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Last Update: 23th October, 2009
This is a complete discography of Mosaic box sets. A label that has established itsel as the best "complete reissue" expert in the world of jazz today. Mosaic Records' first release came out in July of 1983. They buy copyright of their materials from different, well-known and obscure, labels for a limited period of time or limited copies so most of their great sets are out of print.
"I want to do definitive, complete box sets that will bring out unissued material, correct mistakes on past reissues and draw a whole body of work together with a serious, deluxe, booklet." says Michael Cuscuna, co-founder of the Mosaic Records about his ambitious project.
I've taken the basic information from their website and assembled them into a discography of all boxed sets, issued by Mosaic from 1980 to this day. As you can see below, some items are released only on LP, some other only on CD and a few of them on both format. The Number of CDs or LPs is indicated too.
These jazz records are more than simple albums, they are great documentations of a pure art form, performed by the masters and packed and released by great enthusiasts of this thing called jazz.
[See also a discography of Mosaic Select box sets]
"I want to do definitive, complete box sets that will bring out unissued material, correct mistakes on past reissues and draw a whole body of work together with a serious, deluxe, booklet." says Michael Cuscuna, co-founder of the Mosaic Records about his ambitious project.
I've taken the basic information from their website and assembled them into a discography of all boxed sets, issued by Mosaic from 1980 to this day. As you can see below, some items are released only on LP, some other only on CD and a few of them on both format. The Number of CDs or LPs is indicated too.
These jazz records are more than simple albums, they are great documentations of a pure art form, performed by the masters and packed and released by great enthusiasts of this thing called jazz.
[See also a discography of Mosaic Select box sets]
Last Update: 23th October, 2009
| Serial | Box Set | LP | CD | Date(s) |
| 101 | The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Thelonious Monk | 4 | - | 1947-57 |
| 102 | The Complete Pacific Jazz and Capitol Recordings of the Original Gerry Mulligan Quartet and Tentette with Chet Baker | 5 | 3 | 1952-53 |
| 103 | The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Albert Ammons and Meade Lux Lewis | 3 | 2 | 1935-44 |
| 104 | The Complete Blue Note and Pacific Jazz Recordings of Clifford Brown | 5 | - | 1953-54 |
| 105 | The Complete Pacific Jazz Small Group Recordings of Art Pepper | 3 | - | 1956-57 |
| 106 | The Complete Blue Note Recordings of the Tina Brooks Quintet | 4 | - | 1958-61 |
| 107 | The Complete Blue Note Forties Recordings of Ike Quebec and John Hardee | 4 | 3 | 1944-46 |
| 108 | The Complete Recordings of The Port of Harlem Jazzmen | 1 | - | 1939 |
| 109 | The Complete Edmond Hall/James P. Johnson/Sidney De Paris/Vic Dickenson Blue Note Sessions | 6 | 4 | 1941-52 |
| 110 | The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Sidney Bechet | 6 | 4 | 1939-53 |
| 111 | The Complete Candid Recordings of Charles Mingus | 4 | 3 | 1960 |
| 112 | The Complete Black Lion Vogue Recordings of Thelonious Monk | 4 | 3 | 1954-71 |
| 113 | The Complete Pacific Jazz Live Recordings of the Chet Baker Quartet with Russ Freeman | 4 | 3 | 1954 |
| 114 | The Complete Art Hodes Blue Note Sessions | 5 | 4 | 1944-45 |
| 115 | The Benny Morton/Jimmy Hamilton Blue Note Swingtets | 1 | - | 1945 |
| 116 | The Complete Bud Powell Blue Note Recordings (1949-1958) | 5 | - | 1949-58 |
| 117 | The Complete Verve Recordings of the Buddy De Franco Quartet/Quintet with Sonny Clark | 5 | 4 | 1954-55 |
| 118 | The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Herbie Nichols | 5 | 3 | 1955-56 |
| 119 | The Pete Johnson/Earl Hines/Teddy Bunn Blue Note Sessions | 1 | - | 1939-40 |
| 120 | The Complete Recordings of the Paul Desmond Quartet with Jim Hall | 6 | 4 | 1959-65 |
| 121 | The Complete Blue Note 45 Sessions of Ike Quebec | 3 | 2 | 1959-62 |
| 122 | The Complete Pacific Jazz Studio Recordings of the Chet Baker Quartet with Russ Freeman | 4 | 3 | 1954 |
| 123 | The Complete Commodore Jazz Recordings, Volume I | 23 | - | 1929-43 |
| 124 | The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Freddie Redd | 3 | 2 | 1960-61 |
| 125 | The Complete Atlantic and EMI Jazz Recordings of Shorty Rogers | 6 | 4 | 1951-56 |
| 126 | The Complete Johnny Hodges Recordings | 6 | - | 1951-55 |
| 127 | The Complete Candid Recordings of Cecil Taylor and Buell Neidlinger | 6 | 4 | 1960-61 |
| 128 | The Complete Commodore Jazz Recordings, Volume II | 23 | - | 1944-45 |
| 129 | The Complete Benedetti Recordings of Charlie Parker | - | 7 | 1947-48 |
| 130 | The Complete Recordings of T-Bone Walker 1940-1954 | 9 | 6 | 1940-54 |
| 131 | The Complete Recordings of the Stan Getz Quintet with Jimmy Raney | 5 | 3 | 1951-53 |
| 132 | The Complete Blue Note Recordings of George Lewis | 5 | 3 | 1943-55 |
| 133 | The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Grant Green with Sonny Clark | 5 | 4 | 1961-62 |
| 134 | The Complete Commodore Jazz Recordings, Volume III | 20 | - | 1938-57 |
| 135 | The Complete Roulette Live Recordings of Count Basie and His Orchestra | 12 | 8 | 1959-62 |
| 136 | Stan Kenton: The Complete Capitol Recordings of the Holman & Russo Charts | 6 | 4 | 1950-63 |
| 137 | The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Larry Young | 9 | 6 | 1964-69 |
| 138 | The Complete Capitol Recordings of the Nat King Cole Trio | 27 | 18 | 1942-61 |
| 139 | The Complete Candid Otis Span/Lightnin' Hopkins Sessions | 5 | 3 | 1960-?? |
| 140 | The Complete Master Jazz Piano Series | 6 | 4 | 1969-74 |
| 141 | The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Art Blakey's 1960 Jazz Messengers | 10 | 6 | 1960 |
| 142 | The Complete CBS Studio Recordings of Woody Shaw | 4 | 3 | 1977-81 |
| 143 | The Complete 1959 CBS Charles Mingus Sessions | 4 | - | 1959 |
| 144 | The Complete CBS Buck Clayton Jam Sessions | 8 | 6 | 1953-56 |
| 145 | The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Don Cherry | 3 | 2 | 1965-66 |
| 146 | The Complete Decca Studio Recordings of Louis Armstrong and the All Stars | 8 | 6 | 1950-58 |
| 147 | The Complete Serge Chaloff Sessions | 5 | 4 | 1946-56 |
| 148 | The Complete Capitol Small Group Recordings of Benny Goodman | 6 | 4 | 1944-55 |
| 149 | The Complete Roulette Studio Recordings of Count Basie and His Orchestra | 15 | 10 | 1957-62 |
| 150 | The Complete Blue Note 1964-66 Jackie McLean Sessions | 6 | 4 | 1964-66 |
| 151 | The Complete Solid State Recordings of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra | 7 | 5 | 1966-70 |
| 152 | The Complete CBS Recording of Eddie Condon and His All Stars | 7 | 5 | 1953-62 |
