If you could only have one Mosaic box...

[bogdan101]

This might have been done before, but here it goes;

Which one would it be? Of course you can change your mind later, so feel free to update your choice. For me right now it's the complete Blue Note Bechet box:

Some of the most compelling music I ever heard.

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[Clunky]

Herbie Nichols ----my first and best

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[erwbol]

I have only a couple of Mosaic releases, but:

The Complete Blue Note Andrew Hill Sessions (1963-1966)

&

Mosaic Select 13 Don Pullen

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Well, I'd like to say

The complete Lionel Hampton Decca sessions

but since that wasn't and won't be issued, I'll say

The complete Lionel Hampton Victor sessions - some of the most joyful music I've ever heard.

(But I'd still prefer the Decca stuff, because it's more commercial.)

MG

[Rooster_Ties]

I can only narrow it down to One big box, and one Select...

Andrew Hill complete BN 1963-66, and...

Andrew Hill, the BN Select

What else did you expect? ;-)

[John Tapscott]

As I take a big breath and kick myself for all that I'd be leaving behind:

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[Head Man]

Herbie Nichols ----my first and best

Yep.....same for me.

[paul secor]

Off the top of my head, The Complete H.R.S. Sessions. Much of it is unavailable anywhere else, and the sound quality of what is available isn't the best.

[felser]

My selection is based on the consideration of what is available elsewhere. I'll choose the Elvin Jones box. And, among the Selects, I'll take the small group Charles Tolliver. On pure musical terms, the Blakey, Larry Young, and J-Mac boxes would be key for me, but that's almost all available elsewhere, so I didn't hold onto those.

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[Larry Kart]

Herbie Nichols set would be a strong contender, for the music of course and also for Roswell Rudd's epic liner notes.

Konitz-Tristano-Marsh set. I like those liner notes, too.

The Cecil Taylor set.

Something of a guilty pleasure, the Shorty Rogers set.

[Face of the Bass]

Honestly, I think it would be the Mingus box released last year. I have others that I love but to me that's the most essential one they've ever done.

[GA Russell]

The Desmond with Jim Hall.

[B. Goren.]

One of these:

[jlhoots]

Jackie McLean

[brownie]

Another vote for

I have the original LP box but also purchased the BN CD release just to make sure the Mosaic set does not suffer from mishandling!

[sidewinder]

Larry Young vinyl !

[David Ayers]

Maybe just as a thing, Plugged Nickel.

[jazzbo]

Only one? I recoil from the thought.

So many I would not want to be without. The Parker. . . can't get that elsewhere. And I really cherish the Hodes, hard to get that material elsewhere as well.

[Deepak]

It would probably have to be Miles Davis Complete 1965-1968 Sessions on vinyl. My favorite period for Miles.

[jeffcrom]

This thread is cruel. I don't think I can answer the question, really, although the first set the came to mind was the Atlantic New Orleans.

[John L]

I would give the T-Bone Walker some thought. I couldn't live without that music in some form or another.

[Chuck Nessa]

At this point in my life with thousands of sides in various media, I chose the Ellington 1932-40 set because this music was my way into the jazz world, along with the ancient Columbia lps of early Armstrong.

[colinmce]

I had more than a dozen big boxes and 25 or so Selects. I had to sell them all due to financial problems so I'm living this thread!

The one Select I did keep was the Carter-Bradford. I really miss the Randy Weston and would like that back most of all.

If I could get one of the big boxes back, it'd be the Tal Farlow.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

I would give the T-Bone Walker some thought. I couldn't live without that music in some form or another.

But the Capitol/B&W sides can be got, and so can the Imperials. Though I agree 100%. I haven't got the Mosaic. Am I missing anything?

MG

[John L]

I would give the T-Bone Walker some thought. I couldn't live without that music in some form or another.

But the Capitol/B&W sides can be got, and so can the Imperials. Though I agree 100%. I haven't got the Mosaic. Am I missing anything?

MG

No. The Mosaic is exactly the complete Capital/B&W and the Imperials. A lot of that was not available at the time that the Mosaic set was released. That is the case for quite a lot of classic Mosaic sets - they made available great music that only later became readily available elsewhere. I had never even heard of Tina Brooks when the Mosaic came along and blew my mind. Now, many people who have all the Blue Note CDs are not even aware that there was a Tina Brooks set.