Japanese reissues, September - November 2004

[J.A.W.]

The following CDs are scheduled for release.

* means in cardboard sleeves

September 10,2004

Muzak MZCF 1036(Fab)New Seidel,Janet Dear Blossom 2520

September 22,2004

Muzak MZCS 1045(Gryphon)New LeGrand,Michel/Le Jazz Grand* 2400

Muzak MZCS 1046-7(Gryphon)New Brookmeyer,Bob/Small Band* 2400

Muzak MZCS 1048(Gryphon)New Woods,Phil/Songs for Sisyphus* 2400

October 15,2004

P Vine PCD 23570(Black Ark)New Mixed Bag/First Album 2415

P Vine PCD 23571(Black Ark)New McKinney,Harold/Voices and Rhythms of the Creative Profile 2415

P Vine PCD 23572(Black Ark)New Hammond,Doug/Reflections in the Sea of Nurnen 2415

October 20,2004

Sony SICP 10011(New) Lee,Keiko/Who's Screamin'(hybrid) 2940

Sony VRCL 11001(New) Yasunori,Mami/Believin'(Chaka Jazz in New York)(hybrid) 3045

Sony VRCL 18821(New) New Sound Quartet,The/Summer Knows(hybrid) 2835

October 21,2004

Universal UCCV 1064(Verve)New Hargrove,Roy(The RH Factor)/Strength 2300

Universal UCCE 1047(ECM)New Stanko,Tomasz/Suspended Night 2600

Universal UCCE 1048(ECM)New Young,Jacob/Evening Falls 2600

Universal UCCE 1049(ECM)New Jormin,Anders/In Winds,In Lights 2600

Venus TKCV 35337(New)24bit Mabern,Harold/Fantasy 2800

Venus TKCV 35338(New)24bit Four Freshmen/Young & Foolish 2800

Venus TKCV 35339(New)24bit String of Pearls/It Don't Mean a Thing 2800

Victor VICJ 61239(New) Four of a Kind/Four of a Kind 2 3150

Victor VICJ 61240(New) Kokubu,Hiroko/New York Uncovered 3150

Victor VICJ 61241(New) Kokubu,Hiroko/New York Uncovered(xrcd) 3885

Victor VICJ 61144(New) Brown,Dean/Groove Warior 2520

October 27,2004

King ABCJ 329(New) Trumpet Workshop/With Hank Jones Trio 2500

King ABCJ 330(New) Kim Sanhi/Sings "I Don't Know Why" 2500

King ABCJ 331(New) McCall,Azure/Body and Soul 2500

King ABCJ 332-3(New) Jackson,Milt & Ray Brown/Midnight Session 3990

BMG Fun House BVCJ 37409(New)24bit Super Jazz Trio,The/The Super Jazz Trio* 2100

BMG Fun House BVCJ 37410(New)24bit Super Jazz Trio,The/The Standard* 2100

BMG Fun House BVCJ 37411(New)24bit Garland,Red/Misty Red* 2100

BMG Fun House BVCJ 37412(New)24bit Jordan,Duke/Blue Duke* 2100

BMG Fun House BVCJ 37413(New)24bit Clausen,Thomas/The Shadow of Bill Evans* 2100

BMG Fun House BVCJ 37414(New)24bit Cicero,Eugen/Spring Song* 2100

BMG Fun House BVCJ 37415(New)24bit All American Trio,The/The All American Trio* 2100

BMG Fun House BVCJ 37416(New)24bit Barron,Kenny/Landscape* 2100

BMG Fun House BVCJ 37417(New)24bit Cicero,Eugen/Jazz Bach* 2100

BMG Fun House BVCJ 37418(New)24bit Cicero,Eugen/Rococo Jazz 2nd* 2100

November 3,2004

Venus TKCV 35340(New)24bit Higgins,Eddie/Christmas Night 2800

And following CDs have already been released.

Muzak MZCS 1040(Skye)New McFarland,Gary Today* 2400

Muzak MZCS 1041(Skye)New McFarland,Gary America The Beautiful* 2400

Muzak MZCS 1042(Skye)New Peraza,Armando Wild Thing* 2400

Muzak MZCS 1043(Skye)New Horne,Lena & Gabor Szabo Lena & Gabor* 2400

Muzak MZCS 1044(Skye)New Tate,Grady Windmills Of My Mind* 2400

Edited September 4, 2004 by J.A.W.

[Shrdlu]

Gary McFarland's "America The Beautiful" is a very interesting album. It's a big band date, with a lot of the usual suspects, and not to be feared by those who don't like Gary's vocalese. There is a very cheap, but good-sounding, U.S. CD version (DCC Classics). It is perpetually available on eBay for peanuts, usually in tandem with another McFarland album, "Does The Sun Really Shine On The Moon", which I also like a lot. The Japanese CD will no doubt sound even better.

"Today" has not been out on CD before, as far as I know, though LPs are easy to find. I'm looking forward to hearing that one.

[Son-of-a-Weizen]

Thanks Hans.....I'm all over that new Mabern! He should be in NYC in a couple of weeks time playing at that Japanese-owned hotel w/jazz club (can't remember the name). Wish he'd come to D.C.

Venus TKCV 35337(New)24bit Mabern,Harold/Fantasy 2800

[Shrdlu]

This is perhaps not exactly the right place to post this, but I really like the McFarland "Today" album. There are some very tasty sounds, especially some very Spanish-sounding acoustic guitar from Sam Brown (who also recorded with Bill Evans the same year, 1969), backed up by a very smooth percussion section. There's also a lot of Hubert Laws, and that can't be bad, plus Ron Carter, very prominent in the mix. No, it's not a hard-core jazz album, but I sure like it. Gary was a very talented arranger and musician.

As I mentioned elsewhere, the CD was taken from vinyl, and it wasn't VG+ at the louder points. But the problems are not too serious, and you can still enjoy it all.