What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[mjazzg]

36 minutes ago, sidewinder said:

On the basis of side 1 track 1, sounds pretty good, nice and crisp. I have a good original so will check against it at some stage. Certainly trounces the BGO CD, fine release though that was.

One thing I like from this issue is that the fine rhythm section interplay with Holland, McLaughlin and co. comes through nice and clearly. 

Next stop - Le Dejeuner Sur LHerbe..

thanks, order will be placed. Is there any listings of what's coming after Dejeuner yet?  They really should set a subscription for this series

[jlhoots]

I have a CD reissue of Dejeuner. It's excellent.

[sidewinder]

18 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

thanks, order will be placed. Is there any listings of what's coming after Dejeuner yet?  They really should set a subscription for this series

No word that I’ve seen of as yet. The double album will presumably give some clues as to the shortlist though.

15 minutes ago, jlhoots said:

I have a CD reissue of Dejeuner. It's excellent.

Yes. that was a good CD issue. The LP came out originally and most unusually on UK Verve. There weren’t too many British jazz issues on that imprint. NJO and Phil Seamen come to mind. Both issues were very scarce.

[Ken Dryden]

2 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Interesting finds, Ken.  Playing "Pot Luck" with obscurities is always fun.

I've never even heard of Ralph Gari.  Sound good?

 

Yeah, Ralph Gari is rather versatile. I’ve never heard of the sidemen as well, but it is a fun session.

[mjazzg]

2 hours ago, sidewinder said:

The new Decca reissue.

Order placed along with the Mike Taylor RSD. Good old Juno

[sidewinder]

6 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

Order placed along with the Mike Taylor RSD. Good old Juno

Good move, both are worth having. As for me - just self-bankrupted and ordered the Lee Morgan Box, which is a must have for me.  It will be interesting to see if it actually arrives. 

[mjazzg]

7 minutes ago, sidewinder said:

Good move, both are worth having. As for me - just self-bankrupted and ordered the Lee Morgan Box, which is a must have for me.  It will be interesting to see if it actually arrives. 

Crikey! nice one.  Where did you find it in stock in the UK?

I'm someone who finds the 3CD version more than enough so I can happily sit this one out I think

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[sidewinder]

Amazon are currently listing it. Delivery quoted as 1st Sept. The price seems to be as good as anywhere over here and who knows, may actually drop (not holding my breath).

Yep, I’ve lived with and enjoyed the 3CD version from the time it came out. David Weiss has said some good things about the sound of the new issue, it’s Kevin Gray/RTI for the LPs and the Hoffmann Board people are already frothing at the mouth so resistance is futile. 

Edited August 20, 2021 by sidewinder

[mjazzg]

3 minutes ago, sidewinder said:

Amazon are currently listing it. Delivery quoted as 1st Sept. The price seems to be as good as anywhere over here and who knows, may actually drop (not holding my breath).

Yep, I’ve lived with and enjoyed the 3CD version from the time it came out. David Weiss has said some good things about the sound of the new issue, it’s Kevin Gray/RTI for the LPs and the Hoffmann Board people are already frothing at the mouth so resistance is futile. 

I'd take an LP's worth of 'Neophilia' any day of the week

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

On 8/19/2021 at 10:58 AM, soulpope said:

Yes, it's a pity that Brubeck's Trio activities were rather limited ....

wow wait that thats great is that release on amazon?  

oh i see, its mucho expensivo

[mjazzg]

John Graas - Jazz Lab 1 [Brunswick, UK 1956]

[mjazzg]

Van Morrison - Astral Weeks {Warner bros., UK 1969]

Richard Davis!

Edited August 21, 2021 by mjazzg

[Teasing the Korean]

Martin Denny - Latin Village - Liberty (mono)

Arrangements by Bob Florence and THEE GREAT ROBERT DRASNIN.

Sonny Stitt - The Matadors Meet the Bull - Roulette (mono)

Edited August 21, 2021 by Teasing the Korean

[Teasing the Korean]

Mulatu of Ethiopia - Ethiopian Airlines - Worthy Records (W-1020), from 1972.

Edited August 22, 2021 by Teasing the Korean

[Teasing the Korean]

Stitt Goes Latin - Roost (mono)

 

Edited August 22, 2021 by Teasing the Korean

[Teasing the Korean]

The Walter Raim Concept.  

• Endless Possiblities
• Brave New Concepts Century 21 Orchestra.  

Both of these are on the MTA label.  Endless Possibilities consists of mostly originals, but also a couple of Bacharach covers.  There is a chorus, and there are lyrics.  It conveys that post-Jesus Christ Superstar air of young couples finding themselves.  The second album  is instrumental versions of classics, with a "rock" beat. 

Both are wonderful records for today's young couple as they prepare dinner and drink wine, but in particular, I go for Endless Possibilities of the two.

[JSngry]

did you know (I did not, but didn't really care enough to find out until just now) that MTA Records was run by Bob Thompson?

https://www.discogs.com/label/102555-MTA-Records-2

I had hoped that their first Watrous record would have been a prelude to the one with Water Raim, but no, it is a very sad totally-at-face-value "easy listening" record. Walter Raim had a pretty limited run, MTA apparently did a LOT of 45s, and never thid that yield a lost bonanza.

The one MTA thing that might be interesting (apart from one called "Stainless Soul" by a Baltimore band called The New Apocalypse by somebody called are the ones by Bert Collins/Joe Shepley, Collins/Shepley Galaxy they are called, arranged by Mike Abene. I THINK I found one on a blog a while back, but if I did, it did not impress like the Watrous/Raim record did. THAT one...it used to get played on a local Easy Listening FM station when I was in high school, never back-announced for anything, but in the meantime, Bill Watrous had gotten a name for himself. So when I saw that record in a Woolco cutout bin and was all WTF? and yeah, 99 cents, sure. Took it home and IMMMEDIATELY recognized it as THAT record.

Collins/Shepley Galaxy, two records, one on YouTube, the other not(?). The opne not is an album of Beatles tunes. The other one is a pretty good, if normal, jazz record. I want to hear the Beatles covers.

But until then...

 

[jlhoots]

On 8/21/2021 at 3:01 PM, mjazzg said:

Van Morrison - Astral Weeks {Warner bros., UK 1969]

Richard Davis!

Connie Kay

[mjazzg]

4 hours ago, jlhoots said:

Connie Kay

Yep.  It's almost a Jazz album. Morrison gave them little direction in the studio.

[sidewinder]

McCoy Tyner ‘Essence’ (French Milestone 2LP). No usable cover graphics on the internet. 

[jazzcorner]

[sidewinder]

Steeplechase 180g

[Rabshakeh]

Lee Konitz Meets Warne Marsh Again (Pausa, 1984)

A real gem, recorded in 1976, around the same time as Marsh's 70s revival on record with All Music and Tenor Gladness. Konitz is also at his angular 70s peak. It features the late Peter Ind. 

With thanks to whoever it was who recommended it in the Blow Brother Konitz thread back in May (possibly JS).

[mjazzg]

Creative Arts Ensemble - One Step Out [Nimbus West/Outernational Sounds, 2018]

2x45rpm, evidently...

[Rabshakeh]

Yep. Can you hear the improvement?