The COMPLETE COMMODORE JAZZ RECORDINGS Volume 3 MOSAIC MR20-134 / 20-LP Box Set

Out of Print LIMITED EDITION of 2500 Sets

Outer Slip Case Box is Very Nice, light shelf wear. Both inner boxes are Very Nice, slight shelf wear, hinge and all corners intact and tight. Vinyl is primarily NEAR MINT to EXCELLENT with a few EX-. Both Books are Very Nice.

The COMPLETE COMMODORE JAZZ RECORDINGS Volume 3



1990 issue; recorded July 12, 1938 - July 9, 1957.



Includes Book with Many Many Photos, an interview with Milt Gabler, commentary by Dan Morgernstern, and a Complete Discography for this set. Also includes a second book which is a complete Commodore discography, listing all Commodore issues in all formats.


AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow [-]

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 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 discovered 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.

Tracks:


Record One

Bud Freeman and his Gang

A1 Memories of You #3
A2 Memories of You #4
A3 Life Spears a Jitterbug #2
A4 What’s the Use #3

Chi Berry and his Jazz Ensemble

A5 Blowing Up a Breeze
A6 Monday at Minton’s

Bunk Johnson

A7 Big Chief Battle Axe #2

Billie Holiday

B1 How Am I to Know #3
B2 My Old Flame #3
B3 I Cover the Waterfront #3
B4 I’ll Be Seeing You #3
B5 I’m Yours #3
B6 Embraceable You #3
B7 He’s Funny That Way #4

Record Two

Red Norvo and his Orchestra

A1 One Two Three Jump
A2 In a Mellotone
A3 The Man I Love
B1 Seven Come Eleven
B2 One Note Jive
B3 I Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance

Record Three

Bill Coleman

A1 Stardust

Gene Krupa Trio

A2 Stompin’ at the Savoy
A3 Body and Soul
A4 Limehouse Blues

Stuff Smith Trio

B1 Perdido
B2 Bugle Call Rag
B3 Desert Sands

Teddy Wilson

B4 I Know That You Know
B5 Where or When

Record Four

Teddy Wilson

A1 Sweet and Lovely
A2 I Can’t Believe That You’re in Love With Me

Don Byas and Slam Stewart

A3 Candy
A4 Indiana
A5 I Got Rhythm

George Zack

B1 My Daddy Rocks Me
B2 Chimes Blues
B3 Chimes Blues #2
B4 Chimes Blues #3

Jonah Jones

B5 Rose of the Rio Grande
B6 Rose of the Rio Grande #2
B7 You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me #2
B8 You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me

Record Five

Jonah Jones

A1 You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me #3
A2 Hubba Hubba Hop
A3 Hubba Hubba #2
A4 Stompin’ at the Savoy
A5 Stompin’ at the Savoy #2
A6 Stompin’ at the Savoy #3
A7 Stompin’ at the Savoy #4

Wild Bill Davison

B1 I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate
B2 When My Sugar Walks Down the Street

Wild Bill Davison and his Commodores

B3 Sensation Rag
B4 Sensation Rag #2
B5 Sensation Rag #3

Record Six

Wild Bill Davison and his Commodores

A1 Who’s Sorry Now
A2 Who’s Sorry Now #2
A3 Who’s Sorry Now #3
A4 On the Alamo
A5 On the Alamo #2
A6 Someday Sweetheart
A7 Someday Sweetheart #2

Eddie Edwards and his Original Dixieland Jazz Band

B1 Lazy Daddy
B2 Lazy Daddy #2
B3 Lazy Daddy #3
B4 Mournin’ Blues
B5 Mournin’ Blues #2
B6 Ostrich Walk

Record Seven

Eddie Edwards and his Original Dixieland Jazz Band

A1 Tiger Rag
A2Tiger Rag #2

Wild Bill Davison and his Commodores

A3 High Society
A4 High Society #2
A5 High Society #3
A6 Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams
B1 Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams #2
B2 Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams #3
B3 I’m Coming Virginia
B4 I’m Coming Virginia #2
B5 Wabash Blues
B6 Wabash Blues #2

Record Eight

George Brunies and his Jazz Band

A1 Sweet Lovin’ Man
A2 Sweet Lovin’ Man #2
A3 Hindustan
A4 Hindustan #2
A5 Wang Wang Blues
A6 Wang Wang Blues #2
A7 Doodle Doo Doo
A8 Doodle Doo Doo #2

Eddie Edwards and his Original Dixieland Jazz Band with Tony Sbarbaro

B1 Shake It and Break It
B2 Shake It and Break It #2
B3 Tiger Rag
B4 Lazy Daddy
B5 Barnyard Blues
B6 Barnyard Blues #2
B7 Mournin’ Blues
B8 Mournin’ Blues #2

Record Nine

Eddie Edwards and his Original Dixieland Jazz Band with Tony Sbarbaro

A1 Skeleton Jangle
A2 Skeleton Jangle #2
A3 Skeleton Jangle #3
A4 When You and I Were Young Maggie
A5 When You and I Were Young Maggie #2
A6 Ostrich Walk
A7 Ostrich Walk #2

George Brunies and his Jazz Band

B1 I Used to Love You (But It’s All Over Now)
B2 I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter
B3 I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter #2
B4 I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter #3
B5 In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree
B6 In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree #2
B7 D.D.T. Blues
B8 D.D.T. Blues #2
B9 D.D.T. Blues #3

