VA - Great Vocalists of Jazz & Entertainment [2004] Vol. 06-10 of 20

 

In this collection by the German "History" label, you get nearly 40 hours of digitally remastered original 78s and 45s. The sound quality is truly amazing - the remastering process removes hiss, clicks & pops; optimizes the equalization, and synthesizes stereo. The forty discs in this set are grouped into twenty 2-disc volumes which are dedicated to a vocalist or pair or vocalists.

Volume 06. Billie Holiday — The Man I Love
Volume 07. Lena Horne — Stormy Weather
Volume 08. Andrews Sisters / Boswell Sisters — Bei Mir Bist Du Schön
Volume 09. The Mills Brothers — Swing Is The Thing
Volume 10. Ella Fitzgerald — My Man

VA- Blues, Boogie & Bop - The 1940s Mercury Sessions [7 CD, 1995]

 

Limited edition of 10'000 and contains the Mercury 1940's output of musicians like Albert Ammons (including a great father & son date with Gene Ammons on tenor), Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, Jay McShann, Roy Byrd (Professor Longhair), Helen Humes, Buddy Rich's Big Band, Cootie Williams (including some Willis "Gator" Jackson), and others. There are six discs full of music, plus a seventh with alternates and a very rare, previously unreleased date by Mary Lou Williams (two tunes).

VA - Great Vocalists of Jazz & Entertainment [2004] Vol. 01-05 of 20

 

In this collection by the German "History" label, you get nearly 40 hours of digitally remastered original 78s and 45s. The sound quality is truly amazing - the remastering process removes hiss, clicks & pops; optimizes the equalization, and synthesizes stereo. The forty discs in this set are grouped into twenty 2-disc volumes which are dedicated to a vocalist or pair or vocalists.

Volume 01. Frank Sinatra — I’ll Be Seeing You
Volume 02. Nat King Cole — It’s Only A Paper Moon
Volume 03. Perry Como — With A Song In My Heart
Volume 04. Bing Crosby — My Melancholy Baby
Volume 05. Louis Armstrong / Cab Calloway — Long Long Journey

Miles Davis - The Cellar Door Sessions 1970 [6 CD, 2005/FLAC]

 

The Cellar Door Sessions 1970 is a 2005 reissue of several 1970 concerts given by Miles Davis, at the Washington, DC nightclub, The Cellar Door.

Significant portions of Davis' Live-Evil were edited and compiled from the music that appears on discs 5 and 6.

It is one of the few recordings that has Keith Jarrett playing electric piano. Live-Evil and this collection are the only live recordings of John McLaughlin live performances with Miles Davis.

• Miles Davis: electric trumpet with Wah Wah
• Gary Bartz: soprano and alto sax:
• John McLaughlin: electric guitar (CDs 5-6 only)
• Keith Jarrett: Fender Rhodes electric piano, Fender electric organ
• Michael Henderson: electric bass
• Jack DeJohnette: drums
• Airto Moreira: percussion, Cuica (CDs 2-3-4-5-6)
  

 

VA - Jazz on Broadway: The Greatest Musicals [10 CD, 2019]

 

18 original albums in one budget-priced deluxe box with some of the greatest names in Jazz incl. Miles Davis, Chet Baker, and Oscar Peterson

 - The greatest Broadway musicals of all time  from Porgy & Bess to West Side Story in fantastic Jazz arrangements

 - Also featuring hidden gems like Do-Re-Mi by June Christy and Bob Cooper or Blossom Dearie Sings Comden & Green.

Lionel Hampton - The Complete Victor Sessions 1937-1941 [5 CD, 2007/FLAC]

 

Garnished with a fistful of alternate takes, the 2007 release of Mosaic's 107-track Complete Lionel Hampton Victor Sessions 1937-1941 is a welcome and long overdue CD realization of The Complete Lionel Hampton 1937-1941, a six-LP box set released during the 1970s by the Bluebird label. Only Teddy Wilson came close to achieving what Hamp did in the late 1930s and early '40s, by bringing together the greatest soloists on the scene for a staggeringly productive and inspired series of recordings that essentially defined the state of jazz during the years immediately preceding the Second World War.

Bill Frisell – Live Download Series (Vol.1 - 18)

 

These sets includes exclusive download-only released songs through Bill Frisell's Live Download Series.

                                   

Blue Mitchell - The Complete Blue Note Blue Mitchell Sessions (1963-67) [4 CD, 1998/FLAC]

 

Blue Mitchell was always a consistent, lyrical, and pleasing trumpeter. Although not as significant during the 1960s as Lee Morgan and Freddie Hubbard (much less Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis), Mitchell had his own appealing sound and was a major asset on many modern mainstream dates. This four-CD limited-edition Mosaic box set collects Mitchell's first six Blue Note dates as a leader: Step Lightly, The Thing to Do, Down With It, Bring It Home to Me, Boss Horn, and Heads Up.

Three albums are by his quintet, which included tenor saxophonist Junior Cook and usually the young pianist Chick Corea and was formed shortly after he left Horace Silver, and the three others are with larger groups, two of which have arrangements by Duke Pearson. Among the other key sidemen are tenor great Joe Henderson, altoist Leo Wright, baritonist Pepper Adams, and pianists Herbie Hancock and McCoy Tyner. There are just two previously unreleased cuts (both alternate takes), but most of the sets have been somewhat rare for years, and taken as a whole, the swinging hard bop and boogaloo performances are Blue Mitchell's finest recordings as a leader.

Return To Forever - Live At Yomiuri Land Open Theatre, 1983 (2022) [FLAC]

 Live At Yomiuri Land Open Theatre, Japan 1983

•     Chick Corea     fender rhodes, piano, synthesizer, composer
•     Stanley Clarke  electric bass, composer
•     Al Di Meola     guitar
•     Lenny White     drums

1.  Overture 6:59
2.  No Mysyery 10:53
3.  Romantic Warrior 22:13
4.  Duel of the Jester and the Tyrant 10:13
5.  Vulcan Worlds 4:44
6.  Song to the Pharoah Kings 24:24 

Miles Davis - The Lost Quintet [2019]

 

Miles and his Quintet were on their 1969 European tour, promoting the ‘Bitches Brew’ album.

Recorded on 11th May 1969 in Rotterdam, the recordings were lost for years and now available remastered as a CD.

• Bass – Dave Holland
• Drums, Marimba – Jack DeJohnette
• Electric Piano – Chick Corea
• Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Wayne Shorter
• Trumpet – Miles Davis

01. Directions
02. Bitches Brew
03. Sanctuary
04. Mastuero