Instead of featuring simply one artist, this amazing 8-CD set has Mosaic taking selected sessions from various musicians. Leading the sessions are the likes of Buck Clayton, Ruby Braff, Illinois Jacquet, Herb Ellis, Ben Webster, Kenny Burrell, Coleman Hawkins and Harry "Sweets" Edison. Musicians, currently caught between "rock/rap" and a hard place, but still with much to say.
Disc I [58:30]
01. As Long As I Live (Ruby Braff's All Stars) (3:08)
02. Blue, Turning Grey Over You (Ruby Braff's All Stars) (2:56)
03. If I Had You (Ruby Braff's All Stars) (3:07)
04. It's Been So Long (Ruby Braff's All Stars) (3:13)
05. I'm Shooting High (Ruby Braff's All Stars) (1:58)
06. Star Dust (Ruby Braff's All Stars) (3:09)
07. How Long Has This Been Going On? (Ruby Braff's All Stars) (3:32)
08. Here's Freddie (Ruby Braff's All Stars) (4:49)
09. You're Lucky To Me (alt tk) (Ruby Braff's All Stars) (3:09)
10. You're Lucky To Me (Ruby Braff's All Stars) (3:11)
11. Just One More Chance (Ruby Braff's All Stars) (3:41)
12. 'S Wonderful (alt tk) (Ruby Braff's All Stars) (2:53)
13. 'S Wonderful (Ruby Braff's All Stars) (2:53)
14. Indian Summer (Ruby Braff's All Stars) (4:05)
15. Moon Glow (alt tk) (Ruby Braff's All Stars) (3:21)
16. Moon Glow (Ruby Braff's All Stars) (3:22)
17. When My Dreamboat Comes Home (Ruby Braff's All Stars) (3:25)
18. Too Marvelous For Words (Ruby Braff's All Stars) (2:38)
Disc II [67:37]
01. No One Else But You (Ruby Braff) (5:44)
02. How Can You Face Me? (tk 1) (Ruby Braff) (5:19)
03. How Can You Face Me? (tk 2) (Ruby Braff) (5:21)
04. I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say (tk 2) (Ruby Braff) (9:11)
05. I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say (tk 3) (Ruby Braff) (9:11)
06. Keep Young And Beautiful (tk 4) (Ruby Braff) (6:02)
07. Keep Young And Beautiful (tk 5) (Ruby Braff) (6:05)
08. Oh, Lady Be Good (Ruby Braff) (6:54)
09. Falling In Love With You (tk 1) (Ruby Braff) (6:19)
10. Falling In Love With You (tk 2) (Ruby Braff) (7:31)
Disc III [69:54]
01. I Want A Little Girl (Buck Clayton & The Marlowe Morris Trio) (2:27)
02. Blue Moon (Buck Clayton & The Marlowe Morris Trio) (2:30)
03. Basic Organ Blues (Buck Clayton & The Marlowe Morris Trio) (5:50)
04. Hammond Stomp (Buck Clayton & The Marlowe Morris Trio) (2:38)
05. 'S Wonderful (Buck Clayton & The Marlowe Morris Trio) (6:11)
06. Jive At Five (Buck Clayton And His All-Stars) (9:20)
07. Cookin' Joe (Buck Clayton And His All-Stars) (7:09)
08. Lovedrop (Buck Clayton And His All-Stars) (4:43)
09. Wooster-Shire (Buck Clayton And His All-Stars) (6:54)
10. Thou Swell (Buck Clayton And His All-Stars) (4:11)
11. I Hadn't Anyone Till You (Buck Clayton And His All-Stars) (3:04)
12. At Sundown (Buck Clayton And His All-Stars) (4:47)
13. Makin' Whoopee (Buck Clayton And His All-Stars) (4:39)
14. You Can't Fight The Satellite Blues (Buck Clayton And His All-Stars) (5:31)
Disc IV [77:58]
01. Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home (#1) (Buck Clayton And His Orchestra) (0:43)
02. Pretty Little Baby (Buck Clayton And His Orchestra) (1:30)
03. I've Got A Feeling I'm Falling (Buck Clayton And His Orchestra) (2:28)
04. If I Could Be With You (Buck Clayton And His Orchestra) (2:44)
05. Ain't She Sweeet (Buck Clayton And His Orchestra) (2:39)
06. Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home (#2) (Buck Clayton And His Orchestra) (2:17)
07. You're My Thrill (Buck Clayton And His Orchestra) (3:39)
08. Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea (Buck Clayton And His Orchestra) (2:43)
09. Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good To You (Buck Clayton And His Orchestra) (2:38)
10. Cool Breeze Woman (Buck Clayton And His Orchestra) (2:28)
11. I Can't Give You Anything But Love (Buck Clayton And His Orchestra) (2:03)
12. The Blues (Buck Clayton And His Orchestra) (1:20)
13. Any Place I Hang My Hat Is Home (#3) (Buck Clayton And His Orchestra) (0:58)
14. After You've Gone (Buck Clayton And His Orchestra) (3:20)
15. Conclusion (Buck Clayton And His Orchestra) (0:28)
16. Sunday (Buck Clayton And His All-Stars) (5:18)
17. Swingin' Along On Broadway (Buck Clayton And His All-Stars) (6:47)
18. Night Train (Buck Clayton And His All-Stars) (7:09)
19. Buckini (Buck Clayton And His All-Stars) (5:25)
20. Moon Glow (Buck Clayton And His All-Stars) (6:55)
21. Swingin' At The Copper Rail (Buck Clayton And His All-Stars) (3:26)
22. Mean To Me (Buck Clayton And His All-Stars) (6:15)
23. Outer Drive (Buck Clayton And His All-Stars) (4:45)
Disc V [75:43]
01. On The Trail (Marlowe Morris) (4:48)
02. Play The Thing (Marlowe Morris) (3:11)
03. Sympathetic Blues (Marlowe Morris) (2:40)
04. Up, Down And Around (Marlowe Morris) (2:51)
05. I Loves You, Porgy (Marlowe Morris) (4:29)
06. Stompy Jones (alt version) (Marlowe Morris) (3:32)
07. No, No, No (Marlowe Morris) (4:10)
08. Moonlight In Vermont (Marlowe Morris) (2:53)
09. Stompy Jones (Marlowe Morris) (4:11)
10. Marlowe's Blues (Marlowe Morris) (4:18)
11. Jitterbug Waltz (Marlowe Morris) (3:23)
12. Satin Doll (Illinois Jacquet And His Orchestra) (4:07)
13. Pucker Up (Illinois Jacquet And His Orchestra) (3:10)
14. Ydeen-O (Illinois Jacquet And His Orchestra) (2:23)
15. Banned In Boston (Illinois Jacquet And His Orchestra) (2:39)
16. Indiana (Illinois Jacquet And His Orchestra) (5:47)
17. Reverie (Illinois Jacquet And His Orchestra) (4:20)
18. How Now? (Illinois Jacquet And His Orchestra) (3:10)
19. Frantic Fanny (Illinois Jacquet And His Orchestra) (2:22)
20. Stella By Starlight (Illinois Jacquet And His Orchestra) (2:54)
21. Imagination (Illinois Jacquet And His Orchestra) (4:24)
Disc VI [77:37]
01. Mambo Twist (alt tk) (Kenny Burrell with Illinois Jacquet) (3:49)
02. Mambo Twist (Kenny Burrell with Illinois Jacquet) (3:07)
03. The Switch (alt tk) (Kenny Burrell with Illinois Jacquet) (5:06)
04. The Switch (Kenny Burrell with Illinois Jacquet) (5:08)
05. Funk Junction (Kenny Burrell with Illinois Jacquet) (3:08)
06. Mood Indigo (Kenny Burrell with Illinois Jacquet) (4:43)
07. The Squeeze (Kenny Burrell with Illinois Jacquet) (4:19)
08. How Could You (Kenny Burrell with Illinois Jacquet) (3:56)
09. Just Squeeze Me (But Don't Tease Me) (Coleman Hawkins - Clark Terry) (5:06)
10. Squeeze Me (Coleman Hawkins - Clark Terry) (5:01)
11. A Tune For The Tutor (Coleman Hawkins - Clark Terry) (6:28)
12. Michelle (Coleman Hawkins - Clark Terry) (3:30)
13. Don't Worry 'Bout Me (Coleman Hawkins - Clark Terry) (3:16)
14. Feedin' The Bean (Coleman Hawkins - Clark Terry) (6:18)
15. Ain't Misbehavin' (Coleman Hawkins - Clark Terry) (8:10)
16. Tommy's Blues (Coleman Hawkins - Clark Terry) (6:32)
Disc VII [72:24]
01. Harper's Ferry (John Brown's Body) (Herb Ellis All-Stars) (5:08)
02. It Makes No Difference Now (Herb Ellis All-Stars) (4:00)
03. Herb's Here (Herb Ellis All-Stars) (4:57)
04. Poor Darlin' Nellie (Herb Ellis All-Stars) (3:42)
05. I Won't Love You (Herb Ellis All-Stars) (8:16)
06. Willow Weep For Me (Herb Ellis All-Stars) (3:57)
07. You'd Better Know It (Herb Ellis All-Stars) (4:52)
08. Symphony (Herb Ellis All-Stars) (3:22)
09. Things Ain't What They Used To Be (Herb Ellis All-Stars) (3:59)
10. Too Bad (Herb Ellis All-Stars) (3:44)
11. Old Folks (Herb Ellis All-Stars) (3:36)
12. Roy Showed (Herb Ellis All-Stars) (4:47)
13. Gravy Waltz (Herb Ellis All-Stars) (3:08)
14. Broadway (Herb Ellis All-Stars) (4:19)
15. It Don't Mean A Thing (Herb Ellis All-Stars) (5:56)
16. Alicia (Herb Ellis All-Stars) (4:40)
Disc VIII [62:48]
01. Did You Call Her Today? (Ben Webster & Harry ''Sweets'' Edison) (8:56)
02. Did You Call Her Today? (alt tk) (Ben Webster & Harry ''Sweets'' Edison) (8:53)
03. Kitty (alt tk) (Ben Webster & Harry ''Sweets'' Edison) (8:02)
04. Kitty (Ben Webster & Harry ''Sweets'' Edison) (8:00)
05. Embraceable You (Ben Webster & Harry ''Sweets'' Edison) (4:09)
06. How Long Has This Been Going On? (alt tk) (Ben Webster & Harry ''Sweets'' Edison) (3:54)
07. How Long Has This Been Going On? (Ben Webster & Harry ''Sweets'' Edison) (5:30)
08. Better Go (Ben Webster & Harry ''Sweets'' Edison) (9:15)
09. My Romance (Ben Webster & Harry ''Sweets'' Edison) (6:08)
