[Trombone-l] Fw: Suggestion

[Bill Dinwiddie]

Thanks, George...now I'll know who I'm talking to .

Bill


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George Carr" <georgecarr at gmail.com>
To: "Bill Dinwiddie" <billdin at comcast.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 6:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Fw: Suggestion


> Michael Cuscuna.  He's been one of the chief re-release engineers in
> jazz for over a decade, having done the bulk of Mosaic's work as well
> as work for major label archives.  You'll often see his name on the
> back of reissued CDs.
>
> George
>
> On 6/24/07, Bill Dinwiddie <billdin at comcast.net> wrote:
>> I don't want to speak too soon here, but we may be seeing a little action
>> here from Mosaic records. "MC", who may be the president of Mosaic, has 
>> some
>> positive thoughts about doing a Carl CD. Also a project with the Winding
>> septet may be in the planning stages. Anyway, it is nice that he 
>> responded
>> so soon after my original e-mail, and perhaps we will see some good 
>> things
>> coming down the pike from Mosaic.
>>
>> Someone on the List told me this man's name and unfortunately the e-mail 
>> got
>> deleted. Would that person be good enough to contact me again with that
>> name? I think his first name is Michael.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Bill Dinwiddie
>> billdin at comcast.net
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Bill Dinwiddie
>> To: Mosaic Records
>> Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2007 10:50 PM
>> Subject: Re: Suggestion
>>
>>
>> Dear MC (I'm sorry, but I don't know your name). Thanks so much for
>> answering my e-mail. I'm very glad you think my idea about doing a CD 
>> with
>> Carl Fontana has merit, and I hope you will take action on it very soon. 
>> I
>> like your idea about doing a CD with the Winding septet. That was a great
>> group and Carl was in the original band. I think that that record might 
>> have
>> been the first time I ever heard him play, and I was flabbergasted! The
>> septet went through numerous personnel changes, but all the bands were 
>> top
>> notch. All the trombone players worldwide will thank you a thousand times 
>> if
>> you actually release these two projects. Fontana is regarded by most
>> trombonists as the greatest jazz player who ever played the instrument.
>>
>> I look forward to seeing these CDs in your catalog.
>>
>> Bill Dinwiddie
>>
>>
>>   ----- Original Message -----
>>   From: Mosaic Records
>>   To: Bill Dinwiddie
>>   Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2007 2:39 PM
>>   Subject: RE: Suggestion
>>
>>
>>   Bill,
>>       That's a good idea. I am also contemplating a single CD by the Kai
>> Winding Septet with Carl.
>>   MC
>>
>>     -----Original Message-----
>>     From: Bill Dinwiddie [mailto:billdin at comcast.net]
>>     Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 11:24 AM
>>     To: info at mosaicrecords.com
>>     Subject: Suggestion
>>
>>
>>     Dear Mosaic,
>>
>>     Thanks for sending me e-mails about your current and future releases. 
>> I
>> am currently enjoying the new Jay and Kai CD very much. I have a 
>> suggestion
>> which I hope you will follow up on. I would like to see you do a 
>> compilation
>> by the late, great jazz trombonist Carl Fontana. As you probably know, 
>> Carl
>> passed away a few years ago, but he left a discography which most
>> trombonists and many others would love to see collected on one or two (or
>> three or four) CDs. Carl was not a leader very often, but any track on 
>> which
>> he appeared is always interesting due to his exemplary soloing.
>>
>>     In my estimation, Carl was the premier jazz trombone soloist of the 
>> 20th
>> century. Though many others could nearly match his unbelievable facility 
>> on
>> the instrument, none were able to play with the same creativity and the
>> intense swing and drive and humor that Carl demonstrated on every cut 
>> that I
>> ever heard him play on.
>>
>>     Please let me know what you think of this idea. I think Mosaic is the
>> ideal recording company to do this project.
>>
>>     Thanks very much,
>>
>>     Bill Dinwiddie
>>     billdin at comcast.net
>>
>>
>>
>>
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