BLUE WORLD John Coltrane (Impulse!) CD with John Coltrane (tenor sax), McCoy Tyner (piano), Jimmy Garrison (bass), Elvin Jones (drums) / Recorded 1964. CD mastered by Kevin Reeves from original mono tapes. CD packaged in triple gatefold cardboard sleeve. Playing time is just over 36 minutes and there is a 12 page booklet included. Some selections from these recordings featured in the 1964 film Le chat dans le sac (Cat in the bag). A most welcome short and sweet release. Although I have only heard it through once time I have no hesitation in giving it the thumbs up.
Lester Young – The Complete Lester Young Label: Mercury – 830-920-2 Series: The Essential Keynote Collection – 1 Format: CD, Compilation, Remastered, Mono Country: Japan Released: 1987 Bass – Rodney Richardson (tracks: 9 to 16), Slam Stewart (tracks: 1 to 8) Drums – Jo Jones (tracks: 9 to 16), Sid Catlett* (tracks: 1 to 8) Guitar – Freddie Green (tracks: 9 to 16) Piano – Count Basie (tracks: 9 to 16), Johnny Guarnieri (tracks: 1 to 8) Tenor Saxophone – Lester Young Trombone – Dicky Wells* (tracks: 9 to 16) Trumpet – Buck Clayton (tracks: 9 to 16) Tracks 1 to 8 recorded on December 28, 1943 in NYC; tracks 9 to 16 recorded on March 22, 1944 in NYC. Tracks 7, 9 and 11 are previously unissued masters/alternate takes. Nice collection. The tracks with Slam Stewart have him singing through his bass while bowing his solos, so if you're not into that this likely isn't for you.
A SAVOY reissue(european edition) WK70508 - original recorded in 1950 & 1953 - mastered by Van Gelder
(LP Black Saint First Edition Black White Label BSR-0001) 1975 .... recorded July 21st + 22nd, 1975 @ Barclay Studios, Paris .... Billy Harper (ts) + Virgil Jones (tp) + Joe Bonner (p) + David Friesen (b) + Malcolm Pinson (dr) .... first release by Black Saint - a label soon to be a Free Jazz powerhouse - this is arguably one the finest hours of spirited tenorsax player Billy Harper - he is flying high with a perfectly harmonising group (Joe Bonner !!) .... those were the days ....
In my very early collecting years I owned a Jazztone sampler with Slam Stewart hummin to his bowed solos. I liked that very much. Have to look up slam again to find more recordings. He is really an individual with that sound- Added Info: Discogs lists about 53 albums with Slam Stewart playing on them. Worth to look up. Slam Stewart
PASSIN' THRU THE NEW AMAZING CHICO HAMILTON QUINTET (Impulse!) CD Bass – Al Stinson / Drums – Chico Hamilton / Guitar – Gabor Szabo / Tenor Saxophone & Flute – Charles Lloyd / Trombone – George Bohanon Recorded 1962. An excellent revive re-issued in 2015 on a 2-on-1/twofer Impulse! CD along with another equally fine Chico title - Man From Two Worlds.
I've heard this for the third time now, I got the Japanese SHM-CD in yesterday and listened to it. Comes in a jewel box.
Slim’s Jam is one of the great songs of the bop era. Phil Schaap once spent a whole show or two analyzing it. A song I never tire of listening to. Charlie Parker talks on "Slim's Jam" Slim Gaillard & Orchestra vout "Charlie Yardbirdarooney" comedy
Sam Rivers Quartet – Lazuli Label: Timeless Records (3) – CD SJP 291 Format: CD, Album Country: Netherlands Released: 1990 Drums – Steve McCraven Electric Bass – Rael Wesley Grant Electric Guitar – Darryl Thompson Flute – Sam Rivers (tracks: 1, 3, 5) Soprano Saxophone – Sam Rivers (tracks: 2, 4, 6) Tenor Saxophone – Sam Rivers (tracks: 7 to 12) Recorded October 9-10, 1989; so almost 30 years old at this point, and this is an ADD recording. The flute tracks weren't doing it for me this morning but the tenor tracks were. Very nice playing from Darryl Thompson as well.
Dexter Gordon, Charles Green, Dolo Coker, Lawrence Marable, Martin Banks, Richard Boone – The Resurgence of Dexter Gordon (1960)
