Mosaic Discographies

Note: Because of the large tables displayed on this page, it is not entirely mobile-friendly yet. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Ever since 1983, Mosaic Records has released some of the world’s finest reissue collections. The print run is always limited and, unfortunately, the discographical information usually disappears once a set has gone out-of-print. Fans looking for information in regard to what was included in this set or that have to hunt around the Internet, consult posts on various different jazz and music forums, puzzle together information from various sources and hope that what they found is correct. To alleviate this problem, I’ve added this single page to my site on which I will offer for download the discographies I have collected. The downloads are *.pdf files (get: Adobe Acrobat Reader) which you can save to your computer’s drive. I hope this page will, when completed, be of service to the many fans of Mosaic’s wonderful reissue program. If you want to know more about Mosaic Records, visit their website, check out “The Mosaic Records Story” and don’t forget to read the interview conducted with Mosaic Records Producer Scott Wenzel over on “Bop and Beyond” in 2008 (interview: part 01 | part 02) and “All That Jazz: Keeping the Music Alive“, a Pennsylvania Gazette 2004 profile of Michael Cuscuna. Also, do not forget to support Mosaic Records by purchasing any of the available releases via their website. If you like, you can also order a free brochure there.

Important note (please read): I cannot guarantee the accuracy of all the information provided here but hope that as this page gets fleshed-out, people will contribute to what’s available. This is how I will go about adding your contributions: You can leave a comment re any changes or additional info you have (use this site’s “contact” form), I will fix the download file and add your name to the list of contributors at the foot of the page. I have used “Calibri” as the basic font for these documents. If anything looks funky on your machine, let me know as well, please.

Covers/Images: Covers or any other images are NOT included. This page is NOT for Internet pirates looking to finalize their illegal copies!

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A note on formatting

Most of the following discographies were saved from around the Internet in the format Mosaic originally provided them in. Only minor changes in layout were applied. These files are marked [O] for “original” below. A few files were obtained through secondary sources, usually from people who attempted to “reconstruct” what is on a set. These are marked [S] for “secondary source” below and usually do not look anything like what Mosaic originally published. These are offered here to “fill the holes” and I hope to be able to replace them with the original files from Mosaic at some point. I’m going to be putting the [O] files I have myself on here first and will then try to fill the (many) gaps with what I received from others and/or what else I can find.

LP and/or CD:

I downloaded various versions of these discographies, sometimes with a “Buy Now” byline offering CDs, sometimes with one offering LPs, and at other times with one offering both versions. To indicate which one I saved and uploaded here, I’ve added (LP), (CD) or (LP & CD) in brackets at the end of the link. If no abbreviation is given, I used a downloaded file that did not indicate which version was being sold. Not that it matters, because the discographies are the same anyway.

Text from mosaicrecords.com announcing this set:

Sometimes I also downloaded the text which Mosaic used on their website to announce the set. If available, I added this text to the download file before the discography.

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Mosaic Box Sets (Out of Print)

To save the *.pdf files of the discographies you would like to have to your hard disk, right-click and choose ‘Save (Link) As’. The box sets which are still available for purchase have a link to the respective Mosaic website page instead of a *.pdf link.

