MOSAIC MILES DAVIS: THE COMPLETE BLACKHAWK SESSIONS

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UNITED STATES & CANADIAN BUYERS ONLY!!! YOU ARE BIDDING ON A "NEW/MINT" NEVER PLAYED MOSAIC BOX SET NUMBER MQ6-220, TITLED "MILES DAVIS: THE COMPLETE BLACKHAWK SESSIONS. THIS OUT-OF-PRINT LIMITED EDITION COLLECTION CONTAINS 6 LP'S AND IS NUMBER 508 OUT OF 3,000. THESE SESSIONS WERE RECORDED ON APRIL 21 & 22, 1961. ALONG WITH MILES YOU WILL HEAR: HANK MOBLEY, WYNTON KELLY, PAUL CHAMBERS & JIMMY COBB. TUNES INCLUDE: OLEO, NO BLUES, BYE BYE, ALL OF YOU, NEO, I THOUGHT ABOUT YOU, BYE BYE BLACKBIRD, WALKIN', LOVE, I'VE FOUND YOU, IF I WERE A BELL, FRAN DANCE, ON GREEN DOLPHIN STREET, THE THEME, SO WHAT, NO BLUES, 'ROUND MIDNIGHT, WELL YOU NEEDN'T, AUTUMN LEAVES, TWO BASS HIT, SOMEDAY MY PRINCE WILL COME & SOFTLY AS IN A MORNING SUNRISE. MICHAEL CUSCUNA SAID OF THIS GROUP: "ON DECEMBER 26, HANK MOBLEY JOINED THE GROUP IN CHICAGO. WITH THIS LINEUP, MILES' BAND REACHED A NEW LEVEL OF SIMPATICO. COLTRANE, ADDERLEY AND GARLAND OR EVANS HAD WILDLY DIFFERENT STYLES. BUT AS SOLOISTS, MILES, MOBLEY AND KELLY SPOKE IN MELODIC DECLARATIVE SENTENCES; THEY SHARED A SENSIBILITY AND AN AESTHETIC. POWERED BY CHAMBERS AND COBB, THEY SWUNG EFFORTLESSLY, ONE SOLO SEAMLESSLY BLENDING ONTO THE NEXT. THEY WERE A MASTER CLASS IN THE STATE OF MODERN JAZZ IN 1961....THE QUINTET IS AT THE BLACKHAWK IN SAN FRANCISCO, BEING RECORDED FOR COLUMBIA. RALPH GLEASON'S ORIGINAL LINER NOTES VIVIDLY DESCRIBE THE BEAUTY AND DECAY OF THIS CELEBRATED JAZZ CLUB, WHICH MUST HAVE CARRIED AN AMBIENCE AND DRAWN AN AUDIENCE THAT MADE MUSICIANS FEEL COMFORTABLE. DAVE BRUBECK RECORDED THERE AS EARLY AS 1952 AND CAL TJADER, SHELLY MANNE, THELONIOUS MONK AND MONGO SANTAMARIA WERE AMONG THOSE WHO FOLLOWED SUIT. IT WOULD BE THE SITE OF THE FINAL RECORDINGS BY THE GREAT AHMAD JAMAL TRIO WITH ISRAEL CROSBY AND VERNEL FOURNIER IN 1962. BID ON THIS LOW NUMBERED CLASSIC NOW. THIS SET ALSO INCLUDES A DESCRIPTIVE 8 PAGE BOOKLET. BID WITH CONFIDENCE FROM A SELLER WITH PERFECT FEEDBACK. POSTAGE & HANDLING FOR THE 1ST LP IS $4.00. EACH ADDITIONAL LP IS $1.00, BRINGING THE TOTAL SHIPPING COST OF THE SET TO $7.00 FOR MEDIA MAIL. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO UPGRADE TO UPS GROUND (ABOUT HALF THE TIME OF MEDIA MAIL), INSURED, THE COST WOULD BE $16.00. CANADIAN BUYERS WILL BE SHIPPED VIA U.S.P.S. PRIORITY, INSURED MAIL AT A COST OF $31.00. EMAIL WITH QUESTIONS ON THIS SET OR ITS SHIPPING.