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How's the music on this one? Always been intrigued since it's a BN vocal. Wonderful. I've got a late-80s CD copy and the version of 'Baltimore Oriole' is to die for. Unusual lineup including Denzil Best, who is always worth a listen.

The McLean 'Capuchin Swing' has arrived (47W63rd mono deep groove) and is currently on the turntable. As with the 'Bluesnik' this one has great presence, clarity and nice big dynamic range. Blue Mitchell's sound crackles nicely and Art Taylor is captured very cleanly. Paul Chambers on his bowed bass solos sounds sublime. McLean actually sounds as if he's standing right there between the speakers. I have no other version of 'Capuchin Swing' to compare against but this is one of the best sounding McLean Blue Notes in my opinion. Too bad that the labels on both sides of the LP are bleached out but the proof, as always, is in the listening !

There's also Hosea Taylor, featured on Bassoon on 'True Colors', a bonus track on the CD issue of Freddie Hubbard's Blue Note session 'Blue Spirits'. Very much a mixed bag and something of an experimental track.

Was watching the 'Jazz Casual' DVD earlier today with Woody's 1964 band (Bill Chase, Sal Nistico, Phil Wilson etc) featured along with a precious half-an-hour of Thad & Mel . Man, what a band that mid-60s unit was ! Huge to Woody for presenting such great bands over the years and keeping an ear open to the new developments. His great enthusiasm for jazz comes over loud and clear on this DVD. Another Mosaic for me to add to the (ever-increasing) list.

I have that LP and this post is a good prompt to shake the cobwebs off it and give it a well-needed spin.. B)

George Braith 'Extension' and The Three Sounds 'Vibrations'

An example of a NY USA pressing that sounds outstanding is the original 'Unity'. I have a stereo - wonder what the mono of this one is like? Concur with the comment about the NY USA monos. George Braith's 'Two Souls in One' in mono sounds absolutely outstanding in this format. As does the Lee Morgan 'Sidewinder' and 'Rumproller'. Wouldn't swap these for the stereo for anything ! B) Some of the early Liberty's sound pretty nice too. Hutcherson's 'Stick Up', McLean's 'Action' and the mono Duke Pearson 'Sweet Honey Bee' are three of my sonic faves of this vintage (although the McLean and Pearson were originally issued on NY USA). Anyway, back to 47 W 63rd. 'The Sermon' sounds particularly good with nice big soundstage -B3 foghorn effects come through loud and clear. :rsmile:

Thanks for the reminder on this one, I'll pull the vinyl from the racks a bit later today. Very nice session, doesn't deserve its obscurity. Anyone who likes the BN 'At This Point In Time' session will probably like this one too.

Played both of these instruments in my (very much) younger days, in a UK brass band (baritone first, then euphonium before eventually graduating to trombone). Both are pitched in Bflat and have 3 valves - as Mike says, the range is comparable to the tenor trombone. Baritone was a very nice instrument to learn on. The euphonium is an amazingly expressive instrument - it is often used for solo features in the same manner as the cornet soloist and the expresiveness of the instrument is not unlike the 'cello in string orchestras. A good example of the use of euphonium in jazz can be found on the Andrew Hill 'Passing Ships' session. Here, the instrument has been deployed to great advantage, adding considerable depth and dynamic range to the group sound in combination with Julian Priester's trombone.

Meanwhile, there's a 'Miles & Gil' on there for a more than reasonable $275. Logic seems to have gone out of the window.. B)

Anyone have any 47 W 63rds marked as such on one side then with 'NY USA' on the second side? I have a Blakey 'Big Beat' with this, also a McLean 'Jackie's Bag'. I guess these must come from the transitional period. Weirder still is the 'Clifford Brown Memorial Album' with Lexington deep groove on side 1 and NY USA on side two ..

Way cool. I was suprised at how good that one sounded compared with the Doubletime CD set. Just about to give Horace's 'Further Explorations' a spin. Another nice one from this vintage.

Two of my favourites of the 47W63rds is the Jackie McLean 'Bluesnik' and the Turrentine 'Up at Mintons Vol 2'. Fantastic soundstage on these. I've a 'Capuchin Swing' deepgroove currently in the mail too - hope it arrives OK.. The Silver and Blakey originals of this vintage also sound fantastic and are to die for !

The Joe Harriott 'Fire In His Soul' biography gives the date of the 'Indo-Jazz Suite' recording as 1965 but there is no further elaboration. My EMI 'Double Up' 2LP set of the 'Fusions' sessions also confirms Keane on Fusions 1 and Wheeler on Fusions 2. Mayer is certainly credited on harpsichord on Fusions 1. Jackie Dougan also replaces Alan Ganley on drums for Fusions 2.

Yep - It's St Louis, my mistake, too much late working. You know, sometimes from over here the whole mid-west looks like a bit of a blur..

Big John P. 'Accent on the Blues' Rare Groove..

Zermatt sounds good to me :rsmile: JohnS, can you make it out there ?

Ghost - give Euclid Records a call up in Chicago. I've got the feeling their latest stock included a few of those Mastersounds LPs and on the original vinyl too, by the look of it. Joe up at Euclid should hopefully be able to help, good luck !

It's strange how the Penguin Guide under-rates all these fine BN sessions. 'Caddy For Daddy', 'Tomcat', 'Taru', 'Dippin', 'The Turnaround'. None of them come out with half-way decent credit. 'Alligator Boogaloo' in particular takes something of a pounding from these guys.

Trashed then !

beats a big liver I guess... Is that 'VG' or ebay 'VG' ?

I like this De Sade album. Funnily enough, it seems to be easier to pick up old vinyl copies than get hold of the Verve Elite CD, although I believe that the CD has recently been reissued (see the 'ebay madness' thread for recent developments). I like the orchestral lineup on this session - many of the guys in the Gil Evans orchestra of the time, studio pro's the lot of them, are listed in the credits.

Glad to say that there is zero Scots, N.Irish and Welsh input on this one, its 100% English Hang on there though - wasn't one of Michael Owen's parents Welsh..

Interesting selection ! - for the second time I'll try to post this, after having lost the whole lot just after finishing the first attempt (1) 'Cottontail'. Sounds sort of Bill Berry, Capp/Pierce Juggernaut-ish. Haven't a clue who the singer might be. Ernestine Anderson? (2) Sounds like Elvin on drums and possibly George Mraz on bass. By process of total wild-ass guessing, I'll throw the following possibility in the ring.. This One (3) Sounds very familiar. Doesn't sound like Getz and Smith but it's from that vintage. I'm sure I've got this one in the racks somewhere. (4) Recognised this one immediately. Under-rated ex-pat guitar player.. This One (5) Again, an immediate recognition. This was the leader's 'comeback' studio album.. This one.. (6) Fats Waller? (7) Sounds very Milesian, I like it. The trumpeter's sound is a bit like that of Jerry Gonzales but really no idea. (8) Sounds like Lockjaw plus other tenor and organ. I don't think it's the 'Tough Tenors' from the sound of the other player. (9) Bessie Smith? (10) Sounds like it might have been recorded at one of those 'Live at Maybeck' sessions. I've heard this one before but can't quite put my finger on it.. (11) 'Valse Hot' - far inferior to the original version. Not keen on this one. (12) No idea. (13) The style of the piano/vibes and the singer's voice gave me this one pretty quick. It's from This one (14) Like it ! Glenn Miller's version sucks, in comparison. Nice selection EKE ! Many thanks for putting it together, have enjoyed listening to it.

Blakey and Morgan - how can you go wrong? :rsmile: