| Toshiko Akiyoshi Mosaic Select: Toshiko Akiyoshi/Lew Tabackin (MS-033) With the formation of their 16-piece orchestra in 1973, Toshiko's image shifted from being a great bop-inspired pianist to being a composer-arranger of great invention. Her scores are varied and rich in tonal colors, often drawing on traditional Japanese music as well as jazz. The band, loaded with the cream of the LA scene and led by Lew, swings the hell out of her inventive, intricate arrangements. Their five studio albums (1974-77) form the great initial opus by this distinctive orchestra; they are Kogun, Long Yellow Road, Tales Of A Courtesan, Insights and March Of The Tadpoles - Limited Edition: 5000 Copies | 3 CDs - $44.00 | |
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| Curtis Amy Mosaic Select: Curtis Amy (MS-007) Curtis Amy had a beautiful sound and a style that was both muscular and lyrical. This set comprises six albums including Katanga which is regarded as his masterpiece. - Limited Edition: 5000 Copies | 3 CDs - $44.00 | |
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| Sidney Bechet Mosaic Select: Sidney Bechet (MS-022) Sidney Bechet’s exciting soprano sax work had the power of a ballistic missile. His legacy is brilliantly displayed here in this set of recordings from 1923 through 1947 for the Columbia family of labels. - Limited Edition: 5000 Copies | 3 CDs - $44.00 | |
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| Paul Chambers Mosaic Select: Paul Chambers (MS-005) This set is currently on backorder and is expected at the end of November.Paul Chambers was more than the greatest bassist of his generation; he was the premier team player with a pliant, robust sense of swing that took any group he played to another level. - Limited Edition: 5000 Copies | 3 CDs - $44.00 | |
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| Al Cohn Mosaic Select: Cohn, Newman & Green (MS-027) This set is currently on backorder and is expected in 2010. In the mid fifties, Al Cohn, Joe Newman and Freddie Green were ubiquitous at RCA Victor jazz sessions. In 1955, they made five superb small group swing albums together for RCA with the group size ranging from septet to nonet. - Limited Edition: 5000 Copies | 3 CDs - $44.00 | |
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| Bennie Green Mosaic Select: Bennie Green (MS-003) In the early fifties, Bennie found success as a bandleader, playing what he liked: a joyful mix of jump tunes, blues, ballads and standards with a Latin tinge. - Limited Edition: 5000 Copies | 3 CDs - $44.00 | |
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| John Handy Mosaic Select: John Handy Handy's playing, on alto sax in particular, is a wonder with a beautiful "legit" sound, perfect intonation and articulation, and an extraordinary control of the upper register which he uses quite often in building excitement and intensity in his solos. He utilizes all of these extraordinary attributes in frequent lengthy and compelling acappella solos. His unending flow of fresh ideas seemingly devoid of licks is another striking characteristic of his work - Limited Edition: Copies | 3 CDs - $44.00 | |
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| Woody Herman Mosaic Select: Woody Herman (MS-031) The Phillips recordings of Woody Herman, spanning the mid 1960s, are considered by many to be the greatest of all the Herman Herds with stellar soloists including Sal Nistico, Phil Wilson, Bill Chase and Jake Hanna. - Limited Edition: 5000 Copies | 3 CDs - $44.00 | |
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| Andrew Hill Mosaic Select: Andrew Hill (MS-016) This set is currently on backorder and is expected mid-late December.Only six of the 31 selections on this set have ever been out in any form. Their common denominator is Andrew's brilliant improvisations and unique compositions. - Limited Edition: 5000 Copies | 3 CDs - $44.00 | |
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| Andrew Hill Mosaic Select: Andrew Hill-Solo (MS-023) These 1978 solos from a particularly poignant period in Hill’s life insinuate themselves gradually into your psyche until you find yourself utterly taken with their beauty and power. - Limited Edition: 5000 Copies | 3 CDs - $44.00 | |
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| Bobby Hutcherson Mosaic Select: Bobby Hutcherson (MS-026) This set is currently on backorder and is expected in 2010. The '70s was a rough decade for pure jazz; funk and fusion had taken over the jazz market. The five albums in this collection, recorded between 1974 and 1977, were among the overlooked victims of that era. - Limited Edition: 5000 Copies | 3 CDs - $44.00 | |
