Swinging Swede

What's the catalogue number for Portuguese Soul? I wasn't aware that it was coming out, and can't find it on hmv.co.jp for example.

The Soft Swing is one of the 50 POCJs that are being reissued on 13th January 2007.

Yes, it is out on a twofer CD called Mellow Moods, which contains both Everything's Mellow and All American from the year after.

Well, Anita O'Day was with with Kenton in 1944-45 and June Christy followed her in 1945-1948, so the original orchestra should be a given. Contrary to many other big band leaders in the late big band era, Kenton did very well and had his biggest hits in those years. His Capitol recordings 1943-47, both commercial and transcriptions were collected in a now OOP Mosaic set. Except some alternate takes, those recordings have been collected in two Definitive sets, a 4-CD set for the commercial Capitol recordings, and a 2-CD set for the Capitol transcriptions. Capitol had excellent sound in the 40s, so you don't have to worry about the sound issue. Kenton had many fine bands later, but his 40s recordings remain his most important, so it doesn't get any more essential than that. Some of his progressive 1947 charts may not be to your liking, though. From the hi-fi era I can recommend Easy Go which collects 20 jazz tracks from 1950-52, that are unusually swinging for being Kenton. That early 50s band had an unusually starstudded personnel too with people like Maynard Ferguson, Conte Candoli, Art Pepper, Bud Shank and Bob Cooper. I can also recommend Kenton In Hi-Fi from 1956 which has the Kenton band recreating his biggest hits from the 40s in hi-fi. Kenton's tenor star from the 40s, Vido Musso, sits in with the band again on this one.

Not from the movie: Borat in Arizona singing a Kazakhstani hit song. Listen to the lyrics and watch the crowd reaction! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbCUH8diDpQ

Drummers Dave Bailey and Donald Bailey and while not jazz: Singers Ryan Adams and Bryan Adams

Another one: Wild Bill Davis and Wild Bill Davison

Some that have been mixed up in the past: tenorist Eddie Davis and tenorist Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis (both recorded in the mid-40s) Etta James and Etta Jones Joe Turner and Big Joe Turner Ralph Flanagan and Bill Finnegan I've read that when RCA Victor circa 1950 wanted a new Miller-styled big band, Flanagan got the job, because a RCA boss thought he was the old Miller arranger Finnegan. Don't know if the story is true.

AMG's Stephen Thomas Erlewine gives this 1 star. And he gave Paris Hilton's album 4½ stars. That should tell you something. Then again, Britney guests on one track, so the Britney completists on the board will have to get this one! -_-

I was thinking about this post: "It looks like most of the BN Works TOCJ series is being reissued. Good news." I checked HMV and they have TOCJs I thought had been gone for a long time. But perhaps they just found some hidden stock? Or have those titles been available from HMV all along, despite going for much more on eBay?

Is this the '52 material or the '59 stuff? It should be the '59 stuff. The Verve album was called Oscar Peterson Plays the Duke Ellington Song Book, whereas the earlier Clef album was called just Oscar Peterson Plays Duke Ellington. Yes. Actually, what caught my attention is the use of the POCJ prefix. That one has not been used since the Polygram days. Someone mentioned that TOCJs from the 90s have been repressed recently, and now the same thing seems to be happening to the POCJs from the 90s. Interesting. Some of these I have picked up for quite a bit more on eBay... Nice to see them reappear anyway.

I ordered it Friday and have the same fear. I hope they didn't put the defective booklet in these last minute orders. I bought mine a couple weeks ago. The booklet was missing some pages, but they're sending a replacement. Mine arrived Tuesday, with the correct pages in the booklet. Mine arrived today (after almost a month) ! The booklet was correct too.

I ordered it in time 2-3 weeks ago, but haven't received it yet. I just hope it doesn't get lost on the way!

Instant classic from Croatia-England yesterday. Amazing own goal involving English goalkeeper Paul Robinson! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osrkNP_vkHE

So, has it become any clearer what's happening to the Fantasy catalogue? Are just the items in the Concord sale going OOP? Or is pretty much everything, including OJC Limited Editions, regular OJCs, and twofers going OOP when Concord exhausts its current stock? Won't they repress any titles? Like many others here I have a lot left to get from the Fantasy catalogue, so it would be nice if it were possible to narrow down what to get quickly, but I realize that may not be the case, and that everything may be endangered now.

Well, the cover does say "COUNT BASIE ORCHESTRA" which indicates that it's a post-1984 recording. When Basie was still alive it used to be "COUNT BASIE AND HIS ORCHESTRA". It's typical for big bands that carry on after the leader's death that they are called ("The") + [name] + "Orchestra". In a way this orchestra is the real thing. In his last few years Basie sometimes couldn't perform due to illness, and Tee Carson used to sub for him. When Basie died the band simply continued its engagements, with Tee Carson on piano, and just kept going. Freddie Green remained in the band until his death in 1987, for example, and was on the first post-Basie album, Long Live The Chief from 1986. Gradually the members died or left, and were replaced as had always been the case. The band has continued touring and recording, and has won at least one Grammy (perhaps more?). In the current edition there are still about five members that were hired during Basie's lifetime, including leader Bill Hughes who first joined in the 50s. So the New Testament band that was formed in late 1951 has never disbanded, but is still with us, which I think we should be grateful for. It has also not fallen into the trap of only playing the trusted repertoire, but has continually recorded new material from different arrangers, just as during Basie's lifetime. Actually I read an interview with Hughes some months ago where he mentioned that they were planning to soon go into the studios to record an album of new material, and I know I will pick it up when it comes out!

You're right, I now see that you even said so in previous threads. It was the Japanese CD releases that also had some tracks in mono. Too bad if the stereo tapes have been misplaced. A couple of previous threads on the subject: Chet Baker 1965 Prestige sessions, which tracks are mono? Chet Baker on Prestige

Chet Baker's 1965 Prestige quintet recordings come to mind. Some of those tracks seem to always have been released in mono. This was discussed in a recent thread.

Excuse me for jumping in here, but Jazzbo's memory is correct. Demon's Dance was a regular release in 1987 and then repressed in the third and last Collector's Choice batch in 1997. It has never been a Connoisseur! It also has no bonus track. There were two Connoisseur batches in 1997. Each had a Jackie McLean title. They were Swing Swang Swingin' and 'Bout Soul respectively. What exactly is it you have, Sidewinder?

That's a gorilla!

Ray Nance. Allegedly Duke fired Nance due to unreliability. Gonsalves remained!

Oh my god, Paul Gonsalves is sleeping throughout the entire tune!! That's why Jimmy Hamilton after taking his clarinet solo also has to take the tenor solo...

I have the Fuller/Gillespie CD, but certainly wouldn't mind seeing the Fuller/Moody!

My vote: Kenny Burrell - Freedom Jackie McLean - High Frequency Sam Rivers - A New Conception Jimmy Smith - Minor Fare (unissued 1961 session) Louis Smith - Smithville (in stereo and with two bonus tracks) Larry Young - Contrasts

Johnny Richards in younger days: