Byrd/Adams - Crow Jim In Action!!!

[Ed S]

I just took a peek at my Desmond/Hall set

[Ed S]

And who's that guy in the lower left corner of the Getz/Raney set. If it's not Raney.........

[JSngry]

The Complete Recordings of the Paul Desmond Quartet with Jim Hall

The Complete Recordings Of The Stan Getz Quintet with Jimmy Raney

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Edited June 12, 2005 by JSngry

[Ed S]

I see

[JSngry]

The devil is, as they say, in the details.

[couw]

I hereby volunteer to accept one free copy of all future Mosaic sets strictly for the sole purpose of insuring that all cover photos are appropriate to the theme of the set and the contents therein.

It's a thankless job, to be sure, but what can I say? I'm a selfless type of guy...

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they sent me this set to review and I told them the cover looked silly. little did I know they'd just scissor the poor guy out.

[JSngry]

ROTFLMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ron S]

I hereby volunteer to accept one free copy of all future Mosaic sets strictly for the sole purpose of insuring that all cover photos are appropriate to the theme of the set and the contents therein.

It's a thankless job, to be sure, but what can I say? I'm a selfless type of guy...

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they sent me this set to review and I told them the cover looked silly. little did I know they'd just scissor the poor guy out.

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Well, that's what Pepper gets for trying to distract Donald while he's soloing.

[David Ayers]

Nice one!

[brownie]

I'm taking all this with a grain of salt

[robviti]

Ok, I jest. But how come Pepper's not on the cover?

geez jim, he's hardly on some of his own covers!

[Rooster_Ties]

[Ron S]

So, maybe he actually IS on the cover of the Mosaic box, but you have to be really observant to see him.

[Son-of-a-Weizen]

Ok, I jest. But how come Pepper's not on the cover?

geez jim, he's hardly on some of his own covers!

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.....at least he got a 3/4 body shot in this one and they didn't go totally cornball central by having his head pop out from the pepper mill from hell.

[Brad]

I sort of wondered that myself but the only answer is that Byrd was the one who had the contract with BN, not Pepper. Not sure why he never signed with BN. So I think Mosaic took a little license since Byrd's name came first.

[jazzydaddy]

For what it's worth I think the cover of the Byrd/Pepper

set is horrible. The photo of Donald Byrd is not terribly

flattering and the limitations of the black & white format

itself worsens it even further IMHO.

Fortunately the music is outstanding hard bop of the highest caliber!!!

Don

[JSngry]

Yeah, I've thought about it, but I'm doubtful that I'd get anything more than a polite brush-off type answer, or one that takes the "Byrd as primary artist" stance...Still, I guess it's worth a shot, so I'll send a simple, unloaded inquiry out and see what comes back.

Well, this is what comes back:

Although the set is called Byrd/Adams, these were Donald Byrd sessions.

Regards,

Mosaic Records

Oh well, they've got my money, I've got thier set (listened to it all weekend, in fact), so all's right with the world.

But the next time you wonder why some great player isn't better known...

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