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a label discography can be found here...
http://web.archive.org/web/19991005054004/...m/jazzprojekte/
"carmell jones returns" looks good to me, or the dennis budimir with alber stinson..., or the john carter/bobby bradford quintet...
Thanks Niko,
I didn't know about this one:
"20-- Frank Strazzeri: Taurus
Conte Candoli (tp), Frank Rosolini (tb), Don Menza (fl,ts), Frank Strazeri (elp), Gene Cherico (b), Dick Burke (dr) (rec. 6.1.1973) (also issued on Creative World CW 3003 as "View from within" )
Taurus / Lazy Moments / Strazzatonic / Calcutta / Sphinx / View From Within"
Don't think I've ever seen that one on cd. As something of a Rosolino fan, I'd like to hear that!
greg mo
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I have really been digging on the Benny Goodman "bop" recordings from the late 40s. Stuff like Undercurrent Blues and Benny's Bop on Hep is just really hitting me right. I don't know why. It's not full strength bop, it's not quite swing. Maybe it's Wardell? I really don't know, I only wish there was more of it.
So, who's with me on this stuff? It seems like maybe this period isn't so well looked upon. At the very least, this stuff is a little more obscure. None of these recordings are especially easy to find these days.
More importantly, where can I find more like it? Or is this just an anomaly and these BG records stand alone?
I've always had a weakness for Benny's bop stuff. It would be an understatement to say he never got into it like other swing band leaders did (like Charlie Barnett, for example)--he dismissed the whole thing after he disbanded that group. Some of it does sound weird, though! "The Hucklebuck" is sure a case in point! I only count about five sort-of-bop things with Gray on the 4-cd Mosaic set of his Capitol small group recordings. The rest are pretty traditional (but good) swing things.
greg mo
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Yes, check the orders already posted here (has helped me). Here are a few that might not have been mentioned (not jazz but good deals still):
Paavo Jarvi & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Dvorak: Symphony No.9 / Martinu: Symphony No.2 SACD
Paavo Jarvi & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Stravinsky: Petrouchka, The Firebird Suite, Scherzo a la Russe SACD
Paavo Jarvi & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Bartok And Lutoslawski: Concertos For Orchestra SACD
Lightnin' Hopkins The Swarthmore Concert
Rev. Gary Davis A Little More Faith
That's an eclectic list! I appreciate the tip about the prices remaining despite the disappearance of the site. I went ahead and ordered the Gil Evans and Ten SACD and the new Monterey Jazz All-stars cd. Used the "cmg" which pretty well covered postage.
greg mo
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Dear Members,
Thank you so much for your interest in the Marsh material we have.
I am co-owner of Revelation Records. I have been going through all Revelation material for possible future releases. Marsh of course is at the top of the list. I have been in communication with Mosaic and other companies and I hope to release the Marsh material in the not too distant future.
I am currently moving all of the Revelation material onto 24/96 digital format to preserve it for posterity.
If you have any other questions please fire away as your interest is very very appreciated.
Jonathan Horwich
That's very good news! I'm embarrassed to admit, however, that I don't know much about the Revelation label. Could you share with us some information about what other artists recorded with the label whose work might be of interest to the Board? Many thanks!
greg mo
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Since many re-issue projects (especially LPs) came from the marketing side of record companies, perhaps the objective in some cases was to make old material somehow sound more "Hi-Fi", emphasis on "High", meaning brighter sound.
It was certainly the marketers who came up with the idea of reprocesssed stereo -- breaking down honest, clear mono with slight channel-to-channel delay and different EQs. Bad in "stereo", worse if you had the misfortune to hear it folded back to mono. I remember some particularly bad Decca things in the '60s, the Lunceford band, for example.
Oh yeah--the old Decca Jazz Heritage Series! Great music, unbelievably dreadful sound! One of my nightmares is that the big fire may have left some of these as the only versions from some more obscure bands like Jan Savitt or Lucky Millinder. Brrrr.
greg mo
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Yeah, the sale stuff appears to be gone. All the links now take you to the box set sale.
greg mo
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yea I'm wondering about this part....
"30 + tracks never before on CD "....
