The Complete Commodore Jazz Recordings Volume I, Volume II, Volume III. Mosaic
£
590
$
782
Favourite Auctions
To save auctions to your favourites, please login
If you don't have an account, please register
Description
On a total of 66 albums over three volumes, unavailable for almost three decades and limited to only 2500 sets, Mosaic has reissued the entire jazz output of Milt Gabler’s Commodore label, one of the most important jazz record companies of all time. There is an incredible amount of music included on these Out-Of-Print sets, including many previously unissued performances (not just alternate takes) and literally dozens of classics recorded between 1938-1954.
The Complete Commodore Jazz Recordings Vol. l - MR23-123.
Twenty-Three LPs plus a 64 page 12” x 12” Booklet. All In Fine Condition. Sessions by Billie Holiday, Jelly Roll Morton, Coleman Hawkins, Fletcher Henderson, Eddie Condon, Bud Freeman, the Kansas City Five and Six (with Lester Young), Teddy Wilson, Bud Freeman, Chu Berry, Jess Stacy, Chu Berry, Willie the Lion Smith, Billie Holiday, Stuff Smith, Jelly Roll Morton, Jack Teagarden, Art Hodes, Joe Marsala, Joe Bushkin, Lee Wiley, Pee Wee Russell, Bunk Johnson, Mel Powell (with Benny Goodman), Wild Bill Davison, George Brunies, and Edmond Hall
The Complete Commodore Jazz Recordings Vol. ll - MR23-128. Twenty-Three LPs plus a 48 page 12” x 12” Booklet. All In Fine Condition. Sessions by Sidney and Wilbur DeParis, Albert Ammons, Eddie Heywood, Hot Lips Page, Sid Catlett, Billie Holiday, the Kansas City Six with Lester Young, George Zack, Muggsy Spanier, Miff Mole, Joe Bushkin, Max Kaminsky, Edmond Hall, George Wettling, Bobby Hackett, Hot Lips Page, Pee Wee Russell, Red McKenzie, Jess Stacy, Jack Teagarden and Wild Bill Davison.
The Complete Commodore Jazz Recordings Vol. lll - MR20-134.
Twenty LPs plus a 48 page 12” x 12” Booklet. All In Fine Condition.
Sessions 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.
REVIEW: 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 acquire; buy them anyway if you have any interest in small-group swing and Chicago jazz. One exhausts superlatives when discussing this remarkable project.
price rating
