Don Byas Mosaic set available for pre-order

[sidewinder]

18 hours ago, porcy62 said:

Just got an email from FedEx: 50,41 Euros bill. The grand total of this set is more then 260 $! Last set I ever buy direct from Mosaic.

Sorry to hear that. Sounds like the Belgian TYQmusic or jazzmessengers might be the way to go for future sets.

[J.A.W.]

15 hours ago, miles65 said:

Miraculously my set arrived without VAT or import duties. 

You may be in for an unpleasant surprise: if the set was shipped by FedEx they will send you a VAT invoice separately, usually within one or two weeks of delivery. Note that only VAT (21% in the Netherlands) and a handling fee wiil be due, no import duties, CDs are exempt from import duties in the EU.

45 minutes ago, sidewinder said:

Sorry to hear that. Sounds like the Belgian TYQmusic or jazzmessengers might be the way to go for future sets.

TYQMusic's prices for Mosaic sets are usually lower than Jazz Messengers'.

[sidewinder]

7 hours ago, J.A.W. said:

You may be in for an unpleasant surprise: if the set was shipped by FedEx they will send you a VAT invoice separately, usually within one or two weeks of delivery. Note that only VAT (21% in the Netherlands) and a handling fee wiil be due, no import duties, CDs are exempt from import duties in the EU.

Well, I guess anyone in Europe (or indeed anywhere outside the US) who buys this set is going to be financially fleeced whichever option they choose. Such is life. The variable is whether you get the set this year or some (currently) indeterminate time next year.

Edited December 16, 2023 by sidewinder

[gmonahan]

Mine arrived Friday and I'm finally getting to listen to disc 1 now. Sound is *outstanding*! Really looking forward to exploring this set!

 

[medjuck]

Gotta admit that I started with disc 4-- the Timme recordings. They're great.  I'm presuming he used 33 1/3 recording discs.   Was the big breakthrough that Columbia made later the use of a micro-groove?  Obviously 33 1/3 had been used earlier (e.g the Ellington "stereo" recordings). 

[romualdo]

5 hours ago, medjuck said:

Gotta admit that I started with disc 4-- the Timme recordings. They're great.  I'm presuming he used 33 1/3 recording discs.   Was the big breakthrough that Columbia made later the use of a micro-groove?  Obviously 33 1/3 had been used earlier (e.g the Ellington "stereo" recordings). 

The Timme recordings (including the two Three Deuces live tracks) are indeed the "icing on the cake" in this set IMHO - the tracks are long (ranging from 5 to 18 mins) giving Don plenty of solo time. SQ is average to excellent but Don's tenor shines through - it's superb.

55 minutes of Monk over 6 long tracks

My only minor issue is, as with the Chu Berry set, only selected tracks (in many cases) from a session are included - some (not all) of the incomplete sessions would have been better served if all of the tracks were included even though Byas was not prominent/soloing.

Edited December 19, 2023 by romualdo

[ghost of miles]

Hey gang, just a quick note about several discrepancies between Mosaic’s labeling for sessions in the booklet and the jewel case/insert liner session labels. C24 Earl Bostic on pg 27 is labeled as A11 on the jewel case and in the larger booklet’s discography. There are then duplicate A12 session labels on pg 27-28. The first is correct, and the second should be A13, as listed on the jewel case and in the booklet discography.

Fortunately all of Loren’s notes seem to be there! I was just a bit confused when I went to read his comments on these sessions and thought I’d try to offer a little clarification. Man, what an amazing set thus far! 

 

[romualdo]

1 hour ago, ghost of miles said:

Hey gang, just a quick note about several discrepancies between Mosaic’s labeling for sessions in the booklet and the jewel case/insert liner session labels. C24 Earl Bostic on pg 27 is labeled as A11 on the jewel case and in the larger booklet’s discography. There are then duplicate A12 session labels on pg 27-28. The first is correct, and the second should be A13, as listed on the jewel case and in the booklet discography.

Fortunately all of Loren’s notes seem to be there! I was just a bit confused when I went to read his comments on these sessions and thought I’d try to offer a little clarification. Man, what an amazing set thus far! 

 

The other error I've detected is track #5 on disc 7

Sometimes I'm Happy (15/7/45, WNEW Radio Broadcast, Sunday Afternoon Swing Club, NYC - Hathaway, Ann vo acc by DB with Froeba, Frank & His Boys) - it's listed as being on the recent Storyville CD "Timme's Treasures" - it's certainly not on my copy. Actually some of the information on that CD is incorrect & has been revised for the Mosaic set.

