Which Mosaic Are You Enjoying Right Now?

[sidewinder]

Yep - ‘Picadilly Lilly’ is the biz. Great set and strong playing all round !

Edited April 12, 2018 by sidewinder

[sidewinder]

Test pressing set. Sound is phenomenal - blows the CD version away (great though that is).

Followed by..

[ghost of miles]

[sidewinder]

Dinah Washington Roulette, CD3

Edited April 19, 2018 by sidewinder

[Ron S]

Discs 1 and 2:

[John Tapscott]

[Misterioso]

Braxton Arista Recordings, continued. Even more enjoyable after I understood how to find the tracks in the accompanying notes (which are of great value to me).

[paul secor]

Classic Capitol Jazz Sessions - CDs 3 & 4

[Misterioso]

[Misterioso]

[Tom 1960]

Disc 1 and 2

Edited May 10, 2018 by Tom 1960

[Clunky]

6 hours ago, Tom 1960 said:

Disc 1 and 2

I've had the LP edition for about 5 years and barely played it. Whenever I try to play just about any Kenton I quickly thing other music I'd rather hear! Only picked this up as it was ultra cheap. Perhaps I should give it a try.

[Tom 1960]

15 hours ago, Clunky said:

I've had the LP edition for about 5 years and barely played it. Whenever I try to play just about any Kenton I quickly thing other music I'd rather hear! Only picked this up as it was ultra cheap. Perhaps I should give it a try.

Call me crazy, but I think there is some real good music here.

[Quasimado]

3 hours ago, Tom 1960 said:

Call me crazy, but I think there is some real good music here.

Great writing and playing showcasing Konitz, Schildkraut, Bill Perkins etc. at their best. Stan Levy is on drums.    Q

[sidewinder]

Disks 3 & 4, ‘Polycurrents’ and ‘Genesis’. A perpetual favourite set.

6 hours ago, Quasimado said:

Great writing and playing showcasing Konitz, Schildkraut, Bill Perkins etc. at their best. Stan Levy is on drums.    Q

I like this set too - time to dig it out.

Edited May 12, 2018 by sidewinder

[Clunky]

1 hour ago, sidewinder said:

Disks 3 & 4, ‘Polycurrents’ and ‘Genesis’. A perpetual favourite set.

I like this set too - time to dig it out.

Ok I get it. The Kenton is on the to-be-played pile. 

Regarding the Elvin Jones my admiration for this set only grows. There’s quite a bit of depth to it. Mastering could be a tad bolder but it’s more than good enough.

[sidewinder]

Have dug the Kenton/Holman/Russo LP set for a spin as well, along with the Larry Young LP box.

Pretty happy withe the mastering on the Elvin set. The combination of my cured ear infection and fairly recent upgrading of CD interconnect (big effect) has brought to light a major increase in perception of detail in the recordings, not to mention dynamics. In fact, I am hearing these recordings in a new light.

Some of the later sessions on the Elvin Mosaic are a tad warm and bright. Of their time plus the Sonny Lester effect, I guess.

Edited May 12, 2018 by sidewinder

[sidewinder]

LP1 onwards..

[Tom 1960]

Disc 3 and 4. Fabulous set, IMO.

[Berthold]

Clifford Brown: The Blue Note & Pacific Sessions 1

 

 

[JohnS]

CD 1

[paul secor]

2 minutes ago, JohnS said:

CD 1

Good set!

[Bluesnik]

I picked it up as it was going OOP at Mosaic, together with the Teddy Wilson, and I don't regret having taken the plunge.

[BFrank]

Threadgill - disks 7&8

A LOT of gems in this set!

[ghost of miles]

Inspired by Scott Wenzel’s anecdote in the Mosaic Gazette to revisit this one for the first time in quite awhile: