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Uptown Records catalog………..

27.28 Carl Fontana The Great Fontana w/Al Cohn, Richard Wyands, Ray Drummond & Akira Tana

27.29 Tommy Flanagan Nights at the Vanguard w/ George Mraz & Al Foster

27.30 Freddie Redd Lonely City w/Clifford Jordan, C Sharpe, Don Sickler, George Duvivier & Ben Riley

27.31 Pepper Adams The Adams Effect w/Frank Foster, Tommy Flanagan, Ron Carter & Billy Hart

27.32 Jimmy Gourley The Left Bank of NY w/ Ralph Moore, Don Sickler, Marc Johnson & Victor Lewis

27.33 An Uptown Christmas w/ Tommy Flanagan, Jack Sheldon, Sahib Shihab, Barry Harris, Carl Fontana,

Walter Davis, Jr., Maria Muldaur, Richard Wyands, Charlie Rouse, Kenny Barron,

Frank Wess, Johnny Coles, Claudio Roditi & Don Sickler

27.34 Charlie Rouse Soul Mates w/Sahib Shihab, Claudio Roditi, Walter Davis Jr., Santi Debriano & Victor Lewis

27.35 Chet Baker Boston, 1954 w/ Russ Freeman, Carson Smith & Bob Neel

27.36 Charlie Parker Montreal 1953 w/Valdo Williams, Hal Gaylor, Billy Graham, Dick Garcia, Paul Bley,

Brew Moore, Steep Wade, Bob Rudd, Bobby Malloy, Neil Michaud & Ted Paskert

27.37 Densil Pinnock I Waited for You w/Richard Wyands, Neil Swainson, Don Sickler, Jimmy Heath, David Laing, etc.

27.38 Serge Chaloff Boston 1950 w/Sonny Truitt, Nat Pierce, George Jones, Joe MacDonald, Joe Schulman, Rollins

Griffith, Milt Gold, Al Vega, Jack Lawler & Sonny Taclof

27.39 Don Sickler Night Watch w/Carl Fontana, Ralph Moore, Bobby Porcelli, Gary Smulyan, Richard Wyands,

Peter Washington & Kenny Washington

27.40 Sonny Clark Oakland 1955 w/ Jerry Good & Al Randall

27.41 Kenny Barron New York Attitude w/ Rufus Reid & Frederick Waits

27.42 Charlie Parker Boston 1952 w/ Joe Gordon, Dick Twardzik, Charlie Mingus, Roy Haynes,

Herbie Williams, Rollins Griffith, Jimmy Woode & Marquis Foster

27.43 Jack Sheldon Playing for Change w/Jerry Dodgion, Barry Harris, Rufus Reid & Ben Riley

27.44 Dodo Marmarosa Pittsburgh 1958 w/ Danny Mastri, Henry Sciullo, Danny Conn, Carlo Galluzzo,

Jimmy DeJulio, Chuck Spatafore, Sterling Yates, Johnny Vance & Buzz Renn

27.45 Coleman Hawkins Jamestown 1958 w/Ted Donnelly, Norman Lester, Leon Spann & Jerry Potter

27.46 Lee Wiley Music of Manhattan, 1951 w/Billy Butterfield, Joe Bushkin, Mort Schulmaker, George Wettling,

Dave Bowman, Muggsy Spanier, Barrett Deems, George Wein,

Buck Clayton, Milt Hinton , Joe Jones, etc.

27.47 Barry Harris For the Moment w/ Rufus Reid & Leroy Williams

27.48 Charles ‘Baron’ Mingus West Coast 1945-49 w/Buddy Collette, Britt Woodman, Lucky Thompson, Roy Porter,

Maxwell Davis, Nat Bates, Lee Young, Henry Coker, William Woodman, Willie

Smith, Jimmy Bunn, Eric Dolphy, etc.

27.49 Allen Eager In the Land of Oo-Bla-Dee 1947-53 with Dick Twardzik, Serge Chaloff, Buddy Rich, Charlie Parker,

Bud Powell, Max Roach, etc

27.50 Charlie Rouse – Red Rodney Social Call w/ Albert Dailey, Cecil McBee and Kenny Washington.

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Both enthusiastic yes.  Be warned however, that the sound on the Clark is not good (if that's important to you).  However, the music is fantastic.  Haven't listened to the Hawkins in a while but recommend it also.

The sound of the Clark is helped with a healthy treble boost. The Hawkins is a solid, but nonessential date. A good "snapshot" of Hawk at work.

