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The most difficult part of Tjader's discography is the first, his early sideman dates (most importantly with Dave Brubeck and George Shearing) and his first tenure with Galaxy and Fantasy labels. The problem lies in the rapid changes of disc formats between the 1940's and 1960's. First there were only 78 rpm 10" shellac dics with close to 3 minutes maximum playing time (the 12" discs were reserved for classical music), but the desire for discs with longer playing time led to the invention of the LP played at 33 rpm, which was a 10" disc at first, too. The term "album" was initially used for a compilation of several discs, the LP replicated that playing time. 3 to 4 sides of shellac discs were on one side of a 10" LP. Recordings of longer tracks were now possible. There were re-issues of older material as well as new recordings conceived with the longer playing time in mind. But the advent of the 12" LP necessitated reissues and caused new compilations, adding previously unreleased material or omitting tracks when there was too much - independent jazz labels had there problems during those years - take a look at Blue Note, Prestige or Riverside and how they handled repackaging the music originally released on 10" Lp to 12" LP. Fantasy had a little less problems: The main business of Max and Sol Weiss was a manufacturing plant for custom made plastic parts, part of which soon was a vinyl record pressing plant, the Circle Record Co. So when they finaliy realized their idea of their own record labels, which they named Galaxy and Fantasy (they were fans of Science Fiction and Fantasy magazines) they had all formats at their discposal. All the issues of Cal Tjader's music are a perfect illustration of how to handle this - or how you shouldn't but nevertheless did. For details, please have a look at my discography: https://jazzdiscography.com/Artists/cal-tjader/cal-tjader-discography-part1.php It started with the Dave Brubeck Trio's four sides for Coronet, which the Circle Company had manufactured. Brubeck had baught them back and approached the Weiss brothers, who agreed to reissue them but wanted new recordings first, which led to the release of singles, at first 10" 78 rpm shellac discs, then 7" 45 rpm vinyl, and later 10" LPs. They kept the new sessions intact but added two Coronet tracks. So if you talk about "original LPs" of the Brubeck Trio, mention the ten inchers first: Fantasy LP 3-1, 3-2 and 3-4 - Distinctive Rhythm Instrumentals (1951-52) Tjader was the Jack of all trades here, playing drumset, bongos, or vibes, which he had just bought - he was entirely self taught on that instrument! His mother's piano lessons were a good base, of course. The discs pictured above had three tracks on each side, but then were reissued as a double 10" with four track per side. Furthermore, Frantasy reissued the same takes on single releases as the Coronet 78's but used two alternates for the 10" LPs - a fact the label never noticed, or so it seems. Next step were 12" LPs and CDs with all 24 tracks as released on the 10" LPs, but missing the two original takes and some radio material a board member recently discovered. Pleas consult my disco - it is complicated. These are the later issues: The Fantasy CD reissues this, as well as several European public domain issues: The latter displays later Fantasy LP issues. None of these includes the two origianlly issued takes of Laura and Tea For Two from the Coronet 78's.

Now spinning: Milton Nascimento - Encontros e Despedidas (Polydor, 1985) The album title translates to English as Meetings and Farewells.

Thanks. Also some website/blog reviews I saw. Next time in the shop I'll leaf through the book (I'm a fast reader) and check...no time today. OTOH, I suspect that Dolphy bio material is really scarce, rendering a detailed biography a la Szwed (for instance) unlikely. By way of comparison, I sprang for Combs's Dameronia, which had the same shortcomings. Tadd was both secretive and prone to dissembling / dissimulation, so there wasn't much to go by. [Sadly, I never managed to get a hold of Ian MacDonald's Dameron book.]

I think that this is an incredible video. The power of music.

Yes - go Brewers!!

with Hank Jones, Monty Budwig, and Jeff Hamilton

Wall Street Journal too, as well as all the papers here in northeast Ohio, even the paper in the county I live in. CNN online has a nice area devoted to Ozzy as well. Yes, agree. first five albums, plus a six, Sabotage being my favorite: The birth of thrash metal can be heard here: Becomes clear, especially early Metallica that they wouln't have sounded the way they did, if it wasn't for this track. I believe Metallica played Symptom of the Universe at the Birmingham Black Sabbath festival. About Ozzy, agree Blizzard of Oz and Diary of a Madman (Bark at the Moon gets an honorable mention) sent Ozzy into the stratusphere.

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A review posted on Amazon seems to confirm your fears.

Great to see Ozzy's obituary on the front page of today's New York Times. The obituary continues inside the newspaper (it fills up an entire page inside the newspaper). Of course I bought a copy.

Anyone read the Grasse biography? I just saw it on a bookstore. Wavering on whether to buy, in the process of looking for reviews. Looks like it's a near exhaustive discussion of recordings, but not really a bio. In which case I'll likely pass and hope for interlibrary loan availability.

Well recorded in the first year, released in the second. . . .

That's a weird record...a lot less CTI-ish than I was expecting. More like a really good club band, One of the earliest CTIs though, right?

One of my most treasured BN releases. I paid about $30 for mine 16-17 years ago, which was a deal at the time.

Fats Theus “Black Out” CTI Supreme King Records Japan cd Bass – Chuck Rainey, Jimmy Lewis Drums – Idris Muhammad Guitar – Grant Green Organ – Clarence Palmer, Hilton Felton Saw – Eddie Moore Tenor Saxophone – Fats Theus Recorded at Van Gelder Studios. Recorded July 16, 22, 1970.

More Moravec & Chopin: - Barcarolle in F# Major, Opus 60 - Etude in C# Minor, Opus 25, No. 7 - Mazurka in C# Minor, Opus 50, No. 3 - Mazurka in C# Minor, Opus 63, No. 3 - Mazurka in A Minor, Opus 7, No. 2 - Mazurka in C Major, Opus 24, No. 2 - Mazurka in A Minor, Opus 17, No. 4 - Scherzo, No. 1 in B Minor, Opus 20

Now on my turntable: Chopin's Ballades performed by Ivan Moravec, as heard in this set: Exquisite. I've been on a Chopin kick lately. Sounds like I should track down that Cherkassky recording.

The American Jazz Institute presents Mark Masters Ensemble “Peggy’s Blue Skylight” Capri Records cd Arrangements (arguably “recompositions”) by Masters of Mingus and Mulligan material. A real showcase for the system–superb engineering.

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