Classic Vanguard Small Group Swing Sessions Limited Edition Box Set (#280 – 7 CDs)

[romualdo]

6 hours ago, JSngry said:

Who are the tenor players in this set, and how often are they in there?

Buddy Tate (28 tracks) has the lion's share followed by Sam Margolis (8 tracks ts & cl), Lucky Thompson (6 tracks), Coleman Hawkins (5 tracks), Frank Wess (4 tracks ts & fl), Frank Foster (4 tracks with Frank Wess)

also on alto we have

Earle Warren (12 tracks including 5 with Coleman Hawkins), Pete Brown (4 tracks), Ben Richardosn as/cl (7 tracks), Rudy Powell, as/cl (10 tracks)

BTW, the SQ is stunning - only listened to disc 1 so far & the opening bars of the first track just blew me away for audio quality

[JSngry]

Thanks!

[Kevin Bresnahan]

I wish I were more of a vocal fan. I might pick this up for the instrumentals but I'm just not a fan of vocal Jazz so a lot of this box won't get onto my player very often.

[jazzbo]

I really enjoy the only vocals here, by Jimmy Rushing and Joe Williams. 

Seems the set is on back order for a few weeks, selling well I guess. I'm happy to see Mosaic in such a healthy stance the last two years.

[romualdo]

1 hour ago, Kevin Bresnahan said:

I wish I were more of a vocal fan. I might pick this up for the instrumentals but I'm just not a fan of vocal Jazz so a lot of this box won't get onto my player very often.

23 of the 85 tracks are Jimmy Rushing vocals whilst Joe Williams sings on 3 tracks

[JSngry]

Jimmy Rushing is fundamental.

[Kevin Bresnahan]

I understand that Jimmy Rushing is an important figure in Jazz history but I just don't dig his singing. There are a lot of important singers and historic vocal recordings that I don't enjoy as much as instrumental Jazz. It doesn't mean they're bad, it just means that I don't think I'd ever find the time to play them.

The last Mosaic I bought with all vocals was the Charles Brown set. I don't think I ever played all of those CDs... & it's not like I don't have a few thousand other CDs to spin at any given moment. Only so much time in the day.

[king ubu]

Earle Warren is pretty great here! Quite rough, with an r&b'ish delivery.

[Dan Gould]

FWIW Earle Warren is all over the Schaap archive at Vandy:

 

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[Big Al]

Got my set and am enjoying it even more than I thought I would! Great stuff and I'm eager for the next volume!