Parkertown Posted July 27, 2006 Report Posted July 27, 2006 Coltrane's Sound-white label promo-mono-VG someone needs to take away my credit cards...I'm dangerous. Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted July 27, 2006 Report Posted July 27, 2006 Johnny Mathis' Greatest Hits. Columbia red label. Quote
Larry Kart Posted July 27, 2006 Report Posted July 27, 2006 In the days when I reviewed a lot of mainstream (i.e. non-rock) pop singers in concerts and clubs, I always looked forward to a Mathis performance. His brand of timbral variation might not be to your taste (I had no problem there), but his ear and technical expertise were remarkable, especially when it came to using the microphone as an extension of his vocal means and intentions. Also, again with the boundaries of the chosen style, Mathis probably had the best charts in the business. As for emotion, "Piece of Dreams" (among others) never failed. Quote
Parkertown Posted July 27, 2006 Report Posted July 27, 2006 Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane - from the mid-70s Prestige two-fer of the same name. I've also got an OJC Lp of this on the way...but I found the two-fer last nite for only $4.50. The other set included in the two-fer is "The Cats", which I already have an OJC Lp of... It'll be interesting which ones win the shootout. So far, this two-fer sounds just great. Quote
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted July 27, 2006 Report Posted July 27, 2006 Bill Nelson's Rednoise 'Sound-on-Sound' (Harvest) Quote
brownie Posted July 27, 2006 Report Posted July 27, 2006 Red Garland 'Steppin' Out' (Galaxy) with Kenny Burrell, Ron Carter and Ben Riley Quote
sidewinder Posted July 27, 2006 Report Posted July 27, 2006 A bit of classic British jazz tonight: Neil Ardley/Don Rendell/Ian Carr 'Greek Variations' (UK Columbia Lansdowne stereo) Don Rendell/Ian Carr 'Shades of Blue' (UK Columbia Lansdowne mono) Mike Westbrook 'Tyger' (RCA Red Label stereo) Quote
paul secor Posted July 27, 2006 Report Posted July 27, 2006 Guitar Nubbit: Re-Living the Legend! (Matchbox) - 45 rpm LP with much better sound than the Wolf CD which followed it a few years later - tho the CD has several extra Nubbit tracks and recordings by Alabama Watson on it. Quote
brownie Posted July 28, 2006 Report Posted July 28, 2006 Johnny Griffin 'Way Out!' (Riverside, mono, blue label) One of Griff's very best (with that Riverside house rhythm section of Kenny Drew, Wilbur Ware and Philly Joe Jones! Quote
Parkertown Posted July 28, 2006 Report Posted July 28, 2006 (edited) Ornette Coleman & Pat Metheny - Song X Edited July 28, 2006 by Parkertown Quote
paul secor Posted July 28, 2006 Report Posted July 28, 2006 Bob Dylan: The Times They Are A-Changin' (Columbia mono) - I remember hearing Bob Dylan sing "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" on a television program in 1964. The power of that song is still there for me. Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted July 29, 2006 Report Posted July 29, 2006 OK. I have Pee Wee Crayton's album on my lap and these are the notes on the back: "Pee Wee is as gross a misnomer as labeling a fat man, Tiny. Pee Wee stands close to six-foot tall. And when Pee Wee Crayton throws back his head, and wails the cry of the blues - he towers a mighty colossus! He took to singing like a boy takes to strawerry jam. It came naturally, effortlessly. When someone thrust a battered guitar in his lap, his strong, brown hands curled around it. He caressed the strings and folk poetry leapt forth. PEE WEE CRAYTON. That's all there is in this "Crown" Album. Some of the songs are biting and barbaric. Desolate lonliness and black despair often creep into his music. Always, there is an aura of "funky" earthiness and vitality that radiates about Pee Wee Crayton. When he isn't singing, he basks in the solo spotlight, playing guitar. Backgrounds are supplied by a hard-rockin' rhythm section, aided and abetted by a raw-boned, gutty tenor sax. Pee Wee wrote all the tunes. Half are vocals, half instrumental. Big Crayton-hits "Texas Hop" and "Blues After Hours" are included. In the honest, compassionate, virile style of Pee Wee Crayton, all that is blues is projected. If you enjoy the blues, unadulterated and pure, we enthusiastically recommend... PEE WEE CRAYTON! John Marlo" Track List: Side 1 Texas Hop Blues After Hours Phone Call From My Baby California Women Side 2 Blues in My Heart Pee Wee's Boogie Old Fashioned Baby Blues For My Baby My Everything Good stuff. There is no personnel list, so the excellent backup which seems to consist of a piano, sax, drums and bass is anonymous. Too bad. I picked up the Pee Wee Crayton CDs this morning. No discography included in the sleeve notes of either, but some personnel details given. Some cuts with Harry Edison, Ben Webster, Jay McShann. Is your LP Crown 5175? I'll try to work out who's on which cuts later today. MG Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted July 29, 2006 Report Posted July 29, 2006 OK Patricia, I’ve had a chance to go through the sleeve notes for my two CDs and compare them to the track list you provided last week. Then I thought that, since top whack jazz musicians were on some of his sessions, I’d check Lord’s discography