Which Mosaic Are You Enjoying Right Now?

[sidewinder]

Buddy Rich, CD1. Great stuff, some prime Ben Webster and Joe Newman on there. 

[TedR]

Johnny Hodges '55 - '61. Disc 6. This is so good. Val's Lament with Russ Freeman on piano may be my track of the week. 

[soulpope]

[T.D.]

MIngus, #253

[mikeweil]

 

Got a copy of the Oliver Nelson Mosaic box from an esteemed board member, and do not regret it, some fabulous big band writing. What bugged me a little in the past about his charts was his high levels of energy and brassiness, but if I listen in small doses, it's fine. 

[Uncle Skid]

MS-001 Mosaic Select: Grachan Moncur, Disc 3, "Hipnosis" session.

As has been discussed elsewhere on this board, this Select is as much a Jackie McLean set as it is Grachan Moncur.  

It's the first Select I purchased, and still one of my favorites.  Always hear something new every time I put it on.  Today, it's Billy Higgins' ride cymbal phrasing and comping (with the snares off) on "Hipnosis"... so good!!!

[king ubu]

the 1947 concerts right now ... seems to be music to fit the horrible times

[Sandman]

Discs 4-6 have a great variety of post-war jazz, with some Be-Bop (Moody is great), some McIntosh-written hard bop (November afternoon is perfect for this time of year), and lots of bossa nova jazz.

[sidewinder]

Don Cherry Blue Note, LP 1

[alankin]

Johnny Hodges and his Orchestra – SGS CD 4e [(Q,R) – Jun, 1 Aug 1938] – The Complete Duke Ellington 1936-1940 Variety, Vocalion and Okeh Small Group Sessions (Vocalion / Mosaic Records)
— With Cootie Williams, Lawrence Brown / Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney / Duke Ellington, Billy Taylor, Sonny Greer / Mary McHugh, Leon LaFell
— Titles include:  Pyramid, Empty Ballroom Blues, Jitterbug's Lullaby

 

Edited November 30, 2015 by alankin

[Bluesnik]

[ElginThompson]

Disc 2

 

 

[alankin]

The Complete Duke Ellington 1936-1940 Variety, Vocalion and Okeh Small Group Sessions (Vocalion / Mosaic)

Cootie Williams and His Rug Cutters – SGS CD 5a [(S) – Aug 1938]
— With Cootie Williams / Barney Bigard, Johnny Hodges, Otto Hardwick, Harry Carney / Duke Ellington, Billy Taylor, Sonny Greer / Scat Powell
— Titles include: Chasin' Chippies, Swing Pan Alley, Sharpy

[BFrank]

Threadgill - disk 8

[alankin]

Duke Ellington – CD 9c [(RR,SS,TT) – Aug-Sep 1938] – The Complete 1932-1940 Brunswick, Columbia & Master Recordings of Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra (Mosaic / Brunswick)
— With Rex Stewart, Wallace Jones, Cootie Williams / Joe Nanton, Lawence Brown, Juan Tizol / Barney Bigard, Johnny Hodges, Otto Hardwick, Harry Carney / DE, Fred Guy, Billy Taylor, Sonny Greer  /  Scat Powell (1 trk)
— Titles include: A Blues Serenade, Please Forgive Me, Prelude to A Kiss, Hip Chic, Boy Meets Horn (aka Twits And Twerps), Mighty Like the Blues

 

Edited December 21, 2015 by alankin

[hbbfam]

On 11/30/2015 at 11:59 AM, Bluesnik said:

I just found this at the local Indie (Zia) for $20.  Wow.  Great music. 

[B. Goren.]

CDS 1 & 2.

 

[Bluesnik]

I love the Mc Lean, Moncur, Hutcherson combination.

[JohnS]

Thad Jones; Complete Blue Note, UA and Roulette. Cd 1.

[BFrank]

12 hours ago, JohnS said:

Thad Jones; Complete Blue Note, UA and Roulette. Cd 1.

One of my favorite sets.

[JohnS]

8 hours ago, BFrank said:

One of my favorite sets.

Thad never disappoints.

Now moving on to disc 3.  Motor City Scene  is the least familiar to me - most of the other music here I have or had on vinyl.

Edited January 9, 2016 by JohnS

[B. Goren.]

This morning: CDs 3, 4 & 5.

 

[JohnS]

Blowing Country from this.

[kh1958]

Over the weekend, the LP set of the Clifford Brown and Max Roach Emarcy albums. Truly magnificent music.

[John Tapscott]