Larry Kart Posted October 29, 2015 Report Posted October 29, 2015 http://www.amazon.com/50th-Anniversary-Paul-Whiteman/dp/B004UFK2M2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1446156460&sr=8-1&keywords=paul+whiteman+50th+anniversary Some fabulous Teagarden, a supposedly original version "Rhapsody in Blue" (I say supposedly because I don't know for sure what the musicological-historical issues are there) with Buddy Weed on piano that sounds great, not like the concert piece it's become but a mid-'20s "jazz" piece, everything played by a remarkable group of zestful vintage studio guys, including Al Gallardo for the clarinet gliss on "Rhapsody," all recorded with excellent presence by the Enoch Light crew. Quote
JSngry Posted October 29, 2015 Report Posted October 29, 2015 http://www.amazon.com/50th-Anniversary-Paul-Whiteman/dp/B004UFK2M2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1446156460&sr=8-1&keywords=paul+whiteman+50th+anniversary Some fabulous Teagarden, a supposedly original version "Rhapsody in Blue" (I say supposedly because I don't know for sure what the musicological-historical issues are there) with Buddy Weed on piano that sounds great, not like the concert piece it's become but a mid-'20s "jazz" piece, everything played by a remarkable group of zestful vintage studio guys, including Al Gallardo for the clarinet gliss on "Rhapsody," all recorded with excellent presence by the Enoch Light crew. I have a Roku channel that's full of vintage radio programs, and one of the series of which they have episodes is some Philco/Paul Whiteman show from during WWII, commercials intact. It is mind-boggling in so many ways, very few of them particularly good, but you know what they say about if it doesn't kill you, it just makes you wish you were dead, something like that.Anyway, to think of this in terms of being live no retakes radio is pretty damn intense, the cues are just SOOOOO popped/precise, and the songs, geez, full orchestra, full chorus, no elaboration left unelaborated. Just non-stop space filling, beyond mechanically perfect, almost sci-fi perfect. But then you get something like Red Norvo popping in to jam a few choruses of "Northwest Passage" (called something else, there's some research for the researchers), and, oh, you think it's jazz, and it is, but only until it's not, and that doesn't take very long.Just from a logistics standpoint, it's hard to believe that the Paul Whiteman of these broadcasts could have been a real person. But here he was, so I guess he had to have been. I bet he had one of those longass batons, not for show, but to shoo time out of the way so that that show could pass through on schedule. WHEW! Quote
B. Clugston Posted October 30, 2015 Report Posted October 30, 2015 Howard Riley, The Other Side (Spotlite) Quote
Homefromtheforest Posted October 30, 2015 Report Posted October 30, 2015 Yuji Takahashi "John cage sonatas and interludes for prepared piano" (denon, Japan)Ike Quebec "blue and sentimental" (blue note, New York mono) Quote
paul secor Posted October 30, 2015 Report Posted October 30, 2015 Don Friedman Trio: Flashback (Riverside Japan) Quote
corto maltese Posted October 30, 2015 Report Posted October 30, 2015 Yuji Takahashi "John cage sonatas and interludes for prepared piano" (denon, Japan)Not surprisingly (surely I'm not the only one here?), this is the composition of which I own the largest number of recordings (LP and CD). The sound on this Denon is gorgeous and I really like this version. I have another recording by Takahisha, split over two LP's on the great Swedish Fylkingen label. Those records are 50 years old and mono, but they sound great and Takahisha's interpretation might even be superior to the later one. Quote
mjazzg Posted October 30, 2015 Report Posted October 30, 2015 Uschi Bruning & Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky - Das Neue Usel [FMP] Quote
paul secor Posted October 30, 2015 Report Posted October 30, 2015 Sidiki Diabate and Ensemble: Batogoma (Rogue) Quote
paul secor Posted October 31, 2015 Report Posted October 31, 2015 Archie Shepp: Attica Blues Big Band (Blue Marge) Quote
paul secor Posted October 31, 2015 Report Posted October 31, 2015 Walter Davis: The Bullet Sides ... (Krazy Kat) Quote
kh1958 Posted October 31, 2015 Report Posted October 31, 2015 Sonny Criss, I'll Catch the Sun (Prestige), and Kai Winding and Brew Moore/Red Rodney, Broadway (Status/New Jazz) Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted October 31, 2015 Report Posted October 31, 2015 Ovary Lodge (RCA)Excellent record - I don't think it's ever made it to CD. I bought it around '73 after hearing Tippett on the King Crimson records and seeing Robert Fripp's name on the credits. Totally confounded me but over time it worked its magic. A CD would be nice - a lot of the record is very quiet, my vinyl copy very noisy! Quote
