'Tone Poet' Jazz Reissue Series*

Well it appears to be time for a couple of Tone Poets to grace my TT. I think we have derailed this thread pretty good for now and @NettleBed I truly respect what you have to say, but we should sidebar this for now don't you think...

And may I give a loud shoutout for the best sounding MOV record in my collection, released for the first time on vinyl, the first album from "Days Of The New" on 2 LPs with the sound a 9.5/10 to me. Holy crap does that instrumentation sound fantastic!

 

From Joe Harley’s Instragram (click the text to watch the Instagram video).

Hank Mobley made it all sound so easy….and SO HIP! A Caddy For Daddy is a sextet session from December 1965 with a trove of great compositions. And what a sextet! Check out a bit of their version of Wayne Shorter’s Venus de Mildew. #tonepoet #tonepoetseries #tonepoetreissues #bluenoterecords#hankmobley #leemorgan #curtisfuller #mccoytyner #bobcranshaw #billyhiggins

 

That's one of the TPs I have on my list to get.

 

Good read. Thanks, I didn't know it. And if anyone wants to get some background reading on Herbie Nichols before the TP comes out in October, then the recently mentioned A.B. Spellman book "Four Lives in the Bebop Business" is a must read. The biographical chapter on Nichols is the shortest and it's downright heartbreaking, but it also sheds light on something we don't discuss at all here - i.e. the practical side of a jazz musician's life in 1950's and 1960's and how difficult it was to get your own music heard and noticed even if you were great.

Also, the article reminded me about Rodney Kendrick. What's happening with him? It's been years. Even if there's no new music, there must be live recordings of his worth releasing, like the duets with Randy Weston. Here's a snippet of one:

 

I love that album, looking forward to it. It seems quite under rated

 

I played Bass on Top last night while cooking. killer album, all charts are great. Mr PC is awesome with the bow!!

 

Does anyone know if "No Room for Squares" made it to the unofficial list of releases we had a comment from JH and co?
I ordered a nice Japanese pressing that cost me dearly to scratch the itch and FedEx lost the parcel
Not sure how much longer I can resist an AP 45 or a sealed and even more expensive Japanese copy that is winking at me from my Discogs shopping cart.

Just thinking how awesome that iconic cover would look on a lacquered Stoughton jacket though

 

I don't remember seeing that one rumored

I hope it doesn't fall under the no MMJ rule being that it has tracks that also were used on The Feelin's Good

I get super confused between Feelin/Turnaround/Squares and what material belongs to what sessions and which cuts were used on which album

 

Just 2 tracks doesn't count, right? Was that in the rule book?

 

I made an excel sheet for that. I did the same for Miles’ prestige sessions and 10” and 12” albums

 

Do share if you'd like! ha

 

jazzdisco.org: Jazz Discography Project

 

If I find them …
But the act of assembling them actually helps to get the overview. Alternatively, you might create playlists of the sessions. The old Ron McMaster CDs actually reordered the tracks to match the sessions instead the original albums, I plan to acquire them at one point…

 

Agreed, the Days Of The New record sounds fantastic!

 

I'm not really sure what the best way to approach this material is. The 12"s are of their time in the sense that they are meant to cash in on the new 12" format. There's a balance between "keep it short" (like the 10"s) and "include all the material" (the CDs) and I don't think the 12"s are in the best place. I've never liked the 12" cover art, the 10"s are to my mind far superior.

 

I think Hank was talking about the Mobleys, no? I recompiled the Straight No Filter, The Turnaround, and No Room For Squares CDs into session order... and gave them composite titles, but I'd have to check the shelf to remind myself what.

And now I'm reminded it's years since I listened to them.

 

Taking this one out for a spin tonight



I may go with Tina Brooks next. We'll see where this takes me!

 

I also just noticed that Amazon has Scolohofo on sale for $38. I just jumped all over that. I had been waiting for the price to drop a bit

 

Yes, in the post @Balcanquhal quoted I was talking about Mobley's 63-65 albums. But above I mentioned Miles' repackaged Prestige albums, and I agree with @Balcanquhal that the 12" format is not the best way to hear the music. The same is probably true of Monk's Prestige output, but I have to admit that I'm not really familiar with it. Blue Note was guilty of that, too, with the early hard bop recordings of Miles and J.J.Johnson.

 

* Could be a mistake or April Fool, Acoustic Sounds has the Lee Konitz/Gerry Mulligan Tone Poet for $4.98

Lee Konitz Gerry Mulligan-Lee Konitz Plays With The Gerry Mulligan Quartet-180 Gram Vinyl Record|Acoustic Sounds

 

And the ornette coleman box set for $99.98

 

Holy crap what a price. Grabbed it! Thanks! I'd been holding off, telling myself I just don't need it. But I couldn't resist. I'd been looking to pick up the Jackie McLean pressing from this box, but it would be around $50 to get just that. Wow!

 

I saw that for less at my local Newbury Comics.

 

Someone talk me out of this...

 

I just bought it. My wife was like "stop talking about it and buy it already." She's the greatest.