Stereojack

The music was also called "rebop" in the early days. Charlie Parker's first date for Savoy was issued under the name "Charlie Parker's Re-boppers".

I've sold a couple of volume one sets on Ebay. Both went for under $300. Volume three is the biggie!

Me too! PM sent.

Now that I finally got a copy of the Japanese Lp reissue of this .... it will be reissued on a LoneHill CD under Jim Hall's name (hah! he wasn't even on all the tracks), with the Hall / Red Kelly session added ..... ← The Lone Hill CD only contains the three tracks with Hall, and all of "Good Friday Blues".

Actually it's Stan Getz, not Zoot. And I believe they swap horns on two songs, and they sound pretty good!

This was just posted to the Hard Bop list. No details yet.

Three of the tracks (Romping/Swinging Easy/Nick's Dance) were issued on a compilation "Sax Appeal", Vee Jay 716, in 1993.

Well, here we go. I’ve listened all the way through in the car, and am listening on earphones a second time while writing these notes. 1. My first thought as this starts is Duke Ellington, late 30’s, and the clarinet seems to be Barney Bigard. The smoky trombone must be Lawrence Brown, but I get bogged down with the trumpet. It might be Cootie, but I’m not sure, and I’m on the fence as to whether this is Duke, especially since I like to think I know my early Duke, and I don’t recognize this. I’d expect more written passages if this were Duke, and aside from the subdued background riffing, this one is almost all solo work. 2. Are we jumping ahead 30 years with another Duke track? Ellingtonian at the beginning, but the tenor is unfamiliar. Nice tango feeling. I think this Barry Harris from one of the mid-1960’s Prestige albums, “Luminescence” or “Bullseye”. Kenny Dorham (tp), Junior Cook? (ts), Pepper Adams (bari) 3. Didn’t have a clue on first listen, found the drums a tad overrecorded, but on second listen I think it might be early Don Friedman on piano, with Joe Hunt on drums, from one of the Riverside albums, possibly “A Day In the City”. Very tasty. 4. The guitarist sounds an awful lot like Django, although until recently I wouldn’t have thought that Django had ever played so modern. A couple of months ago I picked up a Django LP on which Django plays with young modern musicians including Martial Solal, and it was good! Might this be from those sessions? 5. This opens with a typical Horace Silver intro, although it becomes obvious pretty quickly that this isn’t Horace. I like the bari player, but I can’t recognize him. The solos are frustratingly short – I’d like everybody to stretch out a little more. The tenor and trumpet are tantalizingly familiar! I’m gonna kick myself when I find out who this is! 6. This one had me stumped at first – clearly a 1940’s big band feature piece for the pianist, but then I think I got it: “The Moose”, Charlie Barnet’s band featuring young Dodo Marmarosa. 7. This sounds a lot like Tadd Dameron, possibly from “The Magic Touch” on Riverside? Joe Wilder (tp – beautiful!), I seem to remember that Jimmy Heath was the tenor on TMT, but this sounds like Charlie Rouse to me. And presumably the drummer is Philly Joe. 8. A nice 1930’s swing band with a stride piano intro. Claude Hopkins? Two trumpets, the second guy a high note man! Or might this be Chick Webb’s band – nice drumming. 9. Oh, this is so familiar. I think this is Dave Pike, can hear him moaning in the background. Is this Bill Evans – can this be from “Pike’s Peak”? The drummer doesn’t seem to be completely comfortable with the waltz time, a little stilted. A nice track, nonetheless. 10. Bari sounds like Serge Chaloff, but I can’t place the session. Maybe “Boston Blowup”, with Boots Mussulli on alto. Nice writing and ensemble playing, reminiscent of Woody’s second Herd. 11. Again, a familiar side. It kills me when I know it but I don’t know it! Blue Mitchell? A fine trumpet player, whoever he is. I think the bassist is Sam Jones. This must be an old Riverside album. I could guess any number of pianists, but no names are jumping out. 12. An early avant garde group, Mingus influence. Two altos – might this be Prince Lasha & Sonny Simmons? And while I’m sticking my neck out here – Bobby Hutcherson? 13. If this ain’t Basie, the pianist certainly took his Basie pills that morning. Two smoking tenor players, one of them might be Wardell Gray. This probably dates from the time that Basie was leading a small group in the early 1950’s. 14. I’m wondering if this might be the Jazz Epistles from South Africa. Dollar Brand (piano - very Monkish), Hugh Masakela (trumpet), Kippi Moeketsi (alto), Louis Moholo (drums)? 15. Well, I knew this one right away! One of my all time favorites! Howard McGhee & Fats Navarro! Can’t remember if the title is “The Skunk” or “Boperation”. I love this session. A masterpiece! 16. Oh yes, another favorite – Artie Shaw, “The Maid With the Flaccid Air”, written by the great Eddie Sauter. Such a treat to enjoy this while driving home from work! Such beautiful writing, and impeccably played! I know we share an admiration for Artie Shaw, Marty. 17. No guesses on this - a pleasant performance, again stingy on the solo work. You wish that the musicians would be given more opportunity to dig in. 18. I think this is Marion Brown from his “Three For Shepp” album on Impulse. A little tongue in cheek here. Grachan Moncur (trombone). I’m inclined to guess Jaki Byard on piano, but I seem to recall that Dave Burrell was the pianist on this session. Some very fine selections, Marty. In several instance I was frustrated that the producer hadn’t given the musicians more opportunities to stretch out, but that’s the record biz!

