West Wind

[fent99]

One of my local stores has a bunch of west wind titles I've never seen before pretty cheap. Any recs to look out for or are they all grey/no copyright stuff?

Seemed to be one studio Chick Corea thing with Joe Henderson?

[JohnS]

I guess most of these are pretty grey. Sound is normally good but but it's worth checking. Some of their releases are taken from issued cds, others from European radio broadcasts. It's a case of buyer beware.

I'll own up and say that the West Wind issue of the Art Ensemble of Chicago Live in Berlin is one of my favourite cds.

[Д.Д.]

A good one is Sonny Simmons/Billy Higgins date. This one is legit, I think.

Then there is Konitz/Mariano/McLean/Bartz "Altissimo" from early 70s, which is also quite interesting (and well recorded).

And AEoC concert - a very strong date indeed.

[Claude]

I'll own up and say that the West Wind issue of the Art Ensemble of Chicago Live in Berlin is one of my favourite cds.

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I agree. And it is "licensed by Rundfunk der DDR". They must have gotten a deal with Margot Honecker

[Bill B]

Looking for Bill Evans "The Brilliant" Westwind 2058.Has anyone seen this about ?

[brownie]

The 'Brilliant' Bill Evans was released in 1990. It has three tunes (in excellent sound) from the 1980 club date in Bad Honningen, Germany and eight tunes from a club date (Rome 1979 according to the liner notes) by the Evans trio with Marc Johnson and Joe LaBarbera. Very good sound too from the Italian government-owned RIA broadcast company!

Not really as good as the Paris Concerts albums from the same time but well worth purchasing. Release probably not authorized!

[paul secor]

Another on the Art Ensemble and Sonny Simmons titles.

I have to say that I bought these at least ten years ago and have shied away from West Wind in recent times because of the question of the legality of their issues. I wasn't aware of that in those days.