EKE BBB Posted January 18, 2005 Author Report Posted January 18, 2005 EKE BBB said: As reported on their website, January releases will soon appear: Tatum (guess it will be volume 8 on the 'Live' series), Armstrong & others. Now advertisement says "Billberg, Tatum & others Quote
EKE BBB Posted January 24, 2005 Author Report Posted January 24, 2005 January 2005 releases (from their website) Paul Whiteman Carnegie Hall Concert, December 25, 1938 LABEL: Nostalgia Arts CATALOG NUMBER: 303 3025 GENRE: swing/symphonic big band jazz BARCODE: 717101302529 Paul Whiteman - bandleader CD 1:Introduction by Deems Taylor / The Farmer Leaves The Hay / Blue Belle of Harlem / Cowbell Serenade / Quonk / The Seventh Day / The Bell Fugue / St. Louis Blues / Gay Mood, Peasant Song, and Finale, Opus 1 CD 2: Cuban Overture / Nursey Ballet / Talk / Bumpy Weather Over Newark / Suicide Cliff / Mexican Jumping Bean / Trylon and Perisphere / Shadrack / Nobody Knows the Trouble I¹ve Seen / Rhapsody In Blue As this CD reveals, Paul Whiteman created some of the most exciting experimental symphonic jazz of all time, blending influences of Spanish, Russian, Chinese and Cuban music (to name a few) and the compositions of the Gershwin Brothers, Duke Ellington, plus classical composers like Ravel, Franz Liszt and Rimsky-Korsakov.Paul Whiteman’s music is unique in the history of jazz; its ingredients, styles and influences are too diverse to be summed up in a few words – just enjoy the music! Whiteman’s lush orchestral style has influenced countless other big bands. Whiteman’s highly skilled musicians were at home playing jazz, tango, waltzes, classical airs and even opera, which is why no other popular band of the day (or today, either, for that matter) could begin to match such a wide-ranging repertoire. Art Tatum Live, Vol 8: 1955-56 LABEL: Storyville CATALOG NUMBER: STCD 101 8338 GENRE: swing piano jazz BARCODE: 717101833825 Art Tatum (p), Everett Barksdale (g), Slam Stewart (b), Bill Pemberton (b) Would you like to take a walk? / Soft Winds / Flying Home / I cover the waterfront / Soft winds / Tenderly / Tea for two / Wrap your troubles in dreams / Body and Soul / Sweet Lorraine / September Song / My heart stood still / Don't blame me / Willow weep for me / Flying Home / Moon song / Just one of those nights / Flying home / Would you like to take a walk / You go to my head The 20 tunes (72 min.) on this CD have never been previously released. The music was recorded live on TV (Steve Allen 's Tonight Show) and in clubs in New York, Washington D.C. and Chicago, during the year before Tatum died in November, 1956. Tatum plays in trio format except for 3 solo numbers. The repertoire consists of Art Tatum favorites and popular swing jazz standards. Art Tatum was the most exceptional and technically brilliant jazz pianist of all time, the benchmark against which all jazz pianists are measured. The only recorded trio versions by Tatum of "I Cover the Waterfront" and "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams" are to be found on this CD. Rolf Billberg A Swedish Legend LABEL: Storyville CATALOG NUMBER: 101 8369 GENRE: be-bop jazz BARCODE: 717101836925 http://www.billberg.dk/index.html Rolf Billberg (as & ts), Poul Godske (p & vib), Jørn Grauengaard (g), Mogens Landsvig (b), William Schiøpfte (dr), Atli Bjørn (p), Erik Mølbach (b), Jørgen Ryg (tp), Max Bruel (ss), Lars Bagge (p), Kurt Järnberg (valve tb), Lars Gullin (ts), Bent Axen (p), Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (b), Finn Fredriksen (dr), Allan Botschinsky (tp), Ole Molin (g), Rune Carlsson (dr) I can't believe that you're in love with me / Moonlight in Vermont / I'm building up for a nervous breakdown / El Doming / The Lady is a tramp / Bag's Groove / Ole Man River / Yesterdays / Curly Curt / Opus de funk / I'm beginning to see the light / Blue Daniel / Hi Beck / Yesterdays / Tautology The 75 min. of music on this CD (15 tunes) are comprised of six sessions recorded in studios in Copenhagen during 1956-66 - the last ten years of Rolf Billberg's life. Accompanying Swedish alto saxophonist Billberg on these sessions are the best of the modern Scandinavian jazz musicians of the time, including Lars Gullin, Jørgen Ryg, Atli Bjørn, William Schiöpffe and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen. The repertoire includes a spiritual, jazz standards, be-bop favorites and two of Billberg's own compositions. Some of the music on this CD has never been previously released. Rolf Billberg was one of the absolute most prominent Scandinavian jazz musicians of the 50's and 60's. Billberg was a unique individualist, contrasting burning lyricism with cool distance in his style of playing - a style influenced mainly by Charlie Parker and Lee Konitz. All the tunes on this CD - from "Ol' Man River" to "Opus De Funk" - present brilliant work by Billberg. Rolf Billberg characterized Scandinavian modern jazz in the sixties. Listen to this CD and enjoy Scandinavian modern jazz at its best! Quote