[sidewinder]

Now in stock at Jazzmessengers.

[EKE BBB]

12 hours ago, sidewinder said:

Now in stock at Jazzmessengers.

€198,00 plus €5,22, that’s €203,22, shipped to Madrid. 
 

I still got a (slightly) better deal by ordering directly from Mosaic ($159 plus $40 shipping). Delivery is scheduled for today.

[Clunky]

On 12/15/2023 at 7:16 PM, miles65 said:

Miraculously my set arrived without VAT or import duties. 

I'm holding my breath. I wasn't charged duty either but I've known to receive these charges later. It's only ever happened when Mosaics have arrived by courier services. I noted that  the full value of the set was declared on mine unlike all previous Mosaic shipments over the past thirty years....

The music is superb and I'm only on Disc One. A real triumph of set by Mosaic.

[Fred]

19 hours ago, sidewinder said:

Now in stock at Jazzmessengers.

Just purchased. 208,41 euros shipped to Italy

Edited December 20, 2023 by Fred

[sidewinder]

8 minutes ago, Fred said:

Just purchased. 208,41 euros shipped to Italy

Result !

9 minutes ago, Clunky said:

I'm holding my breath. I wasn't charged duty either but I've known to receive these charges later. It's only ever happened when Mosaics have arrived by courier services. I noted that  the full value of the set was declared on mine unlike all previous Mosaic shipments over the past thirty years....

The music is superb and I'm only on Disc One. A real triumph of set by Mosaic.

I'm in the same boat.

Holding back on opening up the box until Xmas !

Edited December 20, 2023 by sidewinder

[medjuck]

On 12/14/2023 at 1:03 PM, Lazaro Vega said:

It came out in the gimambo Commodore Set from Mosaic.

Is it available in any digital form (including cd)? 

[Lazaro Vega]

I don't know. The lp boxes were donated to the radio station.

[medjuck]

I'm referring to jusst the Town Hall /concert. (One cut-- Slam Stewart and Byas playing Indiana is on the Commodore cd set that Universal issued a couple of decades ago.)

[JSngry]

Mosaic again, their multi-volume Complete Commodore undertaking. 

I think they did CD on those? 

[ghost of miles]

1 hour ago, JSngry said:

Mosaic again, their multi-volume Complete Commodore undertaking. 

I think they did CD on those? 

LP only for all three volumes iirc. Those sets are massive!

[miles65]

The 3 tracks Don Byas Slam Stewart are on the CD Giants of the tenor sax Ben Webster/Don Byas

Commodore CCD 7005. These recordings were stangely missing in my collection. I found a cheap copy at discogs. https://www.discogs.com/release/5977955-Ben-Webster-Don-Byas-Giants-Of-The-Tenor-Sax/image/SW1hZ2U6MTM4Njc3ODg=

[JSngry]

There ya' go!

[Д.Д.]

16 hours ago, EKE BBB said:

I still got a (slightly) better deal by ordering directly from Mosaic ($159 plus $40 shipping). Delivery is scheduled for today.

Did you find a way to avoid paying Spanish VAT? 

[medjuck]

Thanks.  I just ordered it.  I bought a bunch of the Commodore cds at reduced prices when I had an office on the Universal lot but unfortunately didn't buy this one.  (Though  I'm not sure  this  was part of that series. ) Also I think I did find I Got Rhythm on Spotify--  I'm not sure because Spotify gives so little information but it is Byas and Slam and there's applause at the end.

Edited December 21, 2023 by medjuck

[John L]

I Got Rhythm and Indiana were most recently reissued as bonus tracks on Don Byas at Nalen (Riverside).  The Nalen concert (1962) with Jan Johansson on piano is also quite nice.

 

 

 

[JSngry]

It's "Candy" that has been elusive to me for far too long. Not even the old Atlantic 2-fers had it. But maybe I just missed it? 

[EKE BBB]

8 hours ago, Д.Д. said:

Did you find a way to avoid paying Spanish VAT? 

I am afraid I was too optimistic. 😔

The package arrived yesterday, with a notice to pay VAT under a very odd procedure: the guy from FedEx left a bank current account number (without any bank account holder reference), written by hand on a piece of paper, so that I can make a bank transfer of €40-something to pay VAT. He also provided a phone number to send the bank transfer document via WhatsApp.

I wasn't at home when the parcel arrived, so I could not make any of the obvious questions. If I had not received the parcel with the set as well (still unopened from my side), I would have thought this was scam.

Edited December 21, 2023 by EKE BBB