Blue Note's TONE POET series.

[JSngry]

[clifford_thornton]

I've never had the Golden Circle on CD so the extra music would certainly be worthwhile for me... probably can download it somewhere, though.

As for Andrew Hill, the alternate band performing Grass Roots would make a nice LP though Tone Poet pricing I'm not so enthusiastic about.

[JSngry]

  On 2/1/2022 at 4:25 PM, clifford_thornton said:

I've never had the Golden Circle on CD so the extra music would certainly be worthwhile for me... probably can download it somewhere, though.

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It's only the RVGs that have it, but they're well-worth seeking out,

[Son-of-a-Weizen]

  On 2/1/2022 at 2:31 PM, bresna said:

I had an E-mail conversation with Joe Harley, who is the producer of the Tone Poet series for Blue Note, and he assured me that these LPs are not limited in any way. There have been massive delays at the pressing plants though, so many titles appear to be going out of print. Just be patient and they will come back into stock.

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Hmmm.   That’s good to know.   I’d like to get The Chant & Kicker.  

[felser]

  On 2/1/2022 at 5:38 PM, JSngry said:

It's only the RVGs that have it, but they're well-worth seeking out,

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And not hard to find or expensive.  Just checked on discogs and ebay, you can get them both for around $10 each shipped.

[Kevin Bresnahan]

  On 2/1/2022 at 6:05 PM, felser said:

And not hard to find or expensive.  Just checked on discogs and ebay, you can get them both for around $10 each shipped.

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Those RVG CDs have some of Rudy's best work in that series. They sound very good.

[Son-of-a-Weizen]

  On 8/19/2019 at 6:49 PM, sidewinder said:

The Hoffman Board ‘Tone Poet’ thread is my daily light entertainment. 

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haha.   1100 pages now.  You can live to be 102 and it will still be going.  👀

Edited February 1, 2022 by Son-of-a-Weizen

[Dub Modal]

  On 2/1/2022 at 4:02 PM, JSngry said:

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Indeed. 

[Brad]

Joe Harley talked to 45 RPM Audiophile, a popular vinyl YouTube channel, on Saturday. The video is about an hour long  

The first thing he announced was that there would be a TP of Blue Train, which people have been clamoring for, and that it would be “something special.”  He wouldn’t further elaborate. I don’t if that means it’s some sort of box set which, considering that there are only two alternative takes would have to be more than that, or something else entirely.

 

[JSngry]

I think there are more than two alternative takes. Two is all they've released so far.

[Chuck Nessa]

It would probably be 3 records if they use all the takes.

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

Oleo's destroyed? they made transfers of that before, yikes

[sidewinder]

  On 4/4/2022 at 3:13 PM, chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez said:

Oleo's destroyed? they made transfers of that before, yikes

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Sounds like it is either the King LP or Mosaic Grant Green/Sonny Clark set for that title on vinyl.

’Sweet Honey Bee’ tape loss not a total surprise but no mention of ‘Jody Grind’.

Very Interesting interview !

Edited April 4, 2022 by sidewinder

[Kevin Bresnahan]

  On 4/4/2022 at 5:40 PM, sidewinder said:

Sounds like it is either the King LP or Mosaic Grant Green/Sonny Clark set for that title on vinyl.

’Sweet Honey Bee’ tape loss not a total surprise but no mention of ‘Jody Grind’.

Very Interesting interview !

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Joe Harley knows that the master tape for "The Jody Grind" is a needle drop. I discussed it at length with him and Michael Cuscuna via E-mail. However, he did not say that this would preclude it from being reissued on LP, just that it might not be good enough for a Tone Poet (premium) reissue.

  On 4/4/2022 at 1:46 PM, Brad said:

Joe Harley talked to 45 RPM Audiophile, a popular vinyl YouTube channel, on Saturday. The video is about an hour long  

The first thing he announced was that there would be a TP of Blue Train, which people have been clamoring for, and that it would be “something special.”  He wouldn’t further elaborate. I don’t if that means it’s some sort of box set which, considering that there are only two alternative takes would have to be more than that, or something else entirely.

 

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The Japanese CD reissue program has released 2 alternate takes of "Blue Train" and one of "Lazy Bird" but they only clock in at ~25 minutes. Maybe they will release these on a 2nd LP?

[sidewinder]

Sounds also from what Joe was saying that there will be some Transition titles to come. I guess the Donald Byrd titles will be well up there.

[Kevin Bresnahan]

  On 4/4/2022 at 6:54 PM, sidewinder said:

Sounds also from what Joe was saying that there will be some Transition titles to come. I guess the Donald Byrd titles will be well up there.

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My favorite Transition date is the Doug Watkins.

[mikeweil]

  On 4/5/2022 at 12:19 AM, bresna said:

My favorite Transition date is the Doug Watkins.

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Same here. Great bass sound.

[porcy62]

  On 4/5/2022 at 8:57 AM, mikeweil said:

Same here. Great bass sound.

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Got my japanese pressing of it from Tanno San.

[Kevin Bresnahan]

  On 4/5/2022 at 10:50 AM, porcy62 said:

Got my japanese pressing of it from Tanno San.

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I picked up a Toshiba pressing from Stereo Jack's many years ago. Great session. The slow blues tune, "Phil T. McNasty's Blues" is my favorite track.

 

[Late]

[sidewinder]

  On 4/5/2022 at 10:50 AM, porcy62 said:

Got my japanese pressing of it from Tanno San.

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My (immaculate) King copy also from Mr Tanno. It will be on deck later on tonight.

[porcy62]

  On 4/5/2022 at 3:29 PM, Late said:

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Got this one, not on the top of my Jackie Mac sessions, sound is fine, the piano is surprisingly well focused, though I never listened to other pressings.

edit: what I really want in this series are Jackie’s Demon Dance, Bobby’s Happenings and Duke’s Wahoo, all of the other stuff is vinylavailable on other form.

Edited April 13, 2022 by porcy62

[sidewinder]

  On 4/13/2022 at 6:16 PM, porcy62 said:

Got this one, not on the top of my Jackie Mac sessions, sound is fine, the piano is surprisingly well focused, though I never listened to other pressings.

edit: what I really want in this series are Jackie’s Demon Dance, Bobby’s Happenings and Duke’s Wahoo, all of the other stuff is vinylavailable on other form.

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I think ‘Happenings’ came out in the Music Matters 45rpm series so unlikely to be a Tone Poet I guess. The other two must be high up the list.

Never came across an original NY ‘Happenings’ mono that didn’t have noise or distortion. I had one but ended up switching to a stereo, which had no problems.

I was amazed when ‘Wahoo’ appeared back in the day on the Pathe Marconi’s as it was a pretty obscure session at the time. Years later I was able to get it on a NY mono.

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[porcy62]

  On 4/13/2022 at 6:32 PM, sidewinder said:

I think ‘Happenings’ came out in the Music Matters 45rpm series so unlikely to be a Tone Poet I guess. The other two must be high up the list.

I was amazed when ‘Wahoo’ appeared back in the day on the Pathe Marconi’s as it was a pretty obscure session at the time. Years later I was able to get it on a NY mono.

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Wahoo too was on MM, as 33 rpm and I lost it. Nowadays is a Take No Prisoners record. Happenings is on my radar as King pressing, not yet found a decent deal, but I will prevail one of these days.

[Pim]

Speaking of Bobby Hutcherson and the Tone Poets: I’d love a Tone Poet edition of Patterns!