Matthew Posted February 13, 2011 Report Posted February 13, 2011 I'm starting to collect the CTI: Timeless Collection 40 out of Japan, and they are very good, with the mastering being excellent. Highly recommended to take a chance if you find some. Deodato Deodato 2 Deodato Prelude Deodato/Airto In Concert Airto Fingers Airto Free Ray Barretto La Cuna Antonio Carlos Jobim Stone Flower Astrud Gilberto Gilberto With Turrentine Jackie & Roy A Wilder Alias Jackie & Roy Time & Love Patti Austin End Of A Rainbow Patti Austin Havana Candy Nina Simone Baltimore Urbie Green The Fox Hubert Laws The Rite Of Spring Hubert Laws The Chicago Theme Lalo Schifrin Black Widow Lalo Schifrin Towering Toccata Fuse One Fuse One Fuse One Silk Freddie Hubbard Red Clay Freddie Hubbard Polar AC Freddie Hubbard/Stanley Turrentine In Concert Jim Hall Concierto Chet Baker/Jim Hall/ Hubert Laws Studio Trieste Chet Baker She Was Too Good To Me Bill Evans Montreux II George Benson Summertime/2001(aka In Concert -Carnegie Hall) Milt Jackson Sunflower Milt Jackson Olinga Stanley Turrentine Sugar Stanley Turrentine with Milt Jackson Cherry Paul Desmond Skylark Paul Desmond Pure Desmond Joe Farrell Outback Art Farmer/Jim Hall Big Blues Don Sebesky Giant Box Gabor Szabo Mizrab Allan Holdsworth Velvet Darkness Randy Weston Blue Moses Quote
Teasing the Korean Posted February 13, 2011 Report Posted February 13, 2011 I am obsessed with the album "A Wilder Alias." Quote
Daniel A Posted February 14, 2011 Report Posted February 14, 2011 The Holdsworth album is far from what most people would expect from a mid 70s CTI album, though perhaps not the best recording of Holdsworth. Has anybody else heard it? Quote
JETman Posted February 14, 2011 Report Posted February 14, 2011 The Holdsworth album is far from what most people would expect from a mid 70s CTI album, though perhaps not the best recording of Holdsworth. Has anybody else heard it? It was released in the 90s as a Columbia Jazz Masterpieces cd against Holdsworth's wishes. I have it. I find it interesting, but just ok. Quote
felser Posted February 15, 2011 Report Posted February 15, 2011 The Holdsworth album is far from what most people would expect from a mid 70s CTI album, though perhaps not the best recording of Holdsworth. Has anybody else heard it? It was released in the 90s as a Columbia Jazz Masterpieces cd against Holdsworth's wishes. I have it. I find it interesting, but just ok. I find it mediocre and generic, and I actually like 70's Holdsworth quite a bit. Pick up Soft Machine 'Bundles' to hear him shine on the side-long "Hazard Profile". Quote
Big Al Posted February 16, 2011 Report Posted February 16, 2011 I e-mailed Sony Masterworks telling them, in so many words, world peace wouldn't stand a chance unless they included Don Sebesky's GIANT BOX in their upcoming releases. Quote
Bluerein Posted February 16, 2011 Report Posted February 16, 2011 Are there any upcoming releases sceduled? Quote
Matthew Posted February 16, 2011 Report Posted February 16, 2011 Are there any upcoming releases sceduled? I hope so, looking for Japanese imports is getting expensive, plus the Timeless Collection 40 cds are hard to find, so some of those rarer ones would be a good place to start. Quote
Shawn Posted February 16, 2011 Report Posted February 16, 2011 Matthew, try to get Johnny Hammond's "Breakout" and Hubbard's "Straight Life" while you're on the CTI kick. Those are two of my favorites. Quote
Matthew Posted February 16, 2011 Report Posted February 16, 2011 Matthew, try to get Johnny Hammond's "Breakout" and Hubbard's "Straight Life" while you're on the CTI kick. Those are two of my favorites. I'm making an Amoeba run on Monday, hopefully they will be there. Quote
Big Al Posted February 19, 2011 Report Posted February 19, 2011 Yes, definitely STRAIGHT LIFE. That's Hubbard's CTI masterpiece, AFAIC. Quote
Matthew Posted February 22, 2011 Report Posted February 22, 2011 (edited) Matthew, try to get Johnny Hammond's "Breakout" and Hubbard's "Straight Life" while you're on the CTI kick. Those are two of my favorites. I'm making an Amoeba run on Monday, hopefully they will be there. Yes, definitely STRAIGHT LIFE. That's Hubbard's CTI masterpiece, AFAIC. They weren't there today when I went. I'll try again in a couple of weeks, and hopefully at least Straight Life will be in the bins. PS: Got a ton of other CTI / Kudo stuff though... Edited February 22, 2011 by Matthew Quote
Matthew Posted February 25, 2011 Report Posted February 25, 2011 Such as... Gabor Szabo: Mizrab Deodato: 2 Ester Phillips: Capricorn Princess Hank Crawford: We Got A Good Thing Going Freddie Hubbard: Polar AC George Benson: In Concert - Carnegie Hall. Guest: Hurbert Laws George Benson: Shape Of Things To Come George Benson: I Got A Woman And Some Blues Wes Montgomery: Down Here On The Ground Wes Montgomery: Goin' Out Of My Head Wes Montgomery: A Day In The Life Idris Muhammad: Power Of Soul Johnny Hammond: Gambler's Life (never heard of the CTI subsidiary label Salvation before) Hurbert Laws: The Chicago Theme Maybe not a ton, but it was a lot. Quote
