Chuck, Thank you. There are no legal issues with the Warne Marsh material we own. Only one tape is in question. That is the Half Note sessions. Warne brought them to us way back in the 60s. The tapes had Lee Konitz cut out of the performances even though Lee played his rear end off. Only Marsh solo'd on the tapes we had. Later we heard that probably Lennis Tristrano had done this to spite Lee with whom he was in conflict. Why? Lee was straying from the fold and playing differently. Warne was pure unadulterated Tristano school. Hence, Lee was cut out. When the Revelation albums came out with these tapes, Lee hit the roof. He was very upset with the fact that my partner Bill Hardy, had put Lee's name on the cover of the album as if Lee was really on the record. Lee was not so Lee's upset was fully justified.
Later, Verve put out the entire performance with Lee and Warne and all was restored.
But today who knows how Lee and Verve would feel if we put out those two albums on a CD with just the Marsh solos. That will have to be confronted and handled before we would release those Marsh performances.
Other than that sticky issue, there are no legal problems with our masters.
Jonathan Horwich