Bob Crosby Mosaic Mentioned on Jazz Messengers

[Kevin Bresnahan]

2 hours ago, colinmce said:

Thanks! I would've done it were I able to. 

All set

[gmonahan]

I just got back from a long trip (so away from the Board). Like others I was a bit confused when I saw it on the Jazz Messengers site, then very pleased to see it was real and preordered it immediately. I've loved that band for years, especially the Bobcats small group, and I'll be very excited to get the set! Now, if only they'd go ahead and do that Hampton 40s box!

 

 

[mikeweil]

18 hours ago, gmonahan said:

Now, if only they'd go ahead and do that Hampton 40s box!

Yes!!!

They could add the MGM sides, too.

[J.A.W.]

This may be of interest to EU residents: the Bob Crosy set can be pre-ordered from Belgian store TYQMusic:

Bob Crosby Mosaic

I am not in any way affiliated with this store, but can recommend them, great prices and excellent packaging.

Edited October 22 by J.A.W.

[ghost of miles]

Just got my shipping notice for the Bob Crosby set.  

[Big Beat Steve]

On 10/22/2025 at 11:48 AM, J.A.W. said:

This may be of interest to EU residents: the Bob Crosy set can be pre-ordered from Belgian store TYQMusic:

Bob Crosby Mosaic

I am not in any way affiliated with this store, but can recommend them, great prices and excellent packaging.

Worth mentioning in that context is that TYQ will add nationally applicable VAT (some 20%) to the purchase price when shipping to another EU country. At least this is what I was told directly by the TYQ customer service people when I inquired about a different Mosaic set several months ago. 

[Stompin at the Savoy]

I got a tracking number today!

[jazzbo]

Great news!

[Cart Ruckbus]

Set 173 just arrived (and I just placed my order three days ago!). Seven tracks in and loving it so far. All the music will be new to me. Two Connee Boswell tunes already put a big smile on my face. Thank you, Scott and everyone at Mosaic for this unexpected joy. 

[jazzbo]

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[J.A.W.]

17 hours ago, Big Beat Steve said:

Worth mentioning in that context is that TYQ will add nationally applicable VAT (some 20%) to the purchase price when shipping to another EU country. At least this is what I was told directly by the TYQ customer service people when I inquired about a different Mosaic set several months ago. 

VAT is included in the prices on TYQMusic's site. I've ordered several sets from them and they never added anything other than shipping. But don't take my word for it, just ask TYQMusic's owner, Mark Steyaert.

[Big Beat Steve]

That's what I did. IIRC the reply came from Mr Steyaert himself. I asked him about the total cost including shipping and he told me VAT at that rate of some 20% would be charged too. Was I surprised? Yes! 

Edited Saturday at 10:22 AM by Big Beat Steve

[J.A.W.]

25 minutes ago, Big Beat Steve said:

That's what I did. IIRC the reply came from Mr Steyaert himself. I asked him about the total cost including shipping and he told me VAT at that rate of some 20% would be charged too. Was I surprised? Yes! 

Maybe there's been some misunderstanding. VAT is added when the sets arrive in Belgium and is included in the prices on TYQMusic's site.

[edit] When I put the Crosby set in my cart it shows that the total (including 12,50 euros shipping) includes VAT:

 

Subtotal	€139,00
Shipping	Flat rate: €12,50 Total €151,50 (includes €24,12 VAT estimated for the Netherlands)

Edited Saturday at 10:48 AM by J.A.W.

[Big Beat Steve]

Unfortunately I do not have the e-mail exchange with TYQ anymore in my e-mail folder (all this happened in 2024) so I cannot check now. And it may also be that the mail I received was sent ON BEHALF OF M. Steyaert. I remember his name figured in the mail somewhere. I can only say that I inquired at TYQ as I intended to place an order and wanted to find out about the total including shipping because the TYQ prices DID seem very correct to me. So I really was taken aback when I received that message that VAT had to be added on top of it. 

Following your explanation (the way it has been explained to you by TYQ) it now looks to me that there will be NO VAT added to the list price + shipping costs by TYQ. I therefore retract my earlier "statement" and stand corrected. 
@Everyone else from the EU on this forum: Please disregard my earlier post. 

[ghost of miles]

The eagle has landed! Won't get a chance to start listening to it until this evening.

[gmonahan]

Got my shipment notice, but it'll take a while for it to make its way out here to the Best Coast.

 

[ghost of miles]

Listened to disc 1 last night—this set is a godsend for Eddie Miller fans, for starters. Until now all I’ve really heard of the Crosby band has been the Decca single-CD compilation South Rampart Street Parade; after learning from Scott a few years ago that he was hoping to do this set, I’d held off on picking up any further CDs featuring the big band and/or the Bob Cats. Sound is excellent, Michael Steinman’s notes are thorough, and I’m enjoying the music even more than I thought I would—did other orchestras emulate this New Orleans big band approach in the late 1930s/early 40s? Hearing some Ellington influences at work as well. And I haven’t even gotten to the first Bob Cats session yet! Much appreciation to Mosaic for putting this set out.

Edited 7 hours ago by ghost of miles

[Big Beat Steve]

1 hour ago, ghost of miles said:

... did other orchestras emulate this New Orleans big band approach in the late 1930s/early 40s? 

The Crosby band likely was #1 in this field. At least on this level of presence on the big band scene. OTOH there were the short-lived big bands of Jack Teagarden and Muggsy Spanier, for example, that had their share of N.O. jazz influence too. But compared to the prominence of Bob Crosby and his band they were also-rans, much to the chagrin (and financial hardships) of their leaders. 

[ghost of miles]

4 hours ago, Big Beat Steve said:

The Crosby band likely was #1 in this field. At least on this level of presence on the big band scene. OTOH there were the short-lived big bands of Jack Teagarden and Muggsy Spanier, for example, that had their share of N.O. jazz influence too. But compared to the prominence of Bob Crosby and his band they were also-rans, much to the chagrin (and financial hardships) of their leaders. 

Thanks for this re Teagarden and Spanier. I think I may have some of those sides scattered here and there and will hunt for them after I’ve finished absorbing the Crosby Mosaic. 

[Big Beat Steve]

I have Spanier's studio big band recordings (there weren't not many) on a Decca Ace of Hearts LP, and I have an LP's worth of airshots of his big band (all that were ever discovered, at least as of the vinyl era) that was released on Jazz Archives (JA-30).