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mosaic mr4 - 106. limited edition numbered 4862 of 7500. records are nm - my highest grade many use nm .
played the cd set instead). this is the complete catalog of bechet. records compiled by mosaic. (i don' t think i ever played them because i .
mosaic count basie 12 lp roulette live recordings limited edition box set 1959 - 1962 on mosaic records mr12 - 135 is in mint - condition and has been played once. it is from 1991 and it contains the 24 pa ...
…. . mosaic records stamford, ct. brochure # 4 1984 written by alan goodman designed by tom corey & scott nash, corey mcpherson nash, boston production: jessica wolf
3 cd limited edition collectors box set by award winning mosaic records. original remastered recordings. includes 3 cds in excellent condition with original jewel cases housed in a box. 25 page clean ...
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mosaic stan kenton 6 lp limited edit. box set complete capitol recordings mint -
here' s a look at sets that we are currently working on at mosaic .
mosaic jazz the serge chaloff sessions limited ed. 1686 of 5000 5 lp box set
we were damned lucky at fred / alan, able to work with clients that had exceptional vision, great companies, and often, wonderful taste. with mosaic records we really hit the jackpot because it also had lots of amazing music we loved .
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as with all mosaic releases, researched and manufactured under the highest standards, and very collectible .
elvin jones box from the mosaic blue note recordings... this is for the box only
mosaic sidney bechet 6 - lp complete blue note recordings - box set. like - new vinyl
this is a very nice record lp box set. records nm. outer box vg. not listed of 7500. see photos. shipping includes insurance. thanks for looking !
• our perspective was that mosaic records is more than a bunch of wonderful box record sets, it was a inspiration of artistic and business values. the “promises” described in each and every brochure have been kept for over 30 years. now, that’s a “ brand. ”
in the late 70s fred was producing jazz records and became friendly with michael cuscuna, soon to become one of the medium’s most revered producers and the leading reissue producer in history .
a nice lp album box set. # 2401 of 7500. records are nm. booklet is good. box is good. see photos. shipping price includes insurance. thanks for looking !
in the early 1980s michael and former bluenote / columbia / warner records executive charlie lourie started the pioneering mosaic records as the first company specializing in boxed set reissues of classic performances, available only by mail order. we became reacquainted when fred ordered their first set (the complete bluenote recordings of thelonious monk) and michael asked fred / alan to get involved with helping them out of the hole. it turned out their ‘sure thing’ idea wasn’t having many takers and they were worried about shutting down .
mosaic stan kenton 6 lp limited edition box set mosaic mr6 - 136 the complete capitol recordings of the holman and russo charts is in mint - condition and has been played once. it is a limited edition # 1 ...
do you like jazz? order one of the mosaic sets. they are still the standard by which all others are judged .
( charlie lourie passed away in 2000 but his passion and respect for jazz will always be a part of all that mosaic offers. )
out of print definitive 8 - cd mosaic box set in near mint condition - numbered, limited edition # 401 of 10, 000 .
• of course, we helped keep mosaic in business, insuring that michael’s and charlie’s vision of exposing some of america’s greatest art throughout the world .
although mosaic records' first release came out in july of 1983, the seeds for the business were planted in 1970. as a journalist, radio show host and record producer, i began coming into contact with many musicians who had been major players in blue note' s repertory company. since blue note had always been my favorite label for its consistent quality, conversations would ultimately drift to those great days of the label .
this is dial records, complete and like you’ve never heard it before! using the best available transfers of the label’s, steve marlowe and jonathan horwich have done an amazing job of restoring and remastering these treasures. the music is rich in sonics and free of extraneous scrunches, ticks and pops .
we consider our customers a part of our family and our main imperative is that every mosaic limited edition set be available to everyone who cares as these sets will pay dividends for a lifetime .
as we' ve stated from the beginning, mosaic box sets are limited to a specific number of copies. rest assured, in no case do we ever manufacture more than the stated figure .
this is a sealed limited 15 l. p. box set of the complete roulette studio recordings of count basie and his orchestra. mosaic mq15 - 149. this is number 794 of 3500 .
mosaic records, the select reissue jazz label, which launched thirty years ago this summer, is on an anonymous street in stamford, connecticut, about a half mile from the glass castles of ubs and rbs. it shares a plain white building with, among others, a lighting company, a fencing studio, and an upholsterer, but if anyone wanted to immerse themselves in what some refer to as america' s only original art form, this street — fairfield avenue, it' s called — would be as valuable as west 52nd or bourbon .
