Keith Jarrett - Shades Impulse! (1976) UCCI-9054 Impulse! More Best 50 Series Piano, Drums [Wood], Percussion – Keith Jarrett Tenor Saxophone, Tambourine, Maracas – Dewey Redman Bass – Charlie Haden Drums, Percussion – Paul Motian Percussion – Guilherme Franco
Nice Parisian recordings. The other part of the live session is on "Parisian Thoroughfare" . Two gems before Blue Note period.
Steely Dan sort of qualifies as jazz, don't they? Tonight's commuting music...a soundboard recording from the Pretzel Logic tour in '74 (UC Irvine) that circulates under the title Metal Leg- it just reminds me how good the original Steely Dan band was:
JOE HENDERSON / IN 'N OUT / BLUE NOTE / 1965 / MUSIC MATTERS 2LP 45RPM REISSUE OF BN84166 JOE HENDERSON — TENOR SAXOPHONE KENNY DORHAM — TRUMPET MCCOY TYNER — PIANO RICHARD DAVIS — BASS ELVIN JONES — DRUMS PRODUCED BY ALFRED LION. RECORDED AT VAN GELDER STUDIO, ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, NEW JERSEY ON APRIL 10, 1964 BY RUDY VAN GELDER. PHOTOGRAPHY BY FRANCIS WOLFF. COVER DESIGN BY REID MILES. MASTERED BY KEVIN GRAY AND STEVE HOFFMAN AT ACOUSTECH MATERING, CAMARILLO, CALIFORNIA.
(CD Prestige Universal Japan UCCO-5284 SHM-CD) 2014 .... unheralded little gem and a great sounding edition for sure ....
(CD Blue Note Audio Wave AWMXR-0024) 2011 .... Kenny Drew both as gifted composer and focused band leader .... still unheralded Blue Note bonanza from 1961 ....
THE CURTIS FULLER JAZZTET WITH BENNY GOLSON / SAVOY / 1959 / JAPANESE CBS/SONY SOPU 32-SY REISSUE LP OF MG 12143 LEE MORGAN - TRUMPET BENNY GOLSON - TENOR SAXOPHONE CURTIS FULLER - TROMBONE WYNTON KELLY - PIANO PAUL CHAMBERS - BASS CHARLIE PERSIP - DRUMS PRODUCED BY HERMAN LUBINSKY. RECORDED AUGUST 25, 1959 AT VAN GELDER STUDIO, ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, NEW JERSEY BY RUDY VAN GELDER. LINER NOTES BY TOM WILSON.
True Blue - Hank Crawford (Atlantic) CD 7 tracks were recorded 1963, and 3 are from 1964. Excellent sound on the 24 bit mastered CD, issued as part of Atlantic's Japanese Jazz 1000 Best Collection series. I previously (and foolishly) had basically ignored all Hank Crawford titles. That was a big mistake! I bought this album after seeing it listed in the bargains and am so glad I did now because I enjoyed listening to every slow, smokin' minute of this little gem!
NLT...awesome trombone dominated session from Curtis Fuller and Slide Hampton. Top notch! Curtis Fuller - Two Bones Blue Note UCCQ-9331 Masterworks Top 50 Series Trombone – Curtis Fuller, Slide Hampton Piano – Sonny Clark Bass – George Tucker Drums – Charlie Persip
Very good vinyl. Rare Fruscella Album. Recently, I bought an original first pressing with some flaws in one side. But, I'm very satisfied with this album.
CHARLIE MARIANO / CHARLIE MARIANO PLAYS / BETHLEHEM / 1956 / JAPANESE CBS/SONY 22AP 127 LP REISSUE OF BCP-49 STU WILLIAMSON - TRUMPET CHARLIE MARIANO - ALTO SAXOPHONE, TENOR SAXOPHONE FRANK ROSOLINO. TROMBONE CLAUDE WILLIAMSON, JOHN WILLIAMS. PIANO MAX BENNETT BASS STAN LEVEY, MEL LEWIS - DRUMS RECORDED DECEMBER 21, 1953 AND JULY 11, 1955 IN LOS ANGELES.
(LP Prestige Victor Japan SMJ-6559(M)) 1977 .... recorded Febraury 1958 .... this and the (sort of) companion album "Settin`The Pace" are my go-to John Coltrane Prestige platters .... the pressing and sound of the Victor Japan edition is unsurprisingly great ....
JIMMY FORREST / OUT OF THE FORREST / PRESTIGE/ 1961 / ANALOGUE PRODUCTIONS 200G DEEP GROOVE REISSUE LP OF PR 7202 JIMMY FORREST - TENOR SAXOPHONE JOE ZAWINUL - PIANO TOMMY POTTER - BASS CLARENCE JOHNSTON - DRUMS PRODUCED BY ESMOND EDWARDS. RECORDED APRIL 18, 1961 AT VAN GELDER STUDIO, ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, NEW JERSEY BY RUDY VAN GELDER. PHOTOGRAPHY AND DESIGN BY DON SCHLITTEN. LINER NOTES BY JOE GOLDBERG. MASTERING BY KEVIN GRAY AT COHEARANT AUDIO, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.
The Early Ellington - Duke Ellington (AMJ/Everest) CD with guest artists Jimmy Dorsey & Una Mae Carlisle Originally issued on Everest Records Archive Of Folk And Jazz LP. All recording information inside sleeve is in printed in Japanese. I guess all the material on this title is available on other compilations but all versions on this one are new to me. I'm not sure either why the original budget compilation LP was issued in Stereo / Electronically Re-Recorded To Simulate Stereo, or what exactly the mastering engineers did for CD transfer. It all sounds very clean, and lacking a bit in the bass department.
Thank you very much! I'm not a professional and don't have a lighting box, so in order to avoid shadows and glare (I leave some though, gives it a palpable feel) I have to find a special angle for shooting and then do some heavy processing with a perspective tool. I use them as covers for my digitised vinyl in iTunes. I'm not entirely happy with the results on this board, 'cause I have to downsize them to reduce loading times and that introduces some blur on the text...
SAHIB SHIHAB / JAZZ SAHIB / SAVOY / 1957 / JAPANESE CBS/SONY SOPU 37-SY REISSUE LP OF MG 12124 SAHIB SHIHAB - BARITONE SAXOPHONE PHIL WOODS - ALTO SAXOPHONE BENNY GOLSON - TENOR SAXOPHONE BILL EVANS, HANK JONES - PIANO PAUL CHAMBERS, OSCAR PETTIFORD - BASS ART TAYLOR - DRUMS PRODUCED BY OZZIE CADENA. RECORDED JULY 9 AND NOVEMBER 7, 1957 AT VAN GELDER STUDIO, HACKENSACK, NEW JERSEY BY RUDY VAN GELDER. COVER DESIGN BY LEVY A. AGENCY. LINER NOTES BY H. ALAN STEIN. What a fantastic line-up...
BOB ENEVOLDSEN QUINTET / TAMPA / 1956 / ORIGINAL MONO DEEP GROOVE LP 14 BOB ENEVOLDSEN - TENOR SAXOPHONE, VALVE TROMBONE MARTY PAICH - PIANO, ACCORDION RED MITCHELL - BASS, PIANO DON HEATH - DRUMS LARRY BUNKER - VIBRAPHONE, DRUMS PRODUCED BY ROBERT SCHERMAN. RECORDED BY VAL VALENTIN ON AUGUST 8, 1955.
Beautiful series, but I find this album to be one of the lesser ones musically. And I hate accordion… (or accordeon, as we spell it here)
There's also his album (or rather EP) that was part of that Nocturne Hollywood series. The tracks sounded good, but I felt more drawn towards that slighty more experimental Tampa record... but hey, tastes differ!
Elvin Jones - Genesis (1971) 2015 Blue Note/HDtracks 96/24 with uncredited mastering Elvin Jones - drums Joe Farrell/Dave Liebman - tenor & soprano sax Frank Foster - tenor sax, alto flute, alto clarinet Gene Perla - string bass, electric bass Been hankering to hear this one again for a while. Too hot to fire up my heater radio and turntable to play the MM 45 (which is KING for this title), and anyway, the HDtracks is the best digital mastering of this album I've heard to date, sounds fab. An atypical, piano-less instrument lineup. Moody, mesmerizing, and cathartic. A giant of a date, and a true outlier in the later Blue Note/United Artists-era discography.
More Elvin with: Wayne Shorter - Night Dreamer (1964) 1994 Blue Note/Toshiba EMI Japan TOCJ-4173 "The BN Works" series CD Night Dreamer and Juju were recorded just prior to Wayne joining Miles' second great quintet in the fall of '64 (Miles & crew had been touring with George Coleman and Sam Rivers on sax that summer). The "Etc." as we know is McCoy Tyner on piano, meaning this date is backed by John Coltrane's rhythm section. Every time I see photos of Lee Morgan it makes me want to watch I Called Him Morgan again.
Wayne Shorter, eh? Finally got hold of this one...tonight's commuting music: The title track is probably my favourite here.
Back To Brazil - Klaus Doldinger's Passport (Wounded Bird/Atlantic) CD Dated 2003. Not a bad album, but one I never thought I would ever be listening to! This music is interesting enough and if, like me, you find a copy in the bargains it's probably worth taking a gamble on it. I think it sounds best in the morning.
The Classic Sessions - Hal Stein-Warren Fitzgerald Quintet (Progressive/Solid) CD with Hal Stein (alto & tenor sax), Warren Fitzgerald (trumpet), Bob Dorough (piano), Alphonso Cotton (bass), Paul Motian (drums) Recorded 1955 Reissued by Solid in CD Japan (2016) with 1 bonus alternate take of Bee Dees Blues. Executive producer - Mamoru Ko (Ultra-Vybe) / Mastering - The Real Jazz Tribe Studio Good to see this one getting the Japanese re-issue treatment. These sessions last 79+ minutes and every minute of it is a totally enjoyable listen. * The packaging comes with Obi, and an 8 page booklet (with mainly unreadable Japanese sleeve notes). The front sleeve does not have that compact disc logo on the bottom left corner of image.
