Kyo Posted January 13, 2008 Report Posted January 13, 2008 (edited) Has Verve ever bothered to release those sessions on CD? All I've found is one of those pirated CDs on Definitive records (with probably questionable sound). Stan Getz Quintet Bob Brookmeyer (vtb) Stan Getz (ts) John Williams (p) Bill Crow (b) Al Levitt (d) NYC, April 16, 1953 1214-1 Cool Mix Clef 89090, MGC 143 1215-5 Rustic Hop Clef 89090, MGC 143; Verve MGV 8200 1215-7 - unissued 1216-1 Have You Met Miss Jones? Clef 89059, MGC 143 1217-2 Erudition Clef 89059, MGC 143; Verve MGV 8341 Stan Getz Quintet Bob Brookmeyer (vtb) Stan Getz (ts) John Williams (p) Teddy Kotick (b) Frank Isola (d) Los Angeles, CA, July 30, 1953 1241-4 Love And The Weather Norgran MGN 1000, MGN 1087 1242-3 It Don't Mean A Thing Norgran MGN 1029; Verve 2V6S 8818 1243-4 Spring Is Here Norgran MGN 1000, MGN 1087 1244-1 The Varsity Drag Norgran MGN 1029 1245-2 Crazy Rhythm Norgran MGN 1000, MGN 1088 Stan Getz Quintet Bob Brookmeyer (vtb) Stan Getz (ts) John Williams (p) Teddy Kotick (b) Frank Isola (d) Los Angeles, CA, August 15, 1953 1263-1 Minor Blues Norgran MGN 1008, MGN 1087 1264-2 Fascinatin' Rhythm - 1265-3 Willow Weep For Me Norgran MGN 1000, MGN 1088 Stan Getz Quintet Bob Brookmeyer (vtb) Stan Getz (ts) John Williams (p) Bill Anthony (b) Frank Isola (d) Los Angeles, CA, November 9, 1954 2036-1 Give Me The Simple Life Norgran MGN 1029 2037-1 Oh, Jane Suavely - 2038-1 We'll Be Together Again Norgran EPN 2001 2038-2 - Norgran MGN 2000-2 2039-1 Feather Merchant - 2040-1 I'll Remember April Norgran MGN 1029 2041-1 Flamingo Verve MGV 8200 Edited January 28, 2008 by Kyo Quote
JohnS Posted January 13, 2008 Report Posted January 13, 2008 I've not come across another cd issue (Jjapan maybe). Sound on some of the tracks is indifferent Quote
Kyo Posted January 13, 2008 Author Report Posted January 13, 2008 Sound on some of the tracks is indifferent They're probably just recorded from the old LPs. Haven't heard this Definitive set since I'd rather buy the real thing if it's available. Quote
Alec Posted January 13, 2008 Report Posted January 13, 2008 iTunes has one volume as one of the Verve Vault OOP downloads. It contains: It Don't Mean a Thing (If it Ain't Got That Swing) The Varsity Drag Give Me the Simple Life I'll Remember April Oh Jane Snavley Quote
Swinging Swede Posted January 13, 2008 Report Posted January 13, 2008 Interpretations #3 was reissued on CD in Japan in 2004, and of course the few tracks from these sessions that were on At The Shrine and Stan Getz And The Cool Sounds are on the respective Verve CDs. Classics is close to having covered it all. The latest Getz volume, 1954, ended with the Shrine session, so only the last session (9 November 1954) remains, and will open the next volume. It's possible that Classics has better sound than Definitive but I haven't been available to compare. So, to answer your question, yes, at the moment the Definitive set is the only way to get it all. It also includes the rare first Getz-Brookmeyer session from 16 April 1953. It was released on a 10" LP, but when the 12" era came around it was lost in the shuffle, and only one of four tracks made it to Stan Getz And The Cool Sounds. It would have been a natural to include the other three on the CD reissue of Stan Getz And The Cool Sounds, but it was in the LPR series, and by that time Verve had abandoned adding bonus tracks. The sound on the Definitive set is not the greatest, but at least it's all there until something better comes along. It's incomprehensible that Verve hasn't done something with these fine recordings a long time ago. Quote
Swinging Swede Posted January 13, 2008 Report Posted January 13, 2008 iTunes has one volume as one of the Verve Vault OOP downloads. It contains: It Don't Mean a Thing (If it Ain't Got That Swing) The Varsity Drag Give Me the Simple Life I'll Remember April Oh Jane Snavley That would be Interpretations #3, so it's obviously taken from the Japanese CD. Quote
Kyo Posted January 13, 2008 Author Report Posted January 13, 2008 It's incomprehensible that Verve hasn't done something with these fine recordings a long time ago. The Definitive set contains about 136 minutes of music, the Shrine CD (minus the two studio cuts already in the Definitive set) another 52 of live tracks. Someone should suggest a Mosaic Select with the whole package! I think I'm gonna write Cuscuna an email about this right now! Quote
Kyo Posted January 13, 2008 Author Report Posted January 13, 2008 Mail sent. Maybe if some others join the "We Want Stan!" chorus, this might actually happen. Quote
king ubu Posted January 16, 2008 Report Posted January 16, 2008 That's a great idea, Kyo! I'd be all over such a Select! Quote
Kyo Posted January 28, 2008 Author Report Posted January 28, 2008 I just got a reply from Michael Cuscuna. Without going into details let me just say that there is some hope. Quote
king ubu Posted January 28, 2008 Report Posted January 28, 2008 I just got a reply from Michael Cuscuna. Without going into details let me just say that there is some hope. yeah, and that he loves the idea! Quote
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