sidewinder Posted March 16, 2008 Report Posted March 16, 2008 Pat Metheny 'Secret Story' (Geffen 2LP) Nothing like a bit of overblown pomp on a Sunday morning Quote
sidewinder Posted March 16, 2008 Report Posted March 16, 2008 Thad Jones/Mel Lewis 'Potpouri' (Philadelphia International) Well, if the economy is back in the 1970s we need the soundtrack to it Quote
Kevin Bresnahan Posted March 16, 2008 Report Posted March 16, 2008 A Stereo Jack dollar bin deal: Tom Harrell - Total! (Pinnacle) Quote
sidewinder Posted March 16, 2008 Report Posted March 16, 2008 George Russell 'The African Game' (BN DMM) Quote
BillF Posted March 16, 2008 Report Posted March 16, 2008 Thad Jones/Mel Lewis 'Potpouri' (Philadelphia International) Well, if the economy is back in the 1970s we need the soundtrack to it I have the same record! Bought it used in Dobell's, IIRC. It's a treasured possession, along with two other Jones/Lewis LPs from the seventies, New Life and Suite For Pops, both on Horizon. And I saw this band, too (hope this isn't getting boring!). They appeared at the Free Trade Hall in November 1977 as part of a package with Freddie Hubbard and Richard "Groove" Holmes. Fog at Manchester Airport had resulted in the band being separated from their uniforms and, more importantly, their charts. After a very long delay they came on and jammed together for what was left of the evening. I was disappointed, as I'd wanted to hear those wonderful Thad Jones scores! We were spoilt in those days! But I did get to hear some of those charts when the orch under the direction of Mel appeared at the Wigan Jazz Festival in 1989. Quote
sidewinder Posted March 16, 2008 Report Posted March 16, 2008 I sure hope they've slapped a preservation order on the Free Trade Hall. Even more hallowed ground than I thought ! The 'Potpouri' sounds pretty good for a 70s big band recording/pressing. They got the balance of the orchestra just right. Of course as good as those recordings are (and I also really like the A&M Horizons) the material on the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Mosaic set can't be beaten. Splendid LP sound on that one too. Quote
sidewinder Posted March 16, 2008 Report Posted March 16, 2008 Leroy Vinnegar 'Jazz's Great Walker' (Veejay, stereo) Quote
Teasing the Korean Posted March 16, 2008 Report Posted March 16, 2008 (edited) Shorty Rogers, BluesExpress (RCA) Two sessions, from 1953 and 56. Some of the greatest modern big band tracks ever, IMHO. Love the titles, too: "Pink Squirrel", "Coop de Graas", "Infinity Promenade", "Tale of an African Lobster", "Sweetheart of Sigmund Freud", etc. I love those first two Shorty Rogers 10 inch LPs on RCA. Some of the tracks you list were on them. These were my early introduction to west coast jazz. Really interesting and intense stuff, nothing like the popular stereotype of west coast jazz. Edited March 16, 2008 by Teasing the Korean Quote
BillF Posted March 16, 2008 Report Posted March 16, 2008 Shorty Rogers, BluesExpress (RCA) Two sessions, from 1953 and 56. Some of the greatest modern big band tracks ever, IMHO. Love the titles, too: "Pink Squirrel", "Coop de Graas", "Infinity Promenade", "Tale of an African Lobster", "Sweetheart of Sigmund Freud", etc. I love those first two Shorty Rogers' 10 inch LPs on RCA. Some of the tracks you list were on them. These were my early introduction to west coast jazz. Really interesting and intense stuff, nothing like the popular stereotype of west coast jazz. Yes, truly great stuff! Up among my favorite records ever! Quote
sidewinder Posted March 17, 2008 Report Posted March 17, 2008 Colosseum 'Daughter Of Time' (Vertigo, swirl label) Quote
BillF Posted March 17, 2008 Report Posted March 17, 2008 (edited) Shorty Rogers and His Giants, Vol 2: The Rarest (RCA) Includes soundtrack recordings for The Wild One. (Incidentally, ghost of miles did a very good Night Lights show on the Wild One music, which is archived on WFIU.) Edited March 17, 2008 by BillF Quote