three years later fred / alan was doing a little better and mosaic was doing a lot worse; michael and charlie successfully prevailed on us to finally help. we knew no more, but full of the arrogance of youth we took alan’s first generation portable computer and invented the first mosaic 12 - page brochure on our summer rental’s picnic table. alan wrote every word (fred directed “strategy” – what else is new ?), our friends tom corey and scott nash designed the thing, jessica wolf supervised the production and we mailed out the first mosaic catalog ever in the autumn of 1986 .
mosaic does not own the blue note, pacific jazz, atlantic, columbia, rca, or any other catalogue. with the exception of our charlie parker - dean benedetti set (which is not a limited edition), mosaic leases all of it. these leases eventually expire. so, even if we haven' t reached our stated goal, when the lease expires the set must be discontinued .
this is a limited edition 5 lp box set of the complete serge chaloff sessions. mosaic mq5 - 147. hand numbered 1686 of 5000. booklet has a little spotting. box is in excellent condition .
the label — originally founded in los angeles by michael cuscuna, a noted jazz producer at atlantic and blue note, and charlie lourie, a former executive at cbs records — produces beautiful, limited - edition box sets (cd and vinyl) with a 12 - by - 12 - inch booklet (that' s actually in a readable typeface). its stark, now - signature black - and - white design was born out of frugality — mosaic started as a labor - of - love side project on a shoestring budget — but also of the two partners' love of vintage jazz photos .
jackie mclean complete blue note 1964 - 66 sessions mosaic set. numbered 1267 / 5000 nm looks unplayed and is nm stunning near perfect condition. see photos for box cover and lp' s. everything nm here .
a series of double albums, combining unissued material with reissues, started in 1975. it stopped and started again. the king records in japan took over the blue note lease there and contacted me about unissued material. i started a series for them. when emi assumed ownership of blue note and liberty, i convinced them to put out a series of unissued albums as the blue note classics series .
we waited for the order phones to ring, and lo and behold, in the first three weeks mosaic’s business had increased 10 fold. they were in business forever. alan’s still writing the brochures, fred’s still lobbing in ideas from the side. we’ve never been prouder of any project. so proud, in fact, that alan continues writing all new release copy, and former fred / alan cfo fred pustay is now a mosaic partner .
from 1992 onwards, fred / alan no longer existed, but alan goodman and jessica wolf continued writing and producing the following catalogs for several years. more than 30 years later, alan’s still the primary mosaic brochure writer .
mosaic is very pleased to present
the complete bee hive sessions .
spanning 1977 to 1984, they include so many names you will know and so much music, you won' t believe you haven' t heard it .
this is a limited edition 4 lp box set of the complete pacific jazzz studio recordings of the chet baker quartet with russ freeman. mosaic mr4 - 122. hand numbered 6157 of 7500. booklet has a little spot ...
finally, charlie lourie, a former jazz and classical musician and executive at cbs records, accepted the job as head of marketing for blue note in late 1974. we met in los angeles in the spring of 1975. i showed him my notebook, which by this time had grown to sizable proportions. he was so excited that the next morning a contract was drawn up and by afternoon, i was at last in the blue note vaults .
modern jazz quartet complete atlantic studio modern jazz quartet 1956 - 64 (# 249) the modern jazz quartet was certainly one of the most distinctive voices in the history of jazz, thanks to the unique qualities of personal expression and collective vision of its members milt jackson, john lewis, percy heath and connie kay. they were also exceptionally prolific during their tenure at atlantic records, producing 14 albums in eight years. - limited edition: 5, 000 copies
mosaic box set md5 - 173. five cd box set. the complete verve recordings of the teddy wilson trio. long out - of - print, this set appeared as a limited edition in 1997. features the great teddy in beautifu ...
artist - freddie redd. label - mosaic. title - complete blue note recordings. your chance to get this 3 x lp box set. condition lp' s - mint minus and look hardly played. japan / australia & new zealand ...
label - mosaic. title - complete blue note recordings. your chance to get this 4 x lp box set. condition lp' s - mint minus and look hardly played. japan / australia & new zealand / rest of the world lp ...
artist - chet baker. label - mosaic. title - complete pacific jazz studio recordings. your chance to get this 4 x lp box set. condition lp' s - mint minus and look hardly played. united kingdom lp' s / 1 ...
artist - thelonious monk. label - mosaic. your chance to get this 4 x lp box set. condition lp' s - mint minus and look hardly played. japan / australia & new zealand / rest of the world lp' s / 12
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label - mosaic. title - complete blue note recordings. your chance to get this 4 x lp box set. condition lp' s - mint minus and look hardly played. united kingdom lp' s / 12
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• we both (fred and alan) believed in fans, and always worked on projects that revolved around what is now talked about as “ fandom ” or “community. ” michael and charlie epitomized that at mosaic, and we made sure their fans were front and center in all our work for the company .
