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  1. What vinyl are you spinning right now??

    in The Vinyl Frontier

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    Thanks AJF 67. If I understand this all correctly, the Blue Note "Omega Alpha" is the same as the "Art is the Art" that Paul Secor mentioned (?). I think I have the BN LP somewhere in my shelves, but I didn't connect it ot the other title. I'll have to go hunt it up.

    I checked the Pepper discography in "Straight Life,"and it has a diofferent date for the Omegatape sessions and some more titles.

    It lists the date as January 1958, The Art Pepper Quartet, with the same personnel of Carl Perkins (p), Ben Tucker (b) and Chuck Flores (d).

    Tunes:

    "Holiday Flight" (5:12) -- issued on Omegatape OMT 7020, Baccarola G80116ZT, Onyx ORI219 and Najda [J] PA-3140

    "Too Close For Comfort" (6:13) -- same as above

    "Webb City" (4:34) -- Najda [J] PA-3141

    "Webb City" (4:47) -- Same as "Holiday Flight"

    "Surf Ride" (4:45) -- same as "Holiday Flight"

    "Body and Soul" (4:23) -- same as "Holiday Flight"

    "Begin the Beguine" (6:26) -- Najda [J] PA-3141

    "Begin the Beguine" (7:24) -- same as "Holiday Flight"

    "The Breeze and I" (3:34) -- Omegatape ST-2030, Overseas [J] ULS-1534-V, Onyx ORI 219, Najda [J] PA-3141

    "Without a Song" (7:39) -- Same as "The Breeze and I"

    "Fascinatin' Rhythm" (4:23) -- Same as "The Breeze and I"

    "Fascinatin' Rhythm" (4:02) -- Najda [J] PA-3140

    "Long Ago and Far Away" (4:09) -- Same as "The Breeze and I"

    "I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me" (5:38) -- Same as "The Breeze and I"

    "Summertime" (7:26) -- Unissued

    "Summertime" (6:34) -- Najda [J] PA-3140

    "Blues Rock" (2:34) -- Unissued

    "Rock Blues" (2:38) -- Unissued

  2. What vinyl are you spinning right now??

    in The Vinyl Frontier

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    Art Pepper: Art Is the Art Vol. 1 (Nadja-Trio Japan) - Omegatape sides

    I'm a big Art Pepper fan. What can you tell us about the performance and the recording you mentioned?

    From the liner notes on my Blue Note LP of Pepper's Omega Alpha, which was released in 1980:

    "For some reason known only to Imperial executives of the day, the performances were released by Omegatape, one of the earliest U.S. firms engaged in the manufacture of prerecorded 1/4-track stereo tapes (now called open-reel) for the serious audiophile. The recordings were not issued in disc form at the time and this, coupled with the relatively limited sales enjoyed by 1/4-track tapes, accounts for the extreme rarity of these vintage performances. Combining as they do all the material released on Omegatape OMT 7020 and ST 2030, the present volumes mark the first U.S. release of these recordings in their original stereo configuration. An additional bonus is the inclusion in the second set, Omega/Beta, of several alternate takes: Fascinatin' Rythm, Begin The Beguine and Webb City

    While Pepper retains only a faint recollection of the details of the recordings, the product of a single session held in Hollywood's Audio Arts studios, he has a vivid impression of the music made that day, and recalls the session as having come off very well, primarily because the supporting players -- pianist Carl Perkins, bassist Ben Tucker and drummer Chuck Flores -- had been working regularly as a group in various local clubs. The session proceeded with the swiftness and smoothness of a club date, he recalled, few tunes requiring more than a single take"

    Side One:

    Surf Ride

    Body and Soul

    Too Close For Comfort

    Side Two:

    Fascinatin' Rhythm

    Begin The Beguine

    Webb City

    April 1, 1957

  7. Great vinyl on eBay

    in The Vinyl Frontier

    Posted

    I've bought from Anthony in the past. He's a good guy and I think he has taken constructive criticism and improved the grading of his LPs (which was never all that bad given E-Bay standards). I've liked what I've gotten, and the one time I had a problem he was fantastic about dealing with it. He gets fabulous stuff and usually waits to have large auctions like this one.

  8. The NFL Season

    in Miscellaneous - Non-Political

    Posted

    Raider fan with low hopes here.

    Ditto.

    Off to a crappy start in Pittsburgh.

    Steeler fan here, but with a prediction that we go 8-8. Our defensive backfield looked horrible on those TD passes. Geez. But we found a way to win when too often last year we found ways to lose. Plus, our offensive line was OK against an improved line for the Raiders. Neither team is going too far in my opinion. Our offense should end up being pretty good though. Whoever had Bettis on a fantasy team did well: 3 TDs -- and a total of ONE yard rushing (can't imagine many did though).

  9. Mary Lou Williams' Religious Music

    in Discography

    Posted

    I assume you've seen "Black Christ of the Andes". Not a mass but certainly religious. That came out on CD earlier this year.

    This is out on Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 2004 release. Available at CD Universe. There is some bluesy gospel on this, as well as some more choral-oriented voicings from the Ray Charles singers. The majority of the disc is Williams with a trio (Percy Heath on bass and Tim kennedy on drums) and some Williams solos. Others here at Organissimo have highly recommended this one and I'll join them.

  10. Muse Records

    in Discography

    Posted

    ust want to make mention of a couple of good Lester Bowie LPs on Muse that are well worth listening to: Fast Last!

    I'll second a recommendation on Fast Last. Good date, and I picked it up cheap at a used store.

  13. What vinyl are you spinning right now??

    in The Vinyl Frontier

    Posted

    Also an album from the Europa Jazz series- really, glorified LP bootlegs of European performance. This one has a live performance of Mr. P.C., with (as credited) John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy Quintet- Coltrane, Dolphy, Tyner, Garrison, Jones- 11:40" of smokin' music- alas, bootleg type sound- but the performance burns through.

    Interesting. I wonder when and where it is from.

    Disc 2 of the "Live Trane" CD box has a 1961 performance with Dolphy that clocks in at 11:17, but it has Workman on bass, not Garrison.

    I also have a 1962 version with Dolphy on disc 4 of a 5 CD box set issued by something called Rare Arts Reference Edition from Switzerland. Its an 11:03 minute version with Dolphy (on alto and flute) which has Garrison on bass and it says it is from a 1962 performance at Birdland. The boxed set is called "The Legendary Masters Unissued or Rare 1951-65. I've never seen it since I found it in a used CD store about 10 years ago. The stuff from the early 50s is total bootleg sound, but the live material from 61-65 has pretty good bootleg-type sound.

  20. Old 97s

    in Miscellaneous Music

    Posted

    I have an otherwise musically trustworthy friend who really likes these guys, but I just haven't been able to get into them. I saw their lead singer here in DC on a solo tour he did, and I thought he was absurd. The kicker for me was when he did a tune he called "Oh, Erika" to the tune of "America." Wailing "Oh Erika, Oh Erika..."like a parody of a 70s rock star, and bobbing his head to shake his hairdo ala Rod Stewart, he just struck me as totally ridiculous. I've never been able to get that out of my head.

  23. Penguin Guide to Jazz, 7th edition out soon

    in Jazz In Print - Periodicals, Books, Newspapers, etc...

    Posted

    Cook and Morton provide some of the best assessments of any guide book. In fact, I think of this less as a "buyer's guide" than as a critical reference book.

    I agree. They are first rate. The reason I'm not going to buy this one is because I have the last version and a number of previous versions. Plus, I have less use for a book limited to reviews of only in-print CDs than I used to.

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