What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[clifford_thornton]

Masao Yagi -- Modern Jazz Blue Mood -- (Columbia, JP)

beautifully arranged set of standards for quartet and sextet feat. Yagi (pno, arr), George Otsuka, Akira Miyazawa a.o.

[Dmitry]

Cedar Walton - SPECTRUM, Prestige PRST-7591, 1968. A very enjoyable Blue Note-influenced hard bop. I believe this is his first album under his name. I wonder why Walton never received Blue Note bona fides for the leader session. It's just that it may have been too late for him, because Lyon and Wolff were selling the company. I like the cover; the hand of Reid Miles was leading Don Schlitten's.

[Daniel A]

4 minutes ago, Dmitry said:

Cedar Walton - SPECTRUM, Prestige PRST-7591, 1968. A very enjoyable Blue Note-influenced hard bop. I believe this is his first album under his name. I wonder why Walton never received Blue Note bona fides for the leader session. It's just that it may have been too late for him, because Lyon and Wolff were selling the company. I like the cover; the hand of Reid Miles was leading Don Schlitten's.

Yes, this is a fine album. He had almost ten years s a sideman behind him at this point. I am trying to imagine how it would have sounded if it had been recorded at the RvG studio. 

[T.D.]

8 minutes ago, Daniel A said:

Yes, this is a fine album. He had almost ten years s a sideman behind him at this point. I am trying to imagine how it would have sounded if it had been recorded at the RvG studio. 

This predates it slightly (1967):

[Daniel A]

1 hour ago, T.D. said:

This predates it slightly (1967):

1 hour ago, Dmitry said:

 

 

Oh, yes, that's true! 

[Dmitry]

1 hour ago, Daniel A said:

Yes, this is a fine album. He had almost ten years s a sideman behind him at this point. I am trying to imagine how it would have sounded if it had been recorded at the RvG studio. 

While listening, I remarked to myself that it sounded similar to RVG. Maybe it was the material itself that led me to believe that, because it's very BN-like, with similar dynamics and drive, as if it were produced by Alfred Lyon. The album is on the shorter side, even by the Prestige standards, clocking at under 35 minutes. I wouldn't be surprised if more tracks were recorded, but not released. 

1 hour ago, T.D. said:

This predates it slightly (1967):

You sir, are correct!

What a stupid cover, in my opinion.

[jazzcorner]

1 hour ago, Dmitry said:

What a stupid cover, in my opinion.

"Cedar" means a kind of wood --->  example: Lebanonzeder tree.

So the cover art  combines his name with the  kind of wood. IMO not stupid

;-]]

 

[Dmitry]

5 hours ago, jazzcorner said:

"Cedar" means a kind of wood --->  example: Lebanonzeder tree.

So the cover art  combines his name with the  kind of wood. IMO not stupid

;-]]

 

I know what cedar is. That's why I think it's a stupid cover, and a lazy design.

Do you think a sheet of plywood is sufficient to reflect on what's inside this record sleeve? I'd imagine working with something like these -

 

 

[jazzcorner]

6 hours ago, Dmitry said:

I know what cedar is. That's why I think it's a stupid cover, and a lazy design.

Do you think a sheet of plywood is sufficient to reflect on what's inside this record sleeve? I'd imagine working with something like these -

 

Well tastes are different and I have seen the connection immediately.  Coverart is always a part of the production costs. Some labels invest more and some not. I have seen here worse examples without any connection to the music inside.

My favorite is David Stone Martin

 

Now on the turntable

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[clifford_thornton]

52 minutes ago, jazzcorner said:

Well tastes are different and I have seen the connection immediately.  Coverart is always a part of the production costs. Some labels invest more and some not. I have seen here worse examples without any connection to the music inside.

The Cedar! cover is amusing and it's a good record.

[jcam_44]

Horace Silver - The Jody Grind

got this as a filler in an order to take up space I guess. Its an original mono copy, assuming since they threw it in its not too valuable, but it is a Horace I don't have and after a spin on the record doctor it sound pretty darn good!

[HutchFan]

This again:

 

On 2/1/2022 at 6:24 PM, JSngry said:

KAKO!!!!

