Head Man Posted November 10, 2009 Report Posted November 10, 2009 Does anyone know if there are any plans to re-issue the albums that came out on A&M's Horizon label in the 1970s? I know a few of them by Charlie Haden and Don Cherry have already been released but there are still releases like 'The People's Republic, by The Revolutionary Ensemble' and a couple by David Liebman and Richie Beirach that I don't think have ever seen the light of day. It would be nice to have them available again. Quote
Peter Friedman Posted November 10, 2009 Report Posted November 10, 2009 I have 10 CDs on the A & M label : Brubeck & Desmond - 1975 - The Duets The Dave Brubeck Quartet - 25th Anniversary Reunion Jim Hall - Commitment Mel Lewis And Friends Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Quartet Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra - New Life Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - One For All Don Cherry - Art Deco Gerry Mulligan - Lonesome Boulevard The Paris All-Stars - Homage To Charlie Parker Quote
Ted O'Reilly Posted November 10, 2009 Report Posted November 10, 2009 I have 10 CDs on the A & M label : Brubeck & Desmond - 1975 - The Duets The Dave Brubeck Quartet - 25th Anniversary Reunion Jim Hall - Commitment Mel Lewis And Friends Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Quartet Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Jazz Orchestra - New Life Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - One For All Don Cherry - Art Deco Gerry Mulligan - Lonesome Boulevard The Paris All-Stars - Homage To Charlie Parker Did you miss "Paul Desmond Quartet -- Live" at Bourbon St. in Toronto, Peter? Great stuff, with Ed Bickert, Don Thompson and Jerry Fuller. (Verve/A&M 314 543 501-2) Quote
Ted O'Reilly Posted November 10, 2009 Report Posted November 10, 2009 ....and "Jim Hall Live!", also at Toronto's Bourbon St., with Don Thompson and Terry Clarke. This one got the actual A&M Horizon label, as A&M SP-705, though there's also a Verve logo on the disc, and another catalog number: 440 065 428-2. Something I like about this duo-pack release is that it includes the original liner notes in almost full LP size, as a 9.5" loose-sheet square inserted in the sleeve. Quote
JSngry Posted November 10, 2009 Report Posted November 10, 2009 Ornette's Dancing In your Head was originally on Horizon, issued on CD by Harmolodic/Verve. Quote
clifford_thornton Posted November 10, 2009 Report Posted November 10, 2009 Didn't the Liebman/Beirach stuff come out on Mosaic? Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted November 10, 2009 Report Posted November 10, 2009 Jim Hall's Commitment was one of my earliest jazz records and I still love it. No idea why it has never had a reissue where Jim Hall Live has. A very different album - where the 'Live' is no frills, 'Commitment' deliberately uses different musicians/textures from track to track to create a varied but highly 'produced' tapestry. Maybe it was judged a hodge-podge. But it hooked me. 'Lament for a Fallen Matador' (the Albinoni Adagio) with Art Farmer is gorgeous, very much in the vein of his 'Concerto' version of Rodriguez. Quote
Hot Ptah Posted November 10, 2009 Report Posted November 10, 2009 Didn't the Liebman/Beirach stuff come out on Mosaic? I think that "Sweet Hands" has not come out on CD, though. Quote
Peter Friedman Posted November 10, 2009 Report Posted November 10, 2009 I do have both the Paul Desmond "Live" and the Jim Hall "Live" on CD. The Desmond is with my Verve CDs and the Hall with my Horizon CDs. The 10 I listed in a prior post are all straight A & M issues. Quote
Ted O'Reilly Posted November 10, 2009 Report Posted November 10, 2009 Jim Hall's Commitment was one of my earliest jazz records and I still love it. No idea why it has never had a reissue where Jim Hall Live has. A very different album - where the 'Live' is no frills, 'Commitment' deliberately uses different musicians/textures from track to track to create a varied but highly 'produced' tapestry. Maybe it was judged a hodge-podge. But it hooked me. 'Lament for a Fallen Matador' (the Albinoni Adagio) with Art Farmer is gorgeous, very much in the vein of his 'Concerto' version of Rodriguez. Bev, doesn't Peter Friedman's post #2 say that he does have it on CD? And his follow-up says it was on Horizon itself, not another label. Perhaps Peter can give some catalog numbers for that issue... Quote
peterintoronto Posted November 10, 2009 Report Posted November 10, 2009 The cover of the Paul Desmond 'Live' on A&M always reminds me of CNN's Larry King. Quote