ghost of miles Posted January 24, 2005 Report Posted January 24, 2005 brownie said: ghost of miles said: EKE BBB said: EKE BBB said: Also for Ellington nuts: DUKE ELLINGTON: Day by Day, Film by Film Dr. Klaus Stratemann is still at half the price (EUR 50 or USD 60) at Storyville´s website. Go and get it while you can! (I received it a few days ago) Offer still available! So is it $60, or $30? Ghost, it is $60 NOW. It was $119 originally. Believe me, it's worth every cent! When you get it, you'll find out how good a value it is Brownie, I want it very much, but they want $45 to ship to the U.S.--I'm probably going to have to pass. I've seen the book before, and it is indeed beautiful. Quote
brownie Posted January 24, 2005 Report Posted January 24, 2005 ghost of miles said: Brownie, I want it very much, but they want $45 to ship to the U.S.--I'm probably going to have to pass. I've seen the book before, and it is indeed beautiful. That's rough! It's true the book is pretty heavy! Don't remember what the postage was on my copy but it was nothing like that! Well, France is closer to Denmark Quote
ghost of miles Posted January 24, 2005 Report Posted January 24, 2005 brownie said: ghost of miles said: Brownie, I want it very much, but they want $45 to ship to the U.S.--I'm probably going to have to pass. I've seen the book before, and it is indeed beautiful. That's rough! It's true the book is pretty heavy! Don't remember what the postage was on my copy but it was nothing like that! Well, France is closer to Denmark Perhaps another reason to move to France! Anybody know when the next volume in the Ellington Treasury shows series is scheduled for release? I've been picking up some of the first 10 here & there--am going to devote one big-band show a month to them from April through August. Quote
medjuck Posted January 26, 2005 Report Posted January 26, 2005 ghost of miles said: Anybody know when the next volume in the Ellington Treasury shows series is scheduled for release? I've been picking up some of the first 10 here & there--am going to devote one big-band show a month to them from April through August. I've got all of them throurh Vol 10 and was very happy with them until Vol 10. The sound on it is horribly compressed. Also the notes identify the last song on cd one as A Train when in fact it's Things Ain't What they Used to Be. Maybe the death of the founder has led to shoddy work on the part of Storyville. Quote
mjzee Posted January 27, 2005 Report Posted January 27, 2005 EKE BBB said: Ben Webster At Ronnie Scott, 1964 - The Punch LABEL: Storyville CATALOG NUMBER: 101 8373 GENRE: swing & bebop jazz BARCODE: 717101837328 Ben Webster - tenor sax, Stan Tracy - piano, Rick Laird - bass, Jackie Dougan - drums Is this the same Rick Laird who later played in the Mahavishnu Orchestra? Quote
marcello Posted January 27, 2005 Report Posted January 27, 2005 Yes Sir! He was in the house band there for several years. You'll find him on many of those Ronnie Scott recordings. Here is a quote: In 1964, [saxophonist] Ronnie Scott offered me the job as house bassist at the club. So I became a part of the house rhythm section and got to play with all the jazz greats; I remained there for two years." For Laird, his tenure at the club was a tremendous learning experience; he played for one month with each of a succession of horn players such as Ben Webster, Art Farmer, Sonny Rollins, Freddie Hubbard, Sonny Stitt, and Rahsaan Roland Kirk. He also accompanied the late jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery. Here he is with Ronnie Scott and Ben Webster: What happened to him? Quote
