brownie Posted February 7, 2005 Report Posted February 7, 2005 There is a new batch of Original Vogue Masters CDs that is being released next February 22 by BMG France. The previous batch included excellent reissues by Clifford Brown, Lionel Hampton, Bobby Jaspar, Gerry Mulligan, Martial Solal, Lucky Thompson, Barney Wilen among others. Could not find anything on the new releases on the BMG France website but I have the following CDs that are part of the next batch: - Sidney Bechet - Martial Solal Quartet, - Henri Renaud - Al Cohn Quartet, - Henri Renaud All Stars (with Al Cohn, Percy Heath, Milt Jackson, Jay Jay Johnson, Charlie Smith), - Nelson Williams (Five Horn Grooves & Nelson Williams All Stars), - Bebop in Paris, vol. 1 (Howard McGhee Sextet, Ernie Royal & His Princes, James Moody Quintet). I could not find BeBop in Paris, vol. 2 which includes sides by Gigi Gryce (the Paris Vogue sessions). All these new releases are dedicated to the memory of Henri Renaud. The Martial Solal Vogue material is being reissued too as part of the series. The Five Horn Grooves album from the Nelson Williams is an intriguing - and a rare - session that had the trumpet players of the Duke Ellington band Orchestra of 195O (Nelson Williams, Ray Nance, Harold Baker, Al Killian, Ernie Royal) accompanied by Art Simmons on piano with Ellingtonians Wendell Marshall and Butch Ballard. Quote
king ubu Posted February 7, 2005 Report Posted February 7, 2005 Wow, this is great news! A real nice series! I wonder why there were no new releases for four years, and now all of a sudden they continue the series? Quote
mike casinghino Posted February 7, 2005 Report Posted February 7, 2005 how about the swinging fats sadi combo,leased from vogue,and released in the bn 5000 series as 5061.i would love to see that one come out on cd! Quote
mikeweil Posted February 7, 2005 Report Posted February 7, 2005 how about the swinging fats sadi combo,leased from vogue,and released in the bn 5000 series as 5061.i would love to see that one come out on cd! Oh yeah!!! Quote
Bill Fenohr Posted February 7, 2005 Report Posted February 7, 2005 The Sadi Combo was reissued on vinyl a few years ago. I just got a copy from Early Records a few weeks ago. You might check with Mr.Tanno. I also have the Bechet/Solal lp.Its amazing how well the two of them,coming from different generations, fit together on this date. A very enjoyable listen. Quote
Joe Posted February 7, 2005 Report Posted February 7, 2005 Sidney Bechet - Martial Solal Quartet FINALLY!!! Been waiting for this one for a long, long time... Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted February 7, 2005 Report Posted February 7, 2005 Sidney Bechet - Martial Solal Quartet FINALLY!!! Been waiting for this one for a long, long time... Yes! Bechet's growl on It Don't Mean a Thing is one of the great moments in music. Quote
jazzbo Posted February 7, 2005 Report Posted February 7, 2005 Yes, the Solal and Bechet is KILLER. This is great news! Quote
brownie Posted February 7, 2005 Author Report Posted February 7, 2005 The mastering on the Bechet/Solal is very good too. As for the Fats Sadi date, this looks to have been left out from the latest batch. The new ones seem to have been in the works for quite a long time. Henri Renaud who wrote some of the liner notes for the recent reissues died in 2002. The reissues are copyrighted 2004. Now that BMG is merging with Sony, these might be the last reissues from the series to appear Quote
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted February 7, 2005 Report Posted February 7, 2005 Unless I happened to get the one 'bum' copy on earth, the mastering on 'The 1954 Paris Sessions' doesn't sound good.....particularly on the first track ("Red Rose") where you can clearly hear all sorts of weird ticks & glicks starting at about 2:00. Same with the 'Laffin and Cryin'. Seems to me that I remember hearing more of the same last time I spun the Clarke/Haynes 'Transatlantic Meetings' cd. What's up with Vogue? Quote
Late Posted February 7, 2005 Report Posted February 7, 2005 I'm excited about the Bechet-Solal session, and the Williams session as well (— didn't even know about the existence of the latter). The others, strangely enough, I have through Vogue (BMG) Japan, except for the Bebop disc, which, if I'm not mistaken, I have at least in part (without the Royal session, that is) in the Jazz in Paris series. Love that disc. Just played it last night, in fact. Quote
jazzbo Posted February 7, 2005 Report Posted February 7, 2005 Hmmmm. . . Jazz in Paris should not have Vogue material . . . different mother umbrella megacorp! Quote
Late Posted February 7, 2005 Report Posted February 7, 2005 Oops. OK. I was thinking of this one: Great disc! Quote
brownie Posted February 8, 2005 Author Report Posted February 8, 2005 'Bebop in Paris, volume 2' turns out to be a bit of a disappointment. It includes the sides recorded by the Gigi Gryce Orchestra and the Art Farmer New Jazz Stars in Paris in September/October 1953 when all the interested were playing with the Lionel Hampton Orchestra. The CD includes only 10 sides (for a total length of 37m51s) from the various sessions and does not include the alternate takes by Gigi Gryce that were issued in Japan! It does not include either the version of 'Yesterdays' that Anthony Ortega recorded with Quincy Jones on piano... Only alternate take is a 3m22s version of 'Strike Up The Band' by Art Farmer with Henri Renaud on piano. Quote
