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  2. Ellington in Order

    in Discography

    Posted · Edited by Ian Bradley

    Many thanks!  I'm sure Chuck will provide all this information at project's end and I will be sure publicise this as and when the information is available if I have any advance notice. I'm really looking forward to what previously unknown goodies  may turn up in the late 40s recordings!

  3. Ellington in Order

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    I wrote this on the Steve Hoffman forum about the 'temporary' discography I put on my blog:

    "I've had look again at the discography I put on the blog and Volume 1 courtesy of Spotify!

    I'm sure there will be more corrections to be made - but I wrote up the discography in session order as it appears in The New DESOR and Timner (Fifth edition). i can see that at a couple of points it is at variance with the running order on Volume 1. I can't explain that but thought that publishing the recording sessions as they have been catalogued was the thing to do - even if there is variance. I believe a revised version of Volume 1 will appear at some point and perhaps that will resolve these anomalies. To my discography, I have added the take numbers for Washington Wobble and I Can't Give You Anything But Love. It should be possible to follow which take is on which date because the recordings still occur in the same order in both lists (if that makes sense). With regards to vocalists on this latter number, i guess the In Order list is in error. Listening again to these tracks, I do believe the discography I put out is correct in identifying the vocalists as Irving Mills and Baby Cox.
    ...I believe at the project's end, Chuck is going to make available all the information he has accessed for these releases which will be all our Christmases come at once for Ellington enthusiasts and which will I hope and expect render my own 'stop gap' account on my blog redundant!"

    All definitely a work in progress!

  7. *** The Duke Ellington Corner ***

    in Artists

    Posted

    Just passing on info of a proposed Duke Ellington Conference - the 25th in the series of International Study Group conferences - which will be held at The Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Birmingham, UK 25-27 May 2018. A 'Call for Papers' has been issued and further details are available here.

    Many thanks!

  8. The Duke Box 2 - Storyville, December 2016

    in Mosaic and other box sets...

    Posted

    The only 'new' material on here is the single CD of Gröna Lund material which does not replicate anything from the earlier 2CD set but is only about thirty minutes long and consists mainly of 'the dreaded medley'. Everything else has been out before on individual releases, including the DVD material - the Goodyear jazz show. Worth bearing in mind if you have collected all the previous Storyville releases, though. 

  9. Mosaic Boxes For Sale

    in Offering and Looking For...

    Posted

    I have a Woody Herman Capitol Recordings to add to the list at £100 - A Basie Roulette Studio and a Basie Roulette Live box - again £100 each. Just for local pick up - or I will deliver between the outskirts of London (don't fancy driving through London during the Olympics!) and Carlisle - plus points east and west for petrol at cost.

    Thanks for looking!

  10. Mosaic Boxes For Sale

    in Offering and Looking For...

    Posted · Edited by Ian Bradley

    I have the following Mosaic boxes for sale but for local pick up only in Bury, near Manchester UK -or I'll happily deliver them within a 300 mile radius for petrol at cost.

    £70.00 each

    Anita O'Day: Complete Verve and Clef recordings

    Peggy Lee/ June Christy: Complete Transcriptions

    Stan Kenton: Complete Capitol Recordings 1943-47 (slight 'ding' to box corner - as bought. Everything else is mint)

    Oscar Peterson: Complete Clef/ Mercury Studio Recordings 1951-53

    Harry James/ Gene Krupa Complete Capitol Recordings.

    I also have a copy of the 18 disc Nat 'King' Cole Trio set which I would sell for £250.00 - again, there eis a slight ding to the box corner - but otherwise mint - all but the first disc still sealed.

    All in excellent condition - O'Day/ Christy/ Lee/ Peterson sets still sealed.

    Please PM me if interested.

    Thanks!

  11. Rex Stewart

    in Artists

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    That July 3rd, 1941 small group session from LA with Lawrence Brown, Ben Webster, Harry Carney, Duke, Blanton, and Sonny Greer (Menelik, Subtle Slough, etc.) may be just about my favourite session in the history of sound :) - I love Rex Stewart.

    Seconded. I have the 10" 'X' disc of that on RCA amongst other sources for this music. It is sublime.

    Rex Stewart features as major character in the children's novel Riding on Duke's Train by Mick Carlon which was part of my Christmas reading. I found the novel rather charming!

    Many thanks for the thread. I am pony just beginning to explore Rex Stewart's contribution to the Ellington Orchestra - and his own work solo.

    As a discographical enquiry - is the album Rex Stewart in Paris on the Barclay label (I think) the same material as the 10" Ellingtonia on Dial? Many thanks.

