PREZ JUMPIN' @ SAVOY B'ROOM 1950 (3 LP SET)

[Guest ariceffron]

HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD THIS STUF. I JUST GOT THIS 3 LP SET FOR 12 BUCKS AND IT IS R-A-D. KENNY DREWS ON PIANO

[Guest ariceffron]

also wanted 2 mention prez plays SUNDAY...a standard that i really like and the only other person ive heard play that is warne.

so how does this prez relate to other stuff from that period. i think he sounds on

[Chuck Nessa]

Hawk played Sunday too.

[JSngry]

Is this the Charlie Parker label stuff or something else?

[mmilovan]

Yep, this is fantastic stuff, recorded privately (we hate those bootlegs, ain't we ), and some of the titles, according to discography left unissued till nowadays. It is perfect addition to already issued stuff at Savoy 2 CD set. Kenny Drew is the pianist there also.

There are little known facts about the proces of recording the music, is it recorded at the same time (judging from what it can be heard it is not recorded the same day/night).

Pres is powerfull, in perfect form and his playing is simply awesome!

Edited September 6, 2004 by mmilovan

[king ubu]

That's all on the 16CD set, Milan, right?

[mmilovan]

That's all on the 16CD set, Milan, right?

Well, I think so.

For further investigation, we can ask ariceffron abut track listing, times, and exact record label. Then we can compare it.

[king ubu]

Aric, would you do us this favour? Titles/Timings should be enough!

thanks,

ubu

[Guest ariceffron]

fine fine

disc 1

a-

1. almost like...love 4-44

2. waterfront #1 4-56

3. rhythm 12-48

b-

1. blues original 2-18

2. sunday 7-33

3. jumpin/stompin 3-31

4. lester leaps in 5-45

disc 2

a-

1. up n adam 5-14

2. perdido 10-26

3. 1 oclock jump 5-34

b-

1. db blues 12-52

2. deed i do 8-58

disc 3-

a-

1. blues w/ a bridge 6-56

2. 7th ave romp 6-56

3. waterfront #2 7-00

b-

1. in a little spanish town 10-08

2. oh lady be good 9-30

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well is it all from 2-22-50 or is that not accurate....if not when is it from?

[Guest ariceffron]

ps- audiofidelity records, new jersey-- c. '84

[king ubu]

Thanks, Aric - I'll check that tonight! (Unless Milan is faster...)

ubu

[brownie]

All of this was on the 16CD issues (and also on the 22LP Prez Box). Wonderful music!

[jazzbo]

Wonderful music indeed!

After all. . . it's the President!

[king ubu]

All of this was on the 16CD issues (and also on the 22LP Prez Box). Wonderful music!

Thanks for checking, brownie!

Wonderful music, I might add

[brownie]

Did not check (cause I'm not home) but I know the boxes left no Prez stones from that era unturned!

[Brad]

You're going to have to educate the ignorant here but what is this 16CD box that ubu referred to?

[jazzbo]

Brad, there was a 16 cd box set released in small numbers in Japan in I think the early nineties that was a collection of nearly all the live Pres performances known til then. This box set was a cd edition of a previous 22 lp set.

[Brad]

Thanks Lon. I guess that's one box I won't be getting as I'm sure it must be way out of print and way expensive.

[jazzbo]

Yes, I know what you mean!

The good news is that almost all of it has shown up on individual cd releases over the digital years. . . .

[BruceH]

Wonderful music indeed!

After all. . . it's the President!

That's one president I can respect!

[Guest ariceffron]

so whats the deal-- is it really all from the same night?

[king ubu]

so whats the deal-- is it really all from the same night?

Can only check tomorrow, as I didn't take my notebook with me, but from the tunes I'd say yes it is!

[mmilovan]

More news, bad news!

If we are almost certain we have all we can have from great Pres, these few words from Catalog of Recorded Works (Lewis Porter) are to put little nervous breakdown to all of us Presophiles and Pres completists. Just look at the discography below – how many titles left unissued.

