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Emily Remler is also on six songs of Rosemary Clooney Sings The Music Of Jimmy Van Heusen (Concord)

I just purchased the "Histoire du Big Bands" set: great compilation! I am now considering purchasing the "Piano Jazz l'histoire", can anyone who already owns this set make some comments on this set?

I have eight tracks of this band on a Vogue lp, the title is "Back To Memphis", recorded in 1956. On what label did the cd you mentioned appear?

The Mosaic box set "Columbia Small Group Sessions" has the following sessions with Buddy Tate, all are fine. I did not check if these sessions are available seperately elsewhere. (H) BUCK CLAYTON AND HIS ALL STARS: Buck Clayton (tp), Vic Dickenson (tb), Buddy Tate (ts), Dick Katz (p), Walter Page (b), Bobby Donaldson (d). Columbia Studios, NYC, October 4, 1957 CO 59022-? Jive At Five CO 59023-? Cookin’ Joe C CO 59024-2 Lovedrop CO 59025-3 Wooster-Shire Same Columbia Studios, NYC, October 8, 1957 CO 59030-4 Thou Swell CO 59031-? I Hadn’t Anyone Till You CO 59032-5 At Sundown CO 59033-? Makin’ Whoopee CO 59034-1 You Can’t Fight The Satellite Blues Note: All titles issued on Philips (E) BBL 7217. ________________________________________________________________ (I) BUCK CLAYTON AND HIS ALL-STARS: Buck Clayton, Emmett Berry (tp), Dickie Wells (tb), Earl Warren (cl, as), Buddy Tate (ts), Al Williams (p), Gene Ramey (b), Herbie Lovelle (d). Columbia 30th Street Studio, NYC, November 25, 1958 CO 61795-4 Sunday CO 61796-3 Swingin' Along On Broadway CO 61797-7 Night Train CO 61798-5 Buckini CO 61799-6 Moon Glow CO 61800-5 Swingin' At The Copper Rail CO 61801-4 Mean To Me CO 61802-3 Outer Drive Note: All titles issued on Columbia CL 1320. (S) HERB ELLIS ALL-STARS: Frank Assunto (tp), Buddy Tate (ts), Ray Bryant (p), Herb Ellis (g), Jimmy Rowser (b), Gus Johnson (d). Columbia 30th Street Studio, NYC June 12, 1962 CO 75523-3 Harper’s Ferry (John Brown’s Body) -1 previously unissued CO 75524-2 It Makes No Difference Now -1 Epic LA 16034 / BA 17034 CO 75525-4 Herb’s Here Columbia KG 33566 CO 75526-2 Poor Darlin’ Nellie -2 Epic LA 16034 / BA 17034 CO 75527-2 I Won’t Love You previously unissued CO 75528-3 Willow Weep For Me -3 Epic LA 16034 / BA 17034 -1 omit Assunto. -2 omit Tate. -3 omit Assunto and Tate. ________________________________________________________________________ (T) HERB ELLIS ALL-STARS: Frank Assunto (tp), Buddy Tate (ts), Ray Bryant (p), Herb Ellis (g), Jimmy Rowser (b), Gus Johnson (d). Columbia 30th Street Studio, NYC June 13, 1962 CO 75534-3 You’d Better Know It previously unissued CO 75535-3 Symphony Epic LA 16034 / BA 17034 CO 75536-4 Things Ain’t What They Used To Be - CO 75537-2 Too Bad Euphoria 176 (CD) CO 75538-3 Old Folks -1 Epic LA 16034 / BA 17034 -1 omit Assunto and Tate. ________________________________________________________________________ (U) HERB ELLIS ALL-STARS: Roy Eldridge (tp), Buddy Tate (ts), Ray Bryant (p), Herb Ellis (g), Israel Crosby (b), Gus Johnson (d). Columbia 30th Street Studio, NYC June 14, 1962 CO 75548-4 Roy Showed Epic LA 16034, BA 17034 CO 75549-3 Gravy Waltz - - CO 75550-3 Broadway - - CO 75551-1 It Don’t Mean A Thing - - CO 75552-4 Alicia -1 Euphoria 176 (CD) -1 omit Eldridge and Tate.

Buddy Tate appears on the following Prestige Swingville discs: Buddy Tate / Claude Hopkins - Buddy & Claude (available on amazon.com) Claude Hopkins - Let's Swing (available on amazon.com) Buddy Tate - Groovin' With Tate (not easily available) Buck Clayton / Buddy Tate - Buck & Buddy (available on amazon.com) Buck Clayton / Buddy Tate - Buck & Buddy Blow The Blues (available on amazon.com)

Rex Stewart & Wingy Manone - "Trumpet Jive!", Prestige 24119 Thanks Stereojack; found it on amazon.com for $8.49.

