Chuck Nessa

Here is a listing: 27.28 Carl Fontana The Great Fontana w/Al Cohn, Richard Wyands, Ray Drummond & Akira Tana 27.29 Tommy Flanagan Nights at the Vanguard w/ George Mraz & Al Foster 27.30 Freddie Redd Lonely City w/Clifford Jordan, C Sharpe, Don Sickler, George Duvivier & Ben Riley 27.31 Pepper Adams The Adams Effect w/Frank Foster, Tommy Flanagan, Ron Carter & Billy Hart 27.32 Jimmy Gourley The Left Bank of NY w/ Ralph Moore, Don Sickler, Marc Johnson & Victor Lewis 27.33 An Uptown Christmas w/ Tommy Flanagan, Jack Sheldon, Sahib Shihab, Barry Harris, Carl Fontana, Walter Davis, Jr., Maria Muldaur, Richard Wyands, Charlie Rouse, Kenny Barron, Frank Wess, Johnny Coles, Claudio Roditi & Don Sickler 27.34 Charlie Rouse Soul Mates w/Sahib Shihab, Claudio Roditi, Walter Davis Jr., Santi Debriano & Victor Lewis 27.35 Chet Baker Boston, 1954 w/ Russ Freeman, Carson Smith & Bob Neel 27.36 Charlie Parker Montreal 1953 w/Valdo Williams, Hal Gaylor, Billy Graham, Dick Garcia, Paul Bley, Brew Moore, Steep Wade, Bob Rudd, Bobby Malloy, Neil Michaud & Ted Paskert 27.37 Densil Pinnock I Waited for You w/Richard Wyands, Neil Swainson, Don Sickler, Jimmy Heath, David Laing, etc. 27.38 Serge Chaloff Boston 1950 w/Sonny Truitt, Nat Pierce, George Jones, Joe MacDonald, Joe Schulman, Rollins Griffith, Milt Gold, Al Vega, Jack Lawler & Sonny Taclof 27.39 Don Sickler Night Watch w/Carl Fontana, Ralph Moore, Bobby Porcelli, Gary Smulyan, Richard Wyands, Peter Washington & Kenny Washington 27.40 Sonny Clark Oakland 1955 w/ Jerry Good & Al Randall 27.41 Kenny Barron New York Attitude w/ Rufus Reid & Frederick Waits 27.42 Charlie Parker Boston 1952 w/ Joe Gordon, Dick Twardzik, Charlie Mingus, Roy Haynes, Herbie Williams, Rollins Griffith, Jimmy Woode & Marquis Foster 27.43 Jack Sheldon Playing for Change w/Jerry Dodgion, Barry Harris, Rufus Reid & Ben Riley 27.44 Dodo Marmarosa Pittsburgh 1958 w/ Danny Mastri, Henry Sciullo, Danny Conn, Carlo Galluzzo, Jimmy DeJulio, Chuck Spatafore, Sterling Yates, Johnny Vance & Buzz Renn 27.45 Coleman Hawkins Jamestown 1958 w/Ted Donnelly, Norman Lester, Leon Spann & Jerry Potter 27.46 Lee Wiley Music of Manhattan, 1951 w/Billy Butterfield, Joe Bushkin, Mort Schulmaker, George Wettling, Dave Bowman, Muggsy Spanier, Barrett Deems, George Wein, Buck Clayton, Milt Hinton , Joe Jones, etc. 27.47 Barry Harris For the Moment w/ Rufus Reid & Leroy Williams 27.48 Charles ‘Baron’ Mingus West Coast 1945-49 w/Buddy Collette, Britt Woodman, Lucky Thompson, Roy Porter, Maxwell Davis, Nat Bates, Lee Young, Henry Coker,WilliamWoodman,Willie Smith, Jimmy Bunn, Eric Dolphy, etc. 27.49 Allen Eager In the Land of Oo-Bla-Dee 1947-53 with Dick Twardzik, Serge Chaloff, Buddy Rich, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Max Roach, etc 27.50 Charlie Rouse – Red Rodney Social Call w/ Albert Dailey, Cecil McBee and Kenny Washington 27.51 Dizzy Gillespie – Charlie Parker Town Hall 1945 w/ Al Haig, Curly Russell, Max Roach, Don Byas 2731, 2736 and 2739 are out of stock at the moment. If anyone needs more details let me know.

Bob Sunenblick (label owner) an MD based in Montreal is a dedicated "collector type". He has a unique knack for finding stuff, but not enough time to really run a label and sometimes an "unclear" view of ultimate value. This is a common failing of fans starting out as collectors of "rare" recordings. About 10 years ago, when he was based in the NY/NJ area and I was an Uptown distributor, he called me to say he was moving to Canada, wanted to keep the label in the US and didn't know what to do. I said I could handle his inventory and shipping so he could keep a US address. Over the years I have become a "trusted advisor" and help with the production of projects. I have had some hand in the last 17 releases. This varies from selecting material/takes, listening to masterings, suggesting changes, saying "no" to some projects, pushing others. Bob pays my real expenses and my only financial return is what I manage to sell myself. I undoubtedly lose in this deal, but I love having a chance to shape these projects. I hope this helps.

Suddenly he's Mr. Zoologist. ← IIRC, an old girlfriend drove a Toyota Cervidaen! It was a cool car. Nice nipples too.

I sold these in 1991 for over a thousand each - to a friggin' dealer.

Geez, I thought this might be about a long awaited reissue of the Federal Smokey Smothers sides.

Maybe acquiring.

You "animal" fans are all alike.

I was searching for GERALD WILSON.

I think Concord is busy figuring out how to dub in vocals by Tony Bennett, Norah, etc. When that shit is straightened out, we will have 'em.

Mike, would you have thought of George?

Hey Moose - listen to the Diz/Bird - want to see those bovine (right species?) nipples stand erect.

This error contains no humor. I made a leader search for Gerald Wilson on my Bruyninckx program and the result was ZIP! I could not believe he/they ignored GW so the closest I could come was Garland Wilson, so I searched for that - I thought I would scroll down and find Gerald. Nothing of the kind - seems like they think Garland Wilson made all of Gerald's records.

Wasn't that the odd show where Trane played all bossa novas?

Damn! I wondered what happen to that disc. Send it back asap.

Chuck, Tried searching to find out if the option to purchase from you is listed anywhere on the site and I can't find the info. That being said, can I purchase directly from you, via PayPal? Thanks, Marla ← Yes, nessarecords@earthlink.net for PayPal. $15 pp in the US.

Back during their "Free America" sale, after about a month waiting, one of their phone people told me "in stock" meant they could order it.

Yeah, but I don't think he was one of the original beepsters like "Hen".

I'm with you.

Just to make sure, this is the sax guy who plays really fast, right?

All props to Smalls.

FWIW "You and Lee" is one of the titles available for download on the Verve site.

Good to see I made a couple of folks happy.

The River was a ballet written circa 1970. There is a 40+ minute band recording on one of the "Private Collection" discs. In the notes Stanley Dance writes "First, he recorded the main themes as piano solos for the guidance of choreographer Alvin Ailey".

I wrote to Tom Hull after that article ran and asked why Smalls hadn't been included. From what he said, it was below the minimum number of releases in the catalog. The 'smallest' label listed had 12 according to him. We have 9 (at least til September). I was a little disappointed not to see it listed, and now that you mentioned it, the other labels that were omitted as well. Luke ← Quantity always wins over quality. How would Dial have fared in 1950?

I can be there in a couple of weeks. What brand of Scotch?