| 153 | The Complete Aladdin Recordings of Charles Brown | 7 | 5 | 1945-56 |
| 154 | The Complete February 1957 Jimmy Smith Blue Note Sessions | 5 | 3 | 1957 |
| 155 | The Complete Aladdin Recordings of Amos Milburn | 10 | 7 | 1946-57 |
| 156 | The Complete Roulette Recordings of the Maynard Ferguson Orchestra | 14 | 10 | 1958-60 |
| 157 | The Complete Capitol Recordings Of George Shearing | 7 | 5 | 1958-63 |
| 158 | Miles Davis: The Complete Plugged Nickel Sessions | 10 | - | 1965 |
| 159 | The Phil Woods Quartet/Quintet 20th Anniversary Set | 7 | 5 | 1976-92 |
| 160 | The Complete Capitol Recordings Of Duke Ellington | 7 | 5 | 1953-55 |
| 161 | The Complete Blue Note Andrew Hill Sessions | 10 | 7 | 1963-66 |
| 162 | The Complete Blue Note Lee Morgan Fifties Sessions | 6 | 4 | 1956-58 |
| 163 | The Complete Capitol Studio Recordings of Stan Kenton | 10 | 7 | 1943-47 |
| 164 | Miles Davis/Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings | 11 | - | 1957-68 |
| 165 | The Complete Illinois Jacquet Sessions | 6 | 4 | 1945-50 |
| 166 | The Complete Blue Note/UA Curtis Fuller Sessions | 5 | 3 | 1957-59 |
| 167 | The Complete Blue Note Sam Rivers Sessions | 5 | 3 | 1964-67 |
| 168 | The Complete Capitol Fifties Jack Teagarden Sessions | 6 | 4 | 1955-58 |
| 169 | The Complete Columbia J.J. Johnson Small Group Sessions | 11 | 7 | 1956-61 |
| 170 | Classic Capitol Jazz Sessions | 19 | 12 | 1942-53 |
| 171 | Bill Evans: The Final Village Vanguard Sessions-June 1980 | 10 | - | 1980 |
| 172 | The Complete Blue Note/UA/Roulette Recordings of Thad Jones | 5 | 3 | 1956-59 |
| 173 | The Complete Verve Recordings of the Teddy Wilson Trio | 8 | 5 | 1952-57 |
| 174 | The Complete Atlantic Recordings of Lennie Tristano, Lee Konitz & Warne Marsh | 10 | 6 | 1954-61 |
| 175 | The Complete Pacific Jazz Recordings of the Chico Hamilton Quintet | 9 | 6 | 1954-59 |
| 176 | The Complete Capitol & Atlantic Recordings of Jimmy Giuffre | 10 | 6 | 1954-58 |
| 177 | The Complete Studio Recordings Of The Miles Davis Quintet | 10 | - | 1965-68 |
| 178 | The Complete Blue Note Blue Mitchell Sessions | 6 | 4 | 1963-67 |
| 179 | The Atlantic New Orleans Jazz Sessions | 6 | 4 | 1955-62 |
| 180 | The Pacific Jazz Bud Shank Studio Sessions | 7 | 5 | 1956-61 |
| 181 | The Complete Blue Note Hank Mobley Fifties Sessions | - | 6 | 1955-58 |
| 182 | The Complete Verve/Clef Charlie Ventura/Flip Philips Studio Sessions | 9 | 6 | 1947-57 |
| 183 | Miles Davis: The Complete Bitches Brew | 6 | - | 1969-70 |
| 184 | The Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcriptions | - | 5 | 1945-49 |
| 185 | Kenton Presents: Bob Cooper, Bill Holman & Frank Rosolino | - | 4 | 1954-60 |
| 186 | The Complete Verve Stuff Smith Sessions | - | 4 | 1956-59 |
| 187 | The Complete H.R.S. Sessions | - | 6 | 1938-47 |
| 188 | The Complete Anita O'Day Verve/Clef Sessions | - | 9 | 1952-62 |
| 189 | The Complete Kid Ory Verve Sessions | - | 8 | 1956-61 |
| 190 | The Complete Django Reinhardt HMV Sessions | - | 6 | 1936-48 |
| 191 | The Complete Columbia Recordings Of Miles Davis With John Coltrane | 9 | - | 1955-61 |
| 192 | The Complete Capitol Recordings of Gene Krupa & Harry James | 0 | 7 | 1946-58 |
| 193 | Duke Ellington: The Reprise Studio Recordings | - | 5 | 1962-65 |
| 194 | The Complete Blue Note Donald Byrd/Pepper Adams Studio Sessions | - | 4 | 1958-67 |
| 195 | The Complete Blue Note Elvin Jones Sessions | - | 8 | 1968-73 |
