Was their appearance at Montreux a one off or did McCann and Harris do other stuff together? If it was a one off, it was one hell of a one off IMO. "Compared To What" is a classic of course but it sort of overshadows the rest of the album. I like "Kathleen's Tune" the best.
Just one of those great albums that always sound good, even when you think you don't want to hear it again. I love my liberty copy but may have to look for a MM 33. Oh, I found a used copy of the AP Screaming The Blues in the shops this week. Loved it after one spin.
My dad played the heck out of that record. That opening piano groove and cow bell will forever be etched into my brain. Low Spark by Traffic was another one he played all the time that has a opening piano groove that stuck into my skull. I picked up the guitar to meet girls but when I started learning the Piano it just felt natural because of those tunes that were always in my head.
I tend to grab Desperado, East and Live before this one but the last time I put this on I had several wow moments. That version of Minority!
There were just 2 Gold CDs and 6 hybrid SACDs released. See this post: Six Sinatra/Capitol Titles on MFSL LP & SACD (pt3)*
You're right, I mistakenly included the 2 CDs in the SACD series. Sorry about that. The 2 CDs: UDCD 790 - Nice 'n' Easy UDCD 792 - Frank Sinatra Sings for Only the Lonely The 6 SACDs: UDSACD 2106 - Songs for Swingin' Lovers UDSACD 2107 - A Swingin' Affair UDSACD 2109 - Where Are You? UDSACD 2110 - Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!! UDSACD 2111 - No One Cares UDSACD 2112 - Point of No Return They're all digipaks.
Don Wilkerson - The Complete Blue Note Sessions 2CD compilation of his Blue Note albums Preach Brother!, Elder Don, and Shoutin'. Only learned of Don Wilkerson in the last couple weeks and glad I did. Supreme Grant Green action on these vibrant albums.
There's a Second Movement?! I be damned, I see that there is...from Wiki: Second Movement is an album by American jazz saxophonist Eddie Harris and pianist/vocalist Les McCann recorded in 1971 and released on the Atlantic label.[1][2] The album was a follow-up to the duo's highly successful live collaboration Swiss Movement (Atlantic, 1969). Track listing All compositions by Eddie Harris except as indicated "Shorty Rides Again" (Harris, Les McCann) - 8:31 "Universal Prisoner" (Harris, McCann) - 5:00 "Carry on Brother" - 7:11 "Set Us Free" - 10:26 "Samia" (McCann) - 7:32 Personnel Eddie Harris - tenor saxophone Les McCann - electric piano, vocals Cornell Dupree - electric guitar Jimmy Rowser - bass Jerry Jemmott - electric bass (tracks 1-3) Donald Dean - drums Buck Clarke - African drums, percussion Bernard Purdie - tambourine, drums Judy Clay, Cissy Houston, Rennelle Stafford, Deidre Tuck - vocals Unidentified string section arranged by Arif Mardin (track 2) Unidentified horns and woodwinds (tracks 4 & 5) Well, I can't pass that up...ordered! Eddie Harris & Les McCann - Second Movement
Sonny Rollins - Tenor Madness Analogue Productions SACD Mono Sonny Rollins – tenor saxophone John Coltrane – tenor saxophone (#1 only) Red Garland – piano Paul Chambers – double bass Philly Joe Jones – drums
Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus Analogue Productions SACD Mono Sonny Rollins — tenor saxophone Tommy Flanagan — piano Doug Watkins — bass Max Roach — drums
Mosaic has always been a premium jazz label, often including rare or unreleased tracks. Yet, comparatively, I see extremely few posts about Mosaic products. I wonder why.
Maybe because people prefer to listen to albums that are more accessible in terms of alternates (not everyone has a player that can be programmed or feels like doing that) and/or the playing time of the CDs. Just speculating
Most Mosaic sets do not run one alternate take after another steadily. In the end, I realize there can be no more than a few thousand Mosaic collectors worldwide, and an amazing percentage of those sets sit unopened. Very often, when I buy used sets, only the first CD has been unsealed. Its too bad we don't hear from Mosaic owners more often. I guess Mosaic may seem like yesterday's news to many.
Pretty sure there's a good amount of Mosaic releases posted in this thread at over 1000 pages long. I know I've seen plenty of them.
There certainly are, but relatively few in comparison to where they should be. It seems that few owners actually take them off the shelf.
Well if you're listening to them, post away. Plenty of posters here have 'em and love 'em. Be an inspiration to others to pull them off the shelf and give 'em a spin.
The Ben Webster Quintet - Soulville Japan Polydor K.K. J25J 25120 Prepared for compact disc by Richard Seidel and Seth Rothstein. Digitally remastered by Tom "Curly" Ruff, Polygram Studios, USA Tape vault research by Phil Schaap I'm surprised to find so much remastering information on this pressing. I wonder if the German pressing shares the same mastering? I thought it was mastered by Dennis Drake Here are the XLD values for the J25J pressing (Sorry, I'm on a Mac, no EAC) 01. 0.895996 02. 0.898987 03. 0.688629 04. 0.938354 05. 0.675354 06. 1.000000 07. 1.000000 08. 0.999969 09. 0.995300 10. 0.876984 Ben Webster, tenor sax and piano Oscar Peterson, piano Herb Ellis, guitar Ray Brown, bass Stan Levey, drums
As many older collectors are unloading their collections, you can obtain Mosaic boxes at very good prices if you look and are patient. The days of extreme inflated prices are waning.
One For Fun - Billy Taylor (Atlantic) CD with Billy Taylor (piano), Earl May (bass), Kenny Dennis (drums) Recorded 1959 This trio session was reissued in Japan on 24 bit remaster CD and it all sounds just as fresh and enjoyable a listen now as it did the day it was recorded. The music is a very good mix of originals and standards.
That 1990 MFSL Gold CD was sourced from the wrong (reverb-added) tapes. And it’s not true MONO; they added STEREO reverb. Do forget it in favor of the far better-sounding 2014 SACD.
