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Is there a complete Manu discography somewhere online? I'd really like to know and find more of his recordings, especially from the 70's. What when where with whom for what labels etc etc....

Mr Lateef's complete Impulse sessions, live and studio, would also make a very nice Mosaic!!??

Where did they forget all the excellent Yusef Lateef albums??

Maybe some of you might be interested in this one. One of Europe’s leading big bands with very special friends. First class playing and soloing by all the above and many others! A whole lp under Thad Jones' leadership! 3 brilliant albums on 2 cd’s. Everything on cd for the first time! Decent booklet with nice photos and informative liner notes. ”A GOOD TIME WAS HAD BY ALL – UMO Jazz Orchestra 1976–1979” out now on Warner Music Finland. Also on Spotify. A GOOD TIME WAS HAD BY ALL Originally issued as Finnlevy, SFLP 9590 (1976) CD1/1. TALKING WITH MR. JONES (Esko Linnavalli) 13:07 solos: Niels-Henning Örsted-Pedersen (acoustic bass), Georg Wadenius (electric guitar), Pekka Pöyry (alto sax), Allan Botschinsky (flugelhorn), Dexter Gordon (soprano sax) CD1/2. SARI (Esko Linnavalli) 8:04 solos: Dexter Gordon (tenor sax), Allan Botschinsky (flugelhorn), Dexter Gordon (tenor sax) CD1/3. ECLIPSE (Esko Linnavalli) 7:47 solos: Allan Botschinsky (flugelhorn), Georg Wadenius (electric guitar), Dexter Gordon (soprano sax) CD1/4. A GOOD TIME WAS HAD BY ALL (Thad Jones, arr. by Esko Linnavalli) 12:38 solos: Pekka Pöyry (soprano sax), Georg Wadenius (electric guitar), Eero Koivistoinen (tenor sax), Markku Johansson (trumpet), Niels-Henning Ørsted-Pedersen (acoustic bass), Allan Botschinsky (flugelhorn), Dexter Gordon (tenor sax & spoken epilogue) ESKO LINNAVALLI – conductor, piano (2), electric piano (1, 3, 4) ALLAN BOTSCHINSKY – trumpet, flugelhorn SIMO SALMINEN – trumpet, flugelhorn MARKKU JOHANSSON – trumpet, flugelhorn KAJ BACKLUND – trumpet, flugelhorn JUHANI AALTO – trombone PETRI JUUTILAINEN – trombone MIRCEA STAN – trombone TOM BILDO – bass trombone DEXTER GORDON – soprano sax, tenor sax PEKKA PÖYRY – flute, soprano sax, alto sax JUHANI AALTONEN – flute, soprano sax, tenor sax EERO KOIVISTOINEN – soprano sax, tenor sax PENTTI LAHTI – flute, soprano sax, baritone sax GEORGE WADENIUS – electric guitar NIELS-HENNING ØRSTED PEDERSEN – acoustic bass (1, 2, 4), electric bass (3) ESKO ROSNELL – drums, percussion Recorded by Jukka Teittinen, Finnlevy studios, Helsinki, May 17.–19., 1976. Produced by Lars Samuelson. THAD JONES, MEL LEWIS & UMO Originally issued as Discophon, RCA, PL 40096 (1978) CD1/5. GROOVE MERCHANT (Thad Jones) 5:11 solos: Esko Linnavalli (electric piano), Thad Jones (cornet) CD1/6. IT ONLY HAPPENS EVERY TIME (Thad Jones) 5:50 solo: Thad Jones (cornet) CD1/7. TIP TOE (Thad Jones) 6:40 solos: Markku Johansson (trumpet), Mel Lewis (drums), Juhani Aaltonen (alto sax) CD1/8. THE GREAT ONE (Thad Jones) 9:39 solos: Esko Linnavalli (electric piano), Teemu Salminen (tenor sax), Petri Juutilainen (trombone), Eero Koivistoinen (tenor sax), Thad Jones (cornet), Markku Johansson (trumpet) XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX CD2/1. KIDS ARE PRETTY PEOPLE (Thad Jones) 6:04 solos: Thad Jones (cornet), Mircea Stan (trombone) CD2/2. SUMMARY (Thad Jones) 5:55 © D'accord Music Inc solo: Thad