mjzee

Wow, we've been talking about this for so long, hard to believe it's coming out tomorrow! Just preordered it.

LOL!!!

Are there any Impulse Coltranes currently available in mono?

JLH, honestly, it depends on how much money you have to risk. Just to give you one person's perspective: I've listened to jazz since the '70's, and had never heard of Joe Daley. I just looked at Wikipedia: no listing for him. Just looked at allmusic.com: barely a mention, nothing descriptive; for "biography," this is what it says in its entirety: "A tenor saxophonist and bandleader, Joe Daley recorded for RCA at the 1963 Newport Jazz Festival with bassist Russell Thorne and drummer Hal Russell." OK, now I know he played tenor. But in what style music did he play: free, "structured free" (you seem to like to release that sort of music), something other? More to the point, for the potential buyer, how would they know? Are there song samples anywhere? So you may get huzzahs and kudos in the press. But as for sales, by now you can probably tell in your gut what the answer is. It could be that just putting it out would be its own reward for you. If I were you (and I'm not), perhaps a better solution would be to put out the original disc, and include a download code where the buyer could download the additional material. Again, just one man's opinion. Good luck with whatever you decide.

Just got Thelma. The bonus disc is Thelma from the day before (12/11/69).

Junie C. Cobb - Chicago: The Living Legends - $5.99 Albert Wynn - Chicago: The Living Legends - $5.99 Little Brother Montgomery - Chicago: The Living Legends - $5.99 Mama Yancey & Little Brother Montgomery - South Side Blues - $5.99 Jim Robinson - New Orleans: The Living Legends - $6.99 Earl Hines - A Monday Date - $5.99 JATP - London 1969 - $5.75 JATP - Frankfurt 1952 - $4.31

Puts the award to Terry Teachout in context, doesn't it?

I just looked at the Mosaic website, and didn't see any other Roulette material.

I don't think I've heard of the movies on discs 9 - 18. Are they any good?

To answer my own question, I found the session that produced Hum-Bug and Southern Exposure. I don't recognize the album, though: Eddie Bert (trombone) Sahib Shihab (baritone saxophone) Tommy Flanagan (piano) Kenny Burrell (guitar) Carl Pruitt (bass) Elvin Jones (drums) NYC, May 17, 1956 CO55945 Hum-Bug Epic LN 3339 CO55946 Southern Exposure - * Epic LN 3339; Fontana (E) TFL 5008 Hank Jones/Conte Candoli/Milt Hinton/Sahib Shihab/Ronnie Bright/Barry Galbraith/Jimmy Cleveland/Gene Quill/Ray Bryant/Osie Johnson - After Hours Jazz

Release date June 17:

Are there any other Mosaic Roulettes? Might pay to buy them now, before the email comes.

So, at heart, this is a political discussion, no?

That confirms what I suspected: that the Roulette/Roost labels were part of the Parlophone deal that went to Warner when EMI was broken up (they also got Chrysalis and Virgin). I imagine that since Warner also got EMI Classics the deal included all the UK-based labels (although Roulette/Roost were US Mosaic eventually found the masters in London) with the US-based material going to UMG. Now will Warner reissue their Roulette Mosaics as they did the Reprise Ellington? Probably not. Do you mean on CD? Let's hope. (There is the Dinah Mosaic now on mp3.) One of the things I find interesting is the speed with which Universal has restarted the Blue Note reissue program (CDs in Japan, LPs in America). I think BN was very high on Universal's wish list. In terms of box sets, I hope Universal can release some cross Prestige/BN projects on particular artists. Let's see how fast Warner releases the Roulette titles; it's very possible that the eMusic listings show Parlophone as a revived imprint of Warner, much like Decca has been used by Universal.

He evidently has a new album out:

Why is it so bad for the right to be giving out awards? The left would probably not give him an award for the same reason. And the left has far more power in the arts than the right. Good for him.

So does this mean Warner Bros. now owns Roulette and EMI France masters? So what popped up today on eMusic? 4 Roulette titles, for which eMusic lists as the label Parlophone UK. Curiouser and curiouser. The titles: Count Basie - Chairman of the Board The Complete Roulette Dinah Washington (I guess this is the Mosaic) Dinah Washington - Dinah '62 Johnny Smith - Walk Don't Run

There's also this mp3 compilation: We'll ignore the dreadful cover art, shall we? It presents, in jumbled up fashion, tracks from the two Savoys pictured above, 6 tracks from Mort Herbert's Night People, and 2 tracks I can't source (Hum-Bug and Southern Exposure).

Not exactly like it, but the Shihab material here has been on cd on these two releases in the Savoy/Denon series. I have 'em and really like 'em. I think there's at least one more session on the 2-fer than what's on those two single releases. I sold the 2-fer years ago, so can't directly check it.

I always enjoyed this Savoy twofer: Nothing quite like it is currently available on CD. The liner notes were excellent, too; they noted that Shihab wasn't much into self-promotion.

Listening again to the "Another Self Portrait" box, specifically the original Self Portrait album. There really is no mention, in the accompanying book, of the Nashville sessions which comprise the bulk of the album. The impression the book gives is that the bulk of the album was recorded in New York, with the tapes then being sent to Nashville for sweetening. But the album was largely recorded in Nashville, not in New York, with Nashville musicians and backing singers. Indeed, the word "country" is barely mentioned in the book. I think the notes put a lot of effort into mischaracterizing the nature of the original SP album, and redirecting the listener's attention from what is obviously there. A listen clearly shows a homage to the slick Nashville sound (along with other elements), but that aspect seems to have gone down the memory hole. It would be as if they were discussing the Slow Train Coming album without addressing its religious aspect. Inconvenient and uncomfortable it may be, but c'mon.

So does this mean Warner Bros. now owns Roulette and EMI France masters?

Got my shipping notice for the Berigan.

Another thanks from me, Stompy. One on the way here.