Dizzy Reece - Manhattan Project (Bee Hive)

[JSngry]

Seek and ye shall, etc...

Everybody's hitting hard on this one, & Charles Davis' tenor work GOES THERE. But everybody is ON for this one!!!

Find it!

[clifford_thornton]

Excellent date, indeed!

[Dan Gould]

Glad I kept a burn when I sold it!

Bee Hive really put out some nice dates while it existed.

[brownie]

One of Beehive's best album!

Jim Neumann knew how to pick his musicians, and his drummers! Roy Haynes appeared on several of the label's sessions!

[RDK]

Thanks for the tip, Jim. Speaking of Mr. Reece, does anyone know about his "Nirvana" album - a weird, Eastern-influenced thing I found at the Limewire store?

[BeBop]

Agree absolutely. This was one of the first LPs I "digitized" so I could carry on my MP3 portable...way back when.

[sidewinder]

Great album. Talking of Beehive, I recommend Nick Brignola's 'Baritone Madness' as well (with Pepper Adams and Ted Curson). That one will lift your roof.

Edited August 17, 2010 by sidewinder

[Dave James]

Thanks for the tip, Jim. Speaking of Mr. Reece, does anyone know about his "Nirvana" album - a weird, Eastern-influenced thing I found at the Limewire store?

There's an even weirder Reece album than that called The Hidden Words of Bahá'u'lláh. It is definitely NOT worth seeking out.

On the definitely worth seeking out side of the fence, check out an album called This Is Jazz Music of the 40's and 50's on iTunes. In addition to Dizzy Reece, this one features Tony Crombie, Don Rendell, Howard Roberts, Ronnie Ross and Eddie Thompson playing both separately and together.

Edited August 17, 2010 by Dave James

[clifford_thornton]

Completism biting us in the asses again?

[JSngry]

Thanks for the tip, Jim. Speaking of Mr. Reece, does anyone know about his "Nirvana" album - a weird, Eastern-influenced thing I found at the Limewire store?

There's an even weirder Reece album than that called The Hidden Words of Bahá'u'lláh. It is definitely NOT worth seeking out.

Samples!!! http://www.amazon.com/The-Hidden-Words-of-Bah%C3%A1ull%C3%A1h/dp/B002MVU3YS/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1282102044&sr=8-16

[bertrand]

I'm somehow reminded of the Woody Allen joke about how small the portions are in addition to the food being bad at a Catskill's resort: not only does this record suck, but it's incredibly short.

Bertrand.

[Tom in RI]

I got a copy of this when it was first issued. Some of the BeeHive lps had inserts with glossy photos which was neat and unexpected. I really wish I had gotten a BeeHive t-shirt way back when, even though there is no chance it would still fit.

[Jazzjet]

Thanks for the tip, Jim. Speaking of Mr. Reece, does anyone know about his "Nirvana" album - a weird, Eastern-influenced thing I found at the Limewire store?

There's an even weirder Reece album than that called The Hidden Words of Bahá'u'lláh. It is definitely NOT worth seeking out.

On the definitely worth seeking out side of the fence, check out an album called This Is Jazz Music of the 40's and 50's on iTunes. In addition to Dizzy Reece, this one features Tony Crombie, Don Rendell, Howard Roberts, Ronnie Ross and Eddie Thompson playing both separately and together.

There was also a 50s LP titled 'Changing The Jazz at Buckingham Palace', one side of which featured Tubby Hayes and the other Dizzy Reece. Lavish colour photo of the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace on the cover. Weird concept -presumably aimed at tourists.

[Peter Friedman]

Thanks for the tip, Jim. Speaking of Mr. Reece, does anyone know about his "Nirvana" album - a weird, Eastern-influenced thing I found at the Limewire store?

There's an even weirder Reece album than that called The Hidden Words of Bahá'u'lláh. It is definitely NOT worth seeking out.

On the definitely worth seeking out side of the fence, check out an album called This Is Jazz Music of the 40's and 50's on iTunes. In addition to Dizzy Reece, this one features Tony Crombie, Don Rendell, Howard Roberts, Ronnie Ross and Eddie Thompson playing both separately and together.

There was also a 50s LP titled 'Changing The Jazz at Buckingham Palace', one side of which featured Tubby Hayes and the other Dizzy Reece. Lavish colour photo of the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace on the cover. Weird concept -presumably aimed at tourists.

The Dizzy Reece material from the " ....Buckingham Palace" issue was reissued as part of the Jasmine CD

titled Dizzy Reece - A New Star.

[david weiss]

I love this record. It crackles with that New York energy. It has the vibe of walking into a club when the band is on and the room is alive.

Dizzy's solo on the blues that opens the record is to me, I don't know, something like one of the top hundred trumpet solos ever.