Jim R

Ebay is probably your best bet for the Odeon CD's, since they're likely OOP. The Ubatuqui CD used to be available at Tower, but it may be OOP as well. The BIS compilation may still be in print... I would check the Brazil CD listings at Dusty Groove regularly.

At least his first 3 albums for Odeon have been released on CD MILTON BANANA TRIO BALANÇANDO VE' I once saw a 3-CD boxed set on eBay that contained all of the above recordings, but I don't think it's in print anymore. His 1962 Audio Fidelity album was released on CD by Ubatuqui (Spain). Also, there was/is a 2-CD Milton Banana compilation (EMI/Odeon material) put out last year as part of a reissue series on BIS.

I've already corresponded with Dan about this, but I'll just pop in here and say I like option #5 the best. The bottom line is, find out why Eddie turned down Art Blakey!! Dan, have fun- I know this will reveal some new things about a current favorite artist of mine, and I'm looking forward to hearin' about it!

There was a thread about this new Dexter Gordon box set recently, but I decided to start a new thread to announce a couple of errors. Here's the deal. For those of us who already own all of Dexter's Steeplechases, and are mainly interested in this new set for the 28 p.i. alternates, there's a minor problem I've discovered, with the help of a friend who bought the set. I've spent some time comparing my 1990 STABLE MABLE CD to the corresponding box set material (involving disc 3), and I've found a couple of errors. Here's how the box set data reads for the March 10, 1975 session: Rosenberg Studios, Copenhagen, Engineer: Freddy Hansson - March 10, 1975 DISC 3 [1] Just Friends, take 1 8:07 [2] Just Friends, take 2 7:57* (previously unissued) [3] Just Friends, take 3 8:10 On my "Stable Mable" CD, the "issued" take (the one that was on the original LP) is 7:58 in length, while the "previously unissued" 1990 CD bonus track was listed as 8:07. I compared the "7:57" take with my "7:58" version on my CD, and as expected, they're identical. It looks like the take that had remained in the can and is now being released for the first time in the box is either #1, or #3 above. I suspect it's take 3, but I can't be sure, because the actual length of my CD bonus track is 8:09, not 8:07. I haven't heard takes 1 and 3 from the box yet, so it remains to be seen which take is actually seeing the light of day here for the first time (but they're incorrect to say it's take 2). The same type of error occurs in their notations for "Misty": DISC 3 [4] Misty, take 1 8:17 [5] Misty, take 2 7:42* [6] Misty, take 3 7:24 The regular take on the 1990 STABLE MABLE CD is 8:18, but the CD bonus track is listed as 7:42. I compared their Disc 3/track 5 with this bonus track on my CD, and they're the same. So, they should have their asterisk next to #6, the 7:24 take. To sum up, it looks like anybody who wants to gather up the 28 "previously unissued" alternate takes from this set needs to include take 3 of "Misty" and most likely take 3 of "Just Friends".

R.T., ... do you have a Fantasy catalog? Ever seen one? Ever been to their website?

Rooster, the histories of all the labels you list (as well as others under the Fantasy umbrella), and all the great artists who recorded for them is a long story. I can see why you'd be confused by all these labels having been lumped together, though. I'd probably be in the same boat, but I got into jazz just in time (70's) to get involved in collecting old LP's, and the labels took on an identity for me before the whole OJC reissue thing really got my attention. I think the best suggestion I can give you is to (if you haven't already) get ahold of a Fantasy print catalog and go through it carefully. I've been getting these free for years in the mail, as well as the local Tower stores. I usually get a few, and keep them in various rooms (and in the car). Whether or not I'm looking to buy something, these catalogs are a great reference... almost like getting a free discography (personnel, track listings, original catalog numbers.... plus a small color repro of each cover). It's not a "complete" discography of each label, but it's still a great reference. This way you could begin to familiarize yourself with who and what was on each label...

The photo I posted above was from a 60's WWII drama called "Combat!". Some great writing, and great acting both by the regular cast as well as a long list of guest stars. I'm hoping this will come out on DVD. I grew up with the Beave, Dick Van Dyke, Andy Griffith, Lassie, Ed Sullivan, Red Skelton, The Twilight Zone, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, 77 Sunset Strip, Perry Mason, Burke's Law, The Real McCoys, The Rifleman, Father Knows Best, The Addams Family, Get Smart, Bonanza, Hogan's Heroes, F Troop... man I watched a lot of TV...

