ghost of miles Posted December 30, 2021 Report Share Posted December 30, 2021 Just posted my list on the Night Lights site: Best Historical Releases 2021 What were your favorites? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted December 30, 2021 Report Share Posted December 30, 2021 The new Tristano Mosaic — at 6 CD’s and something approaching 6 hours of all previously unreleased material — would surely have to qualify. I know it’s only just shipping this week, but a few board members have gotten theirs, so it’s still a 2021 release technically. (Suggested in the spirit of it not getting lost in the shuffle.) Unless it turns out to “ought to be” at the very top of the list next year too, once it’s been properly assessed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted December 30, 2021 Report Share Posted December 30, 2021 These are the ones that I've bought....seems like a lot in one year (for me, anyway) and they've all been good...better than ususal, it seems. Hasaan Ibn Ali, Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album (Omnivore Recordings) Hasaan Ibn Ali, Retrospect In Retirement Of Delay: The Solo Recordings (Omnivore Recordings) Art Blakey, First Flight To Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings (Blue Note) Roy Brooks, Understanding (Reel To Real) Don Cherry, The Summer House Sessions (Blank Forms) John Coltrane, A Love Supreme Live In Seattle (Impulse) Julius Hemphill, The Boyé Multi-National Crusade for Harmony (New World Records) Joe Henderson, Complete Blue Note Studio Sessions (Mosaic Records) Harold Land, Westward Bound (Reel To Real) Lee Morgan, Complete Live At The Lighthouse (Blue Note) Charlie Parker, Bird In L.A. (Verve) Bud Powell, 1962 Copenhagen (Steeplechase) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko Posted December 30, 2021 Report Share Posted December 30, 2021 17 minutes ago, Rooster_Ties said: The new Tristano Mosaic — at 6 CD’s and something approaching 6 hours of all previously unreleased material — would surely have to qualify. I know it’s only just shipping this week, but a few board members have gotten theirs, so it’s still a 2021 release technically. (Suggested in the spirit of it not getting lost in the shuffle.) Unless it turns out to “ought to be” at the very top of the list next year too, once it’s been properly assessed. the secret tricks of those who want make sure they escape those types of lists in both 2021 and 2022... guess they can afford it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted December 30, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2021 2 hours ago, Rooster_Ties said: The new Tristano Mosaic — at 6 CD’s and something approaching 6 hours of all previously unreleased material — would surely have to qualify. I know it’s only just shipping this week, but a few board members have gotten theirs, so it’s still a 2021 release technically. (Suggested in the spirit of it not getting lost in the shuffle.) Unless it turns out to “ought to be” at the very top of the list next year too, once it’s been properly assessed. Yeah, problem is that I haven't gotten mine yet--and I don't list anything that I haven't actually listened to. Mosaic's Christmas-season sets often land in that nebulous end-of-the-year period... the Tristano set, I'd wager, is a solid bet to land on my list next December. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted December 30, 2021 Report Share Posted December 30, 2021 2 hours ago, Rooster_Ties said: The new Tristano Mosaic — at 6 CD’s and something approaching 6 hours of all previously unreleased material — would surely have to qualify. I know it’s only just shipping this week, but a few board members have gotten theirs, so it’s still a 2021 release technically. (Suggested in the spirit of it not getting lost in the shuffle.) Unless it turns out to “ought to be” at the very top of the list next year too, once it’s been properly assessed. I sure wish a lot of this set sounded better. Some of it is darned near impossible for me to sit through, and I can sit through some rough stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted December 30, 2021 Report Share Posted December 30, 2021 Sun Ra - Omniverse (Modern Harmonic) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Dryden Posted December 30, 2021 Report Share Posted December 30, 2021 (edited) I recorded a Timeless Jazz show focusing on Best Historical Releases and Reissues on December 16, scheduled to air on January 2, 2022. There are a number of Japanese reissues included. Unfortunately, The new Mosaic Records Lennie Tristano Sessions arrived 11 days after the show was recorded, as I had no studio access from December 18-January 2 due to holiday closing of the station. Here's the link to the 2 hour show: https://archive.org/details/timeless-jazz-1-2-2022-best-historical-and-reissued-cds Here is the playlist: Louis Armstrong & Dave Brubeck The Complete Columbia + RCA Victor Studio Sessions 1946-1966 They Say I Look Like God (Take 1) Mosaic Records - Bill Evans Behind the Dikes: The 1969 Netherlands Recordings (Live) Turn Out the Stars (Live) Elemental