Bluesnik

i agree with that. Pacific Jazz is one of the labels i'm most interested in and that gets reissued less. Blue Note is really no big deal. they are available all the time. i'm happy if they rvg some OOP album but that is not suprising. I'm more than happy with their current wave of reissues but i only hope EMI would think wider.

that is very sad news. i have and will listen to one of his albums with Sonny Simmons, The Cry. will have to see what is out there as CD and what has been reissued.

i think it'd have to be Morgan/Shorter Vee Jay Bob Gordon etc. Kenton Presents Tal Farlow though I much love the other sets I have

and what about the Japanese mini LP remasters? there was a bunch of them released last year. were these also DSD?

sorry, this was a quick answer one day i was on a quick browse through the board. i hadn't read the full thread. and i'm really surprised by this piece of information. the track is attributed to Shorter, Wayne Shorter, on every album i've seen it recorded on. on Broken Wing Alan Trecinet even mentions it as a Shorter tune in the liner notes. but if it wasn't actually written by Shorter i'd like to know who then wrote that nice piece of music. and who's been collecting royalties for it

thanks for the link. i'll have a look there.

it is on their website, here. but i'm afraid it's not updated or at least doesn't feature upcoming projects. all those cats, one of their older reissues, which i have, is there.

Gianluca Petrella did some fine collaborations with NIcola Conte and other artists on his Schema label, like i think Gerardo Frisina and i think also the INvisible Session. All this is more groove based clubjazz but with some fine playing. And i think he also has other records exploring freer territories. on a different note, i'm tempted to pick up something from the Basso Valdambrini combos. can anyone recommend some albums? which are the really outstanding recordings?

thanks, big beat steve. so this session was unissued before Blue Note released it? was it never intended for release or was it maybe indirectly recorded for Blue Note like some Dexter Gordon or Hank MObley sessions recorded in Paris? though i don't think this is the case here. otherwise Hickory HOuse vol.1 wouldn't be considered her first BN recording. i tend to think it was recorded in Frankfurt and never released and maybe picked up later by BN when Jutta arrived in the US. or maybe she brought it with her under the advice of Leonard Feather, her discoverer. anyway, the fact that it still is owned by Blue Note speaks against a leased title, like some of the 5000s were.

i listened to the Jutta Hipp Quintet, the 5000 series album, again last night. it seems to be a leased or bought session not recorded in NYC. all musicians are German and it was recorded under the supervision of a German producer as you can read on the back cover. so it looks like something recorded before she left Germany. Emil Mangelsdorff, Albert's brother and an active member of the German swing cult of the 40's, prosecuted under the Nazis, plays alto. plus on the hickory house recordings she is announced by Leonard Feather as being recorded for the first time for Blue Note. and if i'm not mistaken the 1500 series was started after the 5000 series was closed. some 5000 series titles were reissued in the 1500 series. does anybody have more information on that record's origin? the cover is also a total departure from the Blue Note aesthetic, even from the 5000 series, though many of these were also quite uncommon. and it's really beautiful: a simple drawing of Jutta Hipp dressed in black against a black background with the word Jutta in red lettering.

i like her 5000 series album a lot. don't remember it's name but i have it as a JRVG. the hickory house live dates are also very good, this time in a trio.

the Mosaic sounds great but i imagine the Blue Moons or others might also sound good. they're actually 24 bit as well. so you might get the CDs if budget's an issue. but whatever you do get ready for lots of goodness. especially with the Young Lions session, one of my favourite hard bop albums. just listened to it the other day.

yes, AFAIK the only difference is the disc material. this time i'm not buying into the hype (much as i love the Japanese). i'm not planning on getting any of those SHM discs.

i'd recommend the latest European remaster from the Uni France Heritage series. it features all 26 tracks, that is the recorded session and the edited version for the soundtrack, echo and echoless. it's a nice digipack with beatiful pictures of a very young Jeanne Moureau fooling around with Miles and his trumpet in the studio and it's midprice. i would say this is available in the US, so what need for an expensive Japanese release? oh yes, the LP sleeve, i see but honestly, this reissue is good enough for me. the sound is good, you get both versions of the program, original cover and some nice pictures. needless to say the music on this cd is superb. completely moody and full noir. even the solo bass passages are great, generating some really cinematic tension. some claim this as their favourite Miles.