#Title of setLPCDOOPO?DL
101The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Thelonious Monk4-Y
102The Complete Pacific Jazz and Capitol Recordings of the Original Gerry Mulligan Quartet and Tentette with Chet Baker53Y
103The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Albert Ammons and Meade Lux Lewis32Y
104The Complete Blue Note and Pacific Jazz Recordings of Clifford Brown5-Y
105The Complete Pacific Jazz Small Group Recordings of Art Pepper3-Y
106The Complete Blue Note Recordings of the Tina Brooks Quintet4-Y
107The Complete Blue Note Forties Recordings of Ike Quebec and John Hardee43Y
108The Complete Recordings of The Port of Harlem Jazzmen1-Y
109The Complete Edmond Hall/James P. Johnson/Sidney De Paris/Vic Dickenson Blue Note Sessions64Y
110The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Sidney Bechet64Y
111The Complete Candid Recordings of Charles Mingus43Y
112The Complete Black Lion Vogue Recordings of Thelonious Monk43Y
113The Complete Pacific Jazz Live Recordings of the Chet Baker Quartet with Russ Freeman43Y
114The Complete Art Hodes Blue Note Sessions54Y
115The Benny Morton/Jimmy Hamilton Blue Note Swingtets1-Y
116The Complete Bud Powell Blue Note Recordings (1949-1958)5-Y
117The Complete Verve Recordings of the Buddy De Franco Quartet/Quintet with Sonny Clark54Y
118The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Herbie Nichols53Y
119The Pete Johnson/Earl Hines/Teddy Bunn Blue Note Sessions1-Y
120The Complete Recordings of the Paul Desmond Quartet with Jim Hall64Y
121The Complete Blue Note 45 Sessions of Ike Quebec32Y
122The Complete Pacific Jazz Studio Recordings of the Chet Baker Quartet with Russ Freeman43Y
123The Complete Commodore Jazz Recordings, Volume I23-Y
124The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Freddie Redd32Y
125The Complete Atlantic and EMI Jazz Recordings of Shorty Rogers64Y
126The Complete Johnny Hodges Recordings6-YNPDF
127The Complete Candid Recordings of Cecil Taylor and Buell Neidlinger64Y
128The Complete Commodore Jazz Recordings, Volume II23-Y
129The Complete Benedetti Recordings of Charlie Parker-7NMosaic
130The Complete Recordings of T-Bone Walker 1940-195496Y
131The Complete Recordings of the Stan Getz Quintet with Jimmy Raney53Y
132The Complete Blue Note Recordings of George Lewis53Y
133The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Grant Green with Sonny Clark54Y
134The Complete Commodore Jazz Recordings, Volume III20-Y
135The Complete Roulette Live Recordings of Count Basie and His Orchestra128YYPDF
136Stan Kenton: The Complete Capitol Recordings of the Holman & Russo Charts64Y
137The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Larry Young96Y
138The Complete Capitol Recordings of the Nat King Cole Trio2718Y
139The Complete Candid Otis Span/Lightnin' Hopkins Sessions53Y
140The Complete Master Jazz Piano Series64Y
141The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Art Blakey's 1960 Jazz Messengers106Y
142The Complete CBS Studio Recordings of Woody Shaw43YYPDF
143The Complete 1959 CBS Charles Mingus Sessions4-Y
144The Complete CBS Buck Clayton Jam Sessions86YYPDF
145The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Don Cherry32Y
146The Complete Decca Studio Recordings of Louis Armstrong and the All Stars86Y
147The Complete Serge Chaloff Sessions54Y
148The Complete Capitol Small Group Recordings of Benny Goodman64Y
149The Complete Roulette Studio Recordings of Count Basie and His Orchestra1510Y
150The Complete Blue Note 1964-66 Jackie McLean Sessions64YYPDF
151The Complete Solid State Recordings of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra75Y
152The Complete CBS Recording of Eddie Condon and His All Stars75YYPDF
153The Complete Aladdin Recordings of Charles Brown75YYPDF
154The Complete February 1957 Jimmy Smith Blue Note Sessions53YYPDF
155The Complete Aladdin Recordings of Amos Milburn107YYPDF
156The Complete Roulette Recordings of the Maynard Ferguson Orchestra1410YYPDF
157The Complete Capitol Recordings of George Shearing75YYPDF
158Miles Davis: The Complete Plugged Nickel Sessions10-YYPDF
159The Phil Woods Quartet/Quintet 20th Anniversary Set75YYPDF
160The Complete Capitol Recordings of Duke Ellington75YYPDF
161The Complete Blue Note Andrew Hill Sessions107YYPDF
162The Complete Blue Note Lee Morgan Fifties Sessions64YYPDF
163The Complete Capitol Studio Recordings of Stan Kenton107YYPDF
164Miles Davis/Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings11-YYPDF
165The Complete Illinois Jacquet Sessions64YYPDF
166The Complete Blue Note/UA Curtis Fuller Sessions53YYPDF
167The Complete Blue Note Sam Rivers Sessions53YYPDF
168The Complete Capitol Fifties Jack Teagarden Sessions64YYPDF
169The Complete Columbia J.J. Johnson Small Group Sessions117YYPDF
170Classic Capitol Jazz Sessions1912YYPDF
