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Back around 1995 I was just getting into Mosaic sets.  I had bought the big Andrew Hill set and one or two others.  I called up Mosaic to order the Serge Chaloff cd set but was told it was sold out.  So I ordered the Lee Morgan 50's set instead.  The other day I came across the Serge Chaloff set for about what it would have cost new and purchased it.  It arrived today and I am on the second disk.  Really enjoying it! 35922803684.jpg

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12 hours ago, Stompin at the Savoy said:

I reluctantly settled for cd quality downloads of the Coleman Hawkins set from Presto.  I checked it out a bit on spotify and got tired of those ads.  Enjoying the set.  It covers so much time and development in the music.  1200x1200bf-60.jpg

I have a partial of that set, 2 of the CDs I think. Just that little bit made me regret not buying the box while it was in stock/print. Now prices are a bit prohibitive, so the download sounds like a great option 

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42 minutes ago, Dub Modal said:

I have a partial of that set, 2 of the CDs I think. Just that little bit made me regret not buying the box while it was in stock/print. Now prices are a bit prohibitive, so the download sounds like a great option 

Presto has the set in four pieces, each of which corresponds exactly to two disks from the original set.  $26 each for cd quality and I think $20 for mp3.  (Always better to get the cd quality imo). Depending on which cds you already have you might be able to get the rest of the set by buying three downloads.  The discography is here: http://web.archive.org/web/20120303081131/http://www.mosaicrecords.com/discography.asp?number=251-MD-CD&price=$136.00&copies=8 CDs

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22 minutes ago, Stompin at the Savoy said:

Presto has the set in four pieces, each of which corresponds exactly to two disks from the original set.  $26 each for cd quality and I think $20 for mp3.  (Always better to get the cd quality imo). Depending on which cds you already have you might be able to get the rest of the set by buying three downloads.  The discography is here: http://web.archive.org/web/20120303081131/http://www.mosaicrecords.com/discography.asp?number=251-MD-CD&price=$136.00&copies=8 CDs

Great, thanks!

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Held off on buying this for a long time because I worried it would be too much (too early, too tinny sounding, more dance music than substance), but I've really been enjoying big band and decided to pull the trigger on a good Ebay price. It's really outstanding, and now I'm just coasting around Duke's entire library - the band was great at all stages! I love how my jazz palette has expanded over the years, starting with an old Art of Pepper CD my parents bought me in HS to bebop, hard bop and then backward to Louis and traditional and swing. I remember scrolling XM years ago and passing through the 40s station as a novelty - now it's primarily what I listen to in the car, lol! Ain't life grand? I look forward to continuing the journey.

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On 5/17/2024 at 12:42 PM, Bob_Bobson said:

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Held off on buying this for a long time because I worried it would be too much (too early, too tinny sounding, more dance music than substance), but I've really been enjoying big band and decided to pull the trigger on a good Ebay price. It's really outstanding, and now I'm just coasting around Duke's entire library - the band was great at all stages! I love how my jazz palette has expanded over the years, starting with an old Art of Pepper CD my parents bought me in HS to bebop, hard bop and then backward to Louis and traditional and swing. I remember scrolling XM years ago and passing through the 40s station as a novelty - now it's primarily what I listen to in the car, lol! Ain't life grand? I look forward to continuing the journey.

Great post.

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11 hours ago, T.D. said:

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Following it up with one of my Mosaics whose price has cratered in the secondary market.

I was just looking at the prices on that. Just £50 over here, how do you rate it? It's more of a space rather than cost issue

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2 hours ago, mjazzg said:

I was just looking at the prices on that. Just £50 over here, how do you rate it? It's more of a space rather than cost issue

The music and playing are very good. Stylistically, many of the arrangements (IMO) remind me of Gigi Gryce.

Main thing is (and it's my opinion of many J J releases), it's overall on the "restrained" side of hard bop, almost like West Coast Jazz (which I like) sound in many places, not a lot of burners or hard-swinging pieces. Nothing against Bobby Jaspar (who's on almost all of the sessions) or Tommy Flanagan (who's on the majority), they're in excellent form.

I listened to the first 4 (of 7) discs last night, which have mostly Elvin, sometimes Max on drums. The last 3 discs add Nat Adderley on most sessions and substitute mostly Cedar Walton on piano (sometimes Victor Feldman), drummer mostly Tootie Heath. Discs 5-7 are more assertive in places.

Overall it's a really nice set, subject to the "restrained" proviso.

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42 minutes ago, T.D. said:

The music and playing are very good. Stylistically, many of the arrangements (IMO) are similar in style to Gigi Gryce.

Main thing is (and it's my opinion of many J J releases), it's overall on the "restrained" side of hard bop, almost like West Coast Jazz (which I like) sound in many places, not a lot of burners or hard-swinging pieces. Nothing against Bobby Jaspar (who's on almost all of the sessions) or Tommy Flanagan (who's on the majority), they're in excellent form.

I listened to the first 4 (of 7) discs last night, which have mostly Elvin, sometimes Max on drums. The last 3 discs add Nat Adderley on most sessions and substitute mostly Cedar Walton on piano (sometimes Victor Feldman), drummer mostly Tootie Heath. Discs 5-7 are more assertive in places.

Overall it's a really nice set, subject to the "restrained" proviso.

Thanks for such an insightful response. 'Restrained" and "almost like" WCJ actually make it more attractive to me. I also didn't realise Jaspar is on it, I rate him.

I guess I should stream the albums and hear for myself but this has definitely nudged me into the "buy it" camp. Now, that shelf space...?

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