ghost of miles Posted January 29, 2005 Report Posted January 29, 2005 medjuck said: ghost of miles said: Anybody know when the next volume in the Ellington Treasury shows series is scheduled for release? I've been picking up some of the first 10 here & there--am going to devote one big-band show a month to them from April through August. I've got all of them throurh Vol 10 and was very happy with them until Vol 10. The sound on it is horribly compressed. Also the notes identify the last song on cd one as A Train when in fact it's Things Ain't What they Used to Be. Maybe the death of the founder has led to shoddy work on the part of Storyville. I have volumes 1, 2, and 10, and 3 & 4 are on their way... you're right about V. 10's sound. Hopefully V. 11--if it ever comes out--will not suffer from the same problems. Aren't there 24 double-CDs planned in all? I'm thinking about featuring some once a month on The Big Bands this year--doing a show of April 1945 broadcasts in April, a show of May 1945 broadcasts in May, etc.--right up through the 60th anniversary of V-J Day. (After which the name of "War Bonds" was changed to "Victory Bonds.") Quote
LAL Posted March 3, 2005 Report Posted March 3, 2005 ghost of miles said: Anybody know when the next volume in the Ellington Treasury shows series is scheduled for release? I've been picking up some of the first 10 here & there--am going to devote one big-band show a month to them from April through August. Volume 11 is here. Together with a Louis Armstrong live CD, the first of four volumes. More information at the Storyville site. D.E.T.S Vol.11 Louis Armstrong (April 12 release in the U.S? according to Jazzmatazz) Quote
ghost of miles Posted March 3, 2005 Report Posted March 3, 2005 LAL said: ghost of miles said: Anybody know when the next volume in the Ellington Treasury shows series is scheduled for release? I've been picking up some of the first 10 here & there--am going to devote one big-band show a month to them from April through August. Volume 11 is here. Together with a Louis Armstrong live CD, the first of four volumes. More information at the Storyville site. D.E.T.S Vol.11 Louis Armstrong (April 12 release in the U.S? according to Jazzmatazz) Great, great news, LAL--thanks for posting! I'm going to be featuring these once a month on my WFIU program The Big Bands, starting in April. (April 1945 broadcasts for the April show, May 1945 broadcasts for the May show, etc.) Hope the sound improves over V. 10... Quote
EKE BBB Posted March 4, 2005 Author Report Posted March 4, 2005 LAL said: Volume 11 is here. Together with a Louis Armstrong live CD, the first of four volumes. More information at the Storyville site. D.E.T.S Vol.11 Louis Armstrong (April 12 release in the U.S? according to Jazzmatazz) And besides the DETS vol.11 and the Armstrong live, there´s another February release: Jesper Thilo & The American Stars Vol. 1 Quote
EKE BBB Posted March 4, 2005 Author Report Posted March 4, 2005 And talking about old Storyville releases, this one´s a delightful hidden gem: TEDDY WILSON MEETS EIJI KITAMURA Quote
jazzbo Posted March 16, 2005 Report Posted March 16, 2005 Just preordered the Armstrong disc. This is exciting! Quote
EKE BBB Posted April 2, 2005 Author Report Posted April 2, 2005 New releases: Svend Asmussen - Fit as a fiddle Stuff Smith - Swingin´ Stuff Sahib Shihab - Sentiments Quote
mmilovan Posted April 3, 2005 Report Posted April 3, 2005 EKE BBB said: Artie Shaw - Spotlight Band (Storyville) Apr 6 — five radio broadcasts from shows performed for the U.S. Armed Forces at California military bases in 1945 Quote
ghost of miles Posted April 3, 2005 Report Posted April 3, 2005 mmilovan said: EKE BBB said: Artie Shaw - Spotlight Band (Storyville) Apr 6 — five radio broadcasts from shows performed for the U.S. Armed Forces at California military bases in 1945 Wow! I missed that one--will put it on the to-get list. Assuming that would be the same band represented on the Hep 3-CD 1944-45 set... exciting news. Quote
mmilovan Posted April 3, 2005 Report Posted April 3, 2005 (edited) It was Shaw who said he like that band, and that was pitty he never recorded it. He probably meant "regulary". Folks, we have it here... B-) Edited April 3, 2005 by mmilovan Quote
Christiern Posted April 3, 2005 Report Posted April 3, 2005 mmilovan said: It was Shaw who said he like that band, and that was pitty he never recorded it. He probably meant "regulary". Folks, we have it here... B-) There is a distinction here between air checks and studio recordings. Shaw was undoubtedly referring to the latter. Quote