Sorry I didn't see this question sooner. I can't absolutely verify the dates, but there are at least 4 previously unissued tracks from the 1959 Burrell trio sessions at the Vanguard (not to be confused with the recordings from the Vanguard from decades later, which were first released in Japan). I have two CD's containing all the available '59 material (one on MCA- "A Night At The Vanguard", with the original cover art; and one on Charly/LeJazz- titled "Live at the Village Vanguard"), and the 4 previously unreleased tracks (two on each CD) are: "Afternoon in Paris", "Tricotism", "I can't see for lookin'", and "Cheek to cheek". I never bought that "Recapitulation" LP... it always confused me discographically.

Thanks for the correction, Hans. I should have checked my information.

It has been announced on other boards that Teddy Edwards passed away yesterday in L.A. He was in his 80's (not bad for a jazzman!). I put off listening to his music for too long, and I'm still trying to catch up with his recordings. Here's a nice illustrated discography: Teddy Edwards discography

David and John, how about sharing some Keystone memories?

Here's a selected discog, just for the heck of it: Cannonball Adderley 1955-07-21,29; 08-05 Julian "Cannonball" Adderley Emarcy Cannonball Adderley 1956-06-08,18 Julian "Cannonball" Adderley In The Land Of Hi Fi Emarcy Clifford Brown 1953-09-28,29 The Complete Paris Sessions, Vol.1 Vogue Clifford Brown 1953-10-10,11,15 The Complete Paris Sessions, Vol.3 Vogue Jimmy Cleveland 1955-08-12; 11-19,22 Introducing Jimmy Cleveland And His All Stars Verve (Emarcy) Elite Jimmy Cleveland 1958 Cleveland Style Mercury (Japan CD) Jimmy Cleveland 1959 A Map Of Jimmy Cleveland Mercury Jimmy Cleveland 1965 Rhythm Crazy Emarcy John Coltrane 1957-10,11,12 The Bethlehem Years Bethlehem Tadd Dameron 1962 The Magic Touch Of Tadd Dameron Riverside Eddie Davis 1966, 1967 Save Your Love For Me (Compilation) RCA Victor Gil Evans 1957-09-06,27; 10-10 Gil Evans & Ten Prestige Gil Evans 1959-02-05 Great Jazz Standards Pacific Jazz (Cap.) Art Farmer 1953,54,56 The Art Farmer Septet Prestige Art Farmer 1962 Listen To Art Farmer Mercury Dizzy Gillespie 1950-06-06 to 1964-11-06 Dizzy's Diamonds (The Best Of The Verve Years) Verve Dizzy Gillespie 1954-05-25,06-08;1955-09-12,11-08 Jazz Recital Verve Benny Golson 1957-10-14 Benny Golson's New York Scene Contemporary Johnny Griffin 1961-07-13,14,17 White Gardenia Riverside Billie Holiday 1945 thru 1959 The Complete Billie Holiday On Verve, 1945-1959 Verve Milt Jackson 1962-06-19,20;07-05 Big Bags Riverside Eddie Jefferson 1953-55,61-2,68-9 Reiss.1980 There I Go Again Prestige Eddie Jefferson 1961-12;1962-01,02 Letter From Home Riverside J. J. Johnson Jay & Kai + 6 Columbia J. J. Johnson 1964, 1966 Say When Bluebird (RCA) J. J. Johnson 1965-12-07,08,09 J.J.! (The Dynamic Sound Of J.J. With Big Band) RCA (BMG Spain) Thad Jones / Mel Lewis 1966-05-04 to 1970-05-25 The Complete Solid State Recordings Of Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Mosaic (Solid State) Michel Legrand 1958-06-25,27 Legrand Jazz Philips (Columbia) Carmen McRae 1955-06-14,16;1959-11-10,11,12 Here To Stay (By Special Request / Something To Swing About)(The Original Decca Recordings) Decca, Kapp Blue Mitchell 1960-12-27;1961-03-29,30 Smooth As The Wind Riverside Thelonious Monk 1967-11-03 Nonet Live (In Paris, 1967) Le Jazz Wes Montgomery 1964-11-11,16 Movin' Wes Verve Anita O'Day 1952 to 1962 The Complete Verve/Clef Recordings Mosaic (Verve/Clef) Jerome Richardson 1958-10-10 Midnight Oil New Jazz Sonny Rollins 1958-07-10,11;08-03 Sonny Rollins And The Big Brass (Brass/Trio) Verve (Metrojazz) VME Sonny Rollins 1966-01-26 Alfie Impulse Jimmy Smith / Wes Montgomery 1966-09-21 Further Adventures Of Jimmy And Wes Verve Sonny Stitt 1952-11-20 to 1965-04-14 The Complete Roost Sonny Stitt Studio Sessions Mosaic (Roost) Sonny Stitt 1955-09-30,10-17 Plays Arrangements From The Pen Of Quincy Jones Roost (Japan) Lucky Thompson / Gigi Gryce 1953, 1956 Lucky Thompson / Gigi Gryce In Paris (aka "Street Scenes") RCA (Vogue) Lucky Thompson 1956 Tricotism Impulse Stanley Turrentine 1963-1968 Stanley Turrentine (BN Reissue Series twofer LP) Blue Note Stanley Turrentine 1968-10-01,14,28 Always Something There Blue Note George Wallington 1954-05-12 George Wallington Showcase Blue Note Connoisseur Series Dinah Washington 1955-03-15,16,17 For Those In Love Emarcy

