[Sesac Recordings]

Does anyone know anything about this label whch issued LPs in a wide variety of genres including jazz.

address:

The Collseum Tower

10 Columbus Circle

New York 19

Zeno

We already have a thread dealing with this question here .

You also may want to read this .

I'd suggest deleting this thread and bringing up the original thread for fresh input .

[Harold Land's "Take Aim"]

I thought Land's playing was okay, but the rhythm section not up to par - that's why I sold my copy.

I actually think the rhythm section isn't the problem . Clarence Jones the basssist has a big

rubbery George Tucker-like sound , and is up front in the mix . Amos Trice sounds fine.The

problem for me is trumpeter Martin Banks . A limited , middle-register player ( like early Bill

Hardman perhaps ) who only sounds good when harmonizing with Land . The tunes are not

memorable . Land's soulful take on " You're My Thrill " is the highpoint of the record .

Here is an article on Austin's Martin Banks :www.creop.org/html/martinbanks.html

[Rare West Coast Jazz Lp]

A Web search yields a recording date of July 5, 6 1960 .

As for the Kent label please see : www.bsnpubs.com/modern/kent.html

As for who " Kess " might be , could it be guitarist Barney Kessel??

[Paul Knopf]

While it's true that many obscure artists are deservedly so , the meritorious deserve a place in jazz history . Paul Knopf is the kind of artist that makes crypto-jazzology both so rewarding and so important .

Garth was right to list Monk and Hope as stylistic confreres , to which I would add Herbie

Nichols . Paul told me that he heard Nichols at the Page Three club where Nichols was backing singers ; he even subbed for Nichols one night at the Metropole with Cootie Williams outfit .

Paul hooked up with Richard Davis ( or " Richie Davis " as he is listed on the Knopf lps ) in the autumn of 1958 . Along with drummer Jim Olin they cut two trio dates that came out in 1959 . A third session with brass was recorded but never issued as no complete takes were laid down .Despite critical praise in Downbeat , Metronome and Playboy , Playback Records , run by rank amateurs , failed to promote the lps and thus Knopf was condemned to obscurity

He emerged again on a self-produced trio lp in 1977 assisted by Jack Six and Joe Cocuzzo.

All three Knopf trio dates are composed entirely of original compositions and are earnestly

recommended to afficianados of jazz piano .