Daniel A

I don't think I've repeated myself yet, so here goes: Get it! You will never regret it!

The consistency blues? I wasn't thinking of "blue notes", but rather on a sadder approach on playing altogether.

To play everything slightly sharp sounds cool enough, but are there any players who consistently play everything a quarter-tone low? If there are several horns, there's usually only room for one "Jackie McLean" in the band. Perhaps we would all be better off if everyone just stuck to the vibes instead.

The odd thing then is that RVG CD remasters often sound very different from the original LPs. It could be that Lion and the artists would have wanted the music to sound like the current CDs, but that it was impossible to achive this particular sound in those days. ("Rudy, ain't there no way to make the music sound... a bit louder?") But even if that's true, does that make narrowing the stereo spread and using compression any better? I'm not pro- or con- any of the mastering engineers by priciple. I've just observed that I like the sound of the original LPs, and that non-RVG CD remasters (Japanese pre-compression era remasters in particular) are generally closer to that sound - based on listening experiences from several hifi setups.

Update: Slide Hampton 'Somethin' Sanctified' sounds OK, and Dave 'Fathead' Newman 'Straight Ahead' sounds rather good. A nice album, BTW: Fathead, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, Charlie Persip. Recorded in 1960.

I was unaware that anything of Solal's 1960s output for French Columbia had been reissued on CD. Therefore I was pleasantly surprised to find a 2 CD set last week which picks a few nice tracks from a couple of his studio Columbia albums - 'Bonsoir' (1960), 'En Liberté' (1965), 'Trio' (1965), 'Son 66' (1965) and 'En Direct du Blue Note' (1966) and releases the two exciting live LPs 'Jazz à Gaveau' and 'Concert à Gaveau' (recorded in 1962) in full! Martial Solal 'Jazz à Gaveau et autres pièces' (1959-1966) EMI Music France 8 56490 2 The set was apparently put out in 1997, but - I would think - OOP by now. It's a bit sad, because I can't recommend this strongly enough as an excellent introduction to Solal's albums on French Columbia. The live Gaveau LPs are very hard to find and usually very expensive, so grab this set if you see it! Disc 1 Lover Man Suite no 1 BOF "A bout De Souffle" Clark's Blues Le Beau Danube Bleu 8 Avril Jazz Frit Four Brothers Grain De Valse Liberté Sous Potion 18+1 Petit Poupée Blues Masochiste Disc 2 Jordu Nos Smokings Spécial Club Dermaplastic Aigue-Marine Averty, C'est Moi Gavotte à Gaveau Lucien, Valsons Sous Le Ciel de Paris Galerie C Vice Et Versa Billie's Bounce

The concept behind the selections for the twofers only seems to be "any two albums that could be squeezed onto one CD". Ironically, when they for once matched two albums by the same artist - the two Jarretts mentioned above - one track had to be left out due to "time restrictions". It's beyond me how they can run a business like this. Give me an afternoon, and I could make better-sounding transfers from my LPs instead of these. (If anyone has made the mistake to invest in the Laws or Jarrett CDs and would want to hear these in better sound, PM me.)

I recieved my order today (unfortunately, Swedish customs were thorough this time...). My credit card was charged with the right amount and the discs packed well enough. I've still only listened to the Eddie Higgins/Hubert Laws and Keith Jarret discs - I was curious how they compared to the LPs; 'Law's Cause' and 'Life Between the Exit Signs' were the only ones I had previously. I must say that these are among the - if not the - worst sounding remasters I've ever heard. Most of the tracks are so heavily no-noised that it's almost a joke. Espescially the cymbals and brush work sound so heavily distorted that it's actually worse - yes, worse - than an average 64 kbps MP3 file. In contrast, one or two couple of tracks are thankfully not processed in this way at all. On the other hand they are hissier than any commercially released CD I've ever encountered - way hissier than the original LPs. I can't comment on the other albums so far, but my advice to anyone with a turntable is: don't bother with these. An LP scratched into pieces will sound better.

Sonny Collins?

I got some nice classical LPs at Harold Moore's when I was in London last time in 2001. Great atmosphere!

Thanks, Tjobbe. I know these are available from time to time; I just thought I'd label them as OOP in the list to make people aware of the fact that they will perhaps be harder to get in the future. But I'll add the Japanese version of Sax No End!

Thanks, Lon and Mike! I've updated the list according to your info. It wasn't my intention that the list would appear as definitive, just something I did to make my lunch break pass quicker. Also just added the Muse album to the list in the first post.

In print: 'Jazz Is Universal' (Atlantic, 1961) Reissued by Collectables Jazz Classics 'Handle With Care' (Atlantic, 1963) /Collectables Jazz Classics 'Now Hear Our Meanin'' (Columbia, 1963) /Collectables Jazz Classics 'Our Kinda Strauss' (Rearward, 1966-1972) /Reaward 'Sax No End' (Saba, 1967) /Universal Japan (OOP release: Polygram, "Two Originals") 'All Smiles' (MPS, 1968) /MPS 'Fellini 712' (MPS, 1968) /MPS 'More - Jazz in the Movies' (Campi, 1968) /Warner Japan 'My Kind of World' / Gitte & The Band (Hörzu/Columbia, 1968) /Bureau 'More Smiles' (MPS, 1969) /MPS 'TNP - Oct. 29th, 1969' (Trema) 'Off Limits' (Polydor, 1970) /Rearward 'November Girl' / Carmen McRae (Black Lion, 1970) /Rearward OOP: 'All Blues' (MPS, 1969) /Polygram (on "Two Originals") 'Faces' (MPS, 1968) /Emanon (on 2-CD set "Historically Speaking") 'Latin Kaleidoscope' (MPS, 1968) /Polygram (on "Three Latin Adventures") 'Volcano' (Polydor, 1969) /Emanon (on 2-CD set "Blowing the Cobwebs out) 'Rue Chaptal' (Polydor, 1969) /Emanon (on 2-CD set "Blowing the Cobwebs out) 'At Her Majesty's Pleasure...' (Black Lion, 1969) /Emanon (on 2-CD set "Blowing the Cobwebs out) 'Change of Scenes' / Stan Getz & Francy Boland (Verve, 1971) Never on CD: 'In the Background' (Saba, 1967) 'Out of the Folk Bag' (Columbia, 1967) 'Open Door' (Muse, 1967) 'Kenny Clarke Francy Boland' (Supraphon, 1967)

Hi RC!!!

Miles Davis Sings (CTI, 1976) Together with producer/arranger Bob James, Miles brings his classic compositions like "Nardis", "Four" and "Blue in Green" fully up to date with groovy, danceable arrangements and newly-written lyrics. Apart from his much-admired voice in a completely new setting, this recording features some of the worlds finest musicians like Jon Faddis, Grover Washington and Tom Scott.

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Sweet Rain was scheduled for reissue some six years back. It never came out, presumably because a disagreement with the Getz estate which prevented the inclusion of any previously unreleased takes. See this thread for more info: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=6052 I did try to email GRP and Verve, but never got a reply.

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Vince Guaraldi: 'We Remember Bob Marley' 'Kraftwerk plays the compositions of Horace Silver'

Sounds intriguing; I'll keep my eyes open for these...

Lon, I have not heard the later Boland albums. How are they compared to the earlier CBBB albums in terms of style?

Absolutely! It should have been reissued straight. There's the old CDR trick...

No Shit? I ain't got no shit, either. MG But I suspect that you, like me, got a shitload of other shit.

At least he has succeeded in a bit of myth-making. From the top 20 hits in a Google search for "Waltz for Debby" + "My Conception":

No Ornette. No Parker.