Crescent is one of the Impulses i'm still missing. it's high on my wish list, followed by Coltrane. i'm waiting for these to be reissued as Impulse Originals. i debated long enough wether i should get the 90s 20-bit releases (after all that is one of my favourite reissue series ever, together with the 5000 series Conns and the West Coast Classics) but i think sound might be a bit superior on the new ones. packaging is a different question, of course. there are little reissue series (excepting mini LPs, maybe) that come close to the elegance and beauty of that one. but for a change, and because they are midpriced, i'll wait for the new ones. or shouldn't i? one of the lesser known Coltranes i really love (it could be one of my favourite pre-Impulse albums) is Coltrane plays the blues on Atlantic. it's just a blues program, but what playing! And Africa|Brass is also a favourite.

this is one i almost picked up years ago. i had read his book and was curious. i remember holding it in my hands (together with the AEC) several times but i never kept it in the end. now they have all vanished. at least from the shops. and i think now i would like to have it.

i’m in a deep coltrane mood lately. again. these are periodic. only this time I’m diggin deeper into his Prestige sides, being more familiar with his Impulses and Atlantics … and with the Miles quintet. I’ve had Coltrane for some time, but have only lately snatched up a VICJ mini LP of Soultrane, an OJC of Settin the pace and RVGs of Traneing In and Lush Life. and i'm enjoying them a lot. Specially Traneing in. I love his energetic and powerful but still bluesy and hard boppish playing on these albums. and his ballads. and the way this was pointing to what was to come. though I like Impulse era Coltrane, these 57-58 recordings predating his big ‘62 shift are brilliant. in a way most of what came later can already be sensed here. Trane is one of the artists you can hear developing most over a shorter time span, I think. it’s like seeing somebody grow almost in real time. from the Prestiges to the Atlantics and on to the Impulses! and in between these Prestige days (although stretching back a little further) you’ve got his recordings with the Miles Davis quintet, some of his early playing I enjoy the most. I particularly love him on Round about midnight. well, Trane and his interplay with Miles. they’re like fire and ice on that one.

oh, now i can post! maybe it's because i used the fast reply function, and emoticons seem to be working after all

it's weird but i can't log out. whenever i try i get prompted to log back in. what a nice irony! and when i try to post i get an authentication mismatch, or something along those lines. so will i be perpetually logged in for all eternity? (emoticons don't work)

