JamesAHarrod Posted June 23 Report Posted June 23 Many years ago several members of this forum suggested (or rather urged) that I put together all of my bits and pieces about Pacific Jazz into a narrative history of the label. I am happy to announce to the forum that my history will be published by McFarland this year. McFarland direct and Amazon are accepting pre-orders. Quote
ghost of miles Posted June 23 Report Posted June 23 This is fantastic news, James! A great follow-up to your Stars of Jazz volume, and one I'll be buying for sure. Quote
JSngry Posted June 23 Report Posted June 23 Guaranteed legit. Pre-ordered. Between my high school band director's record collection and (at the same time) a massive catalog dump of so many things Liberty ending up in a Treasure City cutout bin (which was more than a bin...more like an expanse), Pacific Jazz was the first jazz label to which I developed an awareness of a label being a LABEL. It was a weird confluence of events, but hey... For that reason alone, this book has a bit of moral/karmic/resolution necessity for me to get. Glad to do so! Quote
T.D. Posted June 24 Report Posted June 24 Wow! Great news and congratulations! I'm a chess enthusiast, and McFarland Books has an absolutely sterling reputation for publishing chess books of biographical/historical nature. Quote
JSngry Posted June 24 Report Posted June 24 8 minutes ago, rostasi said: It's still nearly a year away, but, yeah, I'll pick it up (even with Gioia's endorsement). Good news! I don't need Gioia's "honest broker" (LOL) endorsement. James' work has been speaking for itself for years! Quote
Eric Posted June 24 Report Posted June 24 14 minutes ago, bertrand said: Where can I find the Stars of Jazz book? https://a.co/d/eHdMiyD Quote
Big Beat Steve Posted June 24 Report Posted June 24 Great news! Will be keeping an eye on this and preordering. 10 months till publication might be an unbearably long time, though. Quote
Stonewall15 Posted June 24 Report Posted June 24 12 hours ago, bertrand said: Where can I find the Stars of Jazz book? Amazon or eBay. Quote
Ken Dryden Posted June 26 Report Posted June 26 I wonder if a Pacific Jazz discography would include all of the butchered, edited repressings of Jim Hall's Jazz Guitar? Quote
JSngry Posted June 26 Report Posted June 26 Someday I'd like to see a documentation of the label post-1965, as well as the World Pacific label. But that's another story altogether... Quote
JamesAHarrod Posted June 26 Author Report Posted June 26 I did not compile a Pacific Jazz discography per se, but I do link all of the recording sessions to specific releases as part of the narrative. My requests to AFM Local 47 for contract copies yielded nearly 100% of all contracts executed for PJ & WP. A future volume examining World Pacific and Pacific Jazz under Liberty is a possibility as I have copies of those contracts as well. The history ends each yearly chapter with a listing of all releases that year by format 78, 45, 33, etc. Each release includes the matrix numbers in brackets, a useful guide to the order in which projects were initiated. Quote
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