Swinging Swede Posted November 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2007 Next batch (not out yet): 1450 Benny Goodman 1951-1952 1451 Illinois Jacquet 1953-1955 1452 Bud Powell 1953-1954 1453 Jess Stacy 1951-1955 1454 Oscar Pettiford 1954-1955 Other recent releases not mentioned in this thread: 1430 Thelonious Monk 1951-1952 1431 Sidney Bechet 1952 Vol. 2 1432 Duke Ellington 1953 Vol. 2 1433 Gene Krupa 1953-1954 1434 Joe Bushkin 1940-1946 1435 Stan Getz 1954 1436 Benny Goodman 1949-1951 1437 Slim Gaillard 1951-1953 1438 Benny Carter 1954 1439 Charlie Barnet 1940 Vol. 2 1440 Earl Hines 1953-1954 1441 Django Reinhardt 1951-1953 1442 Beryl Booker 1953-1954 1443 Eddie ”Lockjaw” Davis 1953-1955 1444 Gerald Wilson 1946-1954 And here are the recent Blues & Rhythm titles not mentioned previously in this thread. Since this series hasn't had the problems the jazz series has, there are quite a few of them. 5110 Jimmy McCracklin 1948-1951 5111 Sarah McLawler 1950-1953 5112 Bill Samuels 1945-1947 5113 Ivory Joe Hunter 1950-1951 5114 Percy Mayfield 1947-1951 5115 The Clovers 1950-1953 5116 Effie Smith 1945-1953 5117 Amos Milburn 1950-1951 5118 T-Bone Walker 1950-1952 5119 Julia Lee 1927-1946 5120 Billy Ward 1950-1953 5121 Charlie Singleton 1949-1953 5122 Lowell Fulson 1948-1949 5123 Martha Davis 1946-1951 5124 Big Bill Broonzy 1951-1952 5125 Joe Morris 1950-1953 5126 Lavern Baker 1949-1954 5127 Gatemouth Brown 1952-1954 5128 J.B. Lenoir 1951-1954 5129 King Perry 1950-1954 5130 Floyd Jones 1948-1953 5131 Lil Green 1947-1951 5132 Hank Ballard 1952-1954 5133 Lightnin’ Hopkins 1950-1951 5134 Ray Charles 1953-1954 5135 Willis Jackson 1950-1954 5136 Lula Reed 1950-1954 5137 Leroy Foster 1948-1952 5138 Johnny Ace 1951-1954 5139 Guitar Slim 1951-1954 5140 Otis Blackwell 1952-1954 5141 Faye Adams 1952-1954 5142 Clyde McPhatter 1953-1954 5143 ”Sugar Boy” Crawford 1953-1954 5144 Julia Lee 1947 5145 Larry Darnell 1949-1951 5146 Tiny Grimes 1951-1954 5147 Little Esther 1951-1954 5148 B.B. King 1952-1954 5149 Saunders King 1948-1954 5150 Percy Mayfield 1951-1954 5151 Titus Turner 1949-1954 5152 T-Bone Walker 1952-1954 5153 Lonnie Johnson 1949-1952 5154 Willie Mabon 1949-1954 5155 Joe Liggins 1950-1952 5156 Bull Moose Jackson 1950-1953 5157 J.T. Brown 1950-1954 5158 Amos Milburn 1952-1953 5159 Todd Rhodes 1952-1954 5160 Hawks/Bees 1953-1954 5161 Tommy Ridgley 1949-1955 5162 Johnny Otis 1951 5163 Johnny Sparrow 1949-1955 5164 Lowell Fulson 1949-1951 5165 Jimmy Witherspoon 1950-1951 5166 Smiley Lewis 1947-1952 5167 Little Junior Parker 1952-1955 5168 Sticks McGhee 1951-1955 5169 Dave Bartholomew 1952-1955 5170 Big Jay McNeely 1953-1955 5171 Sunnyland Slim 1952-1955 5172 Johnny ’Guitar’ Watson 1952-1955 5173 Viviane Greene 1947-1955 5174 Earl King 1953-1955 5175 Bill Doggett 1954 5176 Ike Turner 1951-1954 5177 Lonnie Johnson 1948-1949 5178 Billy Ward And His Dominoes 1953-1954 5179 Earl Bostic 1954-1955 5180 Jimmy McCracklin 1951-1954 5181 Ruth Brown 1954-1956 5182 Rusty Bryant 1952-1954 5183 Little Walter 1953-1955 5184 J.B. Lenoir 1955-1956 5185 Stomp Gordon 1952-1956 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted November 2, 2007 Report Share Posted November 2, 2007 One in the Blues series that I just picked up and heartily recommend is Johnny Sparrow (and his Bows and Arrows). He's a fine tenor player I've never heard of before--but he played with Jay McShann, Louis Armstrong and Lionel Hampton in the 1940s. The music could easily fit in the jazz Classics series, as it ranges from a jazz/early rhythm and blues hybrid to mainstream jazz, mostly with unidentified musicians. He had one instrumental hit on the r&b charts, Sparrow's Flight, but these recordings are said to constitute his complete work as a leader. He's not Bird, or the Hawk, but the Sparrow is indeed a worthy player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jostber Posted January 4, 2008 Report Share Posted January 4, 2008 Any new releases here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted January 4, 2008 Report Share Posted January 4, 2008 I've got the Gotham material by Johnny Sparrow on a Collectables cd. . . I agree, nice stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted January 4, 2008 Report Share Posted January 4, 2008 Does Schenker write "To be continued..." at the end of the liner notes, as he usually does? If so, I suppose Classics intends to release more Tatum volumes. However, the CD you mention ends with the 9 first Clef/Verve sides (later on Pablo), and you can already get all the 1953-56 Norman Granz recordings on Pablo CDs, unless Concord recently has deleted them too. I have all 8 Group CDs, and wholeheartedly recommend them. Really superb stuff. I haven't got any of the Solo CDs (yet) though. As much as I like several of the group sessions, the solos are even better! Not to be taken at too large chuncks, but astonishing from the first to the last beat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jostber Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 The recent releases on this great label is on this site: http://www.nocturne.fr/sorties.cfm and this: http://www.worldsrecords.com/catalog/comingsoon.