Leeway Posted February 17, 2014 Report Posted February 17, 2014 (edited) THINK! - Lonnie Smith (organ), Lee Morgan (tp), David Newman (ts), Melvin Sparks (g), Marion Booker Jr (d), Latin percussionists. Blue Note LP reissue. Funky, but coolly hipster too. Edited February 17, 2014 by Leeway Quote
Leeway Posted February 17, 2014 Report Posted February 17, 2014 AFRO-DESIA - Lonnie Smith, et al. Including a young Joe Lovano(!). Groove Merchant LP. Funky, soulful, boppish - a cool album. Quote
Kevin Bresnahan Posted February 17, 2014 Report Posted February 17, 2014 (edited) Red Rodney - The 3 R's (Muse). This sounds a bit tired which is weird 'cause it's a killer band. Red Rodney in particular sounds pretty weak. Roland Hanna's piano/keyboard sound is rinky-dink and George Duvivier's bass is recorded in that typical late 70's/early 80's twangy style. It might be why it wasn't released right away. The funny thing is, I bought this record mainly because Malcolm Addey was the recording engineer. I guess he got better with time? EDIT: AM I the only one who found it funny that a schoolboard has the band listed with improper capitalization? Edited February 17, 2014 by Kevin Bresnahan Quote
JSngry Posted February 17, 2014 Report Posted February 17, 2014 What's the deal with that one, especially (but not only) relative to the label? Surely not recorded in the stockroom?!?!?!? Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted February 17, 2014 Report Posted February 17, 2014 "Recorded at Contemporary's studio in Los Angeles. Sound by Roy DuNann & Howard Holzer." Quote
JSngry Posted February 17, 2014 Report Posted February 17, 2014 So, stockroom! Did Contemporary do a "classical" "series" for a little bit, or was this a one-off, more or less? Quote
paul secor Posted February 17, 2014 Report Posted February 17, 2014 Miles Davis in Europe (Sony Japan) Jim was right - a very, very fine record. I hate the way Tony Williams' drums are recorded on this (and on Miles' albums in general). He was obviously a powerful drummer (sorry to say, I never heard him live with Miles), but his drums are recorded so distantly and politely that you have to imagine what he actually sounded like. Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted February 17, 2014 Report Posted February 17, 2014 Yes, they did some classical - some of it on the Society for Forgotten Music label. I will try to locate my Contemporary catalogs. Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted February 17, 2014 Report Posted February 17, 2014 So, stockroom! Did Contemporary do a "classical" "series" for a little bit, or was this a one-off, more or less? Scanned from the inner sleeve - not complete (I remember a Toch Piano Concerto). You should read Steuermann's wiki bio and try to find his Schoenberg lp. Quote
tomatamot Posted February 17, 2014 Report Posted February 17, 2014 HARRY ARNOLD & QUINCY JONES-THE MIDNIGHT SUN NEVER SETS-1958 METRONOME SESSIONS Quote
JSngry Posted February 18, 2014 Report Posted February 18, 2014 So, stockroom! Did Contemporary do a "classical" "series" for a little bit, or was this a one-off, more or less? Scanned from the inner sleeve - not complete (I remember a Toch Piano Concerto). You should read Steuermann's wiki bio and try to find his Schoenberg lp. Will look at that, thanks. What do we get with the Vernon Duke stuff? Quote
paul secor Posted February 18, 2014 Report Posted February 18, 2014 Coleman Hawkins: Hawkins! Alive! At the Village Gate (Verve/Classic) Quote
Larry Kart Posted February 18, 2014 Report Posted February 18, 2014 So, stockroom! Did Contemporary do a "classical" "series" for a little bit, or was this a one-off, more or less? Scanned from the inner sleeve - not complete (I remember a Toch Piano Concerto). You should read Steuermann's wiki bio and try to find his Schoenberg lp. Will look at that, thanks. What do we get with the Vernon Duke stuff? FWIW, Stravinsky and Duke (Vladimir Dukelsky in his Russian days; at one point he was a Diaghilev protege) were not on good terms to say the least. Duke on Stravinsky: "Stravinsky is basically insecure, having traveled for many years with the slimmest musical baggage on the grandest scale but with the falsest possible pretences." Can't cite them right now, but I believe that Stravinsky had similar things to say about Duke. Quote
