Box set for desert island (only one!)

[Pharaohrock]

If you could take only one jazz box set onto a deserted island, what would it be???

me- the history of blue note box set that came out a year ago on the 50th anniversary.

[omar zamora]

Trane Live at the Village Vanguard

[bombastic]

no matter what you take, you'd end up bored by it,so i guess i would take the biggest coltrane box available. 16 discs, and trane is interesting enough that at least it would take some time to listen to.

[clifton]

Easy. The Complete Charlie Parker on Savoy and Dial. Even the alternate takes are sublime.

[PiousBionicus]

Oscar Peterson - Exclusively For My Friends or one of my many jazz compilations.

[victor]

on a desert island i would have to take miles davis the columbia years box set...so many different styles of one complex person

[LeMo]

The Complete Impulse Studio Recordings Of The Classic John Coltrane Quartet (Impulse! IMPP8-280).
The box has just been created for that, the desert island.

[jazzypaul]

hmmmmmmm....all good ones. I think for me it would be the Thad & Mel Mosaic box. 5 discs without one clunker on them. Can't beat a track record like Thad's.

[J Larsen]

Can I wait for Mosaic to issue their ulitimate project, "The Complete Jazz and Blues Recordings", before answering your question?

[WestCoast Ghost]

Always a tough one to answer... prob. the huge Ellington RCA box, partly because it spans his entire half-century on records, and for the small-group/Blanton-Webster sides. The Parker Dial/Savoy is a damned close second.

[Jazzmoose]

Yeah, I was thinking the Ellington RCA box set myself, simply because it's so big...

[kenny weir]

Billie Holiday - Complete Columbia

[shawn·m]

Hands down, Miles Davis Complete Live At the Plugged Nickel. I can see myself now, fondling the box speaking sweet platonic nothings to its interior —not unlike Tom Hanks and Desmond (or whatever the ball’s name was). But this is one of those times I’m awfully glad I don’t live on that island!

[Muskrat Ramble]

I'd take a box set with a radio, flare gun, mosquito repellant, emergency rations, and a six-pack. No, make that a 12.

And the Trane Village Vanguard sessions :)

[shawn·m]

Would it be cheating if I took Ellington’s Cote D’Azur to an entirely different island?

[Aggie87]

Don't forget to bring Effron along for some stimulating conversations about Hank, Warne, Sun Ra....who am I forgetting?

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[Matthew]

I have come to really like the "Jazz at the Philharmonic" box set. You get great jam sessions, and the music has an uplifting effect on me. I play it all the time. I mean, Parker, Young, Hawkins, Little Jazz, and Nat King Cole on the same set -- what's not to like?

[Jim Dye]

As much as I dig Omar's suggestion, I'd have to go with the second Miles Quintet box '65-'68...at least until Mosaic makes the Complete Wayne Shorter Blue Note Sessions.

[weizen]

Probably the Mobley Mosaic box.

[AfricaBrass]

Mine would be Coltrane's "Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings."

If I could take a non-jazz box, it would be the Speedy West/Jimmy Bryant "Flaming Guitars" box on Bear Family. I'm a guitar player (at least I try to be one) and I'm consistently blown away by Bryant's playing, and that Speedy West is no slouch either.

[desertblues]

For me it would have to be the Miles/Trane Mosaic box.

[clandy44]

Volume 1 of the Mosaic Commodore...or either of the Mosaic Basies.

[DustyFoot]

Originally posted by weizen
Probably the Mobley Mosaic box.

Ditto for me!

A close second would be the Mosaic Donald Byrd / Pepper Adams sessions

[BeBop]

Central Avenue Sounds. While the choices already posted are appealing, this has far more variety. Spice of life, right?

[Misterioso]

Would hate to have only one of my box sets but if forced to choose Monk's Riverside Box.

