Which Mosaic Are You Enjoying Right Now?

[ghost of miles]

The Shorty Rogers--found an extremely reasonably-priced copy in excellent condition. Happy to finally have this!

[alankin]

Woody Herman – The Complete Columbia Recordings - CD 2b [Sep 1945] [(G) on Woody Herman and His Orchestra & Woodchoppers (1945-47) box set] (Mosaic Records – Columbia)

— Personnel: Sonny Berman, Conte Candoli, Pete Candoli, Irv Lewis, Ray Linn (tp), Neal Hefti (tp, arr), Bill Harris (tb, arr), Ralph Pfeffner, Ed Kiefer (tb); Woody Herman (cl,as,vcl), Sam Marowitz, John LaPorta (as), Flip Phillips, Pete Mondello (ts), Skippy DeSair (bari); Red Norvo (vib), Tony Aless (p), Billy Bauer (g), Chubby Jackson (b), Buddy Rich (d); Frances Wayne (vcl); Ralph Burns (arr).
— With "Gee It's Good To Hold You" and "Your Father's Mustache" plus two previously unissued alternate take of the latter.

[alankin]

Henry Threadgill & Make A Move – Where's Your Cup? [(K) on The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings box] (Columbia—Mosaic)
— Henry Threadgill - alto saxophone, flute; Brandon Ross - electric guitar, classical guitar; Tony Cedras - accordion, harmonium; Stomu Takeishi - 5-string fretless bass; J.T. Lewis - drums

 
 

[BFrank]

On 4/7/2017 at 7:23 AM, alankin said:

Henry Threadgill & Make A Move – Where's Your Cup? [(K) on The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings box] (Columbia—Mosaic)
— Henry Threadgill - alto saxophone, flute; Brandon Ross - electric guitar, classical guitar; Tony Cedras - accordion, harmonium; Stomu Takeishi - 5-string fretless bass; J.T. Lewis - drums

 
 

I definitely need to spend more time with that set!

[ghost of miles]

[B. Goren.]

This morning, CDs 1-4.

[Bluesnik]

[sidewinder]

Earl Hines, CD 1. Good stuff !

[mr jazz]

8 hours ago, sidewinder said:

Earl Hines, CD 1. Good stuff !

I've been on the fence about that set-might have to pull the trigger.

[Larry Kart]

What Mosaic am I NOT enjoying? "Ruby Braff -- Hi-fi Salute to Bunny"

This is what I posted on Mosaic's site:

Disappointing then, more disappointing now

Bought this on RCA when it first came out in 1957 and felt that it was a surprisingly lifeless date, given the eminence of the young Braff and the quality, on paper at least, of the rest of the band [Peewee Russell, Benny Morton, Dick Hafer, Nat Pierce, Steve Jordan, Walter Page, Buzzy Drootin]. I attributed this lifelessness in part to the rather claustrophobic sound -- there seemed to have been virtually no resonance to the studio where it was recorded, and enough resonance is crucial to capturing Braff's fat sound -- and bought the Mosaic assuming/hoping that careful remastering would bring improvement. If anything, sound quality is worse than on my old LP; still just as airless -- was the album remastered at all? -- and Nat Pierce's piano even breaks up on several tracks. Wish I could return this one, don't think I'll ever listen to again. [Further thoughts] Whoever wrote the charts for this date (Pierce?)  should be horsewhipped. Voicing Peewee in unison with three other horns is asking for big trouble. Instead, just leave him free to swirl about the rest of the ensemble as he sees fit; his instincts in such a setup are almost always right on the money. In any case, Peewee sounds very dispirited here. And to think that just a year before Ruby made that great album "Braff!" (Epic). FWIW, I think Fred Reynolds was the producer here. Horsewhip him, too, damn it.

 

[JSngry]

1 hour ago, Larry Kart said:

Whoever wrote the charts for this date (Pierce?)  should be horsewhipped.

 

Looks like there's a camp or something for that now. Guess they didn't have it then?

[Ted O'Reilly]

1 hour ago, JSngry said:

Looks like there's a camp or something for that now. Guess they didn't have it then?

That's gonna be some bitter wine, with the tears and terror added to the terroir...

[BFrank]

Larry Young - disk #4

[ghost of miles]

Newly-arrived Mosaic order for the WFIU jazz library:

[Bill Nelson]

But first -- the station's Business Mgr. will send someone with a fat black magic marker to write 'WFIU' across the faces on the front covers. 

[ghost of miles]

1 hour ago, Bill Nelson said:

But first -- the station's Business Mgr. will send someone with a fat black magic marker to write 'WFIU' across the faces on the front covers. 

I've barricaded the door--they won't be able to get in.  Please send provisions. 

[sidewinder]

14 hours ago, ghost of miles said:

Newly-arrived Mosaic order for the WFIU jazz library:

No Louis Newport LP set then? 

[ghost of miles]

Had to draw the line somewhere! Listening to one of my own sets at home right now:

[BFrank]

Anyone know why the audio clips on the website don't work? Whenever I click on one, it tries to download an "asx" file.

[kinuta]

Disc 12

Disc 1

[alankin]

Hank Mobley – Curtain Call (BN (J) 61006) [(G) from The Complete Blue Note Fifties Sessions] (Blue Note – Mosaic)
— With Kenny Dorham, Sonny Clark, Jimmy Rowser, Art Taylor; first release was in 1984 in Japan.

 

[sidewinder]

 

As an antidote to the 'other thread' - CD1. Still sounds good to me !

[ghost of miles]

Preparing to pull out the Ahmad Jamal for another tour.

[gmonahan]

Disc VI

[mikeweil]

Listening to the Joe Pass set on Spotify to make a decision ....