EKE BBB Posted May 11, 2005 Author Report Posted May 11, 2005 Hope this is for good: Quote Press Release EDITION WILHELM HANSEN ACQUIRES STORYVILLE RECORDS Storyville Records, one of the world’s great jazz labels, has been acquired by Edition Wilhelm Hansen, part of The Music Sales Group. Storyville began life over 50 years ago when legendary Danish jazz enthusiast Karl Emil Knudsen began releasing rare or exceptional recordings by jazz greats such as Louis Armstrong and The Red Onion Jazz Babies. Many of these tracks were initially licensed from the UK label Tempo which had a similar vision of making great jazz recordings more widely available. Later Knudsen would expand Storyville’s catalogue by recording many American jazz performers when they were on tour in Europe and Scandinavia — Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Clark Terry, Benny Carter, Roland Hanna to name a few. Danish jazz stars such as Papa Bue & His Viking Jazz Band and Fessors Big City Band were later added to the Storyville roster. Storyville Records — named after the notorious New Orleans neighbourhood where jazz was born — remained a vibrant force into the 1990s, venturing into modern jazz, re-releasing over 300 revival tracks by among others Chris Barber and gaining exclusive rights to release many of Duke Ellington’s previously unreleased recordings. By September 2003 when Karl Emil Knudsen, the self-styled “Doctor of Jazz Archaeology”, passed away, his Storyville label was considered by jazz fans to be a prestigious Scandinavian equivalent to America’s Blue Note Records. Now the acquisition of Storyville by Wilhelm Hansen means that, with the support of The Music Sales Group, it will be possible to digitize the entire catalogue and make it widely available on CDs to be sold online. Music Sales Chairman and Managing Director Robert Wise says “I am sure Karl Emil Knudsen would have been delighted to know that his precious Storyville catalogue will now become available to an even wider audience and, I hope, to a whole new generation of jazz aficionados”. Edition Wilhelm Hansen Tine Birger Christensen Quote
EKE BBB Posted May 11, 2005 Author Report Posted May 11, 2005 New releases: Art Tatum - Live, vol.9 Tommy Flanagan - Solo piano The Jubilee Shows Vol.10 (Nº 56 & 61) Quote
EKE BBB Posted May 11, 2005 Author Report Posted May 11, 2005 Though I started a specific thread, I´ll post this here as well: According to the last DEMS Bulletin, Storyville keeps on preparing the release of this double CD on which (among other material) all the available Cotton Club broadcasts from 1938 will be issued. Liner notes will be written by Andrew Homzy. Carl Hällström has supplied with the details: CD 1 From a CBS broadcast "Saturday Night Swing Club" 8May37 1. Swing Session 2. Medley: Solitude/In a Sentimental Mood previously released on LP Fanfare Records 17-117 Broadcast from the Cotton Club 24Mar38 3. Harmony in Harlem 4. If You Were in My Place 5. Mood Indigo 6. Theme: East St. Louis Toodle-O 7. Theme: East St. Louis Toodle-O 8. Oh Babe, Maybe Someday 9. Dinah 10. If Dreams Come True 11. Scrontch 3/8 previously on Bear Family 16340 (DEMS 04/1-22) 9 previously on Archives of Jazz 3801122 or 3891122 10 previously on Archives of Jazz 3801132 or 3891132 11 FIRST TIME RELEASE! Broadcast from the Cotton Club 17Apr38 12. You Went to My Head 13. Three Blind Mice 14. Solitude 15. Downtown Uproar 12 & 15 previously on Archives of Jazz 3801122 or 3891122 13 previously on Archives of Jazz 3801132 or 3891132 14 FIRST TIME RELEASE! Broadcast from the Cotton Club 24Apr38 16. Dinah's in a Jam 17. On the Sunny Side of the Street 18. Demi-Tasse 19. Azure 20. Carnival in Caroline 16/17 previously on Archives of Jazz 3801132 or 3891132 16 & 18/20 previously on Recording Arts 5-304-2 (CD 3) Broadcast from the Cotton Club 1May38 21. Harmony in Harlem 22. At Your Beck and Call 23. Solitude 24. The Gal From Joe's 25. Riding on a Blue Note 26. If Dreams Come True Previously on Bear Family 16340 (DEMS 04/1-22) CD 2 Broadcast from the Cotton Club 8May38 1. Oh Babe, Maybe Someday 2. I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart Previously on LP Max 1002 Broadcast from the Cotton Club 15May38 3. Birmingham Breakdown 4. Rose Room 5. If Dreams Come True 6. It's the Dreamer in Me 7. Lost in Meditation 8. Every Day 9. Echoes of Harlem Previously on Bear Family 16340 (DEMS 04/1-22) Broadcast from the Cotton Club 22May38 10. Theme: East St. Louis Toodle-O 11. Jig Walk 12. In a Sentimental Mood 13. I'm Slapping 7th. Avenue 14. Lost in Meditation 15. Alabamy Home 16. If You Were in My Place Previously on LP Max 1002 Broadcast from the Cotton Club 29May38 17. Prelude in C Sharp Minor 18. Rockin' in Rhythm Previously on Archives of Jazz 3801132 or 3891132 From concert at the Konserthuset in Stockholm 29Apr39 19. Serenade to Sweden 20. Rockin' in Rhythm 21. In a Red Little Cottage Previously on LP Max 1002 and on Caprice Records CAP 21452 Quote
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