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Just found new CD reissue (2007) of Ken Moule's "Adam's Rib Suite" feat Kenny Wheeler, Louis Stewart, Ronnie Stevenson and others + strings. This is quite a surprise as it's one of these records you don't expect ever to be reissued and I only stumbled upon it quite by chance. The catalogue number is: ACMCD 4259 and from the original stereo record of 1971. Anything with Louis Stewart and Kenny has to be pretty good I would have thought and Moule was an interesting composer and arranger judging by his 'Jazz at Toad Hall' album. This just could be the serendiptous find of the week/month/year.
Update: the label is Acrobat but the sleeve displays the original Ember label. The sleevenotes which are extensive are anonymous save for the reproduction of Benny Green's original sleevenotes. This is a very interesting recording.
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Thanks, Roger. My cheque will be in the mail to these guys this weekend. As mentioned on the AAJ board, I'm getting sick of borrowing the old beat-up copy of this one from the library. Especially as I was the first one to loan this particular copy back in 1975.
Incidentally - is it a straight 'clone' of the original but with Roger Cotterel update to the preface?
Hi Sidewinder
Yes it's a straight clone of the original but with an extra chapter entitled 'Postscript' by Roger Cotterell which I have to say is an excellent addition because he manages to succinctly update the book and adds a contemporary perspective to it. Otherwise it's unchanged other than as he calls it the correction of a few 'minor errors'. So it's basically the same text but with different photos and an update. Really very good and it's fantastic that it's in hardback because I can't see many of these on my shelf certainly not connected with British jazz or even jazz for that matter. A really great book by an inspired and inspiring writer.
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Ian Carr's seminal work on British jazz of the 1960s and 1970s 'Music Outside' is published on 1 January, however, if you are really keen to get it sooner, you can order it now directly from: Northway Publications, 39 Tytherton Road London N19 4PZ (UK), Price £15.99 inc P+P, cheques need to be in sterling on UK bank accounts and made payable to 'Northway Publications'. I know for a fact that the publishers have just received stocks of the book from the printers. I should say that whilst I edit the Ian Carr and Nucleus website I have no connection with Northway Publications. However I could add here that having just received my copy of this second edtion of a book that has been out of print for 35 years, Northway certainly has done an excellent job on what is effectively a vade mecum of British jazz of that period. There is also an excellent discography which was also included in the original edition, first published in 1973. Anyone interested in British jazz will want to read this book which interestingly has been published in hardback rather than paperback. It can also be pre-ordered now via Amazon.
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I know at least Sidewinder knows about this but thought folk might like to learn that at last, a Harold McNair album has been reissued on CD - 'The Fence' from 1970 with 5 extra tracks from his 1968 eponymous album.
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I'm looking forward to the Michael Garrick - never heard that particular one.
The Bob Downes I have on an Openian LP which I think I picked up for £8.
It's definitely worth picking up.
'Turn Circle' I have on my orange-label UK CBS. A nice session - more 'traditional' than anticipated.
The 'Mirage' is one I've never heard of either. Lives up to its name...
Found this quote from the Calyx website:
Towards the end of 1975, (Steve) Cook formed Mirage alongside Brian Godding, George Khan, Dave Sheen and John Mitchell.
After the latter's departure to National Health, the group recorded one album, Now You See It, for the Norwegian label
Compendium. "Mirage used to play every week at the Kings Head in Upper Street, Islington. Basically it was a jamming
band - we used to make most of it up on the spot. We also played at Dingwalls a couple of times. I think at that time I was
also playing in Mike Westbrook's Solid Gold Cadillac, where I met George and Brian. In fact at that time I was quite in
demand on the London jazz scene - I played with most of the people around. Another person I played with quite a lot
around that time was Michael Garrick".
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Mike Dutton's Vocalion label is reissuing in October some more long lost British jazz albums and one I hadn't heard of (Mirage with George Khan and Brian Godding), The ones I am particularly pleased about are the Michael Garrick, Ray Russell and Bob Downes (the latter of which I have been attempting but failing to buy on eBay for years).
for more details see here: http://www.duttonvocalion.co.uk/
Also now available on the Dusk Fire label is the excellent first release for the early 1970s recording of Mike Taylor Remembered (recorded but never released and featuring a host of British jazz stars inc Norma Winstone and Ian Carr).
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The first two Brotherhood of Breath albums have just been reissued on the British "Fledg'ling" label. They come in a digipack with good sleeve notes and photos and are approved and licensed by Chris MacGregor's widom, Maxine McGregor. They appear to have been remastered to a very high standard indeed. Although I had heard the first eponymous album, the second one 'Brotherhood' I had not, and it was certainly a revelation as BoB studio albums are something of a rareity. 'Brotherhood' is as good as, if not better than, the first. But both are really essential, joyous beautifully crafted and executed medium big band modern to avant jazz. Very highly recommended.
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Guy, we're on the same page!
Since you like Grey and Pink, their third album, I recommend their second album If I could Do It All Over Again.
Yes I recommend this 2nd Caravan album too.
However, and back to the original topic.... I bought the remastered Softs Third album and although it is sonically different to previous CD releases, and also has better packaging and of course the live bonus tracks at the Royal Albert Hall, I can't help wondering just how the original Third album was recorded. The sound, even remastered from the original tapes is so poor - relatively speaking to today's recordings - that it sounds like it could have been recorded on a cassette player although it obviously wasn't. What I really want to know is why. Is it that the original master tape has been allowed to degrade to a point of no return? I'm sure other material from that time period from the CBS / Columbia vaults wasn't ever allowed to degenerate like that, eg Dylan. Maybe it's because Soft Machine was a hybrid jazz-rock group and unclassifiable it went into the miscellaneous vaults. Judging by the length of time it has taken for Third to be remastered (35 years) this might be the case. I would be very interested to learn if any of the other Softs remastered CDs are an improvement. I know I was disappointed when I purchased the CD of Softs Six several years ago. Very poor sound. I hope that was at least has been improved as it made Jazz album of the year in the Melody Maker about 30-odd years ago.
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A special 'Nucleus Revisited' gig is on 30 March 2007 at Pizza Express Jazz Club (Dean Street, London, UK) as part of the 'Jazzwise to the Power of Ten' week long festival celebrating the 10th birthday of Jazzwise magazine: Line-up is confirmed (as at 9 February) as: Chris Batchelor, trumpet; Tim Whitehead, saxes; Mark Wood, guitar; Geoff Castle, keys; Rob Statham, bass; and Marc Parnell drums
Rare Brit album reissued
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I've done worse through my own ignorance and stupidity, eg, I once owned the ultra rare 'Oliv' by S.M.E. but got rid of it 'because I didn't get it' (this was when I was but a teenager in the early 70's), again with Kenny Wheeler.