Alfred Posted November 11, 2003 Report Share Posted November 11, 2003 (edited) The Atlantic New Orleans Jazz Sessions (#179) (4 CD ) box set is now on the running low list! Edited June 28, 2004 by Alfred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted November 11, 2003 Report Share Posted November 11, 2003 Here's the full email from Mosaic, although I bet it's already posted elsewhere: Dear Jazz Lover, NEW RELEASES - MOSAIC RECORDS We have been fortunate to be able to present the work of many jazz greats. And on occasion we wonder how many more we'll be able to release due to licensing restrictions and other issues. Well, there is at least one more. We are honored to present the phrasing, the attack and the sheer brilliance of a master musician, Roy Eldridge. Mosaic Records announces the release of The Complete Verve Roy Eldridge Studio Sessions on 7 CDs (MD7-222). These Verve sessions recorded between 1951 and 1960 present Roy in a variety of settings, including small groups that comprised of Oscar Peterson's trio with such guest drummers as Jo Jones and Buddy Rich and Ray Brown; Roy with orchestras led by the brilliant arranger-conductors George Williams and Russ Garcia; two jam session excursions with Dizzy Gillespie, a collaboration with Benny Carter and a marvelous date by his working quartet which closes the set. It is available for preorder and will ship at the end of November. http://www.mosaicrecords.com/upcoming_releases.asp NEW RELEASES - MOSAIC SELECT In the great tradition of Texas tenormen, Curtis Amy had a beautiful sound and a style that was both muscular and lyrical. He was also an artist who constantly challenged himself as an improviser and as a composer. Between 1960 and '63, he recorded six superb and rare albums for Pacific Jazz that are now comprise Mosaic Select MS-007. Sidemen include Paul Bryant, Marcus Belgrave, Dupree Bolton, Bobby Hutcherson and Roy Ayers. Master pianist-composer-arranger-producer Duke Pearson last recorded works, beginning with The Phantom in 1968 are among his most interesting. Blending jazz soloists like Bobby Hutcherson, Jerry Dodgion and Frank Foster with Latin and Brazilian artists like Hermeto and Airto Morreira in a variety of settings, he wove textured landscapes with rhythmic drive. Mosaic Select MS-008 includes five albums and two unissued tunes, ending, appropriately enough, with his Christmas album "Merry Ole Soul". The two new Selects are available for preorder and will ship at the end of November. http://www.mosaicrecords.com/upcoming_releases.asp RUNNING LOW/LAST CHANCE We have just added The Atlantic New Orleans Jazz Sessions (MD4-179) to our Running Low category. Recorded between 1955 and 1962, these 4 CDs are a treasure of traditional New Orleans music and contain sets from some of the giants of the genre including George Lewis, Paul Barbarian, Billie and De De Pierce, Jim Robinson, The Eureka Brass Band and others. "I can't overstate how astonishing and attractive the music on this set truly is. If you haven't yet explored this stylistic era of jazz you really owe it to yourself, and I can't think of a better place to start in terms of true New Orleans jazz." - Chris Hovan, Jazz & Blues http://www.mosaicrecords.com/last.asp ONE-OF-A-KIND FRANCIS WOLFF PRINTS We have just added a page to our website that features one-of-a-kind fiber prints made for an exhibit to celebrate the publication of the The Blue Note Years/The Jazz Photography of Francis Wolff. The cropped images match those in the book. Many of you are used to seeing such images in CD-size booklets but viewing these images in a larger size is truly stunning. Even if you are not interested in purchasing, we invite you to visit this and the Francis Wolff Photographic Sale web page and click on a photo to enlarge it. http://www.mosaicrecords.com/oneofakind.asp MUSIC CLIPS For music licensed from Verve including the upcoming Roy Eldridge and the recently released Mulligan Concert Band, we have added one minute music clips from three tracks for each set on the website. For music featuring Blue Note and Pacific Jazz recordings, including the two new Mosaic Selects we have the rights to add full length clips. Three tracks for each set are posted on the website. Thank you for your support. Sincerely, All of us at Mosaic Records & True Blue Music www.mosaicrecords.com www.truebluemusic.com e-mail: info@mosaicrecords.com 203-327-7111 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesbed Posted November 11, 2003 Report Share Posted November 11, 2003 I wish... I wish... I wish Mosaic had been authorized to add some music samples of the Atlantic New Orleans Jazz Sessions to the Mosaic web page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacknife Posted November 12, 2003 Report Share Posted November 12, 2003 Anyone have this one? I'm curious what it sounds like. Like wesbed said, too bad there aren't any sound sample on