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“While Mosaic never does wrong, this set is absolutely perfect. Three CDs of Andrew Hill, almost all of it previously unheard by the public. While these sessions probably sat in the vaults to lack of commercial viability at the time, they are every bit as good as Hill's contemporary Blue Note releases that have been released. Some of the lineups are chock full of heavy hitter sidemen- Sam Rivers, Lee Morgan, Woody Shaw, etc. Overall the set is a good indicator of the diversity of Hill's compositonal ideas in the late 60s. He is heard in large group settings, trio settings, and most amazingly working with a string quartet. I find the string quartet sessions to be the most remarkable on the set.” - Customer Review


Mosaic Select: Andrew Hill


"A remarkable burst of creativity over a two week span. Of course the Chet Baker reunion is marvelous. The Vinnie Burke strings are a great complement to Mulligan. I have to admit I was a bit worried about it. To be honest, while I love Gerry, I really bought this set for the Annie Ross session. Just fantastic! Her version of "I Feel Pretty" was worth the price for me. Transcendent.” - Customer Review


Mosaic Select: Gerry Mulligan


“ I've been purchasing Mosaic sets since the 90s and this is among my top five. Tyner's vision comes into focus on these sessions--powerful piano, extended modal songs, Eastern influences, and beautiful melodies. Remastering is top-notch as are the sidemen throughout.” - Customer Review


Mosaic Select: McCoy Tyner

Mosaic Singles
Neglected Gems
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“This is such a great session. It is still so surprising that this lineup of the Messengers is overlooked and underrated. This lineup deserves to be heralded as one of Blakey's best alongside the Golson/Morgan/Timmons/Merritt '58 and the Shorter/Hubbard/Fuller/Walton/Merritt or Workman '61-'64 lineups. And, of course, this set has all of Mosaic's usual exemplary production hallmarks.” - Customer Review


Art Blakey - Hard Bop


“ The mastering on this disc is fantastic. Excellent sonic clarity all around. That, combined with Lloyd's great sense of melody and forward-thinking songwriting make for a satifsying listening experience. Lloyd's cool and progressive style is a joy, and the interplay between all the band members is superb. Tony Williams was one of the funkiest jazz drummers around, too! Buy this and you will find yourself seeking out more Charles Lloyd. Not to be missed! ” - Customer Review


Charles Lloyd - Of Course, Of Course

Buddy Tate Birthday: February 22, 1913br/Most Valuable Player- From Basie To Swingin’ Jams

Name any genre of jazz, any regional scene, any stylistic pocket and you’ll find a few recognized giants and a whole lot of exceptionally talented road warriors who contributed mightily to the music without proper historic or financial due. Buddy Tate, a masterful, hard swinging Texas tenor saxophonist, who logged five decades on the international jazz stage is a perfect example. Nic Jones’s essay for the Jazz Institute Of Chicago touches on some of his contributions.

-Michael Cuscuna

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Buddy Tate: Born To Swing

This section of the documentary “Born To Swing” spotlights Buddy Tate, the man who took over Herschel Evans’s chair in the Basie band. If Evans begat Tate, Buddy begat Illinois Jacquet who begat Don Wilkerson and so the jazz legacy goes.

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Christian McBride: bass roots in Philly

An extended interview with bassist Christian McBride: his roots in Philadelphia, the hot house for so many jazz greats, and the musical cross pollination that produced a bassist who seems to be in so many places that count.

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Christian McBride , bass , jazz , music , Philadelphia

International Jazz Day 2013 Slated for April 30 in Turkey

Turkey will host The second annual International Jazz Day, as declared by UNESCO, in Istanbul on April 30. UNESCO good-will ambassador and Thelonious Monk Jazz Institute chair Herbie Hancock is spearheading the proceedings, which will honor Turkey’s role in jazz.

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Healthy Dose of B3: Jimmy Smith’s Hammond Organ Plus Three

This is a killer set by Hammond B3 genius Jimmy Smith from Leonberg, Germany in 1988, shot by one of the best of the German state-owned television operations, ZDF. The real treat with this edition of the Smith quartet is the presence and soulful playing of LA tenor saxophonist Herman Riley. a very overlooked talent.

