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  3. The Bill Savory Collection

    in Miscellaneous Music

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    5 hours ago, l p said:

    this is far from very good taste.

    remember he was married to helen ward, a former bg singer. maybe that explained his Preference for bg. btw: i read in 2005(!) - Long before the discovery of the so called savory collection--  in the swingin´ down the lane blog, that savory planned in his last years to issue about 300 cuts from bg in his own cd series. but the musician´union wanted exhorbitant royalties for the estates of all participatings Players. they´d have to Charge 100 us Dollars a cd. totally unfeasible. i read, that russ connor in his discographical book "wrappin´ it up" listed several of savory´s bg recordings (unissued). so, the collection was known Long before schoenberg´s find. with tracks and Dates. and if i rembember right the Columbia double lp-set "1937-38 jazz concert #2" is all savory material (??).

    but i love to hear all this stuff one day!!!!

     

    Keep boppin´

    marcel   

    1 hour ago, Hardbopjazz said:

    I plan on going the end of this week to listen to the collection myself. 

    if you have time go also to the Louis armstrong house Museum in Queens. there you can listen to an unissued Charlie parker jam session with big nick nicholas (not in any discographies, absolute unknown and undocumented!!!!) look here:

    http://louisarmstrong.pastperfectonline.com/archive/08D6010A-D57D-45A2-8E88-482100638730

     

    oh, i wish i would live not so far awawy....

     

    Keep boppin´

    marcel  

  5. Charlie Parker Unheard Bird: The Unissued Takes 2016 Verve

    in New Releases

    Posted

    4 hours ago, John L said:

    So this appears to be a CD only offering.  Right?  No legit downloads for sale?    I would buy a legit download, but I am not in a place where it is convenient to order a CD.  So... 

    so you are in prison.....?

    surprisingly my copy of the double cd arrives today. no time to hear something but it looks great!!!!  :D

     

    keep boppin´

    marcel

  7. Sir Charles Thompson - RIP

    in Artists

    Posted

    On ‎21‎.‎06‎.‎2016 at 8:32 PM, Big Beat Steve said:

     

    In fact the photo COMPLETE with the ceiling (even a wee bit more) is in the "Celebrating Bird" book by Gary Giddins, and cropped versions (showing only part of the ceiling) are in "Black Beauty White Heat" and Ken Vail's "Bird's Diary" (and certainly in others). So the photo in the "Taking Off" booklet seems to be the rarer one which is not seen often.

    the photo is credited to charles b. nadell. he is also the photographer from bird´s and dizzy´s town hall concert may 16, 1945 (four months earlier as the sir charles session). it seems that he was at the right places...   who was he?  charles b. nadell!

     

    Keep boppin´

    marcel  

  9. Sir Charles Thompson - RIP

    in Artists

    Posted

    On ‎19‎.‎06‎.‎2016 at 5:04 PM, BillF said:

    It's included in the booklet with the Takin' Off album.

    wow, this high Studio ceiling is not (in my) takin´off Album! never see the whole Picture! only the musicians. but anyway i was also not Aware that sir charles was with us so Long. love his tunes and the way he accompaninemt the musicians during their solos!

     

    Keep boppin´

    marcel  

  15. New Lester Young set from Mosaic Records coming

    in Mosaic and other box sets...

    Posted

    2 hours ago, king ubu said:

    Sorry to interrupt, just to clarify: by Jubilee sessions by Pres as a leader, you mean "These Foolish Things" and "Lester Leaps In" from ca. 20 March 1946 (Jubilee #184) plus the sides done with Buck Clayton and Coleman Hawkins and to be found here:

    MI0000351371.jpg?partner=allrovi.com

    -- right?

