Mosaic Records
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Mosaic Records is an American specialist jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
, founded in 1983
1983 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1983.-January-April:*January – ZTT Records is founded.*January 8 – The UK singles chart is tabulated from this week forward by The Gallup Organization...
by Michael Cuscuna
Michael Cuscuna
Michael Cuscuna is an American jazz record producer and writer. He is a leading discographer of Blue Note Records....
and Charlie Lourie (current partner Fred Pustay, joined in 1994) to issue coherent limited edition box sets (initially on LP
Gramophone record
A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...
) of jazz recordings by individual musicians, which had fallen out-of-print. The sets would be lease
Lease
A lease is a contractual arrangement calling for the lessee to pay the lessor for use of an asset. A rental agreement is a lease in which the asset is tangible property...
d from the major record companies, usually for a three- or five-year period, with the edition limited to a specific number of copies. Sometimes the complete catalog of a label would appear: the complete masters of Milt Gabler
Milt Gabler
Milton Gabler was an American record producer, responsible for many innovations in the recording industry of the 20th century.-Early life:...
's Commodore Records
Commodore Records
Commodore Records was a United States-based independent record label known for issuing many well regarded recordings of jazz and swing music....
were contained in three sets consisting of some 66 LPs. In 2003 the company initiated the Select series of smaller sets, not necessarily "complete" in the usual sense. In 2006, the company began a third line, Mosaic Singles, a series dedicated to reissuing individual albums on CD which have not previously been available in US editions, or at all.
Mosaic's sets are primarily sold and distributed directly to customers, initially promoting through leading jazz publications, then mail order catalog, and now the internet. The first three years of releases did not sell particularly well. In 1986, Cuscuna reached out to a record producing acquaintance, Fred Seibert
Fred Seibert
Frederick "Fred" Seibert is a television and film producer and entertainment entrepreneur who owns Frederator Studios, and who has held leading positions with MTV Networks, Hanna-Barbera, and Next New Networks; he owns Frederator Studios...
for help. With partner Alan Goodman
Alan Goodman
Alan Goodman has played a key role in creating and launching many media brands since 1981, first in cable television and now for the internet and other platforms....
their company, Fred/Alan Inc. in New York, devised a catalog and strategy that immediately increased sales almost tenfold and put the company on a solid footing for the first time. Mr. Goodman continues to write the copy for all new release sales.
Over a hundred and fifty sets have now been issued by the company (though most sets' leases have now expired). Since 1998, Capitol Records
Capitol Records
Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...
has owned 50% of Mosaic, and is part of the Blue Note Label Group.
Mosaic
- 101 The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Thelonious Monk (4 LPs)
- 102 The Complete Pacific Jazz and Capitol Recordings of the Original Gerry Mulligan Quartet and Tentette with Chet Baker (3 CDs or 5 LPs)
- 103 The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Albert Ammons and Meade Lux Lewis (2 CDs or 3 LPs)
