mosaic records is an american jazz record company and label established in 1982 by michael cuscuna and charlie lourie .

it produces limited-edition box sets that are available only by mail .

the sets are leased from the major record companies , usually for a three - or five-year period , with the edition limited to a specific number of copies typically 5,000 .

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 .

in 2006 , the company began a third line , mosaic singles , a series dedicated to reissuing individual albums on cd that have not previously been available in us editions , or at all .

in 2009 , mosaic returned to the vinyl format with the hq vinyl series and began issuing three and four lp sets of 2,500-5,000 copies .

mosaic 's sets are primarily sold and distributed directly to customers , initially promoted through leading jazz publications , then mail order catalog , and now the internet .

the first three years of releases did not sell particularly well .

in 1986 , cuscuna reached out to a record-producing acquaintance , fred seibert , for help .

with partner alan goodman their company , fred/alan inc. in new york , devised a catalog and strategy that immediately increased sales almost tenfold and put the company on a solid footing for the first time .

mr. goodman continues to write the copy for all new release sales .

over 200 sets have now been issued by the company ( though most sets ' leases have now expired ) .

since 1998 , capitol records has owned 50 % of mosaic , and is part of the blue note label group .

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mosaic records <EOT> mosaic mr4 - 106 . limited edition numbered 4862 of 7500 . records are nm - my highest grade many use nm .

played the cd set instead ) . this is the complete catalog of bechet . records compiled by mosaic . ( i don ' t think i ever played them because i .

mosaic count basie 12 lp roulette live recordings limited edition box set 1959 - 1962 on mosaic records mr12 - 135 is in mint - condition and has been played once . it is from 1991 and it contains the 24 pa . . .

… . . mosaic records stamford , ct . brochure # 4 1984 written by alan goodman designed by tom corey & scott nash , corey mcpherson nash , boston production : jessica wolf

3 cd limited edition collectors box set by award winning mosaic records . original remastered recordings . includes 3 cds in excellent condition with original jewel cases housed in a box . 25 page clean . . .

mosaic records 425 fairfield avenue suite 421 stamford , ct usa 06902 tel : 203 . 327 . 7111 ( 9 - 5 est mon - fri ) fax : 203 . 323 . 3526 email : info @ urltoken

mosaic stan kenton 6 lp limited edit . box set complete capitol recordings mint -

here ' s a look at sets that we are currently working on at mosaic .

mosaic jazz the serge chaloff sessions limited ed . 1686 of 5000 5 lp box set

we were damned lucky at fred / alan , able to work with clients that had exceptional vision , great companies , and often , wonderful taste . with mosaic records we really hit the jackpot because it also had lots of amazing music we loved .

we want to hear from you ! this is where you can check on your order , make suggestions about new products , or just make general comments straight to mosaic records . when you have finished , just click the button at the bottom of the page .

as with all mosaic releases , researched and manufactured under the highest standards , and very collectible .

elvin jones box from the mosaic blue note recordings . . . this is for the box only

mosaic sidney bechet 6 - lp complete blue note recordings - box set . like - new vinyl

this is a very nice record lp box set . records nm . outer box vg . not listed of 7500 . see photos . shipping includes insurance . thanks for looking !

• our perspective was that mosaic records is more than a bunch of wonderful box record sets , it was a inspiration of artistic and business values . the “promises” described in each and every brochure have been kept for over 30 years . now , that’s a “ brand . ”

in the late 70s fred was producing jazz records and became friendly with michael cuscuna , soon to become one of the medium’s most revered producers and the leading reissue producer in history .

a nice lp album box set . # 2401 of 7500 . records are nm . booklet is good . box is good . see photos . shipping price includes insurance . thanks for looking !

in the early 1980s michael and former bluenote / columbia / warner records executive charlie lourie started the pioneering mosaic records as the first company specializing in boxed set reissues of classic performances , available only by mail order . we became reacquainted when fred ordered their first set ( the complete bluenote recordings of thelonious monk ) and michael asked fred / alan to get involved with helping them out of the hole . it turned out their ‘sure thing’ idea wasn’t having many takers and they were worried about shutting down .

mosaic stan kenton 6 lp limited edition box set mosaic mr6 - 136 the complete capitol recordings of the holman and russo charts is in mint - condition and has been played once . it is a limited edition # 1 . . .

do you like jazz ? order one of the mosaic sets . they are still the standard by which all others are judged .

( charlie lourie passed away in 2000 but his passion and respect for jazz will always be a part of all that mosaic offers . )

out of print definitive 8 - cd mosaic box set in near mint condition - numbered , limited edition # 401 of 10 , 000 .

• of course , we helped keep mosaic in business , insuring that michael’s and charlie’s vision of exposing some of america’s greatest art throughout the world .

although mosaic records ' first release came out in july of 1983 , the seeds for the business were planted in 1970 . as a journalist , radio show host and record producer , i began coming into contact with many musicians who had been major players in blue note ' s repertory company . since blue note had always been my favorite label for its consistent quality , conversations would ultimately drift to those great days of the label .

this is dial records , complete and like you’ve never heard it before ! using the best available transfers of the label’s , steve marlowe and jonathan horwich have done an amazing job of restoring and remastering these treasures . the music is rich in sonics and free of extraneous scrunches , ticks and pops .

we consider our customers a part of our family and our main imperative is that every mosaic limited edition set be available to everyone who cares as these sets will pay dividends for a lifetime .

as we ' ve stated from the beginning , mosaic box sets are limited to a specific number of copies . rest assured , in no case do we ever manufacture more than the stated figure .

this is a sealed limited 15 l . p . box set of the complete roulette studio recordings of count basie and his orchestra . mosaic mq15 - 149 . this is number 794 of 3500 .

mosaic records , the select reissue jazz label , which launched thirty years ago this summer , is on an anonymous street in stamford , connecticut , about a half mile from the glass castles of ubs and rbs . it shares a plain white building with , among others , a lighting company , a fencing studio , and an upholsterer , but if anyone wanted to immerse themselves in what some refer to as america ' s only original art form , this street — fairfield avenue , it ' s called — would be as valuable as west 52nd or bourbon .

three years later fred / alan was doing a little better and mosaic was doing a lot worse ; michael and charlie successfully prevailed on us to finally help . we knew no more , but full of the arrogance of youth we took alan’s first generation portable computer and invented the first mosaic 12 - page brochure on our summer rental’s picnic table . alan wrote every word ( fred directed “strategy” – what else is new ? ) , our friends tom corey and scott nash designed the thing , jessica wolf supervised the production and we mailed out the first mosaic catalog ever in the autumn of 1986 .

mosaic does not own the blue note , pacific jazz , atlantic , columbia , rca , or any other catalogue . with the exception of our charlie parker - dean benedetti set ( which is not a limited edition ) , mosaic leases all of it . these leases eventually expire . so , even if we haven ' t reached our stated goal , when the lease expires the set must be discontinued .

this is a limited edition 5 lp box set of the complete serge chaloff sessions . mosaic mq5 - 147 . hand numbered 1686 of 5000 . booklet has a little spotting . box is in excellent condition .

the label — originally founded in los angeles by michael cuscuna , a noted jazz producer at atlantic and blue note , and charlie lourie , a former executive at cbs records — produces beautiful , limited - edition box sets ( cd and vinyl ) with a 12 - by - 12 - inch booklet ( that ' s actually in a readable typeface ) . its stark , now - signature black - and - white design was born out of frugality — mosaic started as a labor - of - love side project on a shoestring budget — but also of the two partners ' love of vintage jazz photos .

jackie mclean complete blue note 1964 - 66 sessions mosaic set . numbered 1267 / 5000 nm looks unplayed and is nm stunning near perfect condition . see photos for box cover and lp ' s . everything nm here .

a series of double albums , combining unissued material with reissues , started in 1975 . it stopped and started again . the king records in japan took over the blue note lease there and contacted me about unissued material . i started a series for them . when emi assumed ownership of blue note and liberty , i convinced them to put out a series of unissued albums as the blue note classics series .

we waited for the order phones to ring , and lo and behold , in the first three weeks mosaic’s business had increased 10 fold . they were in business forever . alan’s still writing the brochures , fred’s still lobbing in ideas from the side . we’ve never been prouder of any project . so proud , in fact , that alan continues writing all new release copy , and former fred / alan cfo fred pustay is now a mosaic partner .

from 1992 onwards , fred / alan no longer existed , but alan goodman and jessica wolf continued writing and producing the following catalogs for several years . more than 30 years later , alan’s still the primary mosaic brochure writer .

mosaic is very pleased to present " the complete bee hive sessions . " spanning 1977 to 1984 , they include so many names you will know and so much music , you won ' t believe you haven ' t heard it .

this is a limited edition 4 lp box set of the complete pacific jazzz studio recordings of the chet baker quartet with russ freeman . mosaic mr4 - 122 . hand numbered 6157 of 7500 . booklet has a little spot . . .

finally , charlie lourie , a former jazz and classical musician and executive at cbs records , accepted the job as head of marketing for blue note in late 1974 . we met in los angeles in the spring of 1975 . i showed him my notebook , which by this time had grown to sizable proportions . he was so excited that the next morning a contract was drawn up and by afternoon , i was at last in the blue note vaults .

modern jazz quartet complete atlantic studio modern jazz quartet 1956 - 64 ( # 249 ) the modern jazz quartet was certainly one of the most distinctive voices in the history of jazz , thanks to the unique qualities of personal expression and collective vision of its members milt jackson , john lewis , percy heath and connie kay . they were also exceptionally prolific during their tenure at atlantic records , producing 14 albums in eight years . - limited edition : 5 , 000 copies

mosaic box set md5 - 173 . five cd box set . the complete verve recordings of the teddy wilson trio . long out - of - print , this set appeared as a limited edition in 1997 . features the great teddy in beautifu . . .

artist - freddie redd . label - mosaic . title - complete blue note recordings . your chance to get this 3 x lp box set . condition lp ' s - mint minus and look hardly played . japan / australia & new zealand . . .

label - mosaic . title - complete blue note recordings . your chance to get this 4 x lp box set . condition lp ' s - mint minus and look hardly played . japan / australia & new zealand / rest of the world lp . . .

artist - chet baker . label - mosaic . title - complete pacific jazz studio recordings . your chance to get this 4 x lp box set . condition lp ' s - mint minus and look hardly played . united kingdom lp ' s / 1 . . .

artist - thelonious monk . label - mosaic . your chance to get this 4 x lp box set . condition lp ' s - mint minus and look hardly played . japan / australia & new zealand / rest of the world lp ' s / 12 " sin . . .

label - mosaic . title - complete blue note recordings . your chance to get this 4 x lp box set . condition lp ' s - mint minus and look hardly played . united kingdom lp ' s / 12 " singles . us / canada lp ' s / . . .

• we both ( fred and alan ) believed in fans , and always worked on projects that revolved around what is now talked about as “ fandom ” or “community . ” michael and charlie epitomized that at mosaic , and we made sure their fans were front and center in all our work for the company .

dial the complete dial modern jazz sessions ( # 260 ) as most jazz fans know , among the most important records to hear in your life are charlie parker’s dial sessions , recorded between 1946 and 1947 . but dial was way more than parker . it was a microcosm of the explosive changes happening at a moment in time . and we have everything . every master , every important alternate , and many intriguing false starts , on nine cds . the set was only previously collected in japan 20 years ago . now it’s available worldwide at last . - limited edition : 7 , 500 copies

by mid 1981 , all of the programs to issue unknown blue notes had come to an end ( again ) . by this time , i was tired of having to convince each new company president to start a jazz vault program . but i thought i would try one last time . i called charlie lourie , and we collaborated on a widespread proposal for capitol records . nothing came of the catalog , i wanted to do definitive , complete box sets that would bring out unissued material , correct mistakes on past reissues and draw a whole body of work together with a serious , deluxe , booklet .

stanley turrentine blue note stanley turrentine qt . / sxt . sessions ( # 212 ) strong , bluesy and soulful . the six blue note dates collected on our mosaic set are in a class by themselves ; they are pure hard bop with stanley turrentine sharing the front line with a horn equal to him in talent . - limited edition : 5000 copies

our artwork problems caused mosaic ' s release to be slow in coming out , our orders were slow at first because there were no reviews and because people are naturally skeptical of mail order businesses . but great reviews started to come by september of 1983 and so did orders and recognition . in fact , our monk package has been nominated for a grammy .

for the 30th anniversary , mosaic won ' t celebrate with bells and whistles , only with triumphal woodwinds and brass , specifically john coltrane ' s the complete sun ship session ( three lps , out may 21 ; two cds out now from verve , mosaic ' s partner on this project ) and the unheralded 1960s and 70s trumpeter woody shaw in the complete muse sessions ( seven cds , available next month ) . for coltrane - heads , this set is significant . it was the last recording date for the classic quartet of elvin jones , mccoy tyner , and jimmy garrison and is buttressed by all sorts of new material : alternate takes , conversations between the band members , solos edited out of the original recording , even false starts ( like we said , for coltrane - heads ) .

the nicest part of having this dream come true was the response of the musicians . i remember when i first starting producing andrew hill for freedom records . he sat in my living room and from memory gave me the complete personnel of 12 unissued blue note sessions , hoping i could get them out . once walking down broadway , i heard my name shouted form a cab . it was howard johnson asking me if i had found the hank mobley date that he told me about and if it was coming out . people like elvin jones and hank mobley would come up to me in clubs and hug my and thank me for getting albums issued . the approval and the enthusiasm of the artists who made the music was very important to me .

we turned them down two years in a row with a lot of unsolicited advice about what they could do better –our company was barely alive itself– even if we were talking through our hats . everything we knew about direct mail cataloging was from being mail order catalog customers ourselves and from a direct mail how - to book fred had read ( at least the first chapter ) . we admired what michael and charlie were trying to accomplish at mosaic , but our bandwidth was just too narrow .

bing crosby the bing crosby cbs radio recordings ( 1954 - 56 ) ( # 245 ) the 160 songs in this mosaic collection were recorded with the buddy cole quartet between 1954 and 1956 for bing’s cbs show are absolutely revelatory . crosby’s early jazz roots informed his influential career as a pop singer . to our knowledge , these are the only recorded performances of crosby singing the great american songbook in an informal atmosphere with a consummate small jazz ensemble . - limited edition : 20 , 000 copies

eddie condon eddie condon & bud freeman : complete commodore & decca sessions ( # 259 ) thanks to mosaic ' s ability to bundle collections from numerous labels and archives , we can finally present , for the first time anywhere , the complete commodore & decca eddie condon & bud freeman sessions . it ' s a substantial set - eight cds containing 199 tracks in all . the set spans the years 1938 , when chicago - style jazz first took root in new york , through 1950 . - limited edition : 5 , 000 copies

cuscuna , a self - proclaimed " vault rat , " got the idea in the early 1980s when he discovered twenty - eight minutes of unreleased thelonious monk material from his blue note years , the pianist ' s most important phase . that box set in 1983 , the complete blue note recordings of thelonious monk , was mosaic ' s debut . the label wasn ' t successful at the outset ; it took three years before cuscuna and lourie collected a salary and by then they moved to stamford , cuscuna ' s hometown . slowly , it gained momentum . thirty years later , there have been 155 releases , about 40 of which are still in print . ( extract from that what you will , kickstarters ) .

" sophisticated lady . " " stormy weather . " " solitude . " " in a sentimental mood . " " echoes of harlem . " " caravan . " all of them and many more are a part of " the complete 1932 - 1940 brunswick , columbia , and master recordings of duke ellington and his famous orchestra , " an unprecedented 11 - cd set that compiles these recordings for the first , and quite possibly the last , time . there would be many more exceptional compositions in the years following , including his highly regarded suites and longer works , but the scope of our latest , lavish mosaic collection is the period when ellington would establish himself as the most important composer ever in jazz . - limited edition : 5 , 000 copies

as lofty as jazz is often perceived , and how inside - baseball some of the mosaic box sets sound — duke ellington : 1936 - 40 small group sessions ; novus & columbia recordings of henry threadgill and air ; the complete ahmad jamal trio argo sessions — there ' s not a whiff of pretension from cuscuna or his two - person staff , fred pustay , the cfo , and scott wensel , the encyclopedic brain of the pre - bop era and who also enjoys new york rangers hockey . ( lourie passed away in 2000 . ) cuscuna himself prefers cuss words and a guttural laugh to pat market - speak ; he doesn ' t utter the word " brand , " even if he ' s created , and sustained , quite a distinctive one .

my personal favorite is the thelonious monk collection . when the idea of mosaic was first born , my first thought was to completely delve into all of the monk sessions , in hopes of finding enough material to justify a boxed set . the first step was to find the original discs on which the sessions were recorded , wash them and then retransfer them with today ' s technology . the result was cleaner and more natural sounding tapes that really bring out the true texture and overtones of the music like no blue note album issue ever did . and those original discs were filled with some amazing alternate takes , including a most astonishing take of " well , you needn ' t " on which monk totally alters the composition . so the monk set was born . i will forever regret that it was not finished before monk died . i would have wanted him to see it .

roland kirk roland kirk : the limelight / verve albums ( 4 lps ) ( # 3006 ) these four albums were recorded at some of the finest studios in the new york city area including nola studios and capitol studios . “rip . rig and panic” and “now please don’t you cry , beautiful edith” were two of the three times that kirk recorded at the famed van gelder studio in englewood cliffs , new jersey ( the first was his one prestige album with jack mcduff ) . all four of these albums have been mastered from their original analog masters by ryan smith at sterling sound in new york city . this is the first mosaic set to be pressed at chad kassem’s quality record pressings in salinas , kansas . about the pressings coming out of qrp , michael fremer wrote on trackingangle . com , ” all i can say is this is incredible ! ! ! ! ! ! - limited edition : 3500 copies

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take a close look below at brochure # 6 , and you’ll see that it’s entirely composed on fan letter and critic quotes , thanks to our collaborator marty pekar’s inventiveness . it doesn’t get better than your customers doing all the work .

open america ' s first media branding agency , with production and consulting capabilities , in new york city .

expanded our capabilites and opened america’s first advertising agency specializing in people under 35 . nominations and wins of every creative advertising award .

the fred / alan archive is updated sporadically . it ' s mostly written by fred seibert , unless otherwise noted . please blame him for all inaccuracies or embarrassments .

