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  1. Erroll Garner in Today's Wall Street Journal

    in Jazz In Print - Periodicals, Books, Newspapers, etc...

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    I agree that it is nice to see more jazz coverage in the WSJ. I am puzzled at the information conveyed by Friedwald regarding the concert. I no longer have my copy of Columbia CL 883 but recall that the liner notes clearly indicated that the concert was taped at the Sunset Auditorium in Carmel where Jimmy Lyons hosted a series of concerts featuring artists who were also performing at the Monterey Jazz Festival. Do they employ fact checkers at the WSJ?

  3. Fantasy matrix numbers

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    I have listed below the matrix numbers for the Fantasy 78s in my collection. I do not see any cohesive pattern that would indicate how they assigned matrix numbers. Perhaps the crossword wizard at the NYT can figure it out!

    3006/3008 501 DAVE BRUBECK

    3010/3025 502 DAVE BRUBECK

    3039/3042 503 DAVE BRUBECK

    J-103-A & COR554/J-103-B & COR553 504 DAVE BRUBECK

    J-104-A & COR551/J-104-B & COR552 505 DAVE BRUBECK

    6037/6048 506 DAVE BRUBECK

    3029/6034 507 DAVE BRUBECK

    6031/6045 508 DAVE BRUBECK

    7013/7031 509 DAVE BRUBECK

    7027/7036 510 DAVE BRUBECK

    7042/7047 511 DAVE BRUBECK

    7021/7052 512 DAVE BRUBECK

    11015/11036 513 DAVE BRUBECK

    10004/11010 514 DAVE BRUBECK

    10010/10026 515 DAVE BRUBECK

    10020/10041 516 DAVE BRUBECK

    8127/8137 517 DAVE BRUBECK

    8130/8134 518 DAVE BRUBECK

    11113/11119 519 DAVE BRUBECK

    11103/11133 520 DAVE BRUBECK

    4203/4204 521 DAVE BRUBECK

    9258/9261 522 GERRY MULLIGAN

    9205/9232 523 DAVE BRUBECK

    9239/9250 524 DAVE BRUBECK

    9266/9273 525 GERRY MULLIGAN

    9252/9253 526 DAVE BRUBECK

    9217/9244 527 DAVE BRUBECK

    1318/1326 528 GERRY MULLIGAN

    1315/1327 529 GERRY MULLIGAN

    1501/1502 530 DAVE BRUBECK

    1504/1505 531 CAL TJADER

    1506/1507 532 CAL TJADER

    1508/1509 533 CAL TJADER

    1510/1511 534 CAL TJADER

    1502/1503-D2 535 DAVE BRUBECK

    FAN-1518-D1/FAN-1519-D1 536 CAL TJADER

    Circle Records used the same metal stampers for the Coronet and Fantasy issues of Coronet 104/Coronet 103 and Fantasy 504/Fantasy 505.

    Assigning matrix numbers is not rocket science. Much of my recent research has been devoted to the Modern label established by the Bihari brothers in Los Angeles in the mid 1940s. They assigned a new matrix number, in sequence, to each tune recorded within a session, and then a "dash-one, dash-two, etc., to each take of that tune. Exceptions to this system seem to be limited to stuff they licensed from other labels as well as things that Modern did not record like the jazz things from the Gene Norman Presents concerts. In a 1994 interview Gene Norman stated that when he began his concerts in 1947 at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium they had to have a dedicated phone line from Pasadena to Radio Recorders in Hollywood where they made 16" acetates live as the concert was presented.

    Jim

  5. BIRDLAND BOOK

    in Jazz In Print - Periodicals, Books, Newspapers, etc...

    Posted

    Correction....It will not be with Jordi...his book is different than mine.

    Mine will come out in 2011...when I reach 66...for tax purposes.

    Limited numbered edition. Many never before seen photos. Interviews, newspaper clippings and the like as well as about the other NYC clubs at the time.

    Wow, this thread is evolving fast. A day ago you were doing a book with Pujol, now you aren't, but Jordi is also doing a book? I am sure the details are lurid and won't ask.

    I was going to suggest Norman Saks but see he has already joined the thread. If you do not have Norman's book you should get in touch with Phil Schaap and pick up a copy. Also you should get in contact with Ted Gioia regarding Marcel Fleiss' photos of Birdland.

