The Blue Note Jazzmen 2-CD set

[Bol]

I just came across a sealed copy of this amazing Blue Note set at a used record store. It contains 29 selections by these musicians recorded in 1943 and 1944, all remastered using SBM in 1998. I also have 2 CDs from Toshiba's Blue Note Classics series that overlap with this set a bit. Together, these 4 CDs give me most of Mosaic's Hall-De Paris-Johnson-Dickenson set, and probably in much better sound quality. (I think I am missing only a couple of sessions led by Vic Dickenson.)

I've come to really like these hot jazz Blue Note sessions, and I never knew that a set like this was put out by Blue Note in recent years. If you can find this set, I really recommend it. You will hear some of the best small group jazz out there. And nice notes by Dan Morgenstern.

Edited March 4, 2004 by Bol

[king ubu]

Look for the Edmond Hall CD released in the same batch (there was a Bechet, going OOP soon, a George Lewis and the BN Swingtets comp.).

All great releases! (for me who does not have any of the respective Mosaics)

ubu

[jazzbo]

More and more I think that the first fifteen years of Blue Note may be the best (for my continued listening.) I wish this stuff (and more, like the wonderful Hodes dates) could stay in print. But no. . . .

Edited March 4, 2004 by jazzbo

[Bol]

Look for the Edmond Hall CD released in the same batch (there was a Bechet, going OOP soon, a George Lewis and the BN Swingtets comp.).

All great releases! (for me who does not have any of the respective Mosaics)

ubu

Does anyone have a list of the whole series? I think I've seen the Bechet around. Did not realize that this was a series.

[king ubu]

Look for the Edmond Hall CD released in the same batch (there was a Bechet, going OOP soon, a George Lewis and the BN Swingtets comp.).

All great releases! (for me who does not have any of the respective Mosaics)

ubu

Does anyone have a list of the whole series? I think I've seen the Bechet around. Did not realize that this was a series.

Sidney Bechet - Runnin' Wild (OOP or soon to be OOP, as far as I know)

Edmond Hall - Profoundly Blue

George Lewis - And His New Orleans Stompers (OOP)

Various - Blue Note Jazzmen (2CD)

Various - Blue Note Swingtets

that's all, as far as I know. I don't know if this really was a series. Rather it seems to have been a special batch released for the 60yrs anniversary.

ubu

[Bol]

Thank you, ubu. That's very helpful.

Another batch of oop CDs to look for.... It never stops.

Edited March 4, 2004 by Bol

[king ubu]

Thank you, ubu. That's very helpful.

Another batch of oop CDs to look for.... It never stops.

Welcome, bol.

I found the Lewis (which is the one that has gone OOP first) recently in a sales bin. Should not be too difficult, I think.

The Hall is very much recommended!

ubu

[Bol]

Thank you, ubu.  That's very helpful. 

Another batch of oop CDs to look for....  It never stops.

Welcome, bol.

I found the Lewis (which is the one that has gone OOP first) recently in a sales bin. Should not be too difficult, I think.

The Hall is very much recommended!

ubu

A Toshiba CD I have seems to be identical in content to the Hall CD in this series. Plus it has an original cover.

Thanks again.

[kenny weir]

Also well worth grabbing is the four-disc set called Hot Jazz On Blue Note. There is overlap with some of the sets already mentioned, but it's terrific. I think it was released in conjunction with the Smithsonian. I wouldn't imagine it woul be too hard to find.

[brownie]

Wasn't the 'Port of Harlem' CD part of the series too? This one had all the Port of Harlem tracks, plus four Sidney Bechet sides and five by Teddy Bunn.

[king ubu]

Wasn't the 'Port of Harlem' CD part of the series too? This one had all the Port of Harlem tracks, plus four Sidney Bechet sides and five by Teddy Bunn.

That Port of Harlem is a great one, too!

But it was released several years earlier, as I remember.

Beautiful music and highly recommended!

The Bunn was one of three sessions of a one LP Mosaic. Wonder why they did not put the other two sessions on any of these discs!

Also it's a pity the Swingtets is only one CD! I'd love to have more of that! (The Hardee/Quebec Mosaic must be wonderful!!!)

The 4CD box is great, too. Overlap might mostly concern Bechet, but there's that much Bechet in the box, you wouldn't care to compare everything.

Then you get some Hodes, Meade Lux Lewis great Whistling Blues makes a good opener. And the biographies of all musicians are priceless. Dan Morgenstern is simply the best to write about this music!

(And yes it was released together with Smithsonian)

ubu

[Tjazz]

Also well worth grabbing is the four-disc set called Hot Jazz On Blue Note.

Yeah,

I got an extra (4cd) HOT BOX.

Anybody interested?

[ghost of miles]

I just came across a sealed copy of this amazing Blue Note set at a used record store. It contains 29 selections by these musicians recorded in 1943 and 1944, all remastered using SBM in 1998. I also have 2 CDs from Toshiba's Blue Note Classics series that overlap with this set a bit. Together, these 4 CDs give me most of Mosaic's Hall-De Paris-Johnson-Dickenson set, and probably in much better sound quality. (I think I am missing only a couple of sessions led by Vic Dickenson.)