oh i forgot that Concord downloads

after Verve and some other case i saw the other day but which i can’t remember now, Concord is going the easy manufatureless route and offering a bunch of digital only reissues for download. admittedly, there’s nothing too exciting there but there are some nice bits in between. there’s one Prestige among them i've been eyeing and on the verge of getting from Japan for a long time now: the Jon Eardley Seven. I’m surprised to see it pop up here. and there’s a Coleman Hawkins, an Elvin Jones, an Osie Johnson, Dexter Gordon’s complete Prestiges and Herbie Harper - Jazz In Hollywood, of which I’m unsure if it is a Nocturne. I seem to recall there was some Nocturne material released under OJC. overall it's an odd mix of recent releases and historic reissues though, some of which are still available (Tania Maria/Viva Brasil, Barclay) and it’s far from the collector’s wet dream it could have turned out to be. plus I’m not so keen on the digital format. at least not for jazz. maybe for some more contemporary consumer music, like my dubstep, clubjazz or broken beat. but for jazz and for anything I won’t discard after a year (Brazil and soul too!!) I prefer to have the covers, liner notes and graphic material, to have a feel of the original release, a sense of product. I’m a bit old fashioned here. so I might end up getting the Jon Eardley as a Japanese pressing after all. the (first?) titles in this new download series are: Ahmed Abdul Malik - Jazz Sahara Al Cohn - Broadway (Reissue) Avishai Cohen - Adama Avishai Cohen - Colors Avishai Cohen, The International Vamp Band - Unity Barbara Lea - Barbara Lea (Reissue) Bill Evans - Blue In Green (Reissue) Bob Berg - Another Standard Charlie Byrd - The Charlie Byrd Christmas Album Charlie Byrd - The Washington Guitar Quintet Charlie Byrd, Laurindo Almeida - Brazilian Soul Charlie Mariano - Boston All-Stars Charlie Rouse Quintet - Takin' Care Of Business (Reissue) Chris Potter - Unspoken Chris Potter Quartet - Vertigo Claire Austin - Claire Austin Sings "When Your Lover Has Gone" (Reissue) Coleman Hawkins - Bean And The Boys (Reissue) Count Basie - Live In Japan '78 Dexter Gordon - The Complete Prestige Recordings Doris Day - The Love Album Elvin Jones - Elvin! (Reissue) Ernestine Anderson - Never Make Your Move Too Soon Ernestine Anderson - When The Sun Goes Down Gary Burton - Astor Piazzolla Reunion: A Tango Excursion Gary Burton - Libertango Gary Burton & Friends - Departure George Shearing - Duets George Shearing - Grand Piano George Shearing - Piano George Shearing, Mel Tormé - An Evening With George Shearing and Mel Tormé George Shearing, Mel Tormé - An Elegant Evening Herbie Harper - Jazz In Hollywood (Reissue) Honi Gordon - Honi Gordon Sings (Reissue) John Coltrane - Blue Trane: John Coltrane Plays The Blues (Reissue) Jon Eardley - The Jon Eardley Seven (Reissue) Kenny Burrell - Lotus Blossom Kenny Burrell - Lucky So and So Marian McPartland - From This Moment On Marian McPartland - Live At Maybeck Recital Hall (Vol. 9) Marian McPartland - Plays The Benny Carter Songbook Marian McPartland - Silent Pool Marian McPartland Trio - Live At Yoshi's Nitespot Matthew Gee - All-Stars Jazz By Gee! (Reissue) Mel Tormé - A&E Presents An Evening With Mel Tormé - Live From The Disney Institute Mel Tormé - My Night To Dream Mel Tormé, Cleo Laine - Nothing Without You (Live At The Loa) Monica Mancini - The Dreams Of Johnny Mercer Nnenna Freelon - Maiden Voyage Oscar Peterson - Oscar Peterson Live! Osie Johnson - Osie's Oasis (Reissue) Poncho Sanchez - Out Of Sight! Ray Brown - Trio Summer Wind (Live At The Loa) Ray Brown Trio, Ralph Moore - Moore Makes 4 (Live At The Loa) Scott Hamilton, Harry Allen - Heavy Juice Sonny Rollins - Silver City (A Celebration Of 25 Years Of Milestone) (Reissue) Tania Maria - Viva Brazil Tania Maria, Viva Brazil Quartet - Live At The Blue Note Ted Curson - Plays Fire Down Below The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Concord On A Summer Night (Remastered) The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Paper Moon The Ray Brown All Stars - Don't Forget The Blues The Ultimate Mancini Orchestra - Ultimate Mancini Tito Puente - Master Timbalero Tito Puente & His Latin Ensemble - Mambo Diablo Tito Puente, Maynard Ferguson - Special Delivery Tito Puente, Phil Woods - Salsa Meets Jazz oh and by the way, is the Mariano from his Boston days or something from his later years? it sounds like the former, but…

