Mark Stryker Posted February 24, 2018 Report Share Posted February 24, 2018 This record just made it on to my radar. Lord disocgraphy says 1956, which would make by a couple of years the earliest Roland Hanna on record. Yet I don't see it listed in discogs, and I'm confused as to why I didn't pick it up some months ago when I last was looking into Hanna. Anybody know anything about this or have a copy that gives any clues about exactly when it was recorded or mentions Roland in the liner notes? The Seldon Powell Sextet : Jimmy Cleveland (tb) Seldon Powell (ts) Sir Roland Hanna (p) Freddie Green (g) Aaron Bell (b) Osie Johnson (d) New York, 1956 Woody'n you Roost LP2220, Fresh Sound (Sp)FSR-CD93 [CD] She's funny that way (jc out) - - 11th hour blues - - Button nose - - Missy's melody - - I'll close my eyes (jc out) - - A flower is a lovesome thing (jc out) - - It's a crying shame - - Note: Fresh Sound (Sp)FSR-CD93 [CD] titled "Seldon Powell Sextet Featuring Jimmy Cleveland"; see flwg session for rest of CD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted February 24, 2018 Report Share Posted February 24, 2018 This is all I have, repeats the above: SELDON POWELL SEXTET NYC. 1956 Eight titles:Jimmy Cleveland (tb), Seldon Powell (ts), Roland Hanna (p), Freddie Green (g), Aaron Bell (b), Osie Johnson (dm).) NYC. 1956 Four titles: As above except Gus Johnson (dm) replaces Osie Johnson. Bought this on LP back then. Very good stuff. A later nice taste of Powell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDYRJZT3WMg Early 60's hard bop session lead by drummer Bill English, with Dave Burns, Seldon Powell, Martin Rivera and Lloyd Mayers. 222 Fly Me To The Moon Rollin' Heavy Soul 7th Ave Bill A Blues Serenade Sel's Tune Makin' Whoopee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Steve Posted February 25, 2018 Report Share Posted February 25, 2018 7 hours ago, Mark Stryker said: This record just made it on to my radar. Lord disocgraphy says 1956, which would make by a couple of years the earliest Roland Hanna on record. Yet I don't see it listed in discogs, and I'm confused as to why I didn't pick it up some months ago when I last was looking into Hanna. Anybody know anything about this or have a copy that gives any clues about exactly when it was recorded or mentions Roland in the liner notes? The Seldon Powell Sextet : Jimmy Cleveland (tb) Seldon Powell (ts) Sir Roland Hanna (p) Freddie Green (g) Aaron Bell (b) Osie Johnson (d) New York, 1956 Woody'n you Roost LP2220, Fresh Sound (Sp)FSR-CD93 [CD] She's funny that way (jc out) - - 11th hour blues - - Button nose - - Missy's melody - - I'll close my eyes (jc out) - - A flower is a lovesome thing (jc out) - - It's a crying shame - - Note: Fresh Sound (Sp)FSR-CD93 [CD] titled "Seldon Powell Sextet Featuring Jimmy Cleveland"; see flwg session for rest of CD. I have the Fresh Sound facsimile reissue LP of this one (FSR-588 - it has all 12 tracks indicated by L. Kart above). The back cover gives the pianist als "Hac" Hanna in the line-up listing and as Roland "Hac" Hanna in the liner notes by Barry Ulanov. But no reording date is given either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stryker Posted February 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2018 Thanks for the info guys. If anybody knows more, please chime in,. Moderators: I accidentally created this thread in the wrong place, so please feel free to move to Discography. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Friedman Posted February 26, 2018 Report Share Posted February 26, 2018 I recently acquired this Fresh Sounds CD titled - Seldon Powell Nonet and Sextet - Go First Class - The Complete Roost Sessions. This CD has 20 tracks. It includes the 1956 material with Jimmy Cleveland and Roland Hanna. Also included is the Nonet material with Jimmy Nottingham, Bob Alexander, Pete Mondello, Heywood Henry, Tony Aless, Billy Bauer, Arnold Fishpond and Don Lamond. This nonet material is dated October,24 and November 14, 1955 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted February 28, 2018 Report Share Posted February 28, 2018 WPCR-29057 Japan