| Louis Armstrong The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions (1935-46) #243 Some of the performances are among the most significant of his life and a lasting gift to music - there isn't a trumpeter since who hasn't marveled at the brilliance of his tone, coherence of his soloing, and perfection of his execution on the 1938 "Struttin' With Some Barbecue." It is, plain and simple, a flawless record. - Limited Edition: 10000 Copies | 7 CDs - $119.00 | |
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| Count Basie Complete Count Basie Verve Fifties Studio Recordings (#229) When Count Basie reformed his big band in the 1950s, he managed to become entirely new by sticking with what had made him great from the start. And in the process, Basie achieved some of the most extraordinary success of his career. - Limited Edition: 10000 Copies | 8 CDs - $136.00 | |
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| Bix Beiderbecke The Complete OKeh /Brunswick Bix, Trumbauer & Teagarden #211 Some of the most important jazz recordings of the last century. This collection centers on three giants and how their careers intersected during a decade of classic American jazz. - Limited Edition: 7500 Copies | 7 CDs - $112.00 | |
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| Chu Berry Classic Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions (#236) A Master Class in Swing.This is a comprehensive collection with countless pivotal sessions. If he hadn't died young, Chu Berry might have become the most influential tenor saxophonist of the 20th Century. - Limited Edition: 5000 Copies | 7 CDs - $119.00 | |
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| Anthony Braxton The Complete Arista Recordings of Anthony Braxton (#242) What made Braxton's output at Arista (1974-80) so unique was the range of projects he was able to realize thanks to the supportive budgets of a major label. This 8-CD set rescues his entire 13-LP Arista output from forgotten vaults. - Limited Edition: 5000 Copies | 8 CDs - $136.00 | |
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| Bing Crosby The Bing Crosby CBS Radio Recordings (1954-56) (#245) The 160 songs in this Mosaic collection were recorded with the Buddy Cole Quartet between 1954 and 1956 for Bing’s CBS show are absolutely revelatory. Crosby’s early jazz roots informed his influential career as a pop singer. To our knowledge, these are the only recorded performances of Crosby singing the Great American Songbook in an informal atmosphere with a consummate small jazz ensemble. - Limited Edition: 20,000 Copies | 7 CDs - $119.00 | |
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| Duke Ellington Duke Ellington: 1936-40 Small Group Sessions (#235) This set gathers together all the small group sessions led by Duke Ellington and his sidemen Rex Stewart, Barney Bigard, Cootie Williams and Johnny Hodges, during the years 1936-40. - Limited Edition: 10000 Copies | 7 CDs - $119.00 | |
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| Dizzy Gillespie Verve/Philips Dizzy Gillespie Small Group Sessions (#234) At long last, we have obtained the rights to a cache of music by Dizzy Gillespie, much of it available for the first time on CD, and some for the first time anywhere. And fortunately, for the select group of jazz fans that will snap up this release, the music represents a time in Dizzy's career when he was peaking creatively. - Limited Edition: 10000 Copies | 7 CDs - $119.00 | |
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| Benny Goodman The Columbia and OKeh Benny Goodman Orchestra Sessions (#240 A treasure trove of seven CDs, spanning nearly 20 years of Goodman's musical life, from the late 1930s when his popularity was already well established, throughout the 1950s when Benny would assemble the cream of the mainstream jazz world to be, even if it were just for one session, the Benny Goodman Orchestra. - Limited Edition: 5000 Copies | 7 CDs - $119.00 | |
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| Bobby Hackett The Complete Capitol Bobby Hackett Solo Sessions (#210) This set is currently on backorder and is expected last quarter of 2010.>Most of these hard-to-come-by Capitol sessions have been long forgotten and unavailable for decades. However, we’ve decided it was high time to bring the beauty and charm of these 10 classic Hackett LPs back with a box set of 5 CDs. - Limited Edition: 5000 Copies | 5 CDs - $80.00 | |
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| Lionel Hampton The Complete Lionel Hampton Victor Sessions 1937-41 (#238) We regard this set as among our very significant releases, because of the moment in music it captures; because of the quality of the music and the sidemen; because of the comprehensive nature of the collection; and because of the sound restoration. - Limited Edition: 5000 Copies | 5 CDs - $85.00 | |