- 104 The Complete Blue Note and Pacific Jazz Recordings of Clifford Brown (5 LPs)
- 105 The Complete Pacific Jazz Small Group Recordings of Art Pepper (3 LPs)
- 106 The Complete Blue Note Recordings of the Tina Brooks Quintet (4 LPs)
- 107 The Complete Blue Note Forties Recordings of Ike Quebec and John Hardee (3 CDs or 4 LPs)
- 108 The Complete Recordings of The Port of Harlem Jazzmen (1 LP)
- 109 The Complete Edmond Hall/James P. Johnson/Sidney De Paris/Vic Dickenson Blue Note Sessions (4 CDs or 6 LPs)
- 110 The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Sidney Bechet (4 CDs or 6 LPs)
- 111 The Complete Candid Recordings of Charles Mingus (3 CDs or 4 LPs)
- 112 The Complete Black Lion Vogue Recordings of Thelonious Monk (3 CDs or 4 LPs)
- 113 The Complete Pacific Jazz Live Recordings of the Chet Baker Quartet with Russ Freeman (3 CDs or 4 LPs)
- 114 The Complete Art Hodes Blue Note Sessions (4 CDs or 5 LPs)
- 115 The Benny Morton/Jimmy Hamilton Blue Note Swingtets (1 LP)
- 116 The Complete Bud Powell Blue Note Recordings (1949-1958) (5 LPs)
- 117 The Complete Verve Recordings of the Buddy De Franco Quartet/Quintet with Sonny Clark (4 CDs or 5 LPs)
- 118 The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Herbie Nichols (3 CDs or 5 LPs)
- 119 The Pete Johnson/Earl Hines/Teddy Bunn Blue Note Sessions (1 LP)
- 120 The Complete Recordings of the Paul Desmond Quartet with Jim Hall (4 CDs or 6 LPs)
- 121 The Complete Blue Note 45 Sessions of Ike Quebec (2 CDs or 3 LPs)
- 122 The Complete Pacific Jazz Studio Recordings of the Chet Baker Quartet with Russ Freeman (3 CDs or 4 LPs)
- 123 The Complete Commodore Jazz Recordings, Volume I (23 LPs)
- 124 The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Freddie Redd (2 CDs or 3 LPs)
- 125 The Complete Atlantic and EMI Jazz Recordings of Shorty Rogers (4 CDs or 6 LPs)
- 126 The Complete Johnny Hodges Recordings 1951-1955 (6 LPs)
- 127 The Complete Candid Recordings of Cecil Taylor and Buell Neidlinger (4 CDs or 6 LPs)
- 128 The Complete Commodore Jazz Recordings, Volume II (23 LPs)
- 130 The Complete Recordings of T-Bone Walker 1940-1954 (6 CDs or 9 LPs)
- 131 The Complete Recordings of the Stan Getz Quintet with Jimmy Raney (3 CDs or 4 LPs)
- 132 The Complete Blue Note Recordings of George Lewis (3 CDs or 5 LPs)
- 133 The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Grant Green with Sonny Clark (4 CDs or 5 LPs)
- 134 The Complete Commodore Jazz Recordings, Volume III (20 LPs)
- 135 The Complete Roulette Live Recordings of Count Basie and His Orchestra (1959-1962) (8 CDs or 12 LPs)
- 136 Stan KentonStan KentonStanley Newcomb "Stan" Kenton was a pianist, composer, and arranger who led a highly innovative, influential, and often controversial American jazz orchestra. In later years he was widely active as an educator....
: The Complete Capitol Recordings of the Holman & Russo Charts (4 CDs or 6 LPs) - 137 The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Larry Young (6 CDs or 9 LPs)
- 138 The Complete Capitol Recordings of the Nat King Cole Trio (18 CDs or 27 LPs)
- 139 The Complete Candid Otis Span/Lightnin' Hopkins Sessions (3 CDs or 5 LPs)
- 140 The Complete Master Jazz Piano Series (4 CDs or 6 LPs)
- 141 The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Art Blakey's 1960 Jazz Messengers (6 CDs or 10 LPs)
- 142 The Complete CBS Studio Recordings of Woody Shaw (3 CDs or 4 LPs)
- 143 The Complete 1959 CBS Charles Mingus Sessions (4 Q-LPs)
- 144 The Complete CBS Buck Clayton Jam Sessions (6 CDs or 8 Q-LPs)