dial the complete dial modern jazz sessions (# 260) as most jazz fans know, among the most important records to hear in your life are charlie parker’s dial sessions, recorded between 1946 and 1947. but dial was way more than parker. it was a microcosm of the explosive changes happening at a moment in time. and we have everything. every master, every important alternate, and many intriguing false starts, on nine cds. the set was only previously collected in japan 20 years ago. now it’s available worldwide at last. - limited edition: 7, 500 copies
by mid 1981, all of the programs to issue unknown blue notes had come to an end (again). by this time, i was tired of having to convince each new company president to start a jazz vault program. but i thought i would try one last time. i called charlie lourie, and we collaborated on a widespread proposal for capitol records. nothing came of the catalog, i wanted to do definitive, complete box sets that would bring out unissued material, correct mistakes on past reissues and draw a whole body of work together with a serious, deluxe, booklet .
stanley turrentine blue note stanley turrentine qt. / sxt. sessions (# 212) strong, bluesy and soulful. the six blue note dates collected on our mosaic set are in a class by themselves; they are pure hard bop with stanley turrentine sharing the front line with a horn equal to him in talent. - limited edition: 5000 copies
our artwork problems caused mosaic' s release to be slow in coming out, our orders were slow at first because there were no reviews and because people are naturally skeptical of mail order businesses. but great reviews started to come by september of 1983 and so did orders and recognition. in fact, our monk package has been nominated for a grammy .
for the 30th anniversary, mosaic won' t celebrate with bells and whistles, only with triumphal woodwinds and brass, specifically john coltrane' s the complete sun ship session (three lps, out may 21; two cds out now from verve, mosaic' s partner on this project) and the unheralded 1960s and 70s trumpeter woody shaw in the complete muse sessions (seven cds, available next month). for coltrane - heads, this set is significant. it was the last recording date for the classic quartet of elvin jones, mccoy tyner, and jimmy garrison and is buttressed by all sorts of new material: alternate takes, conversations between the band members, solos edited out of the original recording, even false starts (like we said, for coltrane - heads) .
the nicest part of having this dream come true was the response of the musicians. i remember when i first starting producing andrew hill for freedom records. he sat in my living room and from memory gave me the complete personnel of 12 unissued blue note sessions, hoping i could get them out. once walking down broadway, i heard my name shouted form a cab. it was howard johnson asking me if i had found the hank mobley date that he told me about and if it was coming out. people like elvin jones and hank mobley would come up to me in clubs and hug my and thank me for getting albums issued. the approval and the enthusiasm of the artists who made the music was very important to me .
we turned them down two years in a row with a lot of unsolicited advice about what they could do better –our company was barely alive itself– even if we were talking through our hats. everything we knew about direct mail cataloging was from being mail order catalog customers ourselves and from a direct mail how - to book fred had read (at least the first chapter). we admired what michael and charlie were trying to accomplish at mosaic, but our bandwidth was just too narrow .
bing crosby the bing crosby cbs radio recordings (1954 - 56) (# 245) the 160 songs in this mosaic collection were recorded with the buddy cole quartet between 1954 and 1956 for bing’s cbs show are absolutely revelatory. crosby’s early jazz roots informed his influential career as a pop singer. to our knowledge, these are the only recorded performances of crosby singing the great american songbook in an informal atmosphere with a consummate small jazz ensemble. - limited edition: 20, 000 copies
eddie condon eddie condon & bud freeman: complete commodore & decca sessions (# 259) thanks to mosaic' s ability to bundle collections from numerous labels and archives, we can finally present, for the first time anywhere, the complete commodore & decca eddie condon & bud freeman sessions. it' s a substantial set - eight cds containing 199 tracks in all. the set spans the years 1938, when chicago - style jazz first took root in new york, through 1950. - limited edition: 5, 000 copies
cuscuna, a self - proclaimed
vault rat ,
got the idea in the early 1980s when he discovered twenty - eight minutes of unreleased thelonious monk material from his blue note years, the pianist' s most important phase. that box set in 1983, the complete blue note recordings of thelonious monk, was mosaic' s debut. the label wasn' t successful at the outset; it took three years before cuscuna and lourie collected a salary and by then they moved to stamford, cuscuna' s hometown. slowly, it gained momentum. thirty years later, there have been 155 releases, about 40 of which are still in print. (extract from that what you will, kickstarters) .
sophisticated lady .
stormy weather .
