Live In Stockholm 1961 | Thelonious Monk Quartet (DRAGON OF SWEDEN) 2CD Digital remaster Bass – John Ore / Drums – Frankie Dunlop / Piano – Thelonious Monk / Tenor Saxophone – Charlie Rouse Recorded at The Concert House, Stockholm, Sweden, May 16, 1961. Excellent Monk Quartet session recorded just prior to the pianist signing with Columbia.
Pablo Records CD 2310-919 - Count Basie & The Kansas City Septem " Mostly Blues... And Some Others" - rec. 1983 - Engineer: Dennis Sands
JOE MCPHEE | BLACK MAGIC MAN | CJR & HAT_HUT | RECORDING 1970 | RELEASE 1975 | US FIRST STEREO PRESSING HAT-A LP "Black Magic Man" is the first recording by McPhee that was simoultaneously released on two different (but obviously cooperating) labels. CjR, for which McPhee had already recorded "Underground Railroad", "Nation Time" and "Trinity" and Hat Hut, a swiss label founded explicitly to release "Black Magic Man" and for which McPhee would record more albums beginning in 1975. The US version, presumably the first pressing, comes in a nice trial-fold as pictured above. The music found on this LP was recorded at the same concert/venue, Chicago Hall at Vassar College Urban Center for Black Studies on December 12 and 13, 1970, as the tracks used for the "Nation Time" album, but only released in 1975. While "Nation Time" is an amalgamation of raw Soul-, Free- and Funk-Jazz, "Black Magic Man" features solely Free Jazz cuts void of any (then and now) popular influences. It is far less known than its big brother (and therefore kind of affordable), but has come to some degree of attention with the release of "The Complete Nation Time Sessions" released a couple of years ago. Listen to "Song for Laureen", which erroneously has been tagged with the wrong track title:
LEE MORGAN THE COMPLETE LIVE AT THE LIGHTHOUSE (Blue Note) 8CD Box Drums – Mickey Roker / Jack DeJohnette (2 tracks only) Electric Bass [Ampeg Bass] – Jymie Merritt / Piano – Harold Mabern Tenor Saxophone, Flute & Bass Clarinet – Bennie Maupin Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Lee Morgan Recorded live on July 10, 11 and 12, 1970 at The Lighthouse, Hermosa Beach, California. Eight CD set with 4 x two CDs sleeved in seperate gatefold cardboard covers. There is also a 66-page full colour illustrated book with liner notes included. One of the most remarkable boxsets released this year!
Prestige [Japan] LP 7004 - Lee Konitz " Subconscious-Lee" rec. 1949 & 1950 - Engineer [remasterered]: Rudy Van Gelder
I have both the LP and CD versions of this set, listening to the LP version - the material that made up the VOLUME 3 album (recorded December 1957). It's my favorite of his Blue Notes, and to my ears one of the absolute best sounding recordings RVG made for the label at his original Hackensack, NJ studio. Wonderful lineup with Fuller, Art Farmer on trumpet, Sonny Clark piano, George Tucker bass, and Louis Hayes on drums.
Triplicate | Dave Holland Trio (ECM) CD Alto Saxophone – Steve Coleman / Double Bass – Dave Holland / Drums – Jack DeJohnette Digital recording, March 1988 Power Station, New York City. 'Touchstones' CD edition re-issued 2019 in carboard gatefold sleeve. Includes mainly Trio originals plus one West African traditional piece, one Ellington & one Charlie Parker composition. One Holland composed track "Rivers Run" is dedicated to the composer and multi-instrumentalist Sam Rivers. "At times this session is knotty and dense , at others deeply lyrical and captivating (often both at the same time)."
Keith JARRETT The impulse STORY (impulse!) CD Excellent 11 track single disc compilation featuring selections from Fort Yawuh (1973) / 4 tracks from Treasure Island (1974) / The Impulse Years, 1973 - 1974 Mysteries (1975) / Babyblue (1976) / 3 tracks from Bop-Be (1976)
Columbia (UK) 33 CX 10050 - Charlie Ventura Sextet " Charlie Ventura's Carnegie Hall Concert" - rec. 1947
I am really enjoying this box set! I listened to the first 4 CDs earlier today and they were excellent!
Another crucial live Blue Note released very recently..... ART BLAKEY AND THE JAZZ MESSENGERS FIRST FLIGHT TO TOKYO: THE LOST 1961 RECORDINGS (Blue Note) 2 CD Bass – Jymie Merritt / Drums – Art Blakey / Piano – Bobby Timmons / Tenor Saxophone – Wayne Shorter / Trumpet – Lee Morgan 2CDs housed in tri-fold digipak with 56-page book.
The Touch of Your Lips - CHET BAKER (SteepleChase) CD Bass – Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen / Guitar – Doug Raney / Trumpet – Chet Baker Recorded June 21, 1979 / Total Playing time: 42:52 An excellent Chet Baker Trio live album in superb sound. The CD edition also includes a second take of Autumn In New York.
6 new to me Paul Motian titles - and all in one box! PAUL MOTIAN | PAUL MOTIAN (ECM) 6CD boxset with booklet Disc 1 - Conception Vessel Recorded November 1972 Butterfly and Sound Ideas Studios, New York Disc 2 - Tribute Recorded May 1974 Generation Sound Studios, New York Disc 3 - Dance Recorded September 1977 Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg Disc 4 - Le Voyage Recorded March 1979 Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg Disc 5 - Psalm Recorded December 1981 Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg Disc 6 - It Should've Happened A Long Time Ago Recorded July 1984 Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg On initial hearings I'm well pleased with discs 1-4. They sound great. I have yet to hear discs 5 & 6.
RCA Victor [FSR reissue 1984] - Stanley Wilson "The Music From M-Squad" - rec. 1972 - Engineer: Al Schmitt
