JSngry Posted August 7, 2010 Report Share Posted August 7, 2010 (edited) Dizzy Gillespie Quintet Gillespie, tp; Sahib Shihab, bs; Wade Legge, p; Lou Hackney, b; Al Jones, dr NY June 1953 Showcase 4401 Chris and Diz Purple Sounds What was the Showcase label? Has this ever been reissued anywhere? Also, I know this group w/Bill Graham, but not w/Sahib. Any other recordings w/this line up? As always, thanks in advance! Edited August 7, 2010 by JSngry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcello Posted August 7, 2010 Report Share Posted August 7, 2010 Look Here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted August 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2010 Perhaps that's what triggered the question? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted August 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hStliEngiFI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HM4bjbeICk Manufactured by Roost? So this would now be BN/EMI property? Or not? Who set up this label "dedicated to the jazz experiments of Dizzy Gillespie" & how many - if any - more releases were there? I don't recall ever hearing of this label before & I've read both the autobiography & the Shipton bio. Guess I just forgot? ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swinging Swede Posted August 7, 2010 Report Share Posted August 7, 2010 It was reissued on this CD: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted August 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2010 It was reissued on this CD: Thank you, sir! Anything else from that label on this CD, or has this item been reissued anywhere else? Seems like an extreme rarity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted August 7, 2010 Report Share Posted August 7, 2010 According to the Lord discography, it was reissued on IARJC, the label of the International Association of Jazz Record Collectors. I don't see any other Gillespie recordings on the Showcase label, although I just gave a quick look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted August 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2010 Right, the IAJRC this is "referenced" in Marcello's post & was the source of the original inquiry. Roost was Teddy Reig, right? So, Did Diz have a deal w/Reig, or what? I mean " A label dedicated to the jazz experiments of Dizzy Gillespie", that's got "business venture" written all over it, so...who's business was it? Also...Sahib Shihab!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swinging Swede Posted August 7, 2010 Report Share Posted August 7, 2010 This seems to have been it. Next time Gillespie recorded, it was for Norman Granz, and the Verve association would then last into the 60s. Releasing a 78 on a small label must have been particularly difficult in 1953 when the market quickly was switching to LPs. Probably an extreme rarity even in its time, yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffcrom Posted August 7, 2010 Report Share Posted August 7, 2010 Right, the IAJRC this is "referenced" in Marcello's post & was the source of the original inquiry. Which I obviously didn't read very carefully.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swinging Swede Posted August 7, 2010 Report Share Posted August 7, 2010 There is a Birdland broadcast also given as c. June 1953, which has this group plus Charlie Parker and Joe Carroll. Lord says about the Birdland date "Sahib Shihab (bar) or poss Bill Graham (bar)" but also "Other possible recording dates are c. January, 1953 or late March, 1953", in which case it would be Graham. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted August 8, 2010 Report Share Posted August 8, 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hStliEngiFI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HM4bjbeICk Manufactured by Roost? So this would now be BN/EMI property? Or not? Who set up this label "dedicated to the jazz experiments of Dizzy Gillespie" & how many - if any - more releases were there? I don't recall ever hearing of this label before & I've read both the autobiography & the Shipton bio. Guess I just forgot? ? Why does the camera pan over to a Savoy album? Were these sides included in it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted August 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2010 Only of that's how the guy bought it in the thrift store... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS Posted August 8, 2010 Report Share Posted August 8, 2010 Thanks for posting Jim. The post reminded me that I have the IAJRC album. Pulled out now for a play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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