JSngry Posted February 15, 2004 Report Share Posted February 15, 2004 Limited posting time today, but three bonus cuts and cleaner sound (I think a lot or all of the reverb's been removed, but have only done car listening so far, so...). Definitely one of Getz's finest, an early document of the classic "first" Return To Forever songbook, some monster Chick Corea (don't like electric piano? sorry...), and maybe, MAYBE the last "official" document of old-school Tony Williams cymbal swoosh. Essential, imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couw Posted February 15, 2004 Report Share Posted February 15, 2004 when, where, by whom was this re-released? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted February 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2004 Sony/Columbia/Legacy/whatever. It's got a 2003 copyright date, but I'm thinking that's LATE 2003. I picked it up @ the Red Trumpet Super Bowl Sale for, like, $7.99, regularly $9.99 according to the site, I think. I'm much digging this one, brings back old memories, and has already started making new ones. Stan is all over this shit like white on rice. And I don't care what nobody says, I DIG electric piano when it's like this. Clarke's pitch is a little weak, but hell, he was what, 12 at the time? And Tony! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
couw Posted February 15, 2004 Report Share Posted February 15, 2004 (edited) this one has not (yet) hit european shores. hope it does. Edited February 15, 2004 by couw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted February 15, 2004 Report Share Posted February 15, 2004 Sounds cool, Jim. I've been on a bit of an electric piano kick anyway of late--yet more reason to check this out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted February 16, 2004 Report Share Posted February 16, 2004 Sounds very good! Now if only Verve would reissue "Sweet Rain"---I've never heard that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted February 16, 2004 Report Share Posted February 16, 2004 BMG has it--there just went another one of my free music vouchers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Vitus Posted February 16, 2004 Report Share Posted February 16, 2004 Jim, did the reverb in the CD version Columbia France put out? I don't remember there being one (but I'm an ocean away from my copy at this time). I got the reissue for the bonus tracks and I agree the sound quality has been improved. Then again I've never been one to be bothered by poor sound ... The Sonny Rollins live recordings from the late 50s and the late 60s (just before the respective retirement periods) are usually horrible to listen to (especially the Denmark ones from '67) but they are some of the small number of discs (and tapes, the Jim kindly sent to me ) that get played repeatedly and often. Sorry, I got off track a bit. This band seems to be dismissed by the critics rather swiftly, oftentimes lumped with Corea's own endeavors with RTF or with Stan's own dive into the popdom a few years later. I think they should just say the band sounds good and forget about whatever agenda they have. np. The Smiths "Singles" ... What sweet tunes ... and such pathetic stories ... Wonder what Duke would have come up with if given these tales to work with in a commission Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted February 16, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2004 Sorry, I got off track a bit. This band seems to be dismissed by the critics rather swiftly, oftentimes lumped with Corea's own endeavors with RTF or with Stan's own dive into the popdom a few years later. From what I can remember, the "Captain Marvel Band" got very positive reviews at the time for its live gigs. It was a new sound for Getz, a compositional "breakthrough" for Corea, and positively recieved as such by most critics. For some reason, CAPTAIN MARVEL (the album) sat in the CBS vaults for several years before finally being released, one of several albums (another being the Benny Goodman/George Benson date) that were the subject of occasional but ongoing "wait until you hear this, IF you ever get to hear it" type "teasers" in Down Beat & a few other jazz pubs at the time. The album was recorded beofre the first ECM RTF album, I believe, but wasn't released until after RTF had been through several morphings, I'm thinking that by the time CAPTAIN MARVEL was released, RTF was well into its overwrought and bloated Gayle Moran/horn section days. So, yeah, hindsight must have been bitter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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