- 145 The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Don Cherry (2 CDs or 3 Q-LPs)
- 146 The Complete Decca Studio Recordings of Louis Armstrong and the All Stars (6 CDs or 8 Q-LPs)
- 147 The Complete Serge Chaloff Sessions (4 CDs or 5 Q-LPs)
- 148 The Complete Capitol Small Group Recordings of Benny Goodman 1944-1955 (4 CDs or 6 Q-LPs)
- 149 The Complete Roulette Studio Recordings of Count Basie and His Orchestra (10 CDs or 15 Q-LPs)
- 150 The Complete Blue Note 1964-66 Jackie McLean Sessions (4 CDs or 6 Q-LPs)
- 151 The Complete Solid State Recordings of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra (5 CDs or 7 Q-LPs)
- 152 The Complete CBS Recording of Eddie Condon and His All Stars (5 CDs or 7 Q-LPs)
- 153 The Complete Aladdin Recordings of Charles Brown (5 CDs or 7 Q-LPs)
- 154 The Complete February 1957 Jimmy Smith Blue Note Sessions (3CDs or 5 Q-LP)
- 155 The Complete Aladdin Recordings of Amos Milburn (7 CDs or 10 Q-LPs)
- 156 The Complete Roulette Recordings of the Maynard Ferguson Orchestra (10 CDs or 14 Q-LPs)
- 157 The Complete Capitol Recordings Of George Shearing (5 CDs or 7 Q-LPs)
- 158 MIles Davis: The Complete Plugged Nickel Sessions (10 Q-LPs)
- 159 The Phil Woods Quartet/Quintet 20th Anniversary Set (5 CDs or 7 Q-LPs)
- 160 The Complete Capitol Recordings Of Duke Ellington (5 CDs or 7 Q-LPs)
- 161 The Complete Blue Note Andrew Hill Sessions (1963-66) (7 CDs or 10 LPs)
- 162 The Complete Blue Note Lee Morgan Fifties Sessions (4 CDs or 6 LPs)
- 163 The Complete Capitol Studio Recordings of Stan Kenton 1943-47 (7 CDs or 10 Q-LPs)
- 164 Miles Davis/Gil Evans: The Complete Columbia Studio Recordings (11 LPs)
- 165 The Complete Illinois Jacquet Sessions 1945-50 (4 CDs or 6 LPs)
- 166 The Complete Blue Note/UA Curtis Fuller Sessions (3 CDs or 5 LPs)
- 167 The Complete Blue Note Sam Rivers Sessions (3 CDs or 5 LPs)
- 168 The Complete Capitol Fifties Jack Teagarden Sessions (4 CDs or 6 LPs)
- 169 The Complete Columbia J.J. Johnson Small Group Sessions (7 CDs or 11 LPs)
- 170 Classic Capitol Jazz Sessions (12 CDs or 19 LPs)
- 171 Bill Evans: The Final Village Vanguard Sessions-June 1980 (10 LPs)
- 172 The Complete Blue Note/UA/Roulette Recordings of Thad Jones (3 CDs or 5 Q-LPs)
- 173 The Complete Verve Recordings of the Teddy Wilson Trio (5 CDs or 8 Q-LPs)
- 174 The Complete Atlantic Recordings of Lennie Tristano, Lee Konitz & Warne Marsh (6 CDs or 10 Q-LPs)
- 175 The Complete Pacific Jazz Recordings of the Chico Hamilton Quintet (6 CDs or 9 Q-LPs)
- 176 The Complete Capitol & Atlantic Recordings of Jimmy Giuffre (6 CDs or 10 Q-LPs)
- 177 The Complete Studio Recordings Of The Miles Davis Quintet 1965 - June 1968 (10 Q-LPs)
- 178 The Complete Blue Note Blue Mitchell Sessions (1963-67) (4 CDs or 6 Q-LPs)
- 179 The Atlantic New Orleans Jazz Sessions ( 4 CDs or 6 LPs)
- 180 The Pacific Jazz Bud Shank Studio Sessions (1956-61) (5 CDs or 7 LPs)
- 182 The Complete Verve/Clef Charlie Ventura/Flip Philips Studio Sessions (6 CDs or 9 Q-LPs)
- 183 Miles Davis: The Complete Bitches Brew (6 Q-LPs)
- 184 The Complete Peggy Lee & June Christy Capitol Transcription Sessions (5 CDs)
- 185 Kenton Presents: Bob Cooper, Bill Holman & Frank Rosolino (4 CDs)
- 186 The Complete Verve Stuff Smith Sessions (4 CDs)
- 187 The Complete H.R.S. Sessions (6 CDs)
- 188 The Complete Anita O'Day Verve/Clef Sessions (9 CDs)
- 189 The Complete Kid Ory Verve Sessions (8 CDs)
- 191 The Complete Columbia Recordings Of Miles Davis With John Coltrane (9 Q-LPs)
- 192 The Complete Capitol Recordings of Gene Krupa & Harry James (7 CDs)