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then came the shock of my life ! could it be ? basie , then fats waller , ella fitzgerald , coleman hawkins , and that was just in the first couple of boxes ! the discs were mostly aluminum – that was unusual – and in varying states of decomposition , but some were absolutely pristine . – loren schoenberg

his improvisatory genius at the keyboard , and the inspiration that his artistry and deportment radiated — for that alone , teddy wilson remains a seminal influence on jazz well into its second century .

we ' ve spared no expense to bring these recordings back to life . you will hear detail and clarity never heard before ! .

this collection of mostly bracing and upbeat music celebrates two rugged individualists of jazz and their like - minded circle of friends . . . - dan morgenstern , liner notes

. . . " i cannot imagine turning our backs on the very people who gave their lives , their life experiences , and the music to us all these years especially now when they need us most , that ' s what the jazz foundation does . " - quincy jones

louis armstrong the complete louis armstrong decca sessions 1935 - 46 ( # 243 ) some of the performances are among the most significant of his life and a lasting gift to music - there isn ' t a trumpeter since who hasn ' t marveled at the brilliance of his tone , coherence of his soloing , and perfection of his execution on the 1938 " struttin ' with some barbecue . " it is , plain and simple , a flawless record . - limited edition : 10000 copies

the complete 1932 - 1940 bruns . / col . / master rec . of ellington and his famous orchestra ( # 248 )

ahmad jamal the complete ahmad jamal trio argo sessions ( # 246 ) ahmad jamal ' s recording as a piano trio leader on argo , owned by chicago ' s chess recording label , began in 1956 . and that ' s where our new retrospective begins on the complete ahmad jamal trio argo sessions 1956 - 62 . the first definitive collection of his work from this seminal era of his career , it includes all the tunes for which jamal became renowned , such as “ahmad ' s blues , ” “poinciana , ” “but not for me , ” and “billy boy , ” a song so often re - done in jamal ' s style that his version has almost become the new standard . - limited edition : 5 , 000 copies

dvd jazz icons jazz icons dvd box set this 6 dvd set includes the 1965 antibes concerts by the john coltrane quartet that captured the only public performances of " ascension " and " a love supreme " and a little known 1969 color program of thelonious monk alone and free - associating in a paris tv studio . - limited edition : playable in all regions copies

charles mingus charles mingus - the jazz workshop concerts 1964 - 65 ( # 253 ) this set chronicles the essential live performances of this genius of modern music as his compositions achieved a depth and complexity we would come to know as mingus’s most signature work . it includes ( on the earlier recordings ) the brilliant eric dolphy , along with jaki byard , dannie richmond , johnny coles , and clifford jordan - - certainly one of the best assemblages of musicians ever . - limited edition : 7 , 500 copies

the savory collection the savory collection 1935 - 1940 savory ' s achievement in recording and preserving this material can ' t be understated . you could be at home around your radio , but you didn ' t have the equipment in the studio where savory tinkered and invented . the glory of these broadcasts in many cases heard here is that he was capturing live music without the limitation of a 3 or 4 minute 78 rpm recording . if the club version of a song went for six minutes , no matter . savory got every note of it . - limited edition : 5 , 000 copies

classic savoy be - bop sessions classic savoy be - bop sessions 1945 - 49 ( # 264 ) listening through the sessions spanning just five years , it ' s clear that as leaders and soloists these musicians ' mastery and confidence increased the more they re - entered the studio . it ' s also clear how far technology has advanced . steve marlowe restored and mastered this entire set using bit density processing , and along with jonathan horwich of international phonograph , has produced magical results . - limited edition : 5 , 000 copies

teddy wilson classic brunswick & columbia teddy wilson sessions 1934 - 42 this definitive set is the most massive volume we ' ve ever released featuring wilson , and it ' s a more complete selection than we ' ve been able to offer previously because we weren ' t limited to just his trio work . plus , this retrospective begins as wilson was launching his amazing recording career – all of the polish and lyricism he ' d become known for with the added bonus of that indescribable feeling of spontaneity and invention . - limited edition : 5 , 000 copies

lester young classic 1936 - 1947 count basie & lester young studio sessions ( # 263 ) through a special arrangement with sony music and universal music , we now have the opportunity to bring the swing of these iconic giants from a plethora of labels including aladdin , bluebird , brunswick , columbia , commodore , decca , keynote , mercury , philo , signature , victor and vocalion and restored them better than they ' ve ever been heard before . - limited edition : 5 , 000 copies

the " running low " category represents our estimate that the sets will be sold out in the next three to twelve months . " last chance " reflects our best estimate that the set will be sold out anywhere from today to three months . please understand these are merely our best estimates and that circumstances can sometimes change quickly .

we appreciate the trust that our customers place in us . with so many of our sets

, we thought we ' d better explain why our editions are limited and spell out what that means .

to prevent any disappointing surprises , we will continue to keep our customers informed about which sets are in danger of being discontinued or sold out . signing up for our e - mail newsletters assures that you ' ll get the most up - to - date information .

increasingly , i would hear about tantalizing unissued sessions . soon i began writing down sketchy information from musicians about these unknown treasures in a notebook . the staggering amount of unissued material soon became evident , and i tried constantly to get into the vaults . but george butler , who had been put in charge after frank wolff ' s death , was oblivious to serious jazz and took the label into a very commercial direction . he stalled me for years .

the experience was staggering . there were far more unissued sessions than i had even imagined . the only trouble was that all of the company files were lost or missing , and the tape boxes only had the recording date and the name of the leader . so began a long odyssey to unravel this mess and shape it into a body of work that could be released .

i used every detective trick in the book . i would listen to a session . if i knew the leader or recognized the sidemen , i would call them to see what they would remember . then i ' d send them a cassette . i would also research any song copyrights registered around the time of the session to see if it i could determine the originals on the dates . some musicians like andrew hill , woody shaw , charles tolliver and howard johnson had amazingly accurate memories . i would also research musicians ' union contracts for titles and personnel .

this sounded to me like a dream that was too good to be true . i tossed these thoughts at charlie , who is a great deal more experienced , mature and practical in such matters . in a series of discussions , we looked at the realities , shaped these thoughts into finite concepts and set about making our dream come true . it took us almost one year to get clearance from emi to lease blue note masters . but that time was well spent as charlie explored all sorts of manufacturing companies to get the business structure . meanwhile i was in new york getting financing and researching the first release .

in november 1982 , the lease came in and we officially became a company . by the end of june , we had finished copies of our first release : the complete blue note recordings of thelonious monk ( mr 4 - 101 ) . the complete gerry mulligan quartet and tentette with chet baker ( mr5 - 102 ) and the complete blue note recordings of albert ammons and meade lux lewis ( mr3 - 103 ) . the thrill of getting those finished albums was indescribable on so many levels . we were finally doing it . and we had pulled off , through months of research , the first definitive job on these artists in this area .

as serious collectors and lovers of the music , charlie and i hope to assemble packages that all collectors and serious students of jazz will find valuable . that is one reason why we strive to make every set complete within its own scope . this not only brings unissued material to light , but eliminates the need the have music stretched over scattered albums of varying quality in an incoherent form that makes intelligent listening difficult . the mulligan set is a classic example . in order to have the 49 issued from our set , one would have to own 10 different albums , most of them very rare and many having duplication of tunes

our first year was filled with both problems and rewards . but we wouldn ' t have had it any other way . as for the future , in true jazz tradition , we ' re just going straight ahead .

each of our sets is a time - consuming affair to assemble from securing rights to tape research to studio mastering to the photographic , historical and discographical research for our booklets . each step is fraught with surprises and therefore it is possible that the future projects may not see the light of day . these are not yet available for preorder

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us record label owned by michael cuscuna and founded in 1983 , specializing in exclusive jazz releases and collections on cd and vinyl .

edmond hall / james p . johnson * / sidney de paris / vic dickenson

edmond hall / james p . johnson * / sidney de paris / vic dickenson -

the complete edmond hall / james p . johnson / sidney de paris / vic dickenson blue note sessions

james p . johnson was one of the most important , if not the most important , stride pianists , a style that developed in new york in the 1920s and the first music that sounds like what we call jazz . it was more rhythmically complex than anything before it . more harmonically challenging . more exuberant and crafty

this set was mastered from the original analog masters . discs four and five were issued only in japan in the ‘80s and mastered from 16 - bit digital masters , so we returned to the original session reels to rebuild those albums in true analog for the first time . superior sound !

ninety recordings have never been available until this limited edition collection . with buddy cole on keyboards , plus guitar , bass , and drums , they are an ideal setting for appreciating her extraordinary voice .

the live performances from 1947 to 1958 have been collected at last , let it be known that anyone who overlooks the music louis armstrong made on those concert stages does so at great expense to his or her personal joy .

for 60 years , every top name in jazz has seemingly made it up to newport at least once , if not multiple times . louis armstrong was a fixture for many years and two of his complete sets , from the 1956 and 1958 festivals , are being released here in their entirety for the very first time .

this will certainly rekindle interest in and broaden consideration of clifford jordan’s overall career , presenting as it does some unpolished diamonds and previously unreleased gems of a late - 60s / early 70s recording .

the music that was the root of everything magical and life - affirming at the savoy ballroom - - the music of chick webb featuring his discovery , ella fitzgerald - - is still here and utterly glorious .

“there’s a great trumpet player… he can play different from all of them . " – miles davis

“almost all of the recordings hawkins made throughout a 45 year period were outstanding examples of improvisation , but among them were masterpieces by which all jazz tenor saxophone solos will forever be judged . ”

while “slightly latin” and “now please don’t cry , beautiful edith” are excellent albums , “spirits” and “rip , rig and panic” were two of roland’s proudest moments in a recording studio and remains two peaks among his many achievements .

" sun ship , recorded august 26 , 1965 , captures one of the last sessions by the classic john coltrane quartet ( coltrane , mccoy tyner , jimmy garrison and elvin jones ) . it comes at the culmination of a year in which coltrane arguably reached his creative peak , a year rich in such masterworks . " - david wild , liner notes

" brown’s solos , which marry the technical mastery of dizzy gillespie , the melodic flow and big sound of fats navarro , and a determined optimism all brown’s own , became touchstones for a generation of young trumpeters ; but roach’s contributions are equally important and made a similar impact . " - bob blumenthal , liner notes

it’s the 4th of july once again , and along with the fireworks , bbq and marching bands , there is of course louis armstrong , who believed his birthday to be july 4 , 1900 . here is the story behind finding the real birthdate of pops .

enliven your 4th of july with the music of louis armstrong , broadcast all day on wkcr , 89 . 9 fm in the new york area , and streaming live at urltoken . go here for more info .

here is a great article on saxophone doctor perry ritter by corey kilgannon for the new york times . having tried unsuccessfully to master the instrument many decades ago , i love the sound of the horn in all its sizes and marvel at the range of tones that artists achieve in their quest for their own sound . i also think the tenor saxophone is one of the most exquisite sculptures in the world .

in case you wanted to know what benny goodman felt were the 60 greatest jazz albums of all time ( at least when he was asked this in 1961 ) , here it is . i guess he hadn’t dug coltrane just yet .

this is max roach’s 1960 pianoless quintet with tommy and stanley turrentine , julian priester and bob boswell during a paris concert . it great to see and hear this band in performance , but max’s drums are almost non - existent in the mix .

david adler contributed this essay to wbgo’s website . charles mingus’s career was one of many milestones and tragedies . the album tijuana moods was both . the brilliant album was recorded in 1957 but sat in rca victor’s vaults until 1962 , when it became a critical hit . it has become one of mingus’s most influential albums , conceptually and compositionally . charles was born and raised in the border town of nogales , arizona , and his roots have taken on new relevance with the border tensions that have spread throughout america . the mingus dynasty performed the music from this album in tijuana on january 21st and then toured the southwest . music is , indeed , the healing force of the universe .

this extensive jazzprofiles column pulls from many sources and covers just about everything you should know about one of the most famous underrated artists in jazz : zoot sims . zoot also had the driest wit , with famous lines like “stan getz is an interesting bunch of guys . ”

dr . david schroeder sat john mclaughlin down for a fabulous one - hour interview in 2016 , as part of the nyu steinhardt jazz studies series . mclaughlin is a gracious and articulate human being who has had a wide - ranging career over the last 50 years .

in the ‘50s , shorty rogers was successful , ubiquitous and popular . by the mid ‘60s , his star had faded , though a growing appreciative public began to build in england and europe . journalist steve voce urged him to come to europe , where a second career phase began for shorty . voce’s 1982 interview with rogers for jazz journal is reprinted in jazz profiles .

pitchfork revisits the wave of spiritually - driven music that swept through the jazz world in the wake of the tumult of the mid - and late 1960s , following john coltrane’s groundbreaking a love supreme . andy beta surveys of some of the touchstones of that era .

dorthaan kirk is an amazing lady , who stood behind rahsaan roland kirk with love during the hardest years of his life and who helped build wbgo in newark and promote jazz in general like an unstoppable force of nature . this interview with david cruz sheds light on this remarkable woman .

with the passing of lorraine gordon , we lost another colorful fixture on the new york jazz scene . lorraine often put on a grouchy façade and enjoyed people’s reaction to it . she was dramatically different from her late husband max , the gentle , bemused founder of the village vanguard in the ‘30s . but when we lost max , lorraine jumped in and kept this institution alive . ethan iverson recounts his experiences at this jazz mecca .

al jackson from tremé in new orleans discovered that the homeless who were invited to sleep at the black musician’s union hall were sleeping on some very historical pillows .

pitchfork revisits miles davis’s get up with it with rich background on what was going on miles’s life at the time . like its predecessor big fun . this double lp was not so much an album as a collection of music recorded over a two - year period .

another quick glimpse into the transfer process at battery studios during our work on the teddy wilson set . michael brooks , producer for columbia producer , joins matt cavaluzzo and myself as we hear for the first time a previously unissued performance on our newly released wilson set .

the office is a mess , and a delightful one , part museum — there are francis wolff photos of art blakey , and john coltrane with lee morgan — part library , part man cave , and part ( relatively ) thriving business .

the label does virtually no retail business , nor do they sell through amazon or make the music available through downloads . almost all of its sales come through its website ; they ' ve recently come to twitter . it was boutique before boutique , curatorial before everyone in brooklyn was a curator .

" it ' s been a dream come true , " says cuscuna , a reddish - gray bearded man in his sixties , below a painting of jimmy smith ' s midnight special , the famous blue note cover .

cuscuna , in addition to unearthing new material — " because if it ' s not issued , it really doesn ' t exist " — is keen on recording dates and re - establishing their order to present a chronological artistic narrative . repair jobs , he calls them , before he self - edits himself and says , " no , rescue missions . "

cuscuna credits the new york times , the wall street journal , and npr — " without them we ' d be out of business " — for the label ' s staying power , and , of course , the fans , which he says is a range . " there are lots of kids in there twenties who are starting to develop their jazz collections , " he says . " so you get the novices and dabblers as well as the obsessed lunatics — and make sure that you put that i ' m one of them . "

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classic columbia and okeh benny goodman orchestra sessions ( 1939 - 1958 ) 7 - cd box set md7 - 240 . outer box shows shelf wear , though corners are sharp . back side of box has impression / dent along upper edge . . .

capitol 12 cd set of classic capitol jazz sessions . with great players . sorry but no box or booklet but you won ' t be .

larry young : unity . this is a 9 lp box set of the complete blue note recordings of the great organ virtuoso larry young , released in a limited set in 1991 . larry young : of love and peace . larry young : . . .

ensemble sections are very dynamic and clear . good gloss . many hairline marks , couple feelable . ( if you can ' t feel it you won ' t hear it ) . the " new york " labels are generally clean with spindle marks .

( all selections are recorded at rudy van gelder ' s studio in englewood cliffs , new jersey with john coltrane ( tenor saxophone ) , soprano saxophone ) , mccoy tyner ( piano ) , jimmy garrison ( bass ) , elvin jon . . .

" stan getz : the 1953 - 54 clef / norgran studio sessions " . this out - of - print , limited edition box set is catalog number mrlp 3003 .

the complete capitol recordings of duke ellington md5 - 160 5 cd box set . all five discs are in vg condition , no visible scuffs , scratches , or smudges .

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roland corporation ( ローランド株式会社 rōrando kabushiki kaisha ) is a japanese manufacturer of electronic musical instruments , electronic equipment and software .

it was founded by ikutaro kakehashi in osaka on april 18 , 1972 , with ¥ 33 million in capital .

in 2005 , roland 's headquarters relocated to hamamatsu in shizuoka prefecture .

today it has factories in italy , taiwan , japan , and the usa .

as of march 31 , 2010 , it employed 2,699 employees .

it has existed in different forms since 1960 , making it relatively old among still-operating manufacturers of musical electronics .

known for hundreds of popular synthesizers , drum machines , and other instruments , roland has been one of the top names in professional music equipment since the late 1970s .

in 2014 , roland corporation was subject to a management buyout by roland 's ceo junichi miki , supported by taiyo pacific partners .

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roland corporation <EOT> glassdoor has 12 roland corporation reviews submitted anonymously by roland corporation employees . read employee reviews and ratings on glassdoor to decide if roland corporation is right for you .

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changed the corporate name to roland dg corporation ( dg stands for digital group ) .

roland corporation is a japanese manufacturer of electronic musical instruments , electronic equipment and software .

principal competitors : baldwin piano & organ company ; casio computer co . , ltd . ; fender musical instruments corporation ; gibson musical instruments ; harman international industries , incorporated ; korg , inc . ; sony corporation ; yamaha corporation .

1994 : roland audio development corp . ( usa ) and edirol corporation north america are created .

1999 : roland corporation receives listings on the first sections of the tokyo and osaka stock exchanges .