[ADR]

Originally posted by hadi·blues

Hands down, Miles Davis Complete Live At the Plugged Nickel. I can see myself now, fondling the box speaking sweet platonic nothings to its interior —not unlike Tom Hanks and Desmond (or whatever the ball’s name was). But this is one of those times I’m awfully glad I don’t live on that island!

I'm with hadiblues - I have to go with the "Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel" box. This is my favorite jazz recording in my collection - bar none.

ADR

[shawn·m]

Originally posted by Aggie87
Don't forget to bring Effron along for some stimulating conversations about Hank, Warne, Sun Ra....who am I forgetting?

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Of course! The ball’s name was Effron, how could I forget that name?

[OUT2LUNCH]

How about that nice Bobby Hackett Mosaic set;) I'ts a great souvenier from the Blue Note Board! Seriously, I would opt for the Coltrane Prestige box!

[Aggie87]

If you force me at gunpoint (hopefully a flare-gun if we're on that island), then I'd pick Trane's Village Vanguard box by a thread over the Miles 65-68 box. But to be honest, if I've bothered to take one of those on a doomed plane ride, then I'm gonna take the other as well! :D

[BeRiGaN]

The upcoming Bunny Berigan Mosaic!;)
Until then, the Billie Holiday set is fantabulous!

[BeRiGaN]

Aggie, how do you do the the image under your name? Usually, I can figure out stuff like that :rolleyes:

[Aggie87]

Berigan -
It's an avatar. If you go to the control panel, and then the "Edit Options", down at the bottom there's a place to change avatars. Click that, then click on the "Use custom avatar" thing.

You'll need to enter a URL for the image you want to use for your avatar. The biggest trick (to me anyway) is finding an image small enough to fit - it needs to be 50x50 pixels max, and 20K bytes max.

[brownie]

I'm sure there will be a turntable on the Desert Island. Will then take my Prez box (22LPs of rare and live Lester Young).

[BeRiGaN]

Originally posted by Aggie87
Berigan -
It's an avatar. If you go to the control panel, and then the "Edit Options", down at the bottom there's a place to change avatars. Click that, then click on the "Use custom avatar" thing.

You'll need to enter a URL for the image you want to use for your avatar. The biggest trick (to me anyway) is finding an image small enough to fit - it needs to be 50x50 pixels max, and 20K bytes max.
thanks Aggie! I wouldn't have figured it out! And you are right, hard to find small ones!

[shawn·m]

Originally posted by BeRiGaN
And you are right, hard to find small ones!

Thing is, if you have a scanner, you can even fashion your own design.

[Joel]

assuming the deserted island has endless supply of electricity,
then I'll take my entire Pat Metheny albums (and my stereo of course).

..sorry Pharaorock, I dont own any box set but my 15 plus cds of PM are more that enough to become "a set"....even more if I have to include those "not sold in the market".

[BeRiGaN]

Originally posted by hadi·blues


Thing is, if you have a scanner, you can even fashion your own design.
Didn't think about that! Who dat anyway?:confused:

[shawn·m]

Originally posted by BeRiGaN
Who dat anyway?:confused:

Aka Afflatus, Aka kartoffel·hadi blues on the BNBB. Hey, you’re more than forgive if it doesn’t ring a bell. I’m not as flamboyant or prolific as Lon or Sngry, and I usually stay away from the political stuff. If, on the other hand, it does ring a bell, Ssshhhhhhhh… our new hosts will discover my true jackass nature soon enough!

[Aggie87]

...I thought he was asking who that was in your avatar, not who YOU were :p

[shawn·m]

D’Oh! Shafi Hadi, of course, and from a Mobley session no less.

[BeRiGaN]

Originally posted by hadi·blues
D’Oh! Shafi Hadi, of course, and from a Mobley session no less.
Oh, that's ok...plus, you are just 4 posts away from leaving Junior behind....I am 18, I'll never get there!:( in the next hour! :D

[BeRiGaN]

Shafi Hadi! Damn, just when I think I have heard of most of the old timers....checked allmusic, looks like he is still alive, why hasn't he recorded since the 60's?:confused:

[shawn·m]

What will you do, Berigan, now that you may bend the power of this software to you whim and create a custom avatar? I’m betting it’s gonna be something special.

