Sets you wish Mosaic would do

[DrJ]

I just discovered that Red Nichols did a whole series of recordings for Capitol in the 50's, with a "new" Five Pennies that had a rotating line-up (including some good, under-recorded players like Jackie Coon on mellophone). The AMG lists the following LPs, recorded between 1955-63:

IN LOVE WITH RED

HOT PENNIES

ALL-TIME HITS OF RED NICHOLS

RED NICHOLS AND THE FIVE PENNIES AT MARINELAND (!?!)

PARADE OF THE PENNIES

DIXIELAND DINNER DANCE

BLUES AND OLD TIME RAGS

I wonder if anyone has these and could comment on them...generally favorable reviews in AMG, if not ecstatic. And are there any other Capitol LPs? Might make for a nice Mosaic, along the lines of the Krupa/James and Teagarden Capitol sets (which captured these greats in the latter days of their careers, maybe past their "innovative" phases but in full maturity and in very good recorded sound).

[J.A.W.]

I wish Mosaic would do this set:

The Complete Milt Jackson - Lucky Thompson Savoy Sessions

and these Blues and R&B sets:

The Complete Leroy Carr Sessions

The Percy Mayfield Tangerine Sessions (I read somewhere - I think it was ICE magazine - that Rhino Handmade would do a Mayfield Tangerine set, but when I asked them they said they didn't know anything about it... )

[AmirBagachelles]

Don Ellis on Columbia - let's get @ the Fillmore, Tears of Joy, and Autumn on CD finally. Seriously athletic big band, some psychedelia, awesome stuff.

[PFunkJazz]

The Complete Mid-Period Charles Lloyd (i.e post Atlantic and pre ECM).

[Fer Urbina]

My second would be the Complete Eddie Costa recordings as a leader.  How many albums and labels would that be?  This would be a managable set, I would think.  There was the record on Mode, The Guys and Dolls album on Coral, House of Blue Lights on Dot, the Verve split album from Newport Jazz fest, and the Savoy album.  Am I missing anything?

Re: Eddie Costa,

these you can get on CD: the Jubilee (Fresh Sounds), the Dot (MCA Japan, reissued last May), the Coral (Verve/Universal). The Savoy with John Mehegan is fairly easy to get in eBay. The Newport half was also issued backed with a George Wallington set in vinyl. As far as I know, Universal do not intend to reissue any material with Costa in it (around 30 LPs not in CD), and it would be interesting, since they have the largest amount of music recorded by him, either as leader or sideman (some of his stuff with Farlow is more appealing than, say, the trio date for Jubilee).

The problem with Costa is that he's featured in more than 140 albums (there's still much digging to do), and he managed to add some spice to most things he did, from his solos on piano to vibes obbligatti with Chris Connor or xylophone runs with Al Caiola, and many of those LPs seem that will never be reissued... unless European law does not change before 2012 and some label gives us a surprise.

Fernando

[mjzee]

Along the lines of the MJQ box, I'd like to see a John Lewis on Atlantic box. It might force a reevaluation of all this interesting stuff, especially with a well-written booklet.

[Bol]

Bob Brookmeyer Verve sessions

Miles Davis 1960 European tour sessions

Jimmy Giuffre Verve sessions

Lars Gullin & Bengt Hallberg Metronome sessions

Lars Gullin & Bengt Hallberg Phillips sessions

Joe Harriott Jazzland & Columbia sessions

Bobby Jaspar & Henri Renaud Vogue sessions

Jimmy Raney ABC-Paramount sessions

Sonny Rollins-Don Cherry 1963 European tour sessions

Lucky Thompson ABC-Paramount sessions

[Clunky]

Chris Connor - Complete Atlantic Recordings- I suggested this a while ago and got a positive response but who knows...

Edited November 14, 2012 by Clunky

[colinmce]

I'd love that too, Clunky. Not holding out hope, however.

High on my list is a Konitz Verve with the complete Half Note performances.

[jazzbo]

Indeed. I find over a half a dozen unissued sessions that may be really interested in this discography:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/94651753/Lee-Konitz-Discography

[romualdo]

Along the lines of the MJQ box, I'd like to see a John Lewis on Atlantic box. It might force a reevaluation of all this interesting stuff, especially with a well-written booklet.

I agree

I've been picking up his Atlantic releases released via Japan this year (5 so far) - with 5 more to be released in Jan/Feb 2013

I'd love that too, Clunky. Not holding out hope, however.

