Edlock8718 Posted June 19, 2006 Report Posted June 19, 2006 Mosaic has added a couple new Selects to its site recently: an intriguing set of Andrew Hill solo Artists House recordings (has anyone heard these?), due in October; and an official announcement of their Bobby Hutcherson 70s BN recordings, slated for release in the "future." Along with the Hill, Mosaic has scheduled the pre-announced Tony Williams set for October. Mosaic Select: Andrew Hill (3 CDs) In 1978, Andrew Hill was at a point in his life where he wanted to get away from the New York scene and tempo. He moved to Pittsburg, a small Bay Area bedroom community. In August and October, he made three trips to the Fantasy Recording Studio in Berkeley for lengthy solo piano sessions. Two extended pieces were issued on the Artists House LP From California With Love. That album quickly became a collector’s item when Artists House folded. Meanwhile over two hours of solo piano music by Andrew remained in the can until Mosaic discovered the session tapes in Hawaii. Now the complete sessions are gathered in this Select. Mosaic Select: Bobby Hutcherson (3 CDs) This Select gathers all of Bobby Hutcherson's straight-ahead Blue Notestudio sessions from the '70s (Cirrus, Inner Glow, Waiting, The View From The Inside and Knucklebean). Issued in the heyday of fusion, these superb albums received little notice and quickly sank from sight. Sidemen on these 1974-76 sessions include Woody Shaw, Freddie Hubbard, Harold Land and George Cables. The especially rare Inner Glow was released only in Japan. All five albums are on CD for the first time in this set. Quote
tranemonk Posted June 19, 2006 Report Posted June 19, 2006 betcha by 1 minute... Great minds think alike.... Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted June 19, 2006 Report Posted June 19, 2006 Holy crap. Over two hours of unreleased Andrew Hil??!!! Quote
Dave James Posted June 19, 2006 Report Posted June 19, 2006 I'm not much into solo piano, so I'll pass on the Hill, but the Hutcherson looks very inviting. The fact that none of these have been released domestically makes it a virtual slam dunk. Up over and out. Quote
connoisseur series500 Posted June 19, 2006 Report Posted June 19, 2006 betcha by 1 minute... Great minds think alike.... Yeah, but Ed provides the Mosaic quotes. This is the thread for me! Quote
connoisseur series500 Posted June 19, 2006 Report Posted June 19, 2006 I'll get the Hutch set for sure. Will likely pass on the Andrew Hill solo stuff. Quote
Claude Posted June 20, 2006 Report Posted June 20, 2006 I have the "California with love" LP. I don't think I need 3CDs of Andrew Hill solo. Quote
tranemonk Posted June 20, 2006 Report Posted June 20, 2006 Ironically enough... (even if my thread isn't good enough... ) I'm very interested in the Hill Solo stuff... I tend to be lukewarm on him in general... but the recently purchased "Pax" was interesting and the Select was uneven (IMHO) but intriguing... I've got one a FREEDOM Recording on a West German import... of him Live (solo) at Montreux on July 20 1975 (ironically produced by Cuscuna... and Alan Bates....) and I'm giving that a spin now.... so I'll have a better sense of what would be on the Select.... Will report more later.... -_- -_- Quote
connoisseur series500 Posted June 20, 2006 Report Posted June 20, 2006 Ironically enough... (even if my thread isn't good enough... ) I'm very interested in the Hill Solo stuff... I tend to be lukewarm on him in general... but the recently purchased "Pax" was interesting and the Select was uneven (IMHO) but intriguing... I've got one a FREEDOM Recording on a West German import... of him Live (solo) at Montreux on July 20 1975 (ironically produced by Cuscuna... and Alan Bates....) and I'm giving that a spin now.... so I'll have a better sense of what would be on the Select.... Will report more later.... -_- -_- Quote
allblues Posted June 20, 2006 Report Posted June 20, 2006 Interesting that the Hutcherson set is coming out since Happenings, Patterns, Total Eclipse, Spiral, and Medina are out of print and The Kicker, Components, Stick-Up, and Now are limited edition Conns. It would certainly be nice to have all of them in print at the same time. Quote
Alexander Posted June 20, 2006 Report Posted June 20, 2006 I love Hill's work, and have a couple of solo albums by him, so I'm looking forward to this! Quote
Alexander Hawkins Posted June 20, 2006 Report Posted June 20, 2006 I see those tapes were discovered in Hawaii... Can there be many better jobs than working in record vaults in Hawaii? Quote
jazzbo Posted June 20, 2006 Report Posted June 20, 2006 We could be so lucky! I think this partnership of listening and talking between Cuscuna/Blue Note/Mosaic and Andrew Hill is bearing great fruit! Quote
Soulstation1 Posted June 20, 2006 Report Posted June 20, 2006 what are the odds of them f'n up booby's name? it's got be better than 50/50 Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted June 20, 2006 Report Posted June 20, 2006 I see those tapes were discovered in Hawaii... Can there be many better jobs than working in record vaults in Hawaii? They must have been in the possession of Ed Michel. Quote
Aggie87 Posted June 20, 2006 Report Posted June 20, 2006 what are the odds of them f'n up booby's name? it's got be better than 50/50 Notice the spelling in the title of the "other" thread about the new selects... Quote
mikeweil Posted June 20, 2006 Report Posted June 20, 2006 I have the "California with love" LP. I don't think I need 3CDs of Andrew Hill solo. I have to admit I sold my copy after many years - anything by Hill between his two Blue Note periods simply doesn't get me. The Hutcherson ...... I have Knucklebean, and it's a real nice album, and my copy crackles ....... Quote
mikeweil Posted June 20, 2006 Report Posted June 20, 2006 (edited) Interesting that the Hutcherson set is coming out since Happenings, Patterns, Total Eclipse, Spiral, and Medina are out of print and The Kicker, Components, Stick-Up, and Now are limited edition Conns. It would certainly be nice to have all of them in print at the same time. Similar thoughts here - I certainly would prefer a Hutcherson-Land set, with the album with Spaulding perhaps thrown in ..... Edited June 20, 2006 by mikeweil Quote
BruceH Posted June 20, 2006 Report Posted June 20, 2006 Interesting that the Hutcherson set is coming out since Happenings, Patterns, Total Eclipse, Spiral, and Medina are out of print and The Kicker, Components, Stick-Up, and Now are limited edition Conns. It would certainly be nice to have all of them in print at the same time. I tend to agree. What's up with that? Still... Hutch!!!! Quote
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