Jones (cornet) CD2/3. LITTLE PIXIE (Thad Jones) 7:46 solos: Esko Linnavalli (piano), Teemu Salminen (tenor sax), Juhani Aaltonen (alto sax), Eero Koivistoinen (tenor sax), Pentti Lahti (baritone sax), Pekka Pöyry (alto sax), Simo Salminen, Markku Johansson, Esko Heikkinen & Kaj Backlund (trumpets) CD2/4. ONLY FOR NOW (Thad Jones) 7:12 solos: Thad Jones (cornet), Juhani Aaltonen (flute), Petri Juutilainen (trombone) THAD JONES – conductor, cornet, scat vocals (CD1: 7) SIMO SALMINEN – trumpet, flugelhorn MARKKU JOHANSSON – trumpet, flugelhorn ESKO HEIKKINEN – trumpet, flugelhorn KAJ BACKLUND – trumpet, flugelhorn JUHANI AALTO – trombone PETRI JUUTILAINEN – trombone MIRCEA STAN – trombone TOM BILDO – bass trombone JUHANI AALTONEN – flute, clarinet, soprano sax, alto sax EERO KOIVISTOINEN – soprano sax, tenor sax PENTTI LAHTI – bass clarinet, baritone sax PEKKA PÖYRY – flute, soprano sax, alto sax TEEMU SALMINEN – flute, clarinet, tenor sax ESKO LINNAVALLI – piano (CD1: 7 / CD2: 1, 3, 4), electric piano (CD1: 5, 6, 8 / CD2: 2) OTTO BERGER – electric guitar (CD1: 5, 6, 8 / CD2: 1–4) PEKKA SARMANTO – acoustic bass MEL LEWIS – drums ESKO ROSNELL – congas (CD1: 6–8 / CD2: 3, 4), shaker (CD1: 6), chimes (CD2: 2, 4), bells (CD2: 4) Recorded by Harold S. Burgon, SoundTrack studios, Helsinki, December 3.–4., 1977. Produced by Esko Linnavalli. UMOPHILOS Originally issued as Discophon, RCA, PL 40127 (1979) CD2/5. OREGON GRINDER (Jerry Dodgion) 5:23 solos: Jerry Dodgion (alto sax), Clark Terry (flugelhorn) CD2/6. YKSI RUUSU ON KASVANUT LAAKSOSSA (trad., arr. by Eero Koivistoinen) 4:45 solos: Jerry Dodgion (soprano sax), Clark Terry (flugelhorn) CD2/7. BIG BAD BLUES (Clark Terry, arr. by Ernie Wilkins) 4:20 solos: Eero Koivistoinen (tenor sax), Clark Terry & Markku Johansson (flugelhorns) CD2/8. UMOPHILOS (Esko Linnavalli) 3:42 solo: Jerry Dodgion (soprano sax) CD2/9. MEMORIES (Olli Ahvenlahti) 4:22 solo: Jerry Dodgion (flute) CD2/10. SHELL GAME (Clark Terry, arr. by Ernie Wilkins) 4:08 solos: Otto Berger (electric guitar), Pekka Pöyry (alto sax), Mircea Stan (trombone), Petri Juutilainen (trombone), Clark Terry (flugelhorn) CD2/11. COME ON OVER MY LOVE (Jerry Dodgion) 5:06 solos: Clark Terry (flugelhorn), Jerry Dodgion (soprano sax) CD2/12. SMÖRREBRÖD (Eero Koivistoinen) 5:05 solos: Markku Johansson (flugelhorn), Eero Koivistoinen (tenor sax) CD2/13. REFUNK (Jukka Linkola) 5:16 solos: Markku Johansson (flugelhorn), Jerry Dodgion (soprano sax) ESKO LINNAVALLI – conductor CLARK TERRY – trumpet, flugelhorn SIMO SALMINEN – trumpet, flugelhorn MARKKU JOHANSSON – trumpet, flugelhorn ESKO HEIKKINEN – trumpet, flugelhorn KAJ BACKLUND – trumpet, flugelhorn JUHANI AALTO – trombone PETRI JUUTILAINEN – trombone MIRCEA STAN – trombone TOM BILDO – bass trombone JERRY DODGION – soprano sax, alto sax JUHANI AALTONEN – flute, clarinet, soprano sax, alto sax EERO KOIVISTOINEN – soprano sax, tenor sax PENTTI LAHTI – bass clarinet, baritone sax PEKKA PÖYRY – flute, soprano sax, alto sax TEEMU SALMINEN – flute, clarinet, tenor sax OLLI AHVENLAHTI – piano (5–7, 9–13), electric piano (8) OTTO BERGER – electric guitar (10) PEKKA POHJOLA – electric bass (8, 13) PEKKA SARMANTO – acoustic bass (5–7, 9–12) ESKO ROSNELL – drums, percussion Recorded by Iain Churches, SoundTrack studios, Helsinki, February, 1979. Produced by Esko Linnavalli.

