Matthew

We're have fantastic weather right now, no clouds, high in the mid 70's.

Well, each one has his/her own tastes, but I like the arranged quality of the music, sometime I just get tired of the unision head/solos/head format that a lot of hard bop falls into. It's very enjoyable to me to listen to JJ's arrangments and hear the different ways he presents the music. I'm very glad I got this before time ran out.

Thanks for the responses, I'm in David's camp as I would perfer to see things included to make it a really complete set -- Diz/Getz, Diz/Stuff. Granted it would raise the price, but Dizzy is well worth it. Might wait to see the discography before I pull the trigger on this set. Like the fact that the Double Six sessions will be on, if true.

Gee, Sheff has never placed himself before the team before (n.b. VERY HEAVY SARCASM INTENDED). To be fair to Shef, didn't he play with a bad shoulder for quite some time??? As hard as he swings, he needs to be 100% Dodger fan here -- so cry me a river about Sheff and see if I care. Sheff is part of my Mr. Personality outfield, along with Bonds & Griffey.

Ah, Berkeley I lived there for six years going to school, how I loved that city......

.... And they'll feel so bad about it that they'll give me the pre-order price, right? Of course!

This is supposed to be out next month, which is great. Does anyone know if The Dizzy Gillespie/Stan Getz Sextet, Vols. 1 & 2 will be included on this, or left out? No response to my emails from Mosaic on the subject for some reason.

I thought he was going over for a chat. As for the fashions: I graduated from High School in San Diego, class of 1976 -- you don't even want to know what we wore.

Thanks for the Bill Evans link, Matthew. Because I don't have a copy of it, I particularly enjoyed seeing "Gloria's Step," which is taken from a weekly show I produced and co-hosted some 35 years ago (that's me at the bar, behind Bill). Adolf Bush avatar courtesy of Weizen. Your welcome! Did you interview Evans after he played? Love those 70's fashions.

Gee, Sheff has never placed himself before the team before (n.b. VERY HEAVY SARCASM INTENDED).

I'm stealing this straight from Steve Hoffman Forums, only because it's a great idea, and I don't have a clue what half the avatars are that I see here. I'll go first... <------ self portrait of Francis Bacon, my favorite artist, I find them fascinating

...and just think, stacks of Mobley's are still sitting on the shelves. Mobley will be my next purchase. I REALLY don't want to be without that one.

Glad I made it under the wire, I feel like......

Sorry if this link appeared before, but some very nice Bill Evans videos....

I'll add Red Holloway's cd Coast to Coast as a good place to hear Sparks' playing in great form with a group of simpatico musicians. Cookin' cd

Just received the singles this morning, and I'm enjoying J.J. Johnson's J.J.!, and it's a great cd.

I've had the 52's for three years now and I'm very happy with them. For some reason, brass instruments sound great through them, and there is a nice warm sound to the music. Great speakers for the price. What I use is a NAD C 320BEE intergrated amp, and for speakers this size, it works great. Hope you enjoy them as much as I do.

Thanks for the tip, I emailed today and the return email said the offices are closed until the 20th. So we'll see what happens.

This set looks really tempting, it's time I got back into this kind of jazz. Boy, decisions, decisions....... Edit: Let me restate that -- I need to back to this kind of music.

I've found a good Pacific Jazz Discography, but I'm not having any luck finding what's come out on cd -- anyone have a link to PJ's that have released on cd?

From the way Goebbels was looking at him, I would have left also!

Up to disk three on the J.J. Johnson Mosaic. Can't say how glad I am that I bought this set, really outstanding music. Standouts so far: JJ's opening solo on Blue Haze and That Old Devil Moon, rythmn section cooks on that one. Mucho for this Mosaic.

Would be nice if Concord got off its ass and released Kamuca's recordings on cd. Maybe release them as Richie's Rich Love Songs. Something, you know, that would sell..... Edit: it's its not it's

The information at CDU states that the cd is a Studio date, not a live recording -- is that true? Everyone has been assuming that it's a live date.

Working my way through disk one again, just a very nice feel to this music, you can sense JJ's love and respect for music flowing out from the set. Angel Eyes is great -- too bad about the crappy sound though.....