solitude .
in a sentimental mood .
echoes of harlem .
caravan .
all of them and many more are a part of
the complete 1932 - 1940 brunswick, columbia, and master recordings of duke ellington and his famous orchestra ,
an unprecedented 11 - cd set that compiles these recordings for the first, and quite possibly the last, time. there would be many more exceptional compositions in the years following, including his highly regarded suites and longer works, but the scope of our latest, lavish mosaic collection is the period when ellington would establish himself as the most important composer ever in jazz. - limited edition: 5, 000 copies
as lofty as jazz is often perceived, and how inside - baseball some of the mosaic box sets sound — duke ellington: 1936 - 40 small group sessions; novus & columbia recordings of henry threadgill and air; the complete ahmad jamal trio argo sessions — there' s not a whiff of pretension from cuscuna or his two - person staff, fred pustay, the cfo, and scott wensel, the encyclopedic brain of the pre - bop era and who also enjoys new york rangers hockey. (lourie passed away in 2000 .) cuscuna himself prefers cuss words and a guttural laugh to pat market - speak; he doesn' t utter the word
brand ,
even if he' s created, and sustained, quite a distinctive one .
my personal favorite is the thelonious monk collection. when the idea of mosaic was first born, my first thought was to completely delve into all of the monk sessions, in hopes of finding enough material to justify a boxed set. the first step was to find the original discs on which the sessions were recorded, wash them and then retransfer them with today' s technology. the result was cleaner and more natural sounding tapes that really bring out the true texture and overtones of the music like no blue note album issue ever did. and those original discs were filled with some amazing alternate takes, including a most astonishing take of
well, you needn' t
on which monk totally alters the composition. so the monk set was born. i will forever regret that it was not finished before monk died. i would have wanted him to see it .
roland kirk roland kirk: the limelight / verve albums (4 lps) (# 3006) these four albums were recorded at some of the finest studios in the new york city area including nola studios and capitol studios. “rip. rig and panic” and “now please don’t you cry, beautiful edith” were two of the three times that kirk recorded at the famed van gelder studio in englewood cliffs, new jersey (the first was his one prestige album with jack mcduff). all four of these albums have been mastered from their original analog masters by ryan smith at sterling sound in new york city. this is the first mosaic set to be pressed at chad kassem’s quality record pressings in salinas, kansas. about the pressings coming out of qrp, michael fremer wrote on trackingangle. com, ” all i can say is this is incredible! !! !! ! - limited edition: 3500 copies
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then came the shock of my life! could it be? basie, then fats waller, ella fitzgerald, coleman hawkins, and that was just in the first couple of boxes! the discs were mostly aluminum – that was unusual – and in varying states of decomposition, but some were absolutely pristine. – loren schoenberg
his improvisatory genius at the keyboard, and the inspiration that his artistry and deportment radiated — for that alone, teddy wilson remains a seminal influence on jazz well into its second century .
we' ve spared no expense to bring these recordings back to life. you will hear detail and clarity never heard before! .
through a special arrangement with sony music and universal music, we now have the opportunity to bring the swing of these iconic giants from a plethora of labels including aladdin, bluebird, brunswick, columbia, commodore, decca, keynote, mercury, philo, signature, victor and vocalion and restored them better than they' ve ever been heard before .
this collection of mostly bracing and upbeat music celebrates two rugged individualists of jazz and their like - minded circle of friends... - dan morgenstern, liner notes
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i cannot imagine turning our backs on the very people who gave their lives, their life experiences, and the music to us all these years especially now when they need us most, that' s what the jazz foundation does .
- quincy jones
louis armstrong the complete louis armstrong decca sessions 1935 - 46 (# 243) some of the performances are among the most significant of his life and a lasting gift to music - there isn' t a trumpeter since who hasn' t marveled at the brilliance of his tone, coherence of his soloing, and perfection of his execution on the 1938
struttin' with some barbecue .
