Top 10 Jazz Box Sets

[jazzfiend]

Ornette Coleman - Beauty is a Rare Thing

Miles Davis - Live @ Plugged Nickel

John Coltrane - Complete Village Vanguard Recordings

Art Pepper - Complete Galaxy Recordings

Bird - Complete Savoy & Dial Studio Recordings

Billie Holiday - The Legacy (Columbia)

Miles Davis - Complete In a Silent Way Sessions

Jimi Hendrix - The Jimi Hendrix Experience

Otis Redding - The Otis Redding Story

King Crimson - The ProjeKcts

[Derek Taylor]

Hey, where's that Brax STANDARDS box you've been touting, fiend?

[jazzfiend]

Total mindfart, Derek! It was the first thing in my mind (what's left of it) when I began the list. Thanks for the rude awakening.

Please insert:

Anthony Braxton - 23 Standards (quartet) 2003


Subtract:

King Crimson - The ProjeKcts

[Gordon B]

Miles Plugged Nickel-- yes, the Rosetta Stone of jazz.
Coltrane Village Vanguard
Miles Complete Columbia Studio
Coltrane Impulse
Brownie Emarcy
Tilbury All Piano (Feldman)
Andrew Hill Blue Note (own the individuals)
Mingus - Complete Atlantic


This would have beaten them all if it had existed:

Complete Cecil Taylor with Jimmy Lyons recordings

The one that would have been too much:

100 CD Masada Box, once rumored been subsequently shelved.

[stonemonkts]

Originally Posted by Gordon B

Miles Plugged Nickel-- yes, the Rosetta Stone of jazz.

Even better are the hard-to-find bootlegs of the 1967 European tour. I have Antwerp & Paris, courtesy of the good graces of a certain person. In 1965 Miles was not in tip top form, due to terrible hip problems. The band by 1967 was a monster, plus Davis WAS in excellent form by then. I'd give a nut to obtain the entire 6 cds floating around out there. Here are the dates:

Miles Davis - Miles-Trees.Org presents 1967 Europe (6 CDs with artwork)

CD1 1967.10.28 - Antwerp

CD2 1967.10.30 - Rotterdam + 1964.10.06 - Helsinki + 1967.11.01 - Helsinki

CD3 1967.11.02 - Copenhagen + 1967.11.01 - Helsinki + 1967.11.07 - Karlsruhe

CD4 1967.11.04 - Berlin + 1967.10.31 - Stockholm

CD5 1967.11.06 - Paris

CD6 1967.11.07 - Karlsruhe

[J.A.W.]

I'd add the Tristano / Konitz / Marsh Atlantic Sessions Mosaic.

[Gordon B]

Originally Posted by stonemonkts

Even better are the hard-to-find bootlegs of the 1967 European tour. I have Antwerp & Paris, courtesy of the good graces of a certain person. In 1965 Miles was not in tip top form, due to terrible hip problems. The band by 1967 was a monster, plus Davis WAS in excellent form by then. I'd give a nut to obtain the entire 6 cds floating around out there. Here are the dates:

Miles Davis - Miles-Trees.Org presents 1967 Europe (6 CDs with artwork)

CD1 1967.10.28 - Antwerp

CD2 1967.10.30 - Rotterdam + 1964.10.06 - Helsinki + 1967.11.01 - Helsinki

CD3 1967.11.02 - Copenhagen + 1967.11.01 - Helsinki + 1967.11.07 - Karlsruhe

CD4 1967.11.04 - Berlin + 1967.10.31 - Stockholm

CD5 1967.11.06 - Paris

CD6 1967.11.07 - Karlsruhe

Stone, you're in luck. Send me an email or a PM.

[Tanager]

I don't have it, but I am pretty sure I'm going to get the Tal Farlow Mosaic box real freaking soon.

[SinginSumo]

Originally Posted by JBW

Actually this was a bit of an indulgence for me and sometimes I wished I'd gone for the Master Takes disks. I don't play it very often because 1) the packaging is a nuisance and 2) I am too lazy to program out the umpteen different alternate takes. It's still a pretty amazing collection though.

JBW, this is so true for me as well. Just the Savoy and Dial master takes would have been enough for me.

[baksheesh]

Miles Davis:
1) Live at the Plugged Nickel
2) The Cellar Door Sessions
3) The Complete On the Corner Sessions

Cecil Taylor:
4) The FMP box (cheating a bit here, but as i have 'em all except the weak Legba Crossing I'm making an executive decision)
5) 2 Ts for a lovely T


6) Andrew Hill Mosaic Blue Note
7) Thelonius Monk Complete Riverside

Bill Evans
8) The Last Waltz (though it could equally be the Consecration box, the Turn Out the Stars box, or The Secret Sessions box)

Keith Jarrett
9) The Sun Bear Concerts
10) Complete Live at the Blue Note