171Bill Evans: The Final Village Vanguard Sessions-June 198010-YYPDF
172The Complete Blue Note/UA/Roulette Recordings of Thad Jones53YYPDF
173The Complete Verve Recordings of the Teddy Wilson Trio85YYPDF
174The Complete Atlantic Recordings of Lennie Tristano, Lee Konitz & Warne Marsh106YYPDF
175The Complete Pacific Jazz Recordings of the Chico Hamilton Quintet96YYPDF
176The Complete Capitol & Atlantic Recordings of Jimmy Giuffre106YYPDF
177The Complete Studio Recordings of The Miles Davis Quintet10-YYPDF
178The Complete Blue Note Blue Mitchell Sessions64YYPDF
179The Atlantic New Orleans Jazz Sessions64YYPDF
180The Pacific Jazz Bud Shank Studio Sessions75YYPDF
181The Complete Blue Note Hank Mobley Fifties Sessions-6N-Mosaic
182The Complete Verve/Clef Charlie Ventura/Flip Philips Studio Sessions96YYPDF
183Miles Davis: The Complete Bitches Brew6-YYPDF
184The Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcriptions-5YYPDF
185Kenton Presents: Bob Cooper, Bill Holman & Frank Rosolino-4YYPDF
186The Complete Verve Stuff Smith Sessions-4Y
187The Complete H.R.S. Sessions-6Y
188The Complete Anita O'Day Verve/Clef Sessions-9Y
189The Complete Kid Ory Verve Sessions-8Y
190The Complete Django Reinhardt HMV Sessions-6N-Mosaic
191The Complete Columbia Recordings of Miles Davis with John Coltrane9-Y
192The Complete Capitol Recordings of Gene Krupa & Harry James-7Y
193Duke Ellington: The Reprise Studio Recordings-5Y
194The Complete Blue Note Donald Byrd/Pepper Adams Studio Sessions-4Y
195The Complete Blue Note Elvin Jones Sessions-8Y
196The Complete Capitol Recordings of Woody Herman-6Y
197The Complete Blue Note Horace Parlan Session85Y
198The Complete Pacific Jazz Recordings of Gerald Wilson and His Orchestra-5Y
199The Columbia Jazz Piano Moods Sessions-7Y
200The Complete Verve Johnny Hodges Small Group Sessions-6Y
201The Complete Mercury Max Roach Plus Four Sessions-7Y
202The Complete Vee Jay Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter Sessions-6Y
203The Complete Capitol Four Freshmen Fifties Sessions-9Y
204The Complete Columbia Recordings of Mildred Bailey-10Y
205The Complete Vee Jay Paul Chambers & Wynton Kelly Sessions-6Y
206Classic Columbia Condon Mob Sessions-8Y
207The Complete Pacific Jazz Joe Pass Quartet Sessions-5N-Mosaic
208The Complete Roost Sonny Stitt Studio Sessions-9N-Mosaic
209Miles Davis: The Complete In A Silent Way Sessions6-Y
210The Complete Capitol Bobby Hackett Solo Sessions-5N-Mosaic
211The Complete OKeh /Brunswick Recordings of Bix Beiderbecke, Frank Trumbauer & Jack Teagarden-7N-Mosaic
212The Blue Note Stanley Turrentine Quintet/Sextet Sessions-5N-Mosaic
213Classic Columbia And OKeh Joe Venuti And Eddie Lang Sessions-8Y
214The Complete Roulette Sarah Vaughan Studio Sessions-8N-Mosaic
215The Complete Blue Note Lou Donaldson Sessions-6Y
216The Complete Roost Johnny Smith Small Group Sessions-8N-Mosaic
217The Complete Brunswick & Vocalion Recordings of Louis Prima And Wingy Manone-6Y
218The Complete Roulette Jack Teagarden Sessions-4N-Mosaic
219The Complete Bruswick, Parlophone and Vocalion Bunny Berigan Sessions-7Y
220Miles Davis: The Complete Blackhawk Sessions6-Y
221The Complete Verve Gerry Mulligan Concert Band Sessions-4Y
222The Complete Verve Roy Eldridge Studio Sessions-7Y
223The Complete Woody Herman Columbia-7N-Mosaic
224The Complete Verve Tal Farlow Sessions-7Y
225The Complete Argo/Mercury Art Farmer/Benny Golson Jazztet Sessions-7Y
226Miles Davis: The Complete 1963-1964 Columbia Recordings10-Y
227The Complete Roulette Dinah Washington Sessions-5Y
228The Columbia Small Group Swing Sessions (1953-1962)88Y
229The Complete Count Basie Verve Fifties Studio Recordings-8N-Mosaic
230Jazz Crusaders:Pacific Jazz Quintet Studio Sessions-6N-Mosaic
231Thelonious Monk /John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall1-N-Mosaic
232Classic Emarcy, Verve Small Grp Buddy Rich Sessions-7N-Mosaic
233The Oliver Nelson Verve/Impulse Big Band Sessions-6N-Mosaic
234Verve/Philips Dizzy Gillespie Small Group Sessions-7N-Mosaic
235Duke Ellington: 1936-40 Small Group Sessions-7N-Mosaic
236The Classic Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions-7N-Mosaic
237The Quincy Jones ABC/Mercury Big Band Jazz Sessions-5N-Mosaic
238The Complete Lionel Hampton Victor Sessions-5N-Mosaic
239The Lester Young/Count Basie Sessions-4N-Mosaic
240The Columbia and OKeh Benny Goodman Orchestra Sessions-7N-Mosaic
241The Complete Clef/Mercury Recordings of the Oscar Peterson Trio-7N-Mosaic
242The Complete Arista Recordings of Anthony Braxton-8N-Mosaic
243The Complete Louis Armstrong Decca Sessions-7N-Mosaic
244The Classic Artie Shaw Bluebird And Victor Sessions-7N-Mosaic
245The Bing Crosby CBS Radio Recordings-7N-Mosaic
246The Complete Ahmad Jamal Trio Argo Sessions-9N-Mosaic
247Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air-8N-Mosaic