One of the more unusual recordings in the Swingville series was "The Happy Jazz Of Rex Stewart" (Swingville LP 2006; also issued as "Rex Stewart Memorial Album" on Prestige 7728, this one I have on vinyl). Does anyone know if this album has ever been reissued on cd?

Thank you for the hint. I forgot that one.

Emmett Berry was a fine trumpeter in the swing idiom and a superb blues player with a big tone who IMO did not receive the recognition he deserved. He was one of those musicians of the swing era - he played with the big bands of Fletcher Henderson, Lionel Hampton, Benny Carter and Count Basie - who did not make the transition to bop (like e.g. Buck Clayton, Harry Edison, Ben Webster, Vic Dickenson, Buddy Tate). His solos were always well conceived and swingin', especially effective in mainstream settings. Some of his best recorded work can be heard on: Teddy Wilson Sextet - The Complete Associated Transcriptions 1944 (Storyville) superb swing session with Berry, Benny Morton, Edmond Hall, Sid Catlett The Essential Jo Jones (Vanguard) swing date in the spirit of Count Basie with Berry, Lawrence Brown, Lucky Thompson, Nat Pierce and the "All American Rhythm Section" of Freddie Green, Walter Page and Jo Jones Johnny Hodges Small Group Sessions of the early 50's (I have it on Chronological Classics) Sir Charles Thompson - For The Ears (Vanguard) another Basie-inspired mainstream session with Berry, Benny Morton, Coleman Hawkins, Steve Jordan, Osie Johnson Claude Hopkins - Yes Indeed! (prestige Swingville) relaxed swingin' session with Buddy Tate Jimmy Rushing - Everyday (Vanguard) great album of Kansas City Swing featuring Berry, Lawrence Brown, Pete Johnson and again the unbeatable rhythm team of Green, Page and Jones Buck Clayton All Stars (I have the set contained in the Mosaic "Columbia Small Group Sessions" box set and "Basel 1961" on TCB) exemplary nicely arranged swing sessions with a line up of Buck Clayton, Emmett Berry, Dicky Wells, Earle Warren and Buddy Tate

Clark Terry at least was on the two Swingville releases "Tate-A-Tate" (2014) with Buddy Tate and "It's About Time" (2022) under the leadership of Jimmy Hamilton.

Sorry to correct you. Hilton Jefferson is not playing on any of the Claude Hopkins dates. He is on one of the sessions on "Mood Indigo" by Taft Jordan (mentioned in your most recent post) and on "Jam Session In Swingville" (the session wit Joe Newman and Coleman Hawkins). Jefferson can also be heard playing with the Fletcher Henderson All Star Big Band of 1957 "Big Reunion" (I have the version on Fresh Sound).

Anyhow there were quite a few Ellingtonians: Clark Terry, Jimmy Hamilton, Al Sears, Taft Jordan, Shorty Baker, Rex Stewart, Barney Bigard, Britt Woodman, Wendell Marshall come to mind.

In the late 50's, early 60's, Prestige put together a series of All Star Sessions under the Swingville label. The musicians predominantly were stars of the swing era, who at that time were "on the periphery of jazz attention" (as Nat Hentoff put it in his liner notes for Swingville 2010). Regular participants were Coleman Hawkins, Buddy Tate, Buck Clayton, Joe Thomas (the trumpeter), Clark Terry, Vic Dickenson, Budd Johnson, Joe Newman and the likes with rhythm sections often consisiting of Tommy Flanagan, Claude Hopkins, Ray Bryant, Tiny Grimes, Wendell Marshall, Osie Johnson, Gus Johnson, J.C. Heard. I have the following albums (some of them were reissued on cd by combining two sets on one cd): Buddy Tate - Tate's Date Coleman Hawkins All Stars (with Joe Thomas, Vic Dickenson, Tommy Flanagan) The Happy Jazz Of Rex Stewart (on vinyl) Pee Wee Russell - Swingin' With Pee Wee Claude Hopkins - Yes Indeed! The Swingville All Stars - Rockin' In Rhythm (with Taft Jordan, Hilton Jefferson, Al Sears) Joe Newman - Jive At Five Buddy Tate / Clark Terry - Tate-A-Tate Budd Johnson - Let's Swing Coleman Hawkins - Night Hawk Joe Newman - Good 'N' Groovy (on vinyl) Claude Hopkins - Let's Jam (with Joe Thomas, Buddy Tate) Jimmy Hamilton - It's About Time The Swingville All Stars - Things Ain't What They Used To Be The Swingville All Stars - Years Ago Jimmy Hamilton - Can't Help Swinging Groovin' With Buddy Tate Buck Clayton / Buddy Tate - Buck And Buddy Blow The Blues Leonard Gaskin - At The Jazz Band Ball Benny Carter / Ben Webster / Barney Bigard - BBB & Co. (on vinyl) Leonard Gaskin - Darktown Strutters Ball The Prestige All Stars - Basie Reunion Coleman Hawkins - Hawk Eyes Claude Hopkins / Budd Johnson / Vic Dickenson - Swing Time! The Prestige Blues Swingers - Outskirts Of Town (actually not in the Swingville series, but similar in concept) This is a fine body of first rate mainstream jazz played by some of the most outstanding soloists of the swing era. What are your opinions to this series as a whole or individual recordings?

