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2 hours ago, felser said:

That's my memory of them in the 70's.  Pablo didn't have "hits", but their releases were solid and dependable.  You knew you were getting a good album by master musicians with long playing time (45-50 minutes) and beautiful artwork.  No compromises on quality in any regard for great mainstream artists who had often been treated shamefully on record in the  previous decade. 

That's sort of my impression from others. . . but I was living in Africa from '66 to '72 and then in rural Ohio from '72 to '80 and no jazz LPs of any kind were everywhere. I had to travel 30 to 45 minutes to record stores with limited jazz inventory. . .and I did, and bought a lot of good LPs, but few Pablos. Those were cd purchases for me in the days when OJC was a great choice nearly everywhere.

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52 minutes ago, jazzbo said:

That's sort of my impression from others. . . but I was living in Africa from '66 to '72 and then in rural Ohio from '72 to '80 and no jazz LPs of any kind were everywhere. I had to travel 30 to 45 minutes to record stores with limited jazz inventory. . .and I did, and bought a lot of good LPs, but few Pablos. Those were cd purchases for me in the days when OJC was a great choice nearly everywhere.

I also have picked up a lot more of them on CD than on LP.  My limited LP money in the 70's was spent more on building library of Coltrane, Tyner, Blakey/Jazz Messengers, Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp, etc.  But I did have some Pablo's that I got at good prices, especially a lot of the 1975 Montreux recordings (they also recorded there in 1977).

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Dave Liebman Group - In a Mellow Tone (Zoho)
with Vic Juris (g), Tony Marino (b), and Jamey Haddad (d, perc)

Liebman had a terrific run with this four-piece group featuring Vic Juris. They released:
- The Unknown Jobim (GMN, rec. 1999)
- In a Mellow Tone (Zoho, rec. 2001)
- Conversation (Sunnyside, rec. 2003)
- Blues All Ways (OmniTone, rec. 2005)
- Further Conversations: Live (True Azul, rec. 2007)
- Turnaround: The Music of Ornette Coleman (Jazzwerkstatt, rec. 2009)

 

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6 hours ago, jazzbo said:

I don't remember any Pablo LP really being a "hit" in their time.

Well I have a different view on that statement and found the Pablo catalogue very exciting.

Some great Coltrane and Basie recordings. Dont think  there were many of those "one day flies" we see issued so often these days. Pablo had issued   real tasteful and excellent  recordings with a fine soundquality. Others may see it different because their taste is different.

Here is my list and many Items were very good on the sales and I wont miss even one of them.

Basie,Count  ...Bigband     1975  Pablo  2310-756

Basie,Count  Basie & Zoot          1976  Pablo  2310-745

Basie,Count  Count Basie get together 1986  Pablo  2310-924

Basie,Count  Fancy Pants 1986  Pablo  2310-920

Basie,Count  Farmers Market Barbecue        1982  Pablo  2318-874

Basie,Count  I told you so 1976  Pablo (OJC) 2310767

Basie,Count  Me and you  1983  Pablo  3210-891

Basie,Count  Mostly blues ... and some others         1986  Pablo  2310-919

Basie,Count  Warm Breeze        1981   Pablo  3112-40

Bellson,Louis         ...& Explosion Orchestra  1975  Pablo  2310-755

Bellson,Louis         Sunshine Rock - Explosion Orchestra 1978  Pablo          2310-813

Bellson,Louis         The London Gig      1982  Pablo  2310-880

Carter,Benny         - live and well in Japan -  1978  Pablo-Live    2308-216

Carter,Benny         Wonderland-The Benny Carter Groups         1976          Pablo  2310-922

Coltrane,John       Afro Blue Impressions    1963/10       Pablo-Live(2)          2620-101

Coltrane,John       Bye Bye Blackbird - In Concert 1963  Pablo-Live          2308-227

Coltrane,John       The Paris Concert  1963/11        Pablo-Live    2308-217

DeFranco,Buddy    Hark - meets the O.Peterson 4tet      1985  Pablo          2310-915

Edison,Harry         Edisons Lights       1976  Pablo  2310-780

Edison,Harry         For my pals  1988  Pablo  2310-934-2

Ellington,Duke       HARLEM (unissued recordings) 1985  Pablo  2308-245

Fitzgerald,Ella      ...and Basie/Pass/Pedersen live 1980  Pablo  2308-223

Foster,Frank         Two for the blues(feat. Frank Wess)  1983  Pablo          2310-905

Hawkins,Coleman   SIRIUS       1966  Pablo  2310-707

Jackson,M./Basie,C.        The Bigband Vol 1  1978  Pablo  2310-822

Jackson,M./Basie,C.        The Bigband Vol 2  1978  Pablo  2310-823

Jackson,Milt         Soul Route   1984  Pablo(jap)    3112-54

JATP Hartford, 1953      1953/05       Pablo  2306-240

JATP JATP at Montreux 1975  1975  Pablo(jap)    1034

JATP The Exiting Battle Stockholm `55      1955/02       Pablo  2310-713-2

Kenton,Stan Stompin`At Newport      1957  Pablo  53122

Manne,Shelly         Yesterdays - Sh. Manne and his men   1960  Pablo          5318-2

Pass,Joe      live at DONTE`S   1981   Pablo  2620-114

Pedersen,Niels-H.O.        The Viking   1983  Pablo  2310-894

Peterson,Oscar     ...in Tokyo    1964  Pablo(jap) (2)         9055-56

Peterson,Oscar     Big 6 at Montreux Jazz Festival         1975  Pablo          2310 747

Peterson,Oscar     Live at Zardis - Never Before Release (3 LP-Set)          1955  Pablo  2610-118

Peterson,Oscar     The Oscar Peterson Trio at Zardi`s   1955  Pablo (2)          CD 2620-118-2

Peterson,Oscar     The Trio      1973  Pablo  2310-701

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That's correct, I just don't have the impression any particular one was a breakout hit in sales. But then again I was not near record stores or jazz radio stations, and until the 'eighties not really into that mature jazzman mainstream type of jazz.

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1 hour ago, dougcrates said:

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This is such a great album.  Should've been an OJC CD.  

Yes, one of their few glaring oversights.  Others include Gary Bartz - 'Home' and Sonny Simmons 'Rumasuma'.  But it's amazing how much Fantasy did get out on CD before selling to Concord, who has basically mothballed those catalogs.

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Haven’t enjoyed this cd in a while. I was thinking of my late first wife Helen, and that led me to think of listening to Helen Merrill, and I saw this one, which was sitting neglected on a shelf a long time.

Helen Merrill featuring Stan Getz “Just Friends” Emarcy cd

 

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That's correct, I just don't have the impression any particular one was a breakout hit in sales.

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Phil Woods, Tom Harrell “The Jazz Masters” Groove Merchant/Solid Records Japan cd

Just in from Japan, these recent Groove Merchant reissues sound really good, and I’ve always enjoyed this band.

Alto Saxophone, Clarinet – Phil Woods
Bass – Steve Gilmore
Drums, Producer – Bill Goodwin
Piano – Hal Galper
Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Tom Harrell

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