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Why has the Capitol Big Bands box evidently been iced? Can't be any licensing problems with that one, I'd imagine.

Has to be the usual reason... Either the set has sold so well that the # 7500 is soon to go..

or the time limit is coming up...

or.. perish the thought.. but could the feeding frenzy that develops when a set is put on the endangered list cause them to list sets that way to create a Pavlovian response..

Nah this is Mosaic... now if it were verve...........

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Actually, I meant the hypothetical Capitol BBands box, as opposed to the Krupa/James... just wondering why it never made it off the drawing board.

Sorry.. I was still in the James / Krupa mode... the two threads seem to be running in the same direction.

I didn't know the " Big Bands" had been dropped, though someone here did say that the Freddie Slack Select was a set of music that had been prepared for the Capitol set.

I'm a bit, and always was, a bit ambivalent about what was going to be in the Capitol Big Band set.. Charle Barnet, Ray Anthony?.. a lot of music that in my Jazz world ( which I assure you is quite extensive) was a bit borderline to warrant a Mosaic.

It will be interesting to see the response to the Slack, once it's released.. I am sure many Mosaic devotees will "rave" about it, but I'll bet that it's reception will border on being the Select version of the Hackett or the Four Freshman.

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I didn't know the " Big Bands" had been dropped, though someone here did say that the Freddie Slack Select was a set of music that had been prepared for the Capitol set.

I'm a bit, and always was, a bit ambivalent about what was going to be in the Capitol Big Band set.. Charle Barnet, Ray Anthony?.. a lot of music that in my Jazz world ( which I assure you is quite extensive) was a bit borderline to warrant a Mosaic.

I'd be surprised if they didn't include the material that Buddy Defranco recorded, such as the famous George Russell composition "A Bird in Igor's Yard." I already have the Barnet material, but wouldn't mind having it again as part of a Mosaic... guess I should drop the Stamford folks a line.

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EKE BBB Posted on Oct 29 2004, 04:12 AM

  Jazzmatazz update:

NEW Count Basie - TBD - TBD CDs (Mosaic)

— the 1952-57 Mercury, Clef and Verve recordings

Wow, that's kind of an unexpected one, but a welcome project. I'm glad I only have a couple of his Verve dates already. I would MUCH prefer to see Mosaic do a COMPLETE BASIE ON COLUMBIA box, but this will be nice nonetheless.

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