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	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
	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
	John Carter & Bobby Bradford Mosaic Select: John Carter & Bobby Bradford (MS-036) John Carter and Bobby Bradford's music was very much in the same orbit as Ornette Coleman’s with darting linear compositions and freedom from chordal structures blended into a marvelous fresh sense of swing and blues roots.  - Limited Edition: 5,000 Copies 3 CDs - $44.00
	Paul Chambers Mosaic Select: Paul Chambers (MS-005) 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
	Al Cohn Mosaic Select: Cohn, Newman & Green (MS-027) 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
	John Handy Mosaic Select: John Handy (MS-035) 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
	Woody Herman Mosaic Select: Woody Herman (MS-031) This set is on backorder and is expected to be restocked in the 2nd half of 2013. 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
	Andrew Hill Mosaic Select: Andrew Hill (MS-016) 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
	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
	Bobby Hutcherson Mosaic Select: Bobby Hutcherson (MS-026) 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
	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
	Gerry Mulligan Mosaic Select: Gerry Mulligan (MS-021) 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
	Sam Rivers Mosaic Select: Sam Rivers & The Rivbea Orch.-Trilogy(MS-038) The RivBea Orchestra transcends notions of the traditional and the avant-garde; it’s bracingly dissonant, but all about forms and variations. For all Rivers’ idiosyncrasies, big band conventions abound: 4 and 8-bar blocks, brass punches, motifs volleyed between horn sections, focused solos, and heart-quickening excitement.  - Limited Edition: 5,000 Copies 3 CDs - $44.00
	Charles Tolliver Mosaic Select: Charles Tolliver Big Band (MS-037) The Charles Tolliver Big Band has come to be known for its intricate, layered writing, charging rhythms and exciting soloists. The band’s roots trace back to 1970 when Tolliver recorded “Music Inc. & Big Band” for his Strata-East label. He and Stanley Cowell were the composers and principal soloists for this ground-breaking album, which represented the new approach to big band writing since the emergence of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra five years earlier.  - Limited Edition: 5,000 Copies 3 CDs - $44.00
	McCoy Tyner Mosaic Select: McCoy Tyner (MS-025) 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
	Various Mosaic Select: Boogie Woogie & Blues Piano (MS-030) This set is on backorder and is expected to be restocked in the 2nd half of 2013. 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
	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
	Denny Zeitlin Mosaic Select: Denny Zeitlin (MS-034) 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