Which Mosaic Are You Enjoying Right Now?

[hbbfam]

Courtesy of Face of the Bass...Wow!

[duaneiac]

Disc 3 of 4. 

[gmonahan]

James P. Johnson, disc one.  Started with the later things.  Now I'm going back into the mists of acoustic!

[ejp626]

I've been listening to Duke Ellington Reprise Studio Sessions, mostly Afro-Bossa.

[mr jazz]

11 hours ago, ejp626 said:

I've been listening to Duke Ellington Reprise Studio Sessions, mostly Afro-Bossa.

Disc one of that set remains a favorite of all my many mosaic sets. I don't think it has ever been released separately aside from the original issue but I may be wrong.

[ejp626]

8 hours ago, mr jazz said:

Disc one of that set remains a favorite of all my many mosaic sets. I don't think it has ever been released separately aside from the original issue but I may be wrong.

Isn't that basically Recollections of the Big Band Era/Will the Big Bands Ever Come Back?

I believe there was a CD issue of this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000002JJV?qid=1457311507&ref_=tmm_acd_swatch_0&sr=8-8

(along with some PD versions, but this was legit, I think).

There is also an Original Album Series of Reprise albums but it only includes Will the Big Bands Ever Come Back?

http://www.amazon.com/Original-Album-Ellingtons-Ellington-2010-03-01/dp/B014I7DR8C/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1457311630&sr=8-4&keywords=duke+big+bands+come+back

 

[gmonahan]

Bee Hive Sessions, Disc IV.  Digging some Dizzy Reece.

 

gregmo

[kinuta]

 

Up to disc three.

[John Tapscott]

[mikeweil]

[Clunky]

On 8 March 2016 at 10:36 PM, kinuta said:

 

Up to disc three.

Such a great set

[alankin]

Duke Ellington – CD 11 [(DDD) – Feb 1940] – The Complete 1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia & Master Recordings of Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra (Columbia / Mosaic)
— With Rex Stewart, Wallace Jones, Cootie Williams / Joe Nanton, Lawence Brown, Juan Tizol / Barney Bigard, Johnny Hodges, Otto Hardwick, Ben Webster, Harry Carney / DE, Fred Guy, Jimmie Blanton, Sonny Greer / Ivie Anderson
— Ellington's last session for Columbia before his new contract with RCA Victor.
— He was asked to remake four of this biggest instrumentalal hits of the 1930s, this time with vocals — Solitude, Stormy Weather, Mood Indigo, Sophisticated Lady.

 

Edited March 24, 2016 by alankin

[alankin]

Barney Bigard and his Orchestra – CD 7 [NN,OO) – Feb 1940] – The Complete Duke Ellington 1936-1940 Variety, Vocalion and Okeh Small Group Sessions (Vocalion / Mosaic)
— With Rex Stewart, Juan Tizol, Barney Bigard, Harry Carney, Billy Strayhorn, Jimmie Blanton, Sonny Greer; titles include: Tapioca, Mardi Gras Madness

Cootie Williams and His Rug Cutters – CD 7 [(PP) – Feb 1940] – The Complete Duke Ellington 1936-1940 Variety, Vocalion and Okeh Small Group Sessions (Vocalion – OKeh / Mosaic)
— With Cootie Williams / Barney Bigard, Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney / Duke Ellington, Jimmie Blanton, Sonny Greer + Billy Strayhorn; titles include: Black Butterfly, Give It Up

 

Ellington's last sessions for Columbia.  He started recording under his Victor contract in March.

Edited March 28, 2016 by alankin

[ghost of miles]

Jackie McLean Blue Note 1964-66:

 

[John Tapscott]

[mikeweil]

[mikeweil]

Ellington small groups, starting with disc one - let me see how far I get today.

[John Tapscott]

[alankin]

Count Basie and His Orchestra – Breakfast Dance and Barbecue [CD 1a (set one) from The Complete Roulette Live Recordings] (Roulette Records / Mosaic)
— With Marshal Royal, Frank Wess, Frank Foster, Billy Mitchell, Charlie Fowlkes / Thad Jones, Joe Newman, Wendell Culley, Snooky Young, Harry "Sweets" Edison / Al Grey Henry Coker, Benny Powell / Basie, Freddie Green, Eddie Jones, Sonny Payne / Joe Williams /  arrangers: Jones, Foster, Nat Pierce, Neal Hefti, Ernie Wilkins; includes much previously unissued material; live at The Americana Hotel, Miami, FL, 1959

   

I was lucky enough to find a used (or as they say, "pre-owned") set missing the box (but including the booklet) for a reasonable price.  (Now if I could only do the same for the Roulette studio sessions box!)

 

Edited April 11, 2016 by alankin

[king ubu]

caught a bad cold last week and have been in bed for the weekend and today (and tomorrow, alas) - making use of the time to spin the 1964-66 McLean sessions in chronological order (including the four Lee Morgan ones) - still as wonderful as when I first discovered these recordings, almost 20 years ago

[Tom 1960]

Disc 1

[Bluesnik]

Dics VI and VII. The prebop sessions of the early 40s.

[B. Goren.]

This morning CDs 1 & 2.

[ghost of miles]

The Anita O'Day--I remember saying to a friend in the late 1990s, "I wish Mosaic Records would do an Anita O'Day Verve set," and a couple of years later one came out.  (Nothing to do with my wish, of course... just a happy turn of events.)  Great singer, great era for her on record. 

[sidewinder]

I bought my O'Day set from Scott in person. Great set - will have to give it another spin. 

Yesterday spinning Anthony Braxton 'Complete Arista' CD2. From Scott Joplin to Eric Dolphy and points well beyond..