Informal Jazz, Elmo Hope

[porcy62]

Had the Prestige been reissued on vinyl? Japan, OJC, any?

[jeffcrom]

It was reissued in 1976 as part of a two-fer called "The All Star Sessions." It was paired with "Homecoming."

[porcy62]

Thanks!

[brownie]

Prestige also reissued 'Informal Jazz' as 'Two Tenors' in their 'Jazz Classics Series' back in 1969:

Wonder why they displayed John Coltrane's name instead of Elmo Hope's

[JohnS]

Love this disc.

[Big Beat Steve]

  On 12/10/2010 at 2:16 PM, brownie said:

Prestige also reissued 'Informal Jazz' as 'Two Tenors' in their 'Jazz Classics Series' back in 1969:

Wonder why they displayed John Coltrane's name instead of Elmo Hope's

Take a guess.

Trane has always had a superhuman stature in jazz circles (and certainly so in the early years after his untimely death) whereas Elmo Hope would more fall into the "in-crowd awareness" category.

Trying to pitch a sale ... unless my impressions were all skewed this kind of "mis-billing" wasn't exactly uncommon in 70s reissues, even in jazz.

[Chuck Nessa]

There was an early '60s version giving Coltrane and Mobley equal billing.

[jostber]

There also exists a vinyl and CD version with this cover:

[brownie]

  On 12/14/2010 at 11:59 AM, Big Beat Steve said:

  On 12/10/2010 at 2:16 PM, brownie said:

Prestige also reissued 'Informal Jazz' as 'Two Tenors' in their 'Jazz Classics Series' back in 1969:

Wonder why they displayed John Coltrane's name instead of Elmo Hope's

Take a guess.

Knew the answer...

Thought my remark was enough in jest!

Next time, I'll add a stronger emoticon

[AmirBagachelles]

I have a VICJ-K2 CD reissue from Japan, with the white and yellow cover.

[Chuck Nessa]

Edited December 14, 2010 by Chuck Nessa

[Katharsis]

The bad thing is, that Prestige has done this reissue-thing under different names some kind of regularly. This is especially annoying, because you have to double check. I remember a reissue of Doug Watkins' "Soulnik" under the name of Yusef Lateef.