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jostber Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 For those who know their french: http://thehidehoblog.zumablog.com/index.php?sujet_id=3372 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swinging Swede Posted January 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 From a machine translation of that article: All the Chronogical collection will be gradually available in ABEILLE Musique which is its new distributor. Soon, the 3000 titles will be downloadable directly on the site. I wonder how it's going with that. A number of OOP titles were reprinted quite some time ago, but has anything happened since then? By the way, even new Classics titles seem to be poorly distributed, unfortunately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jostber Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 Amazon seems to have most of the new in the Blues & Rhythm Series: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_st?rs=30166...rt=-releasedate and in The Chronological Classics: http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=sr_adv...lbum-Submit.y=4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaffa Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 (edited) From a machine translation of that article: All the Chronogical collection will be gradually available in ABEILLE Musique which is its new distributor. Soon, the 3000 titles will be downloadable directly on the site. I wonder how it's going with that. A number of OOP titles were reprinted quite some time ago, but has anything happened since then? By the way, even new Classics titles seem to be poorly distributed, unfortunately. Like many other labels, Classics is faced with THE threatening problem of the internet-age: Re-pressing CDs is a risky (if not foolish) task when more that a few of these show up on sites where they can be downloaded for free - booklets and all included... That's very frustrating - to say the least ! The same thing actually happened with several volumes of the Ellington- and Peterson-series which are still commercially available: The consequence is NOT that Classics stops business but things have to slow down a bit and changes will be made. As soon as I know more, I'll let you all know. Edited January 9, 2008 by Jaffa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 What about Ellington from 1938-1940? I just bought 1932, 1932-1933 plus the third of the 6CD Ellington boxes (1933-1938), and I'd definitely be glad to get the ones filling up the gap to the 1940 Blanton/Webster recordings (which I have as part of the RCA 24CD set). Will those be re-pressed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jostber Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 Abeille Musique, the French distributors of the Chronological Classics series currently has many discs from the catalogue available at €7,44 a CD. Chronological Classics Time to stock up for fans of the label! And now Abeille has many discs at 5,58 €! Check it out: http://www.abeillemusique.com/result.php?p...2&label=337 Seems like they have several of the Ellingtons too. - Jostein Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 Yes, I know, but there are gaps there. I think 1938 produced three volumes, and only 1938-1939 is there (the box I got ends with 1937-1938, there are at least two volumes in between I think - going from memory, though). Then 1939 is missing, and 1939-1940 is out of stock... after that, most or all of the volumes seem to be available again, but those years I've mostly covered with the RCA box. What will be of interest again though is the later Columbia sessions (beginning after the mid-forties Victor dates end). I have not yet sorted those out with "Uptown", "Masterpieces", and the few other discs from that period that I already own - and also I haven't given up hope entirely yet for a Columbia (or Mosaic) Ellington Columbia box (Mosaic could do the 4? to 5? Ellington on Columbia, covering the last few years before the albums replaced 78s and other formats, assuming the albums are mostly out on CDs already by Columbia themselves (or rather Sony, nowadays). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 Yes, 3 volumes of 1938. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted January 9, 2008 Report Share Posted January 9, 2008 Yes, 3 volumes of 1938. Thanks Chuck - I'll have to check the discographies to figure out how badly I need which of these volumes (some of it is on the Small Group Mosaic, and from 1940 on, most is in the RCA box, I assume). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jostber Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 Yes, I know, but there are gaps there. I think 1938 produced three volumes, and only 1938-1939 is there (the box I got ends with 1937-1938, there are at least two volumes in between I think - going from memory, though). Then 1939 is missing, and 1939-1940 is out of stock... after that, most or all of the volumes seem to be available again, but those years I've mostly covered with the RCA box. What will be of interest again though is the later Columbia sessions (beginning after the mid-forties Victor dates end). I have not yet sorted those out with "Uptown", "Masterpieces", and the few other discs from that period that I already own - and also I haven't given up hope entirely yet for a Columbia (or Mosaic) Ellington Columbia box (Mosaic could do the 4? to 5? Ellington on Columbia, covering the last few years before the albums replaced 78s and other formats, assuming the albums are mostly out on CDs already by Columbia themselves (or rather Sony, nowadays). Maybe you can check directly with Abeille? abeilledirect@abeillemusique.com This site lists the Duke Ellington on Chronological Classics: http://www.depanorama.net/cds.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 Wow, I just spent two hours figuring this out... I guess for the 1938-1940 period I'll stick with the (still to be bought) Mosaic Small Group set. The years 1940-1946 are covered (RCA) The years 1946-50 have another bunch of Columbia (& Mercer & Musicraft) dates I don't have any of... Classics 1952 and 1952-53 are covered mostly by the RCA box, "Uptown" and then by the Capitol Mosaic. Classics 1950 is covered by "Great Time" (Fantasy CD) and "Masterpieces", mostly. I'll order Classics 1946-47, 1947, 1949-50 and 1950-51, I think. The last of which seems to be hard to find by now... Not yet sure about Classics 1951, as about half of it is on "Uptown" and "Masterpieces" - can anyone recommend it for the music I don't have yet? It would definitely be great to see a Columbia big band box - surfing around the Ellington Panorama site I see there's plenty of later Columbia material that has only been on those three 56-62 LPs (some of it may be on "Piano in the Foreground" and "Piano in the Background" as bonus tracks, though - didn't check that). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jostber Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 Wow, I just spent two hours figuring this out... I guess for the 1938-1940 period I'll stick with the (still to be bought) Mosaic Small Group set. The years 1940-1946 are covered (RCA) The years 1946-50 have another bunch of Columbia (& Mercer & Musicraft) dates I don't have any of... Classics 1952 and 1952-53 are covered mostly by the RCA box, "Uptown" and then by the Capitol Mosaic. Classics 1950 is covered by "Great Time" (Fantasy CD) and "Masterpieces", mostly. I'll order Classics 1946-47, 1947, 1949-50 and 1950-51, I think. The last of which seems to be hard to find by now... Not yet sure about Classics 1951, as about half of it is on "Uptown" and "Masterpieces" - can anyone recommend it for the music I don't have yet? It would definitely be great to see a Columbia big band box - surfing around the Ellington Panorama site I see there's plenty of later Columbia material that has only been on those three 56-62 LPs (some of it may be on "Piano in the Foreground" and "Piano in the Background" as bonus tracks, though - didn't check that). That Classics Duke Ellington 1940 Vol.2 is such an incredible set of songs it is really worth having. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 Wow, I just spent two hours figuring this out... I guess for the 1938-1940 period I'll stick with the (still to be bought) Mosaic Small Group set. The years 1940-1946 are covered (RCA) The years 1946-50 have another bunch of Columbia (& Mercer & Musicraft) dates I don't have any of... Classics 1952 and 1952-53 are covered mostly by the RCA box, "Uptown" and then by the Capitol Mosaic. Classics 1950 is covered by "Great Time" (Fantasy CD) and "Masterpieces", mostly. I'll order Classics 1946-47, 1947, 1949-50 and 1950-51, I think. The last of which seems to be hard to find by now... Not yet sure about Classics 1951, as about half of it is on "Uptown" and "Masterpieces" - can anyone recommend it for the music I don't have yet? It would definitely be great to see a Columbia big band box - surfing around the Ellington Panorama site I see there's plenty of later Columbia material that has only been on those three 56-62 LPs (some of it may be on "Piano in the Foreground" and "Piano in the Background" as bonus tracks, though - didn't check that). That Classics Duke Ellington 1940 Vol.2 is such an incredible set of songs it is really worth having. Those are the first RCA sessions of the Blanton/Webster band - indeed terrific music! I'm lucky to have bad ears, so the sound on the big RCA box doesn't bother me too much and I don't need to get additional versions of that music... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomastreichler Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 Wow, I just spent two hours figuring this out... I guess for the 1938-1940 period I'll stick with the (still to be bought) Mosaic Small Group set. The years 1940-1946 are covered (RCA) The years 1946-50 have another bunch of Columbia (& Mercer & Musicraft) dates I don't have any of... Classics 1952 and 1952-53 are covered mostly by the RCA box, "Uptown" and then by the Capitol Mosaic. Classics 1950 is covered by "Great Time" (Fantasy CD) and "Masterpieces", mostly. I'll order Classics 1946-47, 1947, 1949-50 and 1950-51, I think. The last of which seems to be hard to find by now... Not yet sure about Classics 1951, as about half of it is on "Uptown" and "Masterpieces" - can anyone recommend it for the music I don't have yet? It would definitely be great to see a Columbia big band box - surfing around the Ellington Panorama site I see there's plenty of later Columbia material that has only been on those three 56-62 LPs (some of it may be on "Piano in the Foreground" and "Piano in the Background" as bonus tracks, though - didn't check that). Regarding the 1946-1947 period I strongly recommend the 3-CD Hindsight set "Duke Ellington and his World Famous Orchestra 46-47". It contains 64 tracks recorded for radio broadcasts in state-of-the-art sound. The music, as you can assume, is superb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 Regarding the 1946-1947 period I strongly recommend the 3-CD Hindsight set "Duke Ellington and his World Famous Orchestra 46-47". It contains 64 tracks recorded for radio broadcasts in state-of-the-art sound. The music, as you can assume, is superb. That's the Capitol Transcriptions, right? How about the Circle CDs, are those also "must haves"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted January 10, 2008 Report Share Posted January 10, 2008 YES. Get the Circles eventually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jostber Posted January 11, 2008 Report Share Posted January 11, 2008 Here's a pretty complete list of the 4-star Classics in the "Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings, 8th Edition": Henry Red Allen - His Orchestra 1929-33 Louis Armstrong - Hot 5s & 7s - pre 1936 - 1937-38 Count Basie - 1936 - 1938-39 - 1939 Bunny Berigan - 1935-36 - 1937 - 1937-38 Benny Carter - 1940-41 Eddie Condon - 1927-38 - 1938-40 Johnny Dodds - 1926 - 1927 - 1927-8 Duke Ellington - 1937 Vol. 2 - 1938 Vol. 1 - 1938 Vol.2 - 1939-40 - 1940 Vol.1 - 1940 Vol.2 - 1940-41 - 1941 - 1944-45 - 1945 Vol.2 Slim Gaillard - 1945, Vol2 Edmond Hall - 1936-44 Coleman Hawkins - 1929-34 - 1937-39 - 1945 Earl Hines - 1932-34 Illinois Jaquet - 1946-47 Pete Johnson - 1938-39 John Kirby - 1945-46 Andy Kirk - 1936-1937 Meade Lux Lewis - 1927-1939 Jimmie Lunceford - 1930-1934 Mills Band - 1933-34 Jelly Roll Morton - 1923-24 - 1926-28 - 1928-29 Bennie Moten - 1930-32 King Oliver - 1923 Django Reinhardt - 1935-36 Luis Russell - 1926-29 - 1930-31 Artie Shaw - 1939 1945 Jabbo Smith - 1929-38 Muggsy Spanier - 1939-42 Jess Stacy - 1935-39 Frankie Trumbauer - 1927-28 Joe Venuti - 1930-33 Chick Webb - 1929-34 Dicky Wells - 1927-43 Mary Lou Williams - 1944 - 1944-45 Teddy Wilson - 1937 - 1938 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrancoisD Posted January 12, 2008 Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 Bit off-topic, but here's the next batch: 1455 HARRY JAMES 1946-47 1456 OSCAR PETERSON (R.I.P....) 1952-53 1457 ELLA FITZGERALD 1954-55 1458 BEN WEBSTER 1953-54 1459 JOE BUSHKIN 1947-50 No release date unfortunately, but should be late winter / early spring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jostber Posted January 13, 2008 Report Share Posted January 13, 2008 Bit off-topic, but here's the next batch: 1455 HARRY JAMES 1946-47 1456 OSCAR PETERSON (R.I.P....) 1952-53 1457 ELLA FITZGERALD 1954-55 1458 BEN WEBSTER 1953-54 1459 JOE BUSHKIN 1947-50 No release date unfortunately, but should be late winter / early spring. Grreat! That's right on-topic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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