it is, plain and simple, a flawless record. - limited edition: 10000 copies
the complete 1932 - 1940 bruns. / col. / master rec. of ellington and his famous orchestra (# 248 )
ahmad jamal the complete ahmad jamal trio argo sessions (# 246) ahmad jamal' s recording as a piano trio leader on argo, owned by chicago' s chess recording label, began in 1956. and that' s where our new retrospective begins on the complete ahmad jamal trio argo sessions 1956 - 62. the first definitive collection of his work from this seminal era of his career, it includes all the tunes for which jamal became renowned, such as “ahmad' s blues, ” “poinciana, ” “but not for me, ” and “billy boy, ” a song so often re - done in jamal' s style that his version has almost become the new standard. - limited edition: 5, 000 copies
dvd jazz icons jazz icons dvd box set this 6 dvd set includes the 1965 antibes concerts by the john coltrane quartet that captured the only public performances of
ascension
and
a love supreme
and a little known 1969 color program of thelonious monk alone and free - associating in a paris tv studio. - limited edition: playable in all regions copies
charles mingus charles mingus - the jazz workshop concerts 1964 - 65 (# 253) this set chronicles the essential live performances of this genius of modern music as his compositions achieved a depth and complexity we would come to know as mingus’s most signature work. it includes (on the earlier recordings) the brilliant eric dolphy, along with jaki byard, dannie richmond, johnny coles, and clifford jordan - - certainly one of the best assemblages of musicians ever. - limited edition: 7, 500 copies
the savory collection the savory collection 1935 - 1940 savory' s achievement in recording and preserving this material can' t be understated. you could be at home around your radio, but you didn' t have the equipment in the studio where savory tinkered and invented. the glory of these broadcasts in many cases heard here is that he was capturing live music without the limitation of a 3 or 4 minute 78 rpm recording. if the club version of a song went for six minutes, no matter. savory got every note of it. - limited edition: 5, 000 copies
classic savoy be - bop sessions classic savoy be - bop sessions 1945 - 49 (# 264) listening through the sessions spanning just five years, it' s clear that as leaders and soloists these musicians' mastery and confidence increased the more they re - entered the studio. it' s also clear how far technology has advanced. steve marlowe restored and mastered this entire set using bit density processing, and along with jonathan horwich of international phonograph, has produced magical results. - limited edition: 5, 000 copies
teddy wilson classic brunswick & columbia teddy wilson sessions 1934 - 42 this definitive set is the most massive volume we' ve ever released featuring wilson, and it' s a more complete selection than we' ve been able to offer previously because we weren' t limited to just his trio work. plus, this retrospective begins as wilson was launching his amazing recording career – all of the polish and lyricism he' d become known for with the added bonus of that indescribable feeling of spontaneity and invention. - limited edition: 5, 000 copies
lester young classic 1936 - 1947 count basie & lester young studio sessions (# 263) through a special arrangement with sony music and universal music, we now have the opportunity to bring the swing of these iconic giants from a plethora of labels including aladdin, bluebird, brunswick, columbia, commodore, decca, keynote, mercury, philo, signature, victor and vocalion and restored them better than they' ve ever been heard before. - limited edition: 5, 000 copies
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last chance
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we appreciate the trust that our customers place in us. with so many of our sets
, we thought we' d better explain why our editions are limited and spell out what that means .
to prevent any disappointing surprises, we will continue to keep our customers informed about which sets are in danger of being discontinued or sold out. signing up for our e - mail newsletters assures that you' ll get the most up - to - date information .
increasingly, i would hear about tantalizing unissued sessions. soon i began writing down sketchy information from musicians about these unknown treasures in a notebook. the staggering amount of unissued material soon became evident, and i tried constantly to get into the vaults. but george butler, who had been put in charge after frank wolff' s death, was oblivious to serious jazz and took the label into a very commercial direction. he stalled me for years .
the experience was staggering. there were far more unissued sessions than i had even imagined. the only trouble was that all of the company files were lost or missing, and the tape boxes only had the recording date and the name of the leader. so began a long odyssey to unravel this mess and shape it into a body of work that could be released .
i used every detective trick in the book. i would listen to a session. if i knew the leader or recognized the sidemen, i would call them to see what they would remember. then i' d send them a cassette. i would also research any song copyrights registered around the time of the session to see if it i could determine the originals on the dates. some musicians like andrew hill, woody shaw, charles tolliver and howard johnson had amazingly accurate memories. i would also research musicians' union contracts for titles and personnel .
this sounded to me like a dream that was too good to be true. i tossed these thoughts at charlie, who is a great deal more experienced, mature and practical in such matters. in a series of discussions, we looked at the realities, shaped these thoughts into finite concepts and set about making our dream come true. it took us almost one year to get clearance from emi to lease blue note masters. but that time was well spent as charlie explored all sorts of manufacturing companies to get the business structure. meanwhile i was in new york getting financing and researching the first release .
in november 1982, the lease came in and we officially became a company. by the end of june, we had finished copies of our first release: the complete blue note recordings of thelonious monk (mr 4 - 101). the complete gerry mulligan quartet and tentette with chet baker (mr5 - 102) and the complete blue note recordings of albert ammons and meade lux lewis (mr3 - 103). the thrill of getting those finished albums was indescribable on so many levels. we were finally doing it. and we had pulled off, through months of research, the first definitive job on these artists in this area .
