Maynard Ferguson Mosaic Is Mine!

[Tom 1960]

Congratulate me if you like. I just found the Ferguson Mosaic Roulette on eBay for $230 not including shipping in "like new condition". Yep, all 10 discs including box and booklet. It should be in my possession by the end of next week. Merry Christmas to me!

 

 

 

 

[John Tapscott]

Congratulations, Tom. It's a great set! 

[Tom 1960]

31 minutes ago, John Tapscott said:

Congratulations, Tom. It's a great set! 

Thanks John. I feel I made out really well.

[JSngry]

The photo of Slide Hampton & Jimmy Ford is worth the price of admission alone!

[Stompin at the Savoy]

That's a pretty good price for that set.  People have been asking absurd prices for it for years. Like $999.   $100 per disk?  I don't think so. There don't seem to be many for sale. I have some files I found so I've heard it but have been looking around for a reasonably priced copy for years. 

My concept of a 'good price' for a Mosaic is somewhere close to the original price, which was maybe $15/disk years back and is now more like $18.  And the market is such that I have often snagged used sets for something in that neighborhood or less.  Recently I got the Buddy Rich set for $35 including shipping!  That one's got to be a record low price for me. A 'reasonable price' for me on a set that is rarer or generally fetches higher prices would be about $20-$22 per disk. Some stay stubbornly high, like the Ferguson.  I don't think I have ever seen one as low as the price you got.

[Tom 1960]

16 hours ago, Stompin at the Savoy said:

Recently I got the Buddy Rich set for $35 including shipping!  That one's got to be a record low price for me. 

That's fantastic! What are your impressions of that set. Very curious. Thanks for your input on the Ferguson set. I actually sat on that for 24 hours or so taking a chance it would still be available.

[Stompin at the Savoy]

4 hours ago, Tom 1960 said:

That's fantastic! What are your impressions of that set. Very curious. Thanks for your input on the Ferguson set. I actually sat on that for 24 hours or so taking a chance it would still be available.

Well, you can listen to it here (or download m4a files which in this case are mp3 level of detail, not as good as cd): https://archive.org/details/ArgoEmarcyandVerveSmallGroupBuddyRichSessions.  I had a sort of strange impression of Buddy Rich from my youth in the 50s and especially the 60s.  You would see him now and then on TV doing some humongous, over the top, over long drum solo and looking like death warmed over.  So I wasn't too attracted.  But the Mosaic set turns out great, lots of fine players and good stuff.  He really was a top drummer. Booklet: https://musicbrainz.org/release/595f02e2-355b-48d7-a8a7-f9ffefa8cb03/cover-art

Edited November 30, 2025 by Stompin at the Savoy

[Tjazz]

I'm still looking/waiting.

[Stompin at the Savoy]

23 minutes ago, Tjazz said:

I'm still looking/waiting.

Listen here while hunting:  https://archive.org/details/CompleteRouletteRecordingsoftheMaynardFergusonOrchestra_201904

[Tjazz]

Thanks, I have a partial set and it's completed with CDRs.  But I'd still like to get the whole box.   I might have the booklet too.

[jazzkrow]

I have the booklet and the first seven CDs. 

Now, if I can just find the last three CDs, and fingers crossed, the box, then I would have a complete set..

It's probably going to take a good while to accomplish that. 🙏🙏