Late Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 300 Low-Price Jazz Masterpieces The above link was posted in the Blue Note SHM-CD thread, but I thought this new Japanese reissue campaign, coming out in September 2015, deserves its own thread. A multi-label reissue series, it initially seems something of a mess. Great titles for sure, but likely no new remasters. Still ... what remasters will be used? SHM-CD remasters? Rudy Van Gelder remasters? Are there titles that you'll actually buy? The price is right, no question. Some titles are more obscure than others, so there's a little — seemingly — for everyone. I'll probably (finally) pick up Blue Mitchell's Blue's Moods. I've lived with the music for some time, but not physical product. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Late Posted June 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 Interesting that this Vee-Jay title is in the batch. My Japanese P-Vine copy sounds like cr@p. Will probably take a gamble on this new edition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 That one sounds pretty good on the Mosaic Morgan/Shorter set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 There are also two Wynton Kelly and one Lee Morgan Vee-Jay titles in this batch. Interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
felser Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 I've never been very impressed by those Vee Jay recordings, musically or soundwise. Far inferior to the recordings on other labels those musicians were doing in the same era. Of course, soundwise, who knows what distant sources my LP's/CD's were mastered from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarThrower Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 Perhaps you should listen to The Fantastic Frank Strozier on Vee Jay? It's pretty fantastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiRiIII Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 This one was not available for quite some time: http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/UCCU-99182 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Late Posted June 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 ... The Fantastic Frank Strozier on Vee Jay ... It's pretty fantastic! Very much agree. I love that record, particularly the bonus track "Tibbit." And the opening track, "W.K. Blues" (penned by Mr. W.K. himself), was my get-up-in-the-morning track for over a year. That said, what else I've heard from Strozier, which isn't everything, has never quite lived up to the same level of excitement (for me). His participation on McCoy Tyner's Today and Tomorrow, as one example, seems oddly inhibited. On that debut record, however, Strozier is in full voice and very much uninhibited. Doesn't hurt that Booker Little's on the record too. I wish Alfred Lion had found a way (or a desire) to get Strozier onto his label. I passed on the Mosaic because I already had all the music. Maybe that wasn't the best idea. (All this belongs on a Vee-Jay thread. Then we could also talk about The Beatles' first U.S. album!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Friedman Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 ... The Fantastic Frank Strozier on Vee Jay ... It's pretty fantastic! Very much agree. I love that record, particularly the bonus track "Tibbit." And the opening track, "W.K. Blues" (penned by Mr. W.K. himself), was my get-up-in-the-morning track for over a year. That said, what else I've heard from Strozier, which isn't everything, has never quite lived up to the same level of excitement (for me). His participation on McCoy Tyner's Today and Tomorrow, as one example, seems oddly inhibited. On that debut record, however, Strozier is in full voice and very much uninhibited. Doesn't hurt that Booker Little's on the record too. I wish Alfred Lion had found a way (or a desire) to get Strozier onto his label. I passed on the Mosaic because I already had all the music. Maybe that wasn't the best idea. (All this belongs on a Vee-Jay thread. Then we could also talk about The Beatles' first U.S. album!) I tend to agree regarding Strozier. His Vee Jay album is by far the best thing I have heard by him. His other recordings have left me rather cold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corto maltese Posted June 15, 2015 Report Share Posted June 15, 2015 I only have his "Long Night" album, with George Coleman and Pat Patrick, and I quite like it. A Vee-Jay thread is OK, but please no Beatles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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