What music did you buy today?

[papsrus]

W.C. Handy's Memphis Blues Band

Kansas City Jazz, '20s

[B. Clugston]

Found these four LPs at the local rekkid shop this morning:

Lester Bowie/Philip Wilson Duets

Clifford Thornton - Gardens of Harlem

Roswell Rudd - Inside Job -- never heard of this before. Nice Wildflowers era loft set with Enrico Rava on trumpet.

Leroy Jenkins - The Legend of Ai Glatson -- another one I've never heard of. Excellent trio with Anthony Davis and Andrew Cyrille.

[kh1958]

Steve Turre--Delightful and Delicious (High Note)

Vijay Iyer--Solo

[jeffcrom]

I was excited to find a Lucky Thompson CD I was not familiar with - Soul's Nite Out on the Spanish Ensayo label. A little research shows that it's the same session as Nessa's Body and Soul, which has been on my list for my next Nessa order. So sorry, Chuck. But I will be placing an order for some other stuff soon.

[jostber]

A lot of Documents:

Blind Willie McTell - Statesboro Blues The Early Years 1927 ~ 1935

Buddy Moss - Vol 3 1935 - 1941

Casey Bill Weldon Vol 2 - 1936 - 1937

Charley Lincoln & Willie Baker - 1927 - 1930

Ed Bell - 1927 - 1930

Frank (Springback) James & George Curry - 1934 - 1938

Frankie (Half-Pint) Jaxon - Vol 3 1937 - 1940

Harlem Hamfats - Vol 3 1937 - 1938

Heavenly Gospel Singers - Vol 3 1938 - 1939

Jack Newman - 1938

Jaybird Coleman & The Birmingham Jug Band - 1927 - 1930

J T (Funny Paper) Smith - 1930 - 1931

Kid Prince Moore - 1936 - 1938

Lee Brown - 1937-40

Lizzie Miles - Vol 2 1923 - 1928

Sam Collins - 1927 - 1931

V.A. - Bankers And Blues

V.A. - Blues & Gospel From The Eastern States 1925 - 1944

V.A. - Boogie Woogie & Barrelhouse Piano Vol 2 1928 - 1930

V.A. - Jazz & Blues Piano Vol 2 1924 - 1947

V.A. - Sinners And Saints

William Harris & Buddy Boy Hawkins - 1927 - 1929

And an all new release of unissued Fred McDowell. A great presentation on the web site:

Fred McDowell - Come And Found You Gone

http://devildownrecords.com/

[DMP]

Chuck Israel's "National Jazz Ensemble" (Chiaroscuro) and the Charlie Ventura Proper Box, "Bop For the People/"

[Chuck Nessa]

I was excited to find a Lucky Thompson CD I was not familiar with - Soul's Nite Out on the Spanish Ensayo label. A little research shows that it's the same session as Nessa's Body and Soul, which has been on my list for my next Nessa order. So sorry, Chuck. But I will be placing an order for some other stuff soon.

That's ok. FWIW, I reversed the sides because I thought the program flowed better that way - start with side 2 to see what I mean. Lucky was more than pleased.

OTOH, if you want to order, please do 'cause I'm creating a whirlpool of disappearing cash as I work on 5 reissues and 2 new releases. I hear cds are going away, so I want to be in the wash.

[paul secor]

A lot of Documents:

Blind Willie McTell - Statesboro Blues The Early Years 1927 ~ 1935

Buddy Moss - Vol 3 1935 - 1941

Casey Bill Weldon Vol 2 - 1936 - 1937

Charley Lincoln & Willie Baker - 1927 - 1930

Ed Bell - 1927 - 1930

Frank (Springback) James & George Curry - 1934 - 1938

Frankie (Half-Pint) Jaxon - Vol 3 1937 - 1940

Harlem Hamfats - Vol 3 1937 - 1938

Heavenly Gospel Singers - Vol 3 1938 - 1939

Jack Newman - 1938

Jaybird Coleman & The Birmingham Jug Band - 1927 - 1930

J T (Funny Paper) Smith - 1930 - 1931

Kid Prince Moore - 1936 - 1938

Lee Brown - 1937-40

Lizzie Miles - Vol 2 1923 - 1928

Sam Collins - 1927 - 1931

V.A. - Bankers And Blues

V.A. - Blues & Gospel From The Eastern States 1925 - 1944

V.A. - Boogie Woogie & Barrelhouse Piano Vol 2 1928 - 1930

V.A. - Jazz & Blues Piano Vol 2 1924 - 1947

V.A. - Sinners And Saints

William Harris & Buddy Boy Hawkins - 1927 - 1929

And an all new release of unissued Fred McDowell. A great presentation on the web site:

Fred McDowell - Come And Found You Gone

http://devildownrecords.com/

A friend sent me a link to that Fred McDowell release last week. The clips sound very good, but I'm not sure I need more Fred McDowell at this point in my life.