I am so thrilled about this happening. A dream come true. And can't help dreaming of the next one. Maybe the 1960 tour wirh Coltrane? Or the 1969 quintet? Or some 70's gigs? Still wondering if Sony is going to release decent set of the 1975 japanese concerts (unedited set of pangae, agharta & dark magus shows...)?? Or a complete Legacy edition of the early 80's recordings...? No sign of Mosaic vinyl version (of bootleg series)?

If Warner Bros have dropped such plans (Mwandishi box), why don't they license the tapes to someone who's willing and able to use them in an honourable way?

I would also welcome a comprehensive and detailed Hancock boxed set. Unfortunately The complete Columbia ALBUMS box will not satisfy my needs. The Complete Herbie Hancock & The Headhunters Live/Studio RECORDINGS (1973-1975) is what I've been desperately waiting for the past 20 years. As compared to the aforementioned Miles data available, it's hard to believe there's not even a detailed Hancock sessionography anywhere on the web (or is there?). And btw, the same concerns Weather Report too...

BTW, is the Japan only (???) quintet album The Sun (recorded September 1970) still property of EMI/Toshiba? I wonder if there's any possibility for a world wide edition... Never heard this one. Can anyone tell how's the music: free, fusion or...? Is there any resemblance to the aforementioned trio / quartet material? http://sudo.3.pro.tok2.com/Quest/cards/C/ChickCorea/index.html

I had to look for the track lenghts and yes, I was wrong: The 1970 BN recordings do not fit into 2 discs. As you can see below, the total lenght of the quartet recordings is 73 mins which is just fine for one cd. However, some of the trio tracks are longer than I remembered, making the total lenght as long as 99 mins and that requires two discs. So hopefully we’ll see the select happening some day. And a decent Legacy edition of the November 1970 and March 1971 dates. Or a bigger Mosaic combining the studio & live material. Chick Corea Trio Chick Corea (p) Dave Holland (b) Barry Altschul (d) A&R Studios, NYC, April 7, 1970 • Flesh 06:06 • Toy Room 05:51 • Nefertiti 07:05 • Blue Connotation 07:17 total: 26:19 Chick Corea Trio Chick Corea (p, per) Dave Holland (b, per) Barry Altschul (d, per) A&R Studios, NYC, April 8, 1970 • Rhymes 06:50 • Ballad, I 04:17 • Ballad, II 06:43 • Ballad, III 05:34 • Drone 22:20 total: 45:44 Chick Corea Trio Anthony Braxton (ss, cl, cbcl, per) Chick Corea (p, cel, per) Dave Holland (cello, g, per) A&R Studios, NYC, August 13, 1970 • Duet For Bass And Piano, No. 1 03:28 • Duet For Bass And Piano, No. 2 01:40 • Dance For Clarinet And Piano, No. 1 02:14 • Dance For Clarinet And Piano, No. 2 02:32 • Chimes, Pt. 1 10:20 • Chimes, Pt. 2 06:40 total: 26:54 The Circle Anthony Braxton (as, ss, fl, cl, chimes) Chick Corea (p, cel, vib) Dave Holland (b, cello, g, per) Barry Altschul (d, woodblocks, bass mar) A&R Studios, NYC, August 19, 1970 • Starp 05:20 • 73 deg Kelvin 09:12 • Ballad 06:43 • Percussion Piece 05:52 total: 27:07 The Circle Anthony Braxton (as, ss, cl, cbcl) Chick Corea (p, prepared p, bass mar, per) Dave Holland (b, g) Barry Altschul (d, b, per, vib, bass mar) A&R Studios, NYC, August 21, 1970 • Quartet Piece, No. 1 16:13 • Quartet Piece, No. 2 17:33 • Quartet Piece, No. 3 12:25 total: 46:11

I still don’t comprehend how would you assemble a three cd select of Corea’s Circle and pre-Circle trio recordings if it really has to be all from the same label. Their BN material is by no means more than two CDs. BTW, I’ve never understood why it’s too difficult to licence stuff from two or several different labels. It’s only mathematics after all, isn't it? Could it possibly be easier in case of bigger Mosaic? In that case I would add the other Sony/CBS live album as well. So how about a four disc set: CD 1: Studio, trio recordings, April 1970 (BN) CD 2: Studio, trio & quartet recordings, August 1970 (BN) CD 3: Live In German Concert, November 1970 (Sony) CD 4: Live, Gathering, March 1971 (Sony) The Complete Chick Corea Trio & Circle Blue Note / Sony recordings !!!???

