Jazz Records Label (Tristano, etc) - Still In Business?

[JSngry]

I see the catalog popping up as new offerings at one of our Friendly Barcelonan Purveyors Of All Sorts Of Things...anybody know if a legit deal has been cut with the company, or is this more....you know?

[jeffcrom]

Well, there's still a website. I've ordered from it, but not for several years.

[JSngry]

Yeah, that website is pretty, uh...un-alive. All the order links lead you to an Amazon "Lennie Tristano" search result page & Paris Jazz Corner.

[jeffcrom]

Yeah, after posting the link, I poked around a little bit and came to the same conclusion.

[Quasimado]

The company that Jazz Records appears to be linked with on some CD sites (Orchard) would seem to have a NY address, for what it's worth ...

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Edited October 24, 2014 by Quasimado

[CraigP]

Has anyone heard the sextet recording, I believe it's called Wow? Opinions?

[colinmce]

It's all worth having.

I don't think these are bootlegs, no. Just because the company isn't totally active doesn't mean the stock isn't genuine.

[jeffcrom]

Has anyone heard the sextet recording, I believe it's called Wow? Opinions?

Lo-fi, made on a wire recorder, if I recall, but excellent music - in the vein of the Captiol sides.

[JSngry]

I don't think these are bootlegs, no. Just because the company isn't totally active doesn't mean the stock isn't genuine.

See, that's what I'm hoping, that the company is now at best semi-active (because it takes time to do that type thing right) and that a deal was made to empty out excess inventory..

So with that hope at best 51% alive until hearing otherwise...check this out. Because this stuff is all going for "above retail" from Amazon sellers.

http://www.jazzmessengers.com/en/40025525/complete-catalog-of-the-label-jazz-records

[jeffcrom]

I found the 1984 Jazz LP True Fun by Liz Gorrill, Lenny Popkin, and Eddie Gomez in an Atlanta record store today. It has apparently never come out on CD. I talk about it

[Quasimado]

Jazz Records have just released "Descent into the Maelstrom".

HP is here: http://www.jazzrecordsinc.com/catalog.html

Lennie Tristano
Descent Into The Maelstrom
(JR14CD)

1. Descent Into the Maelstrom (3:28)
2. Dream (3:28)
3. Lullabye (1:53)
4. Image (4:11)
5. Take 1 (4:35)
6. Take 2 (3:12)
7. Take 3 (4:06)
8. Stretch (6:10)
9. Pastime (6:01)
10. Ju-Ju (3:33)
11. Con Con (8:51)

Lennie Tristano, solo piano except:

Stretch, Con Con: Lennie Tristano, piano; Sonny Dallas, bass; Nick Stabulas, drums. 1966
Pastime, Ju-Ju: Lennie Tristano, piano; Peter Ind, bass; Roy Haynes, drums. 1952
Take 1, 2 and 3 recorded in 1961.

Released by Jazz Records, Inc. by License Agreement with East Wind Music, Ltd. Co. Japan.
“Lullabye” and portions of “Pastime” and “Ju-Ju” previously unreleased.　2014 Jazz Records Inc

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[Quasimado]

Received JR 14 CD today - excellent - tracks are from the long out-of-print East Wind LP/CD.

Previously unreleased “Lullabye” and portions of “Pastime” and “Ju-Ju” are fascinating ...

Production was done in France - I read somewhere that Lennie Popkin and Carol Tristano (producers) are/ were now centered there (?).

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[jeffcrom]

Jazz Records have just released "Descent into the Maelstrom".

HP is here: http://www.jazzrecordsinc.com/catalog.html

Lennie Tristano

Descent Into The Maelstrom

(JR14CD)

1. Descent Into the Maelstrom (3:28)

2. Dream (3:28)

3. Lullabye (1:53)

4. Image (4:11)

5. Take 1 (4:35)

6. Take 2 (3:12)

7. Take 3 (4:06)

8. Stretch (6:10)

9. Pastime (6:01)

10. Ju-Ju (3:33)

11. Con Con (8:51)

Lennie Tristano, solo piano except:

Stretch, Con Con: Lennie Tristano, piano; Sonny Dallas, bass; Nick Stabulas, drums. 1966

Pastime, Ju-Ju: Lennie Tristano, piano; Peter Ind, bass; Roy Haynes, drums. 1952

Take 1, 2 and 3 recorded in 1961.

Released by Jazz Records, Inc. by License Agreement with East Wind Music, Ltd. Co. Japan.

“Lullabye” and portions of “Pastime” and “Ju-Ju” previously unreleased.　2014 Jazz Records Inc

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Has anyone found a reliable US source for this CD? Descriptions of CDs with this title on Amazon and Ebay are so vague that I can't tell whether they are referring to this new Jazz issue or not.

[JSngry]

https://www.dustygroove.com/item/731085

Same album.