- 193 Duke Ellington: The Reprise Studio Recordings (5 CDs)
- 194 The Complete Blue Note Donald Byrd/Pepper Adams Studio Sessions (4 CDs)
- 195 The Complete Blue Note Elvin Jones Sessions (8 CDs)
- 196 The Complete Capitol Recordings of Woody Herman (6 CDs)
- 197 The Complete Blue Note Horace Parlan Session (5 CDs or 8 Q-LPs)
- 198 The Complete Pacific Jazz Recordings of Gerald Wilson and His Orchestra (5 CDs)
- 199 The Columbia Jazz Piano Moods Sessions (7 CDs)
- 200 The Complete Verve Johnny Hodges Small Group Sessions 1956-61 (6 CDs)
- 201 The Complete Mercury Max Roach Plus Four Sessions (7 CDs)
- 202 The Complete Vee Jay Lee Morgan & Wayne Shorter Sessions (6 CDs)
- 203 The Complete Capitol Four Freshmen Fifties Sessions (9 CDs)
- 204 The Complete Columbia Recordings of Mildred Bailey (10 CDs)
- 205 The Complete Vee Jay Paul Chambers & Wynton Kelly Sessions 1959-61
- 206 Classic Columbia Condon Mob Sessions (8 CDs)
- 209 Miles Davis: The Complete In A Silent Way Sessions (6 Q-LPs)
- 213 Classic Columbia And OKeh Joe Venuti And Eddie Lang Sessions (8 CDs)
- 215 The Complete Blue Note Lou Donaldson Sessions 1957-1960 (6 CDs)
- 217 The Complete Brunswick & Vocalion Recordings Of Louis Prima And Wingy Manone 1924-1937 (6 CDs)
- 219 The Complete Bruswick, Parlophone and Vocalion Bunny Berigan Sessions (7 CDs)
- 220 Miles Davis: The Complete Blackhawk Sessions (6 Q-LPs)
- 221 The Complete Verve Gerry Mulligan Concert Band Sessions (4 CDs)
- 222 The Complete Verve Roy Eldridge Studio Sessions (7 CDs)
- 224 The Complete Verve Tal Farlow Sessions (7 CDs)
- 225 The Complete Argo/Mercury Art Farmer/Benny Golson/Jazztet Sessions (7 CDs)
- 226 Miles Davis: The Complete 1963-1964 Columbia Recordings (10 Q-LPs)
- 227 The Complete Roulette Dinah Washington Sessions (5 CDs)
- 228 Columbia Small Group Swing Sessions 1953-1962 (8 CDs)
Mosaic select
- MS-001 Mosaic Select: Grachan MoncurGrachan Moncur IIIGrachan Moncur III is an American jazz trombonist who has mostly played free jazz, as well as being a prolific composer. He is the son of jazz bassist Grachan Moncur II and the nephew of jazz saxophonist Al Cooper.-Biography:...
- MS-002 Mosaic Select: Carmell JonesCarmell JonesCarmell Jones was an American jazz trumpet player.Jones was born in Kansas City, Kansas. He is best known for his work with Horace Silver, appearing in the album Song for My Father....
- MS-003 Mosaic Select: Bennie GreenBennie GreenBennie Green was an American jazz trombonist.Born in Chicago, Illinois, Green worked in the orchestras of Earl Hines and Charlie Ventura, and recorded as bandleader through the 1950s and 1960s.-As leader:...
- MS-004 Mosaic Select: Randy WestonRandy WestonRandy Weston , is an American jazz pianist and composer, of Jamaican parentage.-Biography:Weston studied classical piano as a child. After serving in the U.S. Army during World War II, he ran a restaurant that was frequented by many of the leading bebop musicians...
- MS-006 Mosaic Select: John PattonJohn Patton (musician)John Patton , sometimes nicknamed Big John Patton, was a hard bop and soul jazz organist....
- MS-007 Mosaic Select: Curtis AmyCurtis AmyCurtis Amy was an American West Coast jazz musician known for his work on tenor saxophone. He also explored many mediums, including soul jazz and hard bop.-Biography:...
- MS-008 Mosaic Select: Duke PearsonDuke PearsonDuke Pearson was an American jazz pianist and composer. Allmusic notes him as being a "big part in shaping the Blue Note label's hard bop direction in the 1960s as a producer."-History:...
