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Mosaic is a very special company for us Jazz lovers. Most of their stuff is must-have in my book. But there are other box sets out there that are pretty amazing.

Obviously this will depend on the type of Jazz you listen to, but I'd like to hear your opinions on those box sets that are special to you. Don't limit yourself to one!

Mine is: Duke Ellington - The Centennial Edition: Complete RCA Victor Recordings

Set is OOP, 24 CD's. I just love Duke!

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43 minutes ago, JSngry said:

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Not sure if it's still relevant to anybody, but at one time, pre-internet & w/o ready access to serious record stores, this was very special to me.

Me too, my parents had it.

The Time/Life 3 LP boxes deepened my love and understanding of pre-wwII stuff.

A Charly 3 LP box of Sun stuff was also formative.

Long ago and far away.

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52 minutes ago, jazzbo said:

Louis Armstrong Hot Fives and Sevens, Columbia

John Coltrane Heavyweight Champion

 

Two from jazzbo, add one:

Rahsaan Roland Kirk - Complete Mercury Recordings   ...for the pure joy of it

 

Oh so close:

Bud Powell - Complete Blue Note and Roost

Charlie Parker - Complete Savoy and Dial Studio Sessions

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Some of mine (yes, like Mingus said - depending on the type of jazz one listens to ^_^):

 

- Keynote Recordings (Fresh Sounds CD box if you cannot source the 21-LP Japanese LP edition or any comparable one - which very likely will be the case)

- Complete Nocturne Recordings Vol. 1 (Fresh Sounds - there never was a Vol. 2)

- The full run of the Svensk Jazzhistoria 2- or 3-CD box sets on the Caprice label

and - depending on one's personal tastes - quite a few BEAR FAMILY box sets (Mosaic is far from being the only bright star on the box set sky - particularly if FIRST TIME REISSUES are concerned)

 

 

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Must have`s :

 

Rahsaan Roland Kirk "Complete Mercury Recordings"

John Coltrane "Heavyweight Champion"

John Coltrane "The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings

Charles Mingus "Passions of a Man"

Miles Davis "Plugged Nickel"

 

Ornette Coleman "Beauty Is A Rare Thing"

 

 

Worth some deepened considerations :

 

 

Art Pepper "Complete Galaxy Recordings"

 

Sonny Rollins "Complete At The Village Gate 1962"

 

Bill Evans "Complete At The Village Vanguard 1961"

 

Steve Lacy "Solos, Duos, Trios - Soul Note + Black Saint Recordings"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Anthony Braxton: Willisau (Quartet) 1991 on Hat Hut Records, 4 CDs (2 studio, 2 live) of his quartet with Marylin Crispell, Marc Dresser & Gerry Hemingway. Besides the peak performances, the sound is also best of all the quartet's releases. 

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Joe Henderson's Complete Milestones Years box is probably co-equally my #1, along with any of several Miles boxes.

I'm a thousand miles from home (back in St. Louis visiting my Dad this weekend), or I'd survey my collection -- but the Henderson was the very first thing I thought of (and it hadn't been mentioned yet).

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7 hours ago, Rooster_Ties said:

Joe Henderson's Complete Milestones Years box is probably co-equally my #1, along with any of several Miles boxes.

I'm a thousand miles from home (back in St. Louis visiting my Dad this weekend), or I'd survey my collection -- but the Henderson was the very first thing I thought of (and it hadn't been mentioned yet).

I was going to mention that JoeHen set, too. I got it several years ago REAL cheap - I think it was being remaindered at the time. Excellent stuff!

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On 3/9/2017 at 4:41 PM, JSngry said:

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Not sure if it's still relevant to anybody, but at one time, pre-internet & w/o ready access to serious record stores, this was very special to me.

I'm sure that was an important set of albums to many a listener.

It depends on where one is in one's jazz journey and what one is expecting from a boxed set as to whether it might be "must have" or not.  For some one newly exploring jazz -- or exploring new fields within jazz -- the Smithsonian has put together some other fine sets.  Two on big band jazz

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one for various jazz pianist

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and one on jazz singers

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Some other sets I would consider essential:

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and this music in one form or another

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