CHU BERRY

Classic Columbia and Victor Sessions

SEALED CDs limited numbered edition Seven Compact Discs (7 CD) boxed set. Mosaic Records MD7 236. Mono. Brand new, unopened Mosaic limited edition numbered box set # 1042 of 5000.

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"For a complete study of the jazz musician, there is absolutely nothing in any record store that can compete with, or come close to, a Mosaic set."

- Jules Epstein, Philadelphia Tribune

This is a comprehensive collection with countless pivotal sessions. It features 203 separate recordings on seven CDs and collects both the sessions led by Chu Berry and other sessions where he contributed significantly as a sideman. You can study his remarkable surefootedness as a soloist; remember an era where evolution in the music was running rampant and Chu Berry's tenor saxophone was one of the things making it run.

The set includes:

o Teddy Wilson's late-30s chamber recordings for Brunswick that are sheer heaven

o The jazz side of Cab Calloway featuring his unique musical talents

o The incredible disc recording debut by Roy Eldridge

o Key recordings by Fletcher Henderson

o One of the greatest sessions ever by trumpeter Henry "Red" Allen

o The final recording session by the incomparable Bessie Smith

o A session led by Gene Krupa with Benny Goodman and members of the Fletcher Henderson band.