soulpope Posted October 31, 2015 Report Posted October 31, 2015 Jaki Byard Quartet / Live! Vol.1Oh HELL yeah! agreed .... Quote
sidewinder Posted October 31, 2015 Report Posted October 31, 2015 I have a SABA pressing of that Jaki Byard Vol 1 - very nice. Picked up from a store in Stuttgart at reasonable cost as well (shame that the store is no longer physically 'there'). Ovary Lodge (RCA)Excellent record - I don't think it's ever made it to CD. I bought it around '73 after hearing Tippett on the King Crimson records and seeing Robert Fripp's name on the credits. Totally confounded me but over time it worked its magic. A CD would be nice - a lot of the record is very quiet, my vinyl copy very noisy! Might be a victim of the 72/73 oil crisis. There was a bit of deterioration in the quality of vinyl used on LPs of that era, which seems to be an issue with UK RCAs in my experience. Quote
kh1958 Posted October 31, 2015 Report Posted October 31, 2015 Red Garland with Eddie Lockjaw Davis, The Red Blues (Status/Moodsville No. 1) Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted October 31, 2015 Report Posted October 31, 2015 I have a SABA pressing of that Jaki Byard Vol 1 - very nice. Picked up from a store in Stuttgart at reasonable cost as well (shame that the store is no longer physically 'there').Ovary Lodge (RCA)Excellent record - I don't think it's ever made it to CD. I bought it around '73 after hearing Tippett on the King Crimson records and seeing Robert Fripp's name on the credits. Totally confounded me but over time it worked its magic. A CD would be nice - a lot of the record is very quiet, my vinyl copy very noisy! Might be a victim of the 72/73 oil crisis. There was a bit of deterioration in the quality of vinyl used on LPs of that era, which seems to be an issue with UK RCAs in my experience.Possibly. Thinking about it I think I bought it around Easter '74 which was about 8 months after the Yom Kippur War...my first 6 months at university had that whole crisis as a backdrop. I certainly recall vinyl getting thinner and more dodgy. That's when I learnt to hate it!!!! Quote
Clunky Posted October 31, 2015 Report Posted October 31, 2015 Archie Shepp: Attica Blues Big Band (Blue Marge)great session Quote
sidewinder Posted October 31, 2015 Report Posted October 31, 2015 I have a SABA pressing of that Jaki Byard Vol 1 - very nice. Picked up from a store in Stuttgart at reasonable cost as well (shame that the store is no longer physically 'there').Ovary Lodge (RCA)Excellent record - I don't think it's ever made it to CD. I bought it around '73 after hearing Tippett on the King Crimson records and seeing Robert Fripp's name on the credits. Totally confounded me but over time it worked its magic. A CD would be nice - a lot of the record is very quiet, my vinyl copy very noisy! Might be a victim of the 72/73 oil crisis. There was a bit of deterioration in the quality of vinyl used on LPs of that era, which seems to be an issue with UK RCAs in my experience.Possibly. Thinking about it I think I bought it around Easter '74 which was about 8 months after the Yom Kippur War...my first 6 months at university had that whole crisis as a backdrop. I certainly recall vinyl getting thinner and more dodgy. That's when I learnt to hate it!!!!Yep, they made the LPs thinner and started recycling the vinyl. Funnily enough though, the quality of the UK CBS pressings seemed to go up. My Miles twofers of that period still sound superb. Today's findsArt Farmer 'To Duke With Love' (French East Wind). Blows away my old Inner City copy from back in the day.Humphrey Lyttleton 'Blues In The Night' (UK Columbia, mono). Another Lansdowne Series LP, immaculate condition. Quote
kh1958 Posted November 1, 2015 Report Posted November 1, 2015 Gene Ammons, Twistin' The Jug (Prestige mono), and Arnett Cobb, Smooth Sailing (Status mono). Quote
kh1958 Posted November 1, 2015 Report Posted November 1, 2015 Jaki Byard, Out Front (Prestige), Gene Ammons, Brother Jug! (Prestige), and The Pee Wee Russell Memorial Album (Prestige) Quote
jeffcrom Posted November 2, 2015 Report Posted November 2, 2015 Steve Lacy - Eronel (Horo). Solo Monk compositions. Jimmy Deuchar - Pub Crawling (Contemporary). I listened to this once when I found it about a year ago, then forgot about it. That won't happen again - excellent writing and playing from Mr. Deuchar and an all-star British cast. Quote
jeffcrom Posted November 2, 2015 Report Posted November 2, 2015 Wade Walton - Shake 'Em on Down (Prestige Bluesville mono). An excellent album by the Clarksdale, Mississippi bluesman, recorded at Van Gelder studio in 1962. Mr. Walton autographed my copy at his barber shop in Clarksdale about 20 years ago. Quote
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