Which Mosaic Are You Enjoying Right Now?

[John Tapscott]

[mikeweil]

This was delivered this morning, Discs 1 through 4 so far. I do not regret the investment ....

[ghost of miles]

29 minutes ago, mikeweil said:

This was delivered this morning, Discs 1 through 4 so far. I do not regret the investment ....

... and you haven't even gotten to the Count Basie sides yet!!  

 

[Stereojack]

31 minutes ago, mikeweil said:

This was delivered this morning, Discs 1 through 4 so far. I do not regret the investment ....

I finally broke down and ordered this as well - it came on Monday. So far I've only listened to disc 1, which included the magnificent Hawkins extended "Body and Soul" and the delightful Hampton jam session with Herschel Evans and Charlie Shavers. Looking forward to more gems in the coming days!

 

[mikeweil]

31 minutes ago, ghost of miles said:

... and you haven't even gotten to the Count Basie sides yet!!  

 

Spinning these right now! They alone are worth the buy!

27 minutes ago, Stereojack said:

 Looking forward to more gems in the coming days!

Besides the Basie sides, my favourites are the Teddy Wilson big band tracks. The Glen Miller band swings much harder than in the studio.

[Bob_Bobson]

I've been on quite a buying tear of late with some great additions, but I was very happy to finally score a NM copy of this long-sought gem:

[BFrank]

Henry Threadgill - disks 4/5

[ghost of miles]

Playing some Jimmy Smith on the show this afternoon in honor of his birthday, so revisiting this set for the first time in many years:

[Bluesnik]

On 12/8/2020 at 3:42 PM, ghost of miles said:

Playing some Jimmy Smith on the show this afternoon in honor of his birthday, so revisiting this set for the first time in many years:

Very good picture. But I'm now with this:

I stumbled about a thread about this box from 2017 or 18 (when it was about to come out) and picked it up. And I'm enjoying it immensely. What I like most are his solos, but his orchestra is also great, with at times Roy Eldridge, Ben Webster and Cozy Cole, or Goodman, Lionel Hampton and Gene Krupa, or his interventions with singers, such as Ella Fitzgerald.

[John Tapscott]

[OliverM]

Just bought this from over the Channel, LP box. It's quite wonderful.

[John Tapscott]

[ghost of miles]

Disc 3:

[mikeweil]

This will be at th center of my box set listening activities during the next weeks:

[sidewinder]

2 minutes ago, mikeweil said:

This will be at th center of my box set listening activities during the next weeks:

An essential Mosaic, IMO !

[John Tapscott]

[gmonahan]

Decided to give disc one of this one a spin. It has some jazz accordion!

 

[ghost of miles]

On disc 1 as I begin to revisit this one:

[John Tapscott]

[Bluesnik]

This is one of my favorite Selects. And there is a terrific album in it, The Street Swingers, with Jim Hall and Jimmy Raney.

[John Tapscott]

[gmonahan]

On 12/30/2020 at 7:52 PM, ghost of miles said:

Disc 3:

Great minds? I'm spinning disc 5 after I *finally* got hold of this set!

 

 

gregmo

[Dub Modal]

Classic 1936-1947 Count Basie And Lester Young Studio Sessions

Just finished up disc 1, moving to disc 2. 

[jlhoots]

McLean

[ghost of miles]

The Benny Carter big-band sides from this set.   Mel Powell sessions on tap after that.