as serious collectors and lovers of the music, charlie and i hope to assemble packages that all collectors and serious students of jazz will find valuable. that is one reason why we strive to make every set complete within its own scope. this not only brings unissued material to light, but eliminates the need the have music stretched over scattered albums of varying quality in an incoherent form that makes intelligent listening difficult. the mulligan set is a classic example. in order to have the 49 issued from our set, one would have to own 10 different albums, most of them very rare and many having duplication of tunes
our first year was filled with both problems and rewards. but we wouldn' t have had it any other way. as for the future, in true jazz tradition, we' re just going straight ahead .
each of our sets is a time - consuming affair to assemble from securing rights to tape research to studio mastering to the photographic, historical and discographical research for our booklets. each step is fraught with surprises and therefore it is possible that the future projects may not see the light of day. these are not yet available for preorder
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us record label owned by michael cuscuna and founded in 1983, specializing in exclusive jazz releases and collections on cd and vinyl .
edmond hall / james p. johnson * / sidney de paris / vic dickenson
edmond hall / james p. johnson * / sidney de paris / vic dickenson -
the complete edmond hall / james p. johnson / sidney de paris / vic dickenson blue note sessions
james p. johnson was one of the most important, if not the most important, stride pianists, a style that developed in new york in the 1920s and the first music that sounds like what we call jazz. it was more rhythmically complex than anything before it. more harmonically challenging. more exuberant and crafty
this set was mastered from the original analog masters. discs four and five were issued only in japan in the ‘80s and mastered from 16 - bit digital masters, so we returned to the original session reels to rebuild those albums in true analog for the first time. superior sound !
ninety recordings have never been available until this limited edition collection. with buddy cole on keyboards, plus guitar, bass, and drums, they are an ideal setting for appreciating her extraordinary voice .
the live performances from 1947 to 1958 have been collected at last, let it be known that anyone who overlooks the music louis armstrong made on those concert stages does so at great expense to his or her personal joy .
for 60 years, every top name in jazz has seemingly made it up to newport at least once, if not multiple times. louis armstrong was a fixture for many years and two of his complete sets, from the 1956 and 1958 festivals, are being released here in their entirety for the very first time .
this will certainly rekindle interest in and broaden consideration of clifford jordan’s overall career, presenting as it does some unpolished diamonds and previously unreleased gems of a late - 60s / early 70s recording .
the music that was the root of everything magical and life - affirming at the savoy ballroom - - the music of chick webb featuring his discovery, ella fitzgerald - - is still here and utterly glorious .
“there’s a great trumpet player… he can play different from all of them .
– miles davis
“almost all of the recordings hawkins made throughout a 45 year period were outstanding examples of improvisation, but among them were masterpieces by which all jazz tenor saxophone solos will forever be judged. ”
while “slightly latin” and “now please don’t cry, beautiful edith” are excellent albums, “spirits” and “rip, rig and panic” were two of roland’s proudest moments in a recording studio and remains two peaks among his many achievements .
sun ship, recorded august 26, 1965, captures one of the last sessions by the classic john coltrane quartet (coltrane, mccoy tyner, jimmy garrison and elvin jones). it comes at the culmination of a year in which coltrane arguably reached his creative peak, a year rich in such masterworks .
- david wild, liner notes
brown’s solos, which marry the technical mastery of dizzy gillespie, the melodic flow and big sound of fats navarro, and a determined optimism all brown’s own, became touchstones for a generation of young trumpeters; but roach’s contributions are equally important and made a similar impact .
- bob blumenthal, liner notes
it’s the 4th of july once again, and along with the fireworks, bbq and marching bands, there is of course louis armstrong, who believed his birthday to be july 4, 1900. here is the story behind finding the real birthdate of pops .
enliven your 4th of july with the music of louis armstrong, broadcast all day on wkcr, 89. 9 fm in the new york area, and streaming live at urltoken. go here for more info .
here is a great article on saxophone doctor perry ritter by corey kilgannon for the new york times. having tried unsuccessfully to master the instrument many decades ago, i love the sound of the horn in all its sizes and marvel at the range of tones that artists achieve in their quest for their own sound. i also think the tenor saxophone is one of the most exquisite sculptures in the world .
in case you wanted to know what benny goodman felt were the 60 greatest jazz albums of all time (at least when he was asked this in 1961), here it is. i guess he hadn’t dug coltrane just yet .
this is max roach’s 1960 pianoless quintet with tommy and stanley turrentine, julian priester and bob boswell during a paris concert. it great to see and hear this band in performance, but max’s drums are almost non - existent in the mix .