Great! Thumbs up for the select. But is there enough material for a three cd set? A few years back I suggested a 2CD conn including the following sessions. That would make only a 2 cd set. Wish they could fill the third disc with live recordings, maybe the japan (only?) cbs LP Live In German Concert (recorded in Iserlohn, Germany, November 28, 1970)...!!?? As far as I know, that would make The Complete Circle 1970 sessions... Chick Corea Trio Chick Corea (p) Dave Holland (b) Barry Altschul (d) A&R Studios, NYC, April 7, 1970 • Flesh • Toy Room • Nefertiti • Blue Connotation Chick Corea Trio Chick Corea (p, per) Dave Holland (b, per) Barry Altschul (d, per) A&R Studios, NYC, April 8, 1970 • Rhymes • Ballad, I • Ballad, II • Ballad, III • Drone Chick Corea Trio Anthony Braxton (ss, cl, cbcl, per) Chick Corea (p, cel, per) Dave Holland (cello, g, per) A&R Studios, NYC, August 13, 1970 • Duet For Bass And Piano, No. 1 • Duet For Bass And Piano, No. 2 • Dance For Clarinet And Piano, No. 1 • Dance For Clarinet And Piano, No. 2 • Chimes, Pt. 1 • Chimes, Pt. 2 The Circle Anthony Braxton (as, ss, fl, cl, chimes) Chick Corea (p, cel, vib) Dave Holland (b, cello, g, per) Barry Altschul (d, woodblocks, bass mar) A&R Studios, NYC, August 19, 1970 • Starp • 73 deg Kelvin • Ballad • Percussion Piece The Circle Anthony Braxton (as, ss, cl, cbcl) Chick Corea (p, prepared p, bass mar, per) Dave Holland (b, g) Barry Altschul (d, b, per, vib, bass mar) A&R Studios, NYC, August 21, 1970 • Quartet Piece, No. 1 • Quartet Piece, No. 2 • Quartet Piece, No. 3

Thanks for the news. 11 cd´s including the vocal tracks - a dream to come true. Wish there was a new Duke Mosaic every year. But what can we expect AFTER this one? What could be the next logical era waiting for a Mosaic treatment? The Complete Columbia & Mercer studio recordings?

I wonder if there's any chance to see a Mosaic treatment for some of the Columbia quartet recordings? I'd prefer a big one (complete... something?) and wouldn't mind if some of the stuff were already reissued - even by Legacy. As long as it's a logical and complete set in some way or other. What would you suggest?

Cal Tjader Mosaic would be essential. What would you inlcude? I wouldn't mind a huge one. How about the complete Verve recordings? If that's too much for one set (maybe 8-10 cd's???), the stuff could be divided between live/studio or smaller/bigger groups.

I’m anxiously waiting for details and more official confirmation for the bootleg series. It could mean a dream to come true, but it might as well turn out to be just a couple of well known live recordings with better liner notes. In a perfect world they would gather all the existing live tapes, pick up the jewels and produce logically arranged de luxe boxed sets out of them. One box devoted to each of the most legendary line ups (eg. with Coltrane / with Shorter, Hancock, Carter & Williams / with Shorter, Corea, Holland & DeJohnette etc...). But hey, why would they deal with the bootleg stuff before they’ve run out of unissued or re-releasable Columbia vault material? As far as I know there’s still a fair amount of live tapes waiting for a decent re-issue treatment, at least from the 70´s.

Why wouldn't the estate make money out of this all? They might as well let an honourable company (e.g. Mosaic) produce a decent boxed set with liner notes etc...

I suggested The Complete WEATHER REPORT boxed sets series. http://legacyrecordings.uservoice.com/page.../recent?days=14 Please, have a closer look - and vote! Thumbs up.

I'd like to see a new boxed set: The complete Columbia studio session of Dave Brubeck Quartet. A Mosaic maybe? Any interest?

