Stompin at the Savoy

I finally found a nice copy of this at a very affordable price, completing my set of Basie Mosaics! Funny, when asked what music I was into I used to say Miles, Coltrane, Blue Note label etc. Now it's Basie and big band generally.

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I started with the flac and eventually bought a set. (Somehow I always seem to do that if the set is not too crazy expensive). They are the same.

The full flac download is 1.8 gigabytes (compressed as zip). I have the disks and they are 1.9 Gigabytes. This is the full file.

You can get it as lossless flac files here - https://archive.org/details/completecapitolrecordingswoodyherman

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A couple were pretty tight on my set. I think the key thing when they are very tight is not to pull up on one side only - that will snap the disk. Pull up all around the disk and wiggle a bit raising left, right, top bottom slightly as you pull it out.

Frank Foster - No 'Count https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QHWbT_KEQE

It sounds like something you would find in a Shakey's Pizza parlor circa 1968. Oddly hollow and metallic.

The piano seems bad. I mean the instrument. Tuning or maybe just a bad piano. Conceivably the way it was miked... But the tone of it sounds bad to me. Nevertheless the recording has much to recommend it and I'll probably end up getting it. I was particularly interested to hear Larry Young on piano and he is playing pretty well but the piano.

Listening to it on Spotify. Some fine playing and excellent sound.

I think I actually have that 4 disc collection but in a cheapo edition with no documentation. I've been thinking about getting the 11 disk Mosaic and bid on one the other day but lost.

So why does it say RCA on the cover?

Wait, does the Mosaic orchestra set include RCA? Or do you mean distillation of the RCA set?

Oh heck yeah, it's terrific stuff.

I am actually not really sure what point you are making here. That the JATP crowds were rowdier than other venues? But I've seen quite a bit of evidence that similar scenes occurred in other venues. I was just being born then so I don't really remember musical venues or that sort of thing till later in the fifties. I don't know if you have listened to this material recently *. This audience of the early 50's is just a really far cry from a modern jazz audience, regardless of the venue. And that is not so surprising - 70 years is a long time and cultural trends and fashions change all the time. *Can't get the discography on Mosaic site to link directly but here is a sample: (A) NORMAN GRANZ’ JAZZ AT THE PHILHARMONIC: Harry Edison (tp), Bill Harris (tb), Flip Phillips, Lester Young (ts), Hank Jones (p), Ray Brown (b), Buddy Rich (d). Carnegie Hall, NYC, September 16, 1950 JC-1 Norgran Blues Norgran MG JC #1 – Side I JC-1 Lady Be Good – JC-1-Side-2 I Don’t Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You -1 Norgran MG JC #1 – Side II JC-1-Side-2 Indiana – -1 omit Phillips. Note: The original tape log indicates that these were initially recorded on acetate discs with transfers onto tape dubbed on June 24, 1954. Norgran Blues made up sides 1 & 2; Lady Be Good on sides 3 & 4; I Don’t Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You on sides 5 & 6; and Indiana on sides 7 & 8. _____________________________________________________________ (B) THE COLEMAN HAWKINS SET: Coleman Hawkins (ts), Hank Jones (p), Ray Brown (b), Buddy Rich (d). same concert as (A). JC-1-Side-4 Yesterdays Norgran MG JC #1 – Side IV JC-1-Side-4 Hawk’s Tune (Disorder At The Border) – JC-1-Side-4 Stuffy – Note: According to the Verve LP re-issue of this material, Bob Porter notes that three other titles might have been recorded but they no longer exist. ________________________________________________________________________ (C) THE BUDDY RICH TRIO: Hank Jones (p), Ray Brown (b), Buddy Rich (d). same concert as (A). JC-1-Side-4 Carnegie Blues (Air Mail Special) Norgran MG JC #1 – Side IV ________________________________________________________________________ (D) NORMAN GRANZ’ JAZZ AT THE PHILHARMONIC: Roy Eldridge, Charlie Shavers (tp), Benny Carter (as), Flip Phillips, Lester Young (ts), Oscar Peterson (p), Barney Kessel (el-g), Ray Brown (b), Buddy Rich (d). Carnegie Hall, NYC, September 13, 1952 MGC 1064 1F Jam Session Blues Clef / Mer MG Vol. 15 – Pt. I MGC 1065 1F The Trumpet Battle Clef / Mer MG Vol. 15 – Pt. II MGC 1065 1F The Ballad Medley: I Can’t Get Started (LY) Summertime (CS) Sweet Lorraine (FP) It’s The Talk Of The Town (RE) Cocktails For Two (BC) – MGC 1066 1F Cotton Tail Clef / Mer MG Vol. 15 – Pt. III ____________________________________________

https://archive.org/details/11-james-p-johnson-rare-piano-rags-1920-23-musidisc-ja-5120_202106 Free stream or download

Some great bop playing by Hank Jones on the first disk. The audience response is often somewhat different from what it would be nowadays. They get into a real frenzy whenever a horn plays a syncopated one-note ostinato figure. Apparently this was deemed intensity? They were also very fond of yelling out "Go!" Which often seems a distraction from the solo rather than encouragement.

You know, in most record labels the producer of a release would not be answering emails and seeing if records had been mailed to customers. It's kind of awe-inspiring that they are able to pull this stuff off at all. Seems to be a handful of staff performing all the jobs that a large record label does.

I think it is simpler than crafty pecuniary motives. You have here researchers, discographers, explorers of tape vaults, managers of a record release. And they are great at that. They are not that good at the sales end.

Mine just arrived! The book is printed on unusually thick stock, making it massive. Nice looking box. Today is really Mosaic day. I also received in the mail a used copy of the Grachan Moncur III select. Plus I bid successfully on the June Christy Peggy Lee set. Yay! p.s.: The paper stock is thicker than usual but it also turned out I had several duplicate leaves, not bound but just stuck loose in the book, hence my surprise when I first picked it up. Recently I got an old Django book with missing leaves and now I got this one with extras.