Mosaic Select (Out of Print)

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#  Title of setCD    OOP    Original?   Download    
001Mosaic Select: Grachan Moncur3YYPDF
002Mosaic Select: Carmell Jones3YYPDF
003Mosaic Select: Bennie Green3YYPDF
004Mosaic Select: Randy Weston3YYPDF
005Mosaic Select: Paul Chambers3N-Mosaic
006Mosaic Select: John Patton3YYPDF
007Mosaic Select: Curtis Amy3YYPDF
008Mosaic Select: Duke Pearson3YYPDF
009Mosaic Select: Bob Brookmeyer3YYPDF
010Mosaic Select: Bud Shank/Bob Cooper3YYPDF
011Mosaic Select: Dizzy Reece3YYPDF
012Mosaic Select: Dave Liebman & Richie Beirach3N-Mosaic
013Mosaic Select: Don Pullen3YYPDF
014Mosaic Select: Dexter Gordon3YYPDF
015Mosaic Select: Art Pepper3YYPDF
016Mosaic Select: Andrew Hill3N-Mosaic
017Mosaic Select: Johnny Richards3YYPDF
018Mosaic Select: Freddie Slack3YYPDF
019Mosaic Select: Pacific Jazz Piano Trios3YYPDF
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List of contributors (as of December 21st, 2009)

Flurin Casura,Volkher Hofmann

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Special thanks

Flurin Casura for zipping up each and every bit he had amassed himself and sending it my way a few minutes after he had received my call for help. As it tuns out, I had 98% of what Flurin had, but it was still invaluable for cross-referencing and adding some recreated discographies from sets with lower numbers that I was missing.

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Copyright: All the information provided in the download files is (c) Mosaic Records. This page is published by permission from Mosaic Records, dated July 22nd, 2009.

9 Comments

  1. For a second there, the realignment of this site killed this page but now it’s back up. In the process though, the comments that had been posted by you have gone the way of so many things digital … they disappeared into thing air. Sorry about that, but as far as I recall, nothing remained unanswered or was new when the comments died.

    No matter what, we’re open for business again.

  2. First, thanks for setting this up. (Gripes to follow, right?).
    I have an almost brand new computer with Java and tried it on Firefox and Windows browsers and had no luck with entries from the big block. The individually outlined ones worked fine.
    Thanks again…
    fv

  3. Fred,
    could you be more specific? Do you mean the sortable table? There are no links in there. That’s just an extra way of sorting the sets if you want a quick overview. But I might add links there as I go along.

    Volkher

  4. Thanks for all the Mosaic liner notes, though I’m still looking for the notes for 146 – “The Complete Decca Studio Recordings of Louis Armstrong and the All Stars”.

  5. This site is invaluable but I have noted one possible area for improvement!

    Currently the link for The Complete Roulette Live Recordings of Count Basie and his Orchestra (1959-1962) points to the details for The Complete Dean Benedetti Recordings of Charlie Parker but not vice versa. If you have the Basie details there somewhere, I’d really like to see them.

    Thanks.

  6. @ Terry Sullivan: One year later … fixed. ;)

    Sorry about that.
    Life and the universe kept me away from my site.

    BTW: If there is a messed-up link, it’s usually because I forgot to copy it over … although the file is on the server. Had you tried to replace the “0129″ part of the link with “0135″ (both are the respective Mosaic numbers with a leading zero), you could have loaded the file.

    P.S.: Before anyone tries loading Mosaic numbers that are not on that list above … it’s a waste of time (but they will be up here soon).

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