    I hope you have a healthy budget for photos.

    Jim

  6. Carole Reiff Jazz Photography

    in Jazz In Print - Periodicals, Books, Newspapers, etc...

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    It's reassuring to confirm that the brains cells devoted to memory are still functional. The photo by Carole Reiff that I referenced is indeed in the booklet for the recent Chet Baker Barclay sessions. It is on page 61 and is a nice photo of Chet boarding the Pan Am propeller clipper at Idelwild Airport, September 4, 1955. The Carole Reiff Photography archive is in good hands with a professional in the jazz photography field, Kati Meister.

    Here are the details regarding her credentials:

    ********************

    KATI MEISTER

    KATI MEISTER produces in film, television, and theatre. She is currently a Producer on Unnatural History, an animated children's TV series in development with Thirteen/WNET. She recently produced Lights! Action! Music! (a WLIW public television documentary on music scoring for the movies) and was the Associate Producer on two other PBS programs: a documentary (BBC co-production) entitled The World of Jewish Humor and the pioneering, interactive children's series, I'll Do It. 



    Kati's extensive film credits as a Supervisor of Research, Rights and Clearances include Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam (HBO); Saturday Night Live (NBC); The Original Max Talking Headroom Show (Cinemax); John Hammond: From Bessie Smith to Bruce Springsteen (PBS); Children of Woodstock (ITV, UK); Inside the Actors Studio (Bravo); Nichols and May: Take Two (PBS); A Comic Life: Steve Martin (Comedy Central); Atlantic: Hip to the Tip (Channel Four, UK); Tom Dowd and the Language of Music (Palm Pictures); The Argonomist and Man from Plains (Jonathan Demme); and Beah: A Black Woman Speaks (HBO). Kati has also lent her expertise to many feature films such as Woody Allen's Zelig, Broadway Danny Rose, Crimes and Misdemeanors, and Alice; Greg Hoblit's Frequency and Hart's War; Jonathan Demme's The Manchurian Candidate; Bill Condon's Kinsey; and Mel Brooks's The Producers—The Movie Musical. 



    In addition, Kati supervised Picture Research on the 565-page pictorial history of Atlantic Records, What’d I Say—The Atlantic Story, 50 Years of Music. She has shepherded several books to publication, including The Jazz Image, a history of jazz photography published by Abrams Books. She is also the Manager of the Carole Reiff Photo Archive, a collection of extraordinary jazz photos from the 1950s and 60s. 


    After graduating from Mount Holyoke College, Kati taught dance and then went on to become the first Executive Director of the Northern Berkshire Council of the Arts, where she was responsible for designing, promoting, and running a wide variety of arts programs for fifteen diverse towns in Northern Berkshire County. 



    In New York, Kati is on the Advisory Board of Dancing With Horses, a unique dance company creating dances for horses, equestrians and dancers. In 2003, she was a Producer on the First Annual Nightlife Awards, given for the best NYC nightclub performances in Cabaret, Comedy, and Jazz. Kati was the Co-Producer of the Theatre World Awards in 2006 and 2007.

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    I noticed a new thread on this forum regarding a new book in the planning stages to be published by Jordi Pujol who owns Fresh Sound Records. Obviously, the Reiff archive contains numerous photos of Birdland which would add greatly to this book. I hope that Jordi has established a generous budget for photos.

    Jim

  7. Carole Reiff Jazz Photography

    in Jazz In Print - Periodicals, Books, Newspapers, etc...

    Posted

    Huh? I've spoken to the person who has the negatives. And all rights for the archives, so I don't know what this is about.

    The book stinks because so many photos are misidentified.

    I recall seeing a Carole Reiff photograph recently, it was taken at one of the New York airports with Chet Baker posed at the boarding ramp as he prepared to visit Europe for the first time. I believe that the photo was in the booklet for the recent eight CD set of all of Chet’s Barclay recordings. I won’t be able to check and verify until I return home next week. Currently enjoying some of the finest big band jazz one could wish: Les Hooper, Frankie Capp, John Altman, Ann Patterson, Chris Walden, Roger Neumann, Gordon Goodwin,etc. All at the Los Angeles Jazz Institute’s four festival at LAX, A SWINGING AFFAIR.

    Jim

    P.S. No, it was not the Claxton photo that was used on the cover of PJ-1218 using models. If the Reiff photo is in the Chet set that means someone had access to her archive and licensed the photo for use in the booklet.

