Jazz Classics on Blue Note

[dougcrates]

Earlier this year I got TOCJ-66013 Art Hodes' Hot Five & Seven off Dusty Groove for $35.  I didn't know anything about this series or era of jazz but for som reason I took a chance.  Fantastic stuff.  Need to track down the rest.  

[Late]

3 hours ago, dougcrates said:

Earlier this year I got TOCJ-66013 Art Hodes' Hot Five & Seven ... I didn't know anything about this series or era of jazz but for some reason I took a chance.  Fantastic stuff.  Need to track down the rest.  

Nice! This series is super-rare these days, but look for Jamming In Jazz. It's perhaps the best-sounding of the series, and the music is superb.

[Bluesnik]

On 11/24/2022 at 6:33 AM, Late said:

but look for Jamming In Jazz.

That's one I have. And yes it's very good. I have a US compilation with many of the tracks, or all, of Profoundly Blue. With Charlie Christian. I'll have to see the difference of tracks in the reissue. Maybe I'll try to get it. Just for the cover, which is great and wasn't, of course, on the comp. I just checked and it's the full content. Only that some tracks have differing lengths and the last one from the Edmond Hall Swingtet, Steamin and beamin, is called Beamin and steamin on the US domestic release. So I'll stay with mine.

Edited December 23, 2022 by Bluesnik
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[Late]

I wish this would get reissued. Probably won't happen, but maybe in 2039? 

 Alamo "Pigmeat" Markham was a Blue Note recording artist!

[jazzbo]

I have this set--it's wonderful.

[Brad]

8 hours ago, Late said:

I wish this would get reissued. Probably won't happen, but maybe in 2039? 

 Alamo "Pigmeat" Markham was a Blue Note recording artist!

Hadn’t heard of this set before. I’m sure it’s worth the price; very few copies on Discogs. Unfortunately I doubt it will be reissued. 

[jazzbo]

1 hour ago, Brad said:

Hadn’t heard of this set before. I’m sure it’s worth the price; very few copies on Discogs. Unfortunately I doubt it will be reissued. 

There's material on this set that have not been on cd in the US. Not a ton but maybe a half a cd's worth or more. It's very good sounding material. If you keep an eye out it does show up occasionally and sometimes reasonably.

 

[Late]

6 hours ago, jazzbo said:

I have this set--it's wonderful.

I'm jealous! 🙃😉 What a great way to compile this period of Blue Note.

I believe Cuscuna is particularly fond of the two Jimmy Shirley tracks.

[jazzbo]

15 minutes ago, Late said:

I'm jealous! 🙃😉 What a great way to compile this period of Blue Note.

I believe Cuscuna is particularly fond of the two Jimmy Shirley tracks.

I kept checking it out on discogs and one time a seller in Japan had it for about 100 including shipping (just before COVID made deliveries and rates so high). I was surprised to get it and to have it be pristine.

[Chuck Nessa]

A decent 4 disk anthology, and it won't break the bank -

[jazzbo]

That's a great set.

 

[gmonahan]

I'm curious--how much of this material has Mosaic NOT reissued? 

 

[Late]

1 hour ago, gmonahan said:

I'm curious—how much of this material has Mosaic NOT reissued? 

About an hour's worth. Maybe a little over. The music on that 1990 Japanese box set (linked above) that was never on a Mosaic set is quite good. 

[romualdo]

On 3/4/2023 at 4:27 PM, Late said:

I wish this would get reissued. Probably won't happen, but maybe in 2039? 

 Alamo "Pigmeat" Markham was a Blue Note recording artist!

truly amazing set - 32 years old now

AFAIK it's the only way you can source official CD versions of the Clyde Bernhardt/Kansas City Buddies & Pigmeat Markham/Jimmy Shirley sessions (both only ever previously released as 78s) or have they been released on some individual TOCJ CDs?

 

Edited March 14, 2023 by romualdo

[Late]

6 hours ago, romualdo said:

...or have they been released on some individual TOCJ CDs?

I don't think so. The Shirley tracks have appeared on some UK comps. The Bernhardt tracks have appeared on a Fresh Sounds CD, and the Markham...I'm not sure. The Vic Dickenson tracks...have they appeared anywhere else?

Perhaps the Japanese market will reconsider these "lost" tracks for reissue upon Blue Note's centennial. We'll just have to stick around for 16 more years. 😛🤔

That box set is probably the best way to comprehensively hear the early years of Blue Note.

[Chuck Nessa]

The Dickenson session is in Mosaic 109 - Hall/Johnson/DeParis/Dickenson Sessions.

[romualdo]

8 hours ago, Late said:

The Bernhardt tracks have appeared on a Fresh Sounds CD

It's a Blue Moon (Sp) release - under the umbrella of Fresh Sounds? - currently OOP

https://www.freshsoundrecords.com/clyde-bernahrdt-ike-lloyd-sylvestre-mike-freddie-strong-albums/554-the-complete-recordings-1945-1953-vol2.html?search_query=clyde+bernhardt&results=3

[Chuck Nessa]

On 3/4/2023 at 1:27 AM, Late said:

 

 Alamo "Pigmeat" Markham was a Blue Note recording artist!

I have Blue Note 48 (12" 78), Blues Before Sunrise / How Long, How Long Blues.

I also have one of the Bernhardt records.

I have 41 of the 52 12" 78s.

Edited March 15, 2023 by Chuck Nessa

[Late]

2 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said:

I have Blue Note 48 (12" 78) [...] How Long, How Long Blues.

That is a great track. (I've only heard it through YouTube.)

[Chuck Nessa]

In the early '80s I was on a mission to collect BN 78s, concentrating on the 12" discs. I loaned some to Cuscuna for later reissues.

[Late]

9 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said:

In the early '80s I was on a mission to collect BN 78s, concentrating on the 12" discs.

I imagine those are pretty scarce these days. I wonder how many were in the initial runs.

[Kevin Bresnahan]

3 hours ago, Late said:

I imagine those are pretty scarce these days. I wonder how many were in the initial runs.

I think they were pretty scarce in those days too.