Swinging Swede

Jan Savitt Emphasis on the first or second syllable?

I think I saw somewhere that Horace Silver at Newport 1958 will come out in early 2008. Louis Smith is on trumpet, and any new Louis Smith from that era is great news IMO. OK, not technically a reissue, but still something to look forward too.

Nice starting price for this Art Farmer CD. US $299.99. And someone has put in a bid! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=290176906554

Interesting news! I just discovered that the 1955 Clef album has been reissued on CD this year by Membran in their Original Long Play Album series, but under the title it got when it was reissued on Verve, Illinois Jacquet And His Orchestra. This means that all of Jacquet's Clef/Verve sessions have come out on CD already! I have edited the post above to reflect this.

All of Jacquet's Verve sessions have now come out on CD! First of all, I tend to think of these recordings in their 12" incarnations, and then we have six 12” LP albums plus the lone so called Cool Rage session from 1958. Here's what's where: Jazz Moode (Clef MGC 700) [18 Jan 1951 (8 tracks) + 21 Mar 1952 (3 tracks)] All tracks on Classics 1254 and Classics 1376 Groovin’ (Clef MGC 702) [24 May 1951 (7 tracks) + 11 Dec 1953 (5 tracks)] All tracks on Classics 1376 and the upcoming Classics 1451. The 1953 tracks were also bonus tracks on the VEE. Port Of Rico (Clef MGC 701) [2 Jul 1952 (4 tracks) + 31 Dec 1952 (4 tracks) + 11 Dec 1953 (3 tracks)] All tracks on Classics 1376 and the upcoming Classics 1451. The 1953 tracks were also bonus tracks on the VEE. The Kid And The Brute (Clef MGC 680) [13 Dec 1954] All tracks on the upcoming Classics 1451 and also on the OOP VEE of the same title Groovin’ With Jacquet (Clef MGC 676) [3 Nov 1955] The earlier part of this session will be on Classics 1451, but the entire session won’t fit. However, I just discovered that this album came out this year on a Membran CD in their Original Long Play Album series, but under its later Verve title Illinois Jacquet And His Orchestra. Swing’s The Thing (Clef MGC 750) [16 Oct 1956] Recently out on a Japanese CD, and even more recently on a Lone Hill Jazz CD, which adds the Cool Rage session the Cool Rage session (part of Verve VE2 2544) [21 apr 1958] Just 4 short tracks that were first released on a much later compilation. I assume they would have been part of Jacquet’s next Verve album, but he and the label split before more material had been recorded, and the session remained in limbo. It’s available on the aforementioned Lone Hill Jazz CD Here are the Classics releases so far: 1945-1946 (Classics 948) 1946-1947 (Classics 1019) NOTE: Includes the Aladdin track that was left off the Mosaic! 1947-1951 (Classics 1254) 1951-1952 (Classics 1376) 1953-1955 (Classics 1451) Not yet released [Post edited to include info about the new Membran CD]