That line-up of tunes looked so familiar, I opened up my database and did a search. The session you describe was not a Jimmy Cleveland session, and not unreleased- it was Curtis Fuller's "Sliding Easy" (UA 4041). That's an odd error for Mr. Lord! BTW, I'm with you 1000% regarding Jimmy Cleveland! Thank God he was all over the place as a sideman...

I got a message from Bill Gallagher, Eddie's online discographer, yesterday. He has added a number of quotes/anecdotes from Eddie regarding various recording sessions he made over the years. It's interesting reading, and adds a lot to the appeal of visiting the discography (Eddie Higgins discography) One thing Eddie mentioned was that back in his Vee Jay days (circa 1960) Art Blakey offered him the piano chair in the Jazz Messengers. Eddie turned down the offer! He didn't elaborate, but hopefully we'll get the full story at some point... I said it in my first post, but let me repeat... Eddie Higgins is not only a great jazz pianist, but I think he is in his prime NOW! His current CD's on Venus are fantastic. You don't have to pay $30 - $40 from a Japanese source, either. Eddie sells them himself, from his home in Florida, for $15 plus shipping. He's got about a dozen different titles on different labels. He doesn't do computers, so you can't e-mail him, but he seems to enjoy writing letters. If interested, send me a private message.

In my opinion, Eddie Higgins is in his prime right now. His Venus CD's are nothing short of breathtaking, but his work for Sunnyside and other labels is also just outstanding. Eddie sells his recordings (including some CD's not available anywhere else) via mail order. Anybody who may be interested can send me a private message. I'm going to "up" my Eddie Higgins thread, but I'll add a comment here as well. Eddie's online discographer, Bill Gallagher, just recently added some quotes from Eddie regarding a number of sessions he made over the years. They're a nice addition to the webpage, and I would highly recommend a visit. Eddie states that Art Blakey offered him the piano chair in the Jazz Messengers, circa 1960. Someday I'd like to hear the whole story... Eddie Higgins discography

First of all, thanks Jim, for the tweak. I actually dig purple and orange... unfortunately (as I told Jim in a PM) on my system the original skin produced on my system a variety of colors including shades of lavender, yellow, and pink The "snow" option now gives me a much simpler look- just lavender and gray. It's relatively dull compared to the multicolor look I had with the original skin, but I HAD to do something!

It's hard to choose a favorite among J.J.'s recordings! I like the ones you listed (I think my favorite Columbia session is "Blue Trombone"), I love the Blue Notes, and also "Vivian" on Concord. "Tangence" was a beautiful CD as well...

My choice is Grant Green as well... but a different album- NIGERIA (the Green/Clark session with Blakey).