- MS-009 Mosaic Select: Bob BrookmeyerBob BrookmeyerRobert Brookmeyer is an American jazz valve trombonist, pianist, arranger, and composer.-Biography:Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Brookmeyer first gained widespread public attention as a member of Gerry Mulligan's quartet from 1954 to 1957. He later worked with Jimmy Giuffre...
- MS-010 Mosaic Select: Bud ShankBud ShankClifford Everett "Bud" Shank, Jr. was an American alto saxophonist and flautist. He rose to prominence in the early 1950s playing lead alto and flute in Stan Kenton's Innovations in Modern Music Orchestra and throughout the decade worked in various small jazz combos. He spent the 1960s as a first...
and Bob CooperBob Cooper (musician)Bob Cooper was a West Coast jazz musician known primarily for playing tenor saxophone, but also for being one of the first to play solos on oboe. He worked in Stan Kenton's band starting in 1945 and married the band's singer June Christy... - MS-011 Mosaic Select: Dizzy ReeceDizzy ReeceAlphonso Son "Dizzy" Reece is a hard bop jazz trumpeter with a distinctive sound and compositional style.Reece was born 5 January 1931 in Kingston, Jamaica, the son of a silent film pianist. He attended the Alpha Boys School , switching from baritone to trumpet at 14...
- MS-012 Mosaic Select: Dave LiebmanDave LiebmanDave Liebman is an American saxophonist and flautist. In June 2010, he received a NEA Jazz Masters lifetime achievement award from the National Endowment for the Arts.-Biography:...
& Richie BeirachRichie BeirachRichard "Richie" Beirach is a jazz pianist and composer born in New York City.He initially studied both classical and jazz before entering the Berklee College of Music.... - MS-013 Mosaic Select: Don PullenDon PullenDon Pullen was an American jazz pianist and organist. Pullen developed a strikingly individual style throughout his career. He composed masterworks ranging from blues to bebop and modern jazz...
- MS-014 Mosaic Select: Dexter GordonDexter GordonDexter Gordon was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and an Academy Award-nominated actor . He is regarded as one of the first and most important musicians to adapt the bebop musical language of people like Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Bud Powell to the tenor saxophone...
- MS-015 Mosaic Select: Art PepperArt PepperArt Pepper , born Arthur Edward Pepper, Jr., was an American alto saxophonist and clarinetist.About Pepper, Scott Yanow of All Music stated, "In the 1950s he was one of the few altoists that was able to develop his own sound despite the dominant influence of Charlie Parker" and: "When Art Pepper...
- MS-016 Mosaic Select: Andrew HillAndrew HillAndrew Hill was an American jazz pianist and composer.Hill is recognized as one of the most important innovators of jazz piano in the 1960s...
- MS-017 Mosaic Select: Johnny Richards
- MS-018 Mosaic Select: Freddie SlackFreddie SlackFrederick Charles Slack was an American swing and boogie-woogie pianist and bandleader.He played with the Jimmy Dorsey Band in the 1930s and was a charter member of the Will Bradley Orchestra when it formed in 1939...
- MS-019 Mosaic Select: Pacific Jazz Piano Trios
- MS-020 Mosaic Select: Charles TolliverCharles TolliverCharles Tolliver is an American jazz trumpeter and composer. Tolliver was born in Jacksonville, Florida, where, as a child, he received his first trumpet as a gift from his grandmother. He attended Howard University in the early 1960s as a pharmacy student, when he decided to pursue music as a...
- MS-021 Mosaic Select: Gerry MulliganGerry MulliganGerald Joseph "Gerry" Mulligan was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, composer and arranger. Though Mulligan is primarily known as one of the leading baritone saxophonists in jazz history – playing the instrument with a light and airy tone in the era of cool jazz – he was also...
- MS-022 Mosaic Select: Sidney BechetSidney BechetSidney Bechet was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer.He was one of the first important soloists in jazz , and was perhaps the first notable jazz saxophonist...
- MS-023 Mosaic Select: Andrew HillAndrew HillAndrew Hill was an American jazz pianist and composer.Hill is recognized as one of the most important innovators of jazz piano in the 1960s...
- MS-024 Mosaic Select: Tony Williams
- MS-025 Mosaic Select: McCoy TynerMcCoy TynerMcCoy Tyner is a jazz pianist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet and a long solo career.-Early life:...
- MS-026 Mosaic Select: Bobby HutchersonBobby HutchersonBobby Hutcherson is a jazz vibraphone and marimba player. His vibraphone playing is suggestive of the style of Milt Jackson in its free-flowing melodicism, but his sense of harmony and group interaction is thoroughly modern...
- MS-027 Mosaic Select: Al CohnAl CohnAl Cohn was an American jazz saxophonist and arranger and composer.-Biography:Alvin Gilbert Cohn was born in Brooklyn, New York. He was initially known in the 1940s for playing in Woody Herman's Second Herd as one of the Four Brothers, along with Zoot Sims, Stan Getz, and Serge Chaloff...
, Joe NewmanJoe Newman (trumpeter)Joseph Dwight Newman was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and educator, best known for his time with Count Basie....
& Freddie GreenFreddie GreenFrederick William "Freddie" Green was an American swing jazz guitarist. He was especially noted for his sophisticated rhythm guitar in big band settings, particularly for the Count Basie orchestra, where he was part of the "All-American Rhythm Section" with Basie on piano, Jo Jones on drums, and... - MS-028 Mosaic Select: Johnny MercerJohnny MercerJohn Herndon "Johnny" Mercer was an American lyricist, songwriter and singer. He is best known as a lyricist, but he also composed music. He was also a popular singer who recorded his own songs as well as those written by others...
- MS-029 Mosaic Select: Onzy Matthews
- MS-030 Mosaic Select: Boogie Woogie and Blues Piano
- MS-031 Mosaic Select: Woody HermanWoody HermanWoodrow Charles Herman , known as Woody Herman, was an American jazz clarinetist, alto and soprano saxophonist, singer, and big band leader. Leading various groups called "The Herd," Herman was one of the most popular of the 1930s and '40s bandleaders...
- MS-032 Mosaic Select: Dave LiebmanDave LiebmanDave Liebman is an American saxophonist and flautist. In June 2010, he received a NEA Jazz Masters lifetime achievement award from the National Endowment for the Arts.-Biography:...
, Randy BreckerRandy BreckerRandal "Randy" Brecker is an American trumpeter and flugelhornist. He is a highly sought after performer in the genres of jazz, rock, and R&B, and has performed or recorded with Stanley Turrentine, Billy Cobham, Bruce Springsteen, Lou Reed, Sandip Burman, Charles Mingus, Blood, Sweat & Tears,...
, Richie BeirachRichie BeirachRichard "Richie" Beirach is a jazz pianist and composer born in New York City.He initially studied both classical and jazz before entering the Berklee College of Music....
, Frank TusaFrank TusaFrank Tusa is an American jazz double-bassist, composer,educator.Tusa played guitar before switching to bass at age ten. He worked in a Broadway pit orchestra and then played while serving in the Army. Tusa worked with Paul Bley , Horacee Arnold , and in the Open Sky trio with Dave Liebman and...
, Al FosterAl FosterAl Foster is an American jazz drummer. Foster played with Miles Davis's large funk fusion group in the 70s, was one of the few people to have contact with Miles during his retirement, and was also part of his comeback album The Man With the Horn of 1981...
: Live at the Village Vanguard - MS-033 Mosaic Select: Toshiko AkiyoshiToshiko Akiyoshiis a Japanese American jazz pianist, composer/arranger and bandleader. Among a very few successful female instrumentalists of her generation in jazz, she is also recognized as a major figure in jazz composition. She has received 14 Grammy nominations, and she was the first woman to win the Best...
- MS-034 Mosaic Select: Denny ZeitlinDenny ZeitlinDenny Zeitlin is an American jazz pianist and composer, and a clinical professor of psychiatry at University of California, San Francisco...
- MS-035 Mosaic Select: John HandyJohn HandyJohn Richard Handy III is an American jazz alto saxophonist.-Biography:In the 1960s, Handy led several groups...