sgcim Posted November 25, 2012 Report Posted November 25, 2012 I came across this vinyl yesterday, and the liner notes completely screwed up the personnel, but someone (it was at a used record store) had written in the corrected personnel. I was able to listen to it at the store, and the info written in was correct. This was DeFranco's Quintet with Sonny Clark and Tal Farlow. This was at Farlow's zenith (it was all downhill after 1959), and his discography has no sideman credits for the year the liner notes said it was recorded, 1957. The person that wrote on the LP said that it was taken from a Californian TV show, but didn't give the date. This wasn't on the Mosaic DeFranco collection. The sides this group recorded in the studio were done in either '55 or 56. Anyone know anything about this LP? There were only three cuts by DeFranco's group on it: "Fascinatin' Rhythm", "I Loves You, Porgy", and "Concerto for the Machine Age" (actually an uptempo version of "Now's The Time"). Quote
jeffcrom Posted November 25, 2012 Report Posted November 25, 2012 I used to see those Sessions Live LPs all the time, and never picked them up. I regret that now. They did come from some TV show, and there were several issued. Here's what the Lord discography says: Sessions, live: Buddy DeFranco (cl) Sonny Clark (p) Tal Farlow (g) Gene Wright (b) Bobby White (d) Los Angeles, April 7, 1957 Fascinating rhythm Calliope CAL3015 I loves you Porgy - Concerto for the heartbeat and machine age - Art Pepper Sessions, Live: Art Pepper (as,cl-1) Larry Bunker (p) Don Payne (b) Chuck Flores (d) "Stars of Jazz Show", Los Angeles, March 31, 1957 All the things you are Calliope CAL3015 Everythings happens to me - St. Louis blues (1) - Taboo (ap out) (unissued) Quote
mikeweil Posted November 25, 2012 Report Posted November 25, 2012 James Harrod wrote about everything one wants to know about the Callope LPs on his magnificent blog on the subject: http://callioperecords.blogspot.de/Be careful with Lord - while it's a useful piece of work, there inevitably are numerous errors contained. Quote
romualdo Posted November 25, 2012 Report Posted November 25, 2012 I used to see those Sessions Live LPs all the time, and never picked them up. I regret that now. They did come from some TV show, and there were several issued. Here's what the Lord discography says: Sessions, live: Buddy DeFranco (cl) Sonny Clark (p) Tal Farlow (g) Gene Wright (b) Bobby White (d) Los Angeles, April 7, 1957 Fascinating rhythm Calliope CAL3015 I loves you Porgy - Concerto for the heartbeat and machine age - Art Pepper Sessions, Live: Art Pepper (as,cl-1) Larry Bunker (p) Don Payne (b) Chuck Flores (d) "Stars of Jazz Show", Los Angeles, March 31, 1957 All the things you are Calliope CAL3015 Everythings happens to me - St. Louis blues (1) - Taboo (ap out) (unissued) the three DeFranco titles are included as a bonus on the the 2007 CD issue (Definitive Records) of "The Buddy DeFranco Wailers" The last title is also known as "Now's The Time" Quote
mikeweil Posted November 25, 2012 Report Posted November 25, 2012 (edited) From James Harrod's blog: SHOW #7 AUGUST 6, 1956 The Buddy DeFranco Quintet: Buddy De Franco, clarinet; Marty Paich, piano; Howard Roberts, guitar; Ralph Peña, acoustic double bass; Frank De Vito, drums. Lucy Ann Polk, vocal. http://callioperecor...3015-james.html The personnel listings on the Calliope LPs often were educated guesses assuming the bands that had recorded similar repertoire at the time had played on the shows - the De Franco session is another case where a totally different band was on the show. The Definitive CD copies the wrong personnel listing, although they correct the misidentification of "Now's The Time"; but the people running that label seemingly had no idea how the material on the Callope LPs came into existence. Edited November 25, 2012 by mikeweil Quote
Big Beat Steve Posted November 25, 2012 Report Posted November 25, 2012 James Harrod wrote about everything one wants to know about the Callope LPs on his magnificent blog on the subject: http://callioperecords.blogspot.de/ Thanks for that informative link. Good to be able to check out all the details on those scant few Sessions,Live LPs that I have (bought them secondhand in relatively recent years, can't recall having seen them in my very early collecting days - or even later on - when they were new or still current - and those nondescript covers would probably have made me shy away before even checking the details on the back cover). Quote
