Fer Urbina Posted July 13, 2012 Report Posted July 13, 2012 From Ricky Riccardi's blog. I was also recently contacted by Sony to write liner notes for another Armstrong boxed set, a 10-disc set featuring all of Louis's recordings as a leader of OKeh, Columbia and Victor from 1925-1933. That one should be out in October, as well. F Quote
EKE BBB Posted July 13, 2012 Report Posted July 13, 2012 (edited) I have that material in several different sets (MoJ, King Jazz, Fremeaux, Columbia box...), but will get the Mosaic as well. Desert island music, worthy of one thousand different issues! Thanks for the good news. Edited July 13, 2012 by EKE BBB Quote
tranemonk Posted July 13, 2012 Report Posted July 13, 2012 This is a Mosaic?? I wasn't clear based on the original report. Quote
J.A.W. Posted July 13, 2012 Report Posted July 13, 2012 I have that material in several different sets (MoJ, King Jazz, Fremeaux, Columbia box...), but will get the Mosaic as well. This is a Mosaic?? I wasn't clear based on the original report. According to the article it'll be a Sony box, not a Mosaic. Quote
jazzbo Posted July 13, 2012 Report Posted July 13, 2012 What I wish for (and know it probably won't happen) would be a box set gathering newly remastered sides Louis recorded with singers as a sideman during that time. I have this material mainly on King Jazz, but they could use a sonic upgrade, and the work could be better known these days. Quote
AllenLowe Posted July 13, 2012 Report Posted July 13, 2012 it actually sounded better on the old Charly box, though I don't know if you can find it anymore. Quote
David Ayers Posted July 13, 2012 Report Posted July 13, 2012 it actually sounded better on the old Charly box, though I don't know if you can find it anymore. Much or all of the Armstrong/Charly is on Spotify. I wonder which set you are referring to? Quote
AllenLowe Posted July 13, 2012 Report Posted July 13, 2012 I think it's something like "Armstrong and the Blues Singers." Quote
miles65 Posted July 13, 2012 Report Posted July 13, 2012 I think it's something like "Armstrong and the Blues Singers." To be exact: Louis Armstrong and the Blues Singers 1924-1930. It is not Charly but Affinity. Quote
David Ayers Posted July 13, 2012 Report Posted July 13, 2012 I think it's something like "Armstrong and the Blues Singers." To be exact: Louis Armstrong and the Blues Singers 1924-1930. It is not Charly but Affinity. Affinity=Charly in this case, and it is all on Spotify. Quote
John L Posted July 13, 2012 Report Posted July 13, 2012 (edited) This should be a very nice set. The Armstrong recordings from these years belong together. They make up a single whole in his musical development, and it never got any better. On the other hand, I wonder if there is much they can do with this music sonically that hasn't already been done. Edited July 13, 2012 by John L Quote
paul secor Posted July 13, 2012 Report Posted July 13, 2012 I wonder how many times they think they can sell this music to me. Quote
jazzbo Posted July 13, 2012 Report Posted July 13, 2012 On the other hand, I wonder if there is much they can do with this music sonically that hasn't already been done. If they wanted us to find out, they'd hire Benson and Sager. Quote
AllenLowe Posted July 13, 2012 Report Posted July 13, 2012 yeah, Affinity was Charlie. And they did incredible on work on Armstrong, King Oliver, Johnny Dodds, and Freddy Keppard. Quote
miles65 Posted July 13, 2012 Report Posted July 13, 2012 (edited) Believe it or not but if it's done right this wil be the only series/set that will be complete and available The Integrale misses one take of 'I can't give you anything but love'. Chant du monde leaves out a number of takes Masters of Jazz never got that far Classics/Neatwork are no longer available. Essential Jazz Classics stops mid 1929 (But this set contains all four Brunswick sessions) I just wonder how they will fill 10 CD's? If I counted correctly I come to 177 tracks (including the Carroll Dickerson session). This could be the division over the CD's: 1925-1926 24 tracks 1927 21 1928 21 1929 24 1930 21 1931 20 1932 20 1933 26 That would account for 8 CD's. If Sony leases the Brunswick sessions from Universal like they did on the 'The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings' set there would be 9 CD's Will I buy this set? That depends on several factors: Sound restoration Is it realy complete Is it Chronological Do they leave out the singers sessions We'll have to wait and see. Edited July 14, 2012 by Stompy Jones Quote
J.A.W. Posted July 13, 2012 Report Posted July 13, 2012 (edited) Believe it or not but if it's done right this wil be the only series/set that will be complete and available The Integrale misses one take of 'I can't give you anything but love'. Chant du monde leaves out a number of takes Masters of Jazz never got that far Classics/Neatwork are no longer available. Essential Jazz Classics stops mid 1929 (But this set contains all four Brunswick sessions) I just wonder how they will fill 10 CD's? If I counted correctly I come to 177 tracks (including the Caroll Dickerson session). This could be the division over the CD's: 1925-1926 24 tracks 1927 21 1928 21 1929 24 1930 21 1931 20 1932 20 1933 26 That would account for 8 CD's. If Sony leases the Brunswick sessions from Universal like they did on the 'The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Recordings' set there would be 9 CD's Will I buy this set? That depends on several factors: Sound restoration Is it realy complete Is it Chronological Do they leave out the singers sessions We'll have to wait and see. Just checked the Sony Complete Hot Fives and Hot Sevens Recordings booklet again and found two Vocalion/Brunswick sessions under Johnny Dodds' name (May 28, 1926 and April 22, 1927), with a total of 9 tracks. Which other two Brunswick sessions are you referring to? You didn't mention the John R.T. Davies-mastered JSP CDs in your list above. They do not contain the Vocalion/Brunswick sessions. Frog issued the Johnny Dodds sessions on CD. Edited July 14, 2012 by J.A.W. Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted July 14, 2012 Report Posted July 14, 2012 Those tracks were licensed from Universal, the owner of the early Brunswick titles. These titles were deleted in the following reissue: Quote
J.A.W. Posted July 14, 2012 Report Posted July 14, 2012 The upcoming box will have the OKeh, Columbia and Victor sides; there's no mention of the Vocalion/Brunswick sessions, so I guess they will not be included. Quote
king ubu Posted July 14, 2012 Report Posted July 14, 2012 Guess I can happily live with the Intégrale and one missing take of "I Can't Give You Anything..." those 3CD sets are great! Quote
David Ayers Posted July 14, 2012 Report Posted July 14, 2012 It's *all* on Spotify! Is it bad form to say so? Quote
king ubu Posted July 14, 2012 Report Posted July 14, 2012 Nah, but you've told us three times, and my assumption is that many here don't care about spotify. Others (lurkers) might be happy about your mentioning it, though... Quote
David Ayers Posted July 14, 2012 Report Posted July 14, 2012 Heh heh. It's equally fun reading about what other people 'own'...(quaint notion, that)... Quote
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