the site Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted November 12, 2003 Report Share Posted November 12, 2003 I hope some of you look into Riverside's New Orleans: The Living Legends, the series of 1961 N.O. sessions that inspired Ahmet Ertegun to go down there. I hasten to add that, although I produced these sessions, I have no financial interest in them, whatsoever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted November 12, 2003 Report Share Posted November 12, 2003 I hope some of you look into Riverside's New Orleans: The Living Legends, the series of 1961 N.O. sessions that inspired Ahmet Ertegun to go down there. I hasten to add that, although I produced these sessions, I have no financial interest in them, whatsoever. I suggest you also pay attention to the Chicago series Chris did as well. Important stuff for all of us to digest and enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted November 12, 2003 Report Share Posted November 12, 2003 The New Orleans and the Chicago series that Chris produced are excellent and well worth seeking out. The New Orleans Jazz Sessions Mosaic set is overall an excellent set. Different than those on Riverside, it's hard to explain it really, it seems to me to be honest and serious music that fans for New Orleans style jazz would surely love. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montg Posted November 12, 2003 Report Share Posted November 12, 2003 I have one of the Jim Robinson CDs from the New Orleans series that Chris produced and highly recommend it. Listening to sound samples from that, or almost any George Lewis CD, on amazon will give you an idea of the type of music on this set. Overall, I like the Atlantic set. The first CD with the outdoor marching band is kind of rough and I don't listen to it too much, but the others are sweet, bluesy New Orleans jazz. The Paul Barbarin session, De De and Billie Pierce, and George Lewis playing Winin' Boy Blues are among the highlights for me. FWIW, I LOVE the Verve Kid Ory set too. When that set's gone, I doubt we'll see the music released again (at least legitimately) since Verve has shown NO interest whatsoever in the traditional jazz in its holdings. Kid Ory's tone is one of the wonders of jazz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenny weir Posted November 12, 2003 Report Share Posted November 12, 2003 ... since Verve has shown NO interest whatsoever in the traditional jazz in its holdings. Hmmmm ... that's got me curious. What else in the way of trad stuff has Verve/Universal/Vivendi/Howard Hughes/Rupert Murdoch/Monsanto got buried away??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJ Posted November 12, 2003 Report Share Posted November 12, 2003 (edited) I really like the Atlantic NO Jazz box. I may be one of the only people around who enjoys the funeral band stuff on the initial disc, based on all I've read from others about it on the board. Certainly there is stronger music in the box, but it's fun to hear the location recording at least once in a while. This is not my favorite New Orleans jazz, but it's thoroughly enjoyable. Edited November 12, 2003 by DrJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted November 12, 2003 Report Share Posted November 12, 2003 Verve is sitting on some very very good George Lewis. . . the dogs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montg Posted November 12, 2003 Report Share Posted November 12, 2003 As Lon said, they're sitting on a ton of George Lewis from the 50s. If you define traditional jazz to include the Chicago style, which I do, then there's a bunch of Art Hodes that's yet to be reissued from Verve, Mercury, and Emarcy. Muggsy Spanier has a session from 1950 on Mercury. Bobby Hackett's "Creole Jazz" should have been reissued a long time ago. And all the Bob Crosby spinoff stuff that Milt Gabler recorded for Decca. That's just for starters. One of those numberless Verve complations, "Pete Fountain presents the Best of Dixieland", released a couple of years ago, is a teaser that hints at some of the stuff that's mostly hidden away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tjazz Posted November 12, 2003 Report Share Posted November 12, 2003 Weren't these Atlantic New Orleans albums re-issued on Collectables too? They were on 2 on 1 CDs, I think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted November 14, 2003 Report Share Posted November 14, 2003 Well....I decided to give this one a shot, and ordered it along with the Ellington Reprise set. (The horror stories of lost Mosaic shipments on another thread made me drop my "Last Chance" plan!) So, what do I think? Let's put it this way: that's the first time I've taken a Mosaic disc out of the player halfway through. My ears hurt. It's probably not the peformance but the style; I'm afraid this just doesn't work for me. If I want warbly, noisy, earsplitting clarinet work, I'll go listen to the local fifth grade band warm up... The first Duke disc is on now, and my ears are thanking me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted November 14, 2003 Report Share Posted November 14, 2003 Interesting to hear that, Jazzmoose. I've hesitated on the Atlantic New Orleans set for exactly that reason. I'll probably take the plunge though on the Duke Reprise set as what I've heard of the albums I really like a lot. 