Brad

I disagree completely. If you look throughout the threads there is quite active discussion. I thought you were going to quit this Forum. Guess not.

It’s a great thread and some good and varied participants listening to a lot of different jazz, and some non jazz too.

Lon’s thread is very good and not too much drama. There is also a Mosaic thread, although the one here is better. You should check out the baseball and books threads there. Very active.

I agree. Most of the music doesn’t interest me. If they had a box that did, I might consider it. They were having a sale on their Vanguard box last year; I purchased it for $130. Good deal. Must be a slow mover.

True. I find this place a little too caustic at times. It’s not what it used to be when we had a lot more active members, who have become alienated from here.

I actually enjoy the Hoffman Forum more than here.

You should probably frame that review!

The non AAA appears to be causing some discussion on the VMP thread.

Received my tracking too.

That’s a pretty standard non-member price.

I’m with you. Pretty meaningless and I dislike all this miking up players. I hate to sound like one of those how things were better years ago but players use to take this game seriously, not like they do now.

I don’t think that’s completely correct. I went through the responses and there are eleven no’s, six yesses and four maybes. Over on Hoffman, the reverse is the case: seven yesses, two maybes and two no’s.

That is an understatement. I spend a lot of time there and I think a lot of people on the new vinyl threads spend more time talking about non musical points. Economically, I don’t think it would be feasible for Mosaic. For example, if you have a problem with an Amazon or VMP purchased record, they tell you to keep it and send you a new one. Solutions like that could kill Mosaic.

Do you use hearing aids. They make all the difference.

Ordered.

https://www.mosaicrecords.com/product/the-complete-sonny-clark-blue-note-sessions/

I’ve used Twitter for quite a few years and find it useful for finding out or keeping track of my various interests. Once in awhile I discover a new writer or historian and that makes it particularly rewarding. As a rule, I don’t get involved with political discussions because there it gets toxic and so forth. I don’t care for FB and rarely go there. I post on IG sometimes and do follow a few people there, mostly jazz related. I signed up for Threads but I like Twitter better. When I’m on Twitter I just see the content of people I follow whereas on Threads it includes a lot of other people, which I really don’t need.

Why waste good space on this form of pop?

The sound is generally acceptable. They are probably air checks. There are no liner notes, just photos from other sessions. Most of the musicians in the first two dates are unidentified (perhaps local musicians). The Birdland date features Bud, Mingus, Art Taylor and Candido on congas. On the last date, he’s sitting in with the Chet Baker Quartet See https://www.discogs.com/master/1151100-Charlie-Parker-The-Bird-You-Never-Heard

The only time I’ve purchased fragments was directly from Mosaic. I don’t have the Jamal set as I thought eight or nine CDs was more than I wanted but if I was so inclined one of these fragments would be perfect.

Generally the prices don’t seem that bad to me. The Jamal discs work out to $15 per disc. If I wanted I’d have no issue paying that.

He has two different auctions where you can choose your own Mosaic cd. I’ve seen that done with sports cards but never music. A bit novel.