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I found some additional info which confirms that CHQM FM in Vancouver recorded Grant Green at Oil Can Harry's. Gary Barclay was a producer for CHQM. He states the following on his website: http://garybarclay.ca/about-us.php "I have produced 21 one-hour radio shows, recorded “live” on location at Vancouver nightclubs with such groups as The Bill Evans Trio, Jack DeJohnette’s Directions, The Headhunters, The Ahmad Jamal Quintet, The Gabor Szabo Quartet, Oregon, The Mose Allison Trio and The Grant Green Quintet." ============================== About Gary Barclay Since 1968 I have recorded, firsthand, approximately 240 behind-the-scenes interviews with some of the world’s great jazz and blues musicians. From 1971 to 1985, I produced and hosted The All-Night Jazz Show on CHQM and QM/FM in Vancouver, while independently producing jazz features for CBC Radio and co-producing features by remote correspondence for Radio Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. I have written 45 “Q’s Reviews” on jazz topics for CHQM and 31 articles on jazz personalities for various regional publications. I have transcribed several of my interviews, with brief introductions and extensive endnotes, for a projected book with the working title Jazz Verbatim. I have produced 21 one-hour radio shows, recorded “live” on location at Vancouver nightclubs with such groups as The Bill Evans Trio, Jack DeJohnette’s Directions, The Headhunters, The Ahmad Jamal Quintet, The Gabor Szabo Quartet, Oregon, The Mose Allison Trio and The Grant Green Quintet. I have been credited for my interview contributions with Dizzy Gillespie on the 1992 National Public Radio 13-part series Dizzy’s Diamond and with Sonny Rollins on CBC Stereo’s The Arts Tonight and, in 2007, on Hot Air on CBC Radio One. I graduated with a B.A. in English Literature (Hon.) at the University of British Columbia in 2000 and with a B.A. in Religion, Literature and the Arts in May of 2004. I withdrew after completing one term of a Masters of Archival Studies at the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies at the University of British Columbia at the end of 2004. I co-hosted and provided interviews from my collection for The Bean, a two-hour CBC Radio One Special, broadcast nationally on Thanksgiving Day 2006.

Has this unissued Green Blue Note session from 1970 ever been located?

Found a pdf file called "Jazz on french TV-1952 - 2001 from 29 different TV series / festivals on ORTF-archive & INA-lists." http://www.rainerjazz.de/pdf/F-Hoffmann-France-No.01-28%20frenchTV-series%201952-2001(Aug.16.pdf Green appeared on a show the title of which translates as "Jazz at the Radio House." The interesting thing is the date of Oct. 26, 1969. If this date is actually correct, it explains how Green could have returned to RVG's studio in time for the Reuben Wilson Oct. 31, 1969 date. Unclear if this is the same exact Paris footage that now circulates or whether this is another French recording made during the same tour. However, the songs appear to align precisely with the circulating 1969 video. 69/10/26-TV, 138min., Jazz à la Maison de la radio : spéciale guitaristes; - Trio Grant Green (g) unknown (b)(d): I Don't Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (=Open up the Door I'll Get It Myself by James Brown) / Oléo (Sonny Rollins) / un thème indéterminé (Carlos Jobim) / Blues (Gr.Green) / - 30min. Trio Barney Kessel (g) Larry Ridley (b) Don Lamond (d): Fly me to the moon / The Man I Love / unknown titles / - 30min. Trio Kenny Burrell (g) unknown (b) (d): unknown titles / - Grant Green, Barney Kessel, Kenny Burrell (g) poss. Larry Ridley (b) Don Lamond (d): unknown item /

I would assume the 1969 Paris part of the Resonance set will include most if not all of these tracks which know exist from circulating video. In the circulating Paris video of Blue Mist, the footage cuts off before the songs ends. So more material may exist which does not circulate. Not sure if Resonance will include the Kessel and Burrell features. Setlist: Paris 1969 circuating videotapes 1. Don't Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing 2. Oleo 3. How Insensitive 4. All Day Long [or this could be alternately titled a Green original blues] 5. Sonnymoon for Two 6. How Could You Do a Thing Like That To Me 7. I Wish You Love 8. I'm Glad There Is You (Kessel feature -- maybe this will be cut out?) 9. Imagination (Burrell feature - maybe this will be cut out?) 10. Blue Mist Antibes 1970 We know that there were at least two songs recorded at Antibes 1970. Was there more recorded? 1. Upshot 2. High Heel Sneakers ORTF studio (69 or 70) and Oil Can Harry's (1975) Then there are the previously unknown studio French ORTF recordings -- and the Vancouver Oil Can Harry's 1975 live date. Anyone have a handle on what those tracks are?

