June 19 BN Japanese Reissues - uncommon titles

[Д.Д.]

  On 5/16/2019 at 6:25 PM, felser said:

Not sure who else would have merited the attention those three received.  

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Khan Jamal, just three years younger than Burton. 

I am not a fan, he sure enough he is more interesting than Roy Ayers - Walt Dickerson.

[felser]

  On 5/16/2019 at 10:53 PM, Д.Д. said:

Khan Jamal, just three years younger than Burton. 

I am not a fan, he sure enough he is more interesting than Roy Ayers - Walt Dickerson.

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Khan Jamal is pretty great, but a very different player than Hutcherson.  Dickerson seems to be the main influence on Jamal to my ears.  Neither were ever going to be widely appreciated across boundaries, but I really like them both.

  On 5/16/2019 at 9:05 PM, jazzbo said:

The upcoming Greene shows only ten cuts on CDJapan, and there is no track listing for the Taylor. Seems unlikely the bonus material is present.

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The Japanese seem to rarely do bonus material.  

[Pim]

August reissues:

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/newrelease/jazz/index.html?month=2019-8

Quite a few albums I do not know that much....

[JSngry]

Good Move and Accent On The Blues!!!!!

and Visions, if you roll that way!

[mjzee]

I have the original CD release of Stop And Listen, and it's mastered at a really low level.  It needs a good remastering; I hope this is it.

[felser]

  On 6/12/2019 at 1:35 AM, JSngry said:

and Visions, if you roll that way!

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I do, I like listening to those later Grant Green BN's.  

[romualdo]

Anyone have any further/updated information re the source/mastering for this series (UCQ-9500) - was discussed earlier in the thread before the CDs were released. I can't find any details on the Universal Japan site, CD japan site.

[jazzbo]

They seem to be new masterings to me. And sound quite nice. 

[CJ Shearn]

  On 5/16/2019 at 1:49 PM, felser said:

I think of it like a subpar CTI record.  If Hutcherson playing "Sophisticated Lady" etc. with a bunch of string arrangements by Wade Marcus turns you on, go for it.

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Right.  I always felt Natural Illusions was Blue Note attempting to cash in on the success of Milt Jackson's Sunflower but much more watered down.  Sure, Don Sebesky's string arrangements on the latter may turn some people off, but the playing is so, so, serious and great.  Even with the rhythm section of Hank Jones, Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette purely in session mode, it still sucks.  At least Carter/DeJohnette  shined more on CTI albums.

 

[felser]

  On 7/13/2019 at 8:25 AM, CJ Shearn said:

Right.  I always felt Natural Illusions was Blue Note attempting to cash in on the success of Milt Jackson's Sunflower but much more watered down.  Sure, Don Sebesky's string arrangements on the latter may turn some people off, but the playing is so, so, serious and great.  Even with the rhythm section of Hank Jones, Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette purely in session mode, it still sucks.  At least Carter/DeJohnette  shined more on CTI albums.

 

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Agreed, Sebesky did that sort of thing better than anyone, and I enjoy those CTI albums, with Sunflower being one of the best along with Hubbard's First Light and some others.

[CJ Shearn]

  On 7/13/2019 at 1:08 PM, felser said:

Agreed, Sebesky did that sort of thing better than anyone, and I enjoy those CTI albums, with Sunflower being one of the best along with Hubbard's First Light and some others.

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Sebesky's thing to my ear always had musical integrity, and that music is very much a product of it's time, but still holds up. Natural Illusions is well played, polite mood music, nothing more.

[Bluesnik]

  On 4/11/2019 at 4:30 PM, mjzee said:

Sheila Jordan - Portrait of Sheila.

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That one's very good, although that has already been pointed out. But I have the old edition and may have to upgrade. Though I don't do sonic upgrades. Let's see what will happen.

[erwbol]

Heads up. The Blue Note titles with new masterings from July and August are already going out of print at CD Japan.

So far: UCCQ-9491 Introducing Kenny Burrell and UCCQ-9516 Total Eclipse.

           

[Gheorghe]

  On 10/25/2019 at 7:44 PM, erwbol said:

Heads up. The Blue Note titles with new masterings from July and August are already going out of print at CD Japan.

So far: UCCQ-9491 Introducing Kenny Burrell and UCCQ-9516 Total Eclipse.

           

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Introducing Kenny Burrell is really a very very fine album.

[erwbol]

  On 10/29/2019 at 12:39 PM, Gheorghe said:

Introducing Kenny Burrell is really a very very fine album.

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It's not one I was interested in. I had simply bookmarked every Blue Note release from July and August at CD Japan and noticed these two discs going on backorder and shortly after sold out/out of print status.

[Bluesnik]

  On 10/29/2019 at 12:43 PM, erwbol said:

Introducing Kenny Burrell is really a very very fine album.

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Yes, I agree. I have that Conn double and can confirm that. I even have the original cover turned over so the Andy Warhol drawing of BN1543 shows as the cover.