jazz "demo albums", only released years later...

[Rooster_Ties]

I'm really diggin' Woody Shaw's "Cassandranite" (a.k.a "In the Beginning...") this morning, which got me thinking...

What are some of the more notable jazz "demo albums" (demo tapes, done in a studio, or pseudo-studio situation) that weren't released until years later???

Let's also include artists whose very first studio-session(s) -- as a leader -- went unreleased at the time, for whatever reason.

What are some of the best?? Worst?? Discuss...

Grant Green's first session on BN comes to mind, as does Bobby Hutcherson's. Both were unreleased until only very recently.

Also, a side question: Anybody know what the cover to the original issue of "Cassandranite" looked like?? It was first issued in 1983 as "In the Beginning..." (I'm assuming on Muse).

Edited March 12, 2005 by Rooster_Ties

[ghost of miles]

Tina Brooks' MINOR MOVE, which provoked much discussion as AOTW.

Edited March 12, 2005 by ghost of miles

[Dmitry]

Joe Maneri - Paniots Nine

Not intended as an album per se, but this is the first occurance of Maneri on record[correct me if I'm wrong]

[Chuck Nessa]

Grant's First Stand does not belong in this category - it was released very soon after recording.

[Big Wheel]

I think Rooster is confusing it with FIRST SESSION, with Wynton Kelly et al.

[Rooster_Ties]

I think Rooster is confusing it with FIRST SESSION, with Wynton Kelly et al.

Right you are. What the hell was Rooster thinking anyway???

He should fix the album cover in the first post in this thread.

Edit: Looks like he just did.

Edited March 13, 2005 by Rooster_Ties

[brownie]

Louis Smith BN album 'Here Comes Louis Smith' (with the original Buckshot La Funke) would be another.

[robviti]

Also, a side question: Anybody know what the cover to the original issue of "Cassandranite" looked like??  It was first issued in 1983 as "In the Beginning..." (I'm assuming on Muse).

[mjzee]

The Clifford Brown/Max Roach sides that came out on Mainstream.

[Chuck Nessa]

The Clifford Brown/Max Roach sides that came out on Mainstream.

Those were fakes.

[mjzee]

The Clifford Brown/Max Roach sides that came out on Mainstream.

Those were fakes.

??? Pls elaborate. Sounded like Brown/Roach to me. Liner notes quoting Max, produced by Bob Shad, the whole nine yards. Were they just outtakes from other sessions?

[Chuck Nessa]

Yes, the Mainstream Brown/Roach stuff consisted of "leftovers" from Emarcy sessions Shad produced. That stuff is included in the Emarcy Brownie box.

[Rooster_Ties]

Any others??