Post-1960 Mosaic Sets

[Late]

There've been quite a few Mosaic sets containing recordings made in 1960 and later. While Mosaic's direction, with some notable exceptions, currently seems pointed toward pre-1960s recordings, what potential (and realistic) post-1960 sets would you like to see Mosaic release? 

[felser]

Complete 1970's Max Roach Quartet with Billy Harper.

[clifford_thornton]

Bill Barron as a leader

Bill Dixon as leader/producer for Savoy, or Savoy avant-garde in general

George Russell in Europe (Saba, Concept, Flying Dutchman). Could include Soul Notes too but not sure if CAM would license those...

[Late]

1 hour ago, felser said:

Complete 1970's Max Roach Quartet with Billy Harper.

Would love to see this set. (Would it contain late 60's recordings as well?)

1 hour ago, clifford_thornton said:

Bill Barron as a leader.

Bill Dixon as leader/producer for Savoy, or Savoy avant-garde in general.

Yes to both, particularly if the Barron set included Motivation, truly a hidden gem.

It does seem, however, that Mosaic is predominantly interested in mining swing-era recordings from the 30s and 40s—though there's nothing wrong with that. The Pharoah Sanders set would be a notable exception. The last Hank Mobley and recent Bobby Hutcherson sets would also be exceptions. The demand for post-1960 recordings—or is it label and/or contractual red tape—might realistically prevent box sets from this era being produced. Not entirely sure, but I'm always a little surprised when a new Mosaic of swing-era recordings is released. I don't mean to complain though—any new Mosaic is just cause for celebration.

[felser]

29 minutes ago, Late said:

Would love to see this set. (Would it contain late 60's recordings as well?)

I'm not aware of any which exist!

[colinmce]

The Bill Barron is a no-brainer

Warne Marsh - anything! private tapes, full session recordings, unreleased live recordings. I'm sure there's an angle here in the vein of the recent Tristano set

New Orleans Modern Jazz - something along the lines of a full reissue of the 1976 Opus box set New Orleans Heritage - Jazz: 1956-1966 (which features Ellis Marsalis/American Jazz Quintette recordings along with some others) expanded with contemporaneous and relevant music. This is maybe a little outside the scope of what Mosaic does, but I think there's some great potential

Always thought Mosaic could do something more with some of the newer BN material a la the Don Pullen and Tony Williams Selects. I think a box of Jason Moran's BN sessions would be great. In that vein a box of Geri Allen's Minor Music dates, possibly incorporating the Somethin' Else/BN material as well, would be really strong.

 

[HutchFan]

2 hours ago, felser said:

Complete 1970's Max Roach Quartet with Billy Harper.

Yes. This.

 

[jazzbo]

I would love to see a Lateef Impulse box set, either studio or live and studio.

[gmonahan]

I'd like to see a "complete label" set of Lionel Hampton's "Who's Who in Jazz" label from the 70s. Mingus did his last bass work for that label, but I seem to remember that the Hampton estate can be "Goodman-like" to deal with.

 

[mikeweil]

Revelation label sessions.

[JSngry]

5 hours ago, colinmce said:

The Bill Barron is a no-brainer

You would think...

[felser]

The Barron wouldn't sell enough outside of our board.

[B. Clugston]

Amen to the Barron and the Bill Dixon-related Savoy albums. A George Russell set would be cool, too.

Though the music straddles 1960, I'd love to see a Jimmy Giuffre Verve set. 

Anything by Mal Waldron.

If there's any unreleased tunes or alternates, an Ahmad Jamal on Impulse would be a nice set.

[Late]

3 hours ago, mikeweil said:

Revelation label sessions.

Yes!! That might actually be do-able, as Jonathan Horwich, who used to post here, has worked with Mosaic before.

Revelation Records

10 minutes ago, B. Clugston said:

Though the music straddles 1960, I'd love to see a Jimmy Giuffre Verve set.

I'd buy it. This one seems do-able too.

[JSngry]

49 minutes ago, felser said:

The Barron wouldn't sell enough outside of our board.

Do you have data to support this assertion? Or is that just speculation?

Please advise.