  8. Pacific Jazz 78 rpm discog. list

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    See my write up in Names & Numbers, AL HAIG ON PACIFIC JAZZ.

    Jim

    What's Names & Numbers - have done a search (google) & nothing significant comes up

    Am I missing something simple here?

    Also, has PJ 603 (Babasin/Haig - Saunders, Meanders / How About You) ever been released on CD (or LP)?

    I think all the other 78's have had a CD release over the past 20 or so years

    No, the Babasin has not been reissued. N&N is a discography journal based in the Netherlands. Drop me an email off board and I will send a copy to your snail address.

    Jim (jaharrod@cox.net)

  9. Fantasy matrix numbers

    in Discography

    Posted

    Does anybody here know which system Fantasy used to attribute matrix numbers in the 1950's? Somehow I cannot determinate whether it is session based or whatever ...

    Thanks, as always.

    Very good question. I have about three dozen of the first 78s from 501 through 536, all of the 10" LPs, and around sixty of the EP releases on 45. I have never examined the matrix numbers on these releases, but checking some of them just now I would have to answer . . . whatever!

    Release 9.0 of the Lord discography lists matrix numbers for these first 78s...

    501 uses 3006 and 3008

    502 uses 3010 and 3025

    503 uses 3039 and 3032

    504 uses the Coronet matrices COR-553 and COR-554*

    505 uses the Coronet matrices COR-551 and COR-552*

    506 uses 6037 and 6048

    507 uses 3029 and 6034

    508 uses 6031 and 6045

    and so on...

    later the numbers jump to 7000 and 10000 sequences?

    I have some of the early Galaxy 78s as well...

    701 uses 7103 and 7107

    702 uses 8109 and 8114

    703 uses 11160 and 11150

    When I get a spare moment with nothing else pressing I will tabulate the matrix numbers on everything in my collection and see if any system emerges.

    Once again, great question.

    Jim

    *Brubeck's first releases were on the Coronet label.

  11. Pacific Jazz 78 rpm discog. list

    in Discography

    Posted

    info requested re Pacific Jazz 78 rpm releases....saw one on ebay (currently)-- what a suprise, ive never seen one of these in real life. is there a known documentaion of them?>

    There were a total of 27 Pacific Jazz 78 releases.

    GERRY MULLIGAN GERRY MULLIGAN QUARTET PJ - 78 RPM PJ-601

    GERRY MULLIGAN GERRY MULLIGAN QUARTET PJ - 78 RPM PJ-602

    HARRY BABASIN HARRY BABASIN QUARTET FEATURING AL HAIG PJ - 78 RPM PJ-603

    GERRY MULLIGAN GERRY MULLIGAN QUARTET PJ - 78 RPM PJ-604

    CHET BAKER CHET BAKER QUARTET PJ - 78 RPM PJ-605

    GERRY MULLIGAN GERRY MULLIGAN QUARTET PJ - 78 RPM PJ-606

    GERRY MULLIGAN GERRY MULLIGAN QUARTET PJ - 78 RPM PJ-607

    MULLIGAN-BAKER-KONITZ GERRY MULLIGAN QUARTET WITH LEE KONITZ PJ - 78 RPM PJ-608

    MULLIGAN-BAKER-KONITZ GERRY MULLIGAN QUARTET WITH LEE KONITZ PJ - 78 RPM PJ-609

    CHET BAKER CHET BAKER QUARTET PJ - 78 RPM PJ-610

    GERRY MULLIGAN GERRY MULLIGAN QUARTET PJ - 78 RPM PJ-611

    HARRY EDISON HARRY EDISON QUARTET PJ - 78 RPM PJ-612

    HARRY EDISON HARRY EDISON QUARTET PJ - 78 RPM PJ-613

    CHET BAKER CHET BAKER QUARTET PJ - 78 RPM PJ-614

    CHET BAKER CHET BAKER QUARTET PJ - 78 RPM PJ-615

    GERRY MULLIGAN GERRY MULLIGAN QUARTET PJ - 78 RPM PJ-616

    CHICO HAMILTON CHICO HAMILTON TRIO PJ - 78 RPM PJ-617

    CHET BAKER CHET BAKER ENSEMBLE PJ - 78 RPM PJ-618

    CHET BAKER CHET BAKER QUARTET PJ - 78 RPM PJ-619

    SHANK-ALMEIDA ALMEIDA-SHANK QUARTET PJ - 78 RPM PJ-620

    MONTROSE-GORDON GORDON-MONTROSE QUINTET PJ - 78 RPM PJ-621

    JOHNNY HOLIDAY JOHNNY HOLIDAY AND RUSS GARCIA ORCHESTRA PJ - 78 RPM PJ-622

    BUD SHANK BUD SHANK & THREE TROMBONES PJ - 78 RPM PJ-623

    CHET BAKER CHET BAKER SEXTET PJ - 78 RPM PJ-624

    BOB BROOKMEYER BOB BROOKMEYER QUARTET PJ - 78 RPM PJ-625

    AL HAIG AL HAIG TRIO PJ - 78 RPM PJ-626

    CLIFFORD BROWN CLIFFORD BROWN ENSEMBLE PJ - 78 RPM PJ-627

    Perhaps the rarest among these is the Al Haig Trio PJ-626 as the 10" LP release was cancelled. I found a copy of this 78 from a Canadian seller on Ebay a few years back.

    There are two other 78 releases, one using the Pacifica label and one released using a Drum City label.

    Many of the alternate takes that have appeared on CD reissues were originally released on PJ 78s and 45s.

    Jim Harrod

  14. TAMPA LP-12: Shorty And The Lighthouse All-Stars

    in Discography

    Posted

    i have the BIG BOY 78 from this session but i do not know the rest of the LP cuts- in fact i overlooked that there even WAS a whole LP issue! just wanted to see the info for this date.....thnx

    I wrote an article for Names & Numbers (issue 42) that traced the history of the initial recordings of the Lighthouse All Stars, BIG BOY Parts 1 & 2, being the first commercial release of the LHAS on a Skylark 78. The owner of Skylark/Tampa reissued BIB BOY numerous times on various formats, 45 single, 45 EP, 10" LP, 12" LP, etc.

    Jim

  15. Shelly Manne & His Men

    in Discography

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    Volume Three is not with Shelly Manne and His Men, it is with Shorty Rogers and Jimmy Giuffre.

    Thanks. So I was right about that after all? Interesting...

    The fourth 10" LP with Shelly was C-2518 and simply labelled "Shelly Manne & Russ Freeman" - both later combined on a 12" LP as "The Three and The Two."

    That again is a bit odd, since at least on my CD copy of "Swinging Sounds" it clearly says "Vol. 4".

    Maybe that wasn't anywhere to be seen on the LP? It's not part of the cover artwork at least.

    Once again you are confusing 10" LP issues with later 12" LP issues on vinyl. Email me off line at jaharrod@uci.edu if you need additional clarification.

    Jim

  16. Shelly Manne & His Men

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    I'm trying to piece together a rough discography of Shelly Manne & His Men on Contemporary. So far I have:

    Vol. 1: The West Coast Sound

    Vol. 2: New Works

    Vol. 3: ???

    Vol. 4: Swinging Sounds

    Vol. 5: More Swinging Sounds (doesn't really say Vol. 5 on the CD though)

    Vol. 6: Concerto for Clarinet and Combo

    Vol. 7: The Gambit

    + the Black Hawk and Manne-Hole sets and the "Yesterdays" live disc on Pablo.

    Half of Vol. 6 ended up on the Vol. 2 CD with Sophisticated Rabbit,

    Bags' Groove and My Old Flame still not available on CD as it seems.

    What was Vol. 3? Was it Shelly Manne's The Three (and The Two)?

    As Chuck Nessa has mentioned the transition from 10" to 12" LPs caused some confusion, especially with the Lighthouse All Stars LPs where Volume One was actually on the Lighthouse label originally, as a 12" LP. Then the first Lighthouse LP on the Contemporary label was a 10" LP, C-2501, and labelled Volume 2.

    Volume One of Shelly Manne and His Men was C-2503. Volume Two was C-2511. Volume Three was C-2516. All of these were 10" LPs. Volume Three is not with Shelly Manne and His Men, it is with Shorty Rogers and Jimmy Giuffre. The fourth 10" LP with Shelly was C-2518 and simply labelled "Shelly Manne & Russ Freeman" - both later combined on a 12" LP as "The Three and The Two."

    I hope that helps.

    Jim

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