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https://londonjazzcollector.wordpress.com/2014/04/01/blue-note-missing-over-fifty-years-discovered/

Wish to hell this had also been on CD. Except for the lack of it being released on CD.

What’s your take, Jim?

Very nice article, and I’m glad to see some mention of the similarities of Cook and Joe Henderson. It’s frankly uncanny just how much Cook sounds like Joe sometimes — especially on a number of Blue Mitchel’s leader-dates for BN. But he plays so well, usually, that he practically never comes off as a bad knockoff of Joe — at least in my estimation. Still, the resemblance is sometimes almost unnerving.

When you get the chance to listen to this a few times, please post your thoughts here!! — in a thread I made a while back for the entire CD.

Same, on all counts. Joe Henderson is probably my personal ne plus ultra of saxophone players — but since I already had the 2015 SHMCD of Mode For Joe (with the ‘new’ previously unreleased alternate of the title track), I just couldn’t justify the expense of getting even the Joe Henderson BN Mosaic (for what would have been just a couple more early alternates) — and I settled for buying the booklet only. I called them and happened to get Scott (maybe the first time I’d ever talked with him, unless it was back in the 90’s when I used to call in orders now and then), and he was kind enough to sell me just the Joe Henderson booklet when I was ordering a couple other sets (to save both of us extra shipping and hassle). The Henderson box wasn’t actually quite OOP yet, but I explained my rationale — and he didn’t even blink about selling me one (despite their stated policy of not doing so while sets were still in print). I guess my long purchase history with them helped, or he took pity on me. I like Sonny Clark just fine, but I’ve never been specifically enthusiastic about him. I think I’ve got about 4 discs from this set already, and that’s been enough for me for about 15 years at this point. Now a complete Lee Morgan 60’s set with some actual previously unreleased studio material — now THAT’s something I might not be able to resist. But this Sonny Clark set just isn’t calling my name.

Happy Birthday Hank Mobley!! 🥳 July 7th, 1930

The Rise and Fall of Smooth Jazz I walked a lonely road as a teen-aged smooth-jazz fanatic. By Colin Marshall July 6, 2023 https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-rise-and-fall-of-smooth-jazz

Hino’s May Dance is wonderful! ❤️

I’m not sure if I’m seeing anything(?) on Discogs (that isn’t a reissue or a compilation) between that Shepp date, and Blue Delight. Or am I overlooking something? Also, I wonder what the story was with HOW he ended up on Blue Delight. Not saying he shouldn’t have been on that date, but that certainly would have been at least slightly unexpected at the time, no? (Sidenote: I first heard Blue Delight when the college radio station I worked for got promo copies of all of those (then) ‘current’ A&M jazz releases… the two Sun Ra’s, two(?) Don Cherrys, a Cecil Taylor, and an Art Blakey, iirc. Were there any others? Maybe a Mulligan too, or am I just imagining that?)

On my iPhone, I had to turn my phone sideways to see the full title. And I suspect if I was viewing with a slightly larger font, the title would be too far off to the right to see. (Probably all good on a PC or laptop, I would guess.) FWIW.

Definitely worth exploring! https://americanarchive.org/special_collections/evolution-of-jazz https://americanarchive.org/catalog?f[special_collections][]=evolution-of-jazz&sort=title+asc&f[access_types][]=online

Also worth mentioning, the entire thing is on YouTube as a playlist… https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nrSZe5KGQSSykMdCRkJ8ajMI-4MwxRSmE Here’s just the first track (embedded in this thread), but the whole thing is accessible at the link above.

Some prior positive and somewhat glowing discussion of this as a CD release in this Nimbus thread (I know, because I was the one who mentioned it!)… I was a bit effusive, but a I think couple people agreed with me, so there’s that too. To summarize, it’s the vibes player that really impressed the hell out of me on this. The band is good too, but the quality of the vibes playing is what makes the whole thing really memorable (imho).

I’m gonna decide by tomorrow or Tuesday — but I’ll probably go, and plan to get bar tickets (cheapest).

I’ve only spun the entire disc once, plus the bonus tracks a second time just now. The jury’s still out… but so far at least, the bonus session might just be the highlight of the entire disc for me. The “Teddy Charles” factor is really a plus! — and I wish the bonus session had been its own album-length release.

Thanks, romualdo!! I had no idea this session had so much uncertainty about it.

Strange that (apparently?) they mangled the personnel listing. Is there anything that confirms this is the first ever release of these tracks? — or is anything else known about them? Wonder what Lord has (if anything).

Thx Chuck. Looking at Discogs, this thing has been reissued on CD four (4) times total, throughout the world. I just skimmed each CD entry on Discogs, and I think each and every one of them is slightly different!! https://www.discogs.com/master/404662-Gil-Melle-Quartet-Gils-Guests?format=CD On my phone, and it would be tricky to try and detail all the differences. And of course my other question remains, as to if these bonus tracks were previously unreleased prior to 1990 (and I have the standard 1990 US CD issue, fwiw) — and if so, where and when.

Two questions about the OJC CD reissue of Gil’s Guests (which I just got from Dusty last week, my first Gil Melle album). 1) From what original release (some 10” I’m guessing? - and when were they originally released?) do the 3 bonus tracks from 18-Jan-1957 come from? There’s nothing whatsoever about their origin in the liners (Although there is a torn perforation in my booklet, presumably where you could mail in something for an OJC catalog or something — it wouldn’t have been on the back of that, would it? — my copy is missing that page.) 2) Also, I’m just noticing the line-up of those three bonus tracks as listed (in the liners) is quite different than the Wikipedia page for this album… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil's_Guests Teddy Charles is clearly audible, but there are 2-3 other names that don’t match either — so what’s the correct personnel for this “bonus” session?? The liners say: Melle, Donald Byrd, Phil Woods, Joe Cinderella (guitar), Vinnie Burke (bass), and Edmund Thigpen (drums). But the Wikipedia entry says: Melle, Woods (alto), Seldon Powell (tenor), Byrd (trumpet), Teddy Charles (vibes), George Duvivier (bass), and Shadow Wilson (drums) This is my first ever Gil Melle purchase, which I’m quite enjoying — though as much for the varied instrumentation, and especially the 3 tracks with Teddy Charles, which are quite nice!!

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Full details... https://www.discogs.com/release/2167505-Charlie-Parker-Bird-In-Time-1940-1947

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jun/23/peter-brotzmann-legend-of-free-jazz-dies-at-82

I’d imagine George’s discography on his Wikipedia page isn’t complete (no idea, but inevitably there’s always a few things missing, which isn’t that surprising, and not a dig against Wikipedia). But is there anything particularly interesting that’s missing?? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Coleman