June 2007 Connoisseurs

[Niko]

Here's the Andrew Hill cover for those who are curioius:

great one!

[ep1str0phy]

Yeah, surprisingly good.

[J Larsen]

Here's the Andrew Hill cover for those who are curioius:

great one!

Any word on whether this has all of the 8 tracks from the session that appeared in the Mosaic?

[Eric]

Yeah, surprisingly good.

Just saw that photo last night in the 2nd Francis Wolff book!

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Yeah, surprisingly good.

Just saw that photo last night in the 2nd Francis Wolff book!

I thought it looked pretty good! So it's a proper Wolff job.

MG

[Late]

Great cover! Can you say PAISLEY? Nice!

Care to post the other covers ... ?

[JohnBlutarski]

Here's the Andrew Hill cover for those who are curioius:

yep! cool shirt!!!

JB

[Chuck Nessa]

I thought it looked pretty good! So it's a proper Wolff job.

MG

A "Proper" Wolff job would be an almost complete collection of "hit or miss" prints and decent notes.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

I thought it looked pretty good! So it's a proper Wolff job.

MG

A "Proper" Wolff job would be an almost complete collection of "hit or miss" prints and decent notes.

(but I had to read it twice!)

MG

[connoisseur series500]

Here's the Andrew Hill cover for those who are curioius:

yep! cool shirt!!!

JB

I bet Chuck had that shirt back in the day!

[Swinging Swede]

This is the interesting one for me. Does anyone know what the Conn is going to include?

According to the info that's now up at worldsrecords.com:

"Featuring two different 10-piece bands, the first seven tracks were released on two long-out-of-print LPs in the late 70s and the last five tracks are gems from the second session issued here for the first time."

That must mean that it includes the following two sessions:

Stanley Turrentine Tentet

Donald Byrd (tp) Julian Priester (tb) Jerry Dodgion (as, fl) Stanley Turrentine (ts) Joe Farrell (ts, fl) Pepper Adams (bars, cl) Kenny Barron (p) Bucky Pizzarelli (g) Ron Carter (b) Mickey Roker (d) Duke Pearson (arr)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, February 17, 1967

1839 tk.4 She's A Carioca Blue Note BN-LA 394-H2

1840 tk.9 Samba Do Aviao -

1841 tk.14 Manha De Carnaval Blue Note LT 993

1842 tk.15 What Now, My Love? -

1843 tk.24 Night Song Blue Note BN-LA 394-H2

1844 tk.32 Here's That Rainy Day Blue Note LT 993

1845 tk.41 Blues For Del -

* Stanley Turrentine Best Album (Blue Note BN-LA 394-H2)

* Stanley Turrentine - New Time Shuffle (Blue Note LT 993)

Stanley Turrentine Tentet

Blue Mitchell, Tommy Turrentine (tp) Julian Priester (tb) Jerry Dodgion (as, fl) Stanley Turrentine (ts) Al Gibbons (ts, bcl) Pepper Adams (bars, cl) McCoy Tyner (p) Walter Booker (b) Mickey Roker (d) Duke Pearson (arr)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 9, 1967

1904 tk.16 With This Ring Blue Note unissued

1905 tk.15 Silver Tears -

1906 tk.20 A Bluish Bag -

1907 tk.26 Come Back To Me -

1908 tk.30 The Days Of Wine And Roses -

1909 tk.45 Message To Michael Blue Note rejected

This means that the New Time Shuffle album isn't complete here, and that Cuscuna thus must be planning a later CD with the 6/23/67 session, which has the remaining tracks, plus probably the 7/28/67 session, which has several unissued tracks, and perhaps even the 1/25/68 session.

Here's the cover:

[Swinging Swede]

[Swinging Swede]

Re: Frank Foster's Manhattan Fever

"Tracks 1-6 were released in 1968 and feature the saxophonist in a swinging sextet. The second session, a nonet [sic] augmented by a second reed player, has been in the vaults since it was recorded in early 1969, and offers a fresh look at one of jazz's most versatile tenor players."

This means that we get the unissued 1969 session as well!

Frank Foster Septet

Burt Collins (tp, picc tp -1/5) Jimmy Cleveland (tb -1/5) Ed Pazant (as, fl, ob -1/5) Frank Foster (ts, acl) George Cables (p) Buster Williams (b) Mickey Roker (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, January 31, 1969

1. 3322 tk.1 Slug's Bag Blue Note BST 84316

2. 3323 tk.7 Buster Brown -

3. 3324 tk.15 Fly By Night -

4. 3325 tk.23 Hip Shakin' -

5. 3326 tk.27 What's New From The Monster Mill -

6. 3327 tk.31 The House That Love Built -

* Frank Foster (not released) (Blue Note BST 84316)

Since it even got a catalogue number it must have had an intended album title. I wonder what?

[Kyo]

This means that the New Time Shuffle album isn't complete here, and that Cuscuna thus must be planning a later CD with the 6/23/67 session, which has the remaining tracks, plus probably the 7/28/67 session, which has several unissued tracks, and perhaps even the 1/25/68 session.

Sounds good to me. Quite a bit of unreleased stuff in this batch, cool!

[mikeweil]

Anyone here got a release date for Germany?

[Swinging Swede]

amazon.de says 4th June.

[Shawn]

This Turrentine release REALLY makes me happy! What a great session (She's A Carioca is wonderful) that deserves wider attention. I've been bugging Cuscuna for YEARS about releasing these Turrentine/Pearson sessions.

[J.A.W.]

It'd be great if someone could post links to sound samples.

[sidewinder]

This Turrentine release REALLY makes me happy! What a great session (She's A Carioca is wonderful)

Excellent track indeed - just the excuse I need to pull out the old twofer.

[milestones20]

Re: Frank Foster's Manhattan Fever

This means that we get the unissued 1969 session as well!

Frank Foster Septet

Burt Collins (tp, picc tp -1/5) Jimmy Cleveland (tb -1/5) Ed Pazant (as, fl, ob -1/5) Frank Foster (ts, acl) George Cables (p) Buster Williams (b) Mickey Roker (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, January 31, 1969

1. 3322 tk.1 Slug's Bag Blue Note BST 84316

2. 3323 tk.7 Buster Brown -

3. 3324 tk.15 Fly By Night -

4. 3325 tk.23 Hip Shakin' -

5. 3326 tk.27 What's New From The Monster Mill -

6. 3327 tk.31 The House That Love Built -

* Frank Foster (not released) (Blue Note BST 84316)

Will this be the major selling point? I haven't heard the greatest things about the original album...

[mike casinghino]

well,the major selling point for me,two never issued on cd blue note sessions.i don't go by someone's negative comments.i will give it a listen,and make my own or decision. but will wait for a yourmusic arrival.(read:cheap).

Edited May 8, 2007 by mike casinghino

[jazzbo]

I think it would be surprising should we see many more yourmusic batches of these Blue Notes. . . .They seem to have abandoned real jazz!

[mike casinghino]

lon,looking at the new arrivals recently,i believe you are right. hopefully they will still be offering new connoisseur and rvg titles.

[bertrand]

A couple of days ago, I saw pop-ups about future titles by Andrew Hill and others; it sounded like the recent RVGs. There's still hope.

I used a Borders' coupon plus a personal shopping day and got a bunch of RVGs for $8 each. Hardly worth waiting for yourmusic.

I'll keep my membership until the end of the year, but if the inventory doesn't improve before then, I'll drop out.

Bertrand.

[sonnyhill]

Check out J &R. It still has RVGs on sale for $6.99. If you are not in NY, you do not have to pay sales tax.

Edited May 8, 2007 by sonnyhill