Exactly.

 

[BillF]

On 02/02/2022 at 11:29 PM, sidewinder said:

 

9 hours ago, jcam_44 said:

Horace Silver - The Jody Grind

got this as a filler in an order to take up space I guess. Its an original mono copy, assuming since they threw it in its not too valuable, but it is a Horace I don't have and after a spin on the record doctor it sound pretty darn good!

[soulpope]

8 hours ago, HutchFan said:

This again:

😎😁😎 ....

[Gheorghe]

14 hours ago, jcam_44 said:

Horace Silver - The Jody Grind

got this as a filler in an order to take up space I guess. Its an original mono copy, assuming since they threw it in its not too valuable, but it is a Horace I don't have and after a spin on the record doctor it sound pretty darn good!

I knew the tunes only because once a sax player wanted to play it, he had sheets for Jody Grind, Nutville and Peace (which a knew anyway) . But I didn´t have the album. I´m no completist, but is it possible that this one was not reissued on that RVG series ? 

[Dub Modal]

16 hours ago, jcam_44 said:

Horace Silver - The Jody Grind

got this as a filler in an order to take up space I guess. Its an original mono copy, assuming since they threw it in its not too valuable, but it is a Horace I don't have and after a spin on the record doctor it sound pretty darn good!

That's the best way to have this album as reportedly all digital versions are from a needle drop. 

1 hour ago, Gheorghe said:

but is it possible that this one was not reissued on that RVG series ?

Correct, no RVG for this one (that I know of).

[Chuck Nessa]

11 minutes ago, Dub Modal said:

That's the best way to have this album as reportedly all digital versions are from a needle drop. 

Correct, no RVG for this one (that I know of).

My copy is a stereo Van Gelder. It is a promo copy (clipped corner) I received from the Liberty salesman in Chicago.

[jazzbo]

I like this one a lot. The most recent release from Japan in the UHQCD format (may recycle the 2009 mastering from Japan, not sure) is likely still a needle drop but sounds pretty darned good.

https://www.discogs.com/release/13636074-The-Horace-Silver-Quintet-Sextet-The-Jody-Grind

[Dub Modal]

1 minute ago, Chuck Nessa said:

My copy is a stereo Van Gelder. It is a promo copy (clipped corner) I received from the Liberty salesman in Chicago.

Sorry, I meant RVG CD reissue as I thought that's what @Gheorghe was talking about. My bad if not. 

[Chuck Nessa]

I should have figured it out.

[Royal Oak]

4 hours ago, Gheorghe said:

I knew the tunes only because once a sax player wanted to play it, he had sheets for Jody Grind, Nutville and Peace (which a knew anyway) . But I didn´t have the album. I´m no completist, but is it possible that this one was not reissued on that RVG series ? 

I seem to recall that Cook & Morton singled this out (with "Song For My Father") as one of Horace's best, in a catalogue of pretty solidly great LPs,

I duly bought it based on that recommendation. I like it well enough, but it's no "Cape Verdean Blues" IMO.

[Brad]

[sidewinder]

20 hours ago, jcam_44 said:

Horace Silver - The Jody Grind

got this as a filler in an order to take up space I guess. Its an original mono copy, assuming since they threw it in its not too valuable, but it is a Horace I don't have and after a spin on the record doctor it sound pretty darn good!

That is a good find - the original tapes for this one are AWOL I believe so unlikely to be a Tone Poet anytime soon (I would love to be proved wrong !) . The Liberty Mono sounds very good.

Don’t think it was issued as an RVG but it did come out as an early McMaster on CD - I have one.

1 hour ago, rdavenport said:

I seem to recall that Cook & Morton singled this out (with "Song For My Father") as one of Horace's best, in a catalogue of pretty solidly great LPs,

I duly bought it based on that recommendation. I like it well enough, but it's no "Cape Verdean Blues" IMO.

I reckon it’s up there with ‘Cape Verdean’ but it’s all personal preference I guess. Horace of that vintage is incredibly consistent and excellent.

Edited February 4, 2022 by sidewinder

[soulpope]

2 hours ago, Brad said:

Nice ....

[sidewinder]