I've come to really like these hot jazz Blue Note sessions, and I never knew that a set like this was put out by Blue Note in recent years. If you can find this set, I really recommend it. You will hear some of the best small group jazz out there. And nice notes by Dan Morgenstern.

Damn, Bol, did you buy that at TD's? I saw that last week and nearly picked it up... I gotta be more quick on the draw, now that I know another gent of similar fine taste is stalking B-town's jazz CD haunts! B)

[Dr. Rat]

I'm interetsed in the Hot Box.

What could I do for you in exchange?

--eric

[Bol]

I just came across a sealed copy of this amazing Blue Note set at a used record store.  It contains 29 selections by these musicians recorded in 1943 and 1944, all remastered using SBM in 1998.  I also have 2 CDs from Toshiba's Blue Note Classics series that overlap with this set a bit.  Together, these 4 CDs give me most of Mosaic's Hall-De Paris-Johnson-Dickenson set, and probably in much better sound quality.  (I think I am missing only a couple of sessions led by Vic Dickenson.)

I've come to really like these hot jazz Blue Note sessions, and I never knew that a set like this was put out by Blue Note in recent years.  If you can find this set, I really recommend it.  You will hear some of the best small group jazz out there.  And nice notes by Dan Morgenstern.

Damn, Bol, did you buy that at TD's? I saw that last week and nearly picked it up... I gotta be more quick on the draw, now that I know another gent of similar fine taste is stalking B-town's jazz CD haunts! B)

Yes, that's the place. Phew... I guess I almost missed it. Thanks for telling me about that shop. I feel a bit guilty. I hope you did not want it very much.

[Tjazz]

I'm interetsed in the Hot Box.

What could I do for you in exchange?

--eric

Let me know what extras you have to trade?

Can't say I'm hot on the trail for anything particular (at this time).

PM or email me.

[BruceH]

Look for the Edmond Hall CD released in the same batch (there was a Bechet, going OOP soon, a George Lewis and the BN Swingtets comp.).

All great releases! (for me who does not have any of the respective Mosaics)

ubu

I HAVE the related Mosaics, and I STILL couldn't stop myself from buying the Swingtets release! Terrific releases that are great to have in CD form---too bad they can't be kept in print ad infinitum.

[ghost of miles]

I just came across a sealed copy of this amazing Blue Note set at a used record store.  It contains 29 selections by these musicians recorded in 1943 and 1944, all remastered using SBM in 1998.  I also have 2 CDs from Toshiba's Blue Note Classics series that overlap with this set a bit.  Together, these 4 CDs give me most of Mosaic's Hall-De Paris-Johnson-Dickenson set, and probably in much better sound quality.  (I think I am missing only a couple of sessions led by Vic Dickenson.)

I've come to really like these hot jazz Blue Note sessions, and I never knew that a set like this was put out by Blue Note in recent years.  If you can find this set, I really recommend it.  You will hear some of the best small group jazz out there.  And nice notes by Dan Morgenstern.

Damn, Bol, did you buy that at TD's? I saw that last week and nearly picked it up... I gotta be more quick on the draw, now that I know another gent of similar fine taste is stalking B-town's jazz CD haunts! B)

Yes, that's the place. Phew... I guess I almost missed it. Thanks for telling me about that shop. I feel a bit guilty. I hope you did not want it very much.

Oh, man, don't worry about it! If I had really wanted it, I would've picked it up the first time around. I'm just glad you found the store.

[Bol]

Thanks. I am really beginning to agree with Lon that the early BN albums (first 10 years or so) are the best of the lot. I guess I've always liked the early 1500 series the best among the hard bop albums. But now I've gotten to really prefer the earlier hot jazz and small swing albums.

[ghost of miles]

Do you have the HRS Mosaic? That might be right up your alley if you don't...

[kenny weir]

I've been playing the Swingtets albums this wek and loving it.

My impressions may be coloured by knowledge of Quebec's inclusion, but it feels/sounds like the roots of hard bop.

[Harold_Z]

The HRS Mosaic is another great one.

Once you hear - REALLY hear - what the older cats were saying - it can really grab you. It's not so much about virtuosity (although that can be there too) as much as about being an individual. Scales and technique, etc can be there, and often are there, but the emphasis is more on being an individual - on having "something" of your own. The older cats are more instantly identifiable for me. Their improvisations are often more melodic or in any event, more accessible to me.

[Bol]

Yes, I got the HRS Mosaic about 3 weeks ago. So far, I really like the first two discs. Not sure about some of the Billy Taylor trio sessions and the big band sessions. Boy, how I wish the Commodore sets were available, and in CDs. Maybe I should start a petition to lobby Michael Cuscuna to make these available again.

[Harold_Z]

Yeah - for me the meat of the HRS is the small group stuff.

When I was first getting into this stuff around 1960 or so, a lot of the HRS stuff was around on budget $1.98 lps...but the sound on the Mosaic is far superior to what those lps sounded like. The HRS is great stuff...and the Muggsy/Bechet is KILLIN'.

[king ubu]

Love the HRS!

ubu