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Not mentioned are all the vinyls that Uptown produced in the years just before

the arrival of the Compact Disc. Great stuff there (JR Monterose, Allan Eager,

Dicky Wells, Philly Joe Jones' Dameronia, Budd Johnson&Phil Woods, Don Joseph

and others).

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Anybody have a list of the vinyl issues? Mike Fitzgerald's site doesn't have one - hard to believe ....

or let's compile one here:

UPTOWN LP/CD listing:

UP 27.01 Joe Thomas – Raw Meat

UP 27.02 J.R. Monterose - Live In Albany

UP 27.03 John W. Bubbles – Back on Broadway

UP 27.04 unissued

UP 27.05 unissued

UP 27.06 J.R. Monterose & Tommy Flanagan ... and a little pleasure (CD: Reservoir 109)

UP 27.07 Dicky Wells – Lonesome Road

UP 27.08 Hod O'Brien – Bits and Pieces (Reservoir)

UP 27.09 Allan Eager - Renaissance

UP 27.10 unissued

UP 27.11 Philly Joe Jones & Dameronia - To Tadd With Love

UP 27.12 Joe Thomas / Jay McShann – Blowin‘ In From K.C.

UP 27.13 Haywood Henry – The Gentle Monster

UP 27.14 Frank Wess / Johnny Coles - Two At The Top

UP 27.15 Philly Joe Jones & Dameronia - Look Stop Listen

UP 27.16 Pepper Adams – Live at Fat Tuesday’s (CD: Reservoir 113)

UP 27.17 Don Sickler - The Music of Kenny Dorham (CD: Reservoir 111)

UP 27.18 Charlie Rouse - Social Call (CD: UPCD 27.50)

UP 27.19 Budd Johnson / Phil Woods - The Old Dude and the Fundance Kid

UP 27.20 Barry Harris - For The Moment (CD: UPCD 27.47)

UP 27.21 Al Grey / Buddy Tate – Just Jazz (Reservoir)

UP 27.22 unissued

UP 27.23 Don Joseph - One of a kind

UP 27.24 Peter Leitch – Exhilaration (Reservoir)

UP 27.25 Maria Muldaur - Transblucency

UP 27.26 Kenny Barron - Autumn In New York (CD: UPCD 27.41)

UP 27.27 Claudio Roditi – Claudio (LP and CD)

UP 27.28 Carl Fontana - The Great Fontana (LP and CD)

UP 27.29 Tommy Flanagan - Nights at the Vanguard (LP and CD)

UP 27.30 Freddie Redd - Lonely City (LP and CD)

UP 27.31 Pepper Adams - The Adams Effect (LP and CD)

UP 27.32 Jimmy Gourley – Salute To The Bandbox (LP) / Left Bank of New York (CD)

UPCD 27.33 An Uptown Christmas

UPCD 27.34 Charlie Rouse - Soul Mates

UPCD 27.35 Chet Baker - Boston, 1954

UPCD 27.36 Charlie Parker - Montreal 1953

UPCD 27.37 Densil Pinnock - I Waited for You

UPCD 27.38 Serge Chaloff - Boston 1950

UPCD 27.39 Don Sickler - Night Watch

UPCD 27.40 Sonny Clark - Oakland 1955

UPCD 27.41 Kenny Barron - New York Attitude (+)

UPCD 27.42 Charlie Parker - Boston 1952

UPCD 27.43 Jack Sheldon - Playing for Change

UPCD 27.44 Dodo Marmarosa - Pittsburgh 1958

UPCD 27.45 Coleman Hawkins - Jamestown 1958

UPCD 27.46 Lee Wiley - Music of Manhattan, 1951

UPCD 27.47 Barry Harris - For the Moment (+)

UPCD 27.48 Charles ‘Baron’ Mingus - West Coast 1945-49

UPCD 27.49 Allen Eager - In the Land of Oo-Bla-Dee 1947-53

UPCD 27.50 Charlie Rouse / Red Rodney - Social Call (+)

Issues from UPCD 27.33 were CD only releases.

Bruyninckx lists an unissued Feddie Redd trio session recorded the day after the sessions for UP 27.30.

(+) markes an expanded CD issue.

Some titles are now owned by Reservoir.

Please post or PM your additions, I'll edit them in.

