etherbored Posted December 5, 2006 Report Share Posted December 5, 2006 just a note that this lil' gem has recently been reissued, too. its catalog number is wpcr 25118 regards, -e- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neal Pomea Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 Any details on this? AMG has no information that I could find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 See Da' Bastids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etherbored Posted December 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 One of the rarest albums ever from bop pianist George Wallington; a quintet session recorded for Atlantic's short-lived East/West subsidiary, right around the same time as his better-known group dates for Prestige! The core trio features Wallington alongside Teddy Kotick on bass and Nick Stabulas on drums; and the sharp-edged and imaginative tenor of JR Monterose appears on all tracks but one; a few of which also feature incredible bass trumpet from Jerry Lloyd! The sound is often more modern and inventive than Wallington's other non-trio dates of the 50s; somewhat playful, but also dominated by a deeper sense of soul; heard especially strongly on the Monterose compositions "The Prestidigitator" and "Jouons", as well as the Mose Allison numbers "In Salah", "Promised Land", and "Rural Route"; all slightly unusual choices for Wallington! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.A.W. Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 It's a nice album, one can never have too much J.R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 (edited) It's a nice album, one can never have too much J.R. true! (uhm, the J.R. part, don't have the album, but I'll look for it!) Edited December 6, 2006 by king ubu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 Highly recommended. My Japanese vinyl was hard to come by so don't miss this cd issue in case it doesn't hang around too long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 Where's Weizen? He's been looking for this album for a long time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 Where's Weizen? He's been looking for this album for a long time! That's for sure!! Yes, thanks.....it's in my Hiroshi shopping cart!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted December 6, 2006 Report Share Posted December 6, 2006 Has been shipped to me along with George Cables & Hank Jones trio discs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clunky Posted December 24, 2006 Report Share Posted December 24, 2006 Just received "The Prestidigitator", very nice date, I dug out what other Wallington I had, I gave an LP on Progressive called George Wallington- Live at Cafe Bohemia a spin , the tracks are described in the liner notes as being unreleased- anyone know if this release is simply out-takes from the Prestige date released under the same title or is it exactly the same material. The track titles are identical except for ordering ( of the CD issue- according to allmusic) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Steve Posted December 25, 2006 Report Share Posted December 25, 2006 You are talking about the Progressive reissue (copyright date 1985) with record # PRO-7001 and green cover? According to older discographies (Jepsen's) this session was first released on Preogressive PLP 1001. The pic below should be this original release. I understood Prestige 7820 with this date to be a later 60s reissue of that Progressive LP, and the more recent Progressive PRO-7001 to include the same material over again. I haven't listened to Prestige 7820, but two sets (original Prestige takes and "outtakes") from the same live gig, i.e. the same set played twice during one evening? Don't know. On the other hand, why would the original releae say "Featuring "The Peck"" when this is only a brief signoff on PRO-7001? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michel1969 Posted December 25, 2006 Report Share Posted December 25, 2006 I confirm : this is Progressive 1001. original pressing, later reissued on Prestige.Live a the Bohemia. With a short "The peck". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted December 25, 2006 Report Share Posted December 25, 2006 Haven't heard this "Prestidigitator" but I'm sure it's a great one. Was just spinning two Savoy cds I have of Wallington and enjoying the heck out of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted December 25, 2006 Report Share Posted December 25, 2006 (edited) You are talking about the Progressive reissue (copyright date 1985) with record # PRO-7001 and green cover? According to older discographies (Jepsen's) this session was first released on Preogressive PLP 1001. The pic below should be this original release. I understood Prestige 7820 with this date to be a later 60s reissue of that Progressive LP, and the more recent Progressive PRO-7001 to include the same material over again. I haven't listened to Prestige 7820, but two sets (original Prestige takes and "outtakes") from the same live gig, i.e. the same set played twice during one evening? Don't know. On the other hand, why would the original releae say "Featuring "The Peck"" when this is only a brief signoff on PRO-7001? Actually there was a second and different issue of 'George Wallington at the Cafe Bohemia' released in 1985 which had different versions - also recorded at Cafe Bohemia the same evening - with alternate versions of the same tunes. It want OOP very quickly and is as hard to get as the original one! Edited December 25, 2006 by brownie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted December 25, 2006 Report Share Posted December 25, 2006 Just got a mint used copy of this from a fellow board member, and it's very good indeed--in fact, was getting ready to spin it again when I saw this thread, as I'm still working on a Monterose show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riverrat Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 Does anyone know the story on this upcoming U.S. release of the same session? I like the price better, never heard of the label! Prestidigitator CD Universe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 (edited) The label is a "cd only reissue label". . . . Anyway, they have reissued a number of other lps, jazz mainly from Atlantic and subsidiaries that I recall. Their website: http://www.woundedbird.com/ Edited December 28, 2006 by jazzbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T.D. Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 Excellent, thanks for the info. I think I'll preorder. I see the label also has a Roland Hanna CD "coming soon"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 Thanks for pointing out that cduniverse had that as a preorder. I put one in my cart. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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