Miroslav Vitous - Purple - On Columbia

[Eric]

Well, 16 years after starting this thread - nothing - never seen it for sale.  I will check back in 2037.

[Rooster_Ties]

Full album can be heard on YouTube…

Some/many/all(?) of the individual tracks have been uploaded there as well (different YouTube users).

[felser]

Thanks, have never heard of this one.  

[Rooster_Ties]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/353679309285

[Shrdlu]

Vitous is another bassist with fine intonation. I first heard him on Chick Corea's "Now He Sings" album, where he is amazing (and uncredited on the LP, as was Roy Haynes). Joe Zawinul said his intonation was bad, but I never heard him sound bad.

[Rooster_Ties]

Here’s another one, very low opening bid required ($6), but $18 shipping from Japan. Who knows what the final price will come to.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/364027141917

[Rooster_Ties]

On 7/20/2005 at 12:29 PM, Eric said:

This has always looked interesting to me - with McLaughlin, Zawinul and Cobham. Never seen it, never heard of anybody hearing it!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/404217914830

[Eric]

6 hours ago, Rooster_Ties said:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/404217914830

18 years later … may need to pull the trigger!  Thanks Tom!

[Rooster_Ties]

49 minutes ago, Eric said:

18 years later … may need to pull the trigger!  Thanks Tom!

I set up an eBay auto-search, that emails me whenever a new particular match is listed — so if happen to notice the next email (in a month, or 3 months, or who-knows-when), I’ll try and post it here.

[clifford_thornton]

I feel like this LP has come down a bit in price and seems to surface more often now... 

[Milestones]

My understanding is that Vitous dropped out of WR due to his supposed inability to play funk.  And I imagine he found Zawinul to be a prick at times (maybe lots of times).

Anyway, Vitous was much valued by the late Chick Corea, and I think we can safely say that Chick knew and hired outstanding bassists.

 

[Guy Berger]

8 hours ago, Milestones said:

My understanding is that Vitous dropped out of WR due to his supposed inability to play funk. 

This is… a fair assessment of his strengths and weaknesses?  He’s great at a lot of things but wasn’t well suited for WR’s post-1972 music.

8 hours ago, Milestones said:

And I imagine he found Zawinul to be a prick at times (maybe lots of times).

Also a fair assessment (along with “serial bullshitter”)

[felser]

On 3/26/2023 at 9:53 PM, clifford_thornton said:

I feel like this LP has come down a bit in price and seems to surface more often now... 

Hard to imagine why there's never been a domestic US release of this one in any form.  

[Dub Modal]

Yeah, seems right up Real Gone Music or Jazz Dispensary's alley. 

[JSngry]

I'm going with the notion that the money was funny in the first place and nobody wants to open that up today. 

[felser]

On 3/28/2023 at 11:13 AM, JSngry said:

I'm going with the notion that the money was funny in the first place and nobody wants to open that up today. 

Theories on possibly how so?  They were all signed to Columbia at the time in one form or another.

[JSngry]

So? Those were individual contracts not relevant to this one session.

And when was Billy Cobham signed to Columbia at all? 

[felser]

1 hour ago, JSngry said:

And when was Billy Cobham signed to Columbia at all? 

Mahavishnu Orchestra, Dreams.

Edited March 29, 2023 by felser

[JSngry]

Those were bands, not Billy Cobham. That's not how it works 

[felser]

36 minutes ago, JSngry said:

Those were bands, not Billy Cobham. That's not how it works 

It does (or at least did) sometimes, hence the famous Epic/Atlantic Graham Nash (Hollies to CSN) for Richie Furay (Buffalo Springfield to Poco) negotiated trade of 1969.  Maybe jazz was different under Columbia.

[JSngry]

Yeah. 

[JSngry]

Billy Cobham appears courtesy of Columbia Records 

When? 

 

 

[Rooster_Ties]

On 3/26/2023 at 5:09 PM, Eric said:

18 years later … may need to pull the trigger!  Thanks Tom!

If you didn’t get that one, here’s another one. 99¢ opening bit, but $18 shipping from Japan, iirc.

[mjzee]

Just noticed that this will be released in Japan on July 24, at a very nice price (1600 yen, currently $10.12):

https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/SICJ-40040

Also of interest:

Gary Peacock - Eastward

Keith Jarrett - Expectations