Kenny Burrell 1959 rejected Blue Note session

[Mark Stryker]

Six takes of "Just Squeeze Me" from an ultimately rejected Kenny Burrell session for Blue Note from 4/12/59. With Tommy Flanagan, George Duvivier and Elvin Jones. This was one of three tunes they tried that day. 

 

 

[Dan Gould]

This made it out of the vaults to youtube land?

Then why oh why can't I hear the Gene Harris/Grant Green date, also rejected?

[Milestones]

It must be coming...just about everything comes out of the vaults these days.

As for Kenny Burrell, this is a bit underwhelming compared to his version on Ellington is Forever.

 

[Niko]

Can't really check it out right now but it seems that same channel has a few unissued Grant Green tracks, even though not with Gene Harris

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJcWXaSyAKQKT5k9IoB_nhQ/search?query=grant+green

 

[Jim R]

I was completely unaware of "Joe Louis", and I live on Youtube.  Wow.  It's almost like being in a state of (semi-euphoric) panic trying to look through what's been uploaded already, sorting it out, and thinking about trying to listen to it all... especially when one gets distracted by the inevitable Youtube tangent phenomenon.

[JohnS]

19 hours ago, Niko said:

Can't really check it out right now but it seems that same channel has a few unissued Grant Green tracks, even though not with Gene Harris

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJcWXaSyAKQKT5k9IoB_nhQ/search?query=grant+green

 

Many thanks for that link NIko

[felser]

With the exception of the first Bobby Hutcherson session, have we actually seen Blue Note issue rejected sessions?  Lot's of unissued sessions have rightly eventually come out, but not rejected sessions to my memory.  And that is probably as it should be.

[danasgoodstuff]

There's Andrew Hill's Passing Ships, but I think that was rejected for technical reasons which were, more or less, fixed.  There are a few unissued sessions and stray tunes yet to see the light of day, more yet to see domestic release or reissue.  So I wouldn't expect any rejected out soon.

[monkboughtlunch]

This alternate of My Favorite Things (from Green's Matador session with Tyner and Jones) is quite good.  What's the story on these alternate takes?  Did Cuscuna reject them as bonus tracks for quality reasons or do the alternate takes no longer exist in the EMI vaults? 

 

 

 

[Rooster_Ties]

Still a crime The Trainwreck hasn't been issued in full (with complete alternate takes of four of the five tunes, no less).

Honestly, I think a lot of it is better than Natural Essence, (the ballad, most definitely better than the one on NE).

The whole thing hangs together beautifully, if you ask me. Rejected, afaik (or certainly that's been Michael's opinion all these years).

[monkboughtlunch]

I'd love to hear some of this unreleased Green material:

Here's some interesting Green reject/unissued dates:

 

Kenny Dorham Sextet

Kenny Dorham (tp) Charles Davis (bars) Kenny Drew (p) Grant Green (g) Wilbur Ware (b) Kai ??? (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, March 19, 1961

tk.9 Mason Dixon Line Blue Note rejected

tk.20 Blues Lament -

tk.24 Cross "D" Tracks -

tk.26 Blue Ching -

tk.27 Spadesville -

tk.31 9 1/2 Street -

 

 

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Ike Quebec Quintet

Ike Quebec (ts) Freddie Roach (org) Grant Green (g) Butch Warren (b) Wilbert Hogan (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, May 25, 1962

Sonny Boy Blue Note rejected

Take Your Shoes Off -

Cop 'n Blo -

Early Morning Shuffle -

Travelin' -

Born to Be Blue -

Throwing a Brick -

 

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Ike Quebec Quintet

same personnel

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, June 1, 1962

tk.8 Take Your Shoes Off Blue Note rejected

tk.13 Cop 'n Blo -

tk.20 Sonny Boy -

tk.32 Throwing a Brick -

tk.40 Early Morning Shuffle -

tk.44 Travelin'

 

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Gene Harris Trio

Gene Harris (org) Grant Green (g) Al Harewood (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, October 15, 1962

tk.4 Untitled Blues Blue Note rejected

tk.5 Untitled Fast Blues -

tk.6 Georgia on My Mind -

tk.10 Playmates -

tk.11 Please Send Me Someone to Love -

tk.15 Sack o' Woe -

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Charlie Rouse Quintet

Charlie Rouse (ts) Joe Zawinul (p) Grant Green (g) Sam Jones (b) Frankie Dunlop (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, April 17, 1963

tk.4 Clo-E Blue Note rejected

tk.13 Little Sherri -

tk.17 What Kind of Fool Am? I -

tk.24 I Left My Hart in San Francisco -

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Grant Green Sextet

John Gilmore (ts) Bobby Hutcherson (vib) Duke Pearson (p) Grant Green (g) Butch Warren (b) Billy Higgins (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, February 12, 1964

1299 Untitled Grant Green Tune, No. 3 Blue Note rejected

1300 Minor League -

1301 Grant's Tune -

1302 Un Poco Loco -

1303 Ezz-thetic

 

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Harold Vick Quintet

Harold Vick (ts) George Coleman (ts, as) "Big" John Patton (org) Grant Green (g) Ben Dixon (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, May 27, 1964

1359 Soul Call Blue Note rejected

1360 Like Alice -

 

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Grant Green and others

Grant Green (g) a.o.

NYC, August 5, 1965

65VK427 Iron City March Verve unissued

65VK428 Angel -

65VK429 Fat Judy -

65VK430 Samba de Orfeu -

65VK431 Chim Chim Cheree -

 

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Grant Green and others

same personnel

NYC, September 1, 1965

65VK458 Things Ain't What They Used to Be Verve unissued

65VK459 Moon Over All -

65VK460 I Can't Stop Loving You -

65VK461 High Heel Sneakers -

65VK462 Blues Train -

65VK463 Sunday, Monday or Always -

65VK464 Fever -

65VK465 Dream -

65VK466 Uptown -

 

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Grant Green Quintet

Claude Bartee (ts) Emmanuel Riggins (org) Grant Green (g) Herbie Lewis (b) Idris Muhammad (d)

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, May 29, 1970

6478 I Can't Leave Your Love Alone Blue Note unissued

6479 Let Yourself Go -

6480 Love on a Two-Way Street -

6481 Green Acid -

6482 Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head -

6483 Something -

6484 Let It Rain -

Has Cuscuna commented on the unreleased BN material on YouTube?  Does EMI still have the tapes?   I guess this stuff is public domain in the EU now since EMI never released it within 50 years of recording it.

[danasgoodstuff]

Green Acid would have been a perfect name for an album during the Acid Jazz phase.  and it's 'unissued', not rejected, as are the leftovers from Carryin' On, two Jimmie Web tunes which have never to my knowledge seen the light of day.

[felser]

On 3/11/2017 at 9:02 PM, Rooster_Ties said:

Still a crime The Trainwreck hasn't been issued in full (with complete alternate takes of four of the five tunes, no less).

Honestly, I think a lot of it is better than Natural Essence, (the ballad, most definitely better than the one on NE).

The whole thing hangs together beautifully, if you ask me. Rejected, afaik (or certainly that's been Michael's opinion all these years).

Yes, it is officially listed as rejected.  I've noticed that many rejected sessions were re-recorded soon afterwards with the same personnel except for a change of drummers.

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Interesting posting name - Joe Louis. Hmmmm, the first name of the guy I used to get these sessions from was Louis. I wonder if it's him? If so, it would be very surprising considering how closely he used to guard these session tapes. Maybe he's just getting to that age where he realizes that he won't be around forever?