  16. Coltrane, Davis, Evans, Monk complete re-issues

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    In an email today from True Blue Music, they say the Complete Coltrane on Prestige, Davis Chronicles: Complete on Prestige, Evans Complete Riverside, Monk Complete Riverside, Tatum Complete Pablo Group and Solo Masterpieces are to be re-issued mid- July - prices in the region of $80-$180.

    I might spring for the Monk. I'm interested in the Coltrane, too -but which is better sound/ completist wise? The Coltrane Complete or those three five-and six-disc sets Fearless Leader, Interplay and Side Steps? Any advice appreciated. Cheers!

  17. Joe Castro and the Falcon Lair recordings

    in Discography

    Posted · Edited by Ian Bradley

    There is an ebay auciton presently for eight sketches by Paul Gonsalves. The sketches are owned by one of the sons of Joe Castro. In the item description, the vendor writes about Doris Duke and the jam sessions recorded at Falcon Lair. I am now aware that one such session has been released on CD (Zoot Sims with the Joe Castro trio Live at Falcon Lair)but in his description, the vendor writes:

    "I'm selling these to finish a body of Jazz created in the 50's to 60's at Doris Duke and my father's home's Falcon Lair and Duke Farms. The transfer of the Masters has taken 11 years 500+ masters never heard soon to be released all very high quality. Zoot-Getz-Mulligan. Gene Ammons, Teddy Edwards, Leroy Vinnegar, Lucky Thompson, Oscar Pettiford, Dexter Gordon, everyone."

    Is much known about the recordings from these sessions? Are copies in circulation or is this something of a find? I've posted details about the auction and a link ($15 000 for 'buy it now'!)at my blog villesville.blogspot.com (can't get the hyper link to work. Sorry!)

    I have no connection to the vendor or the auciton - just interested in the recordings, Doris Duke (who I must admit before today I knew nothing about) - and interesting Ellington connections to a record label he shared with Castro. Any further information greatly appreciated.

  19. Ben Webster Montmartre Recordings

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    Posted

    At the risk of making a nuisance of myself, there are the albums Atmosphere for Thieves and Lovers, Duke's Up in Bed with the same cover and at least one more album - the name of which escapes me at the moment - with that same cover. Are these albums drawn from the Sunday/ Saturday sessions, Bill Coleman etc - or are these further performances in Ben's discography?

    Thanks!

  21. Ben Webster Montmartre Recordings

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    I don't have access to Lord and would be very grateful if someone could tell me the relationship between the 'Saturday','Sunday' and 'Midnight' sessions at the Montmartre on vinyl Black Lion and the Black Lion Webster CDs - three, i think, collected at one time in a box set. The Black Lion recordings of Ben in Europe are very confusing for me - so any help appreciated.

    Thanks!

  22. Ellington--ASSAULT ON A QUEEN score?

    in Discography

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    A couple of people (including me) have been trying to get access to the original tapes. I think (hope) that Steve lasker has been haviang more success than I have.

    I understand that a Cd which comes as part of a DVD package on Bud Shank called Against the Tide contains one track from the score pre: studio musicians being added - I think. I just bought the DVD recently but have not had a chance to listen yet.

  23. Budget Priced on Sony/Columbia

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    Don't know if other folks in Europe have seen this one but I saw this in my local Tower, 4 discs and it was only €6.99!!!

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    I haven't had a chance to listen to it yet though so can't comment on the all important sound quality.

    Here's the track listing, it has a few previously unreleased items as well.

