cayetano Posted July 10, 2003 Report Posted July 10, 2003 This is a collection of 50 references. Digipacks with a look similar to the Jazz in Paris series. Any opinions about the music or the sound? CD 1 LOUIS ARMSTRONG Memories of New Orleans CD 2 LOUIS ARMSTRONG Meets the Girls CD 3 MILES DAVIS Birth of a Leader CD 4 SIDNEY BECHET New Orleans - Paris (& vice versa) CD 5 CHARLIE PARKER & DIZZY GILLESPIE Together CD 6 COLEMAN HAWKINS Henderson Days CD 7 LESTER YOUNG Basie Days CD 8 STAN GETZ and the Guitarists CD 9 GERRY MULLIGAN with Chet Baker & Friends CD 10 JELLY ROLL MORTON “Originator of Jazz” CD 11 FATS WALLER Alligator Crawl CD 12 NAT KING COLE The Pianist CD 13 THELONIOUS MONK Monk plays Thelonious CD 14 THE DAVE BRUBECK QUARTET First Definitions CD 15 LIONEL HAMPTON Goodman Days CD 16 MILT JACKSON Early MJQ CD 17 DJANGO REINHARDT & MICHEL WARLOP Two of a Kind CD 18 STÉPHANE GRAPPELLI A Froggy plays in London Town CD 19 ETHEL WATERS Diva CD 20 BILLIE HOLIDAY Happy Billie CD 21 ELLA FITZGERALD Swingin’ Ella CD 22 FRANK SINATRA Jazz !!! CD 23 LOUIS JORDAN Father of Rhythm’n blues & Rock’n Roll CD 24 RAY CHARLES Singin’ the Blues with Soul CD 25 THE MILLS BROTHERS A Family Affair CD 26 DUKE ELLINGTON Duke’s Singing Ladies CD 27 CAB CALLOWAY Zaz Zuh Zaz CD 28 JIMMIE LUNCEFORD The Perfect Big Band CD 29 GLENN MILLER Radio Days CD 30 THE PRESIDENT’S MEN Lester Young’s Disciples CD 31 STRIDE PIANO James P. Johnson, Fats Waller, Willie “The Lion” Smith… CD 32 BEBOP PIANO Bud Powell, Al Haig, Thelonious Monk… CD 33 BOOGIE WOOGIE Rockin’ Roots Tracks CD 34 JAZZ MASTERS OF ACOUSTIC GUITAR and some Bluesmen too CD 35 TAP DANCING Harlem - Broadway - Hollywood CD 36 SCAT SINGING The Art of Vocal Jazz CD 37 BIG BANDS Live !!! CD 38 RHYTHM AND BLUES BIG BANDS Jazz that Rocks CD 39 NOW THEY CALL IT SWING ! No. 1 Chart Hits Only CD 40 JAZZ & HUMOUR Une petite laitue… avec de la mayonnaise CD 41 JAZZ CATS Felix and other Cats CD 42 JAZZWOMEN Great Instrumental Gals CD 43 LATIN JAZZ Afro-Cuban Jazz Pioneers CD 44 JAZZ À LA GITANE Bands of Gypsies CD 45 JAZZ & EUROPEAN SONGS vol. 1 France, Sweden, Germany, Austria, Spain, Italy CD 46 JAZZ & EUROPEAN SONGS vol. 2 England, Scotland, Ireland, Russia, Hungary, Czechoslovakia CD 47 JAZZIN’ THE CLASSICS vol. 1 A Musical Sacrilege : from Bach to Liszt CD 48 JAZZIN’ THE CLASSICS vol. 2 A Musical Sacrilege : from Massenet to Weber CD 49 HOT TRAINS Daybreak Express and other Swing Tracks CD 50 SAGA CITY A Jazz Travel Guide http://www.sagajazz.com/ P.D. Thanks for the info about jazz stores in Paris, I will travel to Paris in August. Quote
brownie Posted July 11, 2003 Report Posted July 11, 2003 I have seen the Saga digipaks but have not heard any of them yet. The collection was started by refugees from the Masters of Jazz series sinking The fact that these people were involved with the Masters of Jazz series should be a good omen. The Saga digipaks should be good for anyone looking for a quick introduction to some great jazz. They have some good compilations, all within the 50-year copyright laws that is the norm in the European Union. This means that none of the Saga CDs include post-1953 material. I see a number of these at secondhand shops in Paris at low prices. Quote
king ubu Posted July 11, 2003 Report Posted July 11, 2003 I bought those two "Jazzin' the Classics" discs. They are nicely packaged, you get all information (musicians, dates etc). And they say they have remastered their stuff - though I would have to dig them up to check their quality. ubu Quote
