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Big John Patton CDs 1 and 3. Already one of my all-time favourite Mosaics..

Oliver Nelson 'Three Dimensions' (Impulse - 'Dedication Series' twofer reissue). This is a good 'un.

Yes - that's true. The Lee Morgan 'Procrastinator' also came in that design. I don't think these were ever marketed for sale in the UK other than specialist imports, I picked up my copy in North America.

Yes, considering the reputation of these albums (particularly 'Mexican Green') its perplexing why they haven't been given the '5 star' treatment by Universal. Especially so after they did a good job on the whole with the sound of the first reissue batch of 'Impressed Re-pressed' - particularly the Mike Taylor, Amancio D'Silva etc. Which raises further questions of the 'Impressed Re-pressed' series. Will we see that 'Mike Taylor Rememberred' session see the light of day (I seem to recall Neil Ardley was selling CDRs of this one from his site before he sadly passed away). Also the Ardley 'Symphony of Amaranths' and the Mike Taylor 'Pendulum'. Maybe Universal have totally lost interest?

Yes, I think that was it - get as much of this stuff out there before the bean-counters cottoned onto it. I detect the strong presence of Charlie Lourie behind the session selections of the 'paper bag' issues and - of course - the similarity with Mosaic. When I first saw these they were on display in a window of a small provincial music shop as scarce US imports. An incredible sight - considering how little in the way of BN imports there had been in the UK around the mid-70s. Particularly remember seeing that great Jazz Crusaders double and the Gil Evans and Wes sets in that display. That Turrentine 'technicolour yawn' twofer by the way is really excellent. Some very nice Duke Pearson mid-sized group material on one of the LPs. There's also another Turrentine compilation in the 'brown bag' series with small group material.

Tennesee Tuxedo Maxwell Smart Max Roach ← Hal Roach Prince Hal Hal Prince

Inspired by the above: Yusef Lateef 'Live at Pep's' ('Sister Mamie' - wow !) followed by: Yusef Lateef 'The Golden Flute' and 'Jazz 'Round The World' (all Impulse stereo originals). Can't get enough of Yusef..

None seen so far. I'd like to get hold of that Dexter box.

Sounds good !

Francis Ford Coppolla Ford Prefect Tennessee Ford

Thanks for the advisory !

Just giving 'New York, New Sound' a spin and there's no hesitation whatsoever in recommending this. Fantastic stuff, not at all loose. Another great version of 'Viva Tirado' on this disk.

Let's wait for another bargain from amazon.de or jpc.de in 2006! -_- ← Indeed ! German Mosaics rule..

There's always the vinyl, of course...

I haven't heard the new CD issue but did spot a copy in the racks and was not impressed with the poor quality reproduction of the sleeve art.

Roy Eldridge Verve, disk 5. Great session with Benny Carter.

Quentin Tarrintino Quentin Collins Tom Collins ← Burt Collins Burt Bacharach Engelbert Humperdinck

Indeed ! That 'Sonny Rollins' Prestige twofer was my intro to Mr Rollins and still sounds excellent in the mono. It was originally bought for me as an Xmas gift from relatives and I still actually have a note for them actually apologising for the mono ( it was the 1970s ). Can't beat side 3 (I think thats the one) with 'Valse Hot' and other material by the Brown/Roach group. Stonkin !

Those more recent 10" Toshibas (from the 90s I think) were digitally remastered I think.

Stan Tracey Big Brass 'We Love You Madly' (UK Columbia Lansdowne). Tribute to the Duke on his 70th. With Ian Carr, Don Rendell, Joe Harrott, Acker Bilk etc.

Have a very happy birthday !

I'll second John's comments. Have most of them - sound OK to quite good (typical BN late 70s quality). Really excellent notes - many of them by M Cuscuna. At the time they were like 'mana from heaven'.

Perhaps some Reuben Wilson too (I believe he also has a breakbeats compilation).

An under-rated LP from Miles, for sure. Currently listening to 'The Return of Howard McGhee' (Bethlehem original). Nice mid-50s session with Sahib Shihab, Duke Jordan and Philly Joe Jones.

P*ssed Elks