Cliff Englewood

If you have The Bossa Nova Years set, which I do, it's a good idea to get this one as well; There is a good bit of duplication but without it you will miss an excellent version of "Summertime" from this era, and I think at least one other non-bossa nova tune. I haven't quite figured out what's on "Getz Au Go Go" that's not on the Box Set, but even if it's only "Summertime", it's still worth getting, imho.

That looks kinda cool, what is it?

The Vancouver concert (January 30, 1965 according to Astrup) was issued on vinyl - "The Canadian Concert of Stan Getz", Can-Am 1300. It sounds to have been dubbed from a somewhat noisy disk source, not a tape, although the sound quality is pretty good. I wonder if Gambit has been able to clean it up? Well according to the link provided by user0815, there has been some "New & careful remastering.", whatever that means. I guess I'll just have to buy the damn thing and find out.

Thanks to user0815 and Tom Storer and Stereojack, no thanks to anyone else for trying to turn this into a Gene Cherico thread. The track listing for this and the Paris concert look quite different, althought obviously a similar line up of instruments. I seem to remember the Vancouver gig being mentioned in the Getz biog. in glowing terms, a real highlight from this period. I don't own the book, only got it from the Library, so I can't check. I like the line up for the Newport gig, Haynes was perfect for Getz.

This looks interesting, does anyone have this in any other form? tape, vinyl perhaps? There's some interesting looking extras on it as well. I know it's Gambit by the way so don't start. Product Description 2008 release containing a rare 1964 Vancouver concert by the Stan Getz Quartet with Gary Burton for the first time ever on CD. As a bonus, we have added two more very rare performances, Getz’s quartet set at Newport ’61 (these are Scott LaFaro’s last recordings!) and two tracks taped at the Apollo Theatre with an orchestra led by Getz and featuring Zoot Sims and Gerry Mulligan. 12 tracks. Gambit.

I ordered the old CD of "Plays" and waiting for the new CD of "Sweet Rain" Many thansk for your replies. Best always Alex Looks like you won't have to wait to long.... Sweet Rain [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

Nice one !!! Thanks for that.

There appears to be a JATP 1949 concert here and (I believe) a live Bird with Strings concert, both of which are Norman Granz (Verve/Clef) recordings. The first concert is a 1947 reunion with Diz, and some of the tracks were issued as 78s at the time (including Bird's only "official" recording of Confirmation in the 1940s). Thje other recordings have been available on various boots over the years. The overall quality here is somewhat variable, but the best material is VERY VERY good, and the sound quality of these broadcasts is usually excellent to match. Special highlights include the first 1947 concert and the 1949 Christmas concert with Red Rodney. The 1949 JATP extended Embraceable You with Lester Young is one of my very favorite pieces of recorded music. In other words, if you don't have this music, grab it. John L, thanks for the response. I went out at lunch today and bought this badboy, €40 for 4 discs, not bad. I'm looking forward to giving it a spin this evening and will go straight to the version of "Embraceable You" that you speak so highly of.

Yea, but you're in the wrong thread.

While we're on the subject of keeping the Bird alive, does anyone know where the recordings from this 4 CD Set are borrowed from? I can't find any real info. on it, but I presume they're from some of the Norman Granz Labels??? If so are they any good or are they standard JATP jam-type deals??? I am tempted by it after all this Parker talk. Blurb; Product Description 2007 four CD collection presents all of Charlie Parker’s known recordings at this famous venue for the first time on one edition. This collection goes all through all his surviving Carnegie Hall sets until the last one, that also was to be his last known live recording ever and the next to last session of his life. As bonus tracks, we have selected three rarely heard and very interesting recordings. The first two, 'Mambo' and 'Lament for the Congo', are Bird’s only known recordings with Machito outside of his studio recordings and the February 11, 1949 set issued here for the first time ever. Next we have a solo a sole selection recorded live at an unknown venue in New York, probably from a radio broadcast. Definitive. Track Listings 1. Night In Tunisia 2. Dizzy Atmosphere 3. Groovin’ High 4. Confirmation 5. Ko-Ko 6. Bird 7. Repetition 8. Introduction By Norman Granz 9. Leap Here 10. Indiana (Back Home Again In) 11. Lover Come Back To Me 12. Opener 13. Lester Leaps In 14. Embraceable You 15. Closer 16. Ow!/Voice-Over Introducing Ella Fitzgerald 17. Flyin’ Home 18. How High The Moon 19. Perdido 20. Ornithology 21. Cheryl 22. Ko-Ko 23. All The Things You Are 24. Now’S The Time 25. What Is This Thing Called Love? 26. April In Paris 27. Repetition 28. Easy To Love 29. Rocker 30. Just Friends (First Concert) 31. Easy To Love (First Concert) 32. Repetition Into Strings Theme 33. Just Friends (Second Concert) 34. Easy To Love (Second Concert) 35. Announcement By Charlie Parker/Repetition Into Strings Theme (Second Concert) 36. Announcement 37. Night In Tunisia 38. Fiftu Second Street Theme 39. Song Is You 40. My Funny Valentine 41. Coold Blues 42. No Noise (Previously Unissied) 43. Mango Mangue (Previously Unissued) 44. Tanga (Previously Unissued) 45. Bean And The Boys 46. Stuffy 47. Mambo (Bonus Track) 48. Lamnet For The Congo (Bonus Track) 49. I Can't Get Started (Bonus Track)

Great treasure house of material! Thanks for the link. You're very welcome. It's pretty decent isn't it?

Nice list from Amazon for "Live" Bird. Charlie Parker live recordings with acceptable sound.