Check out her two Concord dates with the Scott Hamilton Quintet "Uptown" (1985) and "Swingin' Sweet" (1986). Maxine is in fine form on both and highly compatible with Hamilton's group.

Eddie Thompson (1925-1986) was a fine English mainstream pianist in the line of Cole, Peterson, Garner. His was blind from birth and attended the same school for the blind as George Shearing. Thompson was an elegant player with prodigious technique. I have two of his trio recordings on Hep: "Ain't She Sweet" (1976/78) and "Memories Of You" (1983), both are easily recommended for fans of mainstream piano jazz.

Thank you very much for the info.

I echo this sentiment. So do I. Always great and informative reading. Also worth checking out is "Richard Cook's Jazz Encyclopedia" (Penguin) with poignant short biographies and opinions on a selection of jazz musicians.

I bought by chance the following CD -4 euros sealed- : A great set of standards & a great combination between musicians! Thanks for the recommendation. How would you describe Carsten Dahl's style; does it - in terms of rhythmic pulse and chord voicings - tend towards the straight-ahead / mainstream school or towards a more adventurous approach?

I bought by chance the following CD -4 euros sealed- : A great set of standards & a great combination between musicians! Thanks for the recommendation. How would you describe Carsten Dahl's style; does it - in terms of rhythmic pulse and chord voicings - tend towards the straight-ahead / mainstream school or towards a more adventurous approach?

I have "Walking in L.A." on Elabeth from 1980, with Hemmeler, Ray Brown, Shelly Manne: a wonderful straight ahead piano trio recording.

There's a new one (haven't got it, though): Then there's this fine one: And more that I haven't heard: this one, for a change, I have - not his best but fine: check this site (it's where I found the jpgs, too) Thank you, King Ubu, for the recommendations. I just came across another one, "Improvise pour France Musique", a 2-CD set on JSM which got a rave review in the Penguin Guide. The set seems not to be easily available; finally ordered it from a Swiss online dealer. Let's see if they are able to deliver.

I very much enjoyed the 1956 solo sessions of Solal on "The Complete Vogue Recordings Vol. 2". Any further recommendations for solo recordings by Martial Solal?

Pee Wee Russell's contributions to the Earl Hines album "Once Upon a Time" on Impulse are definitely worth checking out.

Some more favourites of mine from periods generally not rated as high as the Decca/Columbia and the Roulette eras: - At The Sands (Reprise) 1966: Live recording of the instrumental set played by the Basie Big Band preceding the famous Basie/Sinatra concert at the Las Vegas Hotel mentioned in the title - Standing Ovation (Dot): Live recording from 1969 by a strong edition of the Basie Big Band (Harry Edison, Eddie 'Lockjaw' Davis, Harold Jones) playing evergreens from the Basie book - Basie Big Band (Pablo) 1975: Arrangements by Sammy Nestico, key soloists Al Grey, Jimmy Forrest, Butch Miles - I Told You So (Pablo) 1976: Arrangements by Bill Holman

To prevent others from (maybe) getting lost, better point out that the original label of this was IMPULSE and that this is the "new" version" of The Kansas City Seven (and not to be confused with the early 40s lineup including Lester young that recorded for Keynote). I agree with all your other special recommendations (though my 60 or so Basie LP's - plus some CD's - place a bit more emphasis on the 30s and 40s, but I also appreciate the Verve and Roulette era very much - plus certain Pablos). Thank you Big Beat Steve, for specifying. You are completely right. The complete lienup of this 1962 session, originally issued on the Impulse label is: Thad Jones, Frank Wess, Frank Foster or Eric Dixon, Count Basie, Freddie Green, Ed Jones, Sonny Payne. And the track list is: 1. Oh Lady Be Good (G. Gershwin) 2. Secrets (F. Wess) 3. I Want A Little Girl (Mencher / Moll) 4. Shoe Shine Boy (Cahn / Chaplin) 5. Count's Place (C. Basie) 6. Senator Whitehead (F. Wess) 7. Tally Ho, Mr. Basie! (C. Basie) 8. What'cha Talkin'? (Th. Jones)