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| Dave Liebman Mosaic Select: Dave Liebman & Richie Beirach (MS-012) Coming of age in the late ‘60s, saxophonist David Liebman and pianist Richie Beirach are virtuosos on their instruments. It has enabled them to take the lessons that they learned well from Miles and Trane and create exciting, often tumultuous jazz of the highest creative order. - Limited Edition: 5000 Copies | 3 CDs - $44.00 | |
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| Dave Liebman Mosaic Select: Pendulum (MS-032) The unique relationship that was cultivated between Dave Liebman and Richie Beirach beginning in 1969 was exceptional. The deep symbiosis between them grew over the decade that followed and by the time of this gig at the Vanguard, their creative partnership had become one of the great unions in post-bop jazz. - Limited Edition: Copies | 3 CDs - $44.00 | |
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| Onzy Matthews Mosaic Select: Onzy Matthews (MS-029) Onzy made two albums for Capitol, the first of which “Blues With A Touch Of Elegance” is considered by many to be a big band masterpiece. This set collects those albums plus 29 previously unissued Capitol tracks by Matthews. - Limited Edition: 5000 Copies | 3 CDs - $44.00 | |
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| Johnny Mercer Mosaic Select: Johnny Mercer (MS-028) In this Mosaic Select, we present 79 Capitol tracks from the label's birth in 1942 to 1947, which showcase the more jazz tinged efforts as well as some non-jazz items that are impeccably delivered by Mr. Mercer. - Limited Edition: 5000 Copies | 3 CDs - $44.00 | |
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| Gerry Mulligan Mosaic Select: Gerry Mulligan (MS-021) This set is currently on backorder and is expected in 2010. In December 1957, Pacific Jazz's Dick Bock came to New York for several weeks of a marathon recording schedule that included dates by Bob Brookmeyer and Chet Baker as well as four Gerry Mulligan sessions. - Limited Edition: 5000 Copies | 3 CDs - $44.00 | |
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| Dizzy Reece Mosaic Select: Dizzy Reece (MS-011) These Blue Note sessions are a high point in this underrated artist’s long career and showcase why this Jamaican born musician caught the attention of American artists like Miles Davis who became an early champion. - Limited Edition: 5000 Copies | 3 CDs - $44.00 | |
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| Charles Tolliver Mosaic Select: Charles Tolliver (MS-020) Since the trumpet is a punishing instrument to play, Tolliver was setting up quite a challenge being the only horn in a group driven by a powerful drummer. But he did it and the results are amazing to hear - Limited Edition: 5000 Copies | 3 CDs - $44.00 | |
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| McCoy Tyner Mosaic Select: McCoy Tyner (MS-025) This set is currently on backorder and is expected in 2010. Influenced by the beauty and intensity of Coltrane’s music and Eastern forms of music, McCoy Tyner fashioned a dense, lyrical sound. This set covers the last two years of McCoy Tyner's tenure with Blue Note - Limited Edition: 5000 Copies | 3 CDs - $44.00 | |
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| Various Mosaic Select: Boogie Woogie & Blues Piano (MS-030) When it comes to boogie woogie, Meade Lux Lewis, Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson and Jimmy Yancey are the innovative pantheon and some of their finest performances are represented here. Later interpreters like Freddie Slack, Kenny Kersey, Teddy Wilson, and Mary Lou Williams are also included. - Limited Edition: 5000 Copies | 3 CDs - $44.00 | |
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| Randy Weston Mosaic Select: Randy Weston (MS-004) The rhythmic drive of the Harlem stride masters, the rich chords and wide voicings of Ellington, the spare, jabbing right hand of Count Basie and melodic and rhythmic forms from Africa inform Randy Weston’s music. - Limited Edition: 5000 Copies | 3 CDs - $44.00 | |
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| Tony Williams Mosaic Select: Tony Williams (MS-024) Throughout a career filled with achievement and innovation, this body of work remains among Tony Williams' most satisfying music. - Limited Edition: 5000 Copies | 3 CDs - $44.00 | |
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| Denny Zeitlin Mosaic Select: Denny Zeitlin Three magnificent studio albums have been gathered into one Mosaic Select with 12 previously unissued tunes from the sessions. Denny flew to New York to select the unissued material and remix all the music from the original 3- and 4-track tapes with Mark Wilder. The sonic results are a dramatic improvement over the original LPs. - Limited Edition: Copies | 3 CDs - $44.00 | |
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