The thing I find so cool about this.. is that I suspect this is the last time this stuff is going to be reissued... As much as I love OP he's not Miles/Trane/Brubeck in that the record companies will release the same stuff 7 -8 times...
I checked it out--nasty shipping cost to the U.S. I may wait a bit to see if another vendor gets hold of it.
greg mo
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Okay, recently I must be using obsessive collecting to distract me from thr troubles in my life. Just placed another final order.
Miles Davis - Miles Davis And The Modern Jazz Giants PRCD-7150-2 - $0.00
Gil Evans - Gil Evans & Ten PRSA-7120-6 - $5.98
Harold Land - The Fox OJCCD-343-2 - $5.98
McCoy Tyner With Stanley Clarke And Al Foster - McCoy Tyner With Stanley Clarke And Al Foster 63488 - $5.98
John Coltrane - Lush Life [Rudy Van Gelder Remaster] PRCD-8103-2 - $5.98
Milt Jackson & Wes Montgomery - Bags Meets Wes! [Keepnews Collection] RCD-30502 - $5.98
The Modern Jazz Quartet - Django PRSA-7057-6 - $5.98
Nat Adderley - Work Song [Keepnews Collection] -RCD-30506 - $5.98
Jack McDuff - Tough 'Duff OJCCD-324-2 - $5.98
George Russell Sextet - Ezz-Thetics [Keepnews Collection] RCD-30188 - $8.98
Sonny Criss - This Is Criss! [Rudy Van Gelder Remaster] PRCD-30654 - $5.98
Subtotal $62.80
Coupon:CMG ($12.56)
Shipping: Free Ground Shipping $0.00
Sales Tax $0.00
Total $50.24
I think you'll really enjoy Harold Land's The Fox It's a great album, and Dupree Bolton is amazing on it.
greg mo
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No one has mentioned Melba Liston, a brilliant arranger and a fine trombonist.
Among singers...er...Ella?! Sarah? Carmen?
And I love Shirley Horn too.
greg mo
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Is the Armstrong set on back order?
greg mo
EDIT: It's not--ordered mine with the free shipping!
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Chewy, I've got all the Victor Fats and it's all great. I second what Lon said.
Do you have a track listing for that LP? I had some of the 60s Victor LPs - they were billed as RCA Vintage. Their issue caused the loss of some of the 78 masters.
All the Vintage series albums were prefixed LPV. Cool series, often poor vinyl, occasional skipping problems.
greg mo
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IIRC there was a two disc Lp Wilson set released in Canada in the late '60s or early '70s with a few of the Billie sides but most of the cuts instrumentals.
"Teddy Wilson and His All-Stars," 2-LP set on Columbia, CG-31617 issued 1973. It was all recorded for Brunswick and has 5 Billie Holiday vocals and 2 by Ella among its 31 tracks. That's the material I'm talking about. I have the Lady Day set, so I don't really want to pick up all the Heps in order to get the instrumentals, but there is some fine material on those instrumentals--lots of stuff by Johnny Hodges, Chu Berry, Roy Eldridge, Buck Clayton, Harry James, and others. Sure seems like there would be enough instrumentals and non-Holiday vocals to fill a Select, but those who have the Heps could answer that better than I can.
greg mo
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45 sets later, I'm thinking of slowing down. One of these days.
They'll have to pry the credit card from my cold, dead hand.
Oh yeah!
greg mo
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Hans,
Thanks for that update. I had missed it altogether. Needless to say, I hope they are able to make this happen.
Up over and out.
Hans wrote me that the Ellington set is also on hold--that they haven't even contracted for the rights yet. Sigh. But hey, if we weren't patient, we'd have all been in the looney bin long ago. 'Course, some of us are already there, but I won't name names!
greg mo
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Aren't the endless additional takes of 'I Know That You Know' also on the Stitt Verve Elite 'Only The Blues' as bonus tracks (along with ear-pounding take announcements from some-one which usually have me cranking the volume right down).
I think so - and am I missing anything, having the Jazz in Paris of the Stitt/Peterson and the VEE?
Don't know about the VEE, but, as Ubu knows, the three tracks are definitely not on the JIP. I have them on a 1991 cd issue of the album, catalog no. 849-396-2, personnel as listed above, though this cd lists the recording date as 10 October rather than the 11th.
