alankin Posted June 11, 2005 Report Posted June 11, 2005 (edited) The next batch of Rudy Van Gelder's is coming out next month: Art Blakey - The Big Beat (Blue Note RVG Edition) July 19 Grant Green - Sunday Morning (Blue Note RVG Edition) July 19 Donald Byrd - Fuego (Blue Note RVG Edition) July 19 Don Cherry - Symphony For Improvisers (Blue Note RVG Edition) July 19 Herbie Hancock - Inventions and Dimensions (Blue Note RVG Edition) July 19 Freddie Redd - Music From The Connection (Blue Note RVG Edition) July 19 [Edited to add The Big Beat and Sunday Morning ] Edited June 18, 2005 by alankin Quote
mgraham333 Posted June 12, 2005 Report Posted June 12, 2005 The list looks a little short. What happened? Quote
jazzbo Posted June 12, 2005 Report Posted June 12, 2005 The Herbie is so great it counts as THREE. Quote
sjarrell Posted June 12, 2005 Report Posted June 12, 2005 Well that's obviously not half of the batch. No "Basra"-like titles... wonder what gives? Donald Byrd - Fuego Don Cherry - Symphony For Improvisers Bobby Hutcherson - Oblique Freddie Redd - Music From The Connection Art Blakey - The Big Beat Grant Green - Sunday Morning Herbie Hancock - Inventions and Dimensions McCoy Tyner - Time For Tyner Blue Mitchell - Boss Horn Andrew Hill - Judgement Lonnie Smith - Think! Jimmy Smith - Jimmy Smith at the Organ, Vol. 3 Quote
Brad Posted June 12, 2005 Report Posted June 12, 2005 Alan has the others down for Summer 2005 but no definitive date. The four definitive one I either have or I'll pass on. Don Cherry's not my bag. Quote
sidewinder Posted June 13, 2005 Report Posted June 13, 2005 Amazing to see 'Oblique' heading back onto the racks after a long stint off the radar. Superb session ! Quote
Clunky Posted June 13, 2005 Report Posted June 13, 2005 Donald Byrd - Fuego Byrd's BN output is almost always worth checking if only for the company he keeps, How's this one ???- routine or better Quote
jazzydaddy Posted June 13, 2005 Report Posted June 13, 2005 This is perhaps my favorite Donald Byrd session and I have had the vinyl since my teens. Some very funky and soulful playing throughout. I missed out on the original CD release of this album so I will be picking up the RVG issue. This is definitely a keeper! I really dig Lex Humphries drumming on this session. As I recall after first hearing Humphries on this session I tried seeking him out on other albums but really couldn't find much. Anybody know much about what became of him? Don Donald Byrd - Fuego Byrd's BN output is almost always worth checking if only for the company he keeps, How's this one ???- routine or better ← Quote
bertrand Posted June 13, 2005 Report Posted June 13, 2005 Any record with Jackie McLean on it automatically transcends the 'routine'. Bertrand. Quote
jazzbo Posted June 13, 2005 Report Posted June 13, 2005 (edited) I'm a big Lex Humphries fan as well! Anyone that Coltrane and Lateef and Sun Ra want to employ is okay with ME! Check out this page: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/hardbop/Humphries/Humphries.html Some favorites of mine: the various Ra appearances Have Trumpet, Will Excite! Nights Of Ballads And Blues Eastern Sounds The Centaur and the Phoenix The Three Faces of Yusef Lateef Giant Steps Coltrane Jazz Soulnik First Bassman Seems as if he disappeared into Philadelphia in the seventies . . . . Died there in 1994. Edited June 13, 2005 by jazzbo Quote
connoisseur series500 Posted June 13, 2005 Report Posted June 13, 2005 He's on a lot of Duke Pearson sessions as well. Quote
jazzydaddy Posted June 13, 2005 Report Posted June 13, 2005 Thanks for the link Jazzbo. Now if I could only read French Actually now that I see the album covers I realize that I already have most of Lex's pre-1963 sessions. I'm sure the reason I never heard of Lex after 1963 is because I'm not fan of Sun Ra's music. Don I'm a big Lex Humphries fan as well! Anyone that Coltrane and Lateef and Sun Ra want to employ is okay with ME! Check out this page: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/hardbop/Humphries/Humphries.html Some favorites of mine: the various Ra appearances Have Trumpet, Will Excite! Nights Of Ballads And Blues Eastern Sounds The Centaur and the Phoenix The Three Faces of Yusef Lateef Giant Steps Coltrane Jazz Soulnik First Bassman Seems as if he disappeared into Philadelphia in the seventies . . . . Died there in 1994. ← Quote
king ubu Posted June 13, 2005 Report Posted June 13, 2005 What's this thread about? Blue what? Aaaaah, I see, those guys that try selling us cactuses and want us to believe we bought a compact disc? Fegh em! Sorry for this rant - but I'm still (and will remain) majorly p***ed by EMI Europe's decision to go for the shitty copycrap product. I have totally lost interest in their product, but it seems - even if year by year they sell less of their product (the majors in general, it seems, not only EMI) - they couldn't care less. "Fuego" is great, and the Hancock counts for ten! An awesome disc! I will stick with my late eighties disc and the Hancock BN box, though. No need to let them rip me off, or let them customs rip me off by way of ordering from the US... Quote
