Jaffa Posted June 7, 2005 Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 Has anyone reading here noticed the stunning Oscar Pettiford stuff (from Coover Gazdar's collection via Pete Bainbridge) currently downloadable on dimeadozen ? Opinions anyone ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDK Posted June 7, 2005 Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 Saw it, but haven't d/l yet. Was wondering about the sound quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKE BBB Posted June 7, 2005 Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 Any relation with this IAJRC release?: Oscar Pettiford: First Bass Rare Recordings and Concert Dates, 1953-1960 From IAJRC website: Product Details: Audio CD: Released 1995 Material Recording Dates: 1953 - 1960 Material Recording Locations: Los Angeles, NYC, Hamburg, Manchester, Stockholm Source Material: tape, LP Label: IAJRC Catalog Number: CD-1010 Total Playing Time: 73:45 Track listing: 1. Words (Too Marvelous for Words) 2. Monti Cello 3. In a Cello Mood 4. Blues in the Closet 5. Over the Rainbow 6. Take the "A" Train 7. Willow Weep for Me 8. Yardbird Suite 9. Bohemia After Dark 10. The Laverne Walk 11. Stardust 12. All the Things You Are 13. Interview/The Nearness of You 14. Why Not, That's What Collective personnel: Lee Konitz, Zoot Sims, Lucky Thompson, Lionel Hampton, Jimmy Cleveland, Phineas Newborn, Harry Babasin, Kenny Clarke and others. Coover Gazdar's Oscar Pettiford discography, also titled First Bass, and the CD are offered at a combined price of US$16.95 (postpaid in USA and Canada. Add US $4.00 for surface; US $6.00 for air shipment to other countries. Offer is valid only as long as the current stock of discographies lasts. CD alone is available at the standard member price. Discography alone has been selling at US $16.95. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted June 7, 2005 Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 I have that one - some of the material is extremely rare, especially the 4 tracks from the Imperial EP with Harry Babasin (I used one of them in my BFT). Sound quality is okay for vintage material. Can anybody with a registration at dimeadozen post a tracklist? The do nor accept any new signups at the time ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couw Posted June 7, 2005 Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 JAM SESSIONS AT CHRISTY'S '50 winter - '51 spring. Christy's Restaurant. Framingham, MA. Jam Session Howard McGhee, unk - trumpet Bob Wilber - clarinet Gigi Gryce - alto sax, piano Joe Roland - vibes Oscar Pettiford - bass, cello Tommy Potter - bass Duke Jordan, Nat Pierce - piano drummer unidentified Eddie Curran - mc 1. Rockin' in Rhythm 2. Imagination 3. Perdido 4. Swingi' 'til the Girls Come Home 5. Anthropology 6. I'll Remember April 7. Indiana 8. Stardust 9. Perdido 10. Lady Be Good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaffa Posted June 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 (edited) This is more exciting - REALLY un-issued ! One of the torrents currently downloadable is: 50 winter - 51 spring. Christy's Restaurant. Framingham, MA. Jam Session. Collective personnel: Howard McGhee, unknown tp, Bob Wilber cl, Gigi Gryce as, p, Joe Roland vib, Duke Jordan, Nat Pierce p, Oscar Pettiford cello, b, Tommy Potter b, unknown d, Eddie Curran mc. Blues (theme uses phrases from Rockin' In Rhythm & Jumpin' With Symphony Sid) Imagination Perdido Swingin' Till The Girls Come Home Anthropology I'll Remember April Indiana Star Dust Perdido Lady Be Good Jam Sessions at Christy's, Vol. 2. Zim Records ZM-1010 (unreleased). - Art Zimmerman is in possession of the tapes. Pete Bainbridge writes: "It is interesting that the Christy's Jam session was ready for production on Zim records in the mid-1980s. With the advent of cds, Artie Zimmerman concluded that its release was not economically feasible, and so he shelved the project." - Cf. Noal Cohen & Michael Fitzgerald: Rat Race Blues. The Musical Life of Gigi Gryce, p. 376. Another torrent collated by Pete as "Ellingtonia" includes these: 570423 NYC. NBC TV broadcast. Duke Ellington Group. Duke Ellington p, Johnny Hodges as, Harry Carney bs, Oscar Pettiford b, Max Roach d. Take The "A" Train (unissued) Things Ain't What They Used To Be (unissued) Perdido (unissued) Duke Ellington Interview with Ben Gross (unissued) The show was called "Tonight! America After Dark". plus 580704 Newport Jazz Festival, Freebody Park, Newport, Rhode Island, set 1. Rex Stewart and the Ellington Alumni All-Stars. Willis Conover as emcee. Rex Stewart co, Cootie Williams tp, Hilton Jefferson as, Tyree Glenn tb, Ben Webster ts, Billy Strayhorn p, Oscar Pettiford b, Sonny Greer d. Speech by Senator Theodore Green East St. Louis Toodle-oo Rockin' In Rhythm Concerto For Cootie C Jam Blues Boy Meets Horn Chelsea Bridge Le Grande Romp Unpublished. Tape in: Voice of America Music Library Collection (Library of Congress). See details here http://themenschmidt.de/don.htm I am currently listening to these - and I am amazed ! Edited June 7, 2005 by Jaffa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couw Posted June 7, 2005 Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 listening just now and sound is okay. An occasional drop out/distortion/mike-squeel/clicks/patrons calling for more beer. But some damn fine musique! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete B Posted June 7, 2005 Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 I've had the good fortune to know very generous friends who have provided me with a lot of this kind of material. With their blessing, I have decided to try to pass some of that material along to other enthusiasts by way of DaD. I'm glad you are enjoying the material. Like most people, I have restrictions in my time and in my computing resources, but as time permits I will continue to post more such items to DaD. I'm find it interesting that you identify it as Oscar Pettiford material. This is indeed the primary reason that I have collected it - as some of you know, I am attempting to be a completist of OP material. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted June 7, 2005 Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 Dang, that Pete, he's one of those rare gentlemen AND scholars! -_- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete B Posted June 8, 2005 Report Share Posted June 8, 2005 Dang, that Pete, he's one of those rare gentlemen AND scholars! -_- ← Aw shucks. That's high praise indeed, coming from you, Lon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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