Which Mosaic Are You Enjoying Right Now?

[ghost of miles]

The Sunny Side Up part of disc 6:

Edited November 11, 2024 by ghost of miles

[John Tapscott]

[Chuck Nessa]

Disc 5 with Mezz and Frankie Newton ao.

[romualdo]

just found a second hand copy (CDs) here in Australia - wonderful stuff - Mosaic has done quite a service wrt JT with two dedicated sets (Capitol 50s & Roulette) plus partial (Classic Capitol, Commodore, HRS, Okeh/Brunswick (Beiderbecke), Savory, V-Disc)

[jazzbo]

Yes, I love Teagarden's work and there are plenty of sides on Mosaic to enjoy.

[mikeweil]

This afternoon, James P. Johnson, Disc One

[T.D.]

I like this one a lot, but it's never commanded much of a price in the "secondary market".

[exponent_of_sock]

Finally grabbed the Bunny Berigan Brunswick/Parlophone/Vocalion set the other day. The sound quality is overall decent for the time, but many of the tracks in the first half, especially the first CD, could benefit from being redone someday due to being over-declicked, causing distortion in the hottest brass passages.

[ghost of miles]

So many good collections in the old Mosaic Select line:

[Chuck Nessa]

disc 3

[exponent_of_sock]

On 12/5/2024 at 8:34 AM, exponent_of_sock said:

Finally grabbed the Bunny Berigan Brunswick/Parlophone/Vocalion set the other day. The sound quality is overall decent for the time, but many of the tracks in the first half, especially the first CD, could benefit from being redone someday due to being over-declicked, causing distortion in the hottest brass passages.

Hadn't listened to the Louis Armstrong Decca set in a while either...halfway through the first disc...also over-declicked...

[Chuck Nessa]

[Fred]

[T.D.]

This is a not-so-popular Mosaic, but I've listened to the whole thing twice fairly recently and it's really grown on me.

[jazzbo]

A great Mosaic!

[gmonahan]

On 12/17/2024 at 11:19 PM, T.D. said:

This is a not-so-popular Mosaic, but I've listened to the whole thing twice fairly recently and it's really grown on me.

Absolutely essential, IMHO.

 

[ghost of miles]

On 12/18/2024 at 2:19 AM, T.D. said:

This is a not-so-popular Mosaic, but I've listened to the whole thing twice fairly recently and it's really grown on me.

It’s always been popular in this admittedly Hoosier-partisan household. Prime JJ, and excellent notes by Loren Schoenberg as well. 

[JSngry]

The drummers alone!!!

[T.D.]

Lot of Bobby Jaspar on the J J set, too.  I wasn't referring to aesthetic merit (whatever that is), but to the fact that J J seems to trade for rather low prices (e.g. discogs).

Now on Farmer/Golson

 

[John Tapscott]

Cecil McBee - a tremendous bass player. 

[BFrank]

14 hours ago, John Tapscott said:

Cecil McBee - a tremendous bass player. 

Outstanding set. I got the Slugs' albums way back in the 70's and have always been favorites. 

McBee, Tolliver and many others will both be at the NYC Winter JazzFest tribute to Strata-East in a few weeks. Really looking forward to that show!

[soulpope]

14 hours ago, John Tapscott said:

Cecil McBee - a tremendous bass player. 

Indeed .... one of the most important bassists of the 70's ....

[miles65]

The Vanguard set. Disc 6. I was underwhelmed by the first 2 discs. i can't put my finger on it why. Sir Charles Thompson has a good session. Joe Newman session great. Buck Clayton never disappoints me. Neither does Jimmy Rushing. Sound quality is great.

 

[jazzbo]

I've been listening to the discs in order, twice each, up to disc IV. All this Vanguard material is familiar to me, and I LOVE it, but the sound here is TOPS.

[T.D.]

Carmell Jones Select.