Various Artists
RARE : Box Set (20 LP) 1990 - Limited Edition 2500 Copies / indissociable des volumes I et II
Stéréo | 20 LP | 33rpm | Set Box | Limited Edition
Extrait :Various Artists : The Complete Commodore Jazz Recordings Volume III (1990) - 20 LP Box Set + 48 page booklet – Mosaic Records, Limited and Numbered Edition 2500 copies
LP 1 : Bud Freeman And His Gang, Chu Berry & His Jazz Ensemble, Bunk Johnson, Billie Holiday
LP 2 : Red Norvo And His Orchestra
LP 3 : Bill Coleman, Gene Krupa Trio, Stuff Smith Trio, Teddy Wilson
LP 4 : Teddy Wilson, Don Byas And Slam Stewart, George Zack, Jonah Jones,
LP 5 : Jonah Jones, Wild Bill Davison, Wild Bill Davison And His Commodores
LP 6 : Wild Bill Davison And His Commodores, Eddie Edwards And His Original Dixieland Jazz Band
LP 7 : Eddie Edwards And His Original Dixieland Jazz Band,
Wild Bill Davison And His Commodores
LP 8 : George Bruns And His Jazz Band, Eddie Edwards And His Original Dixieland Jazz Band With Tony Sbarbaro
LP 9 : Eddie Edwards And His Original Dixieland Jazz Band With Tony Sbarbaro, George Bruns And His Jazz Band
LP 10 : Mel Powell & His Orchestra, Mel Powell, Bob Wilber And His Wild Cats
LP 11 : Bob Wilber And His Wild Cats, Ralph Sutton, Sidney Bechet And His New Orleans Feetwarmers
LP 12 : Sidney Bechet And His New Orleans Feetwarmers, Johnny Wiggs And His New Orleans Band
LP 13 : Johnny Wiggs And His New Orleans Band
LP 14 : Willie ‘’The Lion’’ Smith
LP 15 : Ralph Sutton, Ralph Sutton Quartet With Edmond Hall, Frank Wess Quintet
LP 16 : Frank Wess Quintet, Ralph Sutton, Ralph Sutton Quartet With Edmond Hall
LP 17 : Frank Wess Sextet
LP 18 : Ralph Sutton Quartet With Vic Dickenson, Peck Kelley
LP 19 : Peck Kelley
LP 20 : Peck Kelley
The third and final Mosaic box set that reissues all of the valuable recordings from Milt Gabler's Commodore label is the smallest of these reissues, a mere 20 LP set. All three of the volumes (which total 66 albums) are wonderful but since they were originally limited-edition releases (just 2500 copies apiece) and have quickly gone out-of-print, they will be difficult to locate and expensive to acquire; buy them anyway if you have any interest in small-group swing and Chicago dixieland. Volume III starts out with some recently discovery alternate takes by Bud Freeman, Chu Berry, Bunk Johnson and Billie Holiday from 1938-44 before concentrating mostly on the 1945-46 period. There are sessions led by Red Norvo, Bill Coleman, Gene Krupa, Stuff Smith, Teddy Wilson and the duo of Don Byas and Slam Stewart (all of those are from a legendary 1945 Town Hall concert) plus dates headed by George Zack, Jonah Jones, Wild Bill Davison, Eddie Edwards, George Brunies and Mel Powell; in addition there are later sets by Bob Wilber, Ralph Sutton, Sidney Bechet, Johnny Wiggs, Willie the Lion Smith, Frank Wess and Peck Kelley. One exhausts superlatives when discussing this remarkable project.
- LP 1 :
- Side A :
- BUD FREEMAN AND HIS GANG : 1. Memories Of You #3 -1,
- 2. Memories Of You #4 -1, 3. Life Spears A Jitterbug #2 -2,
- 4. What's The Use ? #3 -2, 5. CHU BERRY & HIS JAZZ ENSEMBLE :
- Blowing Up A Breeze, 6. Monday At Minton's, 7. BUNK JOHNSON :
- Big Chief Battle Axe #2,
- Side B :
- BILLIE HOLIDAY : 1. How Am I To Know #3, 2. My Old Flame #3,
- 3. I Cover The Waterfront #3, 4. I'll Be Seeing You #3, 5. 'm Yours #3,
- 6. Embraceable You #3, 7. He's Funny That Way #4
- LP 2 :
- Side A :
- RED NORVO AND HIS ORCHESTRA : 1. One, Two, Three, Jump,
- 2. In A Mellotone, 3. The Man I Love,
- Side B :
- RED NORVO AND HIS ORCHESTRA : 1. Seven Comes Eleven, 2. One Note Jive,
- 3. I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance
- LP 3 :
- Side A :
- BILL COLEMAN : 1. Stardust, 2. GENE KRUPA TRIO : Stompin' At The Savoy,
- 3. Body And Soul, 4. Limehouse Blues
- Side B :
- STUFF SMITH TRIO : 1. Perdido, 2. Bugle Call Rag, 3. Desert Sands,
- 4. TEDDY WILSON : I Know That You Know, 5. Where Or When
- LP 4 :
- Side A :
- TEDDY WILSON : 1. Sweet And Lovely -1, 2. I Can't Believe That You're
- In Love With Me -1, 3. DON BYAS AND SLAM STEWART : Candy -1,
- 4. Indiana, 5. I Got Rhythm
- Side B :
- GEORGE ZACK : 1. My Daddy Rocks Me, 2. Chimes Blues, 3. Chimes Blues #2,
- 4. Chimes Blues #3, 5. JONAH JONES : Rose Of The Rio Grande,
- 6. Rose Of The Rio Grande #2, 7. You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me #2,
- 8. You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me
- LP 5 :
- Side A :
- JONAH JONES : 1. You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me #3,
- 2. Hubba Hubba Hop, 3. Hubba Hubba Hop #2, 4. Stompin' At The Savoy,
- 5. Stompin' At The Savoy #2, 6. Stompin' At The Savoy #3,
- 7. Stompin' At The Savoy #4
- Side B :
- WILLD BILL DAVISON : 1. I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate,
- 2. When My Sugar Walks Down The Street,
- WILLD BILL DIVISION AND HIS COMMODORES : 3. Sensation Rag,
- 4. Sensation Rag #2, 5. Sensation Rag #3, 4.
