Which Mosaic Are You Enjoying Right Now?

[alankin]

Woody Herman – The Complete Columbia Recordings - CD 1 [Feb-Mar 1945] [(ABC) on Woody Herman and His Orchestra & Woodchoppers (1945-47) box set] (Mosaic Records – Columbia)
— With Sonny Berman, Charlie Frankhauser, Ray Wetzel, Pete Candoli, Carl Warwick (tp); Bill Harris, Ralph Pfeffner, Ed Kiefer (tb); Woody Hearman (cl,as,vcl), Sam Marowitz, John LaPorta (as), Flip Phillips, Pete Mondello (ts), Skippy DeSair (bari); Marjorie Hyams (vib), Ralph Burns (p, arr), Billy Bauer (g), Chubby Jackson (b), Dave Tough (d); Frances Wayne (vcl); Roger Segure, Neal Hefti (arr)

[OliverM]

Just received from the last sale, only listened to CD1 and read the notes yet but very happy to have this set!

[mikeweil]

Disc 3

[sidewinder]

LP4 - 'Newport Rebels'. Noticed that this set was mastered by RVG.

[sidewinder]

On 08/02/2017 at 10:58 PM, hbbfam said:

Finally have gotten around to starting the Woody Shaw Muse box.  It has been on back order for a long time.  Just into disc one, but this is one nice sounding set.

Spinning CDs 6 and 7 of this gem. 

Edited March 1, 2017 by sidewinder

[alankin]

Woody Herman – The Complete Columbia Recordings - CD 2a [Aug 1945] [(DEF) on Woody Herman and His Orchestra & Woodchoppers (1945-47) box set] (Mosaic Records – Columbia)

Personnel:
Sonny Berman, Conte Candoli, Pete Candoli, Ray Linn (tp), Neal Hefti (tp, arr); Bill Harris, Ralph Pfeffner, Ed Kiefer (tb); Woody Herman (cl,as,vcl), Sam Marowitz, John LaPorta (as), Flip Phillips, Pete Mondello (ts), Skippy DeSair (bari); Tony Aless (p), Billy Bauer (g), Chubby Jackson (b), Dave Tough (d); Frances Wayne (vcl); Ralph Burns (arr).

Includes two previously unissued tunes ("I'm Not Having Any This Year" and "I Can't Believe My Eyes") and previously unissued alternate takes of "The Good Earth".
 

Edited March 7, 2017 by alankin

[mikeweil]

Picked it up at the pst office at noon and listened to it all in the car during the afternoon. This is the first time I ever heard Jimmy Yancey and Cripple Clarence Lofton ....

[sidewinder]

39 minutes ago, mikeweil said:

Picked it up at the pst office at noon and listened to it all in the car during the afternoon. This is the first time I ever heard Jimmy Yancey and Cripple Clarence Lofton ....

My Mosaic crate has 'landed' too...

[BFrank]

The Complete Mercury Max Roach Plus Four Sessions - first 3 disks.

[sidewinder]

 CD 1 - Love it !

[mikeweil]

On 7.3.2017 at 8:06 PM, mikeweil said:

Picked it up at the pst office at noon and listened to it all in the car during the afternoon. This is the first time I ever heard Jimmy Yancey and Cripple Clarence Lofton ....

Now spinning disc one at home - this really rocks the house!

[alankin]

   

Count Basie and His Orchestra – Basie in Sweden [CD 5a (8/9/62 - Sets 1 & 2) from The Complete Roulette Live Recordings] (Roulette Records / Mosaic)

Personnel:
Count Basie - piano; Al Aarons, Sonny Cohn, Thad Jones, Fip Ricard - trumpets; Henry Coker, Quentin Jackson, Benny Powell - trombones; Marshal Royal, Frank Wess - alto saxophone; Eric Dixon, Frank Foster - tenor saxophone; Charlie Fowlkes - baritone saxophone; Freddie Green - guitar; Ike Isaacs - bass; Louis Bellson - drums

— Arrangements: Foster, Thad Jones, Ernie Wilkins, Neal Hefti, Bob Florence, Freddie Green
— 8 unissued tracks, 1 issued track; recorded live at Dans In, Grona Lund, Stockholm

Edited March 15, 2017 by alankin

[ghost of miles]

The Shorty Rogers--found an extremely reasonably-priced copy in excellent condition. Happy to finally have this!

