kulu se mama Posted March 30, 2005 Report Posted March 30, 2005 i saw a cd yesterday that i had never seen before. "giants of jazz in berlin '71" the musicians include Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, Sonny Stitt, Kai Winding, Al McKibbon, and Art Blakey. it's on Emarcy. should i pick it up? it appears to be out of print. Quote
relyles Posted March 30, 2005 Report Posted March 30, 2005 I don't have that particular recording, but I do have about 36 minutes from a radio broadcast of a performance by the group during the same tour in Warsaw. IMO, almost anything by a group with this personnel is at least worth hearing. Quote
Daniel Andresen Posted March 30, 2005 Report Posted March 30, 2005 I actually have two recordings by this group. The Emarcy Berlin concert you saw and a double LP from London. If I were you I would run back to the store and buy that CD - IT IS WONDERFUL!!! By the way, a guy I know who saw this group in Israel (I was two years old and in Norway at the time) said that Art Blakey was so stoned and enjoyed himself so much that he didn't want to finish the concert, just kept playing on and on. Quote
jazzbo Posted March 30, 2005 Report Posted March 30, 2005 I've got a CBS cd of this group, and a Moon cd. Great band! Quote
kulu se mama Posted March 30, 2005 Author Report Posted March 30, 2005 thanks for all the input. i will be going back to get the cd. i figured with the people involved it would be great, but sometimes all star jams are less than the sum of their parts. Quote
Dan Gould Posted March 30, 2005 Report Posted March 30, 2005 I'm transferring audio off of video tape of this group, and have other radio audio sources. Definitely worth hearing! Quote
brownie Posted March 30, 2005 Report Posted March 30, 2005 There was another album from this group released on Concord. From a November 12, 1972 concert in Switzerland (at an unspecified place). The musicians were the same as on the 1971 tour. The Giants of Jazz were part of George Wein's tours of Europe. I caught them in Paris. The EmArcy gig is slightly better than the Concord one. Not sure if the Concord album was issued on CD. Quote
Jazz Kat Posted March 30, 2005 Report Posted March 30, 2005 1 Introduction of the Band 2 Blue'n Boogie 3 'Round Midnight 4 Tour de Force 5 Lover Man 6 Tin Tin Deo 7 Everything Happens to Me 8 A Night in Tunisia -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dizzy Gillespie tp Sonny Stitt as, ts Kai Winding tb Thelonious Monk p Al McKibbon b Art Blakey ds Recorded in Nov 1971 Quote
Peter F Posted March 30, 2005 Report Posted March 30, 2005 Brownie, Yes, the Concord - Giants Of Jazz - has been issued on CD. My copy is Concord CCD-43004. It was to the best of my knowledge, only issued in Germany. I have had my copy for many many years , so it is certainly no longer available. Peter F Quote
mjzee Posted March 31, 2005 Report Posted March 31, 2005 I think there was also an issue in the U.S. on Atlantic. Quote
mikeweil Posted March 31, 2005 Report Posted March 31, 2005 I think there was also an issue in the U.S. on Atlantic. Yes, that was Atlantic SD 2-905, recorded in London. The first official release of that group. Re-mixed, edited and sequenced by Michael Cuscuna ... Quote
clinthopson Posted March 31, 2005 Report Posted March 31, 2005 I have both the albums and have enjoyed them over the years. I've heard stories of the tour and Monk's usual wierd behaviour and the guys keeping Sonny sober. Quote
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