Which Mosaic Are You Enjoying Right Now?

[Brad]

Disc 6. 

[sidewinder]

CD1, kicking off with Art Hodes on a wet Friday. Set #049, one of the lowest In my collection.

[Justin V]

Disc 3: I think that this set deserves more recognition.  Someone is selling it without the box and book for $45 on eBay.  I paid $100 for it years ago and don't regret it. 🙂

[Jim Duckworth]

Having not listened to this material in quite some time, I really enjoyed discs 2-4.  

[mikeweil]

Going through the Wynton Kelly - Paul Chambers VeeJay Mosaic once again:

[Brad]

Re-visiting the LD Mosaic. It’s been a few years since I listened to it. 

[sidewinder]

14 minutes ago, Brad said:

Re-visiting the LD Mosaic. It’s been a few years since I listened to it. 

I had CD3 on this morning. ‘Light-Foot’ and ‘Midnight Sun’. Very enjoyable.

[JSngry]

Finished Basie Studio Roulette, started Charles Brown Aladdin.

Decided to spend the money while I had it and get the remaining Mosaic sets that I KNOW I wanted to have before retirement. Very glad that I got both.

On the fence about picking up the Sarah Vaughan Roulette set, I love her, but she made a buttload full of records (not all of them equally compelling) and this set seems to be less that fully essential, thoughts?

Actually heard the album with Basie on Spotify and was, uh...underwhelmed. Were they actually in the same room at the same time?

[sidewinder]

I have the Sarah Vaughan Roulette and enjoy it. Not essential but very happy to have it. Sonics are very good. 

[jazzbo]

The small group sessions with Sarah on Roulette are very nice.

[gmonahan]

On 10/8/2022 at 9:02 AM, gmonahan said:

Disc 2

 

Now on disc 5 after a hiatus.

 

[sidewinder]

2CD version. Sonically, more than acceptable.

In the process of dusting it and its colleagues, now have a sneezing fit though !

Edited November 21, 2022 by sidewinder

[Stompin at the Savoy]

Listening to this as I await the arrival of the recent The Complete Louis Armstrong Columbia & RCA Victor Studio Sessions 1946-66.

Edited November 27, 2022 by Stompin at the Savoy

[Jim Duckworth]

I've had this set since it came out and have utterly failed to enjoy it over the years.  A bit of judicious editing (the vocals and Satin Doll-which I cannot seem to like) and it's pretty listenable.  I've played this one so infrequently the top is still 100% affixed to the rest of the box-a rarity for Mosaics of this vintage in my collection.

[Stompin at the Savoy]

I've been listening a lot to the Shorty Rogers set which I recently obtained.  But today I was thinking about this, which I bought new when it came out.  I come back to it periodically and it grows on you.  Tram,  Bix, and Lang and Tea, oh yeah.

[sidewinder]

CD5 - what an excellent set this is.

[Bluesnik]

Today I will be listening to

The Gerald Wilson Mosaic. In a little while. Celebrating I read about him in Jazz in Detroit. So he's a Detroiter (?).

Edited December 16, 2022 by Bluesnik

[sidewinder]

CD5 - Merry Go Round.

[Bluesnik]

Such a good set!

[Stompin at the Savoy]

https://musicbrainz.org/release/830a4142-10b4-4db0-9f81-ecde6e1224f2/cover-art

[Stompin at the Savoy]

[Bob_Bobson]

17 hours ago, Stompin at the Savoy said:

Huge fan of this set. All-star personnel playing great charts.

[Brad]

Disc 1. 

[mjzee]

Disc 1.  Sound quality is very nice and smooth.  Intriguing note: Mosaic says the front cover photo is "With the J.J. Johnson Quintet at The Village Vanguard, NYC, July 1960."  Was this recorded?  Why was Francis Wolff photographing it?

[jazzbo]

I doubt that they could record that Quintet as it was signed to Columbia, probably exclusively.

Maybe they were just out to hear the group, and Francis probably took his camera around with him. This was not long after "Open Sesame" was recorded.

Edited December 21, 2022 by jazzbo