Not to mention "Expoobident" B)

Hey, you contemtab... you contemiteb... you lucky contendimable bastard- I happen to like his take on C.C.B.B. (but did you HAVE to mention it? )

Time to revisit this topic that I started at BN shortly before that board went down. Eddie Higgins is a great pianist, a great artist, and a very very nice man. A few years ago, I was only slightly aware of him, associating his name with his work as a sideman with Lee Morgan and others in Chicago 40+ years ago. At some point I began to notice his CD's on Sunnyside ("Portrait In Black & White", and "Haunted Heart" were the ones I saw) in the stores, but I didn't take the plunge right away. I finally did take the plunge when his "Speaking Of Jobim" CD came out on that label. I was floored. I immediately went out and bought those two Sunnysides, which are both excellent CD's. Then, maybe a year or two later, Dan Gould (the lucky bastard lives within driving distance of Eddie's gigs in Florida) hipped me to Eddie's CD's on Venus (Japanese label that I was unaware of, which has a fine roster of artists). When I heard Eddie's "Bewitched" on Venus, I began to realize that this guy is in his PRIME. Some players actually seem to improve with age, and I think Eddie is one of them (maybe it has to do with the fact that you don't have to blow into a piano ). I eventually found a great Higgins discography online, and began to collect more E.H. recordings. Here's a link to his discog: Eddie Higgins discography / index page I contacted Eddie's discographer, Bill Gallagher, via e-mail. Turns out Bill lives about ten minutes away from me. He gave me Eddie's address, and said that Eddie sells his CD's for $15 +shipping. This includes his Venus discs, which I've seen listed online for anywhere from $30 to $40. I don't know if Eddie has any in mini-LP format (a question that was already asked of me), and I don't know if he has any SACD versions to sell. He does have quite a few of his CD's from over the years, though, some of which are not available anywhere else (I just bought a live recording from him which was recorded at the Van Dyke Cafe in Miami, duets with bassist Don Wilner, and this disc just blows me away- I HIGHLY recommend this!). Eddie is extremely versatile- he's a great accompanist too, and has recorded with a variety of talented musicians over the past few decades, including his wife, vocalist Meredith D'Ambrosio. Eddie plays a wide range of styles and tunes, from trad to swing to bop, and he has a knack for giving life to forgotten gems. He's also a huge fan of Jobim, and records a lot of Jobim's tunes (well-known, and otherwise). Above all, though, he's just tasty, and has a great touch and tone on the piano. For anyone who's interested in directly supporting this great pianist and fine gentelman, e-mail me or PM me.

Hans, thanks for posting this list. I just wanted to mention something regarding Eddie Higgins CD's. I've been meaning to start a thread about Eddie, but hadn't gotten around to it yet (I'll do that today). As much as I like and respect Hiroshi Tanno, I would recommend that any fans of Eddie Higgins buy his CD's directly from Eddie. He has a number of CD's available, including his Venus titles, for $15 each plus shipping (I'm not certain if Eddie ships overseas or not, though...). If interested, send me a private message. Look for an Eddie Higgins thread here pretty soon...

Hmm... I have a lot of Clifford Jordan, including some obscure stuff, but for some reason I've never picked up "Glass Bead Games". If it's similar to "The Adventurer", I'm going to have to remedy that. Anybody heard "Hello Hank Jones"? (This was one of those "direct to disc" LP's, circa 1980)

Jim, From what I can gather, the Powell LP you refer to would be "Fresh Winds", circa 1968/69. If the info here ( Le Monde Musical de Baden Powell ) is correct, it's one of several reissues of a 1964 Barclay LP. The way the info is presented, though, I have my doubts if this material would have been reissued in such a manner. Anyway, I have "Le Monde..." on a Japanese CD, which I am spinning right now in order to refresh my memory. It's a mixture of solo guitar, guitar with percussion, guitar with orchestral accompaniment, some female "voice", etc, but the guitar dominates this album. The orchestral parts only come up briefly on a few tracks. This is not what I would call EZ listening stuff (at least not in the "EZ pop" sense). Not commercial, not really schlocky, and not even very Brazilian! (despite TGFI being the last track). It's largely classically-oriented (very much part of Powell's style, for those who may not know), with a little samba here and there. Very "serious" sounding, largely minor keys... even "Samba Triste", one ot the most rhythmic tracks on the disc, continues the serious mood. TGFI really seems out of place on this... I can't really help you the Gal Costa, BTW. I have some of her later work with (and in tribute to) Jobim, but haven't explored her earlier work...