Sir Roland Hanna on Choice Records

[mikeweil]

The two Jimmy Rowles Lps are very nice, too!

[mikeweil]

... and the Victor Feldman with Tom Scott. Excellent sound for a club recording. A little rockish, but they really lean into the music.

[kh1958]

The two Jimmy Rowles Lps are very nice, too!

I just found a copy of the Paws that Refresh recently.

[fasstrack]

So this is not the Choice Records that was owned by Ozzie Cadena - their numbers ran in the 500 series. Whose label is this? And when was it around?

MG

It was a guy on Long Island, NY. Can't remember his name. He had a lot of nice projects in the late 70s. The recordings had the worst sound ever----like they were recorded underwater. But he definitely recorded some worthwhile players that were practically ignored. That Al Haig date someone mentioned was actually a co-lead with the great Jimmy Raney---and nice indeed. Also there was a nice Benny Aronov date, Shadow Box, that had Bob Brookmeyer and Tom Harrell as front line. My old friend Bob Mover did his first leader date for them, On the Move, also with a young, burning Tom Harrell.I have these two. I remember the Roland Hanna record. Wistful Moment, right? Then there was Eddie Daniels/Bucky Pizzarelli, also lovely. If you can get past the sound, and jazz fans are, unfortunately, used to crap sound (money talks, etc....) there is gold in that catalogue, or anyway silver.