Daniel A

Happy birthday, Bob! Still waiting for a follow-up to our meeting five years ago. Maybe on your side of the Channel within the next decade? :-)

It would be either 33 1/3 or 45 rpm. Would you be able to post a picture of the label?

Right. DRG though from about 5 years ago, not Toshiba 2013. I went for the DRG for those titles. I hope it sounds OK. The combined playing time for the two albums is only 55 minutes. As for the two Shank/Fischer albums I think of them as a unity and wouldn't be without any of them. Fischer's presence make them stand out from Shank's other Brazilian albums IMO

I have ordered the three PJ titles and will be able to report back about the remastering quality soon.

Actually, 'Manteca!', is my favourite album from one of my favourite musicians! (It was on my BFT back in 2004)

To round this off: I caught the Bud Shank release on Spotify and I was not pleased with the sound. It was so compressed that I first didn't even think it was the right recording. Luckily, both albums have now been reissued by Japanese EMI:

In these the final days of the CD era it sometimes appears as if some releases are not drawing attention like they would have 10-15 years ago. It's almost like many of those who still cherish the "physical product" have given up on even looking for new releases or reissues (including myself). Anyway, I happened to notice that there were a few Pacific Jazz titles reissued by EMI Toshiba on June 19th along with a couple of Capitol albums. Clare Fisher's 'Manteca!', a nice enough big band album from 1966, has to my knowledge not been on CD before. Also, the two albums he did with Bud Shank 'Brasamba' and 'Bossa Nova Jazz Samba', have only been released in full on the Spanish PD label Solar Records last year; they were unlistenable needle drops. Here's the whole batch from June, all priced quite reasonably at 1200 Yen (=12 USD/9 EUR/8 GBP): Cannonball Adderley 'The Happy People' (Capitol),TOCJ-66621 Guitars Unlimited 'Quiet Nights & Brazilian Guitars' (Capitol), TOCJ-66622 Stan Kenton 'Artistry in Bossa Nova' (Capitol), TOCJ-66623 Sergio Mendes/Wanda De Sah 'Brasil '65' (Capitol), TOCJ-66624 Wanda De Sah 'Softly' (Capitol), TOCJ-66625 Clare Fischer 'Manteca!' (Pacific Jazz), TOCJ-66626 Bud Shank & Clare Fischer 'Bossa Nova Jazz Samba' (Pacific Jazz), TOCJ-66627 Bud Shank/Clare Fischer/Joe Pass 'Brasamba' (Pacific Jazz), TOCJ-66628

Ah, there it is! I knew that page. Anyway, I'll let you know if I hear something from David Reid.

Thanks for the link, Romualdo (although I've still not found out where the quote in Swedish is from - maybe because I'm browsing from a mobile)! Victor, I believe these reissues are legit. From what I can remember it was reported back when these albums were released that David Reid received some funds from the Swedish Arts Council to complete some of the releases. More releases were planned, though it would seem he ran out of funds and was unable to continue.

I've been interested in this info myself. Date and location info is also missing from the otherwise excellent Anagram release of Harry Bäcklund recordings; a great and undeservedly forgotten Swedish tenor saxophonist who died in obscurity in 1978. David Reid, who ran Anagram Records, is retired, but I've sent him a message using an old email address to see if he's able to supply discographical data.

...which is why I started the thread.

Make sure you'll get the trio album with Red Mitchell and J.C. Moses recorded in Stockholm.

Thank you, Bengt, for your wonderful playing. What is little known outside Sweden is his film and television work (also some nice scores for children's television programs) and arranging on many jazz and some pop recordings. Always done with a personal touch.

I meant to respond to this back in May but somehow I forgot. I've got Maliny Maliny as a 70s reissue on vinyl and I like it! I know that some may disagree, but I feel that Jan Hammer could have gone in another direction in the early 70s, but chose one that for me personally is not fully rewarding. I've always preferred him on acoustic piano or Rhodes before any kind of synths.

FWIW, You need an account to be able to use the search function.

It's on Spotify here in this country, but it's not the OJC version but some public domain label, so maybe it's not available in the US.

The Chinese owners (since three years) are not handling Volvo well. The end is near.

Sorry if I added to the confusion. Here it's measured in per mil.

I'm a bit surprised by this view. Over here we went from 0.5 to 0.2 decades ago, and many lives have been saved. I'm sure you realize just how much your driving capabilities are affected at an intoxication level of 0.8.

Sound quality is something of an issue with some Jazzhus releases it seems, while others do have very attractive sound. The live album with Bill Evans and Monica Zetterlund (recorded in 1975) suffers from a weak recording and unpleasant, no-noised remastering. A pity this is the case with the Czech piano jazz album; I've a soft spot for early Jan Hammer! Late didn't specifically mention his impressions from the Dauner album. Myself, I find it excellent and the most enjoyable recording I've heard from Dauner.

Somehow, I would be much happier with a release on Ishtar, Mosaic or some other "official" reissue label. If I want an LP dub I could always make one myself. Except that I'll never find the LP... :-) Anyway, as noted elsewhere on the web and by people in the know on this very forum, there's a wealth of unreleased material in the Campi archives (possibly now at Ishtar/Rearward). I would really love to see a serious CBBB box set with unreleased material and would preorder it on day one. I'm afraid that a Pujol reissue would not increase the probability of such a set from Rearward.

BTW "Un Graso De Areia" - a long-standing misprint of 'Un Graõ De Areia' - on the KPM release is easily the definitive version of one of CBBB's nicest arrangements. I've been looking for these albums for years; never seen them.

"Jazz Convention 1", cat.no. KPM (E) Int 02, was - except for one track - also released on Muse as "Open Door". That release is much easier to come by. When I want to check details for CBBB recordings I always use Doug Payne's discography: http://dougpayne.com/cbbbind.htm

All the best to you, Tom! I'll close my eyes and envision your office view when I'm back in my office landscape tomorrow...

I think that's an odd comment. Some of Jim McNeely and Marc Johnson's compositions that Getz played during the 80s were mildly adventurous too, not unlike Chick's. Well, maybe he didn't realize until the 80s that he actually liked playing space monkeys music? Personally, I'm still most fond of the first three bossa nova recordings (Byrd/McFarland/Gilberto). I can't think of anyone else I would have wanted to hear instead of Getz in that setting.