Jazz Beat (Part 29)

CAM Jazz has announced six new Black Saint / Soul Note box sets for the Fall: Jimmy Lyons, Chico Hamilton, Sun Ra, Steve Lacy vol.2, Ed Blackwell, and Gianluigi Trovesi.

 

Oh right, wrong bass player. The confusing part for me is I have albums by both and my synapse must have got tangled up last night. Thanks for keeping me straight. They are both excellent players.

NP Paul Desmond - First Place Again. (Warner Bros.) gold label, stereo.

 

I can't keep up. I haven't bought all the last group yet.

 

Yes, these new six are available for pre-order on the amazon.fr site.

 

Since I've kept up on the 2 labels since the early 90s (when most were available on CD), there are fewer and fewer reasons for me to buy these. I already have what I want (with the rare exception). Additionally, some of the original CDs sound better than the remasters AND I can think of no 2 labels less deserving of the "buy for better sound" treatment. Again, with the rare exception, many (most?) of these albums were recorded in a way which I'd call "semi-primitive", especially when compared to some of the standard-bearers of the day.

 

Hmmm. . . I haven't found any that sound better in the original edition to me on my system; I find the remastered box sets to sound really good.

Here are links:

http://www.amazon.fr.../dp/B00LC94HH0/
http://www.amazon.fr.../dp/B00LC94HIY/
http://www.amazon.fr.../dp/B00LOORQ4E/
http://www.amazon.fr.../dp/B00LC94HHK/
http://www.amazon.fr.../dp/B00LC94HIE/
http://www.amazon.fr.../dp/B00LC94HKM/

 

Right on time. We've been expecting you.

 

Bill Frissell with Dave Holland and Elvin Jones (Nonesuch)

 

Interesting.

The Amazon link for Sun Ra says 4 CDs yet I thought that BS only issued 3 titles - Hours After, Reflections in Blue and Mayan Temples (confirmed by a quick look at CAM website).

Wonder what the final one is then?

 

Yesterday I listened to the Wes Montgomery's Complete live in Paris Concerts 1965 for the first time in a while. Wow! Top shelf stuff this.

 

JOHNNY GRIFFIN / THE KERRY DANCERS AND OTHER SWINGING FOLK / RIVERSIDE / 1962 / JVC XRCD

Personnel: Johnny Griffin (ts), Barry Harris (p), Ron Carter (b), Ben Riley (d)

 

It's Billy Bang's A Tribute to Stuff Smith that's with Sun Ra.



Now Playing:
Duke Ellington Small Bands – The Intimacy of the Blues (Fantasy) – "The Combo Suite" aka "Hi Fi Fo Fum" from '67 plus '70 recordings

 

As I said, I'm not a fan of using "dated" or "timeless" as labels. Or maybe I would say that all music is "of its time', but at its best, music can give us a "timeless" experience. In fact, I would say that it's not the music that is dated or timeless, it's your experience of the music that could be described that way. And your experience of the same music can vary widely over time. My experience of the Doors music has been all over the map. Sometimes the "combo organ" sound
bothers me. As for the B-3 sound, I love it almost everywhere it appears.

 

A huge anachronism would be a scene in a novel or film set in a 1920's speakeasy with the band playing jazz fusion on electric instruments. Armstrong's music in 2014 is no more an anachronism that Bach in 2014.

 

Not entirely the same unless we have recordings of Bach playing his music in the 1700s. And besides, we all have our own interpretations of just about any word spoken since the beginning of time.

 

(LP Prestige PR7519)

 

Ah OK, I'll stop getting excited then - I'd forgotten about that one...

 

Harris Eisenstadt – Golden State (Songlines)
— With Nicole Mitchell (flute), Sara Schoenbeck (bassoon), Mark Dresser (bass), Harris Eisenstadt (drums, compositions)

 

I'm a sucker for double reeds so I'll have to check that out.

 

Bayeté (Todd Cochran) - Worlds Around The Sun

 

Is that the Bayeté of Automatic Man fame?

 

Yep! This is his debut album from '72 recently reissued on CD. Tis awesome if you dig spiritual jazz!

 

Well, I'm back. After a prolonged absence, I'm ready for some good jazz.

Hiromi - Alive! (24bit/96kHz HDTracks)


Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band - Landmarks

Bobby Hutcherson - Linger Lane (24bit/192kHz HDTracks)

 

Welcome back!