| 196 | The Complete Capitol Recordings of Woody Herman | - | 6 | 1948-56 |
| 197 | The Complete Blue Note Horace Parlan Session | 8 | 5 | 1960-63 |
| 198 | The Complete Pacific Jazz Recordings of Gerald Wilson and His Orchestra | - | 5 | 1961-69 |
| 199 | The Columbia Jazz Piano Moods Sessions | - | 7 | 1949-52 |
| 200 | The Complete Verve Johnny Hodges Small Group Sessions | - | 6 | 1956-61 |
| 201 | The Complete Mercury Max Roach Plus Four Sessions | - | 7 | 1956-60 |
| 202 | The Complete Vee Jay Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter Sessions | - | 6 | 1959-61 |
| 203 | The Complete Capitol Four Freshmen Fifties Sessions | - | 9 | 1950-60 |
| 204 | The Complete Columbia Recordings of Mildred Bailey | - | 10 | 1929-42 |
| 205 | The Complete Vee Jay Paul Chambers & Wynton Kelly Sessions | - | 6 | 1959-61 |
| 206 | Classic Columbia Condon Mob Sessions | - | 8 | 1940-59 |
| 207 | The Complete Pacific Jazz Joe Pass Quartet Sessions | - | 5 | 1963-64 |
| 208 | The Complete Roost Sonny Stitt Studio Sessions | - | 9 | 1952-63 |
| 209 | Miles Davis: The Complete In A Silent Way Sessions | 6 | - | 1968-69 |
| 210 | The Complete Capitol Bobby Hackett Solo Sessions | - | 5 | 1953-59 |
| 211 | The Complete OKeh /Brunswick Recordings of Bix Beiderbecke, Frank Trumbauer & Jack Teagarden | - | 7 | 1924-36 |
| 212 | The Blue Note Stanley Turrentine Quintet/Sextet Sessions | - | 5 | 1961-69 |
| 213 | Classic Columbia And OKeh Joe Venuti And Eddie Lang Sessions | - | 8 | 1926-33 |
| 214 | The Complete Roulette Sarah Vaughan Studio Sessions | - | 8 | 1960-63 |
| 215 | The Complete Blue Note Lou Donaldson Sessions | - | 6 | 1957-60 |
| 216 | The Complete Roost Johnny Smith Small Group Sessions | - | 8 | 1952-64 |
| 217 | The Complete Brunswick & Vocalion Recordings Of Louis Prima And Wingy Manone | - | 6 | 1924-37 |
| 218 | The Complete Roulette Jack Teagarden Sessions | - | 4 | 1959-61 |
| 219 | The Complete Bruswick, Parlophone and Vocalion Bunny Berigan Sessions | - | 7 | 1931-35 |
| 220 | Miles Davis: The Complete Blackhawk Sessions | 6 | - | 1961 |
| 221 | The Complete Verve Gerry Mulligan Concert Band Sessions | - | 4 | 1960-62 |
| 222 | The Complete Verve Roy Eldridge Studio Sessions | - | 7 | 1951-60 |
| 223 | The Complete Woody Herman Columbia | - | 7 | 1945-7 |
| 224 | The Complete Verve Tal Farlow Sessions | - | 7 | 1951-59 |
| 225 | The Complete Argo/Mercury Art Farmer/Benny Golson Jazztet Sessions | - | 7 | 1960-62 |
| 226 | Miles Davis: The Complete 1963-1964 Columbia Recordings | 10 | * | 1963-64 |
| 227 | The Complete Roulette Dinah Washington Sessions | - | 5 | 1962-63 |
| 228 | The Columbia Small Group Swing Sessions (1953-1962) | 8 | 8 | 1953-62 |
| 229 | The Complete Count Basie Verve Fifties Studio Recordings | - | 8 | 1952-57 |
| 230 | Jazz Crusaders:Pacific Jazz Quintet Studio Sessions | - | 6 | 1961-70 |
| 231 | Thelonious Monk /John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall | 1 | * | 1957 |
| 232 | Classic Emarcy, Verve Small Grp Buddy Rich Sessions | - | 7 | 1953-61 |
| 233 | The Oliver Nelson Verve/Impulse Big Band Sessions | - | 6 | 1962-67 |
| 234 | Verve/Philips Dizzy Gillespie Small Group Sessions | - | 7 | 1954-64 |
| 235 | Duke Ellington: 1936-40 Small Group Sessions | - | 7 | 1936-40 |
| 236 | The Classic Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions | - | 7 | 1933-41 |
| 237 | The Quincy Jones ABC/Mercury Big Band Jazz Sessions | - | 5 | 1956-64 |
