mgraham333 Posted July 21, 2003 Report Posted July 21, 2003 Is there a website for Uptown or site somewhere with a list of their output? Quote
Eric Posted July 21, 2003 Report Posted July 21, 2003 Go to www.cduniverse.com and type in Uptown and do a label search. Titles come out under a couple of captions, but I think that will get you there. Eric Quote
Clunky Posted July 21, 2003 Report Posted July 21, 2003 Uptown Records catalog……….. 27.28 Carl Fontana The Great Fontana w/Al Cohn, Richard Wyands, Ray Drummond & Akira Tana 27.29 Tommy Flanagan Nights at the Vanguard w/ George Mraz & Al Foster 27.30 Freddie Redd Lonely City w/Clifford Jordan, C Sharpe, Don Sickler, George Duvivier & Ben Riley 27.31 Pepper Adams The Adams Effect w/Frank Foster, Tommy Flanagan, Ron Carter & Billy Hart 27.32 Jimmy Gourley The Left Bank of NY w/ Ralph Moore, Don Sickler, Marc Johnson & Victor Lewis 27.33 An Uptown Christmas w/ Tommy Flanagan, Jack Sheldon, Sahib Shihab, Barry Harris, Carl Fontana, Walter Davis, Jr., Maria Muldaur, Richard Wyands, Charlie Rouse, Kenny Barron, Frank Wess, Johnny Coles, Claudio Roditi & Don Sickler 27.34 Charlie Rouse Soul Mates w/Sahib Shihab, Claudio Roditi, Walter Davis Jr., Santi Debriano & Victor Lewis 27.35 Chet Baker Boston, 1954 w/ Russ Freeman, Carson Smith & Bob Neel 27.36 Charlie Parker Montreal 1953 w/Valdo Williams, Hal Gaylor, Billy Graham, Dick Garcia, Paul Bley, Brew Moore, Steep Wade, Bob Rudd, Bobby Malloy, Neil Michaud & Ted Paskert 27.37 Densil Pinnock I Waited for You w/Richard Wyands, Neil Swainson, Don Sickler, Jimmy Heath, David Laing, etc. 27.38 Serge Chaloff Boston 1950 w/Sonny Truitt, Nat Pierce, George Jones, Joe MacDonald, Joe Schulman, Rollins Griffith, Milt Gold, Al Vega, Jack Lawler & Sonny Taclof 27.39 Don Sickler Night Watch w/Carl Fontana, Ralph Moore, Bobby Porcelli, Gary Smulyan, Richard Wyands, Peter Washington & Kenny Washington 27.40 Sonny Clark Oakland 1955 w/ Jerry Good & Al Randall 27.41 Kenny Barron New York Attitude w/ Rufus Reid & Frederick Waits 27.42 Charlie Parker Boston 1952 w/ Joe Gordon, Dick Twardzik, Charlie Mingus, Roy Haynes, Herbie Williams, Rollins Griffith, Jimmy Woode & Marquis Foster 27.43 Jack Sheldon Playing for Change w/Jerry Dodgion, Barry Harris, Rufus Reid & Ben Riley 27.44 Dodo Marmarosa Pittsburgh 1958 w/ Danny Mastri, Henry Sciullo, Danny Conn, Carlo Galluzzo, Jimmy DeJulio, Chuck Spatafore, Sterling Yates, Johnny Vance & Buzz Renn 27.45 Coleman Hawkins Jamestown 1958 w/Ted Donnelly, Norman Lester, Leon Spann & Jerry Potter 27.46 Lee Wiley Music of Manhattan, 1951 w/Billy Butterfield, Joe Bushkin, Mort Schulmaker, George Wettling, Dave Bowman, Muggsy Spanier, Barrett Deems, George Wein, Buck Clayton, Milt Hinton , Joe Jones, etc. 27.47 Barry Harris For the Moment w/ Rufus Reid & Leroy Williams 27.48 Charles ‘Baron’ Mingus West Coast 1945-49 w/Buddy Collette, Britt Woodman, Lucky Thompson, Roy Porter, Maxwell Davis, Nat Bates, Lee Young, Henry Coker, William Woodman, Willie Smith, Jimmy Bunn, Eric Dolphy, etc. 27.49 Allen Eager In the Land of Oo-Bla-Dee 1947-53 with Dick Twardzik, Serge Chaloff, Buddy Rich, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Max Roach, etc 27.50 Charlie Rouse – Red Rodney Social Call w/ Albert Dailey, Cecil McBee and Kenny Washington. Quote
mgraham333 Posted July 21, 2003 Author Report Posted July 21, 2003 Thanks Clunky. Thanks Eric...would you have helped me if you had known I was an OU grad... Quote
Eric Posted July 21, 2003 Report Posted July 21, 2003 Ha - of course - for a small fee. Does anybody have any comment on the Sonny Clark or the Hawkins? Thanks Eric Quote