Isaac Stern Leni Stern Leni Riefenstahl

I'm too polite to answer that one!

Sheryl Crow Walter Pidgeon Coleman Hawkins

I hope you'll say hello when you come in. I'm the big guy sitting behind the counter on your left. Thanks, everybody, for the kind words!

A brilliant and original musician. The sad stories that came to us from Seattle were heartbreaking.

I found these records to be somewhat tepid until I saw the band live. They smoked! And then I got into the records, and I agree about Tony's writing - very nice. The Live in Tokyo set is the best - surprised that they aren't including it, unless they have other plans down the line.

Mine arrived today.

Guy Madison Buddy Guy Buddy Rich

Obviously the catalog numbers prove your point. I bought all these as they were released, and my memory tells me that Somewhere Before was second, but all these years have turned my memory banks into Swiss cheese.

Cherry Vanilla Vanilla Ice Jerry "Iceman" Butler

I believe it was called "Restoration Ruin", his third release on the Vortex label.

He plays on Shirley Scott's Strata East album "One For Me"

I offer my condolences to you. My mom was the first of my family to go, and my life changed that day. Watching her suffer in those last couple of months made it a little easier to accept her passing when it finally came, although it's always a shock, even when you know it's coming.

Ruby recorded two LP's with Dick Hyman playing the pipe organ: "Fats Waller's Heavenly Jive" (Chiaroscuro) "America the Beautiful" (Concord)

Really? Credited to Mercer Records on the Cool & Blue CD... ← Futurama was the original 78 label, the Mercer was a 10" LP.

1-2 Blue Serge / Blue Serge = 21 Sep. 1946: Ralph Burns Quintet (Dial) 10-13: Pumpernickel / Gabardine and Serge / Serge's Urge / Bar Second = 5 March 1947: Serge Chaloff Sextette (Savoy) 15-17 Chickasaw / Bopscotch / Most = 10 maart 1949: Serge Chaloff & the Herdsmen (Futurama Records) 18-19 Pat / King Edward The Flatted Fifth = 16 Apr 1949: Serge Chaloff & Ralph Burns (Motif Records)

Cootie Williams recorded "Epistrophy" in 1942, although it may not count because it wasn't released until the 1960's. Coleman Hawkins recorded "I Mean You" in 1946.