     

    Re: Basie on Jubilee, I'm more confused... on quick glance, the only Jubilee hit under Basie in Bruyninckx is this this from 1943:

     

    -The Jubilee Shows Volume 2- : Count Basie Orchestra: Snooky Young, Harry Edison, Joe Newman (tp) Dickie Wells, Robert Scott, Louis Taylor, Eli Robinson (tb) Earl Warren (as,vcl-3) Jimmy Powell (as) Lester Young, Buddy Tate (ts) Jack Washington (bar) Count Basie (p) Freddy Green (g) Rodney Richardson (b) Jo Jones (d)
    Jimmy Rushing (vcl-1) Thelma Carpenter (vcl-2)

    Jubilee Show, New York, November 1943

    One o'clock jump (theme) Jubilee 5010102
    Jumpin' at the Woodside -
    Baby, won't you please come home (1) -
    Do nothin' till you hear from me (2) -
    Don't believe everything you dream (3) -
    I found a new baby -
    One o'clock jump -

    But then there's this, too, on Hep, with more (including above I'm not sure):

    http://cps-static.rovicorp.com/3/JPG_500/MI0000/786/MI0000786658.jpg?partner=allrovi.com

     

     

    pres was with basie on jubilee #55 and #96. look here:

     

    http://www.colorado.edu/amrc/glenn-miller-archive/gma-catalogs/jubilee

     

    keep boppin´

    marcel

  22. New Lester Young set from Mosaic Records coming

    in Mosaic and other box sets...

    Posted

    17 hours ago, bluesoul said:

    Not sure if this is what is being referenced above:

     

     

     

    no, this is the well known and only take of "one hour". no alternative take.

    keep boppin´

    marcel

    42 minutes ago, medjuck said:

    This just in: 

    "New Lester Young from 1937*

    The Basie band arrived in New York for the very first time in late 1936, to play a Christmas week engagement at the Roseland Ballroom opposite Woody Herman. Their first recording date came a few weeks later, on January 21,1937. Honeysuckle Rose was the first tune cut, opening with two choruses of Basie, showing what he had learned from his close friend and mentor, Fat Waller. It was only natural that next up to bat would be theband's most brilliant soloist, Lester Young, who took a break modulating down a major third that swung directly into a typically inspired chorus. Band riffs a la Fletcher Henderson followed and they were on to the next tune.

    It has long frustrated collectors that there are only a handful of alternate takes extant for the entire Count Basie Decca recording series (1937-39). Many theories have been advanced for this.

    The reason for alternate takes was that the recording company needed to have more than one version of the tune as a master in case there was a glitch with the original one chosen. So they would record a second version and keep it on the shelf as insurance. Decca had a second turntable installed that would cut two versions of the same master simultaneously, obviating the need for a second one to keep in case it was a mistake with the chosen one. This seems like a plausible scenario. And of all the alternates that do exist, none contain a significant solo by Lester Young, which made the dearth all the more frustrating.

    I'll turn things over to a hero of classic jazz, producer Scott Wenzel from Mosaic records.

    Eureka! You never know what’s lurking around the corner. The premier jazz film historian Mark Cantor, while recently visiting the Grammy Museum in L.A., chanced upon a Decca shellac test pressing of Basie's "Honeysuckle Rose” housed within a display case. After closer inspection he saw that it was a previously unissued alternate take. Knowing that Mosaic Records will be re-releasing an 8 CD set of Count Basie and Lester Young sessions (to be released in early June), he contacted Steven Lasker who is one of the transfer engineers for this set. Steven immediately contacted the Grammy Museum curator about this disc, plans were immediately made to borrow and transfer the disc for our set. Many times when finds like this happen it’s usually too good to be true…but not his time. The take is beyond anyone’s expectations. Bravo Mark! Bravo Steven!!"

    Mark sent me an e-mail about this last night but asked me not to circulate the news until Loren made the announcement.  He says Lester's solo is "amazing". 

    wonderful news! thanks for the update!!

    keep boppin´

    marcel

     

  25. Dick Twardzik and Lionel Hampton

    in Discography

    Posted

    that´s what i´m thinking since i´ve read the book. unfortunately not. but there  m u s t   be some aircheck or privat concert recording exist from the dixie tour 1954!!!  (same increcdibly Situation with earl hines band of 1943 with dizzy and bird and more recordings  from Billy eckstine´s band) .....  but sometimes things come up (like the dizzy/bird town hall concert on uptown records) and with hampton´s dixie tour it will be the same (i´m sure....)

     

    Keep boppin´

    marcel  

    
 

     

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