But I don’t believe that all these titles are only from Feb. 22, 1950! Gee, what looong night it was then

If you listen carefully to material on 16 CD set you can put list of audibly similar takes (lets say volume of each soloist was captured onto tape and his relative position to mic, reverberation and so on).

Now, watch this:

Lester Young Band

February 22, 1950; New York City; Private recording, Savoy Ballroom

(NOTE: The above date is spoken on one of the source recordings, but it appears

that these sides derive from more than one night. )

Neenah (Blues Tres) (Jumpin' and Stomping (Inc.; missing beginning) (Charlie

Parker PLP-402, CP 504, and Audiofidelity AFE 3-8)

I Cover the Waterfront (Charlie Parker PLP-402 and Audiofidelity 3-8)

These Foolish Things (Inc.; missing first few bars) (Charlie Parker PLP-402)

Lester Leaps In (Inc.) (Charlie Parker PLP-402)

Sunday (Inc.; missing beginning) (Charlie Parker PLP-402 and Audiofidelity AFE 3-

8)

Destination Moon (Charlie Parker PLP-402)

Pennies from Heaven (Charlie Parker PLP-405)

Stardust (Inc.; missing first few bars) (Charlie Parker PLP-405)

Mean to Me (Charlie Parker PLP-405)

Stardust (different version, Young on last note only) (Charlie Parker PLP-405)

On the Sunny Side of the Street (Charlie Parker PLP-405)

Three Little Words (Charlie Parker PLP-405)

Jumpin with Symphony Sid (Theme) (Charlie Parker CP 504; Young's solo abridged

on LP)

Up 'NAdam (often listed as "Up and At 'Em" or "Up and Atom") (Charlie Parker CP

504 and Audiofidelity AFE 3-8)

Perdido (Charlie Parker CP 504 and Audiofidelity AFE 3-8)

[Oh] Lady Be Good (Charlie Parker CP 504)

'Deed I Do (Charlie Parker CP 504)

Seventh Ave. Romp (Charlie Parker CP 504 and Audiofidelity AFE 3-8)

Lester Leaps In ending with Jumpin' with Symphony Sid (Charlie Parker CP 504 and

Audiofidelity AFE 3-8)

Almost Like Being in Love ending with Jumpin with Symphony Sid (Inc.; missing

first few bars) (Audiofidelity AFE 3-8)

I Cover the Waterfront (#1) (different version; Inc.; begins midway) (Audiofidelity

AFE 3-8)

I Got Rhythm (Audiofidelity AFE 3-8)

Blues Original (untitled; Inc.; begins midway) (Audiofidelity AFE 3-8)

One O'Clock Jump ending with Jumpin' with Symphony Sid (Audiofidelity AFE 3-8)

D.B. Blues (Audiofidelity AFE 3-8)

'Deed I Do (different version) (Audiofidelity AFE 3-8)

[Oh] Lady Be Good (different version) (Audiofidelity AFE 3-8)

In a Little Spanish Town (Audiofidelity AFE 3-8)

Blues with a Bridge ending with Jumpin' with Symphony Sid (Inc.; missing

beginning, splice near end) (Audiofidelity AFE 3-8)

These Foolish Things (different version, with vocalist; Inc.; missing first few bars)

(Unissued)

These Foolish Things (different version) (Unissued)

Jumpin with Symphony Sid (two versions, both different than above, both Inc.,

begin in progress) (Unissued)

Jumpin with Symphony Sid (Theme Only) (Unissued)

Blues (untitled; Inc.; two excerpts only) (Unissued)

Indiana (Inc.; missing first few bars) (Unissued)

Indiana (different version, ending Inc.) (Unissued)

Sunday (different version, ending Inc.) (Unissued)

How High the Moon (Unissued)

Up 'NAdam (different version; Inc.; missing first few bars) (Unissued)

Tea for Two (Unissued)

Sometimes I'm Happy (Unissued)

Too Marvelous for Words (Unissued)

I Cover the Waterfront (different version, with vocalist) (Unissued)

(NOTE: There are also several unissued titles by the band without Young.)

Edited September 7, 2004 by mmilovan