Cal Tjader's stuff from the 50's.

The tracklist suggestion for Corea. Most likely a doulble set. CHICK COREA TRIO Chick Corea (p) Dave Holland (b) Barry Altschul (d) NYC, April 7, 1970 Toy Room Flesh Nefertiti Blue Connotation CHICK COREA TRIO Chick Corea (p, per) Dave Holland (b, per) Barry Altschul (d, per) NYC, April 8, 1970 Ballad, I Rhymes Ballad, III Drone CHICK COREA TRIO Anthony Braxton (as, fl, cl, cbcl) Chick Corea (p, per) Dave Holland (b, cello, g) NYC, August 13, 1970 Duet for Bass and Piano, No. 1 Duet for Bass and Piano, No. 2 Dance for Clarinet and Piano, No. 1 Dance for Clarinet and Piano, No. 2 Chimes, Pt. 1 Chimes, Pt. 2 CHICK COREA QUARTET Anthony Braxton (as, fl, cl, cbcl) Chick Corea (p, per) Dave Holland (b, cello, g) Barry Altschul (d, per) NYC, August 19, 1970 Starp 73-A Kalvin Ballad Percussion Piece CHICK COREA QUARTET Anthony Braxton (as, ss, cl, cbcl) Chick Corea (p, prepared piano, vib, per, bass mar) Dave Holland (b, g) Barry Altschul (d, per, mar) NYC, August 21, 1970 Quartet Piece, No. 1 Quartet Piece, No. 2 Quartet Piece, No. 3 Thumbs up!

How about these? ART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS: The Golden Boy ART BLAKEY & THE JAZZ MESSENGERS: The Complete 1976-1977 Roulette Recordings (Backgammon & Gypsy Folk Tales) GIL EVANS: The Complete 1958 World Pacific Recordings (New Bottle, Old Wine & Great Jazz Standards) CHICK COREA: The Complete Blue Note 1970 Sessions (from April 7 to August 21) TED CURSON: Ode To Booker Ervin

THE COMPLETE ON THE CORNER SESSIONS would be a very nice Miles box number 9! With probably three cd’s, it could consist of at least these recordings: MARCH 9, 1972 Red China Blues (4:06) JUNE 1, 1972 On the Corner / New York Girl / Thinkin' One Thing and Doin' Another / Vote for Miles (20:00) JUNE 6, 1972 Black Satin (5:15) One and One (6:09) Helen Butte (16:48) Mr. Freedom X (6:40) JUNE 12, 1972 Jabali (11:27) Ife (21:34) SEPTEMBER 6, 1972 Rated X (6:51) NOVEMBER 29, 1972 Untitled Original B (17:03) Untitled Original B (9:01) Untitled (Michael’s Tune) (4:09) NOVEMBER 30, 1972 Agharta Prelude (take 14) (17:32) Agharta Prelude (take 15) (9:20) DECEMBER 1, 1972 Michael's Tune (take 4) (4:18) DECEMBER 8, 1972 Billy Preston (12:34) Billy Preston (take ?) (20:36) And, of course, Miles visited Columbia studios quite a few times in the following four years (1973-1976). According to Miles Ahead web site and Jan Lohmann’s Discography there are loads of unreleased tapes in the vaults. I’d be very happy if Sony should release all these recordings some year/decade/century.

Everyone seems to have forgotten CANNONBALL ADDERLEY and DIZZY GILLESPIE!!! I just don’t understand why these legends have NEVER got ANY decent boxed sets. With Cannonball I would start with “The complete Capitol small band studio and/or live recordings with Joe Zawinul”. Another very nice one could be “The complete Capitol recordings with George Duke”. And what comes to Dizzy, I would love to see “The complete Verve (including EmArcy, Phillips etc.) small band studio recordings”. “The complete Pablo sessions” would be irresistible as well, but that’s one for the Fantasy Inc. How would you like to have your Dizzys and Cannonballs?

Sorry if someone’s already mentioned this one: RON CARTER – Uptown Conversation Recorded in October 1969 with Herbie Hancock, Hubert Laws etc.

Thanks for the info, Mike. I need to find the trio sessions led by Carter. The four trio dates would make a very nice Mosaic (select), wouldn’t they? It’s a shame the people at Fantasy are not co-operative with the Mosaic staff. But the VSOP box is something I’m really waiting to happen in my lifetime (I’m 33)…