david adler contributed this essay to wbgo’s website. charles mingus’s career was one of many milestones and tragedies. the album tijuana moods was both. the brilliant album was recorded in 1957 but sat in rca victor’s vaults until 1962, when it became a critical hit. it has become one of mingus’s most influential albums, conceptually and compositionally. charles was born and raised in the border town of nogales, arizona, and his roots have taken on new relevance with the border tensions that have spread throughout america. the mingus dynasty performed the music from this album in tijuana on january 21st and then toured the southwest. music is, indeed, the healing force of the universe .
this extensive jazzprofiles column pulls from many sources and covers just about everything you should know about one of the most famous underrated artists in jazz: zoot sims. zoot also had the driest wit, with famous lines like “stan getz is an interesting bunch of guys. ”
dr. david schroeder sat john mclaughlin down for a fabulous one - hour interview in 2016, as part of the nyu steinhardt jazz studies series. mclaughlin is a gracious and articulate human being who has had a wide - ranging career over the last 50 years .
in the ‘50s, shorty rogers was successful, ubiquitous and popular. by the mid ‘60s, his star had faded, though a growing appreciative public began to build in england and europe. journalist steve voce urged him to come to europe, where a second career phase began for shorty. voce’s 1982 interview with rogers for jazz journal is reprinted in jazz profiles .
pitchfork revisits the wave of spiritually - driven music that swept through the jazz world in the wake of the tumult of the mid - and late 1960s, following john coltrane’s groundbreaking a love supreme. andy beta surveys of some of the touchstones of that era .
dorthaan kirk is an amazing lady, who stood behind rahsaan roland kirk with love during the hardest years of his life and who helped build wbgo in newark and promote jazz in general like an unstoppable force of nature. this interview with david cruz sheds light on this remarkable woman .
with the passing of lorraine gordon, we lost another colorful fixture on the new york jazz scene. lorraine often put on a grouchy façade and enjoyed people’s reaction to it. she was dramatically different from her late husband max, the gentle, bemused founder of the village vanguard in the ‘30s. but when we lost max, lorraine jumped in and kept this institution alive. ethan iverson recounts his experiences at this jazz mecca .
al jackson from tremé in new orleans discovered that the homeless who were invited to sleep at the black musician’s union hall were sleeping on some very historical pillows .
pitchfork revisits miles davis’s get up with it with rich background on what was going on miles’s life at the time. like its predecessor big fun. this double lp was not so much an album as a collection of music recorded over a two - year period .
another quick glimpse into the transfer process at battery studios during our work on the teddy wilson set. michael brooks, producer for columbia producer, joins matt cavaluzzo and myself as we hear for the first time a previously unissued performance on our newly released wilson set .
the office is a mess, and a delightful one, part museum — there are francis wolff photos of art blakey, and john coltrane with lee morgan — part library, part man cave, and part (relatively) thriving business .
the label does virtually no retail business, nor do they sell through amazon or make the music available through downloads. almost all of its sales come through its website; they' ve recently come to twitter. it was boutique before boutique, curatorial before everyone in brooklyn was a curator .
it' s been a dream come true ,
says cuscuna, a reddish - gray bearded man in his sixties, below a painting of jimmy smith' s midnight special, the famous blue note cover .
cuscuna, in addition to unearthing new material —
because if it' s not issued, it really doesn' t exist
— is keen on recording dates and re - establishing their order to present a chronological artistic narrative. repair jobs, he calls them, before he self - edits himself and says ,
no, rescue missions .
cuscuna credits the new york times, the wall street journal, and npr —
without them we' d be out of business
— for the label' s staying power, and, of course, the fans, which he says is a range .
there are lots of kids in there twenties who are starting to develop their jazz collections ,
he says .
so you get the novices and dabblers as well as the obsessed lunatics — and make sure that you put that i' m one of them .
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classic columbia and okeh benny goodman orchestra sessions (1939 - 1958) 7 - cd box set md7 - 240. outer box shows shelf wear, though corners are sharp. back side of box has impression / dent along upper edge ...
capitol 12 cd set of classic capitol jazz sessions. with great players. sorry but no box or booklet but you won' t be .
larry young: unity. this is a 9 lp box set of the complete blue note recordings of the great organ virtuoso larry young, released in a limited set in 1991. larry young: of love and peace. larry young: ...
ensemble sections are very dynamic and clear. good gloss. many hairline marks, couple feelable. (if you can' t feel it you won' t hear it). the
new york
labels are generally clean with spindle marks .