paul secor Posted March 17, 2008 Report Posted March 17, 2008 Ella and Louis (Verve - France box) Quote
kh1958 Posted March 17, 2008 Report Posted March 17, 2008 (edited) The Modern Jazz Quartet (Atlantic 1265, pinwheel label) The Modern Jazz Quartet Live at the Lighthouse (Atlantic, blue and green label) Ahmad Jamal--Happy Moods (Argo, blue label) Edited March 17, 2008 by kh1958 Quote
BillF Posted March 17, 2008 Report Posted March 17, 2008 Shorty Rogers and His Giants, Clickin' With Clax (Atlantic) Shorty in 1956 with a saxophone section of Herb Geller, Bud Shank, Bill Holman and Jimmy Giuffre and rhythm section of Lou Levy, Ralph Pena and Shelly Manne. Title track dedicated to photographer William Claxton. Quote
sidewinder Posted March 17, 2008 Report Posted March 17, 2008 Shorty Rogers and His Giants, Clickin' With Clax (Atlantic) Shorty in 1956 with a saxophone section of Herb Geller, Bud Shank, Bill Holman and Jimmy Giuffre and rhythm section of Lou Levy, Ralph Pena and Shelly Manne. Title track dedicated to photographer William Claxton. I remember when that one was Jazz Journal record of the year and (apparently) the best selling jazz album in the UK. Beating Spiro Gyra etc ! Quote
clifford_thornton Posted March 17, 2008 Report Posted March 17, 2008 JR Monterose - In Action - (Studio 4, Japan pressing) w/ the Joe Abodeely Trio. Quote
BillF Posted March 17, 2008 Report Posted March 17, 2008 Shorty Rogers and His Giants, Clickin' With Clax (Atlantic) Shorty in 1956 with a saxophone section of Herb Geller, Bud Shank, Bill Holman and Jimmy Giuffre and rhythm section of Lou Levy, Ralph Pena and Shelly Manne. Title track dedicated to photographer William Claxton. I remember when that one was Jazz Journal record of the year and (apparently) the best selling jazz album in the UK. Beating Spiro Gyra etc ! Yes, there was something of a Shorty Rogers revival in the U.K. in the early eighties. I bought this album in 1983 and I remember that Rogers' Blues Express was the best-selling jazz album in Britain round about that time. By public demand Shorty was brought out of retirement, got his chops back on form and headed the National Youth Jazz Orchestra for a British tour. I saw them at the Davenport Theater in the Greater Manchester/Stockport suburb of the same name. The kids played Shorty's charts in a masterly way that belied their age and he interacted perfectly with them on stage. He presented a superb new composition which he named "Davenport" (Stockport and Bix Beiderbecke came together in that one). To my knowledge, it's never been recorded, though someone may be able to contradict me on that! Quote
clifford_thornton Posted March 17, 2008 Report Posted March 17, 2008 Antithesis - s/t - (Arise) Swiss private jazz LP with Urs Voerkel, Denis Baggi, Herbert Hartmann, etc. Quote
Teasing the Korean Posted March 18, 2008 Report Posted March 18, 2008 Stravinsky - Firebird Suite (1919 version) - Ormandy Philadelphia (Columbia Masterworks mono) Quote
BillF Posted March 18, 2008 Report Posted March 18, 2008 Stravinsky - Firebird Suite (1919 version) - Ormandy Philadelphia (Columbia Masterworks mono) As Bird said: "When I first heard Stravinsky's Firebird Suite, in the language of the streets I flipped." Quote
BillF Posted March 18, 2008 Report Posted March 18, 2008 Shorty Rogers and His Giants, Vol 1 (RCA) A 1953 nonet with Milt Bernhart, John Graas, Gene Englund, Art Pepper, Jimmy Giuffre, Hampton Hawes, joe Mondragon and Shelly Manne and a 1954 quintet with Jimmy Giuffre, Pete Jolly, Curtis Counce and Shelly Manne. Quote
Chalupa Posted March 18, 2008 Report Posted March 18, 2008 Sunny Murray - "Applecores" (Philly Jazz) Quote
Teasing the Korean Posted March 18, 2008 Report Posted March 18, 2008 Stravinsky - Firebird Suite (1919 version) - Ormandy Philadelphia (Columbia Masterworks mono) As Bird said: "When I first heard Stravinsky's Firebird Suite, in the language of the streets I flipped." Yes. Soon will be spinning the full ballet on London/Decca ffrr. Quote
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