Leon Eason- Blue note 45s (unreleasd)

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

Leon Eason (tp, vo) Dottie Dudley (org) John Simmons (b) Ronnie Cole (d) Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, May 17, 1959tk.1 I'm In The Mood For Love tk.31 Lazy River

hi does anyone know what these are and if they were released on lp at all? wow.....

[brownie]

Only one 45 came out of Eason's BN session. The one you mention.

The rest remains unissued

[jostber]

Some more info here:

http://www.jazzdisco.org/blue-note-records/catalog-45-rpm-1700-series/

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

whos Dottie Dudley? i think she trumps even Babyface at being blue notes largest mystery of an organ player!!

[brownie]

The Leon Eason session seems to be the only recorded evidence of Dottie Dudley's organ work!

Bad deal

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

michael cuscana: get this tape released!!!

[clifford_thornton]

Never even heard of this.

And then, there is this:

BN 45-1782 Tina Brooks - Good Old Soul, Pt. 1&2

Freddie Hubbard (tp) Tina Brooks (ts) Duke Jordan (p) Sam Jones (b) Art Taylor (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 25, 1960

tk.7 Good Old Soul

[Chuck Nessa]

As I understand it, Leon Eason provided employment for Ike Quebec when gigs were thin. The BN date was an opportunity for Ike to give Eason some "pay back".

[mikeweil]

Never even heard of this.

And then, there is this:

BN 45-1782  Tina Brooks - Good Old Soul, Pt. 1&2

Freddie Hubbard (tp) Tina Brooks (ts) Duke Jordan (p) Sam Jones (b) Art Taylor (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 25, 1960

tk.7    Good Old Soul

That's just the two-part 45 rpm issue of the take included on the True Blue album.

[mikeweil]

As I understand it, Leon Eason provided employment for Ike Quebec when gigs were thin. The BN date was an opportunity for Ike to give Eason some "pay back".

So, if Quebec would have used that band on one of his sessions, there probably would be a reissue as bonus to the respective Quebec CD ...

Edited November 7, 2010 by mikeweil

[jeffcrom]

This just showed up on Ebay.

[brownie]

A wise soul posted audio samples from the rare BN 45rpm on his ebay auction (the item will soon disappear so take your chance now!):

Leon Eason

First time I have been able to listen to Eason's music!

The auction went up to $314!

I must say I would not have paid this amount of money for it!

[Dan Gould]

I thought it was OK until the Satchmo vocal came up.

Not really surprised it went that high, that's gotta be an unbelievably rare record.

[mikeweil]

If there were more items like that in the Blue Note vaults, there would have been a "Blue Note Oddities" series ...