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Art Blakey Big Band (1957-12, NYC - Bethlehem)


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Does anyone have soloists listings for this date?

I'd be most interested in identifying the trumpet soloists (the trumpet section consisted of Donald Byrd, Ray Copeland, Idrees Sulieman and Bill Hardman - quite a trumpet section!), but I also wonder about the 'bone players: all solos by Cleveland, or does Frank Rehak (or even Melba Liston) have a spot, too?

And the alto sax? They're Sahib Shihab and Bill Graham... who'd be the lead player?

I have the Bethlehem 2CD reissue (John Coltrane - The Bethlehem years) that combines the Blakey Big Band album and the Pettiford part of "Winner's Circle" on disc 1 and contains a second disc with a ton of outtakes from the big band session(s). The CD contains new liners (how new I don't know) by Art Lange (best known for longish and boringish liners on hatOLOGY discs) that weren't proof-read and contain some embarassing fluffs (Griffin instead of Mobe on "Tenor Conclave"...)

Would be happy about any additional information!

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The big band solos are as follows:

Midriff : Hardman,Coltrane,Bishop,

Ain't Life Grand ; Copeland,Coltrane,Bishop

El Toro Valiente : Sahib,Cleveland,Blakey, Sahib

The Kiss Of No Return : Sahib,Sulieman,Rehak,Cleveland,Sahib

The Outer World : Coltrane,Sulieman

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For anyone who has the 2CD set - there's one take of "Oasis", an outtake not used on the album, that opens the second disc. Who might be the featured trumpet player there?

Just playing the second disc now, with all the alternate takes - pretty intriguing!

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Always wondered who was the photographer who took the images that adorned the cover of the original Bethlehem LP.

Quite a number of very interesting shots among those 17 photos. That big band session was quite a gathering of superb musicians!

The liner notes to the LP do not credit any of them!

The double CD 'John Coltrane, the Bethlehem Years' used several of those - including the cover shot of Coltrane - but the photos were wrecked by out of focus reproductions. And still no photographer's credits in the liner notes of the reissue!

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Always wondered who was the photographer who took the images that adorned the cover of the original Bethlehem LP.

Quite a number of very interesting shots among those 17 photos. That big band session was quite a gathering of superb musicians!

The liner notes to the LP do not credit any of them!

The double CD 'John Coltrane, the Bethlehem Years' used several of those - including the cover shot of Coltrane - but the photos were wrecked by out of focus reproductions. And still no photographer's credits in the liner notes of the reissue!

This one had quite a few covers!

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Always wondered who was the photographer who took the images that adorned the cover of the original Bethlehem LP.

Absent some reason to think otherwise, can't we assume that the cover photos/design are by Burt Goldblatt ?

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Always wondered who was the photographer who took the images that adorned the cover of the original Bethlehem LP.

Absent some reason to think otherwise, can't we assume that the cover photos/design are by Burt Goldblatt ?

That would be the sensible answer but then why would he remain uncredited?

His other (and frquent) contributions on Bethlehem LPs bore his signature.

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Just bought the 2CD Bethlehem set today, found in the used racks down the street from my house. Looking forward to giving it a listen.

It's quite good, really! And the second disc is fun as you hear them straightening out stuff... sort of like a window into their work shop there.

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