Rabshakeh Posted February 11, 2022 Report Share Posted February 11, 2022 39 minutes ago, danasgoodstuff said: I love Sonny, but this doesn't live up to its promise, IMHO, YMMV, etc. So, proceed with caution. Thanks. From the bizarre Wikipedia page it looks.... divisive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mjazzg Posted February 11, 2022 Report Share Posted February 11, 2022 Mike Westbrook Concert Band - Release [Deram, mono UK 1968] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted February 11, 2022 Report Share Posted February 11, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, mjazzg said: Mike Westbrook Concert Band - Release [Deram, mono UK 1968] Hopefully, the Westbrook Derams will get a quality vinyl reissue in the Decca ‘Explosion’ series. Cover photo taken at Bovington Tank Museum? 47w63rd DG Mono, lovely big and precise sound. Incredible for an LP that is well over 60 years old ! Edited February 11, 2022 by sidewinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted February 11, 2022 Report Share Posted February 11, 2022 NY USA, mono Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted February 11, 2022 Report Share Posted February 11, 2022 46 minutes ago, sidewinder said: Hopefully, the Westbrook Derams will get a quality vinyl reissue in the Decca ‘Explosion’ series. Cover photo taken at Bovington Tank Museum? Yes maybe, but I suspect not more than one of them so that other artists can be covered. I'm not sure how many releases will emerge but I don't see it being so many as to allow multiple titles from artists. I hope I'm wrong. Thankfully my copy is mint so I don't feel the need to upgrade. I remember trips to that museum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted February 11, 2022 Report Share Posted February 11, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, sidewinder said: Edited February 11, 2022 by BillF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted February 12, 2022 Report Share Posted February 12, 2022 You know concord Brubeck in Moscow ?? Turns out there’s a 2 lp Russian only version with tons of tracks not on the 1 lp concord. Found lp 1 which is Same side 1 as US counterpart then a completely different side two feat an extended prince will come Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted February 12, 2022 Report Share Posted February 12, 2022 Terrific double lp set of various artists playing bebop icons, e.g., Sadik Hakim plays Bird, Al Haig plays Dizzy, Barry Harris plays Monk, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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porcy62 Posted February 13, 2022 Report Share Posted February 13, 2022 Mono Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcy62 Posted February 13, 2022 Report Share Posted February 13, 2022 Reissue, stereo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HutchFan Posted February 13, 2022 Report Share Posted February 13, 2022 On 2/11/2022 at 3:21 AM, Rabshakeh said: Never actually listened to this one. Is it recommended? Wikipedia is a bit weird about it. On 2/11/2022 at 4:02 AM, danasgoodstuff said: I love Sonny, but this doesn't live up to its promise, IMHO, YMMV, etc. So, proceed with caution. Rab, I suppose I'm with Dana. It's interesting -- but it's not something that I play very often. 23 hours ago, Brad said: Terrific double lp set of various artists playing bebop icons, e.g., Sadik Hakim plays Bird, Al Haig plays Dizzy, Barry Harris plays Monk, etc. Nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcy62 Posted February 13, 2022 Report Share Posted February 13, 2022 Mono Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillF Posted February 13, 2022 Report Share Posted February 13, 2022 1 hour ago, porcy62 said: Mono 11 minutes ago, porcy62 said: Mono Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzcorner Posted February 13, 2022 Report Share Posted February 13, 2022 1 hour ago, porcy62 said: Mono 12 minutes ago, porcy62 said: Mono Even in Mono excellent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcy62 Posted February 13, 2022 Report Share Posted February 13, 2022 13 minutes ago, jazzcorner said: Even in Mono excellent Paraphrasing a famous german film director: Life is in stereo, but mono is more realistic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulfromcamden Posted February 13, 2022 Report Share Posted February 13, 2022 On 12/02/2022 at 9:27 PM, Brad said: Terrific double lp set of various artists playing bebop icons, e.g., Sadik Hakim plays Bird, Al Haig plays Dizzy, Barry Harris plays Monk, etc. Why is it only Jimmy Rowles that has legs? How will the other pianists operate the pedals? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel A Posted February 13, 2022 Report Share Posted February 13, 2022 10 minutes ago, paulfromcamden said: Why is it only Jimmy Rowles that has legs? How will the other pianists operate the pedals? Do they even have hands? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted February 14, 2022 Report Share Posted February 14, 2022 9 hours ago, porcy62 said: Mono 7 hours ago, porcy62 said: Paraphrasing a famous german film director: Life is in stereo, but mono is more realistic. 🤣🤣 .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gheorghe Posted February 14, 2022 Report Share Posted February 14, 2022 On 12.2.2022 at 10:27 PM, Brad said: Terrific double lp set of various artists playing bebop icons, e.g., Sadik Hakim plays Bird, Al Haig plays Dizzy, Barry Harris plays Monk, etc. I have seen that cover often but I must admit it seemed I missed that when it was out. Was that in the late 70´s. I think I missed it than, since I didn´t buy albums with different musicians (I had a sampler-phobia) but this is not really a sampler. Okay, it must be nice. I´d be curious how Sadik Hakim sounds playing "Bird", since on the sides he plays with Bird he sounds very "stiff". I made the same mistake when I was looking for some Ornette Coleman that I didn´t have, and O.C. records were quite rare, and the dealer showed me a Charlie Haden album "The golden Number", and I didn´t buy it, because O.C. was only on part of it......now I´m sorry I didn´t buy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted February 14, 2022 Report Share Posted February 14, 2022 16 hours ago, paulfromcamden said: Why is it only Jimmy Rowles that has legs? How will the other pianists operate the pedals? It’s definitely an odd photo with only Rowles in full body mode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted February 15, 2022 Report Share Posted February 15, 2022 On 2/14/2022 at 7:18 AM, Gheorghe said: I have seen that cover often but I must admit it seemed I missed that when it was out. Was that in the late 70´s. I think I missed it than, since I didn´t buy albums with different musicians (I had a sampler-phobia) but this is not really a sampler. Okay, it must be nice. I´d be curious how Sadik Hakim sounds playing "Bird", since on the sides he plays with Bird he sounds very "stiff". I made the same mistake when I was looking for some Ornette Coleman that I didn´t have, and O.C. records were quite rare, and the dealer showed me a Charlie Haden album "The golden Number", and I didn´t buy it, because O.C. was only on part of it......now I´m sorry I didn´t buy it. It was recorded in 1980. Hakim sounds ok to me but Walter Bishop, who also plays some Bird song, sounds better, more fluent, if that makes sense. One oddity (or so it seemed to me) on this set is that John Lewis plays himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gheorghe Posted February 16, 2022 Report Share Posted February 16, 2022 17 hours ago, Brad said: It was recorded in 1980. Hakim sounds ok to me but Walter Bishop, who also plays some Bird song, sounds better, more fluent, if that makes sense. One oddity (or so it seemed to me) on this set is that John Lewis plays himself. Well I can imagine, that "Bish" sounded more fluent. The Hakim solos I hear on some Savoy sides (Bird, Dexter) sound a bit strange. Mostly chromatic, and played in syncopes in a very stiff manner. I´m self taught but I know that piano lessons for beginners often have chromatic exercises, and it sounds somehow like that. I´ve read somewhere that he didn´t even have a Union Card so on the Bird sides Dizzy is listed as piano player, if I remember right. Lewis playing "himself", well: Lewis was Lewis, and he did some very substantial compositions for the bop repertory: For example: "Two Bass Hit" is one of the greatest sounding stuff in the Dizzy Gillespie Big Band On the other hand, I wouldn´t have associated Jimmy Rowles so much with bop. I have him on some Dexter recording for Spotlite, I think it´s some ballads, but not much else. Considering my generation and what was it about in the 70´s, I saw his name for the first time on "Three or Four Shades of Blues" by Mingus, where he plays a short little waltz in C. Even then I wondered why they needed to get Jimmy Rowles in the studio only for that little section, since on the live versions I saw, Neloms played it, so I don´t really know why they called Rowles in the studio only for those few bars...., About the same time he was very much in demand as Ella´s pianist which he did really fine.... great mellow sounding chords... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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