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| Woody Herman The Complete Woody Herman Columbia (1945-7)(#223) These are the recordings that introduced a new sound and fury to Big Band music in the 1940s. Here they are, massively collected on seven CDs from the Columbia vaults for the first time anywhere. - Limited Edition: 5000 Copies | 7 CDs - $119.00 | |
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| Ahmad Jamal The Complete Ahmad Jamal Trio Argo Sessions (#246) Ahmad Jamal's recording as a piano trio leader on Argo, owned by Chicago's Chess recording label, began in 1956. And that's where our new retrospective begins on The Complete Ahmad Jamal Trio Argo Sessions 1956-62. The first definitive collection of his work from this seminal era of his career, it includes all the tunes for which Jamal became renowned, such as “Ahmad's Blues,” “Poinciana,” “But Not For Me,” and “Billy Boy,” a song so often re-done in Jamal's style that his version has almost become the new standard. - Limited Edition: 5,000 Copies | 9 CDs - $149.00 | |
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| Jazz Crusaders Jazz Crusaders:Pacific Jazz Quintet Studio Sessions (#230) This is the first major retrospective of The Jazz Crusaders and this collection, from the 1960s, presents them at a time when they were largely un-amplified, full of energy, and unbelievably prolific. - Limited Edition: 5000 Copies | 6 CDs - $102.00 | |
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| Quincy Jones The Quincy Jones ABC/Mercury Big Band Jazz Sessions (#237) It didn’t make sense economically, didn’t make sense logistically, didn’t provide ego satisfaction for star players, but Quincy Jones formed a big band. For the sheer sake of the music. - Limited Edition: 7500 Copies | 5 CDs - $85.00 | |
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| Hank Mobley The Complete Blue Note Hank Mobley Fifties Sessions (#181) As one of the founding members of the original Jazz Messengers, tenor saxophonist Hank Mobley was part of a brilliant innovation. The world came to know it as hard bop. It was the sound of its day, and it codified what came to be called the "Blue Note sound."
- Limited Edition: 7500 Copies | 6 CDs - $96.00 | |
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| Thelonious Monk Thelonious Monk /John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall-LP (#231) The discovery of more music from the Thelonious Monk quartet with John Coltrane is made all the more extraordinary because so few knew it existed and the only official recordings by this band were made in its first weeks of existence.
- Limited Edition: Unlimited Copies | 1 Q-LP (200 gram) - $30.00 | |
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| Thelonious Monk The Complete Thelonious Monk At The It Club (MRLP-3001) Monk was at a particular high point pianistically during this gig. Mosaic has returned to the original three-track tapes and mixed them done to beautiful sounding analog stereo masters, presenting the six sets they played that night as they happened.
- Limited Edition: 5000 Copies | 4 LPs (180 gram) - $100.00 | |
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| Oliver Nelson The Oliver Nelson Verve/Impulse Big Band Sessions (#233) This set is currently on backorder and is expected last quarter of 2010.One of the most important big band composers and arrangers of the 1960s. Thirty years after Oliver Nelson's sudden and tragic death, we at Mosaic Records believe it's high time for a major re-evaluation of his music. - Limited Edition: 10000 Copies | 6 CDs - $102.00 | |
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| Charlie Parker The Complete Benedetti Recordings of Charlie Parker (#129) These are the Benedetti recordings in their entirety, and after 40 years of rumor, speculation and debate, they are at last available to the world. - Limited Edition: Unlimited Copies | 7 CDs - $112.00 | |
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| Joe Pass The Complete Pacific Jazz Joe Pass Quartet Sessions (#207) Always clean, articulate, and effective, Pass had unstoppable swing and an ability to create memorable, beautifully-constructed solos. The Mosaic collection lays out the full range of what this musician could do. - Limited Edition: 5000 Copies | 5 CDs - $80.00 | |
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| Oscar Peterson The Complete Clef/Mercury Rec. Of Oscar Peterson Trio (#241) This Mosaic Records collection is the first comprehensive study of Oscar Peterson's earliest trio recordings, the setting for which he was best known, throughout his reign.
