thomastreichler

That's a very strange-sounding box. I can see why it was put together like that but isn't there a big disconnect between the Prestige sides and the Pablo sides? There must have been 25 years or so between them. MG You are right. The box collects the following original albums: - Modern Jazz Quartet / Milt Jackson Quartet, Prestige 7059 (1952) - Django, Prestige 7057 (1953) - Sonny Rollins With The Modern Jazz Quartet, Prestige 7029 (1953) - Concorde, Prestige 7005 (1955) - Reunion At Budokan 1981, Pablo 2308-243 (1981) - Together Again, Live At The Montreux Jazz Festival, Pablo 2308-244 (1982) - Echoes, Together Again, Pablo 2312-142 (1984) - Topsy, This One's For Basie, Pablo 2310-917 (1985)

The Complete Modern Jazz Quartet Prestige & Pablo Recordings (Prestige), disc 1

Thank you all for your recommendations. Seems I have to spend some money ... I think I firts go for the Birdland session with Art Blakey and the Blue Notes / Pacifics, then some more Brown/Roach.

Art Tatum added (post #5)

I am currently listening to "Jordu", a compilation on Dreyfus Reference under the name of Max Roach & Clifford Brown. This is a compilation - in excellent sound by the way - with "Jordu", "I Can't Get Started", "I Get A Kick Out Of You" and "Parisian Thoroughfare", recorded live by the Clifford Brown - May Roach Quintet on August 30 1954; "Tenderly", "Sunset Eyes" , "Clifford's Axe" and "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm", recorded live in April 1954 by the Quintet (including Teddy Edwards, Carl Perkins, George Bledsoe and Max Roach); and "Joy Spring", "Delilah" and "Daahoud", studio recordings from August 2/6 1954. These are exciting recordings. Clifford Brown until now is - inexplicably and inexcusably - a neglected musician in my collection. I definitely want to change that. Where shall I go next? Is the Proper Box "Joy Spring" any good? What about "The Complete Blue Note And Pacific Jazz Recordings"? I also consider purchasing "Study In Brown" and "At Basin Street" as well as the Art Blakey Quintet at Birldland (1954), what are your opinions?

I've never seen that before, but it sounds like it might be a bargain if you didn't already have the College Of the Pacific and Oberlin albums. This album is part of the french Dreyfus Reference series, to my ears it has great sound, but opinions differ.

I have the following compilations from the Dreyfus Reference series: Count Basie - Swinging The Blues Nat King Cole - Route 66 Duke Ellington - Ko-Ko Duke Ellington - Take The A Train Erroll Garner - Trio Woody Herman - Four Brothers Charlie Parker - Now's The Time Art Tatum - Over The Rainbow Fats Waller - Ain't Misbehavin' Max Roach & Clifford Brown - Jordu Dave Brubeck - All The Things You Are These are fine compilations, the selections expertly chosen and compiled. The sound, to my ears, is excellent, far from being "dead", making every instrument clearly audible, even in recordings from the 30's and 40's.

Art Tatum - Solo Masterpieces Vol. 1, 3, 4, 6, 7 (Pablo) Dave Brubeck - All The Things You Are (Dreyfus Reference) Max Roach & Clifford Brown Quintet - Jordu (Dreyfus Reference)

Yesterday by chance I came across this one: It contains all of "Jazz At The College Of The Pacific" except "Laura", a rendition of "Out Of Nowhere", recorded 1954 at the University of Cincinnati, and three tracks ("Stardust", "Perdido", "How High The Moon") from the "Oberlin" concert, all in excellent sound. These are wonderful recordings with great soloing and interplay by Desmond and Brubeck.

The early stuff is surprisingly fertile, actually. I think you'll dig it. I just ordered "Jazz At the College Of The Pacific" (Fantasy) and "Jazz Goes To College" (Columbia), will report back when I have got them and have listened to them.

Piano Jazz l'Histoire (Le Chant Du Monde) 10 cd set 1906-1952 The Complete Modern Jazz Quartet Prestige & Pablo Recordings (Prestige / Pablo) 4 cd set

Les Trésors Du Jazz 1954 (Le Chant Du Monde) 2nd disc great record, terrific series

I would recommend: The Great Concerts (Columbia), live recordings from 1958-1963 At Carnegie Hall (Columbia) live 1963, some overlapping with the above Gone With The Wind, which has already been recommended, is also a wonderful recording. I have no recordings from the early 50's (pre-Morello period), but this thread inspired me to explore this period as well.

