Which Mosaic Are You Enjoying Right Now?

[king ubu]

Lionel Hampton (CD1)

[brownie]

Classic Chu Berry Box, discs 5 and 6

[king ubu]

Lionel Hampton (CD1)

Into CD3 by now and mightily impressed with Chu Berry's spots!

[JSngry]

Mulligan CJB.

[brownie]

Larry Young box, disc 2

[golfcrazy1984]

The Complete Blue Note Fifties Sessions of Lee Morgan Disk 4. MAN OH MAN!

I am kinda tempted to get the XRCD version of "Candy" just for comparison. But I am pleased with the sound quality on the Mosaic set.

[brownie]

Larry Young box, discs 5 and 6

[LAL]

Duke Ellington Small Groups - discs 3 & 4

~ always look forward to Mary McHugh's vocals...

[Leeway]

I've always really liked Horace Parlan. The vinyl sounds fine. LP 1:

[JSngry]

Hittin' that Gerald Wilson one more time, this time focusing on the drumming. Mel Lewis, no surprises there, and Frank Butler kicks a big band as well as he did a small group (well, this big band, anyway), but...can't say that the names Chuck Carter, Mel Lee, or Carl Lott are in any way familiar, but there they are, and they are doing quite well.

[alankin]

Classic Columbia Condon Mob - disc 1 - Bud Freeman & George Wettling sessions

[Clunky]

Larry Young box, discs 5 and 6

prompted by the Contrasts thread spun disc 5, forgotten how good this session is , I even enjoyed the vocal number which I recall detesting in the past.

[golfcrazy1984]

Tonight I am listening to:

The Complete Roulette Studio Recordings of Count Basie Disk 6, "9:20 Special". Beautiful band, and this set sounds great! I wonder if the original master tapes would sound better remastered today than when this set came out (1993-94)? I think they hit a home run. This is one of the sets that I wish Mosaic or someone, would bring back in print (I know Mosaics are limited) but this music needs to be heard, and the newer remasters aren't quite as good.

Just got the new Allison Krauss & Union Station recording and it's nice reflective music too, big thumbs up for sound quality, musicianship and songwriting.

Edited February 22, 2012 by Jazz Nut

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Lionel Hampton Victor sessions 1937-1941

Just started on disc 1.

I think this is my favourite Mosaic, notwithstanding John Patton, Amy, Blue, Stanley, Gerald, JCs etc.

MG

[miles65]

Just starting J.J Johnson J.J! J.J great as always love it so far.

[jeffcrom]

Sam River Complete Blue Note - the "Involution" session from disc 3

[JSngry]

The Duke Pearson Select.

I had most of this material already on LPs of varying condition, so it's good to hear it all clean.

I can also see how this material might not "grab" some people, but I find it endlessly fascinating in the minutiae, the little details of arrangement and production, particularly the Brazilian, material. Seems to me that Pearson was a bit ahead of the curve (and very, very sympathetic) to the second wave of Brazilian music that came to America.

Even the "MOR" stuff with the vocal choir...there's some details in there that separate it from the generic. the choir's overtones on "Clara" in particular. And his piano work in both solo and accompaniment...there's this...attention to the finer points, the details within the details that I really hear here.

Duke Pearson's status as "jazz giant" may be debatable, but not his status as an subtly yet unmistakably individual talent. I'm glad I picked up this set.

[Son-of-a-Weizen]

The Tristano/Konitz.

[JSngry]

Carmel Jones Select.

Really digging Clifford Scott's alto work on Business Meeting...that tone! Dig how he comes in on Cherokee, like an in-heat sanctified speaking-in-tongues be-bopper. Outstanding! Wish I could have been sitting in the studio to see what, if any, reaction Bud Shank had. I bet he grinned, at least inside. Hell, I laughed out loud myself, but they stop the take if you do stuff like that in the studio.

And more Gerald Wilson writing & Harold Land solos, a nice supplement to the Wilson Mosaic.

[StarThrower]

The Andrew Hill group sessions is the only one I've heard. I like it a lot, but don't own a copy. My library has one.

[alankin]

The Complete Vee Jay Paul Chambers-Wynton Kelly Sessions 1959-61 - discs 1 & 2 - Paul Chambers's "Go" and "1st Basssman"

[Shawn]

The Duke Pearson Select.

I had most of this material already on LPs of varying condition, so it's good to hear it all clean.

I can also see how this material might not "grab" some people, but I find it endlessly fascinating in the minutiae, the little details of arrangement and production, particularly the Brazilian, material. Seems to me that Pearson was a bit ahead of the curve (and very, very sympathetic) to the second wave of Brazilian music that came to America.

Even the "MOR" stuff with the vocal choir...there's some details in there that separate it from the generic. the choir's overtones on "Clara" in particular. And his piano work in both solo and accompaniment...there's this...attention to the finer points, the details within the details that I really hear here.

Duke Pearson's status as "jazz giant" may be debatable, but not his status as an subtly yet unmistakably individual talent. I'm glad I picked up this set.

I'm just glad I didn't drive you nuts talking about Pearson endlessly like I have...

[JSngry]

Oh, I've long dug Duke Pearson. He was a "cult hero" at school back in the day, once people began digging into Blue Note in earnest and figuring out who did what and how.

The ensemble sides with Turrnetine were like Arranging Bibles, I tell you.

[Clunky]

The Duke Pearson Select.

I had most of this material already on LPs of varying condition, so it's good to hear it all clean.

I can also see how this material might not "grab" some people, but I find it endlessly fascinating in the minutiae, the little details of arrangement and production, particularly the Brazilian, material. Seems to me that Pearson was a bit ahead of the curve (and very, very sympathetic) to the second wave of Brazilian music that came to America.

Even the "MOR" stuff with the vocal choir...there's some details in there that separate it from the generic. the choir's overtones on "Clara" in particular. And his piano work in both solo and accompaniment...there's this...attention to the finer points, the details within the details that I really hear here.

Duke Pearson's status as "jazz giant" may be debatable, but not his status as an subtly yet unmistakably individual talent. I'm glad I picked up this set.

I like this Select a lot which surprised me. It's richly varied covering really quite a wide stylistic base. Gets frequent play.

[JSngry]

finishing up on the Carmel Jones. I remember Chuck saying that the folk-song date was a stealth killer for Harold Land, and man, was he right. Outstanding!