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Uptown LPs:

2701 Joe Thomas

2702 JR Monterose Live in Albany

2703 John Bubbles

2707 Dicky Wells

2708 Hod O'Brien

2709 Allan Eager Renaissance

2711 Philly Joe Jones Dameronia

2712 Jay McShann/Joe Thomas

2713 Haywood Henry

2714 Frank Wess/Johnny Coles Two at the Top

2715 PJJones/Johnny Griffin Dameronia

2717 Don Sickler Plays Kenny Dorham

2718 Charlie Rouse Social Call

2719 Budd Johnson/Phil Woods Old Dude

2720 Barry Harris For the Moment

2723 Don Joseph One of a Kind

2725 Maria Muldau Transbluency

2726 Kenny Barron Autum in New York

2727 Claudio Roditi Claudio

2728 Carl Fontana The Great Fontana

2729 Tommy Flanagan Nights at the Vanguard

2732 Jimmy Gourley Left Bank of New York

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Just edited the list above.

Thanks Chuck, just had found about the Adams and Monterose/Flanagan.

Some nice stuff I missed from the vinyl era...

There are still five numbers missing, anybody help?

What's the connection between Uptown and Reservoir? Looks like Reservoir started after Uptown had stopped issuing temporarily .... I read the producers' names on the issues before and after and made some conclusions but don't wanna drop any names here ...

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I'm curious about the Maria Muldaur. She's on the Uptown Christmas comp. and sounds pretty at ease with the jazzbos, didn't know she did an album on the label.

It's one of her jazzier albums, if you like her later singing you will like it. I liked her voice better when it sounded young and innocent, like on the Warner Bros. LP with the late Benny Carter, if I hadn't sold my copy years ago I'd offer it to you ... sorry Dan :(

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Just edited the list above.

Thanks Chuck, just had found about the Adams and Monterose/Flanagan.

Some nice stuff I missed from the vinyl era...

There are still five numbers missing, anybody help?

What's the connection between Uptown and Reservoir? Looks like Reservoir started after Uptown had stopped issuing temporarily .... I read the producers' names on the issues before and after and made some conclusions but don't wanna drop any names here ...

The missing numbers are unissued dates. More later.

Bob Sunenblick started the label and after a couple of years, took on Mark Feldman (MD, not the fiddler) as a partner. After a few years they "divorced" and Mark started Reservoir. Mark got the dates I mentioned, and unissued dates by Leitch (Red Zone), Joe Puma and Ralph Moore.

Bob still has "in the can" unissued dates by Beryl Booker, Dave Schildkraut, Lennie Andrade and Freddie Redd. The Redd and Schildkraut dates are in my hands, and any delay can be laid at my feet

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What's the deal with the John Bubbles?

From Chuck's comment, I may be alone on this, but I like the John Bubbles Uptown. I bought it when it came out mainly because I remembered John Bubbles from the Tonight show when I was young. When I got the record I played it once and I guess it didn't connect with me (or vice versa), because I put it away and didn't listen to it for years. In 1996 a friend who was teaching an evening college class on jazz asked me about renditions of the song "Why Was I Born?" in my collection - he wanted to show how the same song could be done in myriad fashions by different musicians. One of the versions I found was John Bubbles'. It brought me back to the LP and got me to relisten. This time I found that I did truly enjoy it - if I had to use one word to describe the recording, that word would be "charming". I've listened to it a number of times since I rediscovered it and have enjoyed every listening.

Again, this is just one man's opinion, but I'm glad I have it in my collection.

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I remember I read about the Schildkraut back then, or his "comeback". Sure would like to hear this!

Me too! I never thought Schildkraut had recorded as a leader. I thought he had been lost for music until his death.

And then I went back to AMG and found the following,

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It was released by Endgame in 2000. Schildkraut playing be-bop tunes mostly.

Is this some kind of forgotten tape from the 50's or what ?

Features Bill Triglia (believed he was out of business too) on piano and a bassist named Jeff Fuller.

Anybody heard this ?

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I remember I read about the Schildkraut back then, or his "comeback". Sure would like to hear this!

Me too! I never thought Schildkraut had recorded as a leader. I thought he had been lost for music until his death.

And then I went back to AMG and found the following,

e06242ufiaq.jpg

It was released by Endgame in 2000. Schildkraut playing be-bop tunes mostly.

Is this some kind of forgotten tape from the 50's or what ?

Features Bill Triglia (believed he was out of business too) on piano and a bassist named Jeff Fuller.

Anybody heard this ?

Last Date is a concert recording from 8/12/79 in New Haven, Ct. Drummer Frank Bennett completes the quartet. Schildkraut is in good form - there are a few rough spots - and how much of his playing is readily available these days? The tunes are all pop standards or bop standards, with the exception of "Stars and Stripes Forever", the concert closer. I'd say that, for anyone with an interest in Dave Schildkraut, this is a record worth having.

Endgame may have some connection with Jeff Fuller, since he plays on their only other release, a live trio date with leader Percy France and Dick Katz.

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