"jazz off the air" vol. 1 through 6 and more?

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

saw the lineup for no. 2 and it had some pretty good west coast jazz on it.... what do the other lps have, are these hard 2 find?

[brownie]

Those Jazz Off the Air vinyls from Spotlite were easy to find when they came out. No idea if they are hard to find these days!

Volume 1 had one side from a Junior Jazz At The Auditorium 1946 concert with Howard McGhee, Lucky Thomson, Red Callender, etc and one side from a 1947 WNEW Saturday Night Swing Session with Fast Navarro, Bill Harris, Allern Eager, Charlie Ventura, etc..,

Volume 2 (with Art Pepper, Teddy Edwards, Wardell Gray, etc...) you have,

Volume 3 had 1944-1948 broadcasts by Benny Carter and his Orchestra. with Miles Davis, J.J. Johnson, Dexter Gordon, Lucky Thompson, Barney Bigard making short solo appearance,

Volume 4 had 1943-1946 broadcasts by Cab Calloway and his Orchestra, with Ike Quebec.

Don't know of any other volumes.

[Big Beat Steve]

Vol. 5 (SPJ 149) had recordings the the Buddy Rich Quintet and Trio (and featuring Sonny Criss and the Davel Lambert Singers on some tracks) done in November 1958.

Vol. 6 (SPJ 153) had two sets by the Oscar Pettiford Orchestra ("Birdland Band") recorded at Birdland on 26 May 1957 and Summer/Autumn 1957.

[Pete B]

These are not so easy to find in my experience. It took me about a year of fairly intensive searching to locate vol 1-4. Being a longtime Pettiford fan I've had vol 6 for years. I've never seen a copy of vol 5, but I think it has been reissued on cd.

[brownie]

Vol. 5 (SPJ 149) had recordings the the Buddy Rich Quintet and Trio (and featuring Sonny Criss and the Davel Lambert Singers on some tracks) done in November 1958.

Vol. 6 (SPJ 153) had two sets by the Oscar Pettiford Orchestra ("Birdland Band") recorded at Birdland on 26 May 1957 and Summer/Autumn 1957.

Mais oui! Forgot about those two! I have that Pettiford stored somewhere!

Passed the Buddy Rich while it was available

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

thanks for the info brownie- chewy wants all the vols. that include w.c.j.

[Quasimado]

Not W.C.J., but Volume 1 (The WNEW Saturday Night Swing Session) has some of the best Allen Eager and Fats Navarro on disc...

Q