- Limited Edition: 10,000 Copies | 7 CDs - $119.00 | |
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| Django Reinhardt The Complete Django Reinhardt HMV Sessions (#190) This set is currently on backorder and is expected last quarter of 2010.From the vaults of HMV and Swing, these recordings -- 118 in all - span Django's most productive years, from 1936 to 1948, and feature him performing solo guitar and in duet with Grappelli as well as with the quintet. - Limited Edition: 7500 Copies | 6 CDs - $96.00 | |
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| Buddy Rich Classic Emarcy, Verve Small Grp Buddy Rich Sessions (#232) This set is currently on backorder and is expected last quarter of 2010.This limited edition collection is a complete look at Rich when he was, without question, a top star. The seven-CDs features studio dates and live performances from 1953 to 1961. - Limited Edition: 10000 Copies | 7 CDs - $119.00 | |
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| Artie Shaw Classic Artie Shaw Bluebird And Victor Sessions (#244) An improviser and technician of the highest order, Shaw’s inventions were a never-ending stream of melodic perfection cradled by a tone that was as full as any a clarinetist could wish for. To offer the finest sound possible, we've located the original metal parts and pristine vinyl test pressings from the Victor and Bluebird vault. - Limited Edition: 5000 Copies | 7 CDs - $119.00 | |
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| Johnny Smith The Complete Roost Johnny Smith Small Group Sessions (#216) Discover Johnny Smith who created a small treasure of extraordinary jazz. Thanks to this first-ever collection, a new generation of listeners can appreciate his beautiful, fat sound, his long, flowing lines, and his mastery of the instrument. - Limited Edition: 5000 Copies | 8 CDs - $128.00 | |
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| Sonny Stitt The Complete Roost Sonny Stitt Studio Sessions (#208) The prime focus of this set is the ten remarkable quartet albums that the saxophonist made for Roost between 1955 and '65, usually with Hank Jones or Jimmy Jones on piano and Shadow Wilson, Charlie Persip or Roy Haynes on drums. - Limited Edition: 5000 Copies | 9 CDs - $144.00 | |
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| Jack Teagarden The Complete Roulette Jack Teagarden Sessions (#218) Especially on the live material from the Roundtable in New York City, which occupies half of this set, this group’s ability to work together and inspire each other to create joyful jazz is especially rewarding. - Limited Edition: 5000 Copies | 4 CDs - $68.00 | |
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| Stanley Turrentine Blue Note Stanley Turrentine Qt./Sxt. Sessions (#212) Strong, bluesy and soulful. The six Blue Note dates collected on our Mosaic set are in a class by themselves; they are pure hard bop with Stanley Turrentine sharing the front line with a horn equal to him in talent. - Limited Edition: 5000 Copies | 5 CDs - $80.00 | |
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| Sarah Vaughan The Complete Roulette Sarah Vaughan Studio Sessions (#214) This set is currently on backorder and is expected late 2010.Listening to this music in its entirety, you hear how the simplest tune could become the canvass for a singer’s art. Sarah Vaughan could hit a note head on and hold it, pure and clean. Or, at her command, add a pretty vibrato. - Limited Edition: 5000 Copies | 8 CDs - $128.00 | |
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| Lester Young The Lester Young/Count Basie Sessions 1936-1940 (#239) Available at last: the most important collection imaginable from the legendary pairing of Lester Young with Count Basie... a set whose contents rank among the most influential recordings in history. - Limited Edition: 5000 Copies | 4 CDs - $68.00 | |
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