paul secor Posted February 18, 2014 Report Posted February 18, 2014 So, stockroom! Did Contemporary do a "classical" "series" for a little bit, or was this a one-off, more or less? Scanned from the inner sleeve - not complete (I remember a Toch Piano Concerto). You should read Steuermann's wiki bio and try to find his Schoenberg lp. Will look at that, thanks. What do we get with the Vernon Duke stuff? FWIW, Stravinsky and Duke (Vladimir Dukelsky in his Russian days; at one point he was a Diaghilev protege) were not on good terms to say the least. Duke on Stravinsky: "Stravinsky is basically insecure, having traveled for many years with the slimmest musical baggage on the grandest scale but with the falsest possible pretences." Can't cite them right now, but I believe that Stravinsky had similar things to say about Duke. Does Concord own the rights to this material now? Quote
JSngry Posted February 18, 2014 Report Posted February 18, 2014 So, what is Duke's material all about? Should it even be considered in the same...thought as Stravinsky, even in passing? Vernon Duke as "classical composer" is all new to me, but quick research shows that remedying that should be considered, no? Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted February 18, 2014 Report Posted February 18, 2014 Never felt the need to investigate. Quote
JSngry Posted February 18, 2014 Report Posted February 18, 2014 Hell, I'm checking out Mel Powell, might as well check out Vernon Duke as well. M6007 has a performance by Donald Christlieb (Yeah, Pete's dad, I know), who I've heard before, an outstanding bassoonist. eBay turned up a $10.00 price for an allegedly "near mint" LP, we'll see about all of that, vinyl and music. But I know that it'll have some outstanding bassoon playing on it, so hey. The other Contemporary side...just found one mention of it in a retail forum, and the price was, like, $54.00...definitely not feeling the need to investigate that. Especially since there's some other recordings of his (Duke's) works available on Amazon for less than that combined. I'm getting all of it, CDs & LP for under that. A fool and his money, perhaps, we'll see. Quote
uli Posted February 18, 2014 Report Posted February 18, 2014 (edited) Edited February 18, 2014 by uli Quote
porcy62 Posted February 18, 2014 Report Posted February 18, 2014 (edited) WB, orange logo. A suprisingly ugly cover among the WB outputs. Edited February 18, 2014 by porcy62 Quote
paul secor Posted February 18, 2014 Report Posted February 18, 2014 So, stockroom! Did Contemporary do a "classical" "series" for a little bit, or was this a one-off, more or less? Scanned from the inner sleeve - not complete (I remember a Toch Piano Concerto). You should read Steuermann's wiki bio and try to find his Schoenberg lp. Will look at that, thanks. What do we get with the Vernon Duke stuff? FWIW, Stravinsky and Duke (Vladimir Dukelsky in his Russian days; at one point he was a Diaghilev protege) were not on good terms to say the least. Duke on Stravinsky: "Stravinsky is basically insecure, having traveled for many years with the slimmest musical baggage on the grandest scale but with the falsest possible pretences." Can't cite them right now, but I believe that Stravinsky had similar things to say about Duke. Does Concord own the rights to this material now? Yes. I guess it doesn't matter much. Concord will never reissue it and I doubt that any small outfit will ever lease it. Quote
mjazzg Posted February 18, 2014 Report Posted February 18, 2014 S.M.E - Live, Big Band and Quartet [Vinyl Records] Quote
Leeway Posted February 18, 2014 Report Posted February 18, 2014 S.M.E - Live, Big Band and Quartet [Vinyl Records] Sweet! Quote
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