Teasing the Korean

Robert Drasnin, jazz musician (Les Brown, Red Norvo) and Film/TV composer (Man from UNCLE, etc.) is in the studio recording a sequel to his 1959 exotica masterpiece "Voodoo." It will be released later this year on Dionysus. Details and photos of the sessions are here: http://www.robertdrasnin.com/voodoo2.html

Mosaic 101 question: Do the box sets include original cover art anyplace within the packaging?

Walter Wanderley - Organized - Philips LP of Brazilian recordings released in the US in the wake of the success of "Summer Samba."

?!?!?! Do tell!!!

Not in the US, but if you have a region-free/multistandard DVD player, there is a French DVD available. It's supposed to have English subtitles. Qui êtes-vous Polly Maggoo? I'm in All-Regionsville, Daddy! Thanks for the heads up...

If you're ever looking for a Christmas album you won't instantly get sick of - AND if you love June Christy - get her album "This Time of Year," which was finally released on CD a few years back. It's a concept album, of sorts, with all original tunes written specifically for this album. A very adult, sobering, and mildly depressing take on the holiday trappings to which we've all grown accustomed.

By far the best album in RCA's "Stereo Action" series. The concept of this 1961 LP? "What will popular music sound like in the year 1970?" And, of course, the WWII era guys involved, imagining a clean, Danish Modern future in which technology would solve our problems, came up with stuff WAY more interesting than anything heard at Woodstock. They couldn't have imagined a future controlled by unwashed hippies.

I have this! Lots of rare stuff that doesn't show up elsewhere. Has "Polly Magoo" made it to DVD yet?

Not familiar with that one. I will! Jack Jones (!) did a great all-Legrand album, with Michel's orchestrations, in 1971, and it too is a gem.

My favorite of this group is "Strings on Fire"

Many of his best albums have not been reissued on CD. Among these gems are: Plays Richard Rodgers (Philips) Instrumental "Young Girls of Rochefort" (UA) Two live albums on RCA, circa 1975 Le Grand Jazz and Le Jazz Grand are both on CD, luckily.

Today is his 75th birthday. I'm really spooked by this guy's talent.

Michel Legrand and Friends Live (RCA1975) with Ron Carter, Phil Woods, Grady Tate, etc. It's his 75th birthday, BTW.

There might be something I've been missing, but I really can't get into a lot of his "vocal" work. I think he's a fine poet and songwriter--and a vibrant proto-rapper--but this album is one of those instances for me where about half of the interpretations, heartfelt as they are, really don't click. I like "Pieces of A Man". tho. I like his first 3 or so albums on Flying Dutchman (including the one listed above), but he gets boring after that as far as I'm concerned. I have no negative words to say about his Flying Dutchman output, though. In his defense, EVERYBODY started to suck royally around 1975, so I can't hold him responsible.

I love "Ravi."

I'm donating my collection to Jazz at Lincoln Center and letting Wynton decide which titles are worth keeping.

I LOVE this album! And it's very hard to find! Don't you like the music?

So what do you think of that mono White Album?

Dustygroove carries a CD reissue of "Curried Jazz!" Looks like that Saga album fetches high prices on eBay - high for me at least!

I'll look for both! Yes, I'm familiar with the MFP label - I have some cheapo Beach Boys compilations on MFP from a period in which lots of their stuff was out of print in the US. And I have some Studio Two albums, such as Mandingo and "Space Experience." Thanks!

I ship them outside of the sleeve, but keep them in the sleeve. I like to look at the covers without moving the record around. I can live with the occasional split seam, though it's never been a huge problem.

Never heard of this! Is there a reiussue? Anything like the Joe Harriott albums?

and Pharoah Sanders with the Latin Jazz Quintet (Upfront)

Beats me; I never touch the stuff.