Well, now I'm a bit confused. The Centennial box set purported to include EVERYTHING Ellington ever recorded for the label, so how can there be no overlap with it if this set includes some of his 30s RCA material?! Sorry if I'm being dense. Wouldn't be the first time! Greg Mo Despite the title I don't think it includes any RCA material except the previously unreleased cuts and Daybreak Express (so there is that overlap). It's a bit difficult to tell because there's no useful annotation for set. You are correct on all counts Sir!!! The RCA tracks are Disc: 2 Track 1. Ebony Rhapsody (Rehearsal For "Murder At The Vanities") Track 2. Ebony Rhapsody - pt 2, as I kinda mentioned in Post 12, also the notes are very basic, no real info. at all.

Bird On 52nd Street and Bird At St. Nick's are now available on this recently reissued reissue, you should be able to find it fairly cheaply as even Concord are giving it away. I got it myself and although it says remastered in 2007 by Joe T., I found it very hard to listen to and would think that no amount of remastering could do anything for it. However if you are a total Bird nut you'll probably love it. Amazon Info. Charlie Parker: Charlie Parker

Favorite sessions for me would be the Dial sessions with Howard McGhee, Wardell Gray, Dodo Marmarosa, Barney Kessel et al. Favorite track also comes from that session, "Relaxin' at Camarillo,". I can listen to all the takes of this in a row and still want to hear more.

If you like your "old-timey" music, in the style of the Harry Smith Anthology Of American Folk Music, then you are in for a treat with this one. I've only gone through it once myself and haven't gone indepth with the booklet either, just skimmed it, but I'm very impressed with both so far. Very much a high quality release, comparable to Mosaic in both quality and in the fact that it's clearly a labour of love. Cool website as well.

That is a, quite frankly, fuckin' great session. Wish there was more of Pepper from this era with players like Perkins, eg Zoot, Kamuca etc, etc.

I have had a chance to listen to the first disc and the sound is pretty much excellent, considering how old the recordings are. The notes are pretty basic, just an overview by Bruce Talbot, wish they had a listing of personnel. I'm sure the info. is on the web somewhere, maybe some enterprising board member will be able to post some details on who's actually in the band at this time. Here is the info. from the notes on the re-mastering; 78 rpm Transfers:Matt Cavaluzzo, Harry Coster Digital Sound Restoration: Harry Coster Digital Remastering: Maria Triana Also, Disc: 1 Track 6. Creole Love Call; Disc: 2 Track 1. Ebony Rhapsody (Rehearsal For "Murder At The Vanities") Track 2. Ebony Rhapsody - pt 2; Disc: 4 Track 21. Grievin'; are all previously unissued performances.

Nice collars.

Yea, they had a few others in this series, mainly single disc "best of" type deals, but there was a 3 disc Fats Waller set which looked pretty good that I wanted as well but it was gone when I went back to buy the Ellington. Track Listings Disc: 1 1. Honeysuckle Rose 2. How Can You Face Me? 3. The Panic Is On 4. Sugar Rose 5. I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby 6. Lost Love 7. Our Love Was Meant To Be 8. The Joint Is Jumpin' 9. A Hopeless Love Affair 10. Hold My Hand 11. Patty Cake, Patty Cake 12. Honey Hush 13. Anita 14. Squeeze Me 15. Old Grand Dad 16. All That Meat And No Potatoes 17. Bessie, Bessie, Bessie 18. Cash For Your Trash 19. You Must Be Losing Your Mind 20. Up Jumped You With Love 21. Ain't Misbehavin' Disc: 2 1. St. Louis Blues 2. 'Sippi 3. Thou Swell 4. Numb Fumblin' 5. Ain't Misbehavin' 6. Love Me Or Leave Me 7. Smashin' Thirds 8. My Fate Is In Your Hands 9. African Ripples 10. Viper's Drag 11. Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now 12. Star Dust 13. Carolina Shout 14. Serenade For A Wealthy Widow 15. Rosetta 16. Functionizin' 17. Loungin' At The Waldorf 18. Blue, Turnin' Grey Over You 19. In The Gloamin' 20. Mamacita 21. The Jitterbug Waltz 22. Honeysuckle Rose Disc: 3 1. (I'll Be Glad When You're Dead) You Rascal You 2. You're Not The Only Oyster In The Stew 3. What's The Reason (I'm Not Pleasin' You) 4. Lulu's Back In Town 5. I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter 6. Dinah 7. There'll Be Some Changes Made 8. Somebody Stole My Gal 9. Christopher Columbus 10. It's A Sin To Tell A Lie 11. She's Tall, She's Tan, She's Terrific 12. The Sheik Of Araby 13. Two Sleepy People 14. A Good Man Is Hard To Find 15. Hold Tight (Want Some Seafood, Mama) 16. 'Tain't What You Do (It's The Way That You Do It) 17. Your Feet's Too Big 18. Darktown Strutters Ball 19. I Can't Give You Anything But Love 20. You Run Your Mouth, I'll Run My Business 21. Let's Get Away From It All 22. 'Tain't Nobody's Biz-Ness If I Do Amazon link.

I think it's amazing that he's a Chelsea fan and he's admiting it in public.

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!!! 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.

Yes, but when you had Robben and Drogba on the same pitch for Chelsea it was "Swan Lake" time.

PM on the way for Stan Getz & the Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Big Band - Change of Scenes. Verve Elite Edition, sealed in shrinkwrap. $20

Glad you got your disc, nothing worse than that incomplete feeling, always there in the back of your mind, chipping away at you every day, until you just can't take it anymore.......