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amdek corporation was established in osaka as a subsidiary of the roland corporation with the goal of expanding further upon a wealth of electronic music technology , beginning with the manufacture of electronic music instrument kits .

roland corporation pays its employees an average of $ 61 , 931 a year . salaries at roland corporation range from an average of $ 38 , 114 to $ 100 , 630 a year . roland corporation employees with the job title director , distribution make the most with an average annual salary of $ 104 , 550 , while employees with the title sales associate make the least with an average annual salary of $ 32 , 626 .

about roland corporation roland corporation is a leading manufacturer and distributor of electronic musical instruments , including keyboards and synthesizers , guitar products , electronic percussion , digital recording equipment , amplifiers , audio processors , and multimedia products . with more than 40 years of musical instrument development , roland sets the standard in music technology for the world to follow . for more information , visit urltoken or see your local roland dealer .

principal subsidiaries : roland corporation u . s . ( u . s . a . ) ; edirol corporation north america ( u . s . a . ) ; roland canada music ltd . ; roland brasil ltda . ( brazil ) ; roland corporation australia pty . ltd . ; roland corporation ( nz ) ltd . ( new zealand ) ; roland ( u . k . ) ltd . ; edirol europe ltd . ( u . k . ) ; roland elektronische musikinstrumente gmbh ( germany ) ; roland france sa ; roland scandinavia as ( denmark ) ; roland benelux n . v . ( belgium ) ; intermusica ltd . ( hungary ) ; roland ( switzerland ) ag ; musitronic ag ( switzerland ) ; roland austria gmbh ; roland italy s . p . a . ; roland electronics de españa , s . a . ( spain ) ; roland portugal s . a . ; roland taiwan enterprise co . , ltd . ; rodgers instruments llc ( u . s . a . ) ; roland audio development corp . ( u . s . a ) ; roland europe s . p . a . ( italy ) ; roland taiwan electronic music corp .

from the moment he had formed roland corporation , ikutaro kakehashi had been looking to the future , establishing with his dealers and distributors relationships that he might later be able to convert into 50 / 50 joint ventures . this bore fruit when he and geoffrey brash , roland ' s australian distributor , agreed to form roland corporation australia , launching the company with a party at the sydney opera house on 2 april 1976 .

1977 – roland gr - 500 : roland ' s first commercial guitar synthesizer .

1986 - roland rd - 1000 : roland ' s first digital piano to feature roland sa synthesis technology [ 2 ] .

1995 - roland xp - 50 : roland ' s first music workstation that featured roland ' s mrc - pro sequencer .

roland corporation is a leading manufacturer and distributor of electronic musical instruments , including keyboards and synthesizers , guitar products , electronic percussion , digital recording equipment , amplifiers , audio processors , and multimedia products . with nearly 40 years of musical instrument development , roland sets the standard in music technology for the world to follow .

2006 – roland sh - 201 : roland ' s first affordable analog modeling synthesizer .

2006 - roland sh - 201 : roland ' s first affordable analog modeling synthesizer .

“‘the future . redefined . ’ surpassed our expectations in terms of global reach , market interest and attendance , ” stated roland corporation u . s . president and ceo jay wanamaker . “i am so proud of the roland team and am truly honored by the artists who joined us in making it a huge success . ”

1975 – roland system - 100 : roland ' s first attempt at a modular synthesizer .

1976 – roland system - 700 : roland ' s first professional - quality modular synthesizer .

1978 – roland jupiter - 4 : roland ' s first self - contained polyphonic synthesizer .

1986 – roland jx - 10 : one of roland ' s last true analog synths .

1986 – roland mks - 100 : rack mounted version of the roland - s10 sampler .

1975 - roland system - 100 : roland ' s first attempt at a modular synthesizer .

1976 - roland system - 700 : roland ' s first professional - quality modular synthesizer .

1978 - roland jupiter - 4 : roland ' s first self - contained polyphonic synthesizer .

1997 - roland jp - 8000 : roland ' s first " virtual analog " synthesizer .

1986 - roland jx - 10 : one of roland ' s last true analog synths .

1986 - roland mks - 100 : rack mounted version of the roland - s10 sampler .

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roland corporation is a leading manufacturer and distributor of electronic musical instruments , including keyboards and synthesizers , guitar products , electronic percussion , digital recording equipment , amplifiers , and audio processing devices . with over 40 years of innovation that continues to shape the sound of modern music , roland sets the standards in music technology for the world to follow .

1980 – roland vk - 1 : roland ' s first attempt to clone the hammond b3 .

1982 - roland juno - 60 : roland ' s first synthesizer with digitally - controlled oscillators .

just a month later , on 18th april 1972 , kakehashi established the roland corporation . however , he did not choose the name because of the french romantic poem , chanson de roland . this is an oft - repeated story repeated in dozens of places on the internet . in fact , kakehashi chose the name for phonetic reasons : he wanted two syllables with soft consonants , and roland satisfied his criteria nicely .

roland had arrived in tull during his pursuit of the man in black . in tull , roland met

1997 – roland at - 80 : top - class home organ in roland ' s home organ .

1982 - roland juno - 6 : roland ' s first synthesizer with digitally - controlled analog oscillators .

1986 - roland jx - 10 : this was one of roland ' s last true analog synths .

eddie and roland call john cullum and convince him to go to new york city and find moses carver in order to start the tet corporation . they head to turtleback lane and travel back to mid - world through the door behind cara laughs , the name of the 19th house on turtleback lane which stephen king lives in .

1973 - roland sh - 1000 : claimed by roland to be japan ' s first commercial keyboard synthesizer .

roland was not , as is often claimed , named after the french epic poem la chanson de roland .

1986 - roland rd - 1000 : roland ' s first digital piano to feature roland sa synthesis technology . one notable musician for this is elton john from 1988–1994 .

1991 - roland jd - 800 and roland jd - 990 : digital synthesizers with analog style knobs and switches .

1987 : roland acquires s . i . e . l . in italy , which is renamed roland europe .

roland corporation was founded by ikutara kakehashi in osaka , japan , in 1972 , with just ¥33 million in capital . yet roland ' s greatest capital was to prove kakehashi himself . kakehashi ' s involvement in the music industry had begun in the 1950s , when he began building guitar amplifiers . kakehashi finished his first amplifier in 1959 , designed for the hawaiian guitar sound popular in the late 1950s and early 1960s in japan .

1999 - roland mc - 09 : a roland tb - 303 emulator featuring an effects processor and a phrase sampler .

roland corporation template : tyo is a japanese manufacturer of electronic musical instruments , electronic equipment and software . it was founded by ikutaro kakehashi in osaka on april 18 , 1972 with 33 million yen in capital . today roland has factories in japan , the united states , italy , and taiwan . as of march 31 , 2005 , it employed 2233 employees [ 1 ] . that is over 200 % rise from 729 employees in 2003 .

roland global official fan page . stay up to date with roland news , artists , promotions , events , and more .

when roland awakes he finds jenna has turned into a swarm of doctor bugs . roland moves on towards the mohaine desert .

1977 – roland mc - 8 microcomposer : a groundbreaking digital sequencer . roland ' s first product to utilize a microprocessor .

1996 – roland vs - 880 : roland ' s first digital studio workstation providing recording , mixing and cd - mastering .

2007 - roland vg - 99 : roland ' s third dual channel virtual guitar bodies , pickups , amplifier and effects modeler .

roland dg corporation is a leading manufacturer of digital devices designed to help professionals as well as craft makers and hobbyists transform their imagination into reality . products include the truevis , soljet , versacamm , versauv and texart series large - format inkjet printers and the camm - 1 and stika vinyl cutters for the sign , vehicle graphics , personalization , apparel and textile decoration industries . in 2017 , roland dg formed dgshape corporation to develop and market the company’s 3d products , including dwx mills and dwp 3d printer for the dental industry , mpx photo impact printers for the medical device , industrial labeling and personalization industries and mdx and monofab series of desktop 3d printers and milling machines for rapid prototyping , manufacturing and hobby industries . the company uses its proprietary cell production technology to manufacture products that are distributed in over 200 countries and regions worldwide .

2011 – roland jupiter - 80 : flagship performance synthesizer , combining roland ' s supernatural acoustic modeling technology with a virtual analog engine .

the rhodes company was sold in 1983 to william schultz , formerly with fender rhodes , and mr . schultz then sold the rhodes name to the roland corporation , a japanese instrument manufacturer , in 1987 . mr . rhodes was not informed , mrs . rhodes said . under the rhodes name , roland made keyboards that included a digital version of the rhodes piano sound . mr . rhodes disapproved . ' ' he wouldn ' t have one in the house , ' ' said mrs . rhodes .

while susannah stays behind to bury eddie , roland and jake chambers go back to the keystone world to save stephen king ' s life . the pair recruit the services of irene tassenbaum to drive them to the scene of the accident . jake gives up his life to save king ' s . roland buries him along the side of the road and tassenbaum says that she will return and plant a rose on his grave . tassenbaum and roland drive to new york city to see what became of the tet corporation . in their absence , the company has flourished . moses carver tells his story and returns aunt talitha ' s cross to roland . roland and oy return to mid - world through the door in the dixie pig .

roland corporation was founded by ikutaro kakehashi in osaka on april 18 , 1972 , with ¥33 million in capital . today it has factories in japan , the united states , italy , and taiwan . it has existed in different forms since 1960 , making it one of the oldest still - operating manufacturers of musical electronics , and has survived changes in technology to become one of the most noteworthy and widely - used brands in electronic music and production today .