    Disc: 1

    1. It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)

    2. Lazy Rhapsody

    3. Blue Tune

    4. Baby, When You Ain't There

    5. St. Louis Blues

    6. Creole Love Call

    7. Blue Harlem

    8. The Sheik Of Araby

    9. Best Wishes

    10. Blue Ramble

    11. Clouds In My Heart

    12. Blue Mood

    13. Ducky Wucky

    14. Jazz Cocktail

    15. Lightnin'

    16. Swing Low

    17. Slippery Horn

    18. Drop Me Off In Harlem

    19. Happy As The Day Is Long

    20. Get Yourself A New Broom

    21. Bundle Of Blues

    22. Sophisticated Lady

    23. Jive Stomp

    24. Harlem Speaks

    25. Daybreak Express

    Disc: 2

    1. Ebony Rhapsody (Rehearsal For "Murder At The Vanities")

    2. Ebony Rhapsody - pt 2

    3. Solitude

    4. Saddest Tale

    5. Moonlight Fiesta

    6. In A Sentimental Mood

    7. Showboat Shuffle

    8. 8 Merry-Go-Round

    9. Reminiscing In Tempo

    10. I Don't Know Why I Love You So

    11. Isn't Love The Strangest Thing?

    12. Clarinet Lament

    13. Echoes Of Harlem

    14. Trumpet In Spades

    15. Yearning For Love

    16. In A Jam

    17. Exposition Swing

    18. Uptown Downbeat

    19. Scattin' At The Cotton Club

    20. Black Butterfly

    Disc: 3

    1. The New Birmingham Breakdown

    2. The New East St. Louis Toodle-o

    3. Caravan

    4. Azure

    5. Chatterbox

    6. Diminuendo In Blue

    7. Crescendo In Blue

    8. Harmony In Harlem

    9. Dusk On The Desert

    10. Steppin' Into Swing Society

    11. Prologue To Black And Tan Fantasy

    12. The New Black And Tan Fantasy

    13. Ridin' On A Blue Note

    14. Lost In Meditation

    15. The Gal From Joe's

    16. Scrounch

    17. I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart

    18. Braggin' In Brass

    19. Carnival In Caroline

    20. I'm Slappin' Seventh Avenue

    21. Dinah's In A jam

    22. Rose Of The Rio Grande

    23. Pyramid

    24. A Gypsy Without A Song

    25. The Stevedores Serenade

    Disc: 4

    1. Prelude To A Kiss

    2. Hip Chic

    3. Buffet Flat

    4. Jazz Potpourri

    5. TT On Toast

    6. Battle Of Swing

    7. Blue Light

    8. Old King Dooji

    9. Boy Meets Horn

    10. Slap Happy

    11. Pussy Willow

    12. Subtle Lament

    13. Schmorgasbord And Schnapps

    14. Portrait Of The Lion

    15. (I Want) Something To Live For

    16. Solid Old Man

    17. Way Low

    18. Serenade To Sweden

    19. Bouncing Bouyancy

    20. The Sergeant Was Shy

    21. Grievin'

    22. I Never Felt This Way Before

    23. Tootin' Through The Roof

    24. Killin' Myself

    25. Country Gal

    Amazon link.

    I've sent for this release from Amazon.co.uk On the Duke-LYM discussion list, one poster commented on the sound which is apparently good. I am amazed to see this set issued at this price. indeed, I am amazed to see Sony issuing any new CDs - much less Ellington's thirties period. Surely many of these titles are seeing their first 'official' release on CD? I cannot wait for this set to arrive and audition it. In the age of the download - and the CD nmeltdown - I am encouraged ny this. Maybe much more of Ellington's catalogue ios going to be re-issued?

    the material on these CDs was earmarked by Mosaic was it not for later this year? Hope that release isn't scuppered by this issue. Any news on where Mosaic are at with their Ellington orchestra 30s re-issue?

  24. Bill Finegan R.I.P.

    in Artists

    Posted

    As for the Miller/Thornhill/Evans evolutionary link, so long as we don't go too "literal" on that, I can see that, yeah, for sure. The thing about Miller's band that sometimes gets overlooked is it's extreme diversity in repertoire, and as you note, the sheer quality of the writing no matter what the "type" of material. Perhaps that's a "technical" vs "spiritual" issue, but there's no way that muisc of any kind is strictly "either/or" when it comes to that!

  25. Bill Finegan R.I.P.

    in Artists

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    Again, please allow me to implore anybody & everybody who gives even half a damn to go back and listen to the intro on Finnegan's chart of "Serenade In Blue" for Glenn Miller & then ponder why it means to write something like that for a song like that for a band like that and have it pass into the "popular canon" w/o anybody seemingly as much as batting an eye.

    It means you a bad mutterfunker, that's what it meansl.

    Billy may wrote the intro to Serenade in Blue after Bill Finegan couldn't quite come up with what Glenn Miller wanted - although the rest of the arrangement is his. But yes - Bill Finegan was a superb arranger. Billy Strayhorn was a great fan of his work with Glenn Miller - which says everything about the quality of his work. Miller's work is often denigrated and whilst its true, it was 'pop' music for the kids and they played far too many novelty numbers, Miller never short changed his audience with the quality of the band's writing - and Bill Finegan was an essential part of that - not just 'Little Brown Jug' or 'Song of the Volga Boatmen' but even on the ballads his work is rich. Check out the end of Finegan's arrangement of the ballad 'Don't Cry, Cherie' where he manages to interweave the French National Anthem! I honestly believe Glenn Miller's band - and Bill Finegan's writing in particular - influenced the Claude Thornhill band (Thornhill played piano for Miller in his first band IIRC) - and thereby Gil Evans' writing. If Gil Evans created the Birth of the Cool, the 'Miller Sound' was its conception.

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