king ubu Posted February 8, 2005 Report Posted February 8, 2005 I wonder why they'd do this, brownie! Their earlier releases had lots of great alternates (think of the Wilen or the Brownie discs)! Quote
king ubu Posted March 14, 2005 Report Posted March 14, 2005 So these are out... anyone got them already? Is there a way to display them all on French Amazon? There is a volume 4 to Martial Solal's "Complete Vogue Recordings", too, I see. ubu Quote
brownie Posted March 14, 2005 Author Report Posted March 14, 2005 (edited) Looks like most of the albums from the previous series have been included among the new releases. The 4 volumes of the Martial Solal 'Complete Vogue Recordings' CDs are available again!. No special page at amazon.fr for the full series but a search for the Solals gets you this: http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/search-ha...7816189-5564269 Edited March 14, 2005 by brownie Quote
king ubu Posted March 14, 2005 Report Posted March 14, 2005 Looks like most of the albums from the previous series have been included among the new releases. The 4 volumes of the Martial Solal 'Complete Vogue Recordings' CDs are available again!. No special page at amazon.fr for the full series but a search for the Solals gets you this: http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/search-ha...7816189-5564269 brownie, the link doesn't work! What do you mean the new releases include albums from the previous series? The other three Solals are only available through Marketplace sellers, as far as I can see. Quote
brownie Posted March 14, 2005 Author Report Posted March 14, 2005 There is a bug on that link to amazon.fr. Go to the site and do a search for Martial Solal on the 'Musique' link. Quote
king ubu Posted March 14, 2005 Report Posted March 14, 2005 There is a bug on that link to amazon.fr. Go to the site and do a search for Martial Solal on the 'Musique' link. That's what I did, but then the three older volumes of Solal's Vogue output is not on sale from Amazon themselves, as far as I see. Quote
brownie Posted March 29, 2005 Author Report Posted March 29, 2005 There is one additional new item on that Original Vogue Masters series from BMG. Lalo Schifrin - Astor Piazzola 'Two Argentinians in Paris'. Two reissues from rare 10-inchers, both recorded in 1955. This one: http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000...5222082-0049059 Schifrin plays lightweight jazz piano (with Pierre Michelot on bass and Jean-Louis Viale on drums. Piazzola's sides are superb. Martial Solal plays piano on them but has a very minor role! Quote
king ubu Posted March 29, 2005 Report Posted March 29, 2005 There is one additional new item on that Original Vogue Masters series from BMG. Lalo Schifrin - Astor Piazzola 'Two Argentinians in Paris'. Two reissues from rare 10-inchers, both recorded in 1955. This one: http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000...5222082-0049059 Schifrin plays lightweight jazz piano (with Pierre Michelot on bass and Jean-Louis Viale on drums. Piazzola's sides are superb. Martial Solal plays piano on them but has a very minor role! Sounds great, thanks for letting us know, brownie! But let me ask: is this really part of the series, with that colourful cover? Very much unlike all the others! Quote
brownie Posted March 29, 2005 Author Report Posted March 29, 2005 Not that surprising! These are Disques Vogue reissues. One of the head man at Vogue in those times was Charles Delauney who also was publisher of Jazz Hot. Delauney who was the son of famous painters Robert and Sonia Delauney had very strong ideas on designing. His two favorite colors were red and black. If you happen to catch issues of Jazz Hot from that era you will see a number of covers with those two colors. And inside a number of red and black colored Vogue ads! Quote
king ubu Posted March 29, 2005 Report Posted March 29, 2005 Not that surprising! These are Disques Vogue reissues. One of the head man at Vogue in those times was Charles Delauney who also was publisher of Jazz Hot. Delauney who was the son of famous painters Robert and Sonia Delauney had very strong ideas on designing. His two favorite colors were red and black. If you happen to catch issues of Jazz Hot from that era you will see a number of covers with those two colors. And inside a number of red and black colored Vogue ads! So let's hope that after 30+ black ones, this is the one starting the run of 30+ red ones! Thanks, brownie! I wasn't aware of Ch. Delauney being the painter's son (never heard of Sonia Delauney, I'm afraid). Quote
alankin Posted March 30, 2005 Report Posted March 30, 2005 (edited) Sonia Delaunay "Juste Présent" Color Etching Hey, Sonia used black and red as well! Edited March 30, 2005 by alankin Quote
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