Which Mosaic Are You Enjoying Right Now?

[Leeway]

Discs 1 & 2

[RiRiIII]

Found a used copy in excellent condition from a German amazon seller, for about the original price. Had to skip this when it went last chance for financial reasons, but wanted it for the session with Quinichette. Now that I can listen, I like it all, great music all the way through.

My very first Select. A great set! Enjoy it.

[mikeweil]

I certainly do!

[Leeway]

Disc 3 of the Tristano, Konitz, Marsh box.

All Tristano.

[Leeway]

Disc 4 -

[B. Goren.]

CD # 1.

[B. Goren.]

CD # 2.

[jeffcrom]

The Complete Dean Benedetti Recordings of Charlie Parker. I'm listening to disc four, which is probably the hardest to listen to - this is where they grouped some of the shortest and/or poorest-quality recordings from the Benedetti archive. But it's got some amazing playing, including one of my favorites, item #64, "A Night in Tunisia." Bird's break and solo is very different from what he usually played on this tune.

Later: There some near-unlistenable tracks on disc four, along with some stunning ones. But overall, this set is one of those bodies of music that you could study for a lifetime.

And I'd forgotten that the last fragment on this disc is the only version in the Benedetti holdings of Bird playing "These Foolish Things" - one of my late mom's favorite songs. That minute of music kind of got to me.

Edited December 13, 2014 by jeffcrom

[Bluesnik]

Disc 1. A bit of everything, and an interesting session with Harry James plus a boogie woogie trio, featuring Pete Johnson or Albert Ammons.

Edited December 13, 2014 by Bluesnik

[jeffcrom]

The Complete Dean Benedetti Recordings of Charlie Parker.

The 1948 Three Deuces recordings tonight.

[T.D.]

Finishing up with the Jazz Crusaders.

Will soon start on Hank Mobley.

[gmonahan]

Complete Dial Modern Jazz Sessions, disc 1. My Christmas present to ME!

gregmo

[psu_13]

The Complete Commodore Recordings, records 1 and 4.

I've had these sets for a long time, but have not had my turntable set up for the last few years until recently. This stuff is great, mostly.

[Jay]

Whole thing today in the background at work. Forgot how much I like this.

[jeffcrom]

Dizzy Reece Select. Thanks, Face of the Bass!

[BFrank]

Carmell Jones Select

[jazzbo]

The Dial Jazz Sessions set, disc 3 for like the third time. Man this sounds good!

[Clunky]

The Dial Jazz Sessions set, disc 3 for like the third time. Man this sounds good!

Thanks for this. I'm delighted it's sounding up to par. No one would have benefitted from a poor sounding Mosaic consisting of previously released material which was easily available in cheaper editions.

[jazzbo]

Now listening to disc 4.

Yes, the sound is excellent imo. There are some sounds that you wish were gone, but making them go away I'm sure would damage the sound that is so fine. This is really the best I've heard this Dial material and it's very enjoyable and very important music.

[gmonahan]

I'm on disc 5 of the Dial set, the great, great Relaxin' at Camarillo session!

gregmo

[jazzbo]

Yes, I'll get there tomorrow, I'm looking forward to it. Really enjoying this set.

[kinuta]

Charles Mingus The Complete Candid Recordings

Disc 1

[Bluesnik]

A really good set. My first select, I think, as this was #1. I love the McLean, Moncur, Hutcherson combination.

[BFrank]

Thad Jones!!

[jeffcrom]

Okay, get this. My wife and I are having three Christmases this year. We're leaving tomorrow to spend actual Christmas with her family in northwestern Washington. When we get back we're going to have fake Christmas with my family here in Atlanta. But tonight we had our little personal Christmas/solstice celebration and exchanged presents. She had asked me what I wanted, and I said, "How about a Mosaic set?" I gave her a Mosaic catalog with the Ellington small groups and the Clifford Jordan sets checked. When I opened my gift, there were both of them - she couldn't decide.

Tonight I listened to the excellent first disc of the Clifford Jordan, while loading all of the Ellington into my iPod to listen to on the trip. I think that the Ellington small group material is the "major-est" body of jazz from the 1930s that I didn't have in my collection - although I had heard it, thanks to a friend who gave me CDRs of the set.