1994 – roland at - 70 : the first roland ' s home organ , " music atelier " and its little brother at - 50 .

1996 – roland at - 90 : the highest model of roland ' s home organ " music atelier " and smallest brother at - 30 .

roland corporation is one of the world ' s leading designers and manufacturers of electric musical instruments , focused on keyboards and synthesizers , sound modules , effects processors , electronic drums , recording equipment , and amplifiers . through its edirol subsidiary , roland also produces and markets equipment for desktop music applications . the company ' s boss subsidiary produces guitar effects and rhythm machines , while its rodgers subsidiary produces organs for the home and professional market . the company operates factories in hosoe , takaoka , isaji , miyakoda , and matsumoto in japan . worldwide , roland operates a network of joint - venture and subsidiary sales offices , including subsidiaries in the united states , the united kingdom , germany , italy , france , and canada . the company also operates a small number of roland music schools in japan . led by founder and chairman ikutara kakehashi , and by president and coo katsuyoshi dan , roland corporation is home to one of the world ' s best - known music brands . international sales accounted for more than 70 percent of the company ' s sales , which topped ¥61 . 19 billion ( us $ 850 million ) in the year 2000 .

the rhodes piano corporation is established and introduces the pre - piano ( namm show 1946 ) featuring 3 . 5 octaves and strings from a doorbell manufacturer , torrington . it sounds better in the lower register and inspires rhodes to learn electronics , so he can build an amplified version . an electrostatic microphone , amplifier and 6 " speaker give the final product a price tag of $ 99 . 50 .

1981 - roland jupiter - 8 : this synthesizer put roland in the forefront of professional synthesizers . a hugely successful 8 - voice programmable analog synthesizer .

1981 - roland jupiter - 8 : roland claims this synthesizer put roland in the forefront of professional synthesizers . a successful 8 - voice programmable analog synthesizer after hugely successful sequential circuits prophet - 5 and oberheim ' s products .

in the early 1970s , disagreements between kakehashi and hammond , and the financial takeover of ace tone , led kakehashi , then 42 years old , to leave hammond and set up his own company . because ace tone had been hampered internationally by pronunciation problems ( including its confusion with the compound acetone ) , kakehashi determined to find a name that would be pronounced the same everywhere in the world . he settled on roland - - despite the fact that the name was less easily pronounced in japanese . roland corporation was officially incorporated on april 18 , 1972 .

“‘the future . redefined . ’ elevates our commitment to connecting with our community in a unique and engaging way , ” said christian delfino , vice president , product management , roland corporation u . s . “to make this event a reality , we needed a platform with proven scale and reliability to create an experience that will resonate with the artists we serve . in the course of our work with ustream , it was clear that ibm was the ideal collaborator in developing this innovative event . ”

roland - company - press releases - 2016 - highlights from roland’s # 909day first - of - its kind streaming festival , “the future . redefined . ”

the event will be streamed via the internet on roland’s site on september 9 .

i just want from roland a powerful midi sequencer / sampler … . like a modern version of the roland mv8800 ( with modern hdmi video output please ) .

thanks to the audio playground keyboard museum , florida ( urltoken ) , roland us and roland uk for help with sourcing many of the pictures for this article .

roland provides a rich portfolio of tools from hardware and software to digital recorders .

1973 – roland sh - 1000 : japan ' s first commercial keyboard synthesizer .

1989 – roland w - 30 : a sampling workstation keyboard ( daw ) .

1994 – roland s - 760 : 16 bits digital sampler with resonant filters .

1995 – roland xp - 50 : based on the jv - 1080 , it was roland ' s first music workstation that featured their mrc - pro sequencer .

2008 – roland fantom - g : music workstation with onboard graphical midi sequencer .

1991 - roland sound canvas : the world ' s first general midi synthesizer .

1989 - roland w - 30 : a sampling workstation keyboard ( daw ) .

1994 - roland s - 760 : 16 bits digital sampler with resonant filters .

2008 - roland fantom - g : music workstation with onboard graphical midi sequencer .

1975 - roland system - 100 : roland ' s first attempt at a modular synthesizer . the first product in the musical instrument industry to utilize a microprocessor .

by the beginning of 1977 , roland ' s annual turnover had reached nearly us $ 30 million , which was approximately one hundred times its 1972 turnover . this made the roland corporation almost as large as ace electronics had been at the height of their success , but introduced problems of its own , with kakehashi and his management team seriously overworked , and lacking adequate time to control growth and direction . kakehashi decided that , rather than impose limits on roland ' s activities , he would bring in the extra people that he needed , including senior administrators , a financial controller and — most radically — a head of research and development . in principle , this meant that a greater diversity of ideas and products would start to make their way to the market . in addition to these changes , kakehashi continued with his plan to form a group of related companies , with each specialising in a given area of music technology . although these boundaries have blurred over time , the idea was sound , and on 20th april 1977 , he founded roland ed . not visible to end - users for many years , the ' ed ' name was later associated with some of the corporation ' s most revolutionary products .

2005 – roland micro cube : roland ' s first portable amplifier . allowed for ac adapter or battery use . seven input effects , delay , and reverb options .

2005 - roland micro cube : roland ' s first portable amplifier . allowed for ac adapter or battery use . seven input effects , delay , and reverb options .

developed the roland intelligent pass control , which delivers smooth gradations and flawless solid colors .

1983 – roland cmu - 800 : compu music controlled by apple ii or c64 .

1989 – roland r - 8 : a drum machine with velocity - sensitive pads .

1994 – roland ms - 1 : 16 bit ad / da conversion , first portable digital stereo phrase sampler , with r - dac ( roland digital audio coding ) .

1995 – roland vg - 8 : the world ' s first guitar modeling system .

1977 - roland gr - 500 : the world ' s first commercial guitar synthesiser .

1994 - roland ms - 1 : 16 bit ad / da conversion , first portable digital stereo phrase sampler , with r - dac ( roland digital audio coding ) .

1991 - roland jd - 800 : digital synthesizer with analog style knobs and switches .

2005 - roland mv - 8000 : production station with 24 - bit sampling capabilities .

after being attacked by the mutants , roland awakens in a hospital run by vampires . roland begins to care for one of the vampires , sister jenna as she and the others take care of him . roland also meets a boy named john norman who tells him the nurses are vampires . sister jenna begins to give roland herbs to help him heal .

1986 – roland rd - 1000 : roland ' s first digital piano to feature their sa synthesis technology . one notable user of this is elton john from 1988 to 1994 .

the author loves music playing and recording , and now working for gigasonic as a copywriter . you can learn more roland keyborads at gigasonic . com , and roland authorized dealer .

enter roland . the kakehashi corporation realizes the market value of the rhodes trademark and acquires it in 1987 from bill schultz . what intentions they had at the start , it is hard to tell , but harold is now facing another unpleasant surprise . he is flown to japan for " product development " , hoping to finally get a real good piano made . enthusiastic , with a whole bunch of new ideas to test - i mean , who cares about prophet v ' s , dx7 ' s , midi and other novelties - and soon to be 80 , harold rhodes once again commits himself to the " real rhodes piano " , roland version .

during world war ii he joined the army air corps , where he gave lessons to fellow servicemen and entertained wounded airmen . to bring a small , portable piano to bedridden patients , in 1942 he built a 29 - note keyboard using aluminum tubing from a b - 17 to make a xylophone - like instrument , called the army air corps lap model piano . after the war , he founded the rhodes piano corporation , which built what he called the pre - piano in 1946 .

alphadial manuals , patch editors , sounds and other info for the roland alpha juno series .

i’d be really surprised if roland doesnt release the type of sampler you are referring to .

the 103 mixer , part of roland ' s system 100 semi - modular synthesis setup .

celebrate the champions with their glittering trophies from all events at roland - garros in 2018 .

1981 – roland system - 100m : semiprofessional modular synthesizer , successor of system - 100 .

1983 – roland msq - 700 : the world ' s first midi - compatible sequencer .

1982 - roland tb - 303 : defined the " acid " sound for house music .

1978 - roland cr - 78 : the world ' s first user programmable drum machine .

: roland ' s first products . tr - 77 is known as an updated version of

1973 - roland sh - 1000 : japan ' s second or third commercial keyboard synthesizer .

1981 - roland system - 100m : semiprofessional modular synthesizer , successor of system - 100 .

2008 - roland gw - 8 : workstation with " intelligent backing - track functionality " .

1986 – roland hs - 80 : same as the roland alpha juno 2 ( ju - 2 ) , but with built - in speakers . branded as " synth plus 80 . "

1986 - roland hs - 80 : same as the roland alpha juno 2 ( ju - 2 ) , but with built - in speakers . branded as " synth plus 80 . "

kakehashi travelled first to canada to obtain orders for his as - yet non - existent rhythm unit . next , he visited the multivox corporation in new york , the us importer for ace products ( and the company which , somewhat later , would be linked to the somewhat cloudy multivox copies of roland instruments ) . in europe , he contacted brodr jorgensen , a danish company that had subsidiaries in the uk , switzerland and germany , and which distributed ace across the continent . in each case , he obtained orders for a number of units , sufficient for him to start purchasing components and undertake assembly .

read , watch , listen , and learn about roland products and the people that use them .

