Jump to content

Which Jazz box set are you grooving to right now?


Recommended Posts

20 minutes ago, soulpope said:

Same here .... btw interesting, that (all) Soul Note/Black Saint reissues never featured bonus material 🤔 ....

I think they're just straight remasters with original tracks and original album art (shrunken down), which would be my only complaint about these sets. It's nearly impossible to read the liner notes.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Replies 3.6k
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

5 minutes ago, BFrank said:

I think they're just straight remasters with original tracks and original album art (shrunken down), which would be my only complaint about these sets. It's nearly impossible to read the liner notes.

Agreed .... still wondering about the existence of unreleased material ....

Link to comment
Share on other sites

10 hours ago, soulpope said:

"Shades" likely the pick of these albums ....

True. But they're all pretty good. Andrew Hill didn't make bad records. 🙂

 

9 hours ago, soulpope said:

Same here .... btw interesting, that (all) Soul Note/Black Saint reissues never featured bonus material 🤔 ....

That box set series had some flaws (illegible art reproductions, no bonus tracks, various choices of material were head-scratching [under name of different leader] or redundant), but I still purchased a lot of them! I think the parent label (Cam Jazz) is no longer in business, and have no idea what will happen to the catalogue.

Edited by T.D.
Link to comment
Share on other sites

1 minute ago, T.D. said:

True. But they're all pretty good. Andrew Hill didn't make bad records. 🙂

That box set series had some flaws (illegible art reproductions, no bonus tracks, various choices of material were head-scratching [under name of different leader] or redundant), but I still purchased a lot of them!

True .... btw these box sets were important reissues as most of the material was unavailble (or only as undisclosed CD-R's) for a long time .... but still curious about the tapes/vaults of Giovanni Bonandrini ....

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Well, as I remember it, Cam Jazz bought Black Saint and Soul Note around 2007-2009.  So, at least as far as the issued albums, Cam Jazz owns that material. The box sets are still uploaded on that website.  I have never read that there was unreleased material.  

The box sets did not compile all of the individual albums. For instance, there must be around 7-10 String Trio of New York albums that never got the box treatment. 

One advantage of the box sets was the pricing, which for me made buying them attractive. 

Dave Douglas recorded 3 albums for Black Saint/Soul Note. According to a 2008 post on his Greenleaf Music website, Cam Jazz acquired the Black Saint/Soul Note "catalogs" in 2008:

https://greenleafmusic.com/black-saintsoul-note/

 

 

 

Edited by cliffpeterson
Link to comment
Share on other sites

6 minutes ago, cliffpeterson said:

Well, as I remember it, Cam Jazz bought Black Saint and Soul Note around 2007-2009.  So, at least as far as the issued albums, Cam Jazz owns that material .... I have never read that there was unreleased material.  

That's correct .... but based on the wealth of sessions Bonandrini produced from the later 70's onward makes it hard to believe only the material released was recorded ....

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.

×
×
  • Create New...