Edited August 30, 2010 by paul secor

[jeffcrom]

A friend sent me a link to that Fred McDowell release last week. The clips sound very good, but I'm not sure I need more Fred McDowell at this point in my life.

That was my first thought. My second was that I always need more Napoleon Strickland, who plays on at least some of the album.

[Utevsky]

Three Mosaic Select sets -- Andrew Hill Solo; David Liebman & Richie Beirach; John Carter & Bobby Bradford. I finally decided I couldn't do without them!

[mellowT]

I got off the fence and ordered the Wes Montgomery - Complete Riverside set from True Blue Music today. I probably paid too much ($150), but it's the large set version, brand new, no sales tax, free shipping, and I'm ready for some new music. Also, I like to help out Mosaic when I can.

How's that for a bit of rationalization? Now let's see if it works on my wife.

[sidewinder]

The Wes Montgomery set is great - I'm sure you will like it. Sound quality pretty good too !

[Stefan Wood]

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

I had a little bit of a fling on Dakota Staton just over a year ago, but there were several others I wanted that Amazon UK didn't have. Just had a look there now and found five of them. Whoopeeeeee!!!

Will post details as they come in.

MG

[AndrewHill]

Very lucky used cd find today: Charles Tolliver-Impact-Strata East/Charley for $10!

[mellowT]

The Wes Montgomery set is great - I'm sure you will like it. Sound quality pretty good too !

Cool! I'm looking forward to it.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

A little shopping trip to Cardiff today and I popped into Kelly's and got a few nice ones.

Lionel Hampton - Flying home - Verve

This POlydor UK pressing has a horrid-looking mark all across side 2. So I asked if it could bechecked and was directed to a turntable to do it myself. No noise at all! But that Hampton man was playing a hell of a lot of vibes! Then I realised the machine was still set at 45 rpm

It's a great album and I'm really pleased with it. OP doesn't sound too bad on this. There's a thing about him that he plays so much piano because he can. But really, Hamp was like that, too! They go well together. I've never been much in tune with Buddy Rich either, but he's ever so right for this job. Buddy de Franco & Ray Brown are in there, too.

Erskine Hawkins orch - Horizons du jazz 17 - RCA France - no image for this, which is a pity.

Nice long LP - 16 tracks, of which I had 6 already. So I'm pleased. I've been wanting more Hawkins for a while.

Earl Grant - Trade winds - Decca (Brunswick UK)

I suspected lounge from the start, and it is. But there's enough going on to hold my interest - particularly Plas Johnson on some cuts. And for lounge, there are surprises - "Quiet village" not Latinised but played with a slightly rolling bump and grind - oh very nice!

Earl Grant - The versatile Earl Grant - Decca (Colortune) Deep Groove!!!

Mostly not lounge - kind of polite R&B, but swinging. Again Plas Johnson makes some terrific appearances. Oh and Earl put words to "Honky tonk" - ain't that fine?

What is this label Colortune? The inner sleeve has a Decca Harlequin with the globe on his right forefinger, but the disc & sleeve say it was licensed from Decca. Was this some kind of Decca record club?

MG

[paul secor]

Haydn: String Quartets opus 64, 76, & 77 - Quatuor Mosaiques (Naive)

[paul secor]

Lester Young: The Complete Savoy Recordings (Savoy Jazz)

Schubert: Piano Quintet in A major "Trout" - Jeno Jando/Kodaly Quartet (Naxos)

[mikelz777]

Oscar Peterson - Exclusively For My Friends

[JSngry]

A massively expanded version of the original Sehorn's Soul Farm compilation – one that adds in a huge amount of bonus tracks, and makes for an even more essential batch of New Orleans soul! The cuts here all come from the original Sansu empire formed by Marshall Sehorn and Allen Toussaint – a key force in New Orleans soul of the 60s – thanks to Toussaint's amazing ear for new talent, and bold new styles of production in the studio! Toussaint went onto much greater fame on bigger labels in the 70s, but his work here is still his best – a hard-edged, uniquely rhythmic groove that forever changed the sound of soul in the Crescent City. The 2CD set brings together material that appeared on both original Sehorn's Soul Farm collections in the 80s – mostly culled from labels like Sansu and Deesu, plus bits from other sources – and it also adds in 18 more bonus cuts too, which makes for a whopping batch of 50 New Orleans soul classics. Cuts include "Sadie Mae" by Joe Haywood, "Did You Have Fun" by Willie West, "A Lady" by Warren Lee, "Chicken Strut" by The Meters, "Look Way Back" by Diamond Joe, "Man Of The Street" by Ironing Board Sam, "How To Pick A Winner" by Diamond Joe, "Lovely Woman" by Eldrige Holmes, "Hotcha Mama" by Ernie K Doe, "Mean Man" by Betty Harris, "Hercules" by Aaron Neville, "Sinner Girl" by Benny Spellman, "Blues Tears & Sorrow" by John Williams, and "Star Revue" by Warren Lee. © 1996-2010, Dusty Groove America, Inc.