Brad Posted July 21, 2003 Report Posted July 21, 2003 Both enthusiastic yes. Be warned however, that the sound on the Clark is not good (if that's important to you). However, the music is fantastic. Haven't listened to the Hawkins in a while but recommend it also. Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted July 21, 2003 Report Posted July 21, 2003 (edited) Both enthusiastic yes. Be warned however, that the sound on the Clark is not good (if that's important to you). However, the music is fantastic. Haven't listened to the Hawkins in a while but recommend it also. The sound of the Clark is helped with a healthy treble boost. The Hawkins is a solid, but nonessential date. A good "snapshot" of Hawk at work. Edited July 21, 2003 by Chuck Nessa Quote
brownie Posted July 22, 2003 Report Posted July 22, 2003 Not mentioned are all the vinyls that Uptown produced in the years just before the arrival of the Compact Disc. Great stuff there (JR Monterose, Allan Eager, Dicky Wells, Philly Joe Jones' Dameronia, Budd Johnson&Phil Woods, Don Joseph and others). Quote
mikeweil Posted July 22, 2003 Report Posted July 22, 2003 (edited) Anybody have a list of the vinyl issues? Mike Fitzgerald's site doesn't have one - hard to believe .... or let's compile one here: UPTOWN LP/CD listing: UP 27.01 Joe Thomas – Raw Meat UP 27.02 J.R. Monterose - Live In Albany UP 27.03 John W. Bubbles – Back on Broadway UP 27.04 unissued UP 27.05 unissued UP 27.06 J.R. Monterose & Tommy Flanagan ... and a little pleasure (CD: Reservoir 109) UP 27.07 Dicky Wells – Lonesome Road UP 27.08 Hod O'Brien – Bits and Pieces (Reservoir) UP 27.09 Allan Eager - Renaissance UP 27.10 unissued UP 27.11 Philly Joe Jones & Dameronia - To Tadd With Love UP 27.12 Joe Thomas / Jay McShann – Blowin‘ In From K.C. UP 27.13 Haywood Henry – The Gentle Monster UP 27.14 Frank Wess / Johnny Coles - Two At The Top UP 27.15 Philly Joe Jones & Dameronia - Look Stop Listen UP 27.16 Pepper Adams – Live at Fat Tuesday’s (CD: Reservoir 113) UP 27.17 Don Sickler - The Music of Kenny Dorham (CD: Reservoir 111) UP 27.18 Charlie Rouse - Social Call (CD: UPCD 27.50) UP 27.19 Budd Johnson / Phil Woods - The Old Dude and the Fundance Kid UP 27.20 Barry Harris - For The Moment (CD: UPCD 27.47) UP 27.21 Al Grey / Buddy Tate – Just Jazz (Reservoir) UP 27.22 unissued UP 27.23 Don Joseph - One of a kind UP 27.24 Peter Leitch – Exhilaration (Reservoir) UP 27.25 Maria Muldaur - Transblucency UP 27.26 Kenny Barron - Autumn In New York (CD: UPCD 27.41) UP 27.27 Claudio Roditi – Claudio (LP and CD) UP 27.28 Carl Fontana - The Great Fontana (LP and CD) UP 27.29 Tommy Flanagan - Nights at the Vanguard (LP and CD) UP 27.30 Freddie Redd - Lonely City (LP and CD) UP 27.31 Pepper Adams - The Adams Effect (LP and CD) UP 27.32 Jimmy Gourley – Salute To The Bandbox (LP) / Left Bank of New York (CD) UPCD 27.33 An Uptown Christmas UPCD 27.34 Charlie Rouse - Soul Mates UPCD 27.35 Chet Baker - Boston, 1954 UPCD 27.36 Charlie Parker - Montreal 1953 UPCD 27.37 Densil Pinnock - I Waited for You UPCD 27.38 Serge Chaloff - Boston 1950 UPCD 27.39 Don Sickler - Night Watch UPCD 27.40 Sonny Clark - Oakland 1955 UPCD 27.41 Kenny Barron - New York Attitude (+) UPCD 27.42 Charlie Parker - Boston 1952 UPCD 27.43 Jack Sheldon - Playing for Change UPCD 27.44 Dodo Marmarosa - Pittsburgh 1958 UPCD 27.45 Coleman Hawkins - Jamestown 1958 UPCD 27.46 Lee Wiley - Music of Manhattan, 1951 UPCD 27.47 Barry Harris - For the Moment (+) UPCD 27.48 Charles ‘Baron’ Mingus - West Coast 1945-49 UPCD 27.49 Allen Eager - In the Land of Oo-Bla-Dee 1947-53 UPCD 27.50 Charlie Rouse / Red Rodney - Social Call (+) Issues from UPCD 27.33 were CD only releases. Bruyninckx lists an unissued Feddie Redd trio session recorded the day after the sessions for UP 27.30. (+) markes an expanded CD issue. Some titles are now owned by Reservoir. Please post or PM your additions, I'll edit them in. Edited July 23, 2003 by mikeweil Quote
