Bill Evans Trio "Waltz for Debby--The Complete 1969 Pescaro Festival" Nice playing, nice sound. . . probably only really essential for Bill Evans nuts. . . well you know who you are.
Phil Woods - Rights Of Swing (Candid/Solid Records UVJZ-20020) Newly Candid release from Japan. This album swings like crazy. Beautiful mono sound as well. Great listening.
NP Abdullah Ibrahim - Mindif (Soundtrack to Chocolate) Enja 1988 lp Only got to see him once but he was great at Yoshi’s in the early 00’s.
Good to know, thank you. I recently purchased a Dorothy Ashby set from Avid, not knowing anything about them. Doubt I'll purchase anything else from them.
@Lonson From time to time you’ve mentioned the SF Jazz Collective and several popped up on today’s Dusty Groove newsletter. Are there any you like above the others?
Just finished playing: Terumasa Hino - Journey to Air [Trio Records/Octave Lab OTLCD2383/Ultra-Vybe UVWA 1038] CD Recorded in New York City in March of 1970 with Terumasa Hino: trumpet, flugelhorn; Olu Dara: trumpet; Steve Grossman: alto sax, tenor sax, flute; Dave Leibman: alto sax, tenor sax; Pete Yellin: alto sax, flute; Gary Pribec: alto sax; Mike Garson: piano, electric piano; Dave Holland: bass; Lanny Fields: bass; Teruo Nakamura: bass; Motohiko Hino: drums, handclaps; Bobby Moses: drums. This is high-energy free jazz, noisy but fun, with some top-notch American and Japanese players collaborating to bring this music to life.
NP: Sun Ra - ...Visits Planet Earth 2014, Enterplanetary Koncepts All tracks produced by Sun Ra All titles composed by Sun Ra © Enterplanetary Koncepts (BMI) Tracks 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7 recorded at Universal Recording, Chicago, 1956 Tracks 1 and 3 recorded late 1957 or early 1958, Chicago PERSONNEL: Sun Ra: piano, solar electric piano, Egyptian Sun Bells, Chinese Solar Gong John Gilmore: tenor sax (1, 4, 7), Solar Bells (1), tambourine (1), solar drum (3) Pat Patrick: alto sax (2), baritone sax (5, 7), Rhodesian Bells (1), solar drum (1, 2), Space Lute (3) Lucious Randolph: trumpet (1) Dave Young: trumpet (7) James Spaulding: alto sax (1) Marshall Allen: flute (1, 3) Nate Pryor: trombone Jim Herndon: timbali (1, 2, 3, 6), tympani (1, 3, 4, 6), boo-bams (2) Art Hoyle: trumpet (4, 6, 7) Charles Davis: baritone sax (4, 5) Victor Sproles: bass (2, 4, 5, 6, 7) Ronnie Boykins: bass (1, 3) William Cochran: drums (2, 4, 5, 6, 7) Robert Barry: drums (1, 3) Tape transfers by Michael D. Anderson of the Sun Ra Music Archive Digital restoration by Michael D. Anderson and Irwin Chusid
NP Bobby Hutcherson - Spiral (Blue Note) LT series, solid blue label, white b label Any Hutch is good imo and this might be my favorite band he recorded with which included Harold Land, Stanley Cowell and Joe Chambers.
Yeah, once you buy enough old pressings on Blue Note, Prestige, etc., you can tell which marks will show up on playback and which won't. Some record stores (at least the one close to me) also don't seem to be able to differentiate between scratches and just gunk. I bought a "New York USA" Blue Note copy of Jimmy Smith At The Organ Vol 1 last weekend that was tagged at less than $10 with the disclaimer "very rough." Took it home, gave it a wet vac cleaning and it sounds closer to VG+. That's happened to me a couple times at that place. On the flipside, they'll charge an arm and a leg for clean copies of the "electronically rejiggered for stereo" pressings. The one thing to watch for unfortunately are the early Prestige titles with the fireworks labels given the penchant for using recycled vinyl - I've had a few very clean looking fireworks label records that played with a constant noise because of that. I actually feel safer with the blue trident labels for a lot of Prestige stuff. NP on a snowy morning that turned into a rainy, slushy mess. I'm not even a huge Jimmy Smith fan, but it fits the mood today:
Yes, it can feel like a crap shoot when you get a “clean” looking lp that sounds real crackly due to IGD or some mysterious thing. I’m lucky in that my local has a TT to listen with in case I am concerned plus the owner is a friend so that helps a lot. Returns are not a problem.
2018 Floating Music CD / original release 1976 Nemperor Records Jan Hammer – electric piano, Moog synthesizer, Polymoog, Oberheim synthesizer, Oberheim Four Voice synthesizer, timbales, vocals Steve Kindler – acoustic and electric violins, rhythm guitar Fernando Saunders – bass, piccolo bass, vocals Tony Smith – drums, lead vocals David Earle Johnson (tracks 1-5, 8) – congas, percussion
As soon as I get a few minutes to come up for air from work etc I'll do a post on my experience with the three box sets I've listened to in the past month (Concord 5x 10", Complete Savoy and Dial 10xLP and the above Complete Savoy 5xLP).
I love Pescara. If we don't go abroad, we spend summer holidays in Abruzzo at sea very close to Pescara. I suggest a detour at Cremeria La Bresciana for dining maritozzi with whipped cream or chocolate or pastry cream.
I actually haven't decided on a favorite. They are all pretty interesting and the more I listen the more that I find the original compositions material of more depth and more involving. There is a "best" of disc and there's also a set that is a compilation Zenon originals that I enjoy a lot--perhaps those would be a good starting point? Also I will confess that the earlier sets with Rosnes and Hutcherson have those great artists on them and they are always a plus. . . though later configurations actually achieve a more cohesive presentation at times. . . . It's difficult to advise someone about this material as all the sets have quite a bit to recommend them.
I've loved his playing since I first bought "Gary Burton and Keith Jarrett" on Atlantic way back in the early 'seventies. That may still be my favorite of his appearances.
I bet this sounds a lot better than the Evidence cd. My biggest regret in not being set up for streaming/files etc. is these Sun Ra sessions that have been remastered and not on cd.
...it does, as do most that I’ve heard. I’ve been buying the FLAC files off Bandcamp and making my own discs. These are my go-to now. One day I’m hoping they put a nice box together with these new transfers.
I've been hoping for that box set too for some time. May not happen. . . but would be an instant pre-0rder for me.
NP: Sun Ra - Art Forms of Dimensions Tomorrow 2014, Enterplanetary Koncepts All tracks produced by Sun Ra Recorded at the Choreographer's Workshop, New York, 1961 All titles composed by Sun Ra © Enterplanetary Koncepts (BMI) PERSONNEL: Sun Ra: piano, sun harp, spiral percussion gong, dragon drum Marshall Allen: alto sax (2, 4), bells (3), percussion (5) John Gilmore: tenor sax (2, 4, 6, 7, 8), percussion (3, 5) Pat Patrick: Thunder drums (1), baritone sax (2, 6), clarinet (4), percussion (5) Tommy Hunter: Thunder drums (1), drums (6, 7, 8), reverb Manny Smith: trumpet (4) Clifford Thornton: trumpet (5) Ronnie Boykins: bass (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) John Ore: bass (6, 7, prob. 8) Ali Hassan: trombone (2) C. Scoby Stroman: percussion (2, 3) Clifford Jarvis: drums (5) Tape transfers by Michael D. Anderson of the Sun Ra Music Archive Digital restoration by Michael D. Anderson and Irwin Chusid
