Post-1960 Mosaic Sets

[Joe Bip]

Joe Harriott? 

Michel Petrucciani?

Betty Carter?

[Late]

11 hours ago, Joe Bip said:

Joe Harriott?

Maybe in conjunction with Michael Garrick? I'm not sure how many discs a Harriott set would be. I'd support the endeavor.

[JSngry]

Betty Carter would be a GREAT choice, no matter how they put it together.

[gmonahan]

On 12/5/2025 at 11:25 PM, Big Beat Steve said:

I realize tastes do differ, but overall I find this series certainly not bad but a somewhat lukewarm affair. Many years ago I had a small number of them (that came my way almost by accident) but sold them off again at a time when I did not yet do this with items that were NOT duplicates. These LPs do not seem to be that rare in the secondhand bins either. So apart from the historial angle such as Mingus' last bass work being for that series I am not sure there is a huge market for these recordings given the Mosaic treatment at Mosaic prices. 
In hindsight somehow I also feel the radio man (who presented these newly-released records in a jazz radio show here) wasn't all wrong when he wondered publicly and with less than maximum appreciation what the producers behind this series (or Lionel Hampton) were possibly thinking with titles such as "Lionel Hampton presents Gerry Mulligan" - as if someone with the status of Gerry Mulligan needed to be presented by someone like Lionel Hampton - certainly a major figure too but no longer as hot in the running as Mulligan conceivably still was at that time. So ... a mixed bag, I'd say. 

Well, a major reason I'm interested is that I have not heard most of them. It may indeed be that they're not all that impressive, though, given the people who recorded for the label, it sure seems to me like there must be some good stuff there. As for "Lionel Hampton presents," that's just marketing. Hampton was--or maybe imagined he was-- a very big name, and while Mulligan certainly was a giant of the music, if one was trying to appeal to a more general public, it's possible that putting Hampton's name on the record might--I repeat, *might*--sell a few more records. I'd just like to hear them all in Mosaic order!

 

[felser]

15 minutes ago, gmonahan said:

Well, a major reason I'm interested is that I have not heard most of them. It may indeed be that they're not all that impressive, though, given the people who recorded for the label, it sure seems to me like there must be some good stuff there. As for "Lionel Hampton presents," that's just marketing. Hampton was--or maybe imagined he was-- a very big name, and while Mulligan certainly was a giant of the music, if one was trying to appeal to a more general public, it's possible that putting Hampton's name on the record might--I repeat, *might*--sell a few more records. I'd just like to hear them all in Mosaic order!

 

They have shown up on a number of budget labels under a number of different names.  I've heard many of them, have held onto a few, they are pretty routine affairs for the names involved, nothing revelatory or near to the standards of the artists' best or most meaningful work.  But nothing wrong with them, either.  Hampton actually does play on many of them.

[JSngry]

The Hampton/Hines record is dandy! But those guy defaulted to dandy.

The Bull Doggett record was fun as well.

[Late]

On 12/5/2025 at 4:39 PM, mikeweil said:

Revelation label sessions.

I think this would be a do-able Mosaic. Revelation Records.

The question is—what would be a good organizing principle for such a set?

[mikeweil]

19 hours ago, Late said:

I think this would be a do-able Mosaic. Revelation Records.

The question is—what would be a good organizing principle for such a set?

 

One set could be all the sessions with Clare Fischer, Gary Foster, and Warne Marsh.

[Late]

15 hours ago, mikeweil said:

One set could be all the sessions with Clare Fischer, Gary Foster, and Warne Marsh.

I'd buy that.👌

[Rooster_Ties]

4 hours ago, Late said:

I'd buy that.👌

I probably would too!! 👍

[Late]

Still kinda surprised a Yusef Lateef Impulse! Mosaic never materialized.

[clifford_thornton]

Dexter BNs would be a no-brainer at this point. I'd buy one to plug some holes.

[Stompin at the Savoy]

1 hour ago, clifford_thornton said:

Dexter BNs would be a no-brainer at this point. I'd buy one to plug some holes.

Is there much more beyond this?  I know there was some stuff from that movie. 

[EKE BBB]

Complete Tete Montoliu in Steeplechase, trio and solo recordings. Released discs are a complete mess, taken from different sessions, with some duplications, no chronological order (neither logical in some cases)... plus there are quite a few unreleased takes. 

Targeted market for this boxed set? Maybe four or five freaks here in Spain (☝️), and a few more elsewhere... 😁

Edited 1 hour ago by EKE BBB

[clifford_thornton]

23 minutes ago, Stompin at the Savoy said:

Is there much more beyond this?  I know there was some stuff from that movie. 

I don't think so, but I'm not a Dexpert.

[EKE BBB]

2 minutes ago, clifford_thornton said:

I don't think so, but I'm not a Dexpert.

I've been picking up the different individual discs over the years, and decided not to buy the Blue Note box. So, it would be nice to have (if not essential) to give those recordings the 'Mosaic treatment'. 

[Kevin Bresnahan]

1 hour ago, Stompin at the Savoy said:

Is there much more beyond this?  I know there was some stuff from that movie. 

I'm not a fan of the mastering of the material in this box. I dumped it ages ago and kept my individual discs. I'm not missing much going this route. If Mosaic re-did this with improved mastering, I'd strongly consider it but if they do, I'd like to think they could add more from that aborted session with Stitt than just that one tune.

Ron McMaster's SBM mastered discs never sounded right to me.

[clifford_thornton]

I know Dexter's BN LPs remain sought-after, but I wonder whether his playing catches the ear of current/newer jazz buyers the way that, say, Joe Henderson does? My guess is no, but it's their loss...

[Late]

Still surprised no Shorter (on Blue Note) Mosaic has emerged. That'd probably be the only way to hear the Because session. I bet Don Was wouldn't be against it (unless Shorter expressly wished that session remain unheard).

Maybe in 2039 (for Blue Note's Centennial) we'll be able to hear Abrasion, Because, and [let's think of a better title than The Trainwreck.] In the meantime, there are plenty of other recordings to explore.

A Sam Rivers post-Blue Note Trio & Quartet Mosaic. That'd be great.

[clifford_thornton]

1 minute ago, Late said:

A Sam Rivers post-Blue Note Trio & Quartet Mosaic. That'd be great.

It kinda already exists in the form of the NoBusiness Sam Rivers live series, but I suppose you are probably looking toward the albums on Fluid, Red, Vedette, Circle, Horo, Black Saint, Tomato, Impulse, and ECM.