J.A.W. Posted March 10, 2010 Report Share Posted March 10, 2010 (edited) Mosaic's Scott Wenzel just mailed me the tracklisting of the upcoming Lucky Thompson Select - I copied the info from the e-mail and didn't edit it: (A) CLARK TERRY SEPTET: Supervised by Leonard Feather NYC, June 2, 1954 54-S-248 Cat Meets Chick MGM E255 54-S-250 The Man I Love - ________________________________________________________________________ (B) DIZZY GILLESPIE: Supervised by Norman Granz NYC, September 15, 1954 1980-3 Cool Eyes Norgran MGN 1023 1982-2 Pile Driver - ________________________________________________________________________ © MODERN JAZZ SOCIETY: Gunther Schuller (frh, arr), J.J. Johnson (tb), Jim Politis (fl), Aaron Sachs (cl), Lucky Thompson (ts), Manny Ziegler (bassoon), Janet Putnam (harp), Percy Heath (b), Connie Kay (A), John Lewis (arr). Supervised by Norman Granz NYC, March 14, 1955 5002 Sun Dance (JL-arr) Norgran MGN 1040 5003 Django (GS-arr) - 5004 Little David’s Fugue (JL-arr) - ________________________________________________________________________ (D) JIMMY CLEVELAND AND HIS ALL STARS: Supervised by Bob Shad NYC, August 12, 1955 11997-10 Hear Ye ! Hear Ye ! EmArcy MG 36066 11998-8 You Don’t Know What Love Is - 11999-9 Little Beaver - ________________________________________________________________________ (E) JIMMY CLEVELAND AND HIS ALL STARS: Supervised by Bob Shad NYC, November 19, 1955 12313-2 Count ‘Em EmArcy MG 36066 12314-5 Bone Brother - ________________________________________________________________________ (F) LUCKY THOMPSON: Lucky Thompson (ts), Skeeter Best (D), Oscar Pettiford (b). Supervised by Creed Taylor NYC, January 24, 1956 5070 Bo-Bi, My Boy ABC Paramount 111 5071 OP Meets LT - 5072 Tricotism - 5089 Body and Soul - ________________________________________________________________________ (G) LUCKY THOMPSON: Supervised by Creed Taylor NYC, January 30, 1956 5086 Old Reliable ABC Paramount 111 5087 Translation - 5088 Tom-Kattin’ - 5073 Deep Passion -1 - -1 omit Cleveland. ________________________________________________________________________ (H) LUCKY THOMPSON: Supervised by Creed Taylor NYC, December 11, 1956 5380 Dancing Sunbeam ABC Paramount 171 5381 Mister Man - 5382 The Plain But Simple Truth - 5388 Little Tenderfoot - ________________________________________________________________________ (I) LUCKY THOMPSON: Supervised by Creed Taylor NYC, December 12, 1956 5383A Once There Was ABC Paramount 171 5389 N.R (#1) -1 - 5390 N.R. (#2) -1 - 5391 Good Luck -1 - -1 Add Jimmy Cleveland (tb) and Osie Johnson (A). (J) LUCKY THOMPSON / SAMMY PRICE QUINTET: Supervised by Paul Durand Pigalle Theatre, Paris, July 6, 1957 I Want A Little Girl (SP-vcl) Polydor 46 103 Paris Blues - Up Above My Head (SP-vcl) - Minor Blues - Sweet Georgia Brown - How Long Blues (SP-vcl) - Lucky T - Embassy Boogie (SP-vcl) - ________________________________________________________________________ Edited October 3, 2011 by J.A.W. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmce Posted March 10, 2010 Report Share Posted March 10, 2010 You're on a roll, JAW, keep it coming! I will pre-order this one for certain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted March 10, 2010 Report Share Posted March 10, 2010 Great music. I have most of it, but I'll be getting it. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clunky Posted March 10, 2010 Report Share Posted March 10, 2010 Great music, perhaps surprising that so few LT lead sessions are featured but the Cleveland, Terry , John Lewis sessions are very fine. The Sammy Price session was of course part of the Jazz in Paris series. I'd hoped the Decca sessions from 53/54 would have been included. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.W. Posted March 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2010 (edited) I'm still hoping for a Milt Jackson/Lucky Thompson Savoy set. Edited March 10, 2010 by J.A.W. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted March 10, 2010 Report Share Posted March 10, 2010 I will pre-order this one as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bol Posted March 10, 2010 Report Share Posted March 10, 2010 Great! Well, I told ya! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheldonm Posted March 10, 2010 Report Share Posted March 10, 2010 I'm still hoping for a Milt Jackson/Lucky Thompson Savoy set. I love Lucky!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted March 10, 2010 Report Share Posted March 10, 2010 I'm still hoping for a Milt Jackson/Lucky Thompson Savoy set. Oh yes, I'd love to see that! This one here looks pretty good, and even though I have most or even all of it, it will be nice to have it all in one package, with the focus on Lucky in one of his prime periods! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted March 10, 2010 Report Share Posted March 10, 2010 I came close recently to buying an ABC/Impulse 'Dancing Sunbeam' 2LP set - but now I think I'll wait for the Select. This one looks a winner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom in RI Posted March 10, 2010 Report Share Posted March 10, 2010 Hey Sidewinder, why not get both? Isn't that vinyl set generally pretty cheap? I remember seeing it as a cutout for a quite awhile. That's why I have two copies myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjzee Posted March 11, 2010 Report Share Posted March 11, 2010 I'm still hoping for a Milt Jackson/Lucky Thompson Savoy set. Ditto. What a lovely synergy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted March 11, 2010 Report Share Posted March 11, 2010 I'm still hoping for a Milt Jackson/Lucky Thompson Savoy set. Oh yes, I'd love to see that! This one here looks pretty good, and even though I have most or even all of it, it will be nice to have it all in one package, with the focus on Lucky in one of his prime periods! Same here, will be picking this one up as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave James Posted March 11, 2010 Report Share Posted March 11, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted March 11, 2010 Report Share Posted March 11, 2010 Good to see new Selects being prepared even if I shall skip that Lucky Thompson. Already have several vinyl and CD versions of its content including an original copy of the Polydor session with Sammy Price (one of the very last vinyl I purchased a couple of months ago!). I'll be waiting too for a complete Milt Jackson-Lucky Thompson on Savoy Select! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted March 11, 2010 Report Share Posted March 11, 2010 (edited) Hey Sidewinder, why not get both? Isn't that vinyl set generally pretty cheap? I remember seeing it as a cutout for a quite awhile. That's why I have two copies myself. Funnily enough this one is also a cutout and they want £5 for it. May just pick it up next time I am in (always regretted not buying this one 'back in the day'). I'll be waiting too for a complete Milt Jackson-Lucky Thompson on Savoy Select! That's where the Arista/Savoy 2LP set 'Second Nature' comes in useful. Superb compilation ! Edited March 11, 2010 by sidewinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted March 11, 2010 Report Share Posted March 11, 2010 Good to see new Selects being prepared even if I shall skip that Lucky Thompson. Already have several vinyl and CD versions of its content including an original copy of the Polydor session with Sammy Price (one of the very last vinyl I purchased a couple of months ago!). That's the same that was in the Jazz in Paris series, I assume? Not a bad session, mind me, but I think still a bit of an odd choice to go along the fine US sessions in this upcoming Select. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted March 11, 2010 Report Share Posted March 11, 2010 That's the same that was in the Jazz in Paris series, I assume? Not a bad session, mind me, but I think still a bit of an odd choice to go along the fine US sessions in this upcoming Select. Yes, the same. That Lucky Thompson Select must have been very difficult to assemble because of the copyright problems, what with the various record labels involved! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Steve Posted March 11, 2010 Report Share Posted March 11, 2010 (edited) Having a soft spot for these 50s Lucky Thompson sessions (still need to unearth a couple of the French sessions - plus a few more! ), I've had a look at the track listing and must say I am somewhat baffled. Cam someone explain the underlying concept of these "Selects" to me? What is the point of assembling incomplete, heterogeneous sessions while leaving others (less frequently reissued ones but at least LEADER sessions) out? Considering how often people moan and wail about the omission of this and that track from sessions in reissue programming, I find this odd, especially in the case of a Mosaic reissue. And some of those albums included here aren't exactly thin on the ground reissue-wise anyway. Or is it that "because it's on Mosaic it's bound to be essential"? I realize this may be heresy to some around here but to me this kind of programming appears a bit redundant. Going to spin the (complete) EmArcy Jimmy Cleveland (DG) vinyl now! Edited March 11, 2010 by Big Beat Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted March 11, 2010 Report Share Posted March 11, 2010 I guess the concept in this case is just to have a spotlight on a great musician in his prime years, compiling some sessions that many won't have (because the CDs are OOP, Japanese only, rare, hard to find, whatever). Good enough for me - sort of similar to the Pres w/Basie set (which I still have to get). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.W. Posted March 11, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2010 (edited) Having a soft spot for these 50s Lucky Thompson sessions (still need to unearth a couple of the French sessions - plus a few more! ), I've had a look at the track listing and must say I am somewhat baffled. Cam someone explain the underlying concept of these "Selects" to me? What is the point of assembling incomplete, heterogeneous sessions while leaving others (less frequently reissued ones but at least LEADER sessions) out? Considering how often people moan and wail about the omission of this and that track from sessions in reissue programming, I find this odd, especially in the case of a Mosaic reissue. And some of those albums included here aren't exactly thin on the ground reissue-wise anyway. Or is it that "because it's on Mosaic it's bound to be essential"? I realize this may be heresy to some around here but to me this kind of programming appears a bit redundant. Going to spin the (complete) EmArcy Jimmy Cleveland (DG) vinyl now! Why don't you ask Mosaic about the underlying concept of their Selects in general and this one in particular? I'm sure Scott Wenzel will be happy to answer your questions. Edited March 11, 2010 by J.A.W. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertrand Posted March 11, 2010 Report Share Posted March 11, 2010 I hadn't compared to the discography yet, but are you saying in some cases these are only some tracks for certain session? Other tracks are being left out? If that's the case, I would not be very interested. Bertrand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmce Posted March 11, 2010 Report Share Posted March 11, 2010 (edited) I confess I know nothing about these sessions, but maybe these are the only tracks Lucky played or soloed on? Or perhaps they're just going for more of a compilation thing this time around as opposed to the usual "complete" route, in which case I personally trust their judgment. Edited March 11, 2010 by colinmce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrdlu Posted March 11, 2010 Report Share Posted March 11, 2010 I'm still hoping for a Milt Jackson/Lucky Thompson Savoy set. That's a lovely collection. I first had it scattered over several LPs, each with a very short playing time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted March 11, 2010 Report Share Posted March 11, 2010 Well, the ABC Sessions and the date with Sammy Price seem to be complete on first sight. Thompson was only on one of the Modern Jazz Society sessions, so that is complete as well. Not sure about the Dizzy and Cleveland dates, and there were a few more cuts from the Cats Meet Chicks session, but possibly the ones included are the LT feature plus the group track (while the other tracks featured the other present horn players). Don't have the discs and discographies at hand to check, sorry. But either way, the centerpiece here are the four magnificient ABC dates! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_forumlogo.png.a607ef20a6e0c299ab2aa6443aa1f32e.png)
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.