GA Russell Posted July 6, 2009 Report Posted July 6, 2009 Sun Record Company, Where Rock 'N Roll Was Born (Direct Source, a Canadian company), discs 1 and 2 Quote
Guest Bixieland Posted July 7, 2009 Report Posted July 7, 2009 Miles Davis: The Complete On The Corner Sessions, Disc 2 Quote
tranemonk Posted July 8, 2009 Report Posted July 8, 2009 (edited) Discs 1 through 3... of the new Art History Project... Disc 3 the best of the bunch!!!!!!! Edited July 8, 2009 by tranemonk Quote
mellowT Posted July 10, 2009 Report Posted July 10, 2009 Haven't listened to this one in a while: Quote
Guest Bixieland Posted July 10, 2009 Report Posted July 10, 2009 Complete Bitches Brew...Giving this another chance, never a big fan of this set I know what you mean. The original album, as edited, is quite astonishing -- of course. But the rest of the "Complete" set is good for a vibe, but not intensely rewarding. I paid $25 for the long-box version off Amazon. So it was like getting a regular copy of B.B. that was substantially expanded and remastered (in 04'). ---------- Currently I'm enjoying...Turn Out the Stars, Disc 6 (which cost only $16!!! Thank you Lon!) This is really great stuff. I like it a lot more than the 61' Vanguard set. Maybe it's the 1980 vibe, and/or the electric bass -- but it all makes everything sound beachy and relaxed to me -- sippin' cocktails with a tropical breeze. This, combined with Evans, who's playing very authoritatively -- he's rippin' threw this stuff! -- like he knows this is it for him....but it's a wonderful contrast to the aforementioned "beachy" feel and the contemplative nature of Evan's style. Notes are flyin' all over the place -- but I'm not the least bit stressed! Quote
jazzbo Posted July 11, 2009 Report Posted July 11, 2009 Bixieland, that's not an electric bass. Quote
sidewinder Posted July 12, 2009 Report Posted July 12, 2009 Bixieland, that's not an electric bass. Yeah, Marc Johnson was on conventional upright in that group. Absolutely no electronics ! Quote
neveronfriday Posted July 12, 2009 Report Posted July 12, 2009 Supposedly an obscurity outside of Europe: Arnvid Meyers Orchestra: Right Out of Kansas City 1959-1973, issue by Sundance Music in Denmark. Guests include Ben Webster, Benny Carter, Don Byas, Vic Dickenson, Coleman Hawkins, Buck Clayton, Charlie Shavers, Brew Moore and others. 5 CDs + a DVD A great set! Now listening to: Various Artists: Jazz In Sweden 1949-1961 - The Legendary Years (Rhino) disc 1 Disc 1 contains superb recordings by Harry Arnold and his Swedish Radio Studio Orchestra from 1957-61, among the first rate soloists are: Bengt-Arne Wallin, Benny Bailey, Ake Persson, Arne Domnerus, Bjarne Nerem, Lucky Thompson, Bengt Hallberg, Egil Johanssen I bought myself both of these boxed sets after having heard about them here first, in this thread. Thanks for the heads up, guys. Great stuff. P.S.: Why do these Japanese boxed sets (Jazz in Sweden) never have English notes anywhere? Even the French usually put in an English section into their booklets. But not the Japanese. Argh! Quote
Guest Bixieland Posted July 13, 2009 Report Posted July 13, 2009 (edited) Bixieland, that's not an electric bass. Yeah, Marc Johnson was on conventional upright in that group. Absolutely no electronics ! wow! Really? It sounds like one of these. I've actually got my fretless fender sounding almost EXACTLY like Marc's on these recordings. A real rubbery, mid-range sound. Playing almost on the neck and sometimes adding a mic to catch any plucky "acoustic" happenings - though it's not needed to get that tone. Listening to Turn Out Stars right now -- I swear it sounds electric!! Edited July 13, 2009 by Bixieland Quote
JohnT Posted July 13, 2009 Report Posted July 13, 2009 His Acoustic Bass was going through an amplifier! Besides having two acoustic basses, I have an NS Design WAV 4 Electric Upright Bass (EUB - pictured in the middle above) -- the Bass of the Future -- sounds awesome!! Quote
Ron S Posted July 14, 2009 Report Posted July 14, 2009 Bill Evans, "The Secret Sessions" (Milestone) Quote
mellowT Posted July 19, 2009 Report Posted July 19, 2009 Dexter Gordon, Live at the Montmartre Jazzhus box set (Black Lion) Disc 3, Take The "A" Train Quote
sidewinder Posted July 19, 2009 Report Posted July 19, 2009 wow! Really? It sounds like one of these. After seeing them live a couple of times on Evans's last Europe tour around the time of these recordings and sitting about 8 ft from Mr Johnson, I can guarantee that it was a conventional upright bass. Quote
Guest Bixieland Posted July 22, 2009 Report Posted July 22, 2009 Miles Davis: Cellar Door Sessions 1970, Disc 5 Quote
tranemonk Posted July 24, 2009 Report Posted July 24, 2009 Disc 1 of From Johnny Griffin with Love... (the new box from Storyville that no one but me seems to be interested in..... :unsure: ) I'm enjoying it... :rolleyes: Quote
David Ayers Posted July 24, 2009 Report Posted July 24, 2009 My two most recent acquisitions are both in a way accidental but turn out to be sets to live with, in different ways. One is the Jack Johnson set which I thought I wouldn't care for (based on Spotify listenings and based on never having liked the original LP). Actually I still don't care much for the LP, nor do I care for all the Hermeto Pascal material, but the other chunks please me greatly and to my great surprise I find myself coming back and back to them. My other is of course the now famously OOP Sony Ellington. Great music, great mastering, just 4 CDs of amazing invention. That lot cost me about $25 all-in. Now that's what I call music! Quote
jazzbo Posted July 24, 2009 Report Posted July 24, 2009 Disc 1 of From Johnny Griffin with Love... (the new box from Storyville that no one but me seems to be interested in..... :unsure: ) I'm enjoying it... :rolleyes: Mine is still in the mail. I think more people would be into it if they didn't already have quite a bit of the material. Right now I'm grooving to the Canadian Universal Oscar Peterson set. Quote
Victor Christensen Posted July 24, 2009 Report Posted July 24, 2009 Charlie Ventura Proper Box "Bop For The People", I like that, especially disc 4, the concert disc, swings like hell and a lot of fun. Vic Quote
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