-Michael Cuscuna

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Jimmy Smoth , organ , jazz , Herman Riley , saxophone

What was emyour/em  first jazz record?

This is a great series from Jerry Jazz Musician —  asking artists like Sheila Jordan, Phil Woods, David Fathead Newman etc. to comment on the first jazz record they ever bought.

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The Voice of Sigmund Freud: The Only Known Recording

We’re used to seeking out every known morsel of recorded work by Ellington, Basie and Lester Young from the late 1930s; yet 1938 was also notable for the only known recording of the voice of Sigmund Freud, captured by the BBC several months after his escape from Nazi-occupied Austria.  Listen this brief clip of another individual of unquestionable influence from this fertile cultural period.

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Brilliant Performance By Randy Weston

Wow, this is one hell of a performance from 2009 by Randy Weston on Columbia University’s Jazz Studies Online. He creates a portrait of his friend and mentor Thelonious Monk by weaving fragments of Monk’s compositions into a brilliant, flowing Randy Weston improvisation. This is quite spectacular.

-Michael Cuscuna

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Terri Lyne Carrington Listening to Drummers

Drummer Terri Lyne Carrington has covered a lot of territory, including stints with Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Clark Terry, television bands she has fronted and as a professor at Berklee. She shares a lot of insight into her art and profession in this Jazz Times listening session loaded with drummers.

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A rare Lucky Thompson sighting. This video from December 1959 at the Blue Note Club in Paris features the extraordinary tenor saxophonist and guitarist Jimmy Gourley with Bud Powell’s trio (with Pierre Michelot and Kenny Clarke).

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Woody Shaw (7 CDs)

“There’s a great trumpet player… He can play different from all of them." – Miles Davis


The Complete Muse Sessions (#255)
7 CD Limited Edition Collection

New Releases

Earl Hines (7 CDs)
Classic Earl Hines Sessions 1928-1945 (#254)

Listen To Clips

Play: G.T. Stomp
Play: A Monday Date

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Charles Mingus (7 CDs)
Charles Mingus - The Jazz Workshop Concerts 1964-65 (#253)

One Of Our Most Significant Releases Ever From One Of The Few, True Geniuses - Charles Mingus

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Clifford Brown &
Max Roach (4 LPs)
The Clifford Brown & Max Roach Emarcy Albums (4 LPs)(#3004)

"Brown’s solos, which marry the technical mastery of Dizzy Gillespie, the melodic flow and big sound of Fats Navarro, and a determined optimism all Brown’s own, became touchstones for a generation of young trumpeters; but Roach’s contributions are equally important and made a similar impact." - Bob Blumenthal, liner notes

Recent Releases

Coleman Hawkins

The man whose innovations elevated saxophone to its rightful place in jazz is finally getting the retrospective he deserves.

Classic Coleman Hawkins Sessions 1922-1947 (#251)


Jimmie Lunceford


The Complete Jimmie Lunceford Decca Sessions (#250)

Neglected Swing Giant Lunceford Gets His Ultimate Tribute.

Modern Jazz Quartet


Complete Atlantic Studio Recordings: The Modern Jazz Quartet 1956-1965 (#249)

That sound. One group conceived it. Defined it. Perfected it. The Modern Jazz Quartet was certainly one of the most distinctive voices in the history of jazz.

Jazz Icons (DVDs)



Jazz Icons 6 DVD Box Set: $99.98
Six Stunning Historically Significant Performances

Francis Wolff

Limited Edition Photographs


Selected images became the album cover shots for Blue Note's brilliant designer Reid Miles, and are instantly recognized by millions. Now, museum-quality prints in limited editions can be owned forever... But only by a few.

Each image will be made available for one month only. At the end of that month, only the images ordered will be printed and that will be the end of the Limited Edition. The Clifford Brown and the Dexter Gordon photographs have sold out and the next print in this series will be available in June.

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