Mosaic 4-LP: Charles Mingus: Complete 1959 CBS Sessions

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Out of print for some time now, I believe that I've set a fair reserve. NOTE: THIS is a SET of LPs. I will hold all high bidders to their final bids -- no exceptions.

4-LP boxed set: The Complete 1959 CBS Charlie Mingus Sessions: Mosaic MQ4-143. (4-LP set Limited Edition #0450 of 2000 / pressed on excellent audiophile quality vinyl / USA]. (Condition: records, box & booklet are in excellent condition – played – but certainly near mint.) ||| I believe I can state that this set represents two of the best over-all modern jazz albums ever recorded. A truly definitive and expansive version of The Sessions from 1959 that were originally issued as Mingus Ah-Um & Mingus Dynasty. There was at least one attempt to reedit/expand some of these things by Columbia. I don’t remember off-hand what kind of edits (if any) are explored here, but I think it’s just…"here they are!" Which is just fine in my book. /\ Lots of distinguished musicians including John Handy, Booker Ervin, Shafi Hadi, Jimmy Knepper or Willie Dennis, Horace Parlan, Dannie Richmond on the ‘combo’ trks. Plus other great folks to fill out the sections on the large ensemble tracks. /\ A total of 27 selections including Bird Calls / Better Git It In Your Soul / Jelly Roll / Self-Portrait In Three Colors / Strollin’ / Gunslinging Bird (a.k.a. "If Charlie Parker Were a Gunslinger There’d Be an Awful Lot of Dead Copycats") / Goodbye Pork-Pie Hat (a.k.a. "Theme for Lester") / New Now, Know How. || As usual, a great booklet, which by the way, includes the original liner notes from the Columbia albums. || [RE: BT] || Notes on mailing and payment options are in the following paragraphs.

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