…and three images of a beer-doused, scantily clad Phillis Diller should do the trick.

[shawn·m]

Originally posted by BeRiGaN
looks like he is still alive, why hasn't he recorded since the 60's?:confused:

E-gad! I think Dmitry posted the same question two month back on the BNBB. In short, nobody really knew what happened to him, or why he turned his back on jazz. As I recall, somebody said Sue Mingus is rumored to still be in touch with him, another said he might have given up jazz for painting.

I wrote Brian Priestley, figuring if anybody would know, it would be him. He never responded.

[BeRiGaN]

Originally posted by hadi·blues
What will you do, Berigan, now that you may bend the power of this software to you whim and create a custom avatar? I’m betting it’s gonna be something special.

…and three images of a beer-doused, scantily clad Phillis Diller should do the trick.
Phillis Diller??? Scantily clad??
That did it, I will have to become a monk now!:eek:

[shawn·m]

Oops, probably not a good idea to post a religious bulletin board link here.

Self edited.

[BruceH]

I'd go with the Ellington Smithsonian Explosion of Genius box, including the 1941 volume (you've got to stretch a point somewhere).

[JohnS]

I know it should be Bird, if I had it I'd probably choose the Cecil Taylor Mosaic box, but as I don't it will have to be Hank Mobley's Mosaic box. That should keep me going.

[vibes]

Based on how much I listen to them, I'd take either the Andrew Hill Mosaic or the Bill Evans Verve box. Maybe the Bill Evans, since the thing is a monster - 18 CD's of really great music. The Jackie McLean Mosaic and Paul Desmond/Jim Hall RCA box would also be honorable mentions.

[PDEE]

Hate to have to decide but if it were only one.. it might be the Keynote.. lot of variety in there. Most all of it good to excellent.

Hell to swim ashore with though.

[John Tapscott]

Of the sets I own, probably the Thad Jones/Mel Lews Mosaic set.

[James]

This is a very tough one - so of course it would have to be a larger box. I think I'd be torn between the Bill Evan's Riverside collection, Trane's Prestige, and The Heavyweight Champion - ultimately settling on the Evans.

What a horrifying prospect though - on a desert island without my jazz collection!!!!

[mikeweil]

Originally posted by James
This is a very tough one ..... What a horrifying prospect though - on a desert island without my jazz collection!!!!

Indeed ....
If I had to choose an existing, probably Wes Montgomery's Riverside recordings.
If a dream, Monk's complete sessions ....:D

[RDK]

I'd probably agree with Matthew up above and take the Complete JATP box.

Then again, if it's a deserted island, I might need the Verve Bill Evans box - surely all that sharp metal could come in handy. ;)

Ray

[live-evol]

probably miles' complete silent way sessions ... on mosaic vinyl!

[BruceH]

Originally posted by John Tapscott
Of the sets I own, probably the Thad Jones/Mel Lews Mosaic set.

I wish I could say I owned it; that's one of the sets I missed.

[tonym]

stan getz's complete roost sessions, the packaging is so cheap i wouldn't worry about the sand and the sea ruinig it yet the music is indispensable.

[Edward]

The Complete Capitol Recordings of the Nat King Cole Trio on Mosaic Records. Eighteen CD's of fabulous piano playing (and also often singing) would serve me well. Of course, RDK does make a good point about the potential usefulness of the metal which houses the complete Verve recordings of Bill Evans.:D

[Rocket #9]

The Ellington RCA Centennial box. If we're restricted to something smaller, it'll be awfully hard to choose between the Goodman "Complete RCA Victor Small Group Recordings" and the Atlantic Mingus "Passions of a Man" box.

Ed

[lazy bird]

Charlie Parker / Complete Savoy & Dial studio sessions

[Claude]

Miles Davis - Quintet 1965-68