JSngry Posted December 5, 2009 Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 I'm a bit confused about Sangrey's posts above...I have the 90s 6 CD box (black, similar design to the metal spine Miles boxes, but no metal spine). Disc 3 there is "Our Man in Jazz" (#1-3) and the three tracks from "3 for Jazz" (#4-6). "Don't Stop the Carnival" is on disc 1 (#7, #1-5 are "The Bridge", with #6 the sessions for "Our Man in Jazz" begin). "Brown Skin Girl" is on disc 2 (#4), and there's no alternate of "Yesterdays" listed. In fact, the only "Yesterdays" there is is from the "Sonny Meets Hawk" album (which is #1-6 on disc 4). My references to track #s were relative to this new set, as listed on amazon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikelz777 Posted December 5, 2009 Report Share Posted December 5, 2009 Thanks for the tip on these box sets. I had no George Benson in my collection and this was a great way to pick up a handful of pre-pop Benson on the cheap. -Bad Benson -The George Benson Cookbook -It's Uptown -Body Talk -Beyond The Blue Horizon Great deal! $12.67 delivered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 what label did sonny leave to go to rca victor. was that considered a big deal back then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 Chewy, Sonny recorded for Blue Note, Riverside and Contemporary in the years immediately prior to signing with RCA. What was big news was the contract - $60,000 for five albums, as I recall. RCA had hired George Avakian to give its jazz program a kick start, so Avakian signed Sonny, Paul Desmond, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis and Joe Morello. Chuck would know much more about this than I do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 Sonny didn't "leave" another label to "come to" RCA. His last studio date was for Contemporary, in October 1958. The sessions for The Bridge were done in Jan/Feb 1962. In between, during the hiatus, there was no contract. There was, iirc, a bidding war of sorts to sign him when he came back to public performance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 (edited) http://books.google.com/books?id=IhYEAAAAM...tor&f=false Edited December 6, 2009 by chewy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 Thanks for the Billboard link, chewy! Reading through the issue, it just reminds us of the amazing number and quality of jazz albums that were released in those days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA Russell Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 Thanks, chewy! That is my first experience with Google Books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted December 6, 2009 Report Share Posted December 6, 2009 I'm a bit confused about Sangrey's posts above...I have the 90s 6 CD box (black, similar design to the metal spine Miles boxes, but no metal spine). Disc 3 there is "Our Man in Jazz" (#1-3) and the three tracks from "3 for Jazz" (#4-6). "Don't Stop the Carnival" is on disc 1 (#7, #1-5 are "The Bridge", with #6 the sessions for "Our Man in Jazz" begin). "Brown Skin Girl" is on disc 2 (#4), and there's no alternate of "Yesterdays" listed. In fact, the only "Yesterdays" there is is from the "Sonny Meets Hawk" album (which is #1-6 on disc 4). My references to track #s were relative to this new set, as listed on amazon. Thanks for clearing this (also to mjzee). I thought you were referring to a different edition of the complete RCA box! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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