The quality of the transferred footage (presumably from BBC quad videotapes) is excellent. I made some screen captures to show the resolution.

I did some digging and found that the Oil Can Harry's date is from September 5, 1975. Features: Emmanuel Riggins on electric piano, Ronnie Ware on bass, Greg Williams on drums and Gerald Izzard on percussion. I posted additional info on the Steve Hoffman forums. See here: http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/previously-unissued-live-grant-green.726627/

Yes - and the video quality of the London 69 stuff in the sharony doc is superb! She only included a few seconds of footage at the beginning and the end -- probably kept it brief due to licensing fees. The Wikipedia page for Ahmad Jamal's Recorded Live at Oil Can Harry's album suggests it was recorded live for the Saturday All Nite Jazz Show on CHQM radio. If the Grant Green "Oil Can" performance that Resonance is releasing was also recorded by radio station CHQM -- that's great news as it suggests it may be a professional stereo soundboard recording originally intended for broadcast. Hopefully Resonance will soon publish a promo video about the upcoming Green recordings on YouTube that survey the material and includes some sound samples. This Green release is really exciting news from Resonance. They put out legal releases and they have an ear for great sound quality as well. The new Resonance "Wes Montgomery In Paris: The Definitive ORTF Recording" has amazing sound quality that leaves the bootlegs in the dust.

Great news. A Google search shows that Oil Can Harry's in Vancouver was open from 1966 - 1977. Is "Oil Can" a previously unknown recording? I wonder how well it was recorded. One old news article references jazz artists appearing during the 1975-77 period. Ahmad Jamal even recorded a 1976 album at Oil Can Harry's. So perhaps the Green material from this venue is circa 75-77 period too. I wonder if Green plays any straight ahead jazz, blues or standards at Oil Can Harry's -- or if he is still in his "funk" mode similar to his early 70s stuff. A web site in France published something about this new Green release but the web page was taken down. There is a brief blurb still findable via a search engine. It makes reference to studio recordings at the ORTF. Have any Green ORTF studio recordings circulated -- or is that new too? Below is a Google translation of the missing Muziq French web page: "Dec 26, 2017 - In April and next May, the essential American label Resonance Records will release two unreleased live tracks from the great guitarist Grant Green, "Funk In France - Live And In-Studio At The ORTF & Antibes (1969-1970)" and "Green, Grim & Grease: Live At Oil Can Harry's". "Funk In France - Live And In-Studio ..." Deux live inédits de Grant Green ! | Muziq www.muziq.fr/grant-green-made-in-france/ Translate this page Dec 26, 2017 - En avril et en mai prochains, l'indispensable label américain Resonance Records publiera deux live inédits du grand guitariste Grant Green, “Funk In France – Live And In-Studio At The ORTF & Antibes (1969-1970)” et “Green, Grim & Grease : Live At Oil Can Harry's”. “Funk In France – Live And In-Studio ...

So what's the story on the Verve 60th SHM CD series release in 2016 in Japan? What masterings do they use? For example, are they recycled Kevin Reeves remasterings from circa 2008? Or are they brand new transfers / remasterings? Are they any good?

Thanks for info. Mikeweil, where did you order the SHM issue?

What's the best sounding Herbie Mann: Memphis Underground CD remastering? "Atlantic Masters" or any of the Japanese remasters? Is there any difference?

Wes Montgomery/Wynton Kelly - "Smokin' in Seattle" (Resonance Records)

Resonance is releasing another CD culled from unrleased1966 radio broadcast recordings at the Penthouse. The first CD featured the Three Sounds. I wonder if Grant Green toured in Seattle in 1960s and was recorded at the Penthouse. Anyone know?

Isn't the bass player in that color clip the same one that played with Green in the Paris black and white video?

