Robert Sunenblick RIP

[Claude Schlouch]

Very sad to read that. A great loss for the jazz world.

RIP

[Chuck Nessa]

The next Uptown issue was to be a 2 disc Dodo Marmarosa set.

[AllenLowe]

I assume the Jaki Byard disc is out. Or him paying me the $300 he owes me.

[jlhoots]

2 hours ago, AllenLowe said:

I assume the Jaki Byard disc is out. Or him paying me the $300 he owes me.

Have another cocktail.

[Brad]

I hope this doesn’t come off as morbid or disrespectful to Dr. Sunenblick’s memory but does anyone know what’s going to happen to Uptown now?

[king ubu]

Shucks, I had missed this news - very sorry to hear it!

Hopefully someone will continue the good work, if only to complete projects that were under way. The recent Serge Chaloff was amazing, and a worthy one if it is to stay the final release by this fine label.

Still have some of their own albums to catch up, but amongst a few others I've got that fine Thomas/McShann, as well as the Don Joseph LP. Good stuff!

[Big Beat Steve]

15 minutes ago, king ubu said:

Hopefully someone will continue the good work, if only to complete projects that were under way. The recent Serge Chaloff was amazing, and a worthy one if it is to stay the final release by this fine label.

Yes, it's very good. Though I must admit I liked his first one ("Boston 1950") even better. Don't quite know how to put it but somehow i find the first one more "coherent". But any glimpse into an otherwise undocumented past is very welcome.

Of course here's hope too that the label will continue.

[king ubu]

Yeah, maybe the first one is even better, but this new one fills a tiny bit in the huge gap in Chaloff's discography, and as such is an amazing document and a great addition to what was known so far.