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So what about those not included in the two Mosaic boxes? The easiest case is the legendary From Spirituals To Swing Concerts, issued on a double LP VRS-8523/24. There was an excellent comprehensive expanded edition on 3 CDs which can be found used at decent prices. I have this box and can recommend it, sound is good, documentation etc. is satisfying. No need for a Mosaic reissue, IMO. https://www.discogs.com/release/1380607-Various-From-Spirituals-To-Swing-The-Legendary-1938-1939-Carnegie-Hall-Concerts-Produced-By-John-Ham

Now that the second Mosaic box set of 1950's Vanguard manistream jazz sessions is available, I updated the list of 10" and 12" LPs of the series. It is an expansion of the list from the Mosiac website plus my researches in the Lord Discography and discogs. Titles with an * are in the first box; titles in the second are marked with + - that leaves a small group marked ~ not included in the Mosaic sets, on which I will post some comments below. May we hope for a third set? I have my doubts. Additions and corrections are welcome. 10” LP VRS-8001 Vic Dickenson Septet Vol.1 * VRS-8002 Vic Dickenson Septet Vol.2 * VRS-8003 Sir Charles Thompson Sextet * VRS-8004 Mel Powell Septet + VRS-8005 Brother John Sellers Sings Folk and Blues Songs VRS-8006 Sir Charles Thompson Quartet + VRS-8007 Joe Newman And His Band * VRS-8008 Ruby Braff / Buck Clayton – Buck Meets Ruby * VRS-8009 Sir Charles Thompson And His Band * VRS-8010 Urbie Green and his Band ~ VRS-8011 Jimmy Rushing’s All Stars – Goin’ To Chicago * VRS-8012 Vic Dickenson Septet Vol.3 * VRS-8013 Vic Dickenson Septet Vol.4 * VRS-8014 Sam Most Sextet ~ VRS-8015 Mel Powell Bandstand ~ VRS-8016 Don Elliott - Doubles in Brass VRS-8017 Nat Pierce Band ~ VRS-8018 Sir Charles Thompson Trio + VRS-8019 Ruby Braff - Two-Part Inventions in Jazz Vol.1 + VRS-8020 Ruby Braff - Two-Part Inventions in Jazz Vol.2 + 12” LP VRS-8501 Mel Powell - Borderline + VRS-8502 Mel Powell - Thigamagig + VRS-8503 Jo Jones Special * VRS-8504 Ruby Braff Sextet – Ruby Braff Special * VRS-8505 Jimmy Rushing And His All Stars * VRS-8506 Mel Powell - Out On A Limb + VRS-8507 Ruby Braff - Two By Two: Music of Rodgers and Hart + VRS-8508 Various Artists – A Night At Count Basie’s * VRS-8509  Hans Koller - Hans Across the Sea ~ VRS-8510  Rolf Kühn - Streamline ~ VRS-8511  Bobby Henderon - Handful of Keys + VRS-8512 Ronnell Bright - Bright Flight ~ VRS-8513 Jimmy Rushing – Listen To The Blues * VRS-8514 Buck Clayton – Buckin’ The Blues * VRS-8515 Ted Brown - Free Wheeling ~ VRS-8516 Ruby Braff & Ellis Larkins - Pocketful of Dreams (reissue of 8019 & 8020) + VRS-8517 Buck Clayton & Mel Powell (reissue of 8004 & 8008)  */+ VRS-8518 Jimmy Rushing (reissue of 8011) * VRS-8519 Nat Pierce - Easy Swing (reissue of 8017) ~ VRS-8520 Vic Dickenson Showcase Vol.1 (reissue of 8001 & 8002) * VRS-8521 Vic Dickenson Showcase Vol.2 (reissue of 8012 & 8013) * VRS-8522 Don Elliott & Sam Most - Doubles in Jazz (reissue of 8014 & 8016) VRS-8523/24 From Spirituals to Swing ~ VRS-8525 - Jo Jones Plus Two +

Yesteday and today:

MPS day, it seems 😉

Birthday present from a friend. Without knowing it he really hit the nail on the head, as Oscar Peterson was the first jazz artist I ever saw perform live, in Munich, must have been 1970. This new LP reissue sounds really great.

Brooks is on the tracks with Timmons.

Sides 1 & 2 are the original Blue Note LP. Next are the four bonus tracks of the first CD reissue. The five tracks that are new are listed as unissued in the Tom Lord Discogrsphy, not as rejected. That said, what I liked about the CD reissue was that the tracks with Brooks and Timmons were first, then the tracks with Hanna, who gets better sound from the bad upright piano at the Five Spot. This New issues is not in session order as far as I can see.

Got the box set as a birthday gift from my wife. Sound is better than on the single CD reissues, clearer, more detailed. Will post some comments later.

Bobby Timmons must have hated that piano. bad mechanics and out of tune. Roland Hanna had the better chops to cope with that machine. Contrary to Cuscuna's notes on this 1987 CD reissue, I do not think that ths is one of Burrell's best.

I sse it that way, too. There were a few organists who referred to that pre-Smith sound, like Jackie Davis, and Wild Bill Davis just continued his way. I love that diversity. Smith was great, and one of a kind, but not the only great way of playing jazz organ.

Me too.

I agree, of course, I just wanted to post it for those who are looking for specific sessions. I ordered this one which will not be in the Mosaic boxes:

Indeed! Not exactly background music. And the abundance of embellishments is almost too much.

Starting with disc one, let me see how far I get today.

Music by Gaetano Pugnani (1731-1798), Lorenzo Somis (1686-1763), Quirino Gasparini (1721-1778), Giovanni Battista Viotti (1755-1824). Orchestre des Pays de Savoie, dir. by Reinhard Goebel.

Juat saw that the British ACE label still has a handful of Vanguard vreissues in their catalog: https://www.acerecords.co.uk/vanguard-label

Charette was not the first with a solo organ album - there were Rhoda Scott and Jeff Palmer. But he's great!

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That's because her piano style is unique: Classical training, but absorbing whatever she heard and played in church as a child, then folk and jazz as she matured. She didn't care about categories or stylistics. She liked Ellington and Oscar Peterson, but never imitated anybody. Bach counterpoint and deep black people's music roots. A world of her own.

I agree with Big Beat Steve. These albums were a mix of previously released tracks, alternates, and some unissued tracks. I think most were added to the CD reissues, but some may have been overlooked. A few albums still await reissue, like the Paul Horn Quartet album. One has a hard time trying to find out whether tracks already issued are alternates or edits.

This series? https://www.discogs.com/label/92704-Jazz-West-Coast https://www.discogs.com/release/15930468-Various-Jazz-West-Coast-An-Anthology-Of-California-Music-/image/SW1hZ2U6NDg4MTYwNzQ=