wolff Posted June 14, 2005 Report Posted June 14, 2005 (edited) Donald Byrd - Fuego Don Cherry - Symphony For Improvisers Bobby Hutcherson - Oblique Freddie Redd - Music From The Connection Art Blakey - The Big Beat Grant Green - Sunday Morning Herbie Hancock - Inventions and Dimensions McCoy Tyner - Time For Tyner Blue Mitchell - Boss Horn Andrew Hill - Judgement Lonnie Smith - Think! Jimmy Smith - Jimmy Smith at the Organ, Vol. 3 ← I have most of these and the one that stands out, for me, is Don Cherry - Symphony For Improvisers. A very different, but high quality BN, IMO. Judgement and Fuego are the no brainers, but SFI is the sleeper. The safe picks are Boss Horn and The Big Beat. Inventions And Dimensions is a flat out cool album. Edited June 14, 2005 by wolff Quote
Jim Alfredson Posted June 14, 2005 Report Posted June 14, 2005 Lonnie Smith's "Think" is BAD! GREAZY! It's a no-brainer in my book. Quote
LAL Posted June 14, 2005 Report Posted June 14, 2005 Looking forward to the Freddie Redd - been searching for this for some time now. Also the Don Cherry. And I'll have to order BNs from the U.S now since local stores supply copy protected discs, have upped prices by 25% and take their sweet time (like 2-3 years) to bring in new releases!! Quote
clifford_thornton Posted June 14, 2005 Report Posted June 14, 2005 The Hill and the Lonnie have been deserving of better treatment for years, ditto the Cherry (tho can't see them moving quite as many units)... The two Blakeys I've heard the best words of are Big Beat and Freedom Rider. Not being a huge fan of the Messengers, I would still like to check these out. Not a big fan of the Redd (not enough solo room); much prefer Shades of... Kent Carter speaks of a version of the Connection tunes with himself on bass, Keith Tippett on piano, John Stevens on drums and Trevor Watts on alto. From what I hear, they stretch it OUT... now that's a bootleg I'd sell a firstborn for! Quote
Bright Moments Posted June 14, 2005 Report Posted June 14, 2005 if you have the cherry mosaic, is there any reason to get the RVG? Quote
jazzbo Posted June 14, 2005 Report Posted June 14, 2005 Not unless you want to hear what RVG did to the tapes, or want to have a complete collection of RVG issues. (I'm guilty of both desires! I've got every RVG cd. . . And I'd like to hear what he does with this session!) Quote
Bright Moments Posted June 14, 2005 Report Posted June 14, 2005 Not unless you want to hear what RVG did to the tapes, or want to have a complete collection of RVG issues. (I'm guilty of both desires! I've got every RVG cd. . . And I'd like to hear what he does with this session!) ← can RVG's treatment of the tapes be that different to mosaics? does the rvg add previously unreleased material? Quote
jazzbo Posted June 14, 2005 Report Posted June 14, 2005 Evan, I do enjoy the sound of some of the RVGs (and even a few Connoisseurs) more than the sound of some Mosaics. A remastering engineer CAN make a difference with material, to the better or the worse. Maybe I'm imagining the differences I hear on my system, but I hear them. I happen to like the way that RVG transfers and translates the sound of the tape to digital. And I happen to like the sound of say TOCJs and RVGs of the Lee Morgan material to the sound of the Mosaic. The sound of the Larry Young material on RVG and Connoisseur to the Mosaic. The sound of the Sam Rivers on Conn to the Mosaic. Etc. Age of the transfers and the technology use make a difference too. Now to many these differences are either not apparent, or not important, and I can understand that. I can even wish that was the way I felt; I'd have money in the bank! Quote
Rooster_Ties Posted June 14, 2005 Report Posted June 14, 2005 if you have the cherry mosaic, is there any reason to get the RVG? ← Well, the Mosaic splits this session across two CD's -- so there one potential reason. Quote
wolff Posted June 14, 2005 Report Posted June 14, 2005 I have the Cherry Mosaic LP set and an original LP(they are still very affordable). As far as sound goes, the Mosaic is great for a reissue. Probably, no help as you are comparing the digital reissues. Quote
Kalo Posted June 14, 2005 Report Posted June 14, 2005 clifford_thornton Posted Today, 01:54 PM The Hill and the Lonnie have been deserving of better treatment for years, ditto the Cherry (tho can't see them moving quite as many units)... Just curious, but was there a problem with the Conn of Judgment? Quote
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