Hot Ptah Posted October 28, 2009 Report Posted October 28, 2009 (edited) All of the releases on the Italian Horo label have been long out of print and have never been reissued on CD to my knowledge. On November 10, the first batch of them is supposed to be released on CD, on Atomic Records: Sun Ra "New Steps" Archie Shepp "Mariamar" Archie Shepp "Lybia" Sam Rivers/Don Pullen "Black Africa! Villalago" Lee Konitz/Martial Solal "Duplicity" Johnny Griffin "Jazz a Confronto" These releases are listed on dustygroove.com, amazon.co.uk, and hmv.co.jp. The latter also gives the full list of Horo's to be released. Credit for this news goes to "sambrasa" on the AAJ site, who posted this news there recently. Edited October 28, 2009 by Hot Ptah Quote
blajay Posted October 28, 2009 Report Posted October 28, 2009 Great news! Thanks for passing this along. Quote
mikeweil Posted October 28, 2009 Report Posted October 28, 2009 About time ..... that Sun Ra is one to get. Quote
B. Clugston Posted October 28, 2009 Report Posted October 28, 2009 Excellent news. Rivers' "Black Africa" albums are fantastic. I have Perugia. Quote
Stefan Wood Posted October 28, 2009 Report Posted October 28, 2009 Crap, more money to blow! Awesome news. I've always wanted to hear the Sam Rivers Horos. Quote
Free For All Posted October 28, 2009 Report Posted October 28, 2009 "The Horos.....the Horos......" Quote
paul secor Posted October 29, 2009 Report Posted October 29, 2009 Hope that the Rudd and Lacy Horos are in the works. Does anyone know if these are legitimate reissues? Quote
jeffcrom Posted October 29, 2009 Report Posted October 29, 2009 I hope these issue are legit and related to what's below. Back in February, I did an entry about Horo on my blog and got the following comment: I was assistant producer at HORO Records for several years, when I was in my teens. Aldo Sinesio, the producer, is on the verge of reissuing most of the HORO catalogue on CD, and I will produce the reissues. Lonehill Records has just ripped off a Teddy Wilson record from HORO, so, in order to avoid other "fakes" (the guys at Lonehill have just copied an LP), the catalogue wll be reissued almost in its entirety. Within May/June a series of recordings live by Freddie Hubbard, and an unissued recording, by pianist Dave Burrell and legendary drummer Sam Woodyard, will be out. I think you're the first person to get the news... Cordially yours, Gianni Morelenbaum Gualberto Of course, we're considerably beyond May/June at this point, but I hope this is the beginning of the reissue program Gianni was talking about. Quote
Chalupa Posted October 29, 2009 Report Posted October 29, 2009 HOLY SMOKES!!!! Thanks for posting the news. Quote
clifford_thornton Posted October 29, 2009 Report Posted October 29, 2009 Cool. I have a few Horos but the ones I want are out of pocketbook reach. Quote
John L Posted October 29, 2009 Report Posted October 29, 2009 :tup Hopefully, more will follow. There is some great music on Horo. Quote
AndrewHill Posted October 29, 2009 Report Posted October 29, 2009 Can't wait for these as I have never owned/heard a Horo LP, I only got to drool over them over at EBay. Quote
BFrank Posted October 29, 2009 Report Posted October 29, 2009 VERY interesting. Would love to see Max Roach "The Loadstar" w/Bridgewater, Harper & Workman. Quote
jlhoots Posted October 29, 2009 Report Posted October 29, 2009 I see a reference to Disconforme in association with these at CD Universe. Comments??? Quote
clifford_thornton Posted October 29, 2009 Report Posted October 29, 2009 Disconforme are boots in the sense that Actuels are boots. Promises made but not kept. Quote
David Ayers Posted October 29, 2009 Report Posted October 29, 2009 (edited) Hmmm. There is a basic horo website (here) but there is no discussion of any reissues. There is a contact though and I'll drop them a line. Edited October 29, 2009 by David Ayers Quote
JohnS Posted October 29, 2009 Report Posted October 29, 2009 :tup Hopefully, more will follow. There is some great music on Horo. Very good news, hope it is just the start too. Quote
Hot Ptah Posted October 29, 2009 Author Report Posted October 29, 2009 I hope that Sun Ra's "Unity" is one that is reissued soon. To me, it is the most together, cohesive, accessible Sun Ra big band album of his entire career. Quote
Stefan Wood Posted October 29, 2009 Report Posted October 29, 2009 Even better than his Live at Montreux set? Quote
Hot Ptah Posted October 29, 2009 Author Report Posted October 29, 2009 Even better than his Live at Montreux set? I prefer "Unity" a lot more. "Unity" has cohesive ensembles playing clean big band parts, in tune and together. Most of it is "inside", very little avant garde. There are some exciting swing numbers which are the most "together" versions, for lack of a better term, which I have ever heard by Ra on record--from the Fletcher Henderson book, and others. In comparison, the Ra swing versions on an album like "Sunrise in Different Dimensions" are a bit ragged. Quote
Peter Friedman Posted October 29, 2009 Report Posted October 29, 2009 Looking forward to the CD re-issue of the Frank Rosolino and the Sal Nistico sessions. Quote
RDK Posted October 29, 2009 Report Posted October 29, 2009 (edited) I've only heard a few Horos via downloaded LP rips and I've never seen an actual LP. I'm very much looking forward to these, especially the Sun Ras! Edited October 29, 2009 by RDK Quote
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