mikeweil

I stand corrected: Tom Lord has it right! Some Zawinul mystification. I probably mixed this up with some similar case - I am not sure I ever had that Zawinul on LP to try it out.

I think their customer service is not great. But the complete catalogue can be browsed online too: http://www.fantasyjazz.com/html/catalog_main.html ... and the whole catalogue is available for download as a pdf file on this page, just like I thought it should be. Since you have to look for LP issues at the bottom of each entry in the online catalogue the LPs might be easier to find in the pdf file using the search function.

Well that's largely due to Roy Du Nann's great engineering for Contemporary - but the LP pressings from Fantasy I have are all good.

This is wrong - see my initial listing, which is correct in that respect. CD titles correspond to the titles of the main LPs they reissued, each with one bonus track from a sampler.

The "alternate" was included on the Verve Master Edition CD of "The Dynamic Duo" as they had overlooked it at the time of the "Further Adventures" reissue!

If you refer to the last track Arrival in New York: No cows here - if you have an LP and play that last track at 45 rpm, you will hear noises from New York haven and excerpts from the previous tracks.

I still think it's unlikely - you underestimate the number of sessions Lucky did from the start of the LP era: If I start with his 1953 Deccas I count (sessions, not LPs!): - 5 as a leader, 13 as a sideman until his first trip to Paris in February 1956 - 14 as a leader, 1 as a sideman in Paris until May 1956 (!!!) - 2 as a leader, 20 as a sideman in New York until his return to Paris in June 1957 - 4 as a leader, 10 as a sideman in Europe until his return to the U.S. in 1963 - 11 as a leader, 3 as a sideman in Europe and the U.S. until the end of his recording career in 1974, not counting numerous unofficial live reordings. Where should they start, where should they draw the line? I don't see it. Especially as most (not all) of the Paris recordings was reissued on single CDs over the years. All of this would add up to about 20 CDs, even if one leaves off the large band dates where he (presumably) did only section work he did at least one solo on any of the orchestra dates he played on. That's a lot of stuff!!! Let's lobby for this with the new Savoy owners!!! Even if this would not include the two Jackson sessions with Lucky for Atlantic.

Atlantic's sound never was on the level of Columbia or others around that time - that considered, the CD sounds okay to me. Unpedictable whether there will be a new remastering - I doubt, as long as the older CD is available. All US Atlantic remastering I bought were okay so far - be careful about one European series claiming to replicate "original LP sound"!

No CD reissue of this so far, sorry. Not even in Japan. But a used copy of the double LP should be relatively easy to find.

This is not a duet - it has the orchestra backing them as on the previous tracks!

Well, I was too lazy to type out orchestra personnel details ... -_- There are indeed two different takes of O.G.D. - Bruyninckx copies that error from Ruppli. But I checked the issue numbers - my listing has them correct. The CD reissues confirm these.

Found it! Click here!

Sorry, can't find it - must have been on the occasion of some other Wes item being discussed.

There was a thread about Wes 'n' Trane here. So far nothing has surfaced, and it is more than doubtful there ever will.

Yes, very sad news! R.I.P. Gil Mellé. His Blue Note and Prestige albums have a unique quality to them.

R.I.P. I have always enjoyed some of his music. He would have deserved more recognition, that's for sure.

The two Verve LPs by Jimmy Smith & Wes Montgomery were recorded at three sessions - can someone please proofread - especially the master numbers? Is it known which take of O.G.D. was recorded first? Thanks! (I prefer to listen to these in recording order and would like to make sure before burning.) (first issues only) September 21, 1966: Jimmy Smith organ; Wes Montgomery guitar; Grady Tate drums; Ron Carter bass; Ray Barretto congas & percussion; orchestra arranged & conducted by Oliver Nelson. 101192 13 (Death March) Verve V6-8678 101193 Milestones Verve V6-8766 September 23, 1966: as before 101191 Down by the Riverside Verve V6-8678 101194 Night Train Verve V6-8678 101195 'Round Midnight Verve V6-8804 September 28, 1966: Jimmy Smith organ; Wes Montgomery guitar; Grady Tate drums; Ray Barretto congas & percussion 101288 O.G.D. Verve V6-8766 101288 O.G.D. (alternate take) Verve V6-8677 101289 Call Me Verve V6-8766 101290 Baby it's cold outside Verve V6-8678 101291 Maybe September Verve V6-8766 101292 Mellow Mood Verve V6-8766 101293 James and Wes Verve V6-8678 101294 King of the Road Verve V6-8766 Verve V6-8677 Leonard Feather's Encyclopedia of Jazz in the 60's Vol.1: The Blues Verve V6-8678 Jimmy & Wes - The Dynamic Duo Verve V6-8766 Further Adventures of Jimmy & Wes Verve V6-8804 Just Walkin' All tracks from Verve V6-8766 and Verve V6-8804 reissued on Verve CD 519 802-2. All tracks from Verve V6-8678 and Verve V6-8677 reissued on Verve CD 521 445-2.

I have the Dutch pressing bearing exactly that matking in the wax. So you got the (grand)mother of my LP, Hans .... You a Don Ellis fan?

I just opened one of these in your honour: Happy Birthday, Chris!!!

ad 1) Branford always admitted Lucky's influence ad 2) The Urania sessions are quite different, in a rather traditional swing style, and both available from Fresh Sound (but on Lucky's two tracks that were on the original 10" LPs are missing). Stylistically, too diverse for a Mosaic. And too far apart: The Uranias are from 1954, the Rivolis from the mid 1960's with plenty of French and US sessions in between. I'd say, too much work to get all the licenses. Some of the French material still has to be reissued on CD and is extremely rare. ad 3) again: I doubt there is ...

... and the Prestige twofer CD Happy Days, which combines two LPs with either Hank Jones or Tommy Flanagan. Of course my answers to question 3 is a clear NO!!!

Ordered today: Warner Jams Vol. 2 - James Moody & Mark Turner Greg Osby - Inner Circle Richie Beirach - Snow Leopard

I'd recommend the following as they feature his working band of many years: Brasil Universo (Som da Gente 1988) Lagoa da Canoa, Município de Arapiraca (Som da Gente 1987) Só Nao Toca Quem Nao Quer (veraBra 1987) and these for solo performances: Zabumbê-bum-á (Warner Bros. 1979) A Musica Livre de Hermeto Paschoal (EMI 1985) I consider him one of the great avant-garde geniusses of Brazilian music, along with Moacir Santos and perhaps Egberto Gismonti. I had the pleasure to sit in with his band on a jam session many years ago after his Frankfurt concert - I will never forget. A wild player and such a nice and humble man.

Welcome to the board, Hans! You should use your swinging chicken as an avatar! Great to have a site on Oscar Alemán!