and have included what I’ve found in that (not much). Track List: Side 1 Texas Hop – David Lee Johnson (pno), Buddy Floyd (ts), Bill Davis (bs), Al “Cake” Witchard (d) Blues After Hours – as for “Texas hop” but omit Floyd Phone Call From My Baby – no info California Women – no info Side 2 Blues in My Heart – not in my CDs Pee Wee's Boogie – no info Old Fashioned Baby – poss as for “Blues after hours” Blues For My Baby - orig issue CLP5175 Jay McShann (pno), Witchard (d) unk others My Everything – orig issue CLP5175 there’s a hint that this may be same session as above The ones I’ve noted with “no info” were originally issued on Crown CLP5175. “No info” relates to what’s on the sleeve notes of my CDs; there is probably information available somewhere on these sessions. The sleeve notes mention the following names in relation to other tracks on the CDs: Ben Webster, Harry Edison, Jack La Rue (one of Pee Wee’s regular pianists) and Arnold Ross (the pianist who was in the original “Sounds of Synanon”). (According to Lord, which is not very helpful, Ernie Royal, Joe Comfort and Alvin Stoller were on the Edison/Webster session.) On some other tracks on the CD I’ve heard a tenor player who sounds a lot like Maxwell Davis (general factotum at Modern, Aladdin, Imperial and Specialty in this period). There’s also an alto player who is, to me, somewhat reminiscent in places of Sonny Criss. But in other places he doesn’t sound like him. Again according to Lord, Willard McDaniel was pianist on at least one session. Any of the CLP5175 tracks may have been recorded at the same sessions as these other tracks. Without the postwar blues discography, one simply can’t tell. Mind you, in the light of the paucity of info (some of which appears to be incorrect, some of which is definitely incorrect) in Lord, there might not be much to find in a blues discography. There appears to be another track on CLP5175 that you didn’t list. This is “Tired of travelin’”. That’s another for which there’s no info in my sleeve notes. The stuff appears to have been recorded between 1948 and 1951. Sorry there isn’t any more to say. Oh, except that I’m very pleased I’ve got these two CDs; thanks for bringing this up, Patricia. I might have waited a long time before deciding to get them (and missed them as I missed one of the Slim Harpo CDs). MG Quote
kh1958 Posted July 29, 2006 Report Posted July 29, 2006 Sonny Clark Trio (Blue Note, Japanese reissue). Quote
patricia Posted July 30, 2006 Report Posted July 30, 2006 (edited) Sorry there isn’t any more to say. Oh, except that I’m very pleased I’ve got these two CDs; thanks for bringing this up, Patricia. I might have waited a long time before deciding to get them (and missed them as I missed one of the Slim Harpo CDs). MG Please don't apologize. I can't believe you found the musicians that you did. THANK YOU so much MG. I really appreciate your finding this for me. You're a love. Edited July 30, 2006 by patricia Quote
wolff Posted July 30, 2006 Author Report Posted July 30, 2006 Johnny Cash: A Hundred Highways ........Johnny's final statement........ to have it reproduced in this fidelity is something unique, and actually quite gut-renching. The American Recordings of Cash(on vinyl) are amazing, period!!! I'm glad and sad, at the same time, that I have them. The truth, warmth and honesty Cash emotes is so simple, yet impossible to be ignored. So much music pales in comparison. I'd love to see Ruben and Dylan get together in the next year or two..... Quote
brownie Posted July 30, 2006 Report Posted July 30, 2006 Roy Eldridge 'Happy Time' (Pablo) with Oscar Peterson, Joe Pass, Ray Brown, Eddie Locke Quote
clifford_thornton Posted July 31, 2006 Report Posted July 31, 2006 Previously: Kenny Dorham - Matador (United Artists Japanese pressing) side one contains some of the sickest hard-bop ever recorded. Now: Clifford Thornton - Freedom & Unity (Third World original) I'd go so far as to say I prefer Thornton's trombone playing to his cornet work. But that's just me and my alter-ego! Quote
brownie Posted July 31, 2006 Report Posted July 31, 2006 Jimmy Hamilton 'It's About Time' (Swingville) with Clark Terry and Britt Woodman Quote
Parkertown Posted July 31, 2006 Report Posted July 31, 2006 Groove Holmes - Misty - Mono Blue label Prestige - Bergenfield NJ - yeah... Quote
brownie Posted August 1, 2006 Report Posted August 1, 2006 Sunny Murray 'Big Chief' (Pathé) with Bernard Vitet, Ken Terroade, François Tusques, Beb Guerin, Alan Silva, etc... Quote
clifford_thornton Posted August 1, 2006 Report Posted August 1, 2006 Sunny Murray 'Big Chief' (Pathé) with Bernard Vitet, Ken Terroade, François Tusques, Beb Guerin, Alan Silva, etc... One of my favorite Murray LPs! Quote
brownie Posted August 1, 2006 Report Posted August 1, 2006 Sunny Murray 'Big Chief' (Pathé) with Bernard Vitet, Ken Terroade, François Tusques, Beb Guerin, Alan Silva, etc... One of my favorite Murray LPs! Yeah, that Murray band was pretty wild. Was lucky to hear them live quite a number of times. Sonny Murray live is a total experience! Quote
Parkertown Posted August 2, 2006 Report Posted August 2, 2006 Bill Evans Trio - The Vanguard Sessions - Milestone mid-70s two-fer. Quote
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