Blue Mitchell / Sonny Red - Uptown

[king ubu]

So anyone knows if this is Left Bank Jazz Society material or not?

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

4 hours ago, mjzee said:

Do what I do: buy an inexpensive scanner (I have the Epson V300), scan the artwork on the K7s and import them into iTunes or whichever you use.

I don't have the space for a scanner. Well, how big is an Epson V300?

MG

[king ubu]

28 minutes ago, The Magnificent Goldberg said:

I don't have the space for a scanner. Well, how big is an Epson V300?

MG

You can also try it with a camera if you have a smartphone or any other device ... if the light is good and you can figure out some angle that works without too much reflection and distortion, it can turn out pretty decent.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

20 minutes ago, king ubu said:

You can also try it with a camera if you have a smartphone or any other device ... if the light is good and you can figure out some angle that works without too much reflection and distortion, it can turn out pretty decent.

Hur hur, I don't have a smartphone, either. My wife got herself an ipad for Christmas but she won't let me use it and, as for getting her to do shots of West African K7s, well, forget it!

A friend of my daughter's does them, but I haven't yet succeeded in being able to copy the three he sent, via her, from his iphone. And, between them, they're slow as arseholes, as we used to say in the Army.

MG

[crisp]

When I began ripping my CDs to FLAC I immediately decided not to bother with album artwork. Saves a lot of bother.

[mjzee]

5 hours ago, The Magnificent Goldberg said:

I don't have the space for a scanner. Well, how big is an Epson V300?

MG

It's a desktop model.

[robertoart]

On 4 February 2016 at 1:25 AM, Dan Gould said:

And only a few weeks wait this time?  Awesome!  And it just so happens that Feb 26 is the moving date for Plant City so this is going to be my own personal housewarming gift to myself!!  Better make sure I update my shipping address in Amazon.

So the only question that comes to mind is whether this is a stray Left Bank tape making it's way to Uptown or are there more in the pipeline?

For that matter will we ever see more of the Piccadily tapes? It's like 2 or 3 years since the Hank was released, isn't it?

I remember reading Joel Dorn state (when he had access to the Left Bank tapes), that most had deteriorated to unlistenable and unreleasable condition. You insiders might know the veracity of that claim. 

Edited February 8, 2016 by robertoart

[king ubu]

okay, but still no one really knows if this IS a Left Band Jazz Society tape or not?

[mjzee]

8 hours ago, king ubu said:

okay, but still no one really knows if this IS a Left Band Jazz Society tape or not?

Thought Chuck already answered that - see page 1.

[Dan Gould]

And since it is, perhaps there are more of those cassettes that are salvageable. I'd really like to know if this is a one-off or a new Uptown source of more archival releases.

[Niko]

it's also included in Ellery Eskelin's list of Left Bank concerts (20 March 1966)

http://home.earthlink.net/~eskelin/leftbank.html

apparently, the Crystal Ballroom was a substitute location for about eight weeks in 1966

[Dan Gould]

35 minutes ago, Niko said:

it's also included in Ellery Eskelin's list of Left Bank concerts (20 March 1966)

http://home.earthlink.net/~eskelin/leftbank.html

apparently, the Crystal Ballroom was a substitute location for about eight weeks in 1966

So, my fantasy would be that it's the Crystal Ballroom tapes that are in releasable shape, and next up will be:

 

4-10-66 HANK MOBLEY, tenor sax; McCOY TYNER, piano; JACK DEJOHNETTE, drums; EDDIE MARSHALL, bass (Crystal Ballroom)

[jlhoots]

53 minutes ago, Dan Gould said:

So, my fantasy would be that it's the Crystal Ballroom tapes that are in releasable shape, and next up will be:

 

4-10-66 HANK MOBLEY, tenor sax; McCOY TYNER, piano; JACK DEJOHNETTE, drums; EDDIE MARSHALL, bass (Crystal Ballroom)

That would be nice!!

[king ubu]

3 hours ago, mjzee said:

Thought Chuck already answered that - see page 1.

depends on what part of the quoted post you relate his "yup" to ... but all the better then

[Chuck Nessa]

It is a Left Bank recording!!!

[king ubu]

Yeah, thanks, I got it now

[AllenLowe]

I absolutely love the school of sour-toned alto; McLean, Sonny Red, occasionally Ernie Henry, Quill when he's high enough, and me when I forget to tune.

[JSngry]

John Jenkins & C. Sharpe too, yeah, that whole "street" side of Bird thing, unapologetically street. Shafiq Hadi.

And really, Roscoe too, I think.

[king ubu]

Interesting thought re: Roscoe - but yeah, makes sense!

[AllenLowe]

yes, all of the above - particularly C Sharpe. Forgot about him.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

On ‎05‎/‎02‎/‎2016 at 9:58 PM, mjzee said:

It's a desktop model.

Well, does that mean it fits into a space approx. foolscap size?

MG

[mjzee]

1 hour ago, The Magnificent Goldberg said:

Well, does that mean it fits into a space approx. foolscap size?

MG

It's about 11" x 16 1/2".  It will accommodate an 8 1/2" x 14" sheet of paper (or one of your A4's); one sad limitation is it will not accommodate an LP cover.  But for the other things I use it for (CD covers, K7's, and, of course, to use it as a copier), it's a great solution.

[John L]

I just had a chance to hear this one - a VERY nice recording. 

Add Sonny Cox to the list of fine "sour" altos. 

[Chuck Nessa]

Cox?

[jlhoots]

I pre-ordered from Amazon ($12.99).

Haven't received it. Listed as "temporarily" out of stock. Hope it eventually shows up.