after Verve and some other case i saw the other day but which i can’t remember now, Concord is going the easy manufatureless route and offering a bunch of digital only reissues for download. admittedly, there’s nothing too exciting there but there are some nice bits in between. there’s one Prestige among them i've been eyeing and on the verge of getting from Japan for a long time now: the Jon Eardley Seven. I’m surprised to see it pop up here. and there’s a Coleman Hawkins, an Elvin Jones, an Osie Johnson, Dexter Gordon’s complete Prestiges and Herbie Harper - Jazz In Hollywood, of which I’m unsure if it is a Nocturne. I seem to recall there was some Nocturne material released under OJC. overall it's an odd mix of recent releases and historic reissues though, some of which are still available (Tania Maria/Viva Brasil, Barclay) and it’s far from the collector’s wet dream it could have turned out to be. plus I’m not so keen on the digital format. at least not for jazz. maybe for some more contemporary consumer music, like my dubstep, clubjazz or broken beat. but for jazz and for anything I won’t discard after a year (Brazil and soul too!!) I prefer to have the covers, liner notes and graphic material, to have a feel of the original release, a sense of product. I’m a bit old fashioned here. so I might end up getting the Jon Eardley as a Japanese pressing after all. the (first?) titles in this new download series are: Ahmed Abdul Malik - Jazz Sahara Al Cohn - Broadway (Reissue) Avishai Cohen - Adama Avishai Cohen - Colors Avishai Cohen, The International Vamp Band - Unity Barbara Lea - Barbara Lea (Reissue) Bill Evans - Blue In Green (Reissue) Bob Berg - Another Standard Charlie Byrd - The Charlie Byrd Christmas Album Charlie Byrd - The Washington Guitar Quintet Charlie Byrd, Laurindo Almeida - Brazilian Soul Charlie Mariano - Boston All-Stars Charlie Rouse Quintet - Takin' Care Of Business (Reissue) Chris Potter - Unspoken Chris Potter Quartet - Vertigo Claire Austin - Claire Austin Sings "When Your Lover Has Gone" (Reissue) Coleman Hawkins - Bean And The Boys (Reissue) Count Basie - Live In Japan '78 Dexter Gordon - The Complete Prestige Recordings Doris Day - The Love Album Elvin Jones - Elvin! (Reissue) Ernestine Anderson - Never Make Your Move Too Soon Ernestine Anderson - When The Sun Goes Down Gary Burton - Astor Piazzolla Reunion: A Tango Excursion Gary Burton - Libertango Gary Burton & Friends - Departure George Shearing - Duets George Shearing - Grand Piano George Shearing - Piano George Shearing, Mel Tormé - An Evening With George Shearing and Mel Tormé George Shearing, Mel Tormé - An Elegant Evening Herbie Harper - Jazz In Hollywood (Reissue) Honi Gordon - Honi Gordon Sings (Reissue) John Coltrane - Blue Trane: John Coltrane Plays The Blues (Reissue) Jon Eardley - The Jon Eardley Seven (Reissue) Kenny Burrell - Lotus Blossom Kenny Burrell - Lucky So and So Marian McPartland - From This Moment On Marian McPartland - Live At Maybeck Recital Hall (Vol. 9) Marian McPartland - Plays The Benny Carter Songbook Marian McPartland - Silent Pool Marian McPartland Trio - Live At Yoshi's Nitespot Matthew Gee - All-Stars Jazz By Gee! (Reissue) Mel Tormé - A&E Presents An Evening With Mel Tormé - Live From The Disney Institute Mel Tormé - My Night To Dream Mel Tormé, Cleo Laine - Nothing Without You (Live At The Loa) Monica Mancini - The Dreams Of Johnny Mercer Nnenna Freelon - Maiden Voyage Oscar Peterson - Oscar Peterson Live! Osie Johnson - Osie's Oasis (Reissue) Poncho Sanchez - Out Of Sight! Ray Brown - Trio Summer Wind (Live At The Loa) Ray Brown Trio, Ralph Moore - Moore Makes 4 (Live At The Loa) Scott Hamilton, Harry Allen - Heavy Juice Sonny Rollins - Silver City (A Celebration Of 25 Years Of Milestone) (Reissue) Tania Maria - Viva Brazil Tania Maria, Viva Brazil Quartet - Live At The Blue Note Ted Curson - Plays Fire Down Below The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Concord On A Summer Night (Remastered) The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Paper Moon The Ray Brown All Stars - Don't Forget The Blues The Ultimate Mancini Orchestra - Ultimate Mancini Tito Puente - Master Timbalero Tito Puente & His Latin Ensemble - Mambo Diablo Tito Puente, Maynard Ferguson - Special Delivery Tito Puente, Phil Woods - Salsa Meets Jazz oh and by the way, is the Mariano from his Boston days or something from his later years? it sounds like the former, but…

this is a beatiful bossaesque Shorter composition that Baker played a lot around 1978 in his late years. I have Broken Wing and it's one of my standout moments from that album. it's actually called Beautiful black eyes on Broken Wing and also appears on a very good Baker live date from that time, Live at Nick's, though that's hardly surprising since that one was recorded only weeks before Broken Wing, and also in Paris and with nearly the same band. on that album it's simply credited as Black Eyes (or maybe it was the other way round, i can't remember and can't check the discs right now). what i don't know is if Shorter ever recorded that composition himself. i suspect it must have been written sometime in the late Seventies in the time he did those brazilian albums and his collaboration with Milton Nascimiento. but that's just a guess. i have only heard the Baker versions, and believe me, it is a very beautiful, laidback tune with great Phil Markowitz piano solos on both mentioned versions.

Jutta Hipp is not (so) obvious but this was a Conn not too long ago. i have it. they could have gone for her 5000 series session or for any of her Hickory House trio dates (which i also have ).

there is a French 24-bit CD reissue of the Fontana LP that was released some years ago. it's in the same Uni France Heritage series where Art Blakey's Les Liaisons Dangereuses or Chet Baker Quartet with Dick Twardzik on Barclay came out. they were all digipacks and i imagine they must be available in the States. after that i saw another Universal reissue of Ascenseur in a jewel case, though that might also be a Euro only affair. though you might already know about all that.