Did Plas Johnson routinely appear on Earl Grant records?

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

A massively expanded version of the original Sehorn's Soul Farm compilation – one that adds in a huge amount of bonus tracks, and makes for an even more essential batch of New Orleans soul! The cuts here all come from the original Sansu empire formed by Marshall Sehorn and Allen Toussaint – a key force in New Orleans soul of the 60s – thanks to Toussaint's amazing ear for new talent, and bold new styles of production in the studio! Toussaint went onto much greater fame on bigger labels in the 70s, but his work here is still his best – a hard-edged, uniquely rhythmic groove that forever changed the sound of soul in the Crescent City. The 2CD set brings together material that appeared on both original Sehorn's Soul Farm collections in the 80s – mostly culled from labels like Sansu and Deesu, plus bits from other sources – and it also adds in 18 more bonus cuts too, which makes for a whopping batch of 50 New Orleans soul classics. Cuts include "Sadie Mae" by Joe Haywood, "Did You Have Fun" by Willie West, "A Lady" by Warren Lee, "Chicken Strut" by The Meters, "Look Way Back" by Diamond Joe, "Man Of The Street" by Ironing Board Sam, "How To Pick A Winner" by Diamond Joe, "Lovely Woman" by Eldrige Holmes, "Hotcha Mama" by Ernie K Doe, "Mean Man" by Betty Harris, "Hercules" by Aaron Neville, "Sinner Girl" by Benny Spellman, "Blues Tears & Sorrow" by John Williams, and "Star Revue" by Warren Lee. © 1996-2010, Dusty Groove America, Inc.

Looks good. Is Betty Harris' "Nearer to you" on that? Crazy if it ain't.

Did Plas Johnson routinely appear on Earl Grant records?

Don't know about routinely. I have 3 now and he's on them all. I checked the Lord discography but mostly they don't state personnel on the sleeves, so he follows that. A long time ago, I saw a video of Earl and his band playing a long number in a black dance hall. He was sure moving those dancers around! And Plas was there, too.

There's a LOT more to Earl Grant than lounge; but ignoring the lounge isn't necessarily a good idea, I've found. Oh, and if you find his 1962 45 on Decca of "Sweet sixteen bars" (yes, the Ray Charles number), don't fail to buy it, will you? Wish I'd kept mine.

MG

[papsrus]

A lot of Documents:

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I was sniffing around for the Mississippi John Hurt 1928 recordings, sampling three different releases: the one below (which I ended up settling on), the Yazoo release and a Document compilation titled "Never Let the Same Bee Sting You Twice," a three-disc set that includes the Hurt recordings.

The main issue in deciding among the three was their use (or over use) of noise reduction software. The Yazoo used none, or very little, leaving all the pops and crackles. The one I settled on seemed to apply noise reduction quite aggressively, but to my ear that did not diminish the brightness of the guitar and vocals enough to make me choose the pops and crackles.

But from the samples I listened to, the Document release was the most aggressive in their use of noise reduction, or at least it was used aggressively on the source material they chose. It sounded muffled in comparison to both of the others. I was a little surprised by this.

Perhaps trying to judge this by sound samples alone is unwise, but even so, the difference was significant.

Also on the way: The Paramount Masters (jsp)

[TheMusicalMarine]

A whole bunch of Fantasy, etc. titles. Amazon merchants (namely Newbury Comics) has most of these for 2 or 3 bucks. Part of me wishes I was just getting into jazz now, because tons of OJCs that I paid 10 bucks or so for are available for bargain prices.

Bennie Green With Strings

Benny Carter Montreux 77

Billy Butler Night Life

Bob Brookmeyer Dual Role of Bob Brookmeyer

Bobby Timmons Quartets and Orchestra: Do You Know The Wawy?/Got To Get It

Dave Frishberg Live At Vine Street

Dizzy Reece Asia Minor

Gene Ammons Organ Combos

Houston Person Trust In Me

Jack McDuff Soulful Drums

Jack McDuff Tough Duff

Jaki Byard On The Spot

James Moody Blues & Other Colors

Jim Robinson The Living Legends: Jim Robinson's New Orleans Band

Jimmy Forrest Most Much

Lee Konitz Spirits

Milt Jackson Big Bags

Phil Woods Pairing Off

Randy Weston Solo, Duo & Trio

Randy Weston Jazz a La Bohemia

Red Holloway Legends of Acid Jazz

Red Rodney Quintets

Sonny Criss Up Up & Away

Teddy Edwards It's All Right

Teri Thornton Devil May Care

The Herdsman/Nat Pierce Play Paris

Tiny Grimes Tiny In Swingville

Zoot Sims The Innocent Years

Arnett Cobb Smooth Sailing

[mikelz777]

Bobby Blue Bland - The Anthology (2-CD)