SHM-CD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopkins Posted March 27, 2020 Report Share Posted March 27, 2020 On 2/24/2018 at 8:18 PM, Larry Kart said: This is all I have, repeats the above: SELDON POWELL SEXTET NYC. 1956 Eight titles:Jimmy Cleveland (tb), Seldon Powell (ts), Roland Hanna (p), Freddie Green (g), Aaron Bell (b), Osie Johnson (dm).) NYC. 1956 Four titles: As above except Gus Johnson (dm) replaces Osie Johnson. Bought this on LP back then. Very good stuff. A later nice taste of Powell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDYRJZT3WMg Early 60's hard bop session lead by drummer Bill English, with Dave Burns, Seldon Powell, Martin Rivera and Lloyd Mayers. 222 Fly Me To The Moon Rollin' Heavy Soul 7th Ave Bill A Blues Serenade Sel's Tune Makin' Whoopee Good stuff ! I don't have a record player, and found this album on Qobuz: https://www.qobuz.com/fr-fr/album/bill-english-bill-english/0015700912751 Edited by "Vanguard Digital Vault". There is no CD issue referenced on Discogs. Wondering whether this is an LP "rip". Anyone familiar with those releases ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel A Posted March 27, 2020 Report Share Posted March 27, 2020 I have listened to a few Vanguard albums on Spotify with the "Digital Vault" label. They didn't sound like LP rips; sound quality was fine. See also here for some info: https://variety.com/2006/digital/news/vanguard-opens-vault-for-itunes-1117955857/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopkins Posted March 27, 2020 Report Share Posted March 27, 2020 (edited) Purchased Lame cover art on Qobuz to be replaced... Here are nice size front and back covers of the LP: https://www.hhv.de/shop/en/item/bill-english-bill-english-54384 By the way, Jan Evensmo has a nice "solography" of Seldon Powell here: http://www.jazzarcheology.com/seldon-powell/ Here is the Discogs entry for the album mentionned in the first post of the thread: https://www.discogs.com/Seldon-Powell-Sextet-Featuring-Jimmy-Cleveland-Seldon-Powell-Sextet-Featuring-Jimmy-Cleveland/master/665788 Edited March 27, 2020 by hopkins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted March 28, 2020 Report Share Posted March 28, 2020 1 hour ago, hopkins said: By the way, Jan Evensmo has a nice "solography" of Seldon Powell here: http://www.jazzarcheology.com/seldon-powell/ From that document: BOB WILBER NYC. ca. 1960/61 Personnel including Bob Wilber (ts?, comp, arr), Seldon Powell (ts), Hilton Jefferson, Jerome Richardson, (as) and others. Eight titles were recorded for Music Minus One 4006 (cannot find this in Lord), issued as “For Saxes Only!”. Lots of tenorsax playing here, but difficult to note down, and who is it? Seems to be the same artist on all items. No, not that difficult. One side of the LP is "minus" alto, and all tenor solos are heard naturally. Wilber plays some, Powell plays some. Their styles are not hard to distinguish. Judging by how they "minus" the instruments, It seems like they had mikes on everybody and then pulled down whichever one was playing the "minus"-ed part. Sometimes it's the lead alto, sometimes the 2nd. Same thing with the tenor side, sometimes you're playing Wilber's part, sometime Powell's. The cool (kinda) thing is that there's enough occasional leakage on the each side that you can confirm 100% that it's the same performances on both sides. That, and the solos that you, the at-home player, are being asked to play are transcribed and notated in the play-along chart. So if you want to learn a Powell, solo, you just listen to the "minus alto" side and boom, there it is. I mean, you can still hear it on the minus tenor side but just as leakage. On the minus alto side, it's there, just like a regular record. Listen to one side, read the part from the chart for the other side. Minus tenor (and this is one where Powell solos, so he's not hear hear, you play his part): Now, same performance, minus alto, with Powell heard fully: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted March 28, 2020 Report Share Posted March 28, 2020 Powell sure had a sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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