Jim Hall, Hampton Hawes "ALL NIGHT SESSION!" OJC CD's. Wonderful, cheap!

I ordered a copy of Volume 1 from Amazon and it arrived today. It is a new copy of the 1991 Original Jazz Classics CD as Mr. Hoffman describes in the first post. There was one more new copy remaining in Amazon stock when I placed the order.

Took a listen on my bedroom system (Fisher 800C, Large Advents). This recording is FANTASTIC! The piano in particular is scary-real. Just amazing considering the recording conditions. 1956 in the mail room?!

The performance is great too! Love this small jazz combo... 39 minutes later I was wishing for more. Then I remember... Volumes 2 & 3!

 

+1

 

"All Night Session!" and Roy DuNann

Thanks for the recommendation Steve. After reading your post I was in my local record store, Enterprise Records, and saw a copy of Vol 1. on vinyl. I picked it up and it sounds fantastic. I started doing a little digging and ran across a great article on Roy DuNann.

Here is a link to the article, well worth the read I think.

The Search for Roy DuNann

Here's a quick quote from the article relating to the dryness issue.

"Reverb was added during mastering, with a 4' by 8' EMT reverb plate that stood in the shipping room "in the big padded box it came in." Many years later, some CD reissues of Contemporary recordings sounded oddly dry and sterile because they used the masters as-is, with no reverb added. For JVC's XRCD series, Akira Taguchi added the reverb digitally."

Thanks again for a wonderful recommendation. Now of course I need to track down Volume 2 & 3.

Tim

 

Because of this.
http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showpost.php?p=7505737&postcount=369

 

*sigh* Not anymore ...

 

What?

 

Cost has gone up since this thread revived.

 

Volume 3 appears to be OOP, so 1 and 2 may follow, grab them while you can, they are still cheap new and i see them often in the used bins around here, still looking for volume 3 though.

 

Just bought the 3 for 10 quid
RoyDuNann was partial deaf but recorded with a clarity unknown to other 50s humans.

 

Is that right? Didn't it happen later?

If it's true, I didn't know it. Makes it even more amazing.

 

Here's a great article on DuNann.

http://www.stereophile.com/interviews/402roy/

EDIT: Just noticed it had already been linked above by Tim Arruda. But it's worth repeating!

 

Japan 2CD set.

 

This is one of my favorite all-time jazz albums!

 

This looks great. Does anyone know if there is any difference between the European and Japanese sets out there that put all 3 albums onto 2 discs? I am looking at used ones and trying to make sure I get the right copy.

 

I've only seen the European one, which is not put out by OJC/Concord and this company does not have the master takes, they've probably just copied the OJC cds. I'd get the legitimate releases myself (well, I've had them for years).

 

I got 1 and 2. On the lookout for 3.
I've listened to 1. Wonderful.

 

G'day,

I had a listen to Vol 1 and Vol 2 on MOG ... nice.

Ordered the OJC Vol 1 and Vol 2 from Amazon. Not as cheap as previously, it seems, but with some coupons I got both for under $10.

I know I have a sealed Hampton Hawes LP lying around somewhere ... not any of these volumes ... will have to dig it out for a wee listen.

Thanks for the tip.

--Geoff

 

Been listening to Volume 1 and have Volumes 2 and 3 on the way. Great stuff!

If you want to see Hampton Hawes play, check out this clip from 1970:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek-keUWkyqk&feature=related

Hampton Hawes and Shelly Manne at "Shelly's Manne Hole." Of course, things
are a bit groovier than when the "All Night Session!" was recorded!

 

I forgot to mention this is a 2CD set, not 3.
The cat.# is VDP-5031-2.

 

You original post says "japan 2cd set". You even quoted it above.

 

My bad. Sorry about it.

 

G'day,

Got my All Night Session Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 from Amazon today, but the Vol. 1 CD looks different to the Vol. 2 CD.

The Vol. 2 CD looks like a typical OJC CD to me, with the yellow circle on the actual silver CD surface, and a SPARC code of DIDX-765305 1.

The Vol. 1 CD looks like a screen printing, with the yellow printing against a white surface, and it looks kind of blurry compared to Vol. 2. There's no similar SPARC code that I can see, and the booklet looks just the tiniest bit blurry vs the Vol. 2 booklet.

I'm wondering if I got a CD-R (there's no mention on the Amazon product page of this). Does this look like a typical OJC CD (bigger version here) :



--Geoff