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Dexter recorded two sessions for Blue Note in mid 1962 that were shelved. Many years later, three tracks from each session were put onto a Japanese LP. It was given the inappropriate title "Landslide", because they added the unissued track with that name from the "Dexter Calling" session to make up time. I would have used a title from the two main sessions. Today, this music exists, on CD, in a Japanese version, and in the U.S. box set of all of Dexter's Blue Note recordings. I made up a CD from that set. The audio is excellent. Here are the details Dexter Gordon Quintet Tommy Turrentine, trumpet; Dexter Gordon, tenor sax; Charles Thompson, piano; Al Lucas, bass; Willie Bobo, drums. van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, May 5, 1962 tk.11 Serenade In Blue tk.12 You Said It tk.19 Love Locked Out Dexter Gordon Quintet Dave Burns, trumpet; Dexter Gordon, tenor sax; Sonny Clark, piano; Ron Carter, bass; Philly Joe Jones, drums. van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 25, 1962 tk.6. Blue Gardenia tk.12 Second Balcony Jump tk.21 Six Bits Jones

Bob James and C.T.I. quickly became boring for me back in the 70s. The Fender Rhodes was interesting when I first heard it, but I am sick.of its generic sound and I never want to hear one again. Bill Evans disliked it, saying that it lacks touch.

It is nowhere near the quality or importance of "Satch Plays Fats", of course.

They are horrible when it comes to political things, or the Scriptures. And they have a dominance like Amazon. To be fair, I find them useful for "neutral" bits of information.

It is quite fashionable to attack Orrin Keepnews. I would suggest that, before criticising him, a person ought to have a record of achievements comparable with his. Riverside's recordings were very valuable, and Milestone had an excellent catalog, including a lot of Joe Henderson. He produced the large series of Fats Waller box sets. And Monk liked an essay that Orrin wrote about him in the late 1940s, which led to his being signed by Riverside when nobody else wanted him. Not a bad record.

I didn't try to download from Amazon. I have the 1600 series CDs of "Cherokee" and "Lonesome Road". I just clicked on your link to see what is going on. However, I am delighted that Netflix and Amazon crashed.

I wonder how these Apples and Amazons got their hands on this music. It must be derived from the 1600 series CDs. I doubt that they would have access to the Blue Note vaults. Besides, the Amazon listings show the 1600 covers. Amazon says that "Cherokee" is available, but "Lonesome Road" is not. I don't know why an mp3 download would cease to be available. Maybe there was a time limit imposed.

Thanks for posting that. Do they also have "Lonesome Road"? That, also, was only issued on CD in the 1600 series.

Here are the details of the session with contents issued by Michael Cuscuna in the Japanese 1600 CD series as "Cherokee". Jimmy Smith, organ; Eddie McFadden, guitar; Donald Bailey, drums. Manhattan Towers, NYC, July 3, 1957 tk.3 What Is This Thing Called Love tk.6 On The Sunny Side Of The Street tk.8 Laura tk.14 I'm In The Mood For Love - tk.15 Things Ain't What They Used To Be - tk.16 Cherokee All tracks on Blue Note (J) TOCJ-1612 Jimmy Smith - Cherokee (1996) I don't think this material has been made available elsewhere. As mentioned earlier, the CD contains the stray track "Somebody Loves Me", from the May 8, 1957 session. This is a pretty lively session for the most part, and likely to appeal to most Smith fans. The snag is the cost of the CD. It should have been issued in the U.S. RVG series in the late 1990s/early 2000s. I guess they were too busy to fit it into the schedule. There were so many albums being issued back then.

This reminds me of the time when Lawrence Welk (bless him) introduced the Ellington tune thus "And a-now, we gonna a-play that-a famous Duke Ellington tune, Take A Train.". Yes, there are a lot of tunes that I am tired of and will never perform again. But not blues. That is always good to blow on.

Prompted by Dan's remark, I dug out "Plays Pretty, Just For You". It has only appeared on CD in Japan (TOCJ-1553 and a few later ones). There wasn't enough room on the LP for "Somebody Loves Me", which Michael Cuscuna put on the "Cherokee" CD (again, Japan only, TOCJ-1612). I made up a CD with everything in session order. The audio is good, of course. This album is a bit less polite than the Waller one. It has a few guitar segments. "Somebody Loves Me" cooks a bit, but the rest of the session is chilled out, and easy listening. Definitely not the best of Jimmy Smith for the jazz enthusiast. I won't be spinning this often.

