Upcoming Eddie Lang/ Joe Venuti box from Mosaic

Mosaic have a sale in March 10% off CD boxes and a whopping 20% off vinyl!! So anyone looking for Miles Davis vinyl etc. Also if you go for slow shipping the ahem value for customs can be lowererd below the threshold for charges.

I dont know much about Hot jazz but Woody Allen did a recent great great series on BBC Radio 3 on the Jazz clarinet concentrating on New Orleans obviously. The way he said Barney BigAaard was a joy.

Any other Hot jazz recommendations for a beginner?

John. ˇ

John

Since you convinced me of the superiority of the Miles Mosaic vinyl, I damned tempted to take advantage of the sale. I'm eyeing the Miles/Trane and the 2nd quintet sets but unfortunately the Silent Way box is excluded from the 20% off offer.

I must be crazy because I already own the Sony boxes plus some of the single CDs (various reissues).

Hockman

Hock, I'd go for it.

Horace Parlan and Teddy Wilson for me, though I really want the Maynard Ferguson for some obscure reason. I reckon I'll never find the Parlan single LPs so the box may be worth it.Parlan what do you think?

One worry I have with Mosaics though is that I much prefer single Lps or even Cds. I find the practicalities of the boxes puts me off slightly and also having to always check the discography.

Johnn

John, check out Louis Armstrong's Hot Fives and Hot Sevens. This is the first book of the bible for jazz. The best sounding versions are on JSP in a four cds box that retails for $21 US. Also, check out whatever you can by Jelly Roll Morton and his Red Hot Peppers on RCA. Likewise, Muggsy Spanier's 1939 sides, also for RCA; just about anything by Bix Beiderbecke though his "hits" are on a single disc collection on the Louisiana Red Hot label in wonderfully remastered sound and, of course, The Hot Club of France featuring Django Reinhardt and Stephan Grappelli. Once again, JSP has the goods. They have two four-disc boxes of the HCOF stuff that retail for $21 each. This is great stuff and lots of fun.

John:

I'm the same way with box sets. I find that I tend to listen less to boxes, compared to individual albums. The sheer volume is daunting. I have had the Monk Riverside and the Bill Evans Fantasy sets for over 10 years, and there are probably discs in there I've listened to maybe once or twice.

The Parlan Mosaic is tempting although I think he is overrated as a trio pianist. His output with the Turrentine brothers should be very good judging from the sole LP that I've got called On the Spur of the Moment (on Classic). The ones that I am particularly curious about are the sessions with Booker Ervin, one of my favorite horn players. However, the analog remastering is by the (in)famous Ron McMaster, whose work I find to be rather disappointing especially on records. (My take on this is that he is partially deaf and so he has to crank up the highs in his mixes).

Parlan was also great when he played with Mingus.

All-in-all very tempting, but I think I should get the Tristano/Konitz/Marsh or the Miles sets.

Hockman

Hock, I love Booker Ervin too.

Sigmund. I have a few of those recs. The Hot 5s and 7s is well ...monumental ofcourse. I also have a lot of Jelly Roll. Problematically I don't like the guitar, period. Will try Django, though I've been saying that for years.

John.

Hot Record Society Mosaic?

Of course, given personal taste. If you like hot stuff, don't hesitate on the Muggsy Spanier. There's also a Wild Bill Davison on Commodore which is incendiary.