- LP 6 :
- Side A :
- WILLD BILL DIVISION AND HIS COMMODORES : 1. Who's Sorry Now,
- 2. Who's Sorry Now #2, 3. Who's Sorry Now #3, 4. On The Alamo,
- 5. On The Alamo #2, 7. Someday Sweetheart, 8. Someday Sweetheart #2
- Side B :
- EDDIE EDWARDS AND HIS ORIGINAL DIXIELAND JAZZ BAND : 1. Lazy Daddy,
- 2. Lazy Daddy #2, 3. Lazy Daddy #3, 4. Mournin' Blues, 5. Mournin' Blues #2,
- 6. Ostrich Walk
- LP 7 :
- Side A :
- EDDIE EDWARDS AND HIS ORIGINAL DIXIELAND JAZZ BAND : 1. Tiger Rag,
- 2. Tiger Rag #2, 3. WILLD BILL DIVISION AND HIS COMMODORES : High Society,
- 4. High Society #2, 5. High Society #3, 6. Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams
- Side B :
- WILLD BILL DIVISION AND HIS COMMODORES :
- 1. Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams #2, 2. Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams #3,
- 3. I'm Coming Virginia, 4. I'm Coming Virginia #2, 5. Wabash Blues,
- 6. Wabash Blues #2
- LP 8 :
- Side A :
- GEORGE BRUNS AND HIS JAZZ BAND : 1. Sweet Lovin' Man,
- 2. Sweet Lovin' Man #2, 3. Hindustan, 4. Hindustan #2, 5. Wang Wang Blues,
- 6. Wang Wang Blues #2, 7. Doodle Doo Doo, 8. Doodle Doo Doo #2
- Side B :
- EDDIE EDWARDS AND HIS ORIGINAL DIXIELAND JAZZ BAND WITH
- TONY SBARBARO : 1. Shake It And Break It -1, 2. Shake It And Break It #2 -1,
- 3. Tiger Rag -1, 4. Lazy Daddy -1, 5. Barnyard Blues -1, 6. Barnyard Blues #2 -1,
- 7. Mournin' Blues -2, 8. Mournin' Blues #2 -2
- LP 9 :
- Side A :
- EDDIE EDWARDS AND HIS ORIGINAL DIXIELAND JAZZ BAND WITH
- TONY SBARBARO : 1. Skeleton Jangle -2, 2. Skeleton Jangle #2 -2,
- 3. Skeleton Jangle #3 -2, 4. When You And I Were Young Maggie -1,2,
- 5. When You And I Were Young Maggie #2 -1,2, 6. Ostrich Walk -2,
- 7. Ostrich Walk #2 -2
- Side B :
- GEORGE BRUNS AND HIS JAZZ BAND : 1. I Used To Love You
- (But It's All Over Now), 2. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter,
- 3. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter #2, 4. I'm Gonna Sit Right
- Down And Write Myself A Letter #3, 5. In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree,
- 6. In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree #2, 7. D.D.T. Blues, 8. D.D.T. Blues #2,
- 9. D.D.T. Blues #3
- LP 10 :
- Side A :
- MEL POWELL & HIS ORCHESTRA : 1. Lover Man, 2. Lover Man #2, 3. Avalon,
- 4. Avalon #2, 5. Avalon #3,
- Side B :
- MEL POWELL : 1. Sketches (For Three Instruments), 2. Brahms' Rhapsody
- No. 3, Opus 119, 3. BOB WILBER AND HIS WILD CATS : Willie The Weeper,
- 4. Willie The Weeper #2, 5. Willie The Weeper #3, 6. Mabel's Dream,
- 7. Mabel's Dream #2