Seems like we've discussed this issue on the Board before!
greg mo
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Anyone know of what is forthcoming from Mosaic?
The Duke Ellington Brunswick/Columbia set should be coming out at some point. I think they've been working on it a while.
greg mo
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Damn, took you guys long enough to respond!
Damn again...sounds like the Ellington one was the one of the 4 to get and its already out of print in the U.S. , and it was only released here last July??? Way to give a release a change to sell!
Mosaic has promised an Ellington 30s Brunswick/Columbia box, so the material should be available before long in a deluxe form--'course, it will be just a tad bit more expensive!
greg mo
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On eMusic I'd recommend "If You Could See Me Now" on Pablo.
That's a fine recommendation. I don't know if it's available on e-music, but "The Oscar Peterson Trio Plus One" with Clark Terry is my favorite of the Verves. And I don't think you can go wrong with "Satch and Josh," the great album OP and Basie did together for Pablo. Peterson's response to Basie's solo on "Jumpin' at the Woodside" really is delightful.
greg mo
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The French pianist Alain Jean-Marie. I like the new 2-cd Jazz in Paris thing by him.
Oh yeah, and T-Bone Walker! I'd never listened to him before, incredibly enough. Way cool.
greg mo
T-Bone is the source. What a man.
Jean-Marie, yeah that's a nice JIP reissue. I hadn't heard those cds before. I really only know him from the interesting work he did with Barney Wilen. May have to see if there's more to find. . . .
If you find something interesting by Jean-Marie, Lon, clue me in. Frankly, I ordered the cd because I'm addicted to the whole series, so I had no expectations one way or the other, but I liked it. He gets a really nice sound out of his piano, very reflective in a Bill Evans kind of way, though that may be giving both him and the cd too much credit!
greg mo
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Stan Kenton. I have enjoyed individual Kenton alums but previous exposure has left a "tepid" impression. Any suggestions are welcomed.
I just discovered Standards In Silhouette a few months back myself. I'm in no way a Kenton fan, but this one actually moved me, something that KentonMusic rarely does.
Otherwise, I've always been partial to Adventures In Jazz. And of course, the Bob Graettinger pieces, but that's a thing unto itself, really.
Kenton's West Side Story album is awesome. A lot of the more adventurous 50's stuff on Capitol is pretty tremendous. Even a lot of the late 40's stuff is pretty cool, really enjoy hearing Anita O'Day and June Christy with him. I've also been very late to the game on Kenton, just really got into him last year. Some good early 70's concert recordings by him floating around also.
I've always been partial to "Adventures in Blues." Some great Gene Roland arrangements on that album. And of course "Kenton in Hi-Fi" with some way cool Milt Bernhart trombone!
greg mo
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What we're seeing here is that people jumped on the chance to get this material in this comprehensive form when they had the chance.
If you weren't around then, this is your chance.
Absolutely. I have the Bluebird box too, though I confess I thought long and hard about selling it when I got the Mosaic. Decided to keep it for several of the reasons already outlined here. But the Mosaic is very, very fine, and there are some great sessions there.
I don't think anybody has reissued the similar instrumental sessions Teddy Wilson led for Columbia (or was it Brunswick?), have they? Some fine work there.
greg mo
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.I fear it may be the start of something.
Yeah, I think I may have felt that way when I bought the Monk Blue Note set on LP back in the late Jurassic. Now, innumerable Mosaic sets later.... Well, what the hell is money for, anyway?!greg mo
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Here's my wish list....(7 not 5!)
Bennie Goodman -- Columbia and Okeh Orchestra Sessions (Got bumped by Chu, which was probably wise (thanks Jazzbo!) Many complain of too many alt takes.)
Charlie Parker -- Complete Benedetti Recordings (this one tends to get bumped down all the time!)
Sonny Stitt -- The Complete Roost Sonny Stitt Studio Sessions (If it ever goes back in print...hopefully by Christmas?!)
Hank Mobley -- The Complete Blue Note Hank Mobley Fifties Sessions (as often mentioned in the "Favorite Mosaic.." thread)
Oscar Peterson -- The Complete Clef/Mercury Rec. Of Oscar Peterson Trio (Wonderfully accessible. Gets bumped by more obscure stuff, like Chu.)
