ELLA FITZGERALD / SINGS THE COLE PORTER SONG BOOK / VERVE / 1957 / ANALOG SPARK 3LP REISSUE BOX SET OF MG V-4001-2 ELLA FITZGERALD – VOCALS PAUL SMITH – PIANO, CELESTE BRASS AND WOODWIND MEMBERS HERB GELLER – CLARINET, ALTO SAXOPHONE CHUCK GENTRY – BASS CLARINET, BARITONE SAXOPHONE BUD SHANK – CLARINET, FLUTE, ALTO SAXOPHONE BOB COOPER – CLARINET, OBOE, TENOR SAXOPHONE TED NASH – CLARINET, FLUTE, TENOR SAXOPHONE PETE CANDOLI – TRUMPET HARRY "SWEETS" EDISON – TRUMPET MAYNARD FERGUSON – TRUMPET CONRAD GOZZO – TRUMPET MILT BERNHART – TROMBONE JOE HOWARD – TROMBONE LLOYD ULYATE – TROMBONE GEORGE ROBERTS – BASS AND BARITONE TROMBONE BARNEY KESSEL – GUITAR JOE MONDRAGON – DOUBLE BASS ALVIN STOLLER – DRUMS, PERCUSSION CORKY HALE – HARP ROBERT LAMARCHINA – CELLO EDGAR LUSTGARTEN – CELLO TECHNICAL BUDDY BREGMAN – ARRANGER, CONDUCTOR PRODUCED BY NORMAN GRANZ. RECORDED AT CAPITOL STUDIOS, HOLLYWOOD ON FEBRUARY 7-9 AND MARCH 27, 1956. LINER NOTES BY DON FREEMAN AND FRED LOUNSBERRY. MASTERED BY RYAN K. SMITH AT STERLING SOUND, NEW YORK CITY.
Todays Mix... Johnny Hartman - The Voice That Is! Johnny Hartman, vocals Orchestra: Dick Hafer, English horn, flute; Howard Collins, Barry Galbraith, guitar; Phil Kraus, marimba; Richard Davis, bass; Osie Johnson, drums; Willie Rodriguez, Latin percussion Quartet: Barry Galbraith, guitar; Hank Jones, piano; Richard Davis, bass; Osie Johnson, drums (Analog Production 2x45) Ike Quebec - Bossa Nova Soul Samba Ike Quebec, tenor sax; Kenny Burrell, guitar; Wendell Marshal, bass; Willie Bobo, drums; Garvin Masseaux, chekere (Analog Productions 2x45) Hank Mobley - A Caddy For Daddy Hank Mobley, tenor sax; Lee Morgan, trumpet; McCoy Tyner, piano; Bob Cranshaw, bass; Billy Higgins, drums (Analog Productions 2x45)
(CD Columbia Legacy CK-87042) 2004 .... recorded March 1961 @ Radio Recorders Annex, Los Angeles .... worth the ticket of entry alone for the version of "Summertime" ....
Leo Parker - Rollin' With Leo Blue Note (1961) TOCJ-4095 Baritone Saxophone – Leo Parker Tenor Saxophone – Bill Swindell Trumpet – Dave Burns Piano – Johnny Acea Bass – Al Lucas, Stan Conover Drums – Purnell Rice, Wilbert Hogan
It's comparable to the Soul organ sessions that you would normally associate Grant Green playing in for the era. I like the tunes although they don't quite reach the level of the BN releases. Grant's playing is in fine form and that's really what prompted me to buy. Fats does not show any exceptional sax work but holds his ground fairly well. Not an essential release but enjoyable.
(LP Blue King Records Japan GXK-8121) 1978 .... recorded May 1955 .... Herbie Nichols (p) + Al McKibbon/Teddy Kotick (b) + Max Roach (dr) .... faultless Blue Note King Records Japan vinyl press from 1978 .... indispensable ....
