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A few more jazz related oeuvres by Moretti (1/2): Oscar Peterson, 1968 Armstrong Contrebassiste, 1972 Art Tatum, 1958

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There had been a previous attempt by Duke Ellington to run his own company: Sunrise Records (1947). When it was created, Mercer Records fell heir to the Sunrise catalogue.

February 11, 1950. New York. Mercer recording session. Timner lists this session in his Ellingtonians section, so apparently Duke was not present. Chubby Kemp with the Billy Strayhorn-Johnny Hodges Sextet: Johnny Hodges, as; Jimmy Hamilton, ts; Harry Carney, bs; Billy Strayhorn, p; Wendell Marshall, b; Sonny Greer, d. 4000 Mercer 1950 C49-50:10 {Hello Little Boy} (Ellington-Kemp) [Chubby Kemp, vocal] 4001 Mercer 1950 C49-50:11 {The Greatest There Is} (Ellington) [Chubby Kemp, vocal] September 13, 1950. New York. Mercer recording session. Untitled Blues appeared on some pressings of Mercer 1952 by mistake. Oscar Pettiford, His Cello & Quartet: Duke Ellington, p; Billy Strayhorn, celeste; Oscar Pettiford, cello, Lloyd Trotman, b; Jo Jones, d. 4004 Mercer 1952 C49-50:14 Untitled Blues (unknown) 4005 Mercer 1952 C49-50:12 GT:9 Perdido (Tizol-Lengsfelder-Drake) 4006 Mercer 1959 C49-50:13 GT:10 Take The "A" Train (Strayhorn) 4007-1 Mercer 1952 C49-50:15 GT:11 Oscalypso (Pettiford) 4008 Mercer 1959 C49-50:16 GT:12 Blues For Blanton (Ellington-MEllington) September 21, 1950. New York. Mercer recording session. Chubby Kemp & Her All Stars/The Ellingtonians with Chubby Kemp: Red Rodney, t; Johnny Hodges, as; Harry Carney, bs; Duke Ellington, p; Oscar Pettiford, cello; Wendell Marhsall, b; Max Roach, d; Billy Strayhorn replaces Ellington on "How Blue Can You Get." 4010 Up-to-Date 2006 C49-50:17 Mean Ol' Choo Choo (unknown) [Chubby Kemp, vocal] 4013 Mercer 1971 C49-50:18 Me And My Wig (Hodges-Palmer) [Chubby Kemp, vocal] 4014 Mercer 1960 C49-50:19 How Blue Can You Get (Feather) [Chubby Kemp, vocal] 4015-2 Mercer 1971 C49-50:20 Juke Bop Boogie (Ellington-Kemp) [Chubby Kemp, vocal] Sara Forde with Mercer Ellington & His Orchestra: 4016 Mercer 1960 C49-50:21 Set 'Em Up (Rack 'Em Back) (Ellington) [sara Forde, vocal] The Ellingtonians: 4017 Mercer 1958 C49-50:22 The New Piano Roll Blues (unknown) Sara Forde with Billy Strayhorn at the Piano: Billy Strayhorn, p. 4018 Mercer 1958 C49-50:23 The Man I Love (Gershwin) [sara Forde, vocal] October 3, 1950. New York. Mercer recording session. Billy Strayhorn Trio: Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, p; Wendell Marshall, b; unknown, d. M5710 Mercer 1001 C50:1 GT:1 Cotton Tail (Ellington) M5711 Mercer 1964 C50:2 GT:2 The "C" Jam Blues (Ellington) M5712 Mercer 1964 C50:3 GT:3 Flamingo (Grouya-Anderson) M5713 Mercer 1001 C50:4 GT:4 Bang-Up Blues (Ellington) October, 1950. New York. Mercer recording session. Wild Bill Davis And His Real Gone Organ: Duke Ellington, p; Wild Bill Davis, org; Johnny Collins, g; Jo Jones, d. Ellington sits out on "Make No Mistake." M4023 Mercer 1955 C50:5 Things Ain't What They Used To Be (MEllington-Persons) M4024 Mercer 1955 C50:6 Make No Mistake (Davis) November, 1950. New York. Mercer recording session. Billy Strayhorn