tranemonk Posted June 20, 2007 Report Posted June 20, 2007 See the link.... (even though some titles aren't too bad)... http://www.mosaiccontemporary.com/ Quote
Guy Berger Posted June 20, 2007 Report Posted June 20, 2007 I'm interested to see whether there's really a market for this brand. Guy Quote
Don Brown Posted June 20, 2007 Report Posted June 20, 2007 Never thought I'd see Mosaic going for the lowest common denominator. Quote
Ken Dryden Posted June 21, 2007 Report Posted June 21, 2007 Kenny G is on the label? There sure is a lot of Warner crap....I don't see the likelihood of my acquiring any Mosaic Contemporary titles. Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted June 21, 2007 Report Posted June 21, 2007 I received promo copies of all these lps and gave them away. Quote
Niko Posted June 21, 2007 Report Posted June 21, 2007 love this sentence One constant factor in the success of the Contemporary Jazz genre has been the existence of cover songs. thanks for the link! Quote
RDK Posted June 21, 2007 Report Posted June 21, 2007 Good luck to them. It's a tough business right now. Personally I wouldn't worry until they release The Intimate Braxton. Quote
ghost of miles Posted June 21, 2007 Report Posted June 21, 2007 Good luck to them. It's a tough business right now. Personally I wouldn't worry until they release The Intimate Braxton. I myself am eagerly awaiting the release of this title. Quote
David Ayers Posted June 21, 2007 Report Posted June 21, 2007 In what sense is thirty year old music 'contemporary'???? Don't get me wrong though: I TOTALLY get it. I am READY! Quote
king ubu Posted June 21, 2007 Report Posted June 21, 2007 Weird, all of this... The Benson/Horizon has been out and is very visible here, in all the dump-bins all the time, the Zawinul is on Warner CD (it's the one really good album of those, i assume!), while the Ogermann/Brecker has been reissued in the best of the various Warner CD reissue series fairly recently, too... I really don't get the point - unless it's making money to secure the other operations... but that wasn't really the point about Norah, back then... so there you go! Quote
Ken Dryden Posted June 21, 2007 Report Posted June 21, 2007 "...making a case for this vital and exciting genre..." (from the pitch for the Mosaic Contemporary series) Talk about ad hype, those are two adjectives that one doesn't associate with smooth/contemporary jazz... Quote
Bluesnik Posted June 21, 2007 Report Posted June 21, 2007 yes, i was also surprised when they announced these some time ago. frankly i see this as somehow degrading the Mosaic brand. and those covers! but it's up to them. they should know what they're doing ... i will continue reaching for their top tier product. and i understand they need to secure new sources of revenue. the question is if there IS an interest in those releases beyond the people who already got them in the seventies ... unless they want them to buy them again! because i don't see any revival potential in those titles. but stranger things have happened. not my cuppa. not even the cti business. Quote
Big Al Posted June 21, 2007 Report Posted June 21, 2007 I may pick up FIRST LIGHT and SKY DIVE since the current CD incarnations of them sound dreadful to these ears. Maybe. I mean, it's not like you can't track down decent vinyl copies of these albums for a couple bucks.... Quote
J.A.W. Posted June 21, 2007 Report Posted June 21, 2007 As long as this new line pays the bills for Mosaic... Quote
DMP Posted June 21, 2007 Report Posted June 21, 2007 The only "Contemporary" title I've bought is Freddie Hubbard's "Super Blue" - and, using the web site's search function, I couldn't find it. Deleted already? Quote
Tom Storer Posted June 21, 2007 Report Posted June 21, 2007 I think they've just identified a market niche and are going to work it using the skills they've developed with another market niche (jazz geeks). Business is business! Quote
Brad Posted June 22, 2007 Report Posted June 22, 2007 Nothing I really want on there except maybe the King Curtis. My first reaction is "sad" but, like Hans, as long as it pays the bills for the hardcore stuff, I have no complaints. Quote
Claude Posted June 22, 2007 Report Posted June 22, 2007 (edited) The only "Contemporary" title I've bought is Freddie Hubbard's "Super Blue" - and, using the web site's search function, I couldn't find it. Deleted already? A strange thing about the website is that it advertises the new Mosaic Contemporary releases as well as CDs from other labels, available at the True Blue store. The first two items on the left side menu (Recommendations, Artist index) are about CDs available from the store and don't include the Mosaic Contempary releases. Edited June 22, 2007 by Claude Quote
David Ayers Posted June 22, 2007 Report Posted June 22, 2007 As long as this new line pays the bills for Mosaic... Well yeah - but what if WE are paying the bills for THEM?? Quote
king ubu Posted June 22, 2007 Report Posted June 22, 2007 Can't send them any more $$ than I do or I go broke! Funny: last set that arrived (on Monday) a neighbour picked up and even paid the custom taxes for me so I didn't have to fetch it at the post office, very kind - anyway, he asked me what I'd ordered, something "complete", and I said yeah, Max Roach, so he said, ah that big black box one, I got that, too... seems this place must have just about the highest density of Mosaic customers... ;-) Quote
Shawn Posted June 22, 2007 Report Posted June 22, 2007 Whatever they can do to stay in business, that's all that matters. Quote
zen archer Posted June 22, 2007 Report Posted June 22, 2007 has anyone heard Good King Bad ?...any thought s... Quote
Big Al Posted June 22, 2007 Report Posted June 22, 2007 (edited) has anyone heard Good King Bad ?...any thought s... It's almost disco, but in a good way. Nice simple greasy grooves, and a version of "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" that is damn-near definitive. Plus it's got Joe Farrell on flute. The only reason I'm not getting it is because my vinyl sounds good enough, and the clip of Benson "singing" "Hold On I'm Comin'" is scary. Edited June 22, 2007 by Big Al Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted June 22, 2007 Report Posted June 22, 2007 Nothing I really want on there except maybe the King Curtis. My first reaction is "sad" but, like Hans, as long as it pays the bills for the hardcore stuff, I have no complaints. What King Curtis is that, Brad? It'd be a damn sight more interesting than what's on the website. MG Quote
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