tranemonk Posted July 5, 2006 Report Posted July 5, 2006 I just watched another documentary of him and once again wondered at his majesty. I greatly miss him. He was an inspiration in that he played and saw so much beauty in spite of/because of his handicap and disease. I just love the guy. I know Blue Note put out a 7 cd box a long time ago on his Blue note recordings... (which IMHO are not his best recordings...) So I called Mosaic and asked them (AGAIN) if they had any plans to release either the 7CD set again or ANYTHING that's not in print... They said "there's no interest." It appears that Dreyfus may have rights on his stuff since they routiney come out with a Michel release every year/18 months ago... I'm just looking for some love/help lobbying to get Cuscuna to find some unreleased live stuff and/or work out a deal with Dreyfus....!!! Can I a get some help???? And what's your favorite Michel record??? I have to say the 2CD Au Theatre Des Champs Elysees is my fave... Followed very closely by the 3CD Concerts Inedits set... (Thank you to Dreyfus for putting this stuff out!!!) Quote
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted July 6, 2006 Report Posted July 6, 2006 "I **** ***** ****** **** ******** ******* **** mosaic ********" -c.c.c.b.b. Quote
Kyo Posted July 6, 2006 Report Posted July 6, 2006 I had no trouble obtaining the Blue Note 7CD set from amazon marketplace sellers last year (cheap, too). Quote
king ubu Posted July 6, 2006 Report Posted July 6, 2006 I like Petrucciani alright, but as has been said, the 7CD set is far from his best (and I don't even know those albums that many might consider the best). I enjoy his Owl trio album quite a bit (probably/hopefully on Sunnyside CD in the USA?), and his Owl duo album with Lee Konitz is good as well. And both of the Elektra albums (also reissued by Blue Note) are as good as the few best one from the 7CD box (essentially, in my opinion, the acoustic ones... mainly the one with Lovano & Scofield and "Promenade with Duke"). Where should I continue? And about Mosaic doing a Petrucciani box: I assume the 7CD box has been a bad seller, it's around cheap here and there and never was rare, I think. Plus, it's a rag-bag, with a couple of rather bland electric albums in there that I could live wihtout perfectly well. So yes, it's more a question of Dreyfus releasing more, I assume... and their 3CD box is a box, isn't it? Maybe they'll do another one? I think Richard Galliano or someone has got two out, no? Oh, the only Dreyfus album I have the so-so meeting with Steve Grossman, btw. Where to go from there, which ones are the best? Quote
Claude Posted July 6, 2006 Report Posted July 6, 2006 How many Mosaic sets with non-US musicians have there been so far? Petrucciani is a top seller in Europe, but probably not in the US. Mosaic could do a Select with 3 of the best and OOP albums. Like they did with Don Pullen or the upcoming Tony Williams set. Quote
Guy Berger Posted July 6, 2006 Report Posted July 6, 2006 Under whose name was his stuff w/Charles Lloyd issued? Is that in the 7 cd box? Guy Quote
tranemonk Posted July 6, 2006 Author Report Posted July 6, 2006 I'm 99% sure its under Lloyd's name and OOP.. like A Night in Copenhagen.... Under whose name was his stuff w/Charles Lloyd issued? Is that in the 7 cd box? Guy Quote
jazzbo Posted July 6, 2006 Report Posted July 6, 2006 I had the seven cd (European Blue Note) box set when it came out. . .and sold it, here on this board if I remember correctly. Just didn't seem I needed to have any of those sessions. I've since heard a few sidemen and one leader cds that I liked better. . .. But I'll not be clamoring for a Mosaic set. Quote
Christiern Posted July 6, 2006 Report Posted July 6, 2006 It would be very far down on my list..... .....near the bottom. Quote
Ken Dryden Posted July 7, 2006 Report Posted July 7, 2006 Somehow I would think that Michel Petrucciani would make a difficult boxed set for Mosaic, as the fusion stuff with Adam Holzman doesn't fit in with the remaining sessions he did for Blue Note. That said, I own most of his Blue Note and Owl CDs, along with all of the Dreyfus Jazz titles. He was a fun interview subject as well. Quote
marcello Posted July 7, 2006 Report Posted July 7, 2006 (edited) This one is real nice: Edited July 7, 2006 by marcello Quote
tranemonk Posted July 7, 2006 Author Report Posted July 7, 2006 look... I know that Andrew Hill was a BN artist for a long time... and they keep finding unreleased stuff (like this upcoming Select...) Although Michel was including the synthesizer thing during his BN period.. I'm crossing my fingers that someone at BN was taping him solo or trio like at the Vanguard or something... It's not out of the realm of possibility... AND... I think if Mosaic came out with a Select of unreleased live trio recordings... I am confident that it would do well... Quote
king ubu Posted July 7, 2006 Report Posted July 7, 2006 ... AND... I think if Mosaic came out with a Select of unreleased live trio recordings... I am confident that it would do well... Now that I would definitely buy! Quote
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