sgcim Posted November 25, 2012 Author Report Posted November 25, 2012 Thanks for the info. Sure sounded like Tal, but HR used to copy Tal a lot back then. This reminds me of the Ralph Burns Quartet LP where Tal was listed, but it turned out to be J. Raney. Quote
Claude Schlouch Posted November 26, 2012 Report Posted November 26, 2012 Hi folks, For those interested by the Art Pepper sides, there is a forthcoming CD from Japan (release december 12, 2012) which contains: Art Pepper/Everything Happens To Me: Art Pepper Live In 1957 Label: Sinatra Society of Japan(Jap)XQAM-1620 01. All The things You Are 02. Everything Happens To Me 03. St. Louis Blues (Art Pepper on clarinet) 04. Stormy Weather-vocal Pam Russell 05. Cherokee 06. Over The Rainbow 07. What Is This Thing Called Love 08. Just Another Blues 09. These Foolish Things 10. Have You Met Miss Jones? tracks 1-4 recorded March 31, 1957 tracks 5-7 recorded January 18, 1957 tracks 8-10 previously unreleased It is available from CDJapan or HMV Japan among others... Good listening PS: Please let me know if the above mentioned dates are correct. Thanks in advance! Quote
JamesAHarrod Posted December 5, 2012 Report Posted December 5, 2012 Hi Claude, Tracks one through seven are from the Stars of Jazz TV series. Bob Andrews taped the music from the TV broadcast and the seven tracks appeared on his Vantage Japanese LP release, NLP5005, titled THE ALTOMAN with tracks by Sonny Criss and Bud Shank on the other side of the LP (also from Stars of Jazz). The correct dates are: JANUARY 28, 1957 (the 18th was a Friday, SOJ was always on a Monday) Cherokee Over The Rainbow What Is This Thing Called Love Art Pepper, alto sax; Carl Perkins, piano; Ben Tucker, acoustic double bass; Frankie Capp, drums. MARCH 31, 1958 All The things You Are Everything Happens To Me St. Louis Blues Stormy Weather-vocal Pam Russell Art Pepper, alto sax, clarinet; Larry Bunker, piano; Don Payne, acoustic double bass; Chuck Flores, drums. Pam Russell, vocal; Victor Feldman, piano. I checked with Ken Poston regarding the other tracks. Track eight might be the opening and closing blues played by the Art Pepper group on the 01/28/57 SOJ program. Track nine might be from a 5-4 Ballroom recording and track ten from a Lighthouse recording. If you listen to the samples on the Japanese site the sound varies greatly on these last three tracks. There are other sources for the first seven tracks other than the Bob Andrews LP, such as the Calliope release on CAL 3015. Jim Quote
JSngry Posted December 5, 2012 Report Posted December 5, 2012 How often did Larry Bunker get recorded playing piano? Quote
Claude Schlouch Posted December 14, 2012 Report Posted December 14, 2012 Hi James, From the japanese disco on the web: Art Pepper/Live in 1957: Everything Happens to Me Pacific Delights XQAM-1620 Art Pepper (as), Carl Perkins (p), Ben Tucker (b), Chuck Flores (dm) January 18, 1957/Stars of Jazz Show, Los Angeles 01+ Cherokee 02+ Over the Rainbow 03+ What is This Thing Called Love + Just Another Blues ---------------------------------------- Art Pepper (as), Russ Freeman (p), Don Payne (b), Chuck Flores (dm) Ensemble section by Shorty Rogers (tp), Bud Shank (as), Jimmy Giuffre (ts), Milt Bernhart (tb) and others. February 18, 1957/Antone's, Long Beach, California + These Foolish Things + Have You Met Miss Jones ? --------------------------------------- Art Pepper (as-1, cl-2), Larry Bunker (p-3), Victor Feldman (p-4), Don Payne (b), Chuck Flores (dm), Pam Russel (vo-5) @ March 31, 1957/Stars of Jazz Show, Los Angeles 05+ All the Things You are 1, 3 06+ Everything Happens to Me 1, 3 07+ St.Louis Blues 2, 3 08+ Stormy Weather 1, 4, 5 Latest CD issue number: as above(Japan) Note : This album distributed by Sinatra Society of Japan. Track 01-08 also CD issued on Lonehill Jazz(Sp)LHJ10204 entitled Art Pepper Quartet/Complete TV Studio Recordings]. Have a very good Xmas and good holidays, Claude Quote
JamesAHarrod Posted January 7, 2013 Report Posted January 7, 2013 Claude I have put together an analysis of the multiple releases of the Art Pepper Stars of Jazz performances at my research blog: http://jazzwestcoastresearch.blogspot.com/2013/01/art-pepper-on-stars-of-jazz-james-a.html What a can of worms! Jim Quote
brownie Posted January 7, 2013 Report Posted January 7, 2013 Many thanks for clarifying these Stars of Jazz appearances! These were some of the best Pepper performances! Quote
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