Next batch (not out yet): 1450 Benny Goodman 1951-1952 1451 Illinois Jacquet 1953-1955 1452 Bud Powell 1953-1954 1453 Jess Stacy 1951-1955 1454 Oscar Pettiford 1954-1955 Other recent releases not mentioned in this thread: 1430 Thelonious Monk 1951-1952 1431 Sidney Bechet 1952 Vol. 2 1432 Duke Ellington 1953 Vol. 2 1433 Gene Krupa 1953-1954 1434 Joe Bushkin 1940-1946 1435 Stan Getz 1954 1436 Benny Goodman 1949-1951 1437 Slim Gaillard 1951-1953 1438 Benny Carter 1954 1439 Charlie Barnet 1940 Vol. 2 1440 Earl Hines 1953-1954 1441 Django Reinhardt 1951-1953 1442 Beryl Booker 1953-1954 1443 Eddie ”Lockjaw” Davis 1953-1955 1444 Gerald Wilson 1946-1954 And here are the recent Blues & Rhythm titles not mentioned previously in this thread. Since this series hasn't had the problems the jazz series has, there are quite a few of them. 5110 Jimmy McCracklin 1948-1951 5111 Sarah McLawler 1950-1953 5112 Bill Samuels 1945-1947 5113 Ivory Joe Hunter 1950-1951 5114 Percy Mayfield 1947-1951 5115 The Clovers 1950-1953 5116 Effie Smith 1945-1953 5117 Amos Milburn 1950-1951 5118 T-Bone Walker 1950-1952 5119 Julia Lee 1927-1946 5120 Billy Ward 1950-1953 5121 Charlie Singleton 1949-1953 5122 Lowell Fulson 1948-1949 5123 Martha Davis 1946-1951 5124 Big Bill Broonzy 1951-1952 5125 Joe Morris 1950-1953 5126 Lavern Baker 1949-1954 5127 Gatemouth Brown 1952-1954 5128 J.B. Lenoir 1951-1954 5129 King Perry 1950-1954 5130 Floyd Jones 1948-1953 5131 Lil Green 1947-1951 5132 Hank Ballard 1952-1954 5133 Lightnin’ Hopkins 1950-1951 5134 Ray Charles 1953-1954 5135 Willis Jackson 1950-1954 5136 Lula Reed 1950-1954 5137 Leroy Foster 1948-1952 5138 Johnny Ace 1951-1954 5139 Guitar Slim 1951-1954 5140 Otis Blackwell 1952-1954 5141 Faye Adams 1952-1954 5142 Clyde McPhatter 1953-1954 5143 ”Sugar Boy” Crawford 1953-1954 5144 Julia Lee 1947 5145 Larry Darnell 1949-1951 5146 Tiny Grimes 1951-1954 5147 Little Esther 1951-1954 5148 B.B. King 1952-1954 5149 Saunders King 1948-1954 5150 Percy Mayfield 1951-1954 5151 Titus Turner 1949-1954 5152 T-Bone Walker 1952-1954 5153 Lonnie Johnson 1949-1952 5154 Willie Mabon 1949-1954 5155 Joe Liggins 1950-1952 5156 Bull Moose Jackson 1950-1953 5157 J.T. Brown 1950-1954 5158 Amos Milburn 1952-1953 5159 Todd Rhodes 1952-1954 5160 Hawks/Bees 1953-1954 5161 Tommy Ridgley 1949-1955 5162 Johnny Otis 1951 5163 Johnny Sparrow 1949-1955 5164 Lowell Fulson 1949-1951 5165 Jimmy Witherspoon 1950-1951 5166 Smiley Lewis 1947-1952 5167 Little Junior Parker 1952-1955 5168 Sticks McGhee 1951-1955 5169 Dave Bartholomew 1952-1955 5170 Big Jay McNeely 1953-1955 5171 Sunnyland Slim 1952-1955 5172 Johnny ’Guitar’ Watson 1952-1955 5173 Viviane Greene 1947-1955 5174 Earl King 1953-1955 5175 Bill Doggett 1954 5176 Ike Turner 1951-1954 5177 Lonnie Johnson 1948-1949 5178 Billy Ward And His Dominoes 1953-1954 5179 Earl Bostic 1954-1955 5180 Jimmy McCracklin 1951-1954 5181 Ruth Brown 1954-1956 5182 Rusty Bryant 1952-1954 5183 Little Walter 1953-1955 5184 J.B. Lenoir 1955-1956 5185 Stomp Gordon 1952-1956

Does Schenker write "To be continued..." at the end of the liner notes, as he usually does? If so, I suppose Classics intends to release more Tatum volumes. However, the CD you mention ends with the 9 first Clef/Verve sides (later on Pablo), and you can already get all the 1953-56 Norman Granz recordings on Pablo CDs, unless Concord recently has deleted them too. I have all 8 Group CDs, and wholeheartedly recommend them. Really superb stuff. I haven't got any of the Solo CDs (yet) though.

I thought there weren't supposed to be any more TOCJ Blue Notes?

....yawn....zzzzzzzz Agreed. Anyone who wants those has already been able to pick up them, since they have been available forever. How about reissuing albums that haven't been on CD before? In particular the Prestige catalogue is far from exhausted yet. There are several albums each by people like Gene Ammons, Shirley Scott, Willis Jackson, Don Patterson and Johnny "Hammond" Smith that they could reissue, perhaps on twofers, instead of those pointless 70s twofers they just did.

Actually all of Bryant's Cadets have been out on Japanese CDs, except Take A Bryant Step. (At least I'm not aware of a CD release of that one.) Excellent stuff! In addition, Bryant's first Cadet session remains unissued and there are quite a few unissued tracks from the other sessions, so in this case a Mosaic set would make more sense. But I don't think Cuscuna is a big fan of this type of music, so a Mosaic set may not be very likely.

Right. Dancing The Big Twist is on another Collectables twofer coupled with the Epic album Ray Bryant Trio. In fact all of Bryant's Columbias/Epics have come out on CD, so no real need for a Mosaic set.

That's what I thought too. How could the article miss that? The video of it once was on YouTube, but seems to have been removed. Here it is on another video site: Teresa Brewer - Music! Music! Music! (1950)

Maybe a Mosaic box with these guys?

That sucks. Storyville used to have new interesting stuff coming out every month. Where's the Complete Ellington at Cotton Club 1938 that was promised? New D.E.T.S. volumes? New Ellington stockpile recordings (also promised)? I suspect they don't have the people to pull it off any longer, and have to recycle old stuff instead. Sad. Anyway, Storyville's text about the Webster box starts with this line: "More than 35 years after his death Ben Webster’s music remains fresh, contemporary and original" More than 35 years? Ben Webster died in September 1973.