Chick Corea - Tones for Joan's Bones Atlantic (1968) MTCJ-6003 Atlantic Original Collection Series Piano – Chick Corea Tenor Saxophone – Joe Farrell Trumpet – Woody Shaw, Jr. Flute – Joe Farrell Bass – Steve Swallow Drums – Joe Chambers
Afro-Bossa | Concert In The Virgin Islands - Duke Ellington and his Orchestra (Reprise) CD Double treat time with two superb big band studio albums on 1 CD from the Duke. Afro-Bossa was recorded 1963 & Concert In The Virgin Islands was 1965. I love the all the music here and the mastering on this CD edition is perfect.
GEORGE WALLINGTON / SHOWCASE / BLUE NOTE / 1954 / JAPANESE TOSHIBA REISSUE LP OF BN 5045 FRANK FOSTER - TENOR SAXOPHONE DAVE BURNS - TRUMPET JIMMY CLEVELAND - TROMBONE DANNY BANK - BARITONE SAXOPHONE GEORGE WALLINGTON - PIANO OSCAR PETTIFORD - BASS KENNY CLARKE - DRUMS PRODUCED BY ALFRED LION. RECORDED ON MAY 12, 1954 AT AUDIO-VIDEO STUDIOS, NEW YORK CITY. LINER NOTES BY LEONARD FEATHER AND MICHAEL CUSCUNA. PHOTOGRAPHY BY FRANCIS WOLFF. COVER DESIGN BY JOHN HERMANSADER. MASTERED AND LACQUERS CUT BY YOSHIO OKAZAKI
(LP Riverside Victor Japan "Riverside Original Recording Series" SMJ-6198) 1977 .... recorded April 1960 'live' @ The Blackhawk, San Francisco .... two additional horns aka Harold Land (ts) + Joe Gordon (tp) inject additional colours into an excellent early 60`s Thelonious Monk live gig ....
KENNY DORHAM / INTA SOMETHIN' / PACIFIC JAZZ / 1962 / JAPANESE KING GXF 3119 STEREO LP REISSUE OF PJ-41 KENNY DORHAM - TRUMPET JACKIE MCLEAN - ALTO SAXOPHONE WALTER BISHOP JR. - PIANO LEROY VINNEGAR - BASS ART TAYLOR - DRUMS PRODUCED BY RICHARD BOCK. RECORDED 'LIVE' ON NOVEMBER 13, 1961 AT THE JAZZ WORKSHOP, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA BY REICE HAMEL. PHOTOGRAPHY AND COVER DESIGN BY WOODY WOODWARD. LINER NOTES BY JOHN WILLIAM HARDY. https://www2.pic-upload.de/img/35628928/DSC_0172copy.jpg
Great Pacific Jazz album. I have the Blue Note CD reissue, which also has Dorham's Matador, originally released on United Artists. Pacific Jazz owner Richard Bock had the nasty habit of endlessly editing the music before releasing it, but that doesn't seem to be the case here.
Another great album and an excellent pressing. I wonder how much these SMJ pressings fetch these days.
Isn't it consensus in the jazz community that his greatest editing crime was to overdub drums on Jim Hall's originally drumless trio recording?
The people at Blue Note/EMI who were involved in the CD reissues back in the 1980s-1990s had enormous problems trying to put the original recordings back together again, and some couldn't be "recreated". The tapes were an absolute mess.
CHARLES MINGUS / EAST COASTING / BETHLEHEM / 1957 / JAPANESE POLYDOR GATEFOLD MP 2139 LP REISSUE OF BCP 6019 CHARLES MINGUS – BASS CLARENCE SHAW - TRUMPET JIMMY KNEPPER - TROMBONE SHAFI HADI - ALTO SAXOPHONE, TENOR SAXOPHONE BILL EVANS - PIANO DANNIE RICHMOND - DRUMS RECORDED AUGUST 16, 1957 IN NEW YORK CITY. PHOTOGRAPHY BY ROBERT BERENSON. LINER NOTES BY NAT HENTOFF.
