I've found heaps of great jazz via Bandcamp, and actually came across Valley Of Search on the site. Unfortunately due to the high shipping costs to Australia, I ended up ordering the vinyl in from Amazon. Look forward to playing it when it arrives.
Grant Green - Visions Blue Note (1971) TOCJ-8566 Guitar – Grant Green Vibraphone – Billy Wooten Electric Piano – Emanuel Riggins Congas – Ray Armando Drums – Idris Muhammad Drums, Percussion – Harold Cardwell Electric Bass – Chuck Rainey
MAL WALDRON / THE QUEST / NEW JAZZ / 1961 / FIRST JAPANESE DEEP GROOVE SMJ-7077 REISSUE OF LP 8269 ERIC DOLPHY – ALTO SAXOPHONE, CLARINET BOOKER ERVIN – TENOR SAXOPHONE (TRACKS 1-4, 6 & 7) MAL WALDRON – PIANO RON CARTER – CELLO JOE BENJAMIN – BASS CHARLIE PERSIP – DRUMS PRODUCED BY ESMOND EDWARDS. RECORDED AT RUDY VAN GELDER STUDIO IN ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, NEW JERSEY ON JUNE 27, 1961 BY RUDY VAN GELDER. PHOTOGRAPHY AND COVER DESIGN BY DON SCHLITTEN. ORIGINAL LINER NOTES BY NAT HENTOFF.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: these Japanese pressings with the SMJ prefix were absolutely wonderful, I imported loads of them (along with King's Blue Notes) back in the day. That said, I can't say Ron Carter's cello playing is a joy to listen to... He should have stuck with bass.
Consummation - Thad Jones | Mel Lewis (Blue Note) SHM-CD Recorded 1970 Japanese SHM-CD edition issued as part of Blue Note 'The Masterworks' series. Artists include Thad Jones, Snooky Young, Danny Moore, Al Porcino, Marvin Stamm, Eddie Bert, Benny Powell, Jimmy Knepper, Cliff Heather,Jerome Richardson, Jerry Dodgion, Billy Harper,Eddie Daniels, Richie Kamuca, Pepper Adams, Joe Farrell, Roland Hanna, Richard Davis, Mel Lewis, Jimmy Buffington, Earl Chapin, Dick Berg, Julius Watkins, Howard Johnson, David Spinozza
Stereo. I doubt if reverb was added although I cannot be certain as I have never heard any other edition. Either way, this CD release does sound great! Sleeve note information states- Digitally remastered on 24 bit by Alexis Frenkel and Christophe Henault at Art et Son studio, Paris Prepared for release by Francois Le Xuan
Jazz In Paris | Jazz & Cinema Vol.2 - Various Artists (EmArcy/Gitanes) CD Tracks 1-4 from Les Tricheurs - Jazz At The Philharmonic (Barclay EP) (Recorded 1958) Tracks 5-22 from Des Femmes Disparaissent - Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers (Fontana 10" LP) (Recorded 1958) Tracks 23-24 from La Bride Sur Le Cou - George Arvanitas Quintet (Barclay EP) (Recorded 1961)
Couldn't agree more, I think these SMJ pressings, especially the first pressing with deep groove and flip-back cover, are first rate and on par with with the best original pressings or digital versions I've heard. I have to disagree on the cello matter, though: I really like it. But tastes differ, right (and we tend to agree much more often than not).
Nice compilation. I own all five volumes of Jazz et Cinema released as the serie Jazz in Paris. Lovely views of Paris in the age of the recordings, mainly the 50's and the early 60's.
CHARLES MCPHERSON / BEBOP REVISITED! / PRESTIGE /1965 / ORIGINAL STEREO LP PR 7359 CHARLES MCPHERSON – ALTO SAXOPHONE CARMELL JONES – TRUMPET BARRY HARRIS – PIANO NELSON BOYD – BASS ALBERT HEATH – DRUMS PRODUCED BY DON SCHLITTEN. RECORDED AT VAN GELDER STUDIO, ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, NEW JERSEY ON NOVEMBER 20, 1964 BY RUDY VAN GELDER. PHOTOGRAPHY AND COVER DESIGN BY DON SCHLITTEN. LINER NOTES BY IRA GITLER.
Now something special (to me at least): JACK MONTROSE WITH BOB GORDON / ATLANTIC / 1955 / ORIGINAL MONO DEEP GROOVE LP 1223 JACK MONTROSE - TENOR SAXOPHONE BOB GORDON - BARITONE SAXOPHONE PAUL MOER - PIANO RED MITCHELL - BASS SHELLY MANNE - DRUMS PRODUCED BY NESUHI ERTEGUN. MUSICAL DIRECTIONS BY SHORTY ROGERS. RECORDED IN HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA ON MAY 11 AND 12, 1955 BY JOHN PALLADINO. PHOTOGRAPHY BY WILLIAM CLAXTON. LINER NOTES BY JACK MONTROSE.
I never understood why Gitanes Productions altered the superb original artwork. Those are not bad photographied, but on the whole they make the CDs look and feel cheap.
(LP Prestige Victor Japan "Prestige Jazz Masterpiece Series" SMJ-6608(M)) 1979 .... recorded July 1956 .... both Hank Mobley and Kenny Dorham in peak form .... superb sounding japanese vinyl press from the late 70`s ....
THAD JONES / DETROIT-NEW YORK JUNCTION / BLUE NOTE / 1956 / DISK UNION "FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES" 200G DEEP GROOVE REISSUE OF BN 1513 THAD JONES - TRUMPET BILLY MITCHELL - TENOR SAXOPHONE KENNY BURRELL - GUITAR TOMMY FLANAGAN - PIANO OSCAR PETTIFORD - BASS SHADOW WILSON - DRUMS PRODUCED BY ALFRED LION. RECORDED AT VAN GELDER STUDIO, HACKENSACK, NEW JERSEY ON MARCH 13, 1956 BY RUDY VAN GELDER. PHOTOGRAPHY BY FRANCIS WOLFF. COVER DESIGN BY REID MILES. LINER NOTES BY LEONARD FEATHER. MASTERED BY KEVIN GRAY AT COHEARANT AUDIO, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. Thank you for recommending this record, @J.A.W.
This album works in so many ways. It really does work as a Billie Holiday tribute album, and this from a guy who really doesn't get excited about tribute albums. And it really is a fine contemporary jazz album. And it sounds so beautiful on a great system. . . . Jose James "Yesterday I had the Blues--The Music of Billie Holiday" Blue Note
You're welcome. Again, if you have the chance to get the Mosaic for a reasonable price, grab it, you won't regret it - unless you already have most of the stuff, of course
I almost pulled the trigger on the Mosaic but chose to go for the individual albums. I also have Motor City Scene (United Artists), so I guess the Mosaic would be redundant.
Johnny Lytle – Nice And Easy Riverside/Jazzland (1962) VICJ-60515 Heritage of Jazz II - Riverside 50 Series Vibraphone – Johnny Lytle Tenor Saxophone – Johnny Griffin Piano – Bobby Timmons Bass – Sam Jones Drums – Louis Hayes