Arnvid Meyers box

[brownie]

Anyone familiar with Danish bandleader Arnvid Meyers? I was not until I caught sight of this beautiful box:

It's a 5CD/1DVD box out on Stunt Records:

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The box also includes a hardbound book (in Danish)!

The list of guest musicians appearing in the box is pretty fascinating (from JC Higginbotham, Bill Coleman to Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins, Brew Moore and others).

The tracks list:

CD 1:

1. If I Had You [boris Rabinowitsch (Beboppers) Quintet - May 27, 1950]

2. Gatemouth [Torben Ulrich's Blue Note Jazz Band - 1952]

3. That's When I'll Come Back To You [Torben Ulrich's Blue Note Jazz Band - 1952]

4. Bottom's Up [Torben Ulrich's Quartet plays Mulligan Dixieland - 1955]

5. Serenade To A Lousy Backhand [Henrik Johansen's Orchestra - 1957]

6. Sunset And Vine Blues [billy May and his Orchestra + Arnvid Meyer - 1950 & 1959]

7. Mood Indigo [Rageleje Jazz - December 9, 1959]

8. Lazy River [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra - October, 1961]

9. Blue Light [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra - November 16, 1961]

10. After You've Gone [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra featuring Jay C. Higginbotham - March 1, 1962]

11. Honeysuckle Rose [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra featuring Coleman Hawkins - February 17, 1963]

12. (I'm) Foolin' Myself [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra featuring Coleman Hawkins - February 17, 1963]

13. Undecided [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra featuring Coleman Hawkins - February 17, 1963]

14. 9:20 Special [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra - August 23, 1963]

15. Sophisticated Lady [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra - August 23, 1963]

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CD 2:

1. Tickle Toe [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra - October 4, 1964]

2. What I'm Gotcha [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra featuring Ben Webster - March 9, 1965]

3. Stompy Jones [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra featuring Ben Webster - March, 1965]

4. The Jeep Is Jumpin' [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra featuring Ben Webster - March, 1965]

5. What Am I Here For [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra featuring Ben Webster - March, 1965]

6. What I'm Gotcha [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra - March, 1965]

7. Alphonse & Gaston [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra - May, 1965]

8. Topsy [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra - May, 1965]

9. Vic's Spot [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra featuring Vic Dickenson - May 26, 1965]

10. Blue Lou [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra featuring Vic Dickenson - May 29, 1965]

11. Tenderly [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra featuring Vic Dickenson - May 29, 1965]

12. Thanks A Million, Vic [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra featuring Vic Dickenson - May 29, 1965]

13. Stompy Jones [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra featuring Vic Dickenson - May 29, 1965]

14. Easy Money [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra - July 3, 1965]

15. Good Queen Bess [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra - July 3, 1965]

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CD 3:

1. Brother John's Blues [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra featuring Ben Webster - November 23, 1966]

2. Duke's In Bed [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra featuring Ben Webster - November 23, 1966]

3. Nancy (With The Laqughing Face) [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra featuring Ben Webster - November 23, 1967]

4. In A Mellotone [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra - November 16, 1967]

5. Sophisticated Swing [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra - November 16, 1967]

6. Sunday [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra - November 16, 1967]

7. One O'Clock Jump [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra featuring Don Byas - December 6, 1967]

8. Onyx Club Spree [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra featuring Soren Christensen - December 6, 1967]

9. Blue Lou [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra featuring Bill Coleman - September 30, 1968]

10. C Jam Blues [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra featuring Bill Coleman - September 30, 1968]

11. I Want A Little Girl [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra featuring Bill Coleman - September 30, 1968]

12. Stompy Jones [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra featuring Bill Coleman - September 30, 1968]

13. Woostershire [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra featuring Bill Coleman - September 30, 1968]

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CD 4:

1. Buck In Copenhagen [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra featuring Buck Clayton - April 23, 1969]

2. Elephant Rump [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra featuring Buck Clayton - April 23, 1969]

3. Higginbotham Blues [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra featuring Jay C. Higginbotham - March 18, 1970]

4. Jada [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra featuring Jay C. Higginbotham - March 18, 1970]

5. C Jam Blues [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra featuring Jay C. Higginbotham - April 15, 1970]

6. Swingin' The Blues [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra - September 17, 1970]

7. Hi' Ya [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra featuring Charlie Shavers & Ben Webster - February 28, 1971]

8. Stardust [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra featuring Charlie Shavers & Ben Webster - February 28, 1971]

9. Alphonse & Gaston [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra featuring Brew Moore - July 9, 1971]

10. C Jam Blues [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra featuring Brew Moore - July 9, 1971]

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CD 5:

1. Good Queen Bess [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra - November 12, 1971]

2. I Can't Get Started [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra featuring Harry 'Sweets' Edison, Benny Carter & Ben]

3. Mass A Stomp [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra - May 22, 1973]

4. Stompy Jones - Limbo Rock [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra featuring Harry 'Sweets' Edison, Benny Carter & Ben Webster - May 22, 1973]

