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I'm trying to piece together the details of what's going to be on this Mosaic set:

Ruby Braff All Stars - Philips

Buck Clayton & Marlowe Morris Trio - Epic

Ruby Braff/Braff!! - Epic

Marlowe Morris Quintet/Play the Thing - Columbia

Buck Clayton, Ada Moore & Jimmy Rushing/Cat Meets Chick - Columbia

Buck Clayton Special - Philips

Buck Clayton/Songs For Swingers - Columbia

Coleman Hawkins & Clark Terry/Back in Bean's Bag - Columbia

Ben Webster & Sweets Edison/Ben & Sweets - Columbia

Illinois Jacquet - Epic

Herb Ellis/The Midnight Roll - Epic

Kenny Burrell/Bluesin' Around - Columbia

This is what I've got so far. Can anyone fill in the blanks (or make corrections)?

Ruby Braff All Stars - Philips

???

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Buck Clayton & Marlowe Morris Trio - Epic

Obviously Buck and Marlowe, but who else??

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Ruby Braff/Braff!! - Epic

??

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Marlowe Morris Quintet/Play the Thing - Columbia

Morris (org), Matthew Gee (tr), Buddy Tate (ts), Jo Jones (d), Ray Barretto (congas)

--add Buck Clayton (t), Edmond Hall (cl), Gus Johnson (d)

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Buck Clayton, Ada Moore & Jimmy Rushing/Cat Meets Chick - Columbia

Clayton, Moore, Rushing: Emmet Berry (t), Dicke Wells (tb), Edie Barefield, Willard Brown (as), Budd Johnson (ts), Brown (bs), Sir Charles Thompson (p), Steve Jordan (g), MIlt HInton (b), Jones (d)

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Buck Clayton Special - Philips

???

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Buck Clayton/Songs For Swingers - Columbia

Clayton, Berry, Wells, Earl Warren (as), Tate (ts), Al Williams (p), Bernie Cavelle (d), Gene Ramey (b)

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Coleman Hawkins & Clark Terry/Back in Bean's Bag - Columbia

Hawkins, Terry, Tommy Flanagan (p), ???

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Ben Webster & Sweets Edison/Ben & Sweets - Columbia

Webster, Edison, Hank JOnes (p), G. Duvivier (b), Clarence Johnsoton (d)

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Illinois Jacquet - Epic

Jacquet (ts/as), Roy Eldridge, Ernie Royal (t), Gee (tb), Leo Parker, Cecil Payne, Charlie Davies (bs), Thompson (p), Burrell (g), G. Duvivier, Jimmy Rowser (b), Jones, Jimmy Crawford (d)

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Herb Ellis/The Midnight Roll - Epic

???

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Kenny Burrell/Bluesin' Around - Columbia

???

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Braff had three record dates from this period that were issued on Phillips / Epic

June 26, ’56

Quartet date with Dave McKenna, Steve Jordan and Buzzy Drootin

June 28 ’56

Lawrence Brown, Coleman Hawkins, Ernie Caceras, Don Elliot ( on vibes ), Nat Pierce, Freddie Green, Ed Jones, Buzzy Drootin

Four tracks only

July 10, ’56

Sextet with Pierce, Elliott, Green, Jones and Drootin

14 tracks in all, 15 if you include a second take on Moonglow

12 of these were issued on the Braff! Cd

I think there may be some confusion here, although I believe that someone reported a completely unissued Braff session promised as part of the set.

Buck Clayton

With Maelowe Morris

Probably the quartet set from ’53

Jerome Dar gtr, Les Erskine drms

Buck Clayton Special

From ’58

Vic Dickenson, Buddy Tate, Dick Katz, Walter Page, Bobby Donaldson

Bit of a rare one, I haven’t seen this around very often

Herb Ellis.. Midnight Roll

Two groups, three sessions

Frank Asunto (tpt) Buddy Tate, Ray Bryant,, Jimmy Rouser ( bs) though Israel Crosbys substitutes on one track.. Gus Johnson

They contributed 7 tracks to the LP, not all musicians play on every track

The final four tracks had Roy Eldridge , Tate, Bryant, Crosby and Johnson

My copy is beaten up.. will be nice to have a cleaned up CD.

I am familiar with all the records except the Clayton Special, and as I said above, I think that there is some confusion as to the braff as tracks from his sets were issued both on Phillips and Epic.

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Forgot the Burrell

From ’61

A series of sessions

Illinois Jacquet, Hank Jones, Major Holley, Osie Johnson

Followed by same with Jimmy Crawford on drums

Then a set with Eddie Bert, Hank Jones, George Duvivier, Louis Hayes

Finally another quartet with Leo Wright, Jack McDuff, and Joe Dukes drums.

This amounts to 9 tracks total

Although the recent CD issue Moten Swing, about a year or two ago, expanded the music to18 tracks via a couple of unissued tunes, and unissued alternates of most of the original tracks

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Although the recent CD issue Moten Swing, about a year or two ago, expanded the music to18 tracks via a couple of unissued tunes, and unissued alternates of most of the original tracks

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And I thought this was one of the sets I didn't have already. :rolleyes:

Is it a foregone conclusion that the Ben and Sweets date has no alternates or unissued tunes? That one is a stone classic, but it would be great to hear more from them.

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And the Hawkins / Terry date had Major Holley and Dave Bailey to complete the rhythm section.

This and the Sweets / Webster are both good sessions, but yes Dan, I think they were " Let's go in the Studio and cut an album dates" I doubt that there is anything extra from these dates.. but Mosaic has surprised me before.

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Braff had three record dates from this period that were issued on Phillips / Epic

June 26, ’56

Quartet date with Dave McKenna, Steve Jordan and Buzzy Drootin

June 28 ’56

Lawrence Brown, Coleman Hawkins, Ernie Caceras, Don Elliot ( on vibes ), Nat Pierce, Freddie Green, Ed Jones, Buzzy Drootin

Four tracks only

July 10, ’56

Sextet with Pierce, Elliott, Green, Jones and Drootin

14 tracks in all, 15 if you include a second take on Moonglow

12 of these were issued on the Braff! Cd

I think there may be some confusion here, although I believe that someone reported a completely unissued Braff session promised as part of the set.

The Epic LP was issued as 'Braff'. The British Philips had different tracks from two of the sessions (the two sessions sans Hawkins) plus several alternates. The Philips was a rare item. Glad to see it being reissued.

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