1974 – roland ep - 30 : the world ' s first touch - sensitive electronic piano .

1984 – roland mpu - 401 : interface for connecting midi - equipped devices to a computer .

1991 – roland sc - 55 sound canvas : the world ' s first general midi synthesizer .

2006 – roland juno - g : entry - level workstation based on the fantom - x .

1991 - roland sc - 55 sound canvas : the world ' s first general midi synthesizer .

2004 - roland v - accordion fr - 7 : world ' s first completely digital accordion .

2006 - roland juno - g : entry - level workstation based on the fantom - x .

the first encounter with roland deschain is during his pursuit for the man in black . roland , while still young , comes to a deserted town called eluria where he is attacked by slow mutants .

2009 – roland at - 900 : roland introduces the at - 900 and at - 900c , the next generation of atelier organ consoles , successors to the at - 90s and at - 90sl .

marten broadcloak invited roland into gabrielle ' s bedchamber , displaying for roland their affair . furious , roland challenged his mentor cort to earn his guns and kill marten . cort accepts this challenge , but reminds young roland that if he fails he will be sent west to the wastelands . ( roland later meets a failed gunslinger , one eldred jonas when he travels to hambry ) roland does not back down from his challenge of cort . he is allowed one weapon so he chooses his hawk , david . with this weapon choice roland triumphs above cort and earns his guns at the unheard of age of fourteen ( steven earned his at the age of sixteen which made him the youngest at the time ) . upon earning his guns , roland buys a prostitute as a right of manhood . roland is rudely awakened by his father who tells him that he has forgotten his father ' s face . roland replies that he has not and it was with him the entire time during his test against cort . steven then tells roland that marten is furious for passing this test and plans to kill him ( marten knew roland would take the test , but did not believe he would be successful ) .

jx - 3p synthesizer roland’s first synthesizer with midi support ( along with the jupiter - 6 ) .

1998 – roland jx - 305 : similar to the mc - 505 , but with 61 keys .

2004 – roland fantom - x : music workstation and professional synthesizer expandable to 1 gigabyte of sounds .

2009 – roland v - piano : the first digital piano to rely solely on physical modeling technology .

accordions : roland is pleased to introduce a revolutionary new family of instruments — the v - accordions .

1989 - roland d - 70 : 76 - key synth . successor to the d - 50 .

1998 - roland jx - 305 : similar to the mc - 505 , but with 61 keys .

2004 - roland fantom - x : music workstation and professional synthesizer expandable to 1 gigabyte of sounds .

1978 - roland cr - 78 : one of the world ' s first user programmable drum machine .

2004 - roland fantom - x : music workstation / professional synthesizer expandable to 1 gig of sounds .

in 1987 , roland expanded again . in that year , the company bought up s . i . e . l . s . p . a , based in italy , which had been producing synthesizers and organs . the company took over s . i . e . l . ' s operations , renamed the company as roland europe s . p . a . in 1988 , and released a new series of products for the european market , including the e - 10 and e - 20 intelligent synthesizers . roland europe went public on the milan stock exchange in 1996 . on the japanese market , the company introduced the musi - kun desktop music systems , one of the earliest computer - based music production systems . also in 1988 , roland set up a new subsidiary operation for production of organs , largely for the home market . the rodgers instrument corporation , established in the united states , began supplying organs to the japanese market in 1989 as well .

the first actual encounter with roland deschain is in the mohaine desert as he searches for the man in black . as he crosses the desert roland encounters a hermit by the name of brown and his bird zoltan . during his stay with brown , roland tells about the town of tull and his stay there .

since exiting the door marked " the pusher " roland had been having a paradox in his head and living two different timelines . jack mort never pushed jake : so did jake live or die ? roland ' s mind is split in two , and both eddie and susannah fear roland is losing mental stability .

1972 – roland tr - 77 / tr - 55 / tr - 33 : roland ' s first products . tr - 77 is known as an updated version of ace tone rhythm ace fr - 7l .

1997 - roland jp - 8000 : roland ' s first virtual analog style synthesizer . the technology used in this model was conventional digital synthesizer technology like a jd - 800 , which lacked enough analog modeling .

the roland dg name is synonymous with superior digital printing equipment , performance , reliability , service and support . roland’s user friendly but technologically advanced wide - format printers , integrated inkjet printers / cutters , and a wide range of roland inks and media , offers a solution that perfectly suits the needs of graphics professionals .

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ikutaro kakehashi , founder of roland , at the 1964 namm show with the ace electronics r1 and canary .

mordred deschain attacks roland ' s camp the last night before roland would reach the tower . with the help of oy , roland wakes up in time to save himself and kill mordred . unfortunately , he was not in time to save oy ' s life . oy ' s haunting last word is " olan " .

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1996 – roland mc - 303 roland ' s first non - keyboard drum machine , sample - based synthesizer , and sequencer combination bearing the now - generic term groovebox . featuring a full 8 - track sequencer .

2004 – roland at - 90sl atelier : successor models . at - 80sl , and at - 60sl .

2005 – roland fantom - xa : entry - level fantom - x . the a stands for access .

2011 – roland at - 350c : a combo version of the " music atelier " home organ product range . can be coupled with any of roland ' s midi pedal keyboards to make it a complete organ .

on april 18 , 1972 , with ¥33 million in capital . in 2005 roland ' s headquarters relocated to

1976 - roland dc - 50 digital chorus : an analog chorus ensemble similar to boss ce - 1 .

1996 - roland mc - 303 roland ' s first non - keyboard drum machine , sample - based synthesizer , and sequencer combination bearing the now - generic term groovebox . featuring a full 8 - track sequencer .

2005 - roland fantom - xa : entry - level fantom - x . the a stands for access .

2008 - roland rd - 300 / 700gx : a new series of digital pianos for performers on stage .

1981 - roland jupiter - 8 : this synthesizer put roland in the forefront of professional synthesizers . its distinctive analog sounds , such as its cowbell sound , have become pop music cliches , heard on countless recordings .

1982 - roland juno - 6 : roland ' s first synthesizer with digitally controlled oscillators . ( later released was the juno - 60 , a similar model but with the addition of patch memory for storing sounds ) .

the roland sh3 . any resemblance to the ace tone sh3 is purely coincidental . . . or is it ?

the gs500 and gr500 were a remarkable achievement . not that roland built every component , of course . . .

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integra - 7 sound module this flagship sound module offers all of roland’s sound libraries combined within a single unit .

who leaves cuthbert ' s bird skull known as " the lookout " at the scene . roland and his ka - tet are arrested and taken to jail for killing mayor thorin . roland and his ka - tet manage to escape from jail with the help of susan . roland and his ka - tet set out for a battle against

1981 – roland mc - 4 microcomposer : a popular digital sequencer and the successor to the mc - 8 .

1984 – roland mkb - 1000 and mkb - 300 : the world ' s first dedicated midi controller keyboards .

1998 – roland mc - 505 : successor to the mc - 303 with a more powerful synthesizer and sequencer .

1998 - roland mc - 505 : successor to the mc - 303 with a more powerful synthesizer and sequencer .

1997 - roland jv - 2080 : 64 voice , 3 effects processor , 8 expansion slot , synthesizer module .

1981 – roland jupiter - 8 : roland claims this synthesizer put them in the forefront of professional synthesizers . a successful 8 - voice programmable analog synthesizer after the hugely successful sequential circuits prophet - 5 and oberheim ' s products .

roland offers a full range of keyboards and synthesizers that lead the industry in performance , features , and ease of use . from the beginner to the professional , roland keyboards and synths are among the most popular in the world .

. roland uses his gun to rape the unborn child out of sylvia . an outraged sylvia turns the entire town against roland and they begin to attack but the gunslinger uses his guns and kills the entire population of the town of tull . roland finishes his story still in the confines of brown ' s hut and the next day moves on .

d - 50 synthesizer roland’s first fully digital synthesizer became a worldwide sensation for its stunning sound and ease of use .

1993 – roland jv - 90 : a jv - 80 with 76 - note keyboard , expandable to 56 voices .

1984 - roland juno - 106 : a widely used synthesizer with digitally - controlled oscillators . same synth engine as the roland juno - 60 but with the addition of midi and the ability to transmit button and slider information through sysex .

2009 - roland fr - 7x / fr - 7xb : accordion with the versatility of a modern digital musical instrument .

more than 30 new roland musical instrument products are scheduled to debut during streaming video broadcasts from vip events in eight major cities around the world on september 9 ( # 909day ) . roland will introduce new synthesizers , digital pianos , electronic drums , dj equipment , boss guitar related products , and a new genre of musical instrument never offered before by roland .

finally , roland reaches the field of can ' - ka no rey . it is the scene of the final battle between roland deschain and the crimson king . the king is locked outside the tower on a balcony and can only throw sneetches at roland while waiting for him to be drawn to the tower . roland ' s secret weapon is patrick danville , who draws a picture of the king and uses a combination of dye from rose petals and roland ' s blood to color the king ' s eyes . after the picture was complete , danville is able to erase everything except the eyes , which in turn erases the king ' s body in real life , and roland is able to enter the tower safely .

