#Jazz #MosaicRecords

Mosaic Records (the premier re-issuer of old jazz classic sets) is now accepting pre-orders for a new 11 CD set of V-Disc (V for Victory) recordings produced between 1942-1949 for the US military.

Since the US govt ordered that all of the masters & stampers be destroyed at the end of the program, Mosaic re-mastered the recordings from available 78s (& in some cases from masters that were saved from destruction).

I just ordered it & haven't heard all of it yet but clips from the set are provided in the link below. Since this music was produced during the hey-day of #SwingJazz (prior to post-war #Bop) that's what you're going to hear on this set but it's music that no one except your parents or grandparents ever got to hear when the music was originally produced & aired.

Some great jazz artists of the era are listed in performing on these CDs, including but not limited to #LouisArmstrong #ArtTatum #BenWebster #BobbyHackett #HerbEllis #JackTeagarden

https://www.mosaicrecords.com/product/classic-v-disc-small-group-limited-edition-box-set-279-11-cds/

Portrait of #BobbyHackett, #ParamountTheater, #NewYork, #N.Y., ca. Aug. 1946

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Portrait of #ErnieCaceres, #BobbyHackett, #FreddieOhms, and #GeorgeWettling, #NicksTavern)?), #NewYork, #N.Y., between 1946 and 1948

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Portrait of #HankDAmico, Spots #Esposito, #BobbyHackett, #WalterMercurio, #VernonBrown, #HermanYorks, #JosephSmall, #SidneyStoneburn, #ArthurRollini, #GeorgeWettling, #FelixGiobbe, and #TonyColucci, #MuseumofModernMusic program, #ABC studio, #NewYork, #N.

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