Trio: Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, p; Joe Shulman, b. M2479 Mercer 1963 C50:7 GT:5 Tonk (Ellington-Strayhorn) M2480 Mercer 1963 C50:8 GT:6 Johnny Come Lately (Strayhorn) M2481 Mercer 1001 C50:9 GT:7 In A Blue Summer Garden (Ellington-Strayhorn) M2482 Mercer 1001 C50:10 GT:8 Great Times (Ellington) April 17, 1951. New York. Mercer recording session. The Coronets: Cat Anderson, t; Juan Tizol, vtb; Willie Smith as; Paul Gonsalves, ts; Billy Strayhonr, p; Wendell Marshall, b; Louie Bellson, d. 4029 Mercer 1969 C50-51:3 Night Walk (Anderson) 4030 Mercer 1967 C50-51:4 Moonlight Fiesta (Tizol) 4031 Mercer 1967 C50-51:5 She (Tizol-Bellson) 4032 Mercer 1969 C50-51:6 The Happening (Gonsalves) May 18, 1951. Boston. Mercer recording session. The Coronets/Billy Strayhorn's All Stars: Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman, tb; Juan Tizol, vtb; Willie Smith, as; Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn (on Indian Summer only), p; Wendell Marshall, b; Louie Bellson, d. 4033 Mercer 1005 C50-51:12 Swamp Drum (Strayhorn) 4034 Mercer 1005 C50-51:13 Sultry Serenade (Ellington-Glenn) 4035 Mercer 1968 C50-51:14 Indian Summer (Herbert) 4036 Mercer 1005 C50-51:15 Britt And Butter Blues (Ellington) June 1, 1951. New York. Mercer recording session. Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn All-Stars: Willie Smith, as; Juan Tizol, vtb; Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, p; Wendell Marshall, b; Louis Bellson, d. 4039 Mercer 1968 C51:1 AS:14 Caravan (Ellington-Tizol-Mills) June 19, 1951. New York. Mercer recording session. Duke Ellington All-Stars: Jimmy Hamilton, cl, ts; Willie Smith, as; Juan Tizol, vtb; Duke Ellington, p; Wendell Marshall, b; Louis Bellson, d; Billy Strayhorn replaces Ellington on "Jumpin' With Symphony Sid." 4040 Mercer 1005 C51:2 AS:19 Alternate (Ellington) 4041 Mercer 1973 C51:3 AS:15 Hoppin' John (Clayton) 4042 Mercer 1973 C51:4 AS:20 Jumpin' With Symphony Sid (Young) February 29, 1952. Fresno, California. Mercer recording session at the Rainbow Room. Produced by Duke and Mercer Ellington. Recorded by Bert Porter. Later purchased by Columbia. Listed on 8nov52 in the New Desor, but corrected in DEMS 03/2-22/1 and in Patricia Willard's new Uptown (Columbia CK 87066)liner notes. Duke Ellington & His Orchestra: Cat Anderson, Willie Cook, Ray Nance, Clark Terry, t; Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman, tb; Juan Tizol, vtb; Willie Smith, as; Russell Procope, as, cl; Jimmy Hamilton, ts, cl; Paul Gonsalves, ts; Harry Carney, bs, bcl; Duke Ellington, p; Wendell Marshall, b; Louie Bellson, d. CO48377-1 Columbia ML-4639 C52-53:2 Uptown:1 Skin Deep November 8, 1952. New York. Mercer recording session (later purchased by Columbia). Duke Ellington & His Orchestra: Cat Anderson, Willie Cook, Ray Nance, Clark Terry, t; Quentin Jackson, Britt Woodman, tb; Juan Tizol, vtb; Jimmy Hamilton, cl, ts; Hilton Jefferson, as; Russell Procope, as, cl; Paul Gonsalves, ts; Harry Carney, bs; Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, p; Wendell Marshall, b, Louis Bellson, d. CO48640 Up-to-Date 2006 C52-53:3 CoCo:4/15 Ballin' The Blues [Jimmy Grissom, vocal] CO48641 Up-to-Date 2006 C52-53:4 CoCo:4/16 Body And Soul [betty Roche, vocal]

There's an interesting article by Jack Chambers on the July-August 2006 issue of Coda (n. 328), called "Duke Ellington's Parallel Universe: The Secret Stockpile" where, besides a profound analysis on the so called "stockpile recordings", he tells the story of the Mercer Ellington-Leonard Feather owned label. Small excerpt:

From Jazztimes' Blindfold Test with pianist Billy Taylor (February 2007 issue, available online) http://www.jazztimes.com/columns_and_featu...fore_and_after/

Guess you're talking about one of these two 1951 private sessions: (extracted from Peter Losin's Charlie Parker discography)

Shame MF can't show up to announce this. Well, Chuck, he's probably involved in many projects and I guess he has had no spare time to hang around here lately.

No reference of Al Hibler singing "I didn't know about you" with the Ellington Orchestra found on Timner (4th Edition). The song was quite usual in the band's book in the mid-40s, but with vocals by Joya Sherrill or Betty Roché.

About 25 new "Leader Discographies" are now available at Michael Fitzgerald's website, among them those of Jackie McLean, Jimmy Heath, Mulgrew Miller or Dewey Redman.

-The birth of the third stream (originally Music for Brass / Modern Jazz Concert) (Columbia) -Gil Evans - Bud and Bird (Electric Bird) -Clifford Jordan - Cliff Craft (Blue Note) -Pony Poindexter - Plays the big ones/Gumbo! (Beat Goes Public) -John Coltrane - Trane tracks DVD

Saxophone Colossus Candy Again, back from Italy...

Two Membran reissues: -Gerry Mulligan - Presenting the GM Sextet -Eddie Condon - Bixieland

John Cage and Raashan Roland Kirk - Sound?? 1966

Spanish publisher Electa has just put out a book with the photographs of the great Herman Leonard, called "Tras la escena. La fotografía de Herman Leonard". Hardback. 31 x 24 cm. 238 pages. I guess it's the Spanish edition of the recently published "Jazz, Giants and Journeys: The Photography of Herman Leonard" from Scala Publishers. Haven't put my hands on it yet, so I can't tell you anything about the quality of this edition... but it will be a Christmas present, for sure!

18 €, obviously mispriced (in these occasions, I looooove that those big stores don't know a word about jazz!)

Just picked the first volume (3CD) of this Intégrale Louis Armstrong, and for a bargain price (obviously mispriced, 18 €!!!) I think this is going to be as great as the Django Reinhardt Complete series. Yes, I know, many of us have most of this early Armstrong material over and over but I think it's great to have it all in one collection, and what a great collection! (Disclaimer: I missed the Louis Armstrong Masters Of Jazz series) Liner notes by Daniel Nevers and photographs enclosed are very good (and Laurie Wright's involving is a guarantee of quality, though his only contribution is the English translation of these liner notes). Packaging is great as usual. And as for sound quality, I haven't A/B checked with other releases (mostly Classics and King Jazz CDs in my case), but the overall impression is good. BTW: Volume 2 has just been released:

Spelt "Eleanor" on her Certificate of Death:

And Louis McKay spelt her name as "Eleanore" at the time of her death:

For some, she was Billie Halliday...

I knew I had heard.

http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/tg/feature/-/1000008263

Belén's reaction is YOU GOT SOME MORE CDS IN THE MAIL !!!!

Looks like a very nice book. I love jazz cartoons! Is it available anywhere?