Teasing the Korean Posted November 11, 2009 Report Posted November 11, 2009 God love Herb Alpert and his wife Lani Hall, who is a very underrated vocalist. Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted November 11, 2009 Report Posted November 11, 2009 ok. Hope he's a multi-tasker. Quote
Joe Posted November 11, 2009 Report Posted November 11, 2009 There is also a Billy Hart LP -- ENHANCE -- that was issued on CD. Nice date: Dewey Redman, Marvin “Hannibal” Peterson, Eddie Henderson, Oliver Lake, Don Pullen, Buster Williams, and Dave Holland in various groupings. Quote
Peter Friedman Posted November 11, 2009 Report Posted November 11, 2009 Jim Hall's Commitment was one of my earliest jazz records and I still love it. No idea why it has never had a reissue where Jim Hall Live has. A very different album - where the 'Live' is no frills, 'Commitment' deliberately uses different musicians/textures from track to track to create a varied but highly 'produced' tapestry. Maybe it was judged a hodge-podge. But it hooked me. 'Lament for a Fallen Matador' (the Albinoni Adagio) with Art Farmer is gorgeous, very much in the vein of his 'Concerto' version of Rodriguez. Bev, doesn't Peter Friedman's post #2 say that he does have it on CD? And his follow-up says it was on Horizon itself, not another label. Perhaps Peter can give some catalog numbers for that issue... Jim Hall - Commitment - A & M CD 0811 Quote
marcello Posted November 11, 2009 Report Posted November 11, 2009 There is also a Billy Hart LP -- ENHANCE -- that was issued on CD. Nice date: Dewey Redman, Marvin “Hannibal” Peterson, Eddie Henderson, Oliver Lake, Don Pullen, Buster Williams, and Dave Holland in various groupings. Here's the correct spelling and the details: 1.Diff Customs (Lake) 5:44 2.Shadow Dance (Holland) 7:43 3.Layla-Joy (Hart) 6:55 4.Corner Culture (Redman) 2:47 5.Rahsaan is Beatiful (Peterson) 4:31 6.Pharoah (Pullen) 9:31 7.Hymn for the Old Year (Lake) 8:48 Billy Hart (dr,perc); Oliver Lake (as,ss,fl); Dewey Redman (ts)(not on 5.); Hannibal Marvin Peterson (tp,koto); Eddie Henderson (tp,flh,el flh)(1,3,5); Don Pullen (p, el p), Buster Williams (b)(1,3.5); Dave Holland(b)(2,4,6,7); Michael Thabo Carvin (perc)(5) February 24 and March 3, 1977, Generation Sound, NYC CD: A&M CD-0818 I remember the spelling because he ask me if I knew what it meant when I helped him set up his kit for a concert. I trick question I guess! Quote
Head Man Posted November 11, 2009 Author Report Posted November 11, 2009 The one's I was thinking about that haven't had a release (I think!) are: I just wondered why some of the catalogue has come out, such as the the wonderful 'Billy Hart - Enchance' mentioned earlier, and others haven't. Does anyone know? Quote
king ubu Posted November 11, 2009 Report Posted November 11, 2009 ok. Hope he's a multi-tasker. I got less enthusiastic about "Enchance" as time went by... it was discussed here a few times (I think first it was in the "funny rat", a search for "enchance" w/results as posts display option might bring it up). It doesn't keep the promise made by the line up. Quote
JSngry Posted November 11, 2009 Report Posted November 11, 2009 The story has it that Quincy Jones played The Revolutionary Ensemble album to Herb Albert a t a dinner party and asked him something like "Is this the type of shit you're putting your money into?"...and that was the end of Horizon. John Snyder would soon thereafter pick up with Artists House, but not for all that long. There were also two albums on Horizon by some pop-fusion band that Jimmy Owens was in...can't remember the name or the music. I still enjoy the Billy Hart. Quote
Teasing the Korean Posted November 11, 2009 Report Posted November 11, 2009 The story has it that Quincy Jones played The Revolutionary Ensemble album to Herb Albert a t a dinner party... Let's try to imagine a dinner party with Herb Alpert and Quincy Jones. Lani Hall must have been there. Who else? Quote
JSngry Posted November 11, 2009 Report Posted November 11, 2009 Obvioulsy not John Snyder, Leroy Jenkins, Sirone, and/or Jerome Cooper... Quote
7/4 Posted November 11, 2009 Report Posted November 11, 2009 The story has it that Quincy Jones played The Revolutionary Ensemble album to Herb Albert a t a dinner party... Let's try to imagine a dinner party with Herb Alpert and Quincy Jones. Lani Hall must have been there. Who else? Michael Jackson. Quote
king ubu Posted November 11, 2009 Report Posted November 11, 2009 Not Michael Gregory Jackson, that is... obviously Quote
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