1982 – roland juno - 6 : roland ' s first synthesizer with digitally controlled oscillators . ( released later in the same year was the juno - 60 , a similar model but with the addition of patch memory for storing sounds . )

the rs202 string ensemble made good on the failure of the rs101 , using roland ' s rich chorus to fine effect .

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mc - 8 microcomposer roland’s first microprocessor - based music sequencer was a history - making component in the electronic music genre .

1997 – roland vk - 7 : groundbreaking hammond organ clone , which introduced the " virtual tonewheel " physical modeling technology .

1999 – roland at - 90r : successor models . at - 60r , at - 80r , and at - 30r .

2001 – roland ax - 7 : successor to the ax - 1 . a keytar noted for its aesthetics and design .

1992 - roland dj - 70 : a dj sampling music workstation and synthesizer keyboard that featured the first scratch wheel pad .

1993 - roland jv - 1000 : sort of a combination of the mc - 50 ii and the jv - 80 .

1997 - roland vk - 7 : groundbreaking hammond organ clone , which introduced the " virtual tonewheel " physical modeling technology .

2001 - roland ax - 7 : successor to the ax - 1 . a keytar noted for its aesthetics and design .

2009 - roland v - piano : digital piano generating sound by modeling technology ( most other digital pianos use sampling ) .

as roland crosses the desert he comes across a waystation and meets a young boy named jake . jake is a boy who seems to be from another world , thus roland hypnotizes him to reveal where he ' s from . the boy is actually from new york city and was murdered by a man in black , roland believes this is the same one he now pursues .

later , roland pulls jake through the boy ' s doorway , usuing eddie ' s key , and saves jake from the dutch hill mansion demon . roland is glad to have jake back , and promises never to let him fall again . this is why when the group reaches lud ' s bridge and gasher kidnaps jake , roland goes after him as soon as possible .

1994 – roland jv - 1080 : roland ' s 64 - voice super jv synthesizer module , it used the jv sample set with the jd series filters and a fast risc processor for very smooth envelopes . used on more recordings than any other module in history , the jv - 1080 boasts a full range of acclaimed roland sounds , as well as four expansion slots .

roland discovers the only reason the vampires haven ' t killed him is because he is wearing a gold necklace with god written on it , something he discovers when john ( who is also wearing one ) is killed by removing it . roland and sister jenna soon escape but are stopped by sister mary the head of the organization . however , sister mary is killed by the jesus dog , a dog with a cross on it roland discovered in town . roland and jenna go to a cave and sleep .

mordred deschain is the half - son of both roland deschain and the crimson king , as well as mia and susannah dean .

2000 - roland xv - 3080 : essentially a super jv module updated to 128 - voices , and taking srx expansion boards .

2002 – roland at - 15 : baby of the " music atelier " home organ product range . and at - 5 .

roland discontinued the original sas in 1990 when advanced sa was introduced . in 1996 a 64 - voice stereo implementation was developed .

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. upon meeting roland ( known to her as will dearborn ) susan falls in love with him and roland with her . the love for susan eventually clouds roland ' s reasoning as he knows susan has been promised to mayor thorin . roland is told by susan to make love to her which he does . shortly after making love susan goes to cut off her hair , but is stopped by roland - who at first mistook her actions to be an attempt at suicide , and he hurts her wrist taking the sharpened stone away from her , breaking the trance . eventually , roland , with alain ' s help , hypnotizes susan to find out why she tried to disfigure herself - under hypnosis she also makes the comment ' it is pink . ' implying the presence of

although kakehashi lived in osaka , and roland were established there , he had had extensive business dealings in hamamatsu in his ace days , and was convinced that this was the right city in which to manufacture roland products . consequently , he rented a small factory there , and production of roland products started in both locations . roland were later to move in their entirety to hamamatsu , establishing a number of factories in the area , but for the first few years , kakehashi would commute overnight by train between the two .

they meet in a golgotha and palaver . the man in black reads roland ' s fate from tarot cards . roland ' s fate includes the sailor , the prisoner , the lady of shadows , death , life ( which the man in black burns ) , and the tower at the center of everything . the man in black tells roland he is only a pawn for roland ' s true enemy who now controls the tower itself . the man in black tries to convince roland to give up on his quest by creating a representation of the universe and showing him how insignificant he is . roland refuses and is forced into sleep . when he awakens , ten years have passed and there is a skeleton next to him , which he believes to be the man in black .

1988 – roland u - 110 : roland ' s first " rompler " , the u - 110 was a rack module based on roland ' s large sample library and contained good representations of acoustic instruments . designed to compete with e - mu ' s proteus line , the u - 110 ' s successor u - 220 found its way into many professional studio racks of the day .

1988 - roland u - 110 : roland ' s first " rompler " , the u - 110 was a rack module based on roland ' s large sample library and contained good representations of acoustic instruments . designed to compete with e - mu ' s proteus line , the u - 110 ' s successor u - 220 found its way into many professional studio racks of the day .

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as they prepare to leave , roland goes down into the cellar for some food . in the cellar a speaking demon speaks to roland , after their palaver roland reaches into the hole the demon was speaking from and pulls free a jawbone . he and jake depart from the way starion and begin their trek across the desert . they eventually come to a mountanous range and camp for the night .

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the tales last overnight , and after the storm has passed , roland and his ka - tet find themselves closer to the callas .

2002 - roland mc - 909 : successor to the mc groovebox series featuring a full 16 track sequencer and built - in sampling .

1997 - roland jv - 2080 : 64 - voice , 3 - effects - processor , 8 - expansion - slot synthesizer module .

. roland tells susan to hide with sheemie in a hut in the bad grass and wait for his return , if he does not return she is to take his guns to his father and tell him what happened . while waiting for roland , susan is discovered by the

roland offers a full range of keyboards and synthesizers that lead the industry in sound quality , performance features , and ease of use . with models to suit the needs of players from beginning to professional , roland keyboards and synths are among the most popular in the world .

1994 - roland jv - 1080 : aka super jv - 1080 , a 64 - voice synthesizer module . used on more recordings than any other module in history , the jv - 1080 boasts a full range of acclaimed roland sounds , as well as four expansion slots .

roland ' s first sequencer , the computerised cv - and gate - based mc8 , which sported a truly staggering 16k of note memory .

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roland then prepares himself for blaine ' s live - or - die - contest by preparing some of his best fair - day riddles .

roland offers a wide range of products for guitarists from beginning to professional , including compact effects , guitar synthesizers , amplifiers , and more .

1982 – roland g505 – g202 : the 3rd generation of roland electric guitar synthesizer controllers . these strat - style guitars came with the matching gr - 700 and pg - 200 pedal boards , which also work as a regular guitar effector as well as a midi synthesizer bank .

1984 – roland mks - 80 : rack - mounted 8 - voice analog synthesizer , commonly used with the mpg - 80 programmer unit .

1988 – roland mc - 500mkii : successor to the roland mc - 500 , with turbo software . now with 8 tracks of recording , 100 , 000 note capacity , real - time track muting and more . storages on 3½ - inch ds / dd floppy disk drive .

1997 – roland jp - 8000 : roland ' s first virtual analog synthesizer . it ' s technology was more similar to conventional pcm synthesis , such as in a jd - 800 , rather than the virtual analog synths of today that digitally model the behavior of analog oscillators .

2001 – roland at - 90s : successor models . at - 80s , at - 60s , at - 20s and at - 10s .

2012 - roland jupiter - 50 : a reduced jp - 80 with three parts instead of four and a smaller non - touch screen .

roland awakens to find jake is missing and goes looking for him . he finds jake , who is about to be seduced by a succubus . the gunslinger gives the jawbone to jake and has him go back to camp while roland seduces the succubus instead . whilst coupled with the succubus he discovers his fate and the path to the tower . roland and jake continue on their venture into the mountains where they come across a gang of slow mutants . roland battles with the mutants and they eventually come upon the exit of the cavern , where the man in black is waiting for them . jake trips on a bridge leading to the way out and roland has a choice : to catch the man in black and let jake die , or save jake and never catch the man in black . roland lets jake fall to his death , forever being haunted by his words " there are other worlds than these . " roland leaves the cavern and finally catches the man in black .

the u . s . division of roland corporation is pretty much run by it ' s japanese parent company . marketing initiatives , sales strategies , etc . are primarily driven by roland japan , whom know very little about the u . s . market ! no wonder there has been such a large disconnect with u . s . consumers ! the company executives are extremely guarded when it comes to sharing information . only a select few are given full knowledge regarding key products and new or developing initiatives . over the last 8 years or so lay offs , being unprofitable , and having gone through 4 ceos ( the current of which is extremely overbearing ) have taken overall moral to an all time low . blind favoritism takes place on a regular basis , employees whom are incompetent or whom have had no real place due to financial struggles or program cut backs have remained employed , purely because they have a good relationship with the " right " people . all while other highly qualified and " should be " valued employees have been let go .

1984 - roland tr - 909 : an extremely popular drum machine during the early 1990s , the sounds of which ( particularly the kick drum ) are still essential components of modern electronic dance music . the first roland drum machine to use analog sound synthesis combined with digital sample playback .

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