Mosaic on the news, sort of

[Stompin at the Savoy]

I was watching PBS Newshour tonight and there was a piece on football player, actor, and activist Jim Brown, who died.  Kevin Blackistone was interviewed about Brown's legacy and as he was speaking I noticed some books about jazz on the bookshelf behind him.  Each time they cut back to him I would check out his shelves and there I spotted - Mosaic sets!

 

[Rooster_Ties]

Looks like four (4) sets to me — but can we identify any of them??!! 

[Stompin at the Savoy]

And he's not even an old white man!

[JSngry]

6 minutes ago, Stompin at the Savoy said:

And he's not even an old white man!

That's why he only has four! 

[Mark Stryker]

I just gave him a shout out on Twitter, asking if he might weigh in to tell us what Mosaic titles those are. Of the books, I see Gary Giddins' Visions of Jazz, George Wein's autobiography, a couple of Penguin guides, etc

[JSngry]

Kevin wrote for the Dallas Morning News for quite a while. He does good work. It doesn't at all surprise me that he has at least some affinity for the music and culture of jazz. 

[Mark Stryker]

12 minutes ago, JSngry said:

Kevin wrote for the Dallas Morning News for quite a while. He does good work. It doesn't at all surprise me that he has at least some affinity for the music and culture of jazz. 

Makes sense. I know the writing but not the man, though I did cross paths with him once for a minute in the Dallas Morning News newsroom in 1999 and was able to tell him I like his work.  

[Dub Modal]

The light is hitting the silver type on those sets just right so it's incredibly difficult to tell what they are. Damn Mosaic design! 😄

 

[Dmitry]

1 hour ago, Stompin at the Savoy said:

And he's not even an old white man!

As a rapidly approaching retirement white man I bet these are just the boxes and booklets. The cds are stored elsewhere.
If these were LP sets, they’d be kept with the rest of the records.

 

[JSngry]

I keep my CDs in the boxes, just like I keep all my food on the same plate, at the same table. 

[Eric]

4 hours ago, Mark Stryker said:

 a couple of Penguin guides, etc

I just became a Cleveland Browns fan 🥲

[JSngry]

22 minutes ago, Eric said:

I just became a Cleveland Browns fan 🥲

Meet Frank Ryan!!!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Ryan_(American_football)

[Eric]

18 minutes ago, JSngry said:

Meet Frank Ryan!!!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Ryan_(American_football)

Err ... wow that academic/post-NFL career is pretty impressive!

[JSngry]

Ryan had a big reputation as an "egghead" while he was a player. But then after playing, yeah, wow!

Another Brown - Paul Warfield. Maybe more famous as a Dolphin, but definitely a badass as a Brown as well.

Those late 60s Browns teams were the mortal enemies of the Cowboys in the playoffs. When the curse was finally broken, it was a big deal! 

[JSngry]

Might as well throw Charlie Jonson out there: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charley_Johnson

[gmonahan]

I'm pretty sure that the third one from left is "The Complete Blue Note Sam Rivers Sessions," but I can't make out the others.