Cornelius

montg, Yeah, don't it just make you want to cry? But the corporation is there to make money. From that view, there's no need to wonder why this music is unreleased. But considering that the corporation touts itself as a worthy custodian of this great art (which, being jazz, is not just great art, but also the manifestion, the expression of a profoundly heroic culture), the lack of availability of these works is obscene. P.D., I don't think there were any VSPs made of this material. Aside from the vinyl releases, re-releases, and compilations, the few CD tracks that I know to have trickled out are: "Blue 'N Boogie" on Dizzy's Diamonds. "The Mooche" on Stan Getz & Dizzy Gillespie "All The Things You Are" on Stan Getz: Best Of The Verve Years, Vol. 1 "Stuffy" on Coleman Hawkins And Roy Eldridge At The Opera House

montg, There's some primo stuff. I suspect that Universal owns it, since bits have come out on Verve CDs. Time to militate for the release of this material! The known session details are not all clear, and I should listen to my LPs with the aim of fixing some details, but, just to make your mouth water, it goes something like this: prob. Carnegie Hall, NYC - Sep 57 Stitt, Jacquet, Phillips, Young w/ Ellis, Peterson, Brown, J. Jones The Slow Blues ______ Opera House, Chicago - Oct 57 Gillespie, Stitt, Getz w/ Lewis, Heath, Kay Now's The Time Autumn In New York Wee Round Midnight Dear Old Stockholm ______ Opera House, Chicago - Oct 57 Eldridge, Johnson, Getz, Hawkins, Young w/ Lewis, Heath, Kay Stuffy Polka Dots And Moonbeams ______ Shrine Auditorium, LA [not, I don't think, Philharmonic Hall, which seems to conflate with a venue in some other city] - Oct 57 The Slow Blues Merry-Go-Round Stuffy ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// all below are from Konserthuset, Stockholm - Nov 60 Eldridge, Carter, Byas, Hawkins w/ Schifrin, A. Davis, J. Jones Take The 'A' Train These Foolish Things Yesterdays The Nearness Of You You Go To My Head Indiana ______ Gillespie, Johnson, Wright, Getz w/ Schifrin, A. Davis, Lampkin, Camero Kush The Mooche Weatleigh Hall ______ Gillespie, Johnson, C. Adderley, Carter w/ Schifrin, A. Davis, Lampkin Bernie's Tune Swedish Jam ______ Eldridge, Byas, Getz, Hawkins w/ Schifrin, A. Davis, Lampkin All The Things You Are ______ Johnson, Getz w/ Feldman, S. Jones, Hayes Sweet Georgia Brown I Waited For You A New Town Is A Blue Town Yesterdays Trotting ______ Gillespie, Johnson, Getz w/ Feldman, S. Jones, Hayes Blue 'N Boogie ______ Eldridge, Carter, Byas, Hawkins w/ Schifrin, A. Davis, J. Jones A Jazz Portrait Of Brigitte Bardot

I don't know how, or even if, instructions were conveyed. But the Moodsville albums I've heard do tend to sound different to me.

"[. . .] this is listed in Lord as being a Granz Jam session [. . .]" [P.D.] It seems to me that Lord sometimes lists sessions twice. So, in this case, there's a good chance that his G4465-2 is subsumed by J2034-2. / A small CD set I wish they would issue already are the live jams in November 1960 in Stockholm. Great lineups and tremendous music. Some of the very greatest. Also, the October 1957 concerts would be nice to have on CD. More of the very greatest. By the way, Lord cites Schaap as listing two of those October 1957 concerts - one in Los Angeles and one in Chicago - on the same day, even though Lord has Oscar Peterson on both of them. It's probably Lord who errs by not catching that it's actually John Lewis at the Chicago concert. Granz also contributes to the confusion by suggesting in liner notes that music that was actually recorded in L.A. is from the Chicago gig.

"Still missing from the reissue box is the August 1957 Jam Session [ . . . ]" [brownie] Are you sure this is a separate studio session and not part of the unissued material from the Hollywood Bowl concert?

The contention that the Moodsville albums don't have a different character from Prestige albums doesn't seem correct to me. There are exceptions, but generally, my perception is that the Moodsville albums are more sedate, simpler, and somewhat less "jazz intensive", even comparing with Prestige ballads.

These are sounds I love. I recompiled this way: DISC 1 Jan '59 from Jackie's Bag Byrd, McLean, Clark, Chambers, Jones 1. Quadrangle (McLean) 4:42 2. Blues Inn (McLean) 9:04 3. Fidel (McLean) 7:07 May '59 from New Soil Byrd, McLean, Davis, Chambers, La Roca 4. Hip Strut (McLean) 11:15 5. Minor Apprehension (McLean) 7:30 6. Greasy (Davis) 7:20 7. Sweet Cakes (Davis) 6:41 8. Davis Cup (Davis) 5:25 9. Formidable (Davis) 6:13 DISC 2 Sep '60 from Jackie's Bag Mitchell, McLean, Brooks, Drew, Chambers, Taylor 1. Appointment In Ghana (McLean) 6:56 2. A Ballad For Doll (McLean) 3:16 3. Melonae's Dance (McLean) 6:47 4. Isle Of Java (Brooks) 7:25 5. Street Singer (Brooks) 10:18 6. Medina (Brooks) 6:46 Oct '60 from Back To The Tracks Mitchell, Brooks, Drew, Chambers, Taylor 7. Back To The Tracks (Brooks) 8:05 8. The Blues And I (Brooks) 8:53 9. For Heaven's Sake (Don Meyer, Elise Bretton, Sherman Edwards) 6:03 10. The Ruby And The Pearl (Jay Livingston) 5:08 / "The first session [is] Jackie's first visit to the Van Gelder studio as a BN recording artist [. . . ]" [king ubu] It was his first session as a leader for Blue Note. But he had previously recorded as a sideman for the Cool Struttin' and Off To The Races albums.

"I believe [Stan Getz And J.J. Johnson At The Opera House] also had some "manufactured" cuts made to seem like they were live." [Free For All] There is confusion about which tracks were recorded at the Opera House in Chicago and which at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. And there is confusion about the dates. But I've not seen any mention that any tracks are doctored. "Wasn't Newport '56 also partially studio takes?" Yes.