both like it a lot! Just be aware that a few cuts that turned up later on from the "I Dig Dancers" album were missed by Mosaic. They're currently available on the reissue that's part of the Jazz in Paris Collector's Edition.

I agree very much with this sentiment!

Sad news. I like what little I've heard of Ferrara's... some with Konitz, Mulligan. Allen (and anyone else interested): there's some fascinating and interesting discussion of that "school" of trumpet players (Joseph, Ferrara, Fruscella) in the Tony Fruscella thread.

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I'll need it, too... although the bonus as so often is wasted... it was already on this fine Fantasy twofer: (how did it end up there, after all?)

for typographical reasons? also because this might have come out in a time when he was a bigger selling point than Bird or Diz?

The Brownie date can be found on a CD, paired with the Gil Evans material (but about a third of that album is missing - which is a drag since the music would have easily fit in, but it seems Evans wasn't involved in one of the three dates).

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received today already halfway in - lovely stuff! Given the discussion elsewhere, that's pretty good mail service. Ordered Feb 1 from Toronto, arrived in Zurich on the 10th... And I'm delighted you're enjoying it. I've had a couple of buyers come back to me for another copy -- they want to get a copy for a friend. Now THAT'S a trend I have to encourage. Yes, that was pretty fast, indeed! And yes, I think I'd know at least one friend who'd enjoy a copy, too...

Coltrane with Bert Kaempfert (felt creative tonight...)

constipated Jesus!

received today already halfway in - lovely stuff!

would you please put the Shepp aside for me? PM coming!

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In case the pics above disappear one day... the other two Pyramids albums I forgot to add the titles are "King of Kings" and "Birth / Speed / Merging 1976". Played the Gene Ludwig 45 that's on sale at Big-O-Records with the final Ludwig album (coming on CD). Weird one... but enjoyable! Now playing Helen Humes - Helen (Muse) - very good one, with Buddy Tate, Joe Wilder and Norman Simmons!

Got "Jobim" and finally a real copy of "Elis & Tom" in today... a few days ago also got "A Certain Mr. Jobim" - beautiful, but way too short! One that begs to be repeated after 25 minutes!

Just finished my first spin - very, very nice disc! Will put the 45 on now!

I'm not sure, but I think a claim could only apply to their use of cover art and to US distributors. Anyway, lots of them are rip-offs of the most blatant kind, but some (Al Cohn for instance) contain some stuff that I've never seen around here. They're good for filling some gaps now and then, that's how I look at it.