Stereojack

Lee Mortimer Walter Winchell Louella Parsons

Don Patterson Oscar Peterson Putter Smith

Buzz Aldrin Robert Aldrich Robert Altman

A test pressing is usually an advance pressing made before the official release of a record. Sometimes they were sent to reviewers or to the writer of the liner notes, or perhaps to those involved in the production. Test pressings of famous records like Beatles albums for example can be very desireable. Or if a test pressing differs in some way from the final album, it can be of value. These seem to be Mosaic catalog numbers. If so they are: 121 - Ike Quebec 113 - Chet Baker 114 - Art Hodes 116 - Bud Powell 117 - Buddy DeFranco These are single discs from multi-album boxed sets. The number after MR indicates how many discs were in the complete set. I don't imagine that by themselves they have any great value, but Mosaic has a rabid following among jazz fans, and these being early titles which are now out of print, it's possible that somebody somewhere might part with a few bucks to obtain them.

Buddy Saltzman The Clovers The Nutmegs

Ruppli's Chess discography shows the session with scant details - no personnel, location, or exact date, although the matrix numbers place it in November, 1961. ART FARMER Art Farmer (tp) with ? 11307 The Day After -1 11308 Blue Room 11309 Nobody's Heart 11310 Change Partners 11311 Ponsu 11312 Swing Spring 11313 Kayin' 11314 Tonk -1 11315 Lullaby of the Leaves -1 These titles were scheduled to be issued as a single, which was not released. The whole session was probably rejected (see remakes on masters 11423/11430) My comments: Interestingly, the remake session, which came out as "Perception", was made in October, so the matrix numbers for the unissued session must have been assigned in November, the session having probably been recorded earlier. Perhaps the matrix numbers were assigned when Chess/Argo first received the tapes.

Joseph "Zigaboo" Modeliste Art Neville Leo Nocentelli

I've spent the last couple of days with this disc listening while driving to & from work, and hope I 've come up with a few decent guesses! 1. This reminds me of some of the early 60’s Max Roach groups, but I seem to recall that most of those sessions were without piano, so I don’t know. If this is Roach, then we’ve got George Coleman on tenor, Booker Little trumpet, a second tenor player. The tempo seems to be more than some of the musicians are comfortable with, and the drummer really doesn’t sound like Max. Kind of a muddy recording, as well. 2. This is awfully familiar, but coming up with some names? These guys are very much in the Miles Smiles bag, but who the hell is the soprano player? Maybe this is of more recent vintage than the mid-1960’s style suggests? Good playing all around. 3. A bluesier bag on this. I think the alto gives it away. Joe Gordon, trumpet, from Lookin’ Good, with the unruly Jimmy Woods on alto! 4. Can’t really place this – sounds like 1950’s. Possibly Cecil Payne on bari? Or maybe Tate Houston? Can’t place the tenor. 5. This whole thing has got a McCoy Tyner feel to it, I wonder if this might be from one of those Blue Note sessions that came out years after the fact. Is that John Gilmore on tenor? The trumpet has got to Freddie. 6. I think this is a Freddie Hubbard tune, probably from his Open Sesame album. I’m gonna guess that this is James Spaulding on flute, probably from one of his recent Muse or Highnote albums. 7. Boppish alto. The drummer reminds me of Philly Joe – can it be Kenny Washington? I dunno, the whole things seems a tad shallow to me, a little too clever for it’s own good. 8. Can this be anyone but the late Albert Mangelsdorff? This sounds as if it dates from the late 1960’s. 9. I think this is Clarence (Gene) Shaw, from one of his Argo albums, most likely Carnival Sketches. A lovely track. Richard Evans , bass. 10. Cole Porter’s Get Out of Town. The tuba threw me off at first. I’m thinking Arthur Blythe on alto. 11. The vibes player has certainly heard Bags, but then who hasn’t? Possibly Lem Winchester? Or maybe very early Bobby Hutcherson? The alto as a little off kilter in a nice sorta way, can’t recognize him. 12. In the mid 1960’s, just about every other jazz album had a track like this, and this one doesn’t seem to rise above the ordinary, at least to me. Solos are too short for anybody to get anything going, but then again, the whole idea was to get it played on jukeboxes. I do like the drummer, but the whole thing’s just a little too trite for me. Pucho & the Latin Soul Brothers maybe? 13. I’m pretty sure this is Chico Hamilton, possibly Conquistadores. The guitarist has some elements of Gabor Szabo, but I’m not so sure it’s him. I was a big fan at the time of the Hamilton groups with Charles Lloyd et al, but in the mid-60’s Chico’s music took a more commercial turn, and he lost me. This is fun to hear now, though. A nice upbeat ending to a fine and very challenging BFT, Stefan!

Willie Nelson Nelson Mandela Harvey Mandel

The Hardy Boys Nancy Drew Kenny Drew

Connie Booth John Wilkes Booth Booth Tarkington

Jackie McLean Connie McLean Connie Francis

Kris Kristofferson Christopher Robin Fred Robbins

I've thought about doing that, but I have this fear that even visiting such a site is going to do something to infect my machine or worse yet, find personal info on it, even if I enter the username and password you suggest. Me, too. I get daily phishes from "Ebay" and "Paypal" and lately have been forwarding them to Ebayspoofs. I'm tempted to respond with obscenity in the blank fields, but I don't want to catch any viruses.

Long Dong Silver Henry Silva Sylvain Sylvain

Cousin is OK, but by all means, don't mention her mother!

Jefferson Davis Miles Davis Sylvia Miles

Rafael Mendez Sergio Mendes Sergio Aragones

Lincoln Chase Roosevelt Sykes Ike Isaacs Taft Jordan Woodrow Herman Hoover Damn Henry Fillmore Bobby Pierce Pepper Adams

Lincoln Chase Roosevelt Sykes Ike Isaacs

I think that Ray may have had some influence in the popularity of what came to be known a "soul jazz", but I don't think that one can say that he created it. Horace Silver recorded things like "Doodlin'" (covered by Ray, btw) and "The Preacher" in 1954, long before Ray had recorded any jazz records.

Carter Jefferson Eddie Jefferson Thomas Jefferson

Hamilton Burger Della Street Lieutenant Tragg

Gray Gordon Dexter Gordon Mr. Jazzman

I saw the group live at the Jazz Workshop in Boston the first time they came out. The first LP pretty accurately captures what Young sounded like with this band - very loud and distorted. It didn't bother me at the time, though. Neither did Tony's vocals........... I wonder if Larry may have changed his setup by the time they made "Turn It Over".