Re Grant Green's "Am I Blue", I am a big fan of the participants, but this a dull and boring album, mostly at a slow tempo. It was not worth releasing.

No, Dan, this is not the top Smith album. I played it a few times while I was working in the kitchen. Its vibe kinda grew on me. But there is nothing to compare with "The Preacher" at the Wilmington, DE date, or the classic sessions with Stanley Turrentine.

For some reason, I never got around to listening to this album until a few days ago. Here are the details Jimmy Smith, organ; Quentin Warren, guitar; Donald Bailey, drums. van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, January 23, 1962 tk.1 Everybody Loves My Baby Blue Note 45-1851, BLP 4100 tk.2 Ain't She Sweet - tk.4 Ain't Misbehavin' Blue Note BLP 4100 tk.7 'Tain't Nobody's Business If I Do rejected tk.8 I've Found A New Baby Blue Note BLP 4100 tk.11 Honeysuckle Rose Blue Note 45-1852, BLP 4100 tk.12 Bess, You Is My Woman Now rejected tk.14 Squeeze Me Blue Note BLP 4100 tk.16 Lulu's Back In Town Blue Note 45-1852, BLP 4100 * Blue Note BLP 4100, BST 84100 Jimmy Smith Plays Fats Waller 1962 * Blue Note 45-1851 Jimmy Smith - Everybody Loves My Baby / Ain't She Sweet 1962 * Blue Note 45-1852 Jimmy Smith - Honeysuckle Rose / Lulu's Back In Town 1962 This is not a normal Smith session, with horns, or trio letting it rip. It is a laid-back session of tunes reflecting the style of Fats Waller. Fittlingly, everything is in 2/2, at slow to medium tempos. Jimmy uses what I call the belch setting on the B3, which I dislike, but the album has a nice, relaxed vibe to it and is quite enjoyable. There are no guitar solos. Of the tunes, "Ain't Misbehavin' ", "Honeysuckle Rose" and "Squeeze Me" were composed by Waller, "Everybody Loves My Baby" was composed by Fats's friend, Spencer Williams, and recorded by Fats in 1940. "Ain't She Sweet" has no connection with Fats. "I've Found A New Baby" was composed by Spencer Williams but never recorded by Fats. "Lulu's Back In Town" was not composed by Waller, but was recorded by him on May 8, 1935. Altogether, well worth a listen.

I don't know. Anyway, my computer survived its insertion.

Thanks for posting that, BFrank. The Slimes wants money before you can read their stuff. Gotta be joking.

I mean that there is one line for each session, on which you can click if you want to see the contents of the session. This makes it easy to get quickly to the session that you want. Herr Fitzgerald makes you wade through pages of everything to reach a specific session.

For the last two or three weeks, Wikipedia has continued to beg for money. They fill the screen with it, and pester you, and it's hard to get to what you want. I don't like them, but it's hard to avoid them when searching online.

I checked the listings in that discography for Joe Henderson and Andrew Hill. They are pretty good. They do not include the new tracks in the Mobley and Henderson Mosaic sets, but I guess they will update the listings in due course. They don't have one-line session indexes, so you have to wade through all the details to find what you need. I think that is a serious drawback that makes it tedious to use. The discography that I referenced is pretty accurate, and much easier to use. I have found it to be very useful over the years. I have not found many errors or omissions. Anyway, there is room for both.

I was not very precise when I commented. I wrote "Discogs", but I didn't mean the vending site: I meant https://www.jazzdisco.org/

Those warning labels in Britain and Europe are ugly, patronizing and annoying.

Are these printed discographies really needed? The Discogs site is very thorough, and they (usually, but not always) correct or add to their listings if they are emailed. The only book discograpies I have owned were the old Jepsen ones. They were good, but by no means complete. Now, they would be of little use.

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Sad news. A favorite track is "One Down", with Elvin, on the "Preminado" album, recorded February 19, 1961.

According to that article, when one of these CDs is inserted into a computer, it installs malware. Grrr. That is scandalous. How could the Blue Note owners participate in that? So far, my computer is acting normally.