There is also a 1991 incarnation of the Lighthouse All Stars, this time on the Candid label, under the joint leadership of Shorty Rogers and Bud Shank. The title of the recording is "America The Bautiful", the other performers are: Conte Candoli, Bob Cooper, Bill Perkins (sprano-, tenor-, baritone-sax), Pete Jolly, Monty Budwig and Lawrence Marable. Rogers provided most of the selections and all arrangements. It is a nice effort and recommended to fans of West Coast Jazz.

I have In The Solo Spotlight, Vol. 6, Music For Lighthousekeeping and Jazz Invention, the latter a 1986 reunion of the Lighthouse All Stars. These are fine West Coast jazz recordings with top notch performances by Conte Candoli, Frank Rosolino, Bud Shank, Bob Cooper and Stan Levey.

Frank Rosolino has some great moments on the following recordings: Buddy Rich - This One's For Basie (Verve) 1956 Benny Carter - Jazz Giant (Contemporary) 1957 Barney Kessel - Let's Cook (Contemporary) 1957 including a terrific "Tiger Rag" Bill Holman Big Band - In A Jazz Orbit (Andex) 1958 Louie Bellson - 150 MPH (Concord) 1974 Bobby Knight's Great American Trombone Co. - Cream Of The Crop (Jazz Mark) 1978 and I second the recommendation for "Free For All"

Was just notified that the new box (1956) is now available and has been shipped my way. Oops. My French sucketh. The relase date has been moved to 29.10.07. I preordered the 1956 set via amazon.fr, it is scheduled to be released on october 25 2007. The price at €30 (shipping included) is very attractive. I already own the 1952, 1953, 1954 and 1955 sets as well as the Big Band box, the Piano Jazz set has been shipped my way. The discs, I have listened to so far, are terrific: lots of familiar material, but also lots of rarities not available elsewhere on cd, compiled with much care and in best possible sound quality.

may be the warning is unfair, but then their treatment of me and my order sucks badly... I never ordered from them before, so I have none but this one negative experience. I wonder if others have successfully ordered from them and haven't been successfully ripped off? I already ordered from them successfully, had no reason to complain. The items were in excellent condition and the shipping time was reasonable. I feel sorry for you and your bad luck!

Richard Galliano / Eddy Louiss - Face To Face (Dreyfus) A wonderful recording; the combination of accordion and hammond organ works surprisingly well in the hands of these two masters

L'Histoire des Big Bands 1914-1955 (Le Chant Du Monde), presented by André Francis and Jean Schwarz, disc 4 Sensational!

This is a great set!

Les Trésors Du Jazz 1953 (Chant Du Monde) second disc

Les Trésors Du Jazz 1953 (Le Chant Du Monde), first disc

New offer: Take any two discs, get one free!!! (see post #5)

André Francis and Jean Schwarz (editors of "Les Trésors du Jazz") also are presenting a series called "Jazz Characters". At present there are 30 volumes (2 cd each) portraying 30 important jazz musicians with recordings from all over their careers in chronological order (limited by the European copyright "barrier" of 50 years, thus the Earl Hines set for example ends in 1955). The compilations are - as was to be expected - professionally selected and put together. The sound has been cleaned and restored. Earlier on I listended to the Fletcher Henderson set "Sweet And Hot" covering his orchestras of 1923 - 1938. Here the concept works very well, because the relatively short time span of 15 years allows a representative selection of 47 of Henderson's most important recordings as a leader of his orchestra. The Earl Hines set "Deep Forest" which I am listening to right now is another matter. The sheer length of Hines' career makes Francis' and Schwarz' selection somewhat arbitrary (even considering that they just covered the period from 1928 to 1955). The set begins with the famous "Weather Bird" from 1928 with Hines and Louis Armstrong. Then follow eight solo recordings from 1928. The Big Band is represented with overall 17 sides recorded between 1929 and 1942. There are more solo, trio and quartet sides as well some recordings with Louis Armstrong's All Stars. Of course there are many omissions if one only considers the large number of great recordings Hines made with his big band during the 30's. Nevertheless the two cd set presents a fine compilation of Hines recordings in great sound; the usual suspects (e.g. "Boogie Woogie On St. Louis Blues") as well as obscurities like four blues sides from 1947 with Duke Garrette and Curley Hamner.