( all selections are recorded at rudy van gelder' s studio in englewood cliffs, new jersey with john coltrane (tenor saxophone), soprano saxophone), mccoy tyner (piano), jimmy garrison (bass), elvin jon ...
stan getz: the 1953 - 54 clef / norgran studio sessions
. this out - of - print, limited edition box set is catalog number mrlp 3003 .
the complete capitol recordings of duke ellington md5 - 160 5 cd box set. all five discs are in vg condition, no visible scuffs, scratches, or smudges .
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mosaic records is an american jazz record company and label established in 1982 by michael cuscuna and charlie lourie . it produces limited-edition box sets that are available only by mail . the sets are leased from the major record companies , usually for a three - or five-year period , with the edition limited to a specific number of copies typically 5,000 . sometimes the complete catalog of a label would appear : the complete masters of milt gabler 's commodore records were contained in three sets consisting of some 66 lps . in 2003 , the company initiated the select series of smaller sets , not necessarily " complete " in the usual sense . in 2006 , the company began a third line , mosaic singles , a series dedicated to reissuing individual albums on cd that have not previously been available in us editions , or at all . in 2009 , mosaic returned to the vinyl format with the hq vinyl series and began issuing three and four lp sets of 2,500-5,000 copies . mosaic 's sets are primarily sold and distributed directly to customers , initially promoted through leading jazz publications , then mail order catalog , and now the internet . the first three years of releases did not sell particularly well . in 1986 , cuscuna reached out to a record-producing acquaintance , fred seibert , for help . with partner alan goodman their company , fred/alan inc. in new york , devised a catalog and strategy that immediately increased sales almost tenfold and put the company on a solid footing for the first time . mr. goodman continues to write the copy for all new release sales . over 200 sets have now been issued by the company ( though most sets ' leases have now expired ) . since 1998 , capitol records has owned 50 % of mosaic , and is part of the blue note label group . 
mosaic records is an american jazz record company and label established in 1982 by michael cuscuna and charlie lourie. it produces limited-edition box sets that are available only by mail. the sets are leased from the major record companies, usually for a three - or five-year period, with the edition limited to a specific number of copies typically 5,000. sometimes the complete catalog of a label would appear: the complete masters of milt gabler's commodore records were contained in three sets consisting of some 66 lps. in 2003, the company initiated the select series of smaller sets, not necessarily " complete " in the usual sense. in 2006, the company began a third line, mosaic singles, a series dedicated to reissuing individual albums on cd that have not previously been available in us editions, or at all. in 2009, mosaic returned to the vinyl format with the hq vinyl series and began issuing three and four lp sets of 2,500-5,000 copies. mosaic's sets are primarily sold and distributed directly to customers, initially promoted through leading jazz publications, then mail order catalog, and now the internet. the first three years of releases did not sell particularly well. in 1986, cuscuna reached out to a record-producing acquaintance, fred seibert, for help. with partner alan goodman their company, fred/alan inc. in new york, devised a catalog and strategy that immediately increased sales almost tenfold and put the company on a solid footing for the first time. mr. goodman continues to write the copy for all new release sales. over 200 sets have now been issued by the company (though most sets' leases have now expired). since 1998, capitol records has owned 50% of mosaic, and is part of the blue note label group.
mosaic records is an american jazz record company and label established in 1982 by michael cuscuna and charlie lourie. it produces limited-edition box sets that are available only by mail. the sets are leased from the major record companies, usually for a three - or five-year period, with the edition limited to a specific number of copies typically 5,000. sometimes the complete catalog of a label would appear: the complete masters of milt gabler's commodore records were contained in three sets consisting of some 66 lps. in 2003, the company initiated the select series of smaller sets, not necessarily " complete " in the usual sense. in 2006, the company began a third line, mosaic singles, a series dedicated to reissuing individual albums on cd that have not previously been available in us editions, or at all. in 2009, mosaic returned to the vinyl format with the hq vinyl series and began issuing three and four lp sets of 2,500-5,000 copies. mosaic's sets are primarily sold and distributed directly to customers, initially promoted through leading jazz publications, then mail order catalog, and now the internet. the first three years of releases did not sell particularly well. in 1986, cuscuna reached out to a record-producing acquaintance, fred seibert, for help. with partner alan goodman their company, fred/alan inc. in new york, devised a catalog and strategy that immediately increased sales almost tenfold and put the company on a solid footing for the first time. mr. goodman continues to write the copy for all new release sales. over 200 sets have now been issued by the company (though most sets' leases have now expired). since 1998, capitol records has owned 50% of mosaic, and is part of the blue note label group.