Joe Posted June 20, 2003 Report Posted June 20, 2003 Very nice, 24-bit, mid-price facsimile reissue of the (largely) Detroit-based tenor saxophonist's 1962 session for the Mercury Smash subsidiary. Featuring a young Bobby Hutcherson, Sleepy Anderson, Herman Wright, Candy Finch, Billy Wallace, and Dave Burns, one of my favorite, little-documented trumpet players. A friend had been kind enough to provide me with a CD-R vinyl transfer of this record, but I have to admit I had not paid much attention to it until I heard the opening track, "J & B", by chance in a record store. I could have sworn I was hearing a Joe Henderson ballad performance. Now I really intrigued by whatever relationship may have existed between Henderson and Mitchell. Then again, maybe I'm just hearing things... However you hear it, it's a very nice record, not a barn-burner by any means -- lots of slow and mid-tempos -- but it all swings. Quote
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted June 20, 2003 Report Posted June 20, 2003 This is at the top of my 'need to buy' list so that I can ditch the vinyl. Cover is alot better looking than the cruddy smash one too. Would like to see the Dave Burns Vanguard Lps come out on disc as well. Quote
Clunky Posted June 20, 2003 Report Posted June 20, 2003 Really looking forward to this. Mitchell impressed me on the Thad Jones small group Mosaic set. Quote
pryan Posted June 20, 2003 Report Posted June 20, 2003 Really looking forward to this. Mitchell impressed me on the Thad Jones small group Mosaic set. Me too. I was lucky enough to find a vinyl copy of Al Grey's SNAP YOUR FINGERS (which features Billy prominently), so that'll tide me over until I spot a copy of this. Quote
Late Posted June 20, 2003 Report Posted June 20, 2003 This one and the Mulligan/Hodges reissue (and, can't forget, the Giuffre reissue) are giving me high hopes for Verve. Will these be in the mini-LP format, or digipack? Quote
White Lightning Posted June 20, 2003 Report Posted June 20, 2003 The Billy Mitchell comes in a cheap digipack. Quote
Brad Posted June 23, 2003 Report Posted June 23, 2003 I'm with Barak on this. I really don't like thoe digipacks but what are you going to do. It seems that Verve is getting away from mini lps. Too bad. The digipacks are cheaper to sell, I assume. Better than nothing, however. Quote
Philip Posted June 23, 2003 Report Posted June 23, 2003 The last batch of LPRs on this side of the pond (the Kühn/McFarland, Pee Wee Russell etc) came in LP style sleeves as before. If your really desperate for freedom from digipaks, "old" Europe is the way to go. Quote
Joe Posted January 2, 2009 Author Report Posted January 2, 2009 Spun this again last night, after letting it sit dormant (again) for several years, and it's still a glorious session. I hear less Joe in Mitchell's work here than before, but he still sounds like the missing link between Henderson (phrasing, rhythm) and Lucky Thompson (tone, sub-tone, ballad attitude): a link I did not suspect was waiting to be uncovered. And did Herman Wright ever sound better than he does here? Quote
michel1969 Posted January 2, 2009 Report Posted January 2, 2009 Really looking forward to this. Mitchell impressed me on the Thad Jones small group Mosaic set. definitely ! i he is impressive on Thad Tones album his very first session as a leader was originally issued as an Ep on Dizzy's Dee gee label. Quote
michel1969 Posted January 2, 2009 Report Posted January 2, 2009 Really looking forward to this. Mitchell impressed me on the Thad Jones small group Mosaic set. The first Billy Mitchell session as a leader was issue don an EP on the Dizzy's Dee Gee label. Thad Jones is on the casting. Quote
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