optatio Posted February 22, 2017 Report Posted February 22, 2017 ANTHONY DAVIS: SONG FOR THE OLD WORLD. INDIA NAVIGATION IN 1036 [1978] Quote
clifford_thornton Posted February 22, 2017 Report Posted February 22, 2017 Â 12 hours ago, jeffcrom said: Alonzo Levister - Manhattan Monodrama (Debut). I found this record in a junk shop in Savannah around 20 years ago. I always thought it was interesting, but tonight it seems more than that - really excellent, well-crafted music. "Third Stream," maybe, and that implies "pretentious" to some folks, but there's none of that here - the music is natural-sounding, personal, and expressive. ah, thanks for the reminder on this one -- would love to check it out. Quote
BillF Posted February 22, 2017 Report Posted February 22, 2017 3 hours ago, John Tapscott said: Quote
HutchFan Posted February 22, 2017 Report Posted February 22, 2017 8 hours ago, optatio said: ANTHONY DAVIS: SONG FOR THE OLD WORLD. INDIA NAVIGATION IN 1036 [1978] I've had that record on my "To Get" list for a long time. I've never heard it, but I bet it's great. Â What do you think, optatio? Quote
optatio Posted February 22, 2017 Report Posted February 22, 2017 2 hours ago, HutchFan said: I've had that record on my "To Get" list for a long time. I've never heard it, but I bet it's great. Â What do you think, optatio? This extraordinary pianist with a remarkable vita is one of the most interesting and capable new improvisers, committed to the avant-garde as well as the tradition. His playing is complex, he is interested in polymetric structures. His first LP is for repeated listening. Quote
HutchFan Posted February 22, 2017 Report Posted February 22, 2017 2 hours ago, optatio said: This extraordinary pianist with a remarkable vita is one of the most interesting and capable new improvisers, committed to the avant-garde as well as the tradition. His playing is complex, he is interested in polymetric structures. His first LP is for repeated listening. Many thanks! Â Quote
clifford_thornton Posted February 22, 2017 Report Posted February 22, 2017 I like Lady of the Mirrors a lot (solo piano on India Nav). Quote
jeffcrom Posted February 23, 2017 Report Posted February 23, 2017 23 hours ago, paul secor said: Debut Records as in Mingus' Debut label? Yes, although I know this question has already been answered. Levister did some "music director" type work for Debut - arranging and conducting on several sessions. Later in life he did a lot of commercial arranging/composing - Motown, Verve, Broadway, commercials. Manhattan Monodrama seems to be the only time he was given the freedom to write and record whatever he wanted. It looks like one track showed up on a Debut CD collection, but it's otherwise un-reissued. Quote
HutchFan Posted February 23, 2017 Report Posted February 23, 2017 6 hours ago, clifford_thornton said: I like Lady of the Mirrors a lot (solo piano on India Nav). Yep. I know that one and like it too. Â Quote
jeffcrom Posted February 23, 2017 Report Posted February 23, 2017 George Lewis - Concert! (BN NYC). Found this one this afternoon. I had just about given up on finding a decent mono copy - every one I had previously come across was fake stereo. It sounds really good for a live recording of the time - RVG mastered, although he didn't do the recording. This is the afternoon set from a 1954 Bakersfield, California concert; the evening set was issued on Storyville. Quote
kh1958 Posted February 23, 2017 Report Posted February 23, 2017 2 hours ago, jeffcrom said: Yes, although I know this question has already been answered. Levister did some "music director" type work for Debut - arranging and conducting on several sessions. Later in life he did a lot of commercial arranging/composing - Motown, Verve, Broadway, commercials. Manhattan Monodrama seems to be the only time he was given the freedom to write and record whatever he wanted. It looks like one track showed up on a Debut CD collection, but it's otherwise un-reissued. Also the composer of Slow Dance on Traning In. Quote
