new Japanese Enja series in Jan

[Harbour]

Some interesting selections here,

https://merurido.jp/topic.php?srcbnr=36703

a few getting their first cd issues i believe like the Takeo Moriyama

 

[soulpope]

👍Mal Waldron "Plays The Blues"👍 will be available again ....

[mjzee]

John Scofield Live is truly excellent.  It's a quartet, with Richie Beirach, George Mraz and Joe LaBarbera, from 1977.  Just make sure it's the expanded CD version, not the original LP.

[Late]

Yes! Yosuke Yamashita's Clay. Hasn't been on compact disc since 1989. Can't wait. Will pick up the Waldron as well.

I really, really wish Manfred Schoof's Distant Thunder on enja would be reissued. It's never been on compact disc.

[HutchFan]

And Hannibal in Antibes! 👍

Edited November 22, 2019 by HutchFan

[Late]

January 22, 2020 • 1148¥

1. Tommy Flanagan: Eclypso

2. Mal Waldron Plays The Blues: Live At The Domicile

3. Takeo Moriyama: Green River

4. Marvin "Hannibal" Peterson: Hannibal In Antibes

5. John Scofield: Live

6. Phil Woods: Three For All

7. Gene Ammons: In Sweden

8. Yosuke Yamashita Trio: Clay

9. Jon Hendricks: Cloudburst

10. Eric Dolphy: Berlin Concerts

11. Dollar Brand: Good News From Africa

12. Bennie Wallace: The Fourteen Bar Blues

13. Prince Lasha: Inside Story

14. Randy Weston: Nuit Africaine

15. Archie Shepp & Mal Waldron: Left Alone Revisited

16. Pat Peterson: Introducing

17. Uli Lenz-Cecil McBee-Joe Chambers: Live At Sweet Basil

18. Bobby Jones: Hill Country Suite

19. Maria Joao & Aki Takase: Looking For Love

20. Woody Shaw: Lotus Flower

[soulpope]

10 hours ago, Late said:

Bobby Jones: Hill Country Suite

👍👍👍!!!

[Pim]

Great stuff from a great music label!

On 21-11-2019 at 10:25 PM, soulpope said:

👍Mal Waldron "Plays The Blues"👍 will be available again ....

That is a great record indeed! 👍

[soulpope]

11 hours ago, Late said:

Woody Shaw: Lotus Flower

Not too shabby either 😎 ....

[Д.Д.]

On 11/21/2019 at 10:25 PM, soulpope said:

👍Mal Waldron "Plays The Blues"👍 will be available again ....

The Enja CD is already bass heavy, and if Solid does remastering with additional bass boost (as they seem prone to do), this one will be unlistenable. 

[soulpope]

10 minutes ago, Д.Д. said:

The Enja CD is already bass heavy, and if Solid does remastering with additional bass boost (as they seem prone to do), this one will be unlistenable. 

Let's see .... for  potential buyers it is a 10 Euro risk ....

[Harbour]

2nd series of this coming out in April with a few first time on cd

https://merurido.jp/topic.php?srcbnr=38801

● Tommy Flanagan / Super Session
● Elvin Jones / Live At The Village Vanguard
● Mar Waldron / Up Popped The Devil
● Benny Wallace / Live At The Public Theater
● Hampton Hawes / Live at the Jazz Showcase Chicago Vol.1
● Manfred Shoof Meets ・ Yosuke Yamashita Trio / Distant Thunder (World's First CD)
● Dollar Brand / African Space・ Program (first CD in Japan)
● Pepper Adams / Julian
● Yosuke Yamashita / Bansuri Kana
● John Scofield / Rough House
● Joe Lovano / Sounds of Joy
● Abby Lincoln / Abbey Things Billy Holiday Vol.1
● Aki Takase-David Murray / Blue Monk
● Niels Pedersen-Philipp Katereen / Art of the Duo
● Max Roach / Long as Your Living (First CD in Japan)
● Aki Takase / Clapping MusicCarl Berga ー & Masahiko Sato / With Silence (World's first CD)
● Sun Ra & His Omniverses Orchestra / Destination Unknown
● Trio M / The Guest House (Japan's first CD)
● Ron Miles Bill Friesel-Brian Blade / Circuit Rider (First CD in Japan)

[felser]

That's a really nice Max Roach session (ca. 1960) with Julian Priester, the Turrentine Brothers, and Bob Boswell.  The Hampton Hawes looks interesting (trio with McBee/Haynes), though I have never heard it.