Jack Teagarden -- The Complete Roulette Jack Teagarden Sessions (Not much said on this. If I had $70 right now, I'd have a tracking #)
Buddy Rich -- Classic Emarcy, Verve Small Grp Buddy Rich Sessions (I bet this is a sleeper - in terms of its popularity, of course.)
I'd put the Mobley and Teagarden at the top of the list. You definitely don't want to miss out on those.
I've owned the Stitt, but was wholeheartedly unimpressed. It was the only Mosaic set I've returned under the Mosaic satisfaction guarantee. I wasn't proud about it, but $154 is a pretty good chunk of change.
I love the Teagarden Roulettes. Jack stretches out on the live stuff from the Roundtable, and his groups, while not full of big names, were really very good. There are also some wonderful shorter things, including a version of "I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You" that makes you forget Tommy Dorsey ever played it. (To be fair, Dorsey himself was in awe of Teagarden and respected his playing more, I think, than almost anyone else.) I don't know that it's a very big seller, but I think you'll enjoy that set if you get it. 'Course, I'm an old trombone player, so I might be kind of biased!
greg mo
Thanks, that's good to hear. Not much gets said about the Tea set...but that's what I hoped to hear -- that he finds a good groove on the live stuff. I'm not sure how much of it gets into dixieland...but with good dixieland, I feel the ensemble or collective dialogue is where it happens. The solos don't need to carry as much, it's more the intensity and sync of the band. True of most music...yes, but with a lot of jazz...it don't matter as much...just as long as Miles or Trane or Bird was lit. But with real dixieland it happens all at once, all around you.
The whole issue of Dixieland is an interesting one with Teagarden. Many of the songs are the "old [often tired] favorites," and it is also true that he often repeated licks (especially when he played in the All Stars with Armstrong), but for me at least, he seemed to find some fresh things to say on the live stuff at the Roundtable, and some of the other material was different as well. I think he was enjoying something of a renaissance in his last years with Roulette and with Verve.
greg mo
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Here's my wish list....(7 not 5!)
Bennie Goodman -- Columbia and Okeh Orchestra Sessions (Got bumped by Chu, which was probably wise (thanks Jazzbo!) Many complain of too many alt takes.)
Charlie Parker -- Complete Benedetti Recordings (this one tends to get bumped down all the time!)
Sonny Stitt -- The Complete Roost Sonny Stitt Studio Sessions (If it ever goes back in print...hopefully by Christmas?!)
Hank Mobley -- The Complete Blue Note Hank Mobley Fifties Sessions (as often mentioned in the "Favorite Mosaic.." thread)
Oscar Peterson -- The Complete Clef/Mercury Rec. Of Oscar Peterson Trio (Wonderfully accessible. Gets bumped by more obscure stuff, like Chu.)
Jack Teagarden -- The Complete Roulette Jack Teagarden Sessions (Not much said on this. If I had $70 right now, I'd have a tracking #)
Buddy Rich -- Classic Emarcy, Verve Small Grp Buddy Rich Sessions (I bet this is a sleeper - in terms of its popularity, of course.)
I'd put the Mobley and Teagarden at the top of the list. You definitely don't want to miss out on those.
I've owned the Stitt, but was wholeheartedly unimpressed. It was the only Mosaic set I've returned under the Mosaic satisfaction guarantee. I wasn't proud about it, but $154 is a pretty good chunk of change.
I love the Teagarden Roulettes. Jack stretches out on the live stuff from the Roundtable, and his groups, while not full of big names, were really very good. There are also some wonderful shorter things, including a version of "I'm Gettin' Sentimental Over You" that makes you forget Tommy Dorsey ever played it. (To be fair, Dorsey himself was in awe of Teagarden and respected his playing more, I think, than almost anyone else.) I don't know that it's a very big seller, but I think you'll enjoy that set if you get it. 'Course, I'm an old trombone player, so I might be kind of biased!
greg mo
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Couldn't agree more. Their saving grace is that, once you figure out how and where to email them about an order, they're usually pretty responsive, or at least, they have been in the past.
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