optatio Posted February 24, 2017 Report Posted February 24, 2017 COUNT BASIE ORCHESTRA: GOOD MORNING BLUES. MCA RECORDS MCA2-4108 [1977] With an interesting detail on the backcover at the bottom left (enlarged): Quote
soulpope Posted February 24, 2017 Report Posted February 24, 2017 1 hour ago, optatio said: COUNT BASIE ORCHESTRA: GOOD MORNING BLUES. MCA RECORDS MCA2-4108 [1977] With an interesting detail on the backcover at the bottom left (enlarged): DAF = Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft .... Quote
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted February 25, 2017 Report Posted February 25, 2017 whoa- theyre pretty serious about that export sticker Quote
JohnS Posted February 25, 2017 Report Posted February 25, 2017 I've seen something similar on a few Impulse issues. A number of Blue Notes bore a small "For Export Only" labels.  Quite a lot of US Columbia issues were marketed in the UK with every mention of Columbia blacked out with marker pen and a with a black circular sticker around the edge of the label.  Quote
sidewinder Posted February 25, 2017 Report Posted February 25, 2017 6 hours ago, JohnS said: I've seen something similar on a few Impulse issues. I have a few like that - 'Dedication Series' twofers. Quote
kh1958 Posted February 25, 2017 Report Posted February 25, 2017 Kenny Burrell, A Night at the Village Vanguard (Argo stereo), and Benson and Farrell (CTI). Quote
optatio Posted February 25, 2017 Report Posted February 25, 2017 9 hours ago, JohnS said: I've seen something similar on a few Impulse issues. A number of Blue Notes bore a small "For Export Only" labels.  Quite a lot of US Columbia issues were marketed in the UK with every mention of Columbia blacked out with marker pen and a with a black circular sticker around the edge of the label.  JOHN COLTRANE: ASCENSION. MCA RECORDS AS-95 [1980] Engraved stamp on front cover above right: "Produced for GERMANY" Sticker on back cover at the bottom right: „EXPORT ONLY. FOR SALE OUTSIDE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES ONLY.“ Quote
kh1958 Posted February 25, 2017 Report Posted February 25, 2017 (edited) Charlie Parker, All Star Sextet (Royal Roost). 12 songs of Dial material from 1947. I've never heard a Dial 78 or Dial ten inch or LP, but this Roost late 1950s reissue is the best sounding version of this material that I have heard. Edited February 25, 2017 by kh1958 Quote
optatio Posted February 25, 2017 Report Posted February 25, 2017 ARCHIE SHEPP – HORACE PARLAN: EN CONCERT, 1rst SET. 52E RUE EST RE 015 [1987] Quote
clifford_thornton Posted February 25, 2017 Report Posted February 25, 2017 Orange - In the Midst of Chaos - (Free Force, US private pressing) Paul Flaherty-related 70s Connecticut wildness, glad to have finally found a copy after many years of searching. Quote
Dan Gould Posted February 25, 2017 Report Posted February 25, 2017 1 hour ago, optatio said: ARCHIE SHEPP – HORACE PARLAN: EN CONCERT, 1rst SET. 52E RUE EST RE 015 [1987] Thanks for posting this, I only recently heard the Steeplechase duo recordings and the idea of both stretching out more on a similar program is very appealing.  Then I found the CD issue which is two discs worth, and I was sold. Hopefully Amazon's one copy was available when I clicked "purchase". Quote
kh1958 Posted February 26, 2017 Report Posted February 26, 2017 Richard Groove Holmes, Get Up &Â Get It (Prestige). Very nicely recorded by RVG, with stellar line-up of Teddy Edwards, Pat Martino, Paul Chambers and Billy Higgins. John Klemmer, Constant Throb (Impulse). Quote
soulpope Posted February 26, 2017 Report Posted February 26, 2017 23 hours ago, optatio said: ARCHIE SHEPP – HORACE PARLAN: EN CONCERT, 1rst SET. 52E RUE EST RE 015 [1987] !! .... and the 2nd set features inter alias a great rendition of "Ruby My Dear" .... Quote
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