Oscar Peterson box - the Complete Songbooks 1951-1955

[tranemonk]

Does anybody know anything about this??? Is this a legit release???? :huh:

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/jazz/detail/-/hnum...&rsk=offers

[Swinging Swede]

It was the subject of this thread:

oscar peterson songbook, new 6 cd boxset

I then recommended getting the Avid set instead for the reasons given...

[Swinging Swede]

I should also add that since then the Oscar Peterson Mosaic has come out, which covers some of the Clef "songbook" material, but far from all of it, unfortunately.

[J.A.W.]

I should also add that since then the Oscar Peterson Mosaic has come out, which covers some of the Clef "songbook" material, but far from all of it, unfortunately.

The Peterson Mosaic set includes these Songbook albums with his piano-guitar-bass trio:

Clef MGC 603 Oscar Peterson Plays Cole Porter

Clef MGC 604 Oscar Peterson Plays Irving Berlin

Clef MGC 605 Oscar Peterson Plays George Gershwin

Clef MGC 606 Oscar Peterson Plays Duke Ellington

Clef MGC 623 Oscar Peterson Plays Jerome Kern

Clef MGC 624 Oscar Peterson Plays Richard Rodgers

Clef MGC 625 Oscar Peterson Plays Vincent Youmans

[tranemonk]

cool... thanks.. verifies that I shouldn't waste my money....

[Swinging Swede]

I should also add that since then the Oscar Peterson Mosaic has come out, which covers some of the Clef "songbook" material, but far from all of it, unfortunately.

The Peterson Mosaic set includes these Songbook albums with his piano-guitar-bass trio:

Clef MGC 603 Oscar Peterson Plays Cole Porter

Clef MGC 604 Oscar Peterson Plays Irving Berlin

Clef MGC 605 Oscar Peterson Plays George Gershwin

Clef MGC 606 Oscar Peterson Plays Duke Ellington

Clef MGC 623 Oscar Peterson Plays Jerome Kern

Clef MGC 624 Oscar Peterson Plays Richard Rodgers

Clef MGC 625 Oscar Peterson Plays Vincent Youmans

Not so. The last three on your list are incomplete on the Mosaic since they include later material with Herb Ellis replacing Barney Kessel. It's a pity Mosaic didn't include the remaining 1953 sessions. We are talking about 9 tracks of which 5 are previously unissued, which very well could have fitted on the 7 CDs. It would have completed those three albums. The Irving Ashby tracks were included after all. Can we hope for a second Mosaic down the road? There are some more unissued and rare tracks with Ellis.

[J.A.W.]

I should also add that since then the Oscar Peterson Mosaic has come out, which covers some of the Clef "songbook" material, but far from all of it, unfortunately.

The Peterson Mosaic set includes these Songbook albums with his piano-guitar-bass trio:

Clef MGC 603 Oscar Peterson Plays Cole Porter

Clef MGC 604 Oscar Peterson Plays Irving Berlin

Clef MGC 605 Oscar Peterson Plays George Gershwin

Clef MGC 606 Oscar Peterson Plays Duke Ellington

Clef MGC 623 Oscar Peterson Plays Jerome Kern

Clef MGC 624 Oscar Peterson Plays Richard Rodgers

Clef MGC 625 Oscar Peterson Plays Vincent Youmans

Not so. The last three on your list are incomplete on the Mosaic since they include later material with Herb Ellis replacing Barney Kessel. It's a pity Mosaic didn't include the remaining 1953 sessions. We are talking about 9 tracks of which 5 are previously unissued, which very well could have fitted on the 7 CDs. It would have completed those three albums. The Irving Ashby tracks were included after all. Can we hope for a second Mosaic down the road? There are some more unissued and rare tracks with Ellis.

I didn't say they included the complete albums. I posted a link to the Mosaic discography, so anyone who's interested can check what's included.

Edited January 7, 2009 by J.A.W.

[tranemonk]

Now what about this one...???? :unsure:

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/jazz/detail/-/hnum...&rsk=offers

[king ubu]

Now what about this one...???? :unsure:

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/jazz/detail/-/hnum...&rsk=offers

... was discussed in another thread as well, but don't ask me to find it, please!

I think it's a compilation of most early live recordings by Miles, as you can see from the listing there, the first few discs are actually by Charlie Parker (looks like the Savoy material, which is available on legit releses), the Paris set on disc 3 should be the Columbia Dameron/Davis album (with James Moody, Barney Spieler, Kenny Clarke, I think), then the Birdland stuff (some of it on a Blue Note CD, much of it earlier on Charly boots and various other shady releases I assume), and finally you get the Newport 1955 set (one track only on the Deluxe edition of "Round About Midnight", the rest again of boots), as well as two stray 1955 tracks by the quintet (I think those two are now on the Concord 4CD set of Miles' Quintet's Prestige recordings). I'm not sure of any of this, but go double-check yourself here: www.plosin.com/milesahead

[tranemonk]

thanks.... I did find the previous threads...

Now what about this one...???? :unsure:

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/jazz/detail/-/hnum...&rsk=offers

... was discussed in another thread as well, but don't ask me to find it, please!

I think it's a compilation of most early live recordings by Miles, as you can see from the listing there, the first few discs are actually by Charlie Parker (looks like the Savoy material, which is available on legit releses), the Paris set on disc 3 should be the Columbia Dameron/Davis album (with James Moody, Barney Spieler, Kenny Clarke, I think), then the Birdland stuff (some of it on a Blue Note CD, much of it earlier on Charly boots and various other shady releases I assume), and finally you get the Newport 1955 set (one track only on the Deluxe edition of "Round About Midnight", the rest again of boots), as well as two stray 1955 tracks by the quintet (I think those two are now on the Concord 4CD set of Miles' Quintet's Prestige recordings). I'm not sure of any of this, but go double-check yourself here: www.plosin.com/milesahead