Good OJC/Fantasy LP's ?

[cool_blue]

I have seen this topic mentiond elsewhere but would really appreciate input from this board.

I dont haave many, but Sonny Rollins "And The Contemporary Leaders" is a fave as well as Bill Evan's "Everyone Digs Bill Evans" and 2 Helen Humes I recently picked up while travelling.

Had anyone ordered from Fantasy of late ? I have sent them a few emails and requested a catolog recently with no response.

[RDK]

There are several hundred that I could recommend. Can you be more specific about tastes, styles, fav artists, etc?

[cool_blue]

Straight ahead to bop, most stuff that swings. Not to much soul or Dolphy type stuff. Here are a few fave artists.

Lou Donaldson, Sonny Clark

Lee Morgan, Hank Mobley

Leroy Vinnegar, Dexter Gordon

Coleman Hawkin's, Ben Webster, Sonny rollins

Miles, Trane, Howard Rumsey Lighhouse All-Stars

Dave Pell, Grant green, Barney Kessel

Curtis Counce, Lennie Niehaus

Charlie Rouse, Buck Clayton, Benny Golson, Dave Bailey,

Hampton Hawes, Horace Silver

Thank you.

[Matthew]

Sonny Rollings: Way Out West. Not only is it great music, but even the $9.00 lp I have is one of the best sounding lp or cds that I have. Music is clear, warm, immediate. It's like they're playing in your room.

[Claude]

I have sent them a few emails and requested a catolog recently with no response.

I think their customer service is not great. But the complete catalogue can be browsed online too:

http://www.fantasyjazz.com/html/catalog_main.html

[mikeweil]

Sonny Rollings: Way Out West.  Not only is it great music, but even the $9.00 lp I have is one of the best sounding lp or cds that I have.  Music is clear, warm, immediate.  It's like they're playing in your room.

Well that's largely due to Roy Du Nann's great engineering for Contemporary - but the LP pressings from Fantasy I have are all good.

Edited October 30, 2004 by mikeweil

[mikeweil]

I have sent them a few emails and requested a catolog recently with no response.

I think their customer service is not great. But the complete catalogue can be browsed online too:

http://www.fantasyjazz.com/html/catalog_main.html

... and the whole catalogue is available for download as a pdf file on this page, just like I thought it should be. Since you have to look for LP issues at the bottom of each entry in the online catalogue the LPs might be easier to find in the pdf file using the search function.

Edited October 30, 2004 by mikeweil

[pryan]

I don't have many, but I picked up a Wardell Gray title this week called, MEMORIAL, vol. 2. Dexter Gordon appears on one cut, but it also features Sonny Clark (in his debut recording session), Clark Terry, Sonny Criss (I think), and Art Farmer. Recommended.

Edited October 30, 2004 by pryan

[wolff]

Straight ahead to bop, most stuff that swings. Not to much soul or Dolphy type stuff. Here are a few fave artists.

Lou Donaldson, Sonny Clark

Lee Morgan, Hank Mobley

Leroy Vinnegar, Dexter Gordon

Coleman Hawkin's, Ben Webster, Sonny rollins

Miles, Trane, Howard Rumsey Lighhouse All-Stars

Dave Pell, Grant green, Barney Kessel

Curtis Counce, Lennie Niehaus

Charlie Rouse, Buck Clayton, Benny Golson, Dave Bailey,

Hampton Hawes, Horace Silver

Thank you.

Coleman Hawkins....Night Hawk

BEN WEBSTER At the Renaissance

SONNY ROLLINS QUINTET Rollins Plays for Bird...Saxophone Colossus

Howard Rumsey Lighhouse All-Stars...Music for Lighthousekeeping

Barney Kessel.... Some Like It Hot

Benny Golson ....Groovin' with Golson

Hampton Hawes.... All Night Sessions OOP find them

CHET BAKER ...Chet

CANNONBALL ADDERLEY with BILL EVANS.....Know What I Mean?

ART PEPPER ....Gettin' Together!....ART PEPPER + ELEVEN . .The Way It Was!

BILL EVANS TRIO ....Portrait in Jazz

The list could go on and on. Many other titles are now OOP, but can be found.