High on my list is a Konitz Verve with the complete Half Note performances.

that was mentioned (Verve set) as a likely candidate years ago

[romualdo]

Bob Brookmeyer Verve sessions

Miles Davis 1960 European tour sessions

Jimmy Giuffre Verve sessions

Lars Gullin & Bengt Hallberg Metronome sessions

Lars Gullin & Bengt Hallberg Phillips sessions

Joe Harriott Jazzland & Columbia sessions

Bobby Jaspar & Henri Renaud Vogue sessions

Jimmy Raney ABC-Paramount sessions

Sonny Rollins-Don Cherry 1963 European tour sessions

Lucky Thompson ABC-Paramount sessions

Giuffre, Brookmeyer, Thompson & Harriott are high on my list too

Dragon have been doing a long term Gullin reissue program (up to Vol. 11) - doubt whether Mosaic would touch this

The Spanish have done the Rollins/Cherry material

Most of the Jaspar/Renaud material has been released on Vogue (black digipak series)

[John Tapscott]

I know Jim wouldn't go near this but I'd buy it in a heatbeat and a click of the mouse:

The Complete RCA recordings of Phil Woods (would have to include "Live at the Showboat", though)

[Chuck Nessa]

I jus had uncontrollable chills for 5 minutes.

[mjzee]

Turn on the heat?

[Chuck Nessa]

Does not work.

[mjzee]

I worked for awhile with Danny Davis of Sun Ra's band, and he always recommended apple cider vinegar and honey.

[JSngry]

My mother-in-law is 95 and swears by vinegar as a cure-all for darn near anything.

Then again, she dowsn't know Phil Woods from Phil Silvers, so she may not know as much as she think she does. But it kinda looks like the people who would know for sure will all be dead before they get to call her bluff, so...outlasting the speculators FTW, please.

[John Tapscott]

I always love to draw out the Phil Woods haters on this Forum. Such melt-downs, even at the mention of his name.

[JSngry]

It beats vinegar and/or my mother-in-law!

[jazzbo]

Listening to the new Mingus set (which I think is or will be one of the fast-selling sets*) makes me wish for a set with more of the European 1964 concerts with audio attention by Malcolm Addey. I'm not sure what would be involved in getting these into a set via Sue Mingus, but I'd love love to see them.

*I say this because I pre-ordered the first day you could online and received set #849.

Edited November 15, 2012 by jazzbo

[JETman]

Listening to the new Mingus set (which I think is or will be one of the fast-selling sets*) makes me wish for a set with more of the European 1964 concerts with audio attention by Malcolm Addey. I'm not sure what would be involved in getting these into a set via Sue Mingus, but I'd love love to see them.

*I say this because I pre-ordered the first day you could online and received set #849.

Straight from the horse's mouth (and I'm paraphrasing): "Now that the sets come shipped from a third-party warehouse with pre-printed numbers, there is absolutely no correlation between time of order placement and number received. As a matter of fact, even if you were the first to order a particular set, you could still end up with # 2000. The numbers are only there to signify that the sets are limited editions."

I guess this is bad news for all the ebay sellers out there!

[jazzbo]

Okay, thanks John. I don't care about numbering other than an indicator of how many units sold, now we don't have that info from the numbering.

I do see more initial comments online about this set than a few other recent sets and I have a feeling it got quite a lot of pre-orders. Just a feeling though.

Still would love to see more 1964 Mingus from Mosaic.

[JETman]

Still would love to see more 1964 Mingus from Mosaic.

Me too. It would be great to have the remainder in one package, through one label and done by one mastering engineer.

[ElginThompson]

Listening to the new Mingus set (which I think is or will be one of the fast-selling sets*) makes me wish for a set with more of the European 1964 concerts with audio attention by Malcolm Addey. I'm not sure what would be involved in getting these into a set via Sue Mingus, but I'd love love to see them.

*I say this because I pre-ordered the first day you could online and received set #849.

Straight from the horse's mouth (and I'm paraphrasing): "Now that the sets come shipped from a third-party warehouse with pre-printed numbers, there is absolutely no correlation between time of order placement and number received. As a matter of fact, even if you were the first to order a particular set, you could still end up with # 2000. The numbers are only there to signify that the sets are limited editions."

I guess this is bad news for all the ebay sellers out there!

Anyone reselling the Mingus set should be shot. A masterpiece.