Bill perkins

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

was perusing that bsn pubs link to the PJ disco and do you know what? i filmed thru the whole thing, and i pretty much had everything i ever could have wanted, as i went down the pages of it, excpet the perkins/kamuca lp and "on stage", can you tell me in particular about the players included in that one? i know its long OOP- but, oh did i mention everything i own on Pac jazz is near mint cond. lps- i think i have l ike 3 pj cds, and thats it.

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

oh, but i was indeed suprised at some of it- Pacifica?!?!? have i seen this and just not realized it?!? Pacifica? never seen a pacifica jazz lp, lol

[Clunky]

a Japanese reissue is due soon and I'm very tempted. Anyone care to comment on this or "Just Friends" Perkins/Pepper session ( also due out soon) in Japan

[Clunky]

a Japanese reissue is due soon and I'm very tempted. Anyone care to comment on this or "Just Friends" Perkins/Pepper session ( also due out soon) in Japan

To partly answer my own question I've realised that the "Just Friends" sessions I have already as bonus tracks, split across the "Tenors Head On" Cd ( 4 tracks of Perkins/Kamuca) and disc 2 of the Art Pepper Mosaic Select ( 5 tracks of Perkins/Pepper).

Pretty good material and arrangements. Sound on the Tenors Heads On session could be better but it's good enough

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

oh tenors head on, on liberty? listened 2 tenors head on @ the record store once they do the anita o'day hit, 'dont be that way'. they wanted 25 big ones for it, the bastards-

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

or is 25 really the price for a C- grade copy- i dunno...

[brownie]

My Liberty vinyl of 'Tenors Head-On' still has a $8,50 sticker from NY's 'Academy' store when I bought it several years ago. It was a good price for that one. Condition was OK!

[Big Beat Steve]

Clunky, did I miss something or did they rearrange the music of those PJ/Liberty LP's for the CD reissues?

I have the Blue Note LP reissue of "Tenors Head-On" as well as the Jap Toshiba-EMI repro LP reissue of "Just Friends" Perkins/Pepper/Kamuca (PJ M-401) and I cannot see any duplication between the two (both use the original LP track selections, of course).

Since Chewy asked about the players of "On Stage" (of which I also have the Toshiba/EMI repro reissue) has Bill Perkins (ts), Bud SHank (as), Jack Nimitz (BS and bcl), Stu Williamson (tp and vtb), Carl Fontana (tb), Russ Freeman (p), Red mitchell (b), Mel Lewis (d). Haven't listened to it in quite a while but Down Beat rated it 3 and a half stars and said "it is attractive in a low-keyed way (even the jumpers tend to smile more than they shout)", and "the album is alright but Perkins is so good a jazzman that he can do much better".

Sounds like the East Coast reviewer weas still trying to get to grips with the laid-back attitude of some Westcoast "blowing".

[danasgoodstuff]

I have a copy of Bill Perkins on Stage, dom CD, maybe we can work out a trade?

[Clunky]

Clunky, did I miss something or did they rearrange the music of those PJ/Liberty LP's for the CD reissues?

I have the Blue Note LP reissue of "Tenors Head-On" as well as the Jap Toshiba-EMI repro LP reissue of "Just Friends" Perkins/Pepper/Kamuca (PJ M-401) and I cannot see any duplication between the two (both use the original LP track selections, of course).

Tracks from PJ M-401 appear as bonus tracks on the 1992 CD issue of "Tenors Head On" and disc 2 of the Art Pepper Mosaic select. There is no duplication.