Lennie McBrowne albums discussion

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

has anyone heard these? do you have them? are they hard to find? need to get , a.s.a.p!

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

do reissues exist?

[sidewinder]

I've got the 'Lennie McBrowne and the 4 Souls' LP on a Pacific Jazz original. I think it cost me £4

It's actually a World Pacific deep groove and lineup is Terry Trotter, Don Sleet, Daniel L. Jackson and Herbie Lewis.

Edited January 31, 2008 by sidewinder

[Niko]

funny i had been thinking about these records too these days... when i was an exchange student in San Diego in 1996 i went to the publich workshop Daniel Jackson, the Four Souls' saxophone player, gave there once a week... in a sense i didn't learn much, even at my "peak" two or three years later i couldn't play a meaningful solo over All the Things You Are, but still, this workshop was easily among the best things that happened to me then or later and i will always be grateful for the great time i had there (not to forget that he didn't send me away ) last week i discovered that by now Jackson has for albums up on CDbaby, on of which i have already ordered but it's not yet there, the sound samples i liked a lot...

http://cdbaby.com/cd/jacksondaniel1

http://cdbaby.com/cd/jacksondaniel2

http://cdbaby.com/cd/jacksondaniel3

http://cdbaby.com/cd/jacksondaniel4

btw, he also appears as a sideman on some other records on cdbaby Chuck McPherson's Wisdom and Jason Jackson's Going Home... i guess i will make a discography some time in the near future... of Jackson's "classic" recordings with the Four Souls afaik nothing (except for a track on some compilation) has been reissued, two of his composition however appeared on James Clay's Double Dose of Soul and have been reissued... maybe he'd have gotten an album in the Cannonball Adderley Presents series on Riverside if that had continued... he has two homepages, none of which is particularly informative

http://www.danieljacksonmusic.com/

(check out the nice photo of the froebel brigham group´that recorded for savoy featuring Harold Land (and Daniel Jackson's brother Fred Jackson) in the gallery section)

and

http://www.learningtreats.net/DanielJackson.htm

there are also two extensive interviews online

http://musicandculture.blogspot.com/2007/1...diego-jazz.html

(with a focus on Jazz in San Diego, Harold Land...)

and... (unfortunately the second one is not online anymore only this brief excerpt, hope i saved it somewhere

http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20..._mz1a27ray.html

there is also a clip on youtube featuring him live with singer songwriter Chuck Perrin

hope its length doesn't make this post off topic...

[mikeweil]

I have Japanese reissue LPs of both, in pristine sound ..... (you get the idea?)

[Michael Weiss]

I've got an original LP of the Riverside date -

Lenny McBrowne and the Four Souls: Eastern Lights

with liner notes by Chris Albertson

Edited January 31, 2008 by Michael Weiss

[JohnS]

Reissues definitely required.

[JSngry]

What I want to know about is the unissued McBrowne OJ session w/Teddy Edwards where they play Ornette Coleman tunes.

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

what?

[JSngry]

Teddy himself mentioned it in a Cadence interview a few years ago. I posted here to see if anybody had knowledge and nobody did. But hey, if it still exists...

[JSngry]

What I want to know about is the unissued McBrowne OJ session w/Teddy Edwards where they play Ornette Coleman tunes.

I'm sorry, that should be PJ, not OJ.

[sidewinder]

unissued McBrowne OJ session w/Teddy Edwards

Yikes !

[Niko]

just found the New York Times Obtiuary for Don Sleet

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html...752C0A961948260

Don Sleet, a jazz musician who was Downbeat magazine's trumpeter of the year three times during the 1950's, died Dec. 31 of cancer. He was 48 years old.

Don Sleet, a jazz musician who was Downbeat magazine's trumpeter of the year three times during the 1950's, died Dec. 31 of cancer. He was 48 years old.

Mr. Sleet performed with Stan Kenton's band in 1953 and went on to appear with the Lighthouse All Stars and the Shelly Manne All Stars. The magazine recognized him as trumpeter of the year from 1956 through 1958.

is the info in bold correct? (seems a bit silly to ask...)

Edited March 3, 2008 by Niko

[romualdo]

Has the Riverside LP Eastern Lights ever been released on CD (OJC treatment? - can't seem to find it listed anywhere & the Lord Discography has no CD details)

BTW he also released a Pacific Jazz LP - LMB & The Four Souls (PJ 1) Elmo Hope did some arrangements for this session; also this looks like it has never had a CD release

These two LP's appear to comprise his total output

I'm surprised the Spanish have not yet released a CD coupling both of these LP's

[brownie]

I started looking for these Lenny McBrowne LPs after 'discovering' Don Sleet when Carrère France released Sleet's 'All Members' on their Jazzland France reissue label several decades ago.

Found both of them and very happy with them.

Chris Albertson wrote the liner notes for the Riverside album and may shed some western lights!

Edited August 10, 2010 by brownie

[J.A.W.]

As far as I know those LPs have never been reissued on CD.

[JohnS]

I want these. Definitely deserve reissue.

[clifford_thornton]

Now I am curious...

[J.A.W.]

These are nice dates, not essential though.

[JohnS]

These are nice dates, not essential though.

Probably so Hans, but I still want to hear these at the very least.

[romualdo]

As far as I know those LPs have never been reissued on CD.

Thanks

He also had quite a bit of involvement with Booker Ervin & Randy Weston in the mid/late 60's

[Niko]

definitely high up on my wantlist, i met the group's tenorist Daniel Jackson in San Diego in 1997 (attended his public workshop a number of times, it was really generous he let me be there given my age and talent :-) ) which was one of those experiences that really count for me... in the meantime, Jackson has a number of album on CDBaby

http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/DanielJackson1

as an aside, while i'd love to have those two albums together on a spanish cd (only realistic alternative i guess), i also still like the idea of a Cannonball Adderley Productions set from Concord which would also include the Joe Alexander, Roosevelt Wardell and Paul Serrano albums (and a bunch of others most of which have come out on cd by now)

Edited August 11, 2010 by Niko

[J.A.W.]

as an aside, while i'd love to have those two albums together on a spanish cd (only realistic alternative i guess), i also still like the idea of a Cannonball Adderley Productions set from Concord which would also include the Joe Alexander, Roosevelt Wardell and Paul Serrano albums (and a bunch of others most of which have come out on cd by now)

Yep, those Cannonball Adderley Productions albums were nice. Though not essential, I'd love to see them on CD.

Totally off-topic, but I'd also like to see a few Vanguard albums on CD, such as both Dave Burns albums and the Bill English and Ron Jefferson albums.

[Niko]

Totally off-topic, but I'd also like to see a few Vanguard albums on CD, such as both Dave Burns albums and the Bill English and Ron Jefferson albums.

oh yes, there was an mp3-only reissue at least of the first three recently but that's not the same thing...

[Chas]

I imagine a few people here will be interested to learn of the new double-CD issue of the complete recordings of Lennie McBrowne And The 4 Souls.

Details here.