Which Mosaic Are You Enjoying Right Now?

[kinuta]

Basie Clef/Verve Disc 2

[sidewinder]

Thad Jones/Mel Lewis CD2 ( )

The Roy Eldridge will be going on later in the day.

[tranemonk]

Buddy Rich Discs 2 and 3... Actually enjoying it quite a bit... Some of the drum solos are unneccessary but some are also nice...

[paul secor]

Sidney Bechet Select - disc one

This, along with some solo Earl Hines, has made for some intense listening recently.

[sidewinder]

Hank Mobley LP set, disk 5 - the 'Hank' session.

[LAL]

Earlier:

Discs 1 - 3 of the Kid Ory set.

[Kalo]

Listening straight through the Dizzy Reece Select.

I'm near the end of disc 3 and still loving it.

[king ubu]

Making my way slowly through the great Anita O'Day set I played this one on Sunday:

Great! I am not sure I can hear the "competitive" spirit between Ms. Anita and OP, but I sure enjoyed this one! But then I can't help but preferring the guitar solos over the OP virtuoso stuff, most of the time...

*****

Also played disc 1 of the Basie Clef/Verve later - very nice!

[kinuta]

Basie Clef/Verve Disc 3

[Ken Dryden]

I just got through with the Sidney Bechet Mosaic Select box, with a review due in the April issue of All About Jazz-New York.

Next on the playlist: either the Basie, Nelson, Mulligan (Mosaic Select) or Rich box, depending upon my mood.

[Shawn]

Max Roach - Disc 2

[Soulstation1]

disc # 01

[B. Goren.]

Disk 2 of this:

[woofy]

The entire Turrentine set. Twice. Just received it yesterday, edition #2215 if anyone is counting.

[LAL]

Kid Ory - disc 4 (there's a certain sameness to discs 2-4, with the same musician line-up, but still very good music)

[Kalo]

Kid Ory - disc 4 (there's a certain sameness to discs 2-4, with the same musician line-up, but still very good music)

So you weren't kidding!

(I mean you were, but you weren't... ah, you know!)

[Head Man]

The Oliver Nelson just arrived!

So Free For All, what do you (and others who have it) think of it? Eagerly awaiting a report.

I've had mine for about a week now but I've only managed to play it right through once.

First impressions are:

1) it is up to Mosaic's usual high standards for presentation and sound quality.

2) Of his own recordings I seem to prefer the two earliest dates - Full Nelson (Verve) & Fantabulous (Argo). Perhaps that's because they are the ones where he actually plays alto/tenor sax instead of just conducting/arranging.

3) The Kennedy Dream (Impulse) sounds so much better than my original vinyl that it could be a different recording!

4) I don't think the Shirley Scott album - Roll-em (Impulse) is going to grow on me

5) The Pee Wee Russell album - The spirit of '76 (Impulse) is lovely. I have never heard him play before, having always associated his clarinet playing with Dixieland Jazz which I'm not keen on. However his playing with the big band is absolutely stunning and has meant that I will be investigating other recordings of his.

5) There is probably too much Jimmy Smith in the set but it does sound so very good, if perhaps a little too familiar.

If you like other of his albums or you just want to upgrade existing vinyl then I don't think you will be disappointed with the set

[kinuta]

Basie Clef/Verve disc 4

[GA Russell]

I'm listening to a CD entitled Driftin' Blues - The Best of Charles Brown, which is taken from his Aladdin recordings.

The Mosaic box of Aladdins was five CDs, which is probably more of Charles Brown than I would want; but sometimes I'm sorry I didn't get it.

[tranemonk]

OKay.... I also have it... but I'm trying to get through the Buddy Rich set... (which I'm really liking...despite all the furor when it was announced..) Excellent review.... You're raising my eagerness....

I've had mine for about a week now but I've only managed to play it right through once.

First impressions are:

1) it is up to Mosaic's usual high standards for presentation and sound quality.

2) Of his own recordings I seem to prefer the two earliest dates - Full Nelson (Verve) & Fantabulous (Argo). Perhaps that's because they are the ones where he actually plays alto/tenor sax instead of just conducting/arranging.

3) The Kennedy Dream (Impulse) sounds so much better than my original vinyl that it could be a different recording!

4) I don't think the Shirley Scott album - Roll-em (Impulse) is going to grow on me

5) The Pee Wee Russell album - The spirit of '76 (Impulse) is lovely. I have never heard him play before, having always associated his clarinet playing with Dixieland Jazz which I'm not keen on. However his playing with the big band is absolutely stunning and has meant that I will be investigating other recordings of his.

5) There is probably too much Jimmy Smith in the set but it does sound so very good, if perhaps a little too familiar.

If you like other of his albums or you just want to upgrade existing vinyl then I don't think you will be disappointed with the set

[B. Goren.]

Disk 3 of this:

Disk 3 is the best of this set.

[brownie]

Discs 5/6

[king ubu]

The Oliver Nelson just arrived!

So Free For All, what do you (and others who have it) think of it? Eagerly awaiting a report.

...

5) The Pee Wee Russell album - The spirit of '76 (Impulse) is lovely. I have never heard him play before, having always associated his clarinet playing with Dixieland Jazz which I'm not keen on. However his playing with the big band is absolutely stunning and has meant that I will be investigating other recordings of his.

...

Thanks for posting some impressions - I will not get this right now, but it sounds good enough to be added to the list...

As for Pee Wee, continue here (and get it before it's too late!):

Fantastic quartet album with Laurence Brown (plus a bass/drums team, no piano), and among others, they do some Monk songs!

[brownie]

Andrew Hill Mosaic Select, disc 3

[woofy]

The entire Farmer/Golson Jazztet sessions. Probably twice because it's only 6:45 a.m. now