Record Ten

Mel Powell and his Orchestra

A1 Lover Man
A2 Lover Man #2
A3 Avalon
A4 Avalon #2
A5 Avalon #3

Mel Powell

B1 Sketches (For Three Instruments)
B2 Brahms’ Rhapsody No. 3, Opus 119

Bob Wilber and his Wild Cats

B3 Willie the Weeper
B4 Willie the Weeper #2
B5 Willie the Weeper #3
B6 Mabel’s Dream
B7 Mabel’s Dream #2

Record Eleven

Bob Wilber and his Wild Cats

A1 Wild Cat Blues
A2 Wild Cat Blues #2
A3 Blues For Fowler
A4 Blues For Fowler #2

Ralph Sutton

A5 In the Dark
A6 Flashes
A7 Candlelights
A8 In a Mist

Ralph Sutton

B1 Boogie Joys
B2 Them There Eyes
B3 Sweet Lorraine
B4 Three Little Words
B5 When You’re Smiling
B6 Squeeze Me

Sidney Bechet and his New Orleans Feetwarmers

B7 Jelly Roll Blues
B8 At the Georgia Camp Meeting
A9 National Emblem March

Record Twelve

Sidney Bechet and his New Orleans Feetwarmers

A1 Hindustan
A2 I’ll Take That New Orleans Music

Johnny Wiggs and his New Orleans Band

A3 Brownskin
A4 I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate
A5 That’s A Plenty
A6 Ain’t Gonna Give Nobody None of My Jelly Roll
A7 Buddy Bolden’s Blues
A8 Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet
B1 Zulu’s Parade
B2 Brownskin
B3 Baby Won’t You Please Come Home
B4 Peculiar
B5 Wigwam Blues
B6 Brownskin #2

Record Thirteen

Johnny Wiggs and his New Orleans Band

A1 Brownskin
A2 I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate
A3 Shine
A4 Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet
A5 Zulu’s Parade
A6 Zulu’s Parade #2
A7 Careless Love
B1 Baby Won’t You Please Come Home
B2 Ain’t Gonna Give Nobody None of My Jelly Roll
B3 E Flat Blues

Willie the Lion Smith

B4 Echoes of Spring
B5 Rippling Waters
B6 Passionette
B7 Sneakawa

Record Fourteen

Willie the Lion Smith

A1 The Boy in the Boat (Squeeze Me)
A2 Fading Star
A3 Fingerbuster
A4 Morning Air
A5 Concentrating
A6 I’ll Follow You
A7 What Is There to Say?
A8 Stormy Weather
B1 Tea For Two
B2 Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea
B3 I Can’t Give You Anything But Love
B4 Just One of Those Things
B5 Madelon
B6 Hallelujah
B7 Poor Butterfly
B8 Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

Record Fifteen

Ralph Sutton

A1 Jeepers Creepers
A2 Eye Opener
A3 Snowy Morning Blues
A4 ’T’Ain’t Nobody’s Business
A5 Sneakaway
A6 Fussin’
A7 I’ll Dance at Your Wedding
A8 I Got Rhythm

Ralph Sutton Quartet with Edmond Hall

B1 Oh Baby
B2 Dardanella
B3 Up Jumped You With Love
B4 Sweet and Lovely

Frank Wess Quintet

B5 Some Other Spring
B6 Some Other Spring #2
B7 Mishawaka

Record Sixteen

Frank Wess Quintet

A1 Flute Song
A2 Wess Point
A3 Wess Point #2
A4 Basie Ain’t Here
A5 Basie Ain’t Here #2
A6 You’re My Thrill
A7 Frankosis

Ralph Sutton Quartet with Edmond Hall

B1 Ain’tcha Got Music
B2 Ain’tcha Got Music #2
B3 Ain’tcha Got Music #3
B4 Ain’tcha Got Music #4
B5 Cross My Heart
B6 Cross My Heart #2
B7 Cross My Heart #3

Record Seventeen

Frank Wess Sextet

A1 Pretty Eyes
A2 Pretty Eyes #2
A3 Wess of the Moon
A4 Wess of the Moon #2
A5 I’ll Be Around
A6 Rosetta No. 4 2:51
A7 Rosetta No. 5 2:49
B1 Danny’s Delight
B2 Danny’s Delight #2
B3 All My Life
B4 All My Life #2
B5 Romance
B6 Frankly the Blues
B7 Frankly the Blues #2

Record Eighteen

Ralph Sutton Quartet with Vic Dickenson

A1 Christopher Columbus
A2 Christopher Columbus #2
A3 Christopher Columbus #3
A4 St. Louis Blues
A5 St. Louis Blues #2

Peck Kelley

A6 Limehouse Blues
B1 Body and Soul
B2 Sophisticated Lady
B3 Rosetta
B4 Rosetta #2

Record Nineteen

Peck Kelley

A1 Stompin’ at the Savoy
A2 Stompin’ at the Savoy #2
A3 Riverboat Shuffle
B1 You Took Advantage of Me
B2 Tea For Two
B3 Sweet Lorraine

Record Twenty

Peck Kelley

A1 Moonlight on the Ganges
A2 Once in a While
A3 Lover
B1 Memories of You
B2 Peck’s Blues Jam
B3 It’s Only a Paper Moon

Terrific and RARE Traditional Jazz and Swing Box Set in Very Nice Condition with NEAR MINT / EX- Vinyl.

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