Sure. But it is dangerous to change history. If you buy one, some other board member's copy will instantly disappear from his shelf. And he won't be happy!

Yep, two earlier versions. I checked with Internet Archive's Wayback Machine, and the first one seems to have been active in 1999-2003: Mosaic site in 1999 Mosaic site in 2003 Then there was the second one which only seems to have been used in 2003-04: Mosaic site in 2004 Then the third version was used in 2004-07 and this is what has been called the old design in this thread. And now we have the fourth version. What was wrong with the older ones anyway?

I thought the old look was the new look. I remember an earlier one. Or possibly even two earlier ones?

How about the first two on the member list: Д.Д. and δήμητρα ?

Some more thoughts. This must have been the tour on which Charlie Rouse, who then was Ellington's regular tenorist, couldn't follow the band to Europe because he couldn't get a passport in time. I wonder if Don Byas substituted for him the entire tour? Hearing Byas with the Ellington band is in any case another major point of this release. Only later that year did Paul Gonsalves join. Noticeable is also trumpeter Al Killian's presence, since he was murdered just a few months later. Is this his last recording? Coincidentally, a common link between Byas, Gonsalves and Killian is that all three previously had played in the Basie band.

Wow! I had not heard about this before. From the site: "Miracles happen. This recording was found by accident in a drawer...and it is an unbelievable recording. The performance of the Duke Ellington Orchestra on the night of may 2, 1950 at the Kongresshaus in Zurich, Switzerland is absolutely outstanding. On top, the recording quality is sensational. This CD is an absolute must and not only for Ellington fans. Even though this music was recorded some 57 years ago it sounds so fresh like it was yesterday. I am happy to be able to present this historic document to you." The Ellington band was little recorded at this time. If the recording quality is sensational as they say (and the performance outstanding to boot), I would say this is a major Ellington find.

Milan's keeper Dida seriously injured by Celtic fan ... or maybe not ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB86HjeXa1A

Yes, it has been out on CD before on the Magnetic label. I think I used to see Magnetic CDs in circa the early 90s, but they are in any case long OOP. It was a bootleg label, but at least those were original boots. I'm sure the Gambit CDs are just rips of the Magnetic CDs. The Paris set that randyhersom mentions was also on Magnetic, by the way. The Pablo Live Trane set is a discographical mess, and even includes tracks that are actually from Birdland. The tracks that are claimed to be from this Paris concert are in fact not, so there is no overlap.

Here's another genius: Man Bitten By Rattlesnake After Putting It in His Mouth Wednesday, September 19, 2007 Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. — Snake collector Matt Wilkinson of Portland grabbed a 20-inch rattler from the highway near Maupin, and three weeks later, to impress his ex-girlfriend, he stuck the serpent in his mouth. He was soon near death with a swollen tongue that blocked his throat. Trauma doctors at the Oregon Health and Science University saved his life. "You can assume alcohol was involved," he said. Actually, not just beer. It was something he called a "mixture of stupid stuff." Calls from cable network television stations poured in Tuesday, when he still had sore muscles and nerves from the venom. It happened at a barbecue with friends. Wilkinson, 23, had downed a six-pack and his ex-girlfriend asked him for a beer. He handed her one, not realizing the snake was also in his hand. "She said, 'Get that thing out of my face,'" Wilkinson said. "I told her it was a nice snake. 'Nothing can happen. Watch.'" So he stuck the snake in his mouth. "It got a hold of my tongue," he said. He was having breathing problems when his ex-girlfriend drove him to the hospital. "She was the only one sober," Wilkinson said. En route, they spotted a police car and asked for help. His next memory, he said, was waking up at the hospital. Doctors could not get a breathing tube down his throat. Dr. Richard Mullins cut a hole in Wilkinson's neck to insert the breathing tube. Physicians started giving antivenin, moved him to intensive care and kept him sedated until the swelling went down. The Poison Control Center sees about 50 people a year with snake bites, usually hikers. Deaths from rattlesnake bites in Oregon are extremely rare. Wilkinson, who works in construction, has yet to return to work. His three Western diamondback rattlers have been removed from his home. He says co-workers have been pretty blunt. "They were like, 'What the heck were you thinking?'" Wilkinson said. The answer? "It's my own stupidity."

There certainly was a jam session just hours before Brownie's death, which the drummer could reminisce about. However, that is not the one on the Columbia album! Even the liner notes say that this session wasn't Clifford's first at Music City, and that usually a tape recorder would be in action, and indeed this recording must be an earlier one. The reason it can't be 25th June 1956 is that tenorist Billy Root, who is present on the recording, was on tour with Stan Kenton at the time of Clifford's death. It thus has to be an earlier occasion. According to my notes researcher Alan Hood reported the date to be 31st May 1955 in the November 1996 Jazz Journal International (p.18).