What vinyl are you spinning right now??

[kh1958]

Fats Waller in London (Capitol)

June Christy, The Misty Miss Christy (Capitol)

[sidewinder]

On 24/06/2020 at 4:22 PM, mjazzg said:

Another of today's arrivals...

Grant Green - Street Of Dreams [Blue Note] 1970 repress

what a quartet, four of my favourite players on their respective instruments

Is that 1970 issue the blue/black label one ?

[Chuck Nessa]

Edited June 26, 2020 by Chuck Nessa

[Larry Kart]

I remember sitting in Hal's apartment with the whole crew -- musicians, families, girlfriends, etc. but not Joe Daley himself -- as they reacted to the then brand new album. A high-spirited, rather prickly, touchy gathering.. Joe's contributions did not escape criticism IIRC.

[Chuck Nessa]

2 minutes ago, Larry Kart said:

I remember sitting in Hal's apartment with the whole crew -- musicians, families, girlfriends, etc. but not Joe Daley himself -- as they reacted to the then brand new album. 

Where was his apartment then. I later spent time in him and his wife at their home in Lyons circa 1980.

[Larry Kart]

Somewhere on the southwest side, I think, in a pleasant neighborhood IIRC.

[jazzcorner]

MelosMusik GS 702 - Siegfried Schwan " Guitaristics" - rec. 2000 - Engineer: Gert Markert
German guitarist and composer.
Born August 5, 1940 in Ludwigshafen, mostly known as Sigi Schwab.
Active in jazz and classical music, he also published several books about guitar playing styles.

 

 

[kh1958]

Pat Martino, Exit (Muse)

Dave Brubeck Quartet at Carnegie Hall (Columbia)

[mjazzg]

On 26/06/2020 at 8:51 PM, sidewinder said:

Is that 1970 issue the blue/black label one ?

this one...blue/black but not the blue/black I always think of which is the one with the black 'b' 

Edited June 28, 2020 by mjazzg

[sidewinder]

1 hour ago, mjazzg said:

this one...blue/black but not the blue/black I always think of which is the one with the black 'b' 

Thanks - have a few of those, sound is usually pretty good.

[Clunky]

Nathan Davis——-Peace Treaty——-( Sam Records)

beautifully presented reissue

[mjazzg]

2 hours ago, Clunky said:

Nathan Davis——-Peace Treaty——-( Sam Records)

beautifully presented reissue

Still to open mine that arrived last week

[sidewinder]

I’ve got the earlier Sawano reissue of that one.

[sidewinder]

[clifford_thornton]

On 6/26/2020 at 7:00 PM, Chuck Nessa said:

wonder if we will see that planned International Phonograph box?

[Chuck Nessa]

No.

[jcam_44]

1 hour ago, Chuck Nessa said:

No.

That sucks.

This doesn't:

Tommy McGee - I'm A Stranger (Positive-Negative + demos/singles)

[jazzcorner]

ABC Paramount ABC 186 [Japan 1986] - Quincy Jones " Go West, Man" - rec. 1957 ? -
Featuring different West Coast groups on 3 sessions with different instruments on each session

 

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[Larry Kart]

2 hours ago, jazzcorner said:

ABC Paramount ABC 186 [Japan 1986] - Quincy Jones " Go West, Man" - rec. 1957 ? -
Featuring different West Coast groups on 3 sessions with different instruments on each session

 

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Pleasant dates, though Quincy did no writing for them. I prefer the alto and tenor-baritone dates to the trumpet one. Good to hear Walter Benton; he didn't get showcased enough. Nice to hear Art Pepper and Benny Carter in tandem.

[JSngry]

42 minutes ago, Larry Kart said:

Pleasant dates, though Quincy did no writing for them.

So I'm thinking, uh-oh, this is going to be one of those alleged records where Quincy Jones takes credit for somebody else's writing, but no, full and proper credit is given right there in plain black and white where nay even semi-literate fool could read it if the wanted to. And the cover says "supervised by", not arranged by! And the liner notes say that he was "commissioned to produce" the record, and then give full credit to who did the actual writing!

DESPICABLE!!!!!

[clifford_thornton]

12 hours ago, jcam_44 said:

That sucks.

Indeed -- wanted to hear that stuff. 

[mjazzg]

New Direction For The Arts - Free Form Suite [Three Blind Mice]

[Larry Kart]

4 hours ago, JSngry said:

So I'm thinking, uh-oh, this is going to be one of those alleged records where Quincy Jones takes credit for somebody else's writing, but no, full and proper credit is given right there in plain black and white where nay even semi-literate fool could read it if the wanted to. And the cover says "supervised by", not arranged by! And the liner notes say that he was "commissioned to produce" the record, and then give full credit to who did the actual writing!

DESPICABLE!!!!!

I was making no accusation -- merely pointing out that QJ's name should not lead one to think that he did anything but supervise the project, as I assume he honorably did. BTW, the Johnny Mandel who wrote "Keester Parade" strikes again here, coming up with "London Derrierre."

 

Actually some of the album's originals are IIRC quite nice -- Giuffre's "Dancin' Pants" and "Mariano's "The Oom is Blues" in particular, maybe more. Aside from the sheer quality of the playing, one thing that makes the alto date nice is how distinctive each of the soloists is. One might be hard pressed nowadays to find four guys as specifically themselves and as topnotch as Pepper, Carter, Mariano, and Geller were. In fact, I get the sense that for these guys playing with each other was a rather moving experience (though there was little love, or even respect, lost between Geller and Pepper, Herb having stated more than once that he thought Pepper was very overrated and that he was the much superior player). 

[Chuck Nessa]

[clifford_thornton]

Fabulous set.