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I think I can remember sealed discs early and also unsealed discs early; my memory of these things is spotty though. "Made in Canada" is printed right on the discs themselves though in my Blakey set.

I don't believe he is actually going to be playing with Cullum. Last night he was simply announced as moving to San Anton next week, and I saw him on a Wednesday night at the Landing when Cullum was out of town for the week. Could be he's just going to continue to make the bigger city scene. He was playing with a few regulars who billed themselves as the Landing All Stars---guys who play there a lot with other bands not together. They did 85% (I calculated it) Ellington tunes the time I was there, and I had no complaints. Price was pretty impressive: he swung and he soloed really well. For the last tune I saw they called "Avalon" and he looked blank. . . he didn't know the tune! They told him where the bridge was and they took off and he was killer on it, with his best solo yet. He's a contender Jim, and seems like a nice guy.

Gary, so very sorry to hear about this huge mishap. Welcome to the site.

Hi Mike! Hope you are doing well. Sorry to say no I have no information to offer about these releases. I do have the French Blue Note version on cd of "Black Rhythm Happening" and really like it (with the one caveat that the liners are really hard to read).

Al, that's how I remember it too: 1980 incredibly hot, then snow and ice in January 1981. . . . Extreme!

Yes, Mike it was really nice to meet you and I enjoyed our talk! Helen and I saw the entire first set and then it was time for us to leave. . . I did so pretty reluctantly, but boy was I tired. I did get to shake Sam's hand and thank him for the wonderful listening though as he was sitting on a bus bench outside the club as we left! What a nice man. I agree that the Gibbs Trio did an excellent job backing Sam, and I was especially glad to see that bassist Hamilton Price was in the trio; he's an excellent young player that I saw in action a week and a half ago in San Antonio (soon to be his new home) at the excellent club "The Landing." I'm so envious that you got to hear Sam play "Beatrice"---I was hoping that would be among the tunes in the first set and it wasn't. But I'm very glad that I got to hear him play all three of the instruments he brought (he played three soprano numbers, two tenor and two flute that first set) and he was in great form. For a 79 year old he had energy and wind and grace and a really dignified presence. Let's hope he comes through again!

The discs of many of the Mosaic sets were manufactured in Canada in the early years. I had forgotten about the sticker on the seals because my cases were not sealed for long! If you mean that there is a "black border" on the front jewel case cover (big jewel cases, not slimline) between Art's jacketed sleeve and the spine of the case, yes that is how that set came when in stock. (Or at least how mine and one other set I have seen came.)

Ron, great to see you here. I have to say that Ron is one of the nicest persons I've ever met on the internet. Which makes it a natural for him to be here where almost all the others congregate.

Hey Ron, welcome to Organissimo, glad to see you here! Of course this place needs a drummer! They're in demand everywhere!

Yeah, might have been RT, don't remember it specifically.

Don't specifically remember that. . . last icestorm we had in Austin was this year, and then before that in 1997. But yeah, that falls into the category of a saying here in Tejas "ONLY in Texas." Like pouring rain with full radiant sunshine. . . that ALWAYS freaks me out when it happens.

Yeah, his arco playing is not my favorite; Mingus, Richard Davis, many others were much better arco players. Not to mention SLAM STEWART. But he was a great player with a great attack, tone and swing. Perfect for most all the sessions he was hired for. Recently he knocked me out listening to Africa Brass, and I was knocked out yet again by the recorded sound of his bass on the Wes "Willow Weep for Me" Verve minilp release.

Yeah, 110 yesterday, who knows how hot today. This is among the hottest that I've known here. And the summer wasn't too bad til recently. Just a few more months!

They sound improved to me. I like them. These are great releases.

Thanks for weighing in Justine! I've gotten great customer service from cybermusicsurplus.com over the years and usually in the form of an email from Justine. This is a great place to do business with and I'm darned glad they're about. It can take a bit of time to hear about an order so a little patience is sometimes needed. . . and usually rewarded well.

I think Wild Bill would recommend grabbing as much womenflesh as you can!

No shit. When I hear Lateef "on" on the tenor, there's for me hardly anyone I'd rather hear. He just for me has it all.

Haven't bought any of these new ones yet. . . but this is a great session, I just love Lateef on tenor. Okay, I admit it, I love him on flute, oboe and all those instruments he blows into!

Hmmm. . . . I really haven't found a CHEAP source for the Classics cds. When Allegro lost the distributorship, I bought dozens from cybermusicsurplus; now City Hall has the distributorship and I haven't found any cheap sources for them. . . . The best deal may be cheap-cds or cduniverse, especially in pre-order mode.

Reading the Santoro Mingus bio. Like it.

That's how I took it Hans when I realized that was what it was! I just hadn't thought of it as a joke at the time I read it, but rather that my wording was a bit confusing, a worse offense!

Paul, also, outside of the Chronogical (sic) Classics and the Qualiton series, there are no labels that are really reissuing Basie and Pres distributed by the Allegro group other than a few bargain cutrate ones such as Prism, Hallmark, River City, etc.

Hey Paul: THEY SOLD OUT OF THOSE FIRST! Those type of cds just don't end up in cutoutland! -_-

Yeah, I guess I misspelled it, in a hurry to get a post off before I went off to lunch. I'm lenient about spelling, mine and others; we've been down this road!

Oh, I meant that I have placed a NUMBER of orders to this outfit, and this has happened to me several times, well maybe five times. I guess I had that worded a little weirdly!