'Afro Bossa' is probably my favourite Ellington album, period. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted November 14, 2003 Report Share Posted November 14, 2003 Huh! Interesting. I guess that the sound of these N O bands is an acquired taste I acquired quite some time ago. I don't think these were reissued on Collectables, but I could be wrong. I know that the Wilbur De Paris band cds were, in two on ones and a two cd set or so. . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted November 15, 2003 Report Share Posted November 15, 2003 Huh! Interesting. I guess that the sound of these N O bands is an acquired taste I acquired quite some time ago. I'm sure this is revealing a limitation between my ears rather than in the material, Lon; and I probably should have kept montg's post in mind and tried one of the other discs rather than the first right off the bat. But honestly, at least right now, there's no appeal at all... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted November 15, 2003 Report Share Posted November 15, 2003 Maybe I also need to give the New Orleans box a hearing. As per previous comments, too bad there are no sound samples to check out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted November 15, 2003 Report Share Posted November 15, 2003 The Ellington set is pure joy, Sidewinder! I'm loving it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacknife Posted November 15, 2003 Report Share Posted November 15, 2003 that's the first time I've taken a Mosaic disc out of the player halfway through. I also "gave this one a shot". I just finished disc one and I made it all the way through! After all thats been said, I was expecting disc 1 to really suck. It must be an acquired taste as Lon said but I enjoyed it quite a bit. I was afraid I wouldn't care for this box but I'm glad I got it so far. With All that, I'd definately take the Duke Reprise box first anyday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenny weir Posted November 15, 2003 Report Share Posted November 15, 2003 Hey Mr Moose: Too bad you first experience with you new set was a downer. I certainly hope it won't be the last. I don't have this set, but going by an earlier post on this thread it seems the first disc is rough 'n' ready marching band stuff. My advice would be to keep the set around and pull it every now and then - perhaps when you can't decide on what else you want to hear - and get familiar with it in small doses. I spend by far the greatest amount of my listening time digging new Australian/US stuff or reissues from the '50s and '60s. But at least once a fortnight I'll lose myself in the more traditional stuff or swing - and I can hear all the connections click into place. As I did last night with the Hot 5s and 7s. There is some raggedy playing for sure among my New Orleans albums, but the spirit is the thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted November 15, 2003 Report Share Posted November 15, 2003 'Afro Bossa' is probably my favourite Ellington album, period. Having just listened to this material for the first time, I can see..uh...hear why! Excellent... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted November 15, 2003 Report Share Posted November 15, 2003 Kenny, I'm not going to give up that quick. If nothing else, I'm too cheap to give up on a $64 set after just half a disc! But I will be trying it in small doses, to be sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted November 15, 2003 Report Share Posted November 15, 2003 (edited) 'Afro Bossa' is probably my favourite Ellington album, period. Having just listened to this material for the first time, I can see..uh...hear why! Excellent... I'm always stunned by the high-note work of Cat Anderson on this disk, he doesn't miss anything that he tries for. Some of those exotic rhythmns the Duke puts down are also a killer. I feel the Mosaic $ creeping out of my pocket real fast ... Edited November 15, 2003 by sidewinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzmoose Posted November 18, 2003 Report Share Posted November 18, 2003 Okay, I finally got my nerve up enough to try the second CD. Love it! This thing is smokin'! This was what I was expecting when I ordered the set; sure am glad I didn't just give up. I'll have to try the first disc again in six months or so; see if my ears have changed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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