Edited February 20, 2020 by felser

[HutchFan]

Some really nice stuff on that list.

I only have a DL of Up Popped the Devil, so I'll definitely be ordering that one.

 

36 minutes ago, felser said:

The Hampton Hawes looks interesting (trio with McBee/Haynes), though I have never heard it.

Yes, the Hawes is outstanding.  Be advised though: The audio fidelity is less than ideal... but the music is superb.

I do wish they would have reissued Vol. 2 instead.  Enja has already reissued Vol. 1, but I don't think Vol. 2 has ever had a CD reissue.

 

[Late]

On 11/21/2019 at 2:13 PM, Late said:

I really, really wish Manfred Schoof's Distant Thunder on enja would be reissued. It's never been on compact disc.

 

12 hours ago, Harbour said:

● Manfred Schoof・Yosuke Yamashita Trio / Distant Thunder (World's First CD)

Bam! 

[Late]

Up Popped The Devil is excellent. Recorded well though very up close — hopefully Solid doesn't do too much with the transfer. Reggie Workman's bass sounds really good on this date.

The Pepper Adams session, Julian, is also very good. Recommended.

I haven't connected with the Dollar Brand date for some reason. It's certainly a solid session, but ... maybe I just need to listen to it more.

I'm excited to finally have Distant Thunder on compact disc!!! Akira Sakata just kills. Fierce music — not for listeners who don't like "noise" in their tea!

 

[felser]

7 hours ago, Late said:

I haven't connected with the Dollar Brand date for some reason.

That's the case for me with a lot of his recordings, though he also has ones I really like.

[Misterioso]

On 11/22/2019 at 9:23 AM, Late said:

20. Woody Shaw: Lotus Flower

Ordered today, looking forward to it.

[Late]

3 hours ago, felser said:

That's the case for me with a lot of his recordings, though he also has ones I really like.

I adore his debut on Reprise. After that, I tend to gravitate to the solo recordings. Hamba Khale is an exception though.
•
On another note, I was just thinking how, in 2020, and contrary to widespread U.S. reporting, the compact disc is actually not dead. Thanks to Japan, the medium — as unwieldy, cumbersome, and space-depleting as it is — is still around! Distant Thunder is a true "reissue."

[felser]

3 hours ago, Late said:

I adore his debut on Reprise. After that, I tend to gravitate to the solo recordings. Hamba Khale is an exception though.
•
On another note, I was just thinking how, in 2020, and contrary to widespread U.S. reporting, the compact disc is actually not dead. Thanks to Japan, the medium — as unwieldy, cumbersome, and space-depleting as it is — is still around! Distant Thunder is a true "reissue."

Not nearly as unwieldy, cumbersome, and space-depleting as you-know-what, which are all the rage now:

[Late]

3 hours ago, felser said:

Not nearly as unwieldy, cumbersome, and space-depleting as you-know-what, which are all the rage now:

Teenagers? 

[felser]

14 minutes ago, Late said:

Teenagers? 

LOL!  Teenagers = Rage for sure!

[Late]

Listening to Yosuke Yamashita's Clay right now. The sound is AMAZING. Yes, it's louder than the vinyl — Solid followed their standard approach to compression — but there's a live presence (it's a live date) that the vinyl doesn't possess. Far more visceral. (The sound does peak at times, but it's infrequent.) I can't recommend this one highly enough. It's been 31 years since this session was on compact disc! If you like Cecil Taylor-esque trios (in this case clarinet, piano, drums), this recording is one you should check out. Yamashita's trio puts more space — and quiet — in between their noise than a typical Taylor session, if that helps to describe the recording. But there definitely is NOISE, in the most positive of ways. It's alive in the best possible (free) way.

Takeo Moriyama has got to be one of the most under-valued "free" drummers around. Tony Williams, I think, would have loved his playing.

Anyone else have this new disc? What are your reactions? The music (if you like "free" jazz) is heavenly.

[Late]

Distant Thunder up now for order at CD Japan. The series is 1200¥.

[sonnyhill]

On 2/19/2020 at 7:32 AM, Harbour said:

2nd series of this coming out in April with a few first time on cd

https://merurido.jp/topic.php?srcbnr=38801

● Abby Lincoln / Abbey Things Billy Holiday Vol.1
 

Was the Abbey Lincoln released with the last batch of Enja titles?  It is not available at CDJapan.