brownie Posted July 22, 2003 Report Posted July 22, 2003 Uptown LPs: 2701 Joe Thomas 2702 JR Monterose Live in Albany 2703 John Bubbles 2707 Dicky Wells 2708 Hod O'Brien 2709 Allan Eager Renaissance 2711 Philly Joe Jones Dameronia 2712 Jay McShann/Joe Thomas 2713 Haywood Henry 2714 Frank Wess/Johnny Coles Two at the Top 2715 PJJones/Johnny Griffin Dameronia 2717 Don Sickler Plays Kenny Dorham 2718 Charlie Rouse Social Call 2719 Budd Johnson/Phil Woods Old Dude 2720 Barry Harris For the Moment 2723 Don Joseph One of a Kind 2725 Maria Muldau Transbluency 2726 Kenny Barron Autum in New York 2727 Claudio Roditi Claudio 2728 Carl Fontana The Great Fontana 2729 Tommy Flanagan Nights at the Vanguard 2732 Jimmy Gourley Left Bank of New York Quote
Dan Gould Posted July 22, 2003 Report Posted July 22, 2003 I'm curious about the Maria Muldaur. She's on the Uptown Christmas comp. and sounds pretty at ease with the jazzbos, didn't know she did an album on the label. Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted July 22, 2003 Report Posted July 22, 2003 Missing from the list: 27.06 JR Monterose/Tommy Flanagan And A Little Pleasure 27.16 Pepper Adams Live At Fat Tuesday's 27.21 Buddy Tate/Al Grey Just Jazz 27.24 Peter Leitch Exhilaration Some of the Uptown lp titles (27.06, 08, 16, 17, 21 and 24) belong to Reservoir now. Quote
mikeweil Posted July 22, 2003 Report Posted July 22, 2003 Just edited the list above. Thanks Chuck, just had found about the Adams and Monterose/Flanagan. Some nice stuff I missed from the vinyl era... There are still five numbers missing, anybody help? What's the connection between Uptown and Reservoir? Looks like Reservoir started after Uptown had stopped issuing temporarily .... I read the producers' names on the issues before and after and made some conclusions but don't wanna drop any names here ... Quote
mikeweil Posted July 22, 2003 Report Posted July 22, 2003 I'm curious about the Maria Muldaur. She's on the Uptown Christmas comp. and sounds pretty at ease with the jazzbos, didn't know she did an album on the label. It's one of her jazzier albums, if you like her later singing you will like it. I liked her voice better when it sounded young and innocent, like on the Warner Bros. LP with the late Benny Carter, if I hadn't sold my copy years ago I'd offer it to you ... sorry Dan Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted July 22, 2003 Report Posted July 22, 2003 Just edited the list above. Thanks Chuck, just had found about the Adams and Monterose/Flanagan. Some nice stuff I missed from the vinyl era... There are still five numbers missing, anybody help? What's the connection between Uptown and Reservoir? Looks like Reservoir started after Uptown had stopped issuing temporarily .... I read the producers' names on the issues before and after and made some conclusions but don't wanna drop any names here ... The missing numbers are unissued dates. More later. Bob Sunenblick started the label and after a couple of years, took on Mark Feldman (MD, not the fiddler) as a partner. After a few years they "divorced" and Mark started Reservoir. Mark got the dates I mentioned, and unissued dates by Leitch (Red Zone), Joe Puma and Ralph Moore. Bob still has "in the can" unissued dates by Beryl Booker, Dave Schildkraut, Lennie Andrade and Freddie Redd. The Redd and Schildkraut dates are in my hands, and any delay can be laid at my feet Quote
mikeweil Posted July 23, 2003 Report Posted July 23, 2003 I remember I read about the Schildkraut back then, or his "comeback". Sure would like to hear this! Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted July 23, 2003 Report Posted July 23, 2003 Might be a misdeal. Send $10 and you can have an lp. Quote