[alankin]

Woody Herman – The Complete Columbia Recordings - CD 2b [Sep 1945] [(G) on Woody Herman and His Orchestra & Woodchoppers (1945-47) box set] (Mosaic Records – Columbia)

— Personnel: Sonny Berman, Conte Candoli, Pete Candoli, Irv Lewis, Ray Linn (tp), Neal Hefti (tp, arr), Bill Harris (tb, arr), Ralph Pfeffner, Ed Kiefer (tb); Woody Herman (cl,as,vcl), Sam Marowitz, John LaPorta (as), Flip Phillips, Pete Mondello (ts), Skippy DeSair (bari); Red Norvo (vib), Tony Aless (p), Billy Bauer (g), Chubby Jackson (b), Buddy Rich (d); Frances Wayne (vcl); Ralph Burns (arr).
— With "Gee It's Good To Hold You" and "Your Father's Mustache" plus two previously unissued alternate take of the latter.

[alankin]

Henry Threadgill & Make A Move – Where's Your Cup? [(K) on The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings box] (Columbia—Mosaic)
— Henry Threadgill - alto saxophone, flute; Brandon Ross - electric guitar, classical guitar; Tony Cedras - accordion, harmonium; Stomu Takeishi - 5-string fretless bass; J.T. Lewis - drums

 
 

[BFrank]

On 4/7/2017 at 7:23 AM, alankin said:

Henry Threadgill & Make A Move – Where's Your Cup? [(K) on The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings box] (Columbia—Mosaic)
— Henry Threadgill - alto saxophone, flute; Brandon Ross - electric guitar, classical guitar; Tony Cedras - accordion, harmonium; Stomu Takeishi - 5-string fretless bass; J.T. Lewis - drums

 
 

I definitely need to spend more time with that set!

[ghost of miles]

[B. Goren.]

This morning, CDs 1-4.

[Bluesnik]

[sidewinder]

Earl Hines, CD 1. Good stuff !

[mr jazz]

8 hours ago, sidewinder said:

Earl Hines, CD 1. Good stuff !

I've been on the fence about that set-might have to pull the trigger.

[Larry Kart]

What Mosaic am I NOT enjoying? "Ruby Braff -- Hi-fi Salute to Bunny"

This is what I posted on Mosaic's site:

Disappointing then, more disappointing now

Bought this on RCA when it first came out in 1957 and felt that it was a surprisingly lifeless date, given the eminence of the young Braff and the quality, on paper at least, of the rest of the band [Peewee Russell, Benny Morton, Dick Hafer, Nat Pierce, Steve Jordan, Walter Page, Buzzy Drootin]. I attributed this lifelessness in part to the rather claustrophobic sound -- there seemed to have been virtually no resonance to the studio where it was recorded, and enough resonance is crucial to capturing Braff's fat sound -- and bought the Mosaic assuming/hoping that careful remastering would bring improvement. If anything, sound quality is worse than on my old LP; still just as airless -- was the album remastered at all? -- and Nat Pierce's piano even breaks up on several tracks. Wish I could return this one, don't think I'll ever listen to again. [Further thoughts] Whoever wrote the charts for this date (Pierce?)  should be horsewhipped. Voicing Peewee in unison with three other horns is asking for big trouble. Instead, just leave him free to swirl about the rest of the ensemble as he sees fit; his instincts in such a setup are almost always right on the money. In any case, Peewee sounds very dispirited here. And to think that just a year before Ruby made that great album "Braff!" (Epic). FWIW, I think Fred Reynolds was the producer here. Horsewhip him, too, damn it.

 

[JSngry]

1 hour ago, Larry Kart said:

Whoever wrote the charts for this date (Pierce?)  should be horsewhipped.

 

Looks like there's a camp or something for that now. Guess they didn't have it then?

[Ted O'Reilly]

1 hour ago, JSngry said:

Looks like there's a camp or something for that now. Guess they didn't have it then?

That's gonna be some bitter wine, with the tears and terror added to the terroir...

[BFrank]

Larry Young - disk #4