king ubu Posted November 23, 2003 Report Posted November 23, 2003 I have picked up three Sagajazz discs since I posted last. Milt Jackson, Early MJQ - I don't have it at hand. It has, if I remember correctly, one Prestige date, two DeeGee dates, the Blue Note date with Lou Donaldson (also on the Jackson RVG) and one date for another small label whose name escapes me. A very nice collection. Much of Jackson's playing is very bluesy. Kenny Clarke is on drums (I don't remember if he is on all the quartet sides, or not), so this is Jackson before Connie Kay. While I have not yet (YET stressed) explored anything later by the Modern Jazz Quartet, I love these early sides. (There is a similar reissue of four of the same dates, and one other, on Definitive, by the way.) Then I just picked up "Count Basie Septet & Octet - On Film & Live". This has the following tracks: Hollywood, late August 1950: Clark Terry - t, Buddy DeFranco - cl, Wardell Gray - ts, Basie - p, Freddie Green - g, Jimmy Lewis - b, Gus Johnson - d, Billie Holiday - voc (-1) GOD BLESS THE CHILD (-1) NOW, BABY, OR NEVER (-1) FELANGES ONE O'CLOCK JUMP Universal film shots, directed by Wil Cowan. NYC, prob. October 1950: same personnel, Holiday out, Helen Humes - voc (-1) ONE O' CLOCK JUMP BASIE'S CONVERSATION (BASS CONVERSATION) BASIE BOOGIE IF I COULD BE WITH YOU (-1) I CRIED FOR YOU (-1) Snader Telescriptions (short films) NYC, poss. December 1950: unidentified - t, Marshall Royal - cl, Gray, Basie, Green, Lewis, Johnson 3:15 A.M. BLUES DONNA LEE C JAM BLUES ROBBINS' NEST Live recording, unknown broadcast location NYC, April 20, 1951: Terry, Royal, Gray, Basie, Green, Lewis, Johnson, poss. Symphony Sid - mc ONE O' CLOCK JUMP MOVE BASIE BOOGIE BLUEBEARD BLUES ONE O' CLOCK JUMP (Note: Bluebeard Blues is announced by the MC as Golden Bullet) Stars on Parade, WNEW Broadcast Birdland, NYC April 28, 1951: same personnel as April 21, add Buck Clayton - t (-1), omit Sid JUMPIN' AT THE WOODSIDE HOW HIGH THE MOON / ORNITHOLOGY OH, LADY BE GOOD (-1) BLUEBEARD BLUES (-1) ONE O' CLOCK JUMP WNEW Broadcast This is a very good collection. Some of the tunes (from the live sessions) are quite long. How High The Moon Clock in at 8:42. Wardell Gray is BAAD! And DeFranco, Terry, Royal are not bad either. It's quite intriguing to hear Basie doing tunes as Move, Ornithology, or Donna Lee. Check it out! In the liner notes, another Basie "CD featuring all the other studio recordings of the Count's small groups in 1950-1951" is announced. So, does this disc above include all live / movie dates by Basie from 50/51? The other CD I have picked up: Stan Getz "From Long Island to Stockholm". This collects various quartet dates for Prestige and Roost (all available in their complete forms on either some OJCCDs or the fabulous Getz Roost 3CD set released by Blue Note some years ago - one of my very favorite box-sets ever, by the way!). The reason why I bought this lies in the sessions following those quartet dates (none of these is complete on the CD, I think, and I'd not have bought it for that only, actually): There are all (?) eight sides Getz made in Sweden in March 1951: Stockholm, March 23, 1951: Stan Getz and his Swedish All Stars: Stan Getz - ts, Bengt Hallberg - p, Gunnar Johnson - b, Jack Noren - d. ACK VÄRMELAND DU SKÖNA (DEAR OLD STOCKHOLM) S' COOL BOYS NIGHT AND DAY I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU PRELUDE TO A KISS I'M GETTING SENTIMENTAL OVER YOU Stockholm, March 24, 1951: Stan Getz and his Swedish All Stars: Same personnel, add Lars Gullin - bari, Yngve Akerberg - b, replaces Johnson. FLAMINGO DON'T BE AFRAID. I never saw these Swedish sides on a Getz CD (well, I have not looked for them either...). Big for the production of these Sagajazz releases! The team includes people involved also in the Jazz in Paris reissues. Alain Tercinet, for instance selected the tracks for the Getz CD. Remastering seems to be as good as it gets. Cover art is quite nice as well, notes are in French and English, and while they're usually rather short, they contain some rather relevant information. By the way, both of these discs come from the probably rather recent new batch, numbers 51-60. You can find the whole listing of the series on the website, sagajazz.com (it includes track listings and years of recording for each track, but no personnel information). ubu Quote
ghost of miles Posted March 6, 2004 Report Posted March 6, 2004 King Ubu, are these available anywhere online besides Sagajazz? And actually, I'm not sure their website has an ordering option... at least I couldn't find it. Thanks for the tip on this CD! I'll definitely have to pick this one up. Quote
BeBop Posted March 7, 2004 Report Posted March 7, 2004 Try http://www.fnac.com in France. I've ordered from them before without problem. Quote
king ubu Posted March 7, 2004 Report Posted March 7, 2004 Ghost, sorry for my late reply! I'd try here: http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000...5132234-0548932 I never did use fnac so far. Don't know about Shipping with French Amazon to the US, though. ubu Quote
brownie Posted July 25, 2005 Report Posted July 25, 2005 Up because Saga Jazz is releasing a series of at least five CDs on August 16 in their new budget 'Modern Series'. The new releases include: - Sarah Vaughan 'Shulie A Bop', - Chet Baker Quartet 'Easy To Love' - Miles Davis + 3 - West Coast Jazz 'Hermosa Beach 1951-1954' - Black California 'Central Avenue 1945-1950' The new releases do not appear yet on the label site: http://www.sagajazz.com/ Just a reminder that Saga Jazz is the label that was started by the people who produced the superb Masters of Jazz series until it folded. Their CDs are excellent compilations of previously released material recorded more than 50 years ago. The Black California CD (the only one I have yet) has 21 sides by Slim Gaillard, Lester Young, Baron Mingus, Roy Porter, Gerry Wiggins, Dexter Gordon, Wardell Gray, Lucky Thompson, Sonny Criss, Buddy Collette, etc... Quote
StormP Posted July 25, 2005 Report Posted July 25, 2005 I have picked up three Sagajazz discs since I posted last. Milt Jackson, Early MJQ - I don't have it at hand. It has, if I remember correctly, one Prestige date, two DeeGee dates, the Blue Note date with Lou Donaldson (also on the Jackson RVG) and one date for another small label whose name escapes me. A very nice collection. Much of Jackson's playing is very bluesy. Kenny Clarke is on drums (I don't remember if he is on all the quartet sides, or not), so this is Jackson before Connie Kay. While I have not yet (YET stressed) explored anything later by the Modern Jazz Quartet, I love these early sides. (There is a similar reissue of four of the same dates, and one other, on Definitive, by the way.) Then I just picked up "Count Basie Septet & Octet - On Film & Live". This has the following tracks: Hollywood, late August 1950: Clark Terry - t, Buddy DeFranco - cl, Wardell Gray - ts, Basie - p, Freddie Green - g, Jimmy Lewis - b, Gus Johnson - d, Billie Holiday - voc (-1) GOD BLESS THE CHILD (-1) NOW, BABY, OR NEVER (-1) FELANGES ONE O'CLOCK JUMP Universal film shots, directed by Wil Cowan. NYC, prob. October 1950: same personnel, Holiday out, Helen Humes - voc (-1) ONE O' CLOCK JUMP BASIE'S CONVERSATION (BASS CONVERSATION) BASIE BOOGIE IF I COULD BE WITH YOU (-1) I CRIED FOR YOU (-1) Snader Telescriptions (short films) NYC, poss. December 1950: unidentified - t, Marshall Royal - cl, Gray, Basie, Green, Lewis, Johnson 3:15 A.M. BLUES DONNA LEE C JAM BLUES ROBBINS' NEST Live recording, unknown broadcast location NYC, April 20, 1951: Terry, Royal, Gray, Basie, Green, Lewis, Johnson, poss. Symphony Sid - mc ONE O' CLOCK JUMP MOVE BASIE BOOGIE BLUEBEARD BLUES ONE O' CLOCK JUMP (Note: Bluebeard Blues is announced by the MC as Golden Bullet) Stars on Parade, WNEW Broadcast Birdland, NYC April 28, 1951: same personnel as April 21, add Buck Clayton - t (-1), omit Sid JUMPIN' AT THE WOODSIDE HOW HIGH THE MOON / ORNITHOLOGY OH, LADY BE GOOD (-1) BLUEBEARD BLUES (-1) ONE O' CLOCK JUMP WNEW Broadcast This is a very good collection. Some of the tunes (from the live sessions) are quite long. How High The Moon Clock in at 8:42. Wardell Gray is BAAD! And DeFranco, Terry, Royal are not bad either. It's quite intriguing to hear Basie doing tunes as Move, Ornithology, or Donna Lee. Check it out! In the liner notes, another Basie "CD featuring all the other studio recordings of the Count's small groups in 1950-1951" is announced. So, does this disc above include all live / movie dates by Basie from 50/51? The other CD I have picked up: Stan Getz "From Long Island to Stockholm". This collects various quartet dates for Prestige and Roost (all available in their complete forms on either some OJCCDs or the fabulous Getz Roost 3CD set released by Blue Note some years ago - one of my very favorite box-sets ever, by the way!). The reason why I bought this lies in the sessions following those quartet dates (none of these is complete on the CD, I think, and I'd not have bought it for that only, actually): There are all (?) eight sides Getz made in Sweden in March 1951: Stockholm, March 23, 1951: Stan Getz and his Swedish All Stars: Stan Getz - ts, Bengt Hallberg - p, Gunnar Johnson - b, Jack Noren - d. ACK VÄRMELAND DU SKÖNA (DEAR OLD STOCKHOLM) S' COOL BOYS NIGHT AND DAY I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU PRELUDE TO A KISS I'M GETTING SENTIMENTAL OVER YOU Stockholm, March 24, 1951: Stan Getz and his Swedish All Stars: Same personnel, add Lars Gullin - bari, Yngve Akerberg - b, replaces Johnson. FLAMINGO DON'T BE AFRAID. I never saw these Swedish sides on a Getz CD (well, I have not looked for them either...). Big for the production of these Sagajazz releases! The team includes people involved also in the Jazz in Paris reissues. Alain Tercinet, for instance selected the tracks for the Getz CD. Remastering seems to be as good as it gets. Cover art is quite nice as well, notes are in French and English, and while they're usually rather short, they contain some rather relevant information. By the way, both of these discs come from the probably rather recent new batch, numbers 51-60. You can find the whole listing of the series on the website, sagajazz.com (it includes track listings and years of recording for each track, but no personnel information). ubu ← FOR STAN GETZ IN SWEDEN TRY http://www.visarkiv.se/jazzdiskografi/ search under G Quote
Dmitry Posted July 26, 2005 Report Posted July 26, 2005 Is this material available elsewhere on cd in its complete form? I assume these are compilations. Quote
brownie Posted July 26, 2005 Report Posted July 26, 2005 These are indeed compilations but they are very well done. Most of the tracks may be available in complete forms but they would be pretty hard to assemble. Of the new batch, I have only the Black California CD. In the tracks included in this compilation, there are new tracks to me, the following are among them: - Wilbert Baranco's 'Night and Day' (recorded for Black&White), - Buddy Collette's 'It's April' (recorded for Dolphin's of Hollywood), a 1948 session that I did not find in the Lord discography. Others tracks come from the Dial, Savoy, King, Clef, Decca, etc... catalogues. Quote
Bright Moments Posted December 16, 2007 Report Posted December 16, 2007 I bought those two "Jazzin' the Classics" discs. They are nicely packaged, you get all information (musicians, dates etc). ubu agreed! Quote
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