Music Aki Takase & Rudi Mahall Duet For Eric Dolphy Hat And Beard Solid/Enja - Hal Galper Quintet with Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker, Wayne Dockery & Bob Moses Live at the Berlin Philharmonic, 1977 Now Hear This Origin Records Joe Henderson The Complete Joe Henderson Blue Note Studio Sessions Our Thing (alternate take) Mosaic Records Roy Hargrove & Mulgrew Miller In Harmony (Live) Invitation (Live) Resonance Records Lee Konitz & Martial Solal Live at the Berlin Jazz Days 1980 Subconciously MPS Johnny Hodges 13 Mars 1961 Live in Paris Jeep's Blues Fremeaux & Associes Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers First Flight To Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings Moanin' Blue Note Roseanna Vitro - Listen Here (feat. Kenny Barron) Listen Here Skyline Red Rodney-Herman Schoonderwalt Quintet Scrapple From the Apple - Live at Nick Vollebregt's Jazzcafe in Laren Jordu Solid/Timeless Sheila Jordan Comes Love: Lost Session 1960 A Sleepin' Bee Capri Records Ltd. Erroll Garner Symphony Hall Concert I Can't Get Started With You Mack Avenue Oscar Peterson - A Time for Love: The Oscar Peterson Quartet Live in Helsinki, 1987 A Time for Love: The Oscar Peterson Quartet Live in Helsinki, 1987 Blues Etude Mack Avenue Art Farmer Soul Eyes Cherokee Sketches Solid/Enja David Liebman Quartet featuring Mike Nock Open Heart The Star Crossed Lovers Solid/Enja Edited December 30, 2021 by Ken Dryden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felser Posted December 31, 2021 Report Share Posted December 31, 2021 I'll vote for the Brooks Understanding, the Coltrane ALS Seattle and the Juju Prince Street releases, they shed meaningful new light for me, where some of the other great releases just recycled and/or supplemented what we already knew, thankful as I am for some of those (especially the Morgan Lighthouse set). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted December 31, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2021 1 hour ago, jazzbo said: I sure wish a lot of this set sounded better. Some of it is darned near impossible for me to sit through, and I can sit through some rough stuff. Saw a similar comment that you made in the Tristano set thread. Like you I’m not easily put off by rough sound, so your response is dampening my anticipation for this box a bit. How does it compare to, say, the Benedetti Parker, or the Tristano Wow CD that the family put out in the 1990s? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted December 31, 2021 Report Share Posted December 31, 2021 10 minutes ago, ghost of miles said: Saw a similar comment that you made in the Tristano set thread. Like you I’m not easily put off by rough sound, so your response is dampening my anticipation for this box a bit. How does it compare to, say, the Benedetti Parker, or the Tristano Wow CD that the family put out in the 1990s? I honestly haven't been able to get past the initial shock of the sound and sit down and focus on it to evaluate it. My gut says that at least the first disc is a bit less sonically restored as most of the Benedetti, more in line with the worst of that set. I don't remember the "Wow" cd sound . . . haven't heard that disc for some time and I believe it is in storage now. The sextet material just sounded very diffuse and unfocused initially and I stopped listening. Perhaps next week I'll be able to dedicate more time to the set. The trio material is in very good sound--I listened to disc IV twice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John L Posted December 31, 2021 Report Share Posted December 31, 2021 (edited) On 12/30/2021 at 2:58 PM, JSngry said: These are the ones that I've bought....seems like a lot in one year (for me, anyway) and they've all been good...better than ususal, it seems. Hasaan Ibn Ali, Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album (Omnivore Recordings) Hasaan Ibn Ali, Retrospect In Retirement Of Delay: The Solo Recordings (Omnivore Recordings) Art Blakey, First Flight To Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings (Blue Note) Roy Brooks, Understanding (Reel To Real) Don Cherry, The Summer House Sessions (Blank Forms) John Coltrane, A Love Supreme Live In Seattle (Impulse) Julius Hemphill, The Boyé Multi-National Crusade for Harmony (New World Records) Joe Henderson, Complete Blue Note Studio Sessions (Mosaic Records) Harold Land, Westward Bound (Reel To Real) Lee Morgan, Complete Live At The Lighthouse (Blue Note) Charlie Parker, Bird In L.A. (Verve) Bud Powell, 1962 Copenhagen (Steeplechase) I forgot that the Hemphill box was released this year. That and the Hassan solo recordings were of huge historical importance. Edited January 3, 2022 by John L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted December 31, 2021 Report Share Posted December 31, 2021 1 hour ago, Ken Dryden said: David Liebman Quartet featuring Mike Nock Open Heart The Star Crossed Lovers Solid/Enja Ken, Amazon has only used copies of this. Any idea where a new copy can be found? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Dryden Posted December 31, 2021 Report Share Posted December 31, 2021 I think I got this Japanese import reissue from Dusty Groove, I will have to check my purchase file. I would have included tracks from the Roy Brooks and Lee Morgan Lighthouse set, but the tracks were a bit long for my show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted December 31, 2021 Report Share Posted December 31, 2021 3 hours ago, Ken Dryden said: I think I got this Japanese import reissue from Dusty Groove, I will have to check my purchase file. Thanks, Ken! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gheorghe Posted December 31, 2021 Report Share Posted December 31, 2021 10 hours ago, JSngry said: These are the ones that I've bought....seems like a lot in one year (for me, anyway) and they've all been good...better than ususal, it seems. Hasaan Ibn Ali, Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album (Omnivore Recordings) Hasaan Ibn Ali, Retrospect In Retirement Of Delay: The Solo Recordings (Omnivore Recordings) Art Blakey, First Flight To Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings (Blue Note) Roy Brooks, Understanding (Reel To Real) Don Cherry, The Summer House Sessions (Blank Forms) John Coltrane, A Love Supreme Live In Seattle (Impulse) Julius Hemphill, The Boyé Multi-National Crusade for Harmony (New World Records) Joe Henderson, Complete Blue Note Studio Sessions (Mosaic Records) Harold Land, Westward Bound (Reel To Real) Lee Morgan, Complete Live At The Lighthouse (Blue Note) Charlie Parker, Bird In L.A. (Verve) Bud Powell, 1962 Copenhagen (Steeplechase) I have the Coltrane in Seattle, and love it !!! Charlie Parker in LA I hope will come: I had ordered it on Amazon as soon as it was advertised and got many delete messenges and the last one told me it will arrive on 7 ianuarie, so I hope I´ll have it soon. Bud Powell 1962 in Copenhaga I didn´t purchase since I already have the recording. I might add another big surprise for me from 2021: Sonny Rollins-George Duke-Stanley Clark-Al Foster Live under the Sky 1981. I think it was announced he in the forum but couldnt find the thread anymore, I would have liked to add my personal review..., Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted December 31, 2021 Report Share Posted December 31, 2021 Nucleus ‘Live at the BBC’ from Repertoire would be a late in year addition from me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Dryden Posted December 31, 2021 Report Share Posted December 31, 2021 9 hours ago, GA Russell said: Thanks, Ken! I bought ithe Dave Liebman Opal Heart import in October from importCDs, not Dusty Groove. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tranemonk Posted December 31, 2021 Report Share Posted December 31, 2021 18 hours ago, jazzbo said: I sure wish a lot of this set sounded better. Some of it is darned near impossible for me to sit through, and I can sit through some rough stuff. Which discs or sets are harder to hear? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted December 31, 2021 Report Share Posted December 31, 2021 18 minutes ago, tranemonk said: Which discs or sets are harder to hear? I have not listened to the whole set yet. So far discs 1 and 3 are very rough sounding . . . wire recordings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John L Posted December 31, 2021 Report Share Posted December 31, 2021 Thanks for the warning, Lon. Part of the issue is likely initial expectations. We usually just assume that any Mosaic is going to sound great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted December 31, 2021 Report Share Posted December 31, 2021 (edited) The detailed Tristano discography seems to suggest perhaps about an hour of ‘wire’ sources, not all on the same CD. I didn’t do the exact math, but that’s my recollection when I last took a gander at specifically which parts of the set came from wire recordings (a couple weeks ago). PS: My copy hasn’t shipped yet, so I can’t comment on the SQ directly. Edited December 31, 2021 by Rooster_Ties Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted December 31, 2021 Report Share Posted December 31, 2021 Hey Rooster - give that Sun Ra Omniverse a listem sometimes. To me, it's very "Andrew Hill" sounding in most places, and got me to thinking about what kind of interactions the two would have had in Chicago (three, if you add in Gilmore). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted December 31, 2021 Report Share Posted December 31, 2021 22 hours ago, jazzbo said: I sure wish a lot of this set sounded better. Some of it is darned near impossible for me to sit through, and I can sit through some rough stuff. That’s too bad. I may have to pass on it if it’s that poor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster_Ties Posted December 31, 2021 Report Share Posted December 31, 2021 41 minutes ago, Brad said: That’s too bad. I may have to pass on it if it’s that poor. Wait for more reviews to come in. I imagine only 20% of the set will sound much less than decent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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