| 238 | The Complete Lionel Hampton Victor Sessions | - | 5 | 1937-41 |
| 239 | The Lester Young/Count Basie Sessions | - | 4 | 1936-40 |
| 240 | The Columbia and OKeh Benny Goodman Orchestra Sessions | - | 7 | 1939-58 |
| 241 | The Complete Clef/Mercury Recordings Of Oscar Peterson Trio | - | 7 | 1951-53 |
| 242 | The Complete Arista Recordings of Anthony Braxton | - | 8 | 1974-80 |
| 243 | The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions | - | 7 | 1935-46 |
| 244 | The Classic Artie Shaw Bluebird And Victor Sessions | - | 7 | 1938-45 |
| 245 | The Bing Crosby CBS Radio Recordings | - | 7 | 1954-56 |
Hello,
ReplyDeletethank you for your site!
Where is The Complete Thelonious Monk At The IT Club (Mosaic MRLP 3001 )?
Ananymous,
ReplyDeleteThe series that I've listed (101-245) are quite different from COMPLETE MONK AT IT CLUB or COMPLETE MONK/COLTRANE IN CARNEGIE HALL. The discography above is complete recordings of an artist from a peculiar period, label or from the view of a specific collaboration. They are usually much bigger (as long as number of tracks are concerned) than other sets. They have all black sleeves and a black and white photography as cover art. The album you've mentioned is one of Mosaic single releases, so I didn't include it in my discography.
Please...
ReplyDeleteI'm looking for the booklet of:
102 - The Complete Pacific Jazz and Capitol Recordings of the Original Gerry Mulligan Quartet and Tentette with Chet Baker (3cd's).
Any chance?
Thanks!
blbs:
ReplyDeleteIf you are seeking just the discography, just search for Mosaic MD3-102 here:
http://www.jazzdisco.org/chet-baker/discography/
Some info - limited use:
http://www.gerrymulligan.info/discog_klink.html
The complete Mosaic MD3-102 booklet's discography may be here - the site will be up
again around the end of FEB 2011 ... hope so anyway. The link below, however, may be changed by then.
http://livingwithmusic.com/linkto/0101.pdf
Also, check out info in #7 (Jim R), scroll down; this may be a list of all the sessions in the
Mosaic 102 box - I do not own this set myself. Others give perhaps helpful URLs, too, but have yet to visit those sites.
http://forums.allaboutjazz.com/showthread.php?t=2448
Good luck! Happy New Year of the Rabbit!
Liwei
01 FEB 2011
@ Anonymous,
ReplyDeleteThanks my friend. And Happy New Year for you too!
Oops, make that /0102; still, this URL might be changed. Still, the site won't be up until ~20 more days
ReplyDeletehttp://livingwithmusic.com/linkto/0102.pdf
ALSO: track listing for Mosaic 102, scroll down - near bottom:
http://idemrecord.wordpress.com/
To piece together the MD3-102 tracks (discography) search:
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/natlib/ihas/warehouse/mulligan/200003721/0001.pdf
- liwei 01 FEB 2011
I have several old records that I am trying to find out the value of, The story of great music The Opulent ERA in the box, Beethoven Missa Solemnis Toscanini, 2 The carnegie hall library of classical music Buckner 1824-1896, also romantic Era 2 1800-1850 in the box's. That is only some of the records I have, havent a clue on how to find out the value if there is any.
ReplyDeleteI'm afraid I'm not an expert in that subject.
DeleteWhere are the discographies? The titles have no links.
ReplyDeleteNo individual/session discographies I'm afraid. Go to the Mosaic website for more info.
DeleteI don't have much money. Is there a way to torrent this?
ReplyDelete