Which Mosaic Are You Enjoying Right Now?

[Chuck Nessa]

[Jim Duckworth]

[sidewinder]

CD6 - Brick Fleagle

[ghost of miles]

Disc three, which opens powerfully with “Sir Simpleton” and “Celebration” back to back. 
 

[John Tapscott]

[Joe Bip]

Columbia Jazz Piano Moods set the mood for roughhousing with my four-year-old, a recent purchase (the Mosaic set, that is), specifically the Tatum concert, which sounds much clearer to me than my 1970s Columbia vinyl release of the same date.

[Big Al]

1 hour ago, Joe Bip said:

Columbia Jazz Piano Moods set the mood for roughhousing with my four-year-old, a recent purchase (the Mosaic set, that is), specifically the Tatum concert, which sounds much clearer to me than my 1970s Columbia vinyl release of the same date.

Didn't know about this set until just this moment and now I'm debating pulling the trigger for a copy on Discogs currently for $50.

[Joe Bip]

For that price, I'd say grab it. Someone will!

I noticed a chancer on eBay who's asking that price just for the last disc of the set. 

I've been making my way through the set starting with pianists I'm the most familiar with. The Earl Hines trio was predictably great. This purchase also led me to revisit pianists I hadn't listened to in years, like Ralph Sutton, Jess Stacy, and Joe Bushkin. When I went for this set, I already owned the latter's Piano Moods album on a CD that also included his follow-up After Hours, which adds in some fine playing by Buck Clayton.

[Brad]

On 12/2/2023 at 12:01 PM, Big Al said:

Didn't know about this set until just this moment and now I'm debating pulling the trigger for a copy on Discogs currently for $50.

It’s okay, not my favorite. I prefer the solo piano box. 

[ghost of miles]

Pulled this off the shelf earlier in the week because I wanted to play “Mother Ship” on my afternoon show and am now revisiting the set in its entirety for the first time in many years. 
 

[ghost of miles]

Newly arrived and now playing!

[ghost of miles]

Some of my favorite J.J. in this set:

[John Tapscott]

[T.D.]

Randy Weston Select.

[gmonahan]

On 12/9/2023 at 8:43 AM, ghost of miles said:

Newly arrived and now playing!

Listening to Disc 6. It's amazing to hear him stretch out on these sessions!

 

[T.D.]

[John Tapscott]

[sidewinder]

Don Byas, CD3.

[Chuck Nessa]

Discs 2 & 3 today.

[Ken Dryden]

I just acquired this set with the CDs still sealed. I had most, but not of all the tracks.

Edited February 2, 2024 by Ken Dryden

[ghost of miles]

Disc 7, which is the 1995 Columbia album Makin’ a Move.  I’m sure Threadgill-Ellington comparisons are a dime a dozen and beside the point, but if somebody told me to name someone whose artistic/compositional achievements over the past 50 years occupy a realm of significance similar to Ellington’s, Threadgill would come to mind. 

[John L]

4 hours ago, ghost of miles said:

I’m sure Threadgill-Ellington comparisons are a dime a dozen 

That's too much sugar for a dime.  

[OliverM]

CD1, loud, to start the year of the dragon!

Edited February 10, 2024 by OliverM

[Jim Duckworth]

Listening to Charles Tolliver sent me scrambling for this one.

[soulpope]

16 hours ago, OliverM said:

CD1, loud, to start the year of the dragon!

Power play for sure ....