paul secor Posted July 23, 2003 Report Posted July 23, 2003 What's the deal with the John Bubbles? From Chuck's comment, I may be alone on this, but I like the John Bubbles Uptown. I bought it when it came out mainly because I remembered John Bubbles from the Tonight show when I was young. When I got the record I played it once and I guess it didn't connect with me (or vice versa), because I put it away and didn't listen to it for years. In 1996 a friend who was teaching an evening college class on jazz asked me about renditions of the song "Why Was I Born?" in my collection - he wanted to show how the same song could be done in myriad fashions by different musicians. One of the versions I found was John Bubbles'. It brought me back to the LP and got me to relisten. This time I found that I did truly enjoy it - if I had to use one word to describe the recording, that word would be "charming". I've listened to it a number of times since I rediscovered it and have enjoyed every listening. Again, this is just one man's opinion, but I'm glad I have it in my collection. Quote
Vincent, Paris Posted July 23, 2003 Report Posted July 23, 2003 (edited) I remember I read about the Schildkraut back then, or his "comeback". Sure would like to hear this! Me too! I never thought Schildkraut had recorded as a leader. I thought he had been lost for music until his death. And then I went back to AMG and found the following, It was released by Endgame in 2000. Schildkraut playing be-bop tunes mostly. Is this some kind of forgotten tape from the 50's or what ? Features Bill Triglia (believed he was out of business too) on piano and a bassist named Jeff Fuller. Anybody heard this ? Edited July 23, 2003 by Vincent, Paris Quote
paul secor Posted July 24, 2003 Report Posted July 24, 2003 I remember I read about the Schildkraut back then, or his "comeback". Sure would like to hear this! Me too! I never thought Schildkraut had recorded as a leader. I thought he had been lost for music until his death. And then I went back to AMG and found the following, It was released by Endgame in 2000. Schildkraut playing be-bop tunes mostly. Is this some kind of forgotten tape from the 50's or what ? Features Bill Triglia (believed he was out of business too) on piano and a bassist named Jeff Fuller. Anybody heard this ? Last Date is a concert recording from 8/12/79 in New Haven, Ct. Drummer Frank Bennett completes the quartet. Schildkraut is in good form - there are a few rough spots - and how much of his playing is readily available these days? The tunes are all pop standards or bop standards, with the exception of "Stars and Stripes Forever", the concert closer. I'd say that, for anyone with an interest in Dave Schildkraut, this is a record worth having. Endgame may have some connection with Jeff Fuller, since he plays on their only other release, a live trio date with leader Percy France and Dick Katz. Quote
paul secor Posted July 24, 2003 Report Posted July 24, 2003 Returning to the subject of Uptown Records, perhaps Chuck can let us know which Uptown vinyls are still available. Quote
bertrand Posted July 24, 2003 Report Posted July 24, 2003 Chuck, Please tell us more about the unissued Freddie Redd date. Is this the unissued trio date that is listed in the Mosaic Redd booklet as having been recorded at the same date as Lonely City? Thanks, Bertrand. Quote
Victor Christensen Posted January 1, 2005 Report Posted January 1, 2005 Chuck I would really like to see that the two Dameronia LP's were reissued on CD('s). I would think, that "To Tadd With Love" and "Look, Stop, Listen" could fit into one CD. Are there any plans regarding this. Vic Quote
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