JohnT Posted February 25, 2011 Report Posted February 25, 2011 Wow! Nice haul!! I really wish I had an Amoeba near me. When I went to the Amoeba in LA on vacation last year, I almost passed out seeing so many bins full of jazz CD's -- so much music and I had so little time to explore -- I did, however, bring back a nice little haul myself!! Quote
JSngry Posted February 25, 2011 Report Posted February 25, 2011 (never heard of the CTI subsidiary label Salvation before) They did one album by the New York Jazz Quartet (Frank Wess, Roland Hanna, I forget the other two...) & one, I think, by Airto. That's all I can think of off the top of my head. Quote
mikeweil Posted February 25, 2011 Report Posted February 25, 2011 Ordered Ron Carter's All Blues yesterday - I'm curious about the sound, in particular, although there certainly will be an improvement over my scratchy second generation LP pressing. Musically, it is the best of Carter's CTI albums, IMHO. What I'd like to see is a double with all of the New York Jazz Quartet recordings (there was a second concert released only in Japan), as these are superb. That was Ron Carter and Ben Riley along with Frank Wess and Roland Hanna, BTW: Quote
jazzbo Posted February 25, 2011 Report Posted February 25, 2011 I think you'll be quite happy with the sound on "All Blues." Quote
mikeweil Posted February 25, 2011 Report Posted February 25, 2011 ..... (never heard of the CTI subsidiary label Salvation before) Salvation Quote
Matthew Posted February 25, 2011 Report Posted February 25, 2011 (never heard of the CTI subsidiary label Salvation before) They did one album by the New York Jazz Quartet (Frank Wess, Roland Hanna, I forget the other two...) & one, I think, by Airto. That's all I can think of off the top of my head. Thanks, I'll have to look for these next time at Amoeba. Quote
Big Al Posted February 27, 2011 Report Posted February 27, 2011 Matthew, man, nice score! Gabor Szabo: Mizrab is, like most of Szabo's output, an underrated beauty! Same can be said for Freddie Hubbard: Polar AC! Idris Muhammad: Power Of Soul more than lives up to its name. I'd love to hear your opinion of Johnny Hammond: Gambler's Life. Is that a one- or two-LP set? Also Hubert Laws: The Chicago Theme; I see that from time to time, but have yet to actually get it. Would love to hear your opinion of this one, too. Quote
Matthew Posted February 27, 2011 Report Posted February 27, 2011 (edited) Matthew, man, nice score! Gabor Szabo: Mizrab is, like most of Szabo's output, an underrated beauty! Same can be said for Freddie Hubbard: Polar AC! Idris Muhammad: Power Of Soul more than lives up to its name. I'd love to hear your opinion of Johnny Hammond: Gambler's Life. Is that a one- or two-LP set? Also Hubert Laws: The Chicago Theme; I see that from time to time, but have yet to actually get it. Would love to hear your opinion of this one, too. Johnny Hamond's Gambler's Life is an interesting cd, he does not play the organ, but plays a Fender Rhodes throughout the session (the cd has four other cuts from different albums), and it is arranged and produced by Larry Mizell of Blue Note fame / infamy. The sound is heavily layered, with percussion, wah-wah guitars, and vocals, some wordless, some with lyrics, that are layered also, forming the basis of each number. The only solos you hear are by Hammond, and after awhile, things start to sound the same. It's still good, but I don't think it's a cd that will get constant rotation on my player, it seems like a "mood cd," if you know what I mean. Hurbert Laws The Chicago Theme has Bob James doing most of the arranging, and is more low key than Hammond's. Laws solos on each song, and a host of others make appearances -- there are no less that thirty-one musicians listed. Both albums were recorded in 1974, and have that early '70 feel to them. Overall, I prefer the Laws' cd, as it is less frenetic than Gambler's Life, and seems more musical, while Gambler's Life seems centered on creating an atmosphere. I'm glad I have both, but if I saw both cds in front of me, I would recommend The Chicago Theme first. edit for spelling Edited February 27, 2011 by Matthew Quote
mikeweil Posted March 6, 2011 Report Posted March 6, 2011 I think you'll be quite happy with the sound on "All Blues." Sorry - no .... but the reissue engieners probably made the best of it. I never liked RVGs sound on the CTI LPs - too much noise reduction, still a lot of hiss, very artificial instrument balance, drums too low in the mix, unpersonal bass pickup sound, uniform piano sound, hardly any natural room ambiance, you name it - for my ears, a low point in jazz audio engineering. You can hardly hear Cobham's cymbals - they probably mixed them down to avoid the high level of hiss on these tapes. The playing is very good, but the recording is ruined, IMO. Maybe the bad sound is the reason they left off this one from the first batch of CTI reissues many years ago? Quote
Matthew Posted March 10, 2011 Report Posted March 10, 2011 I e-mailed Sony Masterworks telling them, in so many words, world peace wouldn't stand a chance unless they included Don Sebesky's GIANT BOX in their upcoming releases. Looks like you got your wish! Quote
Big Al Posted March 10, 2011 Report Posted March 10, 2011 WOOHOO!!!!! YEEAAHHHH!!!!!!! *runs around the room in a tizzy* Quote
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