Where was this 1969 color French Newport All Stars footage shot? More color footage Here's footage from Copenhagen -- also in color

Audio is circulating on YouTube of Kenny Burrell from his 1966 appearance on WGBH TV. See below clip and listen to the announcer outro at 20:10. The announcer states: "You've been listening to Kenny Burrell featured this week on Jazz." Did WGBH also simulcast the live Jazz TV performances on their sister FM radio station (in addition to TV)? Despite the massive tape hiss (the YouTube clip may be a multigenerational copy) in the Burrell clips, it's clear it's from an inline source (vs someone holding a mic to a TV speaker). I wonder if someone taped it inline from an FM broadcast signal. Burrell, Green and Montgomery all appeared on the WGBH TV show in 1966. They were all established names by this time among the jazz community. It's hard to believe some jazz guitar fans in the broadcast radius didn't try to record the audio of all these shows off the air. So there may be hope of at least hearing the Grant Green live performance even if the 2 inch tapes are long gone. The guy that posted this 1966 Burrell WGBH audio clip is "Joe Louis." He has posted quite a few previously unreleased Green recordings, including alternate takes from "Matador." I wonder if he has a Green audio recording of the WGBH performance. It would be interesting if Joe Louis could share where the WGBH audio of Burrell was sourced from and what else may have survived from the series.

Have you heard this? Any other songs performed?

To play devil's advocate, I think it is good enough for official release. It's the only pro-shot footage of Green playing straight ahead material known to be extant. Green's playing is strong throughout and any sidemen snafus hardly sullies the value of the document. There is more material apparently with Burrell and Kessel. Perhaps the a collection of the Burrell, Kessel and Green footage from London, Paris (and any other countries with surviving 2-inch videotapes from the tour) could be published.

Wikipedia indicates INA has a search tool. Has anyone already queried the tool to see what Green material exists? ina.fr ------ The Institut national de l'audiovisuel (or INA, French for National Audiovisual Institute) is a repository of all French radio and television audiovisual archives. Since 2006, it has allowed free online consultation on a website called ina.fr with a search tool indexing 100,000 archives of historical programs, for a total of 20,000 hours.

is there a setlist for this concert?

Great detective work! If recorded in October / November, then Blue Note / EMI likely own rights to Green's performances on the 1969 videos. I've wondered if more videotape footage of Green survives from the London gig. Your analysis suggests more might have been recorded. Did "Newport in Europe" perform on TV in more countries than London and France? If they swung through more countries, perhaps there are more pro-shot 2 inch videotapes that have survived of Green. Is Resonance the best label to release this sort of stuff? Seems like Blue Note is dead in terms of publishing archival material.

Wow! Green's first recording survived. Has Resonance or Cuscuna (Mosaic) got wind of this? By the way, does anyone know the performances dates of the 1969 London and Paris video recordings? If Green was already under contract to Blue Note (I think Carryin On was recorded in October 1969 -- so he was presumably under contract by that time), then Blue Note Records may own the rights to Green's Paris and London performances. I'd presume the Paris entity that taped the show owns the rights to the video recording itself. It would be cool if Blue Note could work a deal to get access to the master 2" quadruplex tapes and issue a video release and companion compact disc. From the bootleg dub Greg Green is selling on payloadz you can tell the audio of the Paris concert was very well recorded (great mono recording).

Would these unissued tapes have been torched in the 2008 Universal fire? Or did Concord acquire Vee Jay records?

Here's a 1977 clip from the Gino Washington show to show the likely quality of the tape. I guess Gino is sitting on a bunch of these old videotapes. Green reportedly appeared on multiple episodes of the show in 1976. I would be cool if there is an interview with Grant on those tapes in addition to music.

Some more detail on the 70s funk TV footage. Someone posted this on the Hoffman forum a couple of years ago: "There's footage of Grant Green from 1976 when he was on the Gino Washington Show in Detroit on Channel 62. He was the special guest on that weekly show for about a month. GG Jr. is talking about releasing a video of a funk type concert of Grant's...hopefully that's the footage that he's talking about." The outtake is on a compilation CD produced in the early 1990s: Together - The Eastbound Jazz Years (Beat Goes Public CD BGPD 071)