Was just listening to this earlier today. Love how on Detour Ahead Sam plays flute, soprano sax and then tenor all in about five minutes. What a talented guy he was.
BREW MOORE / IN EUROPE / FANTASY / 1961 / US ORIGINAL STEREO DEEP GROOVE 86013 BREW MOORE - TENOR SAXOPHONE SAHIB SHIHAB - ALTO SAXOPHONE LARS GULLIN - BARITONE SAXOPHONE BENT AXEN - PIANO LOUIS HJULMAND - VIBRAPHONE NIELS-HENNING ØRSTED PEDERSEN - BASS WILLIAM SCHIOPFFE - DRUMS PRODUCED BY ANDERS STEFANSEN. RECORDED IN COPENHAGEN, SEPTEMBER 26, 1962. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JACK LIND. LINER NOTES BY ERIK WIEDEMANN.
GRACHAN MONCUR III / EVOLUTION / BLUE NOTE / 1964 / MUSIC MATTERS 45RPM 2LP REISSUE OF BN 84153 GRACHAN MONCUR III - TROMBONE LEE MORGAN - TRUMPET JACKIE MCLEAN - ALTO SAXOPHONE BOBBY HUTCHERSON - VIBES BOB CRANSHAW - DOUBLE BASS TONY WILLIAMS - DRUMS PRODUCED BY ALFRED LION. RECORDED NOVEMBER 21, 1963 AT VAN GELDER STUDIO, ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, NEW JERSEY BY RUDY VAN GELDER. PHOTOGRAPHY BY FRANCIS WOLFF. COVER DESIGN BY REID MILES. LINER NOTES BY A.B. SPELLMAN. MASTERED BY KEVIN GRAY AND STEVE HOFFMAN AT ACOUSTECH MASTERING, CAMARILLO, CALIFORNIA. I must admit that I have never heard a single tone from this album until last week. I always thought it was Avantgarde stuff that wouldn't be to my taste. And then: boom. Boy, was I a fool. This album just leaves me speechless...
Currently Lou Donaldson The Artist Selects Blue Note CD Great sound and tracks selected by Lou Donaldson
That “Detour Ahead”’ is a real tour de force - not just the multi-instrumentalism but also the playing itself - beautiful.
The Left Bank of New York - Jimmy Gourley (Uptown) CD Recorded 1986 at Van Gelder Studio "Jimmy Gourley is an American Jazz guitarist who has lived in Paris for the last three and a half decades" Until very recently I was totally unaware of Jimmy Gourley so I was over the moon when I heard this excellent Uptown Records CD. The music is top class, and the band are all in top form on every track. Recommended.
Hiroshi Suzuki's Cat from '75 with Kunimitsu Inaba (bass), Akira Ishikawa (drums), Hiromasa Suzuki (keyboards/electric piano), Takeru Muraoka (sax), and the leader on trombone. This is really some excellent 70s jazz that I've never heard before. I'm planning on exploring more and can trace the breadcrumbs but if anyone has any recs on stuff like this please advise.
Duke Ellington presents... / The Duke Ellington Orchestra (Bethlehem/Verse) CD Recorded 1956. Reissued on CD in 2014 by Verse Music Group. Remastered from original tapes by John Sigmon.
I gotta find that one, great line up all around. Here's the only date I have with Gourley as leader, and I dig it, though it may be hard to find (I just happened to luck upon it in the used bins): A CD on the Bloomdido label, recorded 1981. As I recall (it's been a while), Getz is only on a couple tracks which is why he's listed last, but they're very nice and the Gourley/Levy/Johnson/Lewis quartet throughout is wonderful.
The "Bloomdido" label? Forgive my ignorance, but any idea where they did get that name from? [edit] Ah, of course, Charlie Parker. Hm, memory and age are not a good combination...
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. The title of this compilation is possibly not as accurate as it ought to be! All 4 of the 10 tracks featured that are by, and credited, to Duke Ellington were originally issued on 10" Decca in 1933. After a bit of googling I discovered Duke Ellington is not credited on either of the 3 featured Jimmy Dorsey tracks. They were all originally issued on 10" Decca in 1930 (??) and credited to Jimmy Dorsey & Spike Hughes & His Three Blind Mice. From what I can see there is no Duke involvement either on the 3 Una Mae Carlisle songs which were all originally issued on Vocalion in 1938. There is always the possibilty Duke Ellington was playing on the Jimmy Dorsey & Una Mae Carlisle tracks, but I doubt it. At least now I understand why most of the music on this CD was previously unknown to me!
(CD Mercury Universal German Press 06007 5340166) 2012 .... two classic Jazztet releases from 1962 in wonderful sound ....
Never heard of Jimmy. Will have to check him out. Thanks! Can't lose with that band, but that's one of the worst jazz album covers I've ever seen! Poor Jimmy, he should have fired whoever was responsible for that.
NP: Lee Morgan - Take Twelve Prestige -Fantasy Records vinyl, remastered by George Horn. Sounds great. Raggedy Ann, Lee-sure Time and Little Spain are such cool songs. Love Clifford Jordan on this set.
