felser Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 My only problem with the Ornette box and I own it, is that I miss the sequencing of the original Lps. THese boxes have this passion about chronology or session order which I do not care about in the least. The early Mosaics had that also, and I agree. All alternate takes should be pushed to the end for optimal listening! Also agree on the Mingus box, great stuff. Wish they had done something sensible/complete/similar on the early Atlantic MJQ material, though if they were only going to do three, they certainly picked the right three. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JETman Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 They probably picked the 3 with the smallest Atlantic output. I think any MJQ Atlantic box would have been like 10-12 discs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted April 10, 2010 Report Share Posted April 10, 2010 They probably picked the 3 with the smallest Atlantic output. I think any MJQ Atlantic box would have been like 10-12 discs. I'd have loved a huge Eddie Harris set, too! Probably 15ish? Also Roland Kirk, of course! Would have been a great companion to the Mercury box, but having all the 32Jazz discs and some more on Rhino is cool as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felser Posted April 10, 2010 Report Share Posted April 10, 2010 They probably picked the 3 with the smallest Atlantic output. I think any MJQ Atlantic box would have been like 10-12 discs. I'd have loved a huge Eddie Harris set, too! Probably 15ish? Also Roland Kirk, of course! Would have been a great companion to the Mercury box, but having all the 32Jazz discs and some more on Rhino is cool as well! Unlike Trane/Mingus/Ornette, not everything that the MJQ did for Atlantic can be considered "essential", so a box for just the earlier stuff would have been OK by me. Same is true for Eddie Harris of course, he did a lot of junk on Atlantic in the 70's. Not everything Joel Dorn touched in the 70's turned into musical gold, though I admired him in a lot of ways. Anything Rahsaan did is worth hearing. I'm sure sales projections were a consideration. We could go on and on - Mose Allison, Yusef Lateef, Les McCann, no doubt others I'm not thinking of. If they were going to draw a line, they drew it in a sensible place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.W. Posted April 10, 2010 Report Share Posted April 10, 2010 They probably picked the 3 with the smallest Atlantic output. I think any MJQ Atlantic box would have been like 10-12 discs. I'd have loved a huge Eddie Harris set, too! Probably 15ish? Also Roland Kirk, of course! Would have been a great companion to the Mercury box, but having all the 32Jazz discs and some more on Rhino is cool as well! Unlike Trane/Mingus/Ornette, not everything that the MJQ did for Atlantic can be considered "essential", so a box for just the earlier stuff would have been OK by me. Same is true for Eddie Harris of course, he did a lot of junk on Atlantic in the 70's. Not everything Joel Dorn touched in the 70's turned into musical gold, though I admired him in a lot of ways. Anything Rahsaan did is worth hearing. I'm sure sales projections were a consideration. We could go on and on - Mose Allison, Yusef Lateef, Les McCann, no doubt others I'm not thinking of. If they were going to draw a line, they drew it in a sensible place. I agree, not everyone who recorded for Atlantic made consistently good to great music that would justify the box treatment. In my opinion most of the stuff Eddie Harris recorded for the label was indeed junk - and that's putting it mildly... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man with the Golden Arm Posted April 10, 2010 Report Share Posted April 10, 2010 In my opinion most of the stuff Eddie Harris recorded for the label was indeed junk - and that's putting it mildly... compared to what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.W. Posted April 10, 2010 Report Share Posted April 10, 2010 In my opinion most of the stuff Eddie Harris recorded for the label was indeed junk - and that's putting it mildly... compared to what? Junk in its own right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man with the Golden Arm Posted April 10, 2010 Report Share Posted April 10, 2010 mine was just a bad pun ... never liked that song either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted April 10, 2010 Report Share Posted April 10, 2010 An early Atlantic MJQ box would be welcomed in this house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted April 10, 2010 Report Share Posted April 10, 2010 Hey I just love Eddie's stuff - nothing wrong with that I hope! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.W. Posted April 11, 2010 Report Share Posted April 11, 2010 An early Atlantic MJQ box would be welcomed in this house. Not only in yours, it'd be welcome here too Hey I just love Eddie's stuff - nothing wrong with that I hope! To each their own Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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