Which Mosaic Are You Enjoying Right Now?

[king ubu]

guess I'll just play it all through ... been way too long!

@David: love the J.J. box, wouldn't want to miss it!

[BFrank]

Max Roach

[ghost of miles]

[David Ayers]

Got to JJ #6. Nearly there...

[David Ayers]

I. Would. Not. Be. Without. This. Set.

[brownie]

LP 6

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[David Ayers]

And finally on to JJ #7. Some good stuff.

[Justin V]

The Complete Verve Stuff Smith Sessions, Disc 2. I stumbled upon a copy of this last month for $45.99 after shipping. Yes, only $45.99. The only thing wrong with it is that the box is a bit messed up (most of the lettering on the spine is ripped off and the bottom of the box is damaged). The discs, ranging from acceptable to mint, play perfectly and the booklet was included.

Having only Cat on a Hot Fiddle, I jumped at the opportunity to get otherwise-unavailable music and the sessions with Dizzy Gillespie and Oscar Peterson. I can't say enough about the previously unreleased Cat on a Hot Fiddle tracks; Shirley Horn is absolutely spellbinding. Given the quality of the music (I now know that I can easily take Stuff Smith in large doses), it's worth the $125 people are asking for on Amazon.

Edited October 9, 2013 by Justin V

[sidewinder]

Yeah, the Stuff Smith is a great set. I never tire of that one. Nice find !

[John Tapscott]

And finally on to JJ #7. Some good stuff.

I think that's the best CD of the whole set; at least it's my favorite.

[king ubu]

The album with Victor Feldman? I always found that a bit on the weak side, after all the fine groups before (Jaspar, Little ... then Flaganan Chambers Roach, the the two-brass band with Nat, the band with Clifford Jordan, Arthur Harper etc).

[John Tapscott]

The album with Victor Feldman? I always found that a bit on the weak side, after all the fine groups before (Jaspar, Little ... then Flaganan Chambers Roach, the the two-brass band with Nat, the band with Clifford Jordan, Arthur Harper etc).

Yep, just me, I guess. I have strange ears.

[brownie]

LP 6

LPs 1 & 2

[David Ayers]

The three Jordan/Hubbard/etc tracks which kick off that side are marvelous. The quartet with Feldman is maybe best auditioned without the unissued tracks, IMO.

...Although, the issued version of Mohawk is better and the unissued Turnpike is over-long...

[alankin]

I remember when the Stuff Smith set went OOP without notice. Still don't have it.

Was playing:

The Complete Arista Recordings of Anthony Braxton - disc 1

New York, Fall 1974 sessions with:

- Kenny Wheeler, Dave Holland, Jerome Cooper + Leroy Jenkins

- Richard Teitelbaum

- Julius Hemphill, Oliver Lake, Hamiet Bluiett

Five Pieces with Kenny Wheeler, Dave Holland, Barry Altschul.

[alankin]

Now playing:

The Complete Blue Note Andrew Hill Sessions (1963-66) - disc 1

Black Fire session — with Joe Henderson, Richard Davis, Roy Haynes.

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[David Ayers]

Same here on suddenly OOP Stuff.

Re. strange ears; that's probably quite a few of us round here

[king ubu]

Don't give up on the Stuff Smith - it's essential listening!

Truly a giant of our beloved music!

[David Ayers]

The album with Victor Feldman? I always found that a bit on the weak side, after all the fine groups before (Jaspar, Little ... then Flaganan Chambers Roach, the the two-brass band with Nat, the band with Clifford Jordan, Arthur Harper etc).

Yep, just me, I guess. I have strange ears.

In fact I played the sides with Feldman/Hayes maybe three times. You're right, they are really good. After the 5-tet 6-tet sides it *seems* deflating to come back to a quartet and shorter tracks, but it is really worth giving these some time in their own right.

It also gives a sense of trajectory to the set to loop back into the quartet format that it started with.

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[David Ayers]

PS there is a JJ for sale for 100 pounds at a UK site if anyone is chasing it (not *mine*, obviously!).

[alankin]

The Complete Pacific Jazz Recordings of Gerald Wilson and his Orchestra - disc 3

which includes:

Gerald Wilson – Feelin' Kinda Blues [(IJK) - GW Mosaic] (Mosaic – Pacific Jazz)

— With Al Porcino, Bob Edmonsdon, Curtis Amy, Anthony Ortega, Teddy Edwards, Harold Land, Jack Nimitz, Phil Moore III, Mel Lee, etc.

Gerald Wilson – The Golden Sword – Torero Impressions in Jazz [(LMN) - GW Mosaic] (Mosaic – Pacific Jazz)

— With Al Porcino, Conte Candoli, Anthony Ortega, Jimmy Woods, Teddy Edwards, Harold Land, Jack Nimitz, Roy Ayers or Victor Feldman, Jack Wilson Laurindo Almeida, Mel Lee, etc.

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[Justin V]

Stuff Smith - The Complete Verve Stuff Smith Sessions, Disc 3, with Oscar Peterson, Barney Kessel, Ray Brown and Alvin Stoller.

[alankin]

The Complete Blue Note Andrew Hill Sessions (1963-66) - disc 1:10-11/2:1-9

Andrew Hill – Smokestack [(B) on BN Mosaic] (Blue Note Records – Mosaic)

— With Richard Davis, Eddie Khan, Roy Haynes

[John Tapscott]

One of the truly great Mosaic sets IMHO. Indispensable.

[brownie]

CDs 3, 4...