mr jazz Posted August 6, 2016 Report Share Posted August 6, 2016 I'm REALLY enjoying this set. As good as the live mosaic box, IMHO, and the sound is quite good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarinetowner Posted September 4, 2016 Report Share Posted September 4, 2016 On 6.7.2016 at 1:16 AM, medjuck said: I notice that a couple of reviews on Amazon mention that discs 4 & 5 contain material from earlier performances and are not from The Crescendo. I can't tell when they're from but they certainly seem to be from a larger venue. (I'm not referring here to the tv show that is also included. Speaking of which I've been told that that Bobby Troupe tv show once featured Chet Baker playing Bix but that show is no longer extant. Arghhh.) Disc 4 tracks 10-14 are from Paris, '57. 15-17 are from Stockholm, '54 (Gus Johnson on drums, style clearly different from Sonny Payne). Disc 5 tracks 2-5 are from the same Stockholm '54 gig. The other ones that don't sound like from the Crescendo (comparatively small audience, typical Wally Heider audio sound) are likely from other European gigs of the 1958 or 1959 band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesoul Posted October 9, 2016 Report Share Posted October 9, 2016 (edited) ImportCDs has this for $18.59 plus shipping. Low enough for me to pull the trigger Edit: Same seller has is for $18.15 with free shipping on eBay. Edited October 9, 2016 by bluesoul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesoul Posted April 29, 2017 Report Share Posted April 29, 2017 Each of the 5 CDs comes in a glossy cardboard sleeve, and they are in a clamshell outer box, sort of similar to those Complete Columbia collection sets. 16 page booklet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted April 29, 2017 Report Share Posted April 29, 2017 The music - and its sound - are splendid. At that prize it's a no-brainer. Favorite track (and there are plenty of them) is the rarely played Neal Hefti's 'Pensive Miss' that gets a five-star treatment from Snooky Young on disc 2. I strongly suspect the set comes from the busy Spain/Andorra contingent. But this is not meant as a criticism! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted May 10, 2017 Report Share Posted May 10, 2017 Just starting in on this one, really enjoying the presence of the recording ...on Disc One, "Indian Summer" is certainly Wild Bill Davis' arrangement, as most of it later turns up played by Ellington as "Remmus Naidni" here (and also contains perhaps my singlemost favorite Paul Gonsalves sol). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted May 10, 2017 Report Share Posted May 10, 2017 Was there a dance floor at the Crescendo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted May 11, 2017 Report Share Posted May 11, 2017 Finally bought Live At The Crescendo!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted May 11, 2017 Report Share Posted May 11, 2017 'Bout time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted May 11, 2017 Report Share Posted May 11, 2017 Some of this stuff doesn't really make "sense" if there's not a dance floor with people on it. Some of the little jiggle-jaggles, just sounds like interactivity with the floor. Also interesting are the conversations the mike picks up, either from the band, the audience, maybe both. Can't say that there's anything as graphic as the Coleman Hawkins thing where he discusses the route he took to get to the gig, but some choice exclamations aplenty on this one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted January 30, 2019 Report Share Posted January 30, 2019 Just ordered this set last night--currently $13.99 on Amazon: Count Basie Complete Live at the Crescendo 1958 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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