Mosaic records is an American specialist jazzrecord label, founded in 1983 by Michael Cuscuna and Charlie Louris to issue coherent limited edition box sets (initially on LP) of jazz recordings by individual musicians, which had fallen out of print or suffered neglect. The sets would be leased 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's Commodore Records 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. Jazz master Louis Armstrong remains one of the most loved and best known of all jazz musicians. ... A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A box set (or boxed set) refers to one or more recordings which are contained in a box made generally out of cardboard. ... LP or lp may stand for: Look up LP and lp in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Milt Gabler (20 May 1911 - 20 July 2001) was a record producer, who worked on the Bill Haley classic Rock Around the Clock among other things Categories: Music stubs ... Commodore Records is a United States based record label known for issuing many well regarded recordings of jazz and swing music. ...
By the beginning of the new century, over a hundred sets had been issued (the earlier sets' leases have expired) and Mosaic, by now 50% owned by Capitol Records, continues to give gratification to jazz aficionados. Capitol record by Wingy Manone Capitol Records is a major United States-based record label, founded in 1942. ...
Mosaicrecords is an American specialist jazzrecord label, founded in 1983 by Michael Cuscuna and Charlie Louris to issue coherent limited edition box sets (initially on LP) of jazzrecordings by individual musicians, which had fallen out of print or suffered neglect.
The sets would be leased from the major record companies, usually for a three or five year period, with the edition limited to a specific number of copies.
By the beginning of the new century, over a hundred sets had been issued (the earlier sets' leases have expired) and Mosaic, by now 50% owned by Capitol Records, continues to give gratification to jazz aficionados.
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