Mosaic Records

Mosaic records was an American specialist Jazz label, founded in 1983 by Michael Cuscuna and Charlie Louris to issue coherent limited edition Box Sets (innitially 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 66LPs. In 2003 the company innitiated the Select series of smaller sets, not necessarily "complete" in the usual sense.

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1983 - Michael Cuscuna - Charlie Louris - Milt Gabler - Commodore Records

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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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