5. When Lights Are Low [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra featuring Harry 'Sweets' Edison, Benny Carter & Ben Webster - May 22, 1973]

6. Hi' Ya [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra featuring Harry 'Sweets' Edison, Benny Carter & Ben Webster - May 30, 1973]

7. Keester Parade [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra featuring Harry 'Sweets' Edison, Benny Carter & Ben Webster - May 30, 1973]

8. I'm Fooling Myself [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra - June 24, 1973]

9. St. James Infirmary [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra featuring Roy Eldridge - October 10, 1973]

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DVD:

1. Topsy [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra - April 23, 1965]

2. One O'Clock Jump [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra featuring Don Byas - December 6, 1967]

3. Keester Parade [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra featuring Ben Webster & Benny Carter - June 3, 1971]

4. Blue Lou [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra featuring Ben Webster & Benny Carter - June 3, 1971]

5. I Can't Get Started [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra featuring Ben Webster & Benny Carter - June 3, 1971]

6. Lullaby Of Broadway [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra featuring Ben Webster & Benny Carter - June 3, 1971]

7. Blow Slow [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra featuring Ben Webster & Benny Carter - June 3, 1971]

8. In A Mellotone [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra featuring Ben Webster & Benny Carter - June 3, 1971]

9. Easy Money [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra featuring Ben Webster & Benny Carter - June 3, 1971]

10. Rose Room [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra - May 3, 1973]

11. When Lights Are Low [Arnvid Meyers Orchestra featuring Harry 'Sweets' Edison, Benny Carter & Ben Webster - May 25, 1973]

12. Sunset Improvisation [Arnvid Meyer - May, 1973

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Christmas is coming soon. Guess what Santa Claus will bring me (I hope!)?

[Christiern]

First let me say how great it is to see you pop back in here, Brownie.

Arnvid was someone I knew fairly well. He played a trumpet with odd, old-fashioned valves that turned rather than plunged, if I recall correctly. We met when he was in Torben Ulrich's band at Torben's Blue Note club (in Copenhagen) and I (with Karl E. Knudsen) was among the operators of a rival venue, the Storyville Club. It was a friendly rivalry. Torben was a Danish tennis star as well as a clarinetist, so he was well connected (his son would make an entrance a few years later and found Metallica, the group).

Never heard of this box but I am delighted that it exists and I have to wonder how it eluded me since it appears to be affiliated with Jazz Special, a great, beautifully designed and informative jazz publication whose co-editor is Arnvid's son, Cim Meyer.

I have Googled in vain, cannot find mention of this particular set, price, etc. A recent issue of the magazine had an article on Arnved, who passed away not long ago, and I'll have to take another look at that—I probably missed a mention of the box set.

[DukeCity]

That looks like a nice boxed-set.

He played a trumpet with odd, old-fashioned valves that turned rather than plunged, if I recall correctly.

Sounds like a rotary valve trumpet. Lots of orchestral players (especially in Europe) use those, and in recent years I've seen Claudio Roditi using one.

[J.A.W.]

I have Googled in vain, cannot find mention of this particular set, price, etc. A recent issue of the magazine had an article on Arnved, who passed away not long ago, and I'll have to take another look at that—I probably missed a mention of the box set.

Google links

Edited November 25, 2008 by J.A.W.

[Christiern]

Thanks. That's exactly what it was, I just couldn't think of the term.

[Dave James]

Brownie, you're killing me. My bruised and battered bank account has just taken another hit. I can't see something like this and not have it. I'm so terribly weak. On the upside, though, it's nice to be reminded how much fun it is to navigate a website in another country, in this case, Poland. Thank God for icons, or I'd be SOL. After several stops and starts, I seem to have successfully negotiated the procurement process and I'm pleased to report that the Arnvid Meyers box will be on its way shortly. I shall report back once it arrives. Total cost including air fare was $78.00.

Interestingly enough, within mere moments of completing the transaction, I received a call from my bank asking me to verify some "unusual activity". I must say, that's comforting.

Up over and out.

[king ubu]

Anyone listened to this box yet? I recently remembered its existance and just found this thread again ... any impressions on the music?

[brownie]

I have had the box since it was released. Highly recommended.

Very well assembled collection with full of interesting items.

My only complaint with the box is that the accompanying book is in danish except for a few pages!

[king ubu]

Thanks a lot, brownie, sounds very good!

[king ubu]

o'de'd (jazzmessengers.com is selling it rather cheaply, my finding out prompted my asking here, a few weeks back)

[Don Brown]

As king ubu says, the Arnvid Meyer box - which I've had for about three weeks now - is available at a far better price from Jazz Messengers in Barcelona. Their email address is www.jazzmessengers.com. The box is beautifully produced by Meyer's son Cim. And the DVD is really special. The camera has really captured the interaction between the players. It's wonderful watching Benny Carter and Ben Webster digging the Danish players, especially Meyer, John Darville, Jesper Thilo, and Hugo Rasmussen. After every one of tenorman Thilo's solos Webster reaches over and gives him a friendly pat on the shoulder. I would highly recommend the set.