Threadgill Soul Note/Black Saint Box v. Mosaic

[tranemonk]

Okay I'm kinda warming up to this...

Since the whole Camjazz boxed set thing...Their website has all the Soul Note CDs online for streaming... I'm kinda intrigued...

What's the difference between the two boxes???

For those of you who know... are you getting one, both? Please explain...

thanks :w

[Chuck Nessa]

Which two boxes?

[tranemonk]

Which two boxes?

The upcoming Mosaic and the Soul Note one that just came out....

http://www.camoriginalsoundtracks.com/site/index.php?site=&path=cd&idcd=1555&label=CGJ&alpha=A

[JSngry]

There's a little overlap in that both teh Mosaic & BS/SN have recordings by Air, but even that is a qualified overlap, since the BS?SN set has some sides by New Air (i.e. w/Phaeron Ak Laff on drums and - sometimes - Cassandra Wilson on vocals), which is a very much differnet band than its predecessor.

Other than that, in very broad terms, I'd say that the Mosaic material features more "traditional" instrumentation & compositional concepts overall, but again that's a very, very broad generalization. That Spirit Of Nuff Nuff side by his Very Very Circus band (BS/SN) is totally non-tradtional instrumentation but some hardass grooving, so really....I'd get them both if you're at all interested in/intrigued by Threadgill. The guy's overall "musical worldview" is pretty consistent, but his manner of expressing (i.e. "pallate") it is more than a little diverse. Myriad, if you will, might best sum it up.

Let me put it this way - both sets are fine representations of Henry's music, but nether one alone will give you the "full picture".

[Chuck Nessa]

Mosaic first. No question. The Arista Air titles are worth it alone, and better (geez I hate that word in this context) than the Air recordings on the BS box. You should get the About Time recordings after the Mosaic and then the BS box - not to forget the wonderful Pi releases. Henry is always very interesting - not many on this level.

[David Ayers]

I'd say buy the BS box as it's out and it's cheap. Then if you get into it buy the Mosaic. Or if you just want one buy Just The Facts and Pass The Bucket on About Time. I agree that Arista had the better Air recordings, but sadly you will have to spend a lot of $$$ to get them, some of it on the Columbias which never won much favor, at least, not with me. I think price is a factor even if the Arista material may be preferable.

Edited March 26, 2010 by David Ayers

[tranemonk]

Yea but it's less than 1/3rd the price of the Mosaic...

How'd you figure out the time playing??? :unsure:

Keep in mind, too, that the price that you're paying

for the 7 discs in the BS/SN set is for only

5hr:15m:58s worth of music...but, OH, what music it is!

[Chuck Nessa]

He has the music.

[Johnny E]

He has the music.

And a stop watch...

[mikeweil]

He has the music.

And a stop watch...

... or an adding machine ... 

[rostasi]

Actually, it's not nearly as complicated as all that

and takes less than a minute.

Just highlighting them in iTunes does the trick...

ex:

Pieranunzi: 5:32:53

Haden: 4:04:34

Rava: 3:36:39

[tranemonk]

I can't even find them in Itunes... :mellow:

Actually, it's not nearly as complicated as all that

and takes less than a minute.

Just highlighting them in iTunes does the trick...

ex:

Pieranunzi: 5:32:53

Haden: 4:04:34

Rava: 3:36:39

[rostasi]

ummmm...I was referring to my iTunes.