mikeweil

Correct. But there were added as bonus tracks to the CD reissue of Vol. 1!

So far today:

This morning:

Some more:

Byas is in top form here. Three complete sessions, only one alternate take missing. Great sound.

Just pulled from the mailbox:

Now I remember: Maybe I heard something like this imprecision etc. in the music when I had a listen to the CD reissue that left me underwhelmed and made put it back in the bin at the shop. Okay, my money will be saved for the Mosaic.

Oh, I overlooked that one - thanks for posting this. No idea why I didn't buy it when it was released. Will try to find a copy.

I had similar thoughts.

Hard to understand why MPS in Germany never reissued this on CD. The Japanese CD goes for rather high prices, or I would have got me one. I must be careful about my spendings ....

Hard to pick just a few, there are so many great one. Some that sping to my mind: https://www.discogs.com/release/2584731-Geoff-Keezer-Zero-One https://www.discogs.com/release/5265269-Bernie-Worrell-Elevation-The-Upper-Air .... and some solo Duke Ellington, and some Paul Bley.

Now that the Mosaic set of Don Byas sessions is announced, I looked what else might be of interest. I just ordered a copy of a compilation of his Vogue sessions, https://www.discogs.com/release/14897775-Don-Byas-Lover-Man/image/SW1hZ2U6NDQ4OTQ5NDY=:: When looked it uo in the Lord Disco, I found considerable overlap with another Vogue reissue I already have, https://www.discogs.com/release/5587403-Don-Byas-Featuring-Mary-Lou-Williams-Trio-Beryl-Booker-Trio-Don-Byas/image/SW1hZ2U6MTE4ODE5MTk=: I almost regretted the order of the former CD, but whem I compared the discographical data of the latter CD with ihe data in the Lord Disco, I found out that Lord got this reissue totally wrong and the overlap is minimal. We had a similar discussion abot one Trummy Young session that's not in the Mosaic, and contrary to the data in Lord, probably was never issued. My warning is: Never trust the data in Lord without consulting a second source! There a a lot of errors or inexact data. This is not to diminish his effots, but the sheer amount of data makes such errors inevitable. Specialist discographies on labels or single srtists will always be more accurate, and Lord will be the first to admit this. Just be careful when you post info, alway state your sources,a nd try to be as accurate as possible. Discographical research can be a pian in certain body parts, but it is wotrth it and helps the collectors community. So in the end I can recommend these two Vogue CDs. Another great one is this from late in his career: What else can you recommend, besides the sessions missing from the Mosaic that are discussed already in the respective thread?

Earlier this afternoon:

This EP with the Modern Jazz Quartet's first four tracks on Prestige was in the collection of my older brother's finacée, who jobbed at a record shop at the time. I didn't understand a note, but it grabbed my attention. Their music still fascinates me after all these years, culminating in a discography research project. John Lewis' perfect balance - IMHO - of composition and improvisation formed my own esthetics about jazz. Hearing this music and seeing the band perform in 1974 was a revelatory experience, percussionist Bill Summers inspired me to take up percussion seriously, his complete approach including ethnomusicology was my ideal. He was delighted to hear that when I introduced myself to him at a Hancock concert during the Dis Is Da Drum tour. And I learned so much from Herbie as far as rhythmic aspects of improvisation is concerned, the Mwandishi band albums being extremely important. Then there is Mongo Santamaria and Cal Tjader, my idol on conga drums and inspiring me to reasearch and publish their discographies.

Maybe you are right and I miscounted. Meanwhile I discovered a second compliation CD on Musicraft. Each of the two has 17 tracks, so still not everything covered. It seems Lord's data are incorrect if you compare to the listing here: http://www.78discography.com/Signiature.htm No Trummy Young release in that list!

Not enough music for a Mosaic set. 42 tracks including three alternates. It was all on 4 LPs, each running between 30 and 40 minutes. Only one compilation CD, though. The 4 tracks with Byas were on Vol. 2:

Among smaller labels from the 1930's and 1040's, Signature would make a great box set, even though the Hawkins, and Dickie Wells with Pres sides had been included in previous sets. The label is under BMG control, so licensing shouldn't be the problem. The classic jazz sides all were available at some time or another. No idea how interesting the other recordings are. http://www.78discography.com/Signiature.htm I second Chuck's recommendation. https://www.discogs.com/label/451017-Apollo-Series