??? Pre-Bop Blue Note CDs

[JSngry]

34 minutes ago, Late said:

 

Whoa...

Do the Clyde Bernhardt things suck or something?

[Chuck Nessa]

15 minutes ago, JSngry said:

Whoa...

Do the Clyde Bernhardt things suck or something?

Haven't listened in 20 years. Maybe I'll dig it out tomorrow. Memory says the Markham stuff is good. The Josh White items have Bechet on clarinet.

Edited April 27, 2021 by Chuck Nessa

[Late]

 

[mikeweil]

14 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said:

Missing are some stragglers by Josh White, ....

Interestingly, 6 more tracks from this session (sans Bechet) were issued on Musicraft.

This is the take of "Careless Love" without Bechet that was issued on Musicraft:

 

All those blues numbers would make a nice CD. But the one Jimmy Shirley sessions is probably lost, isn't it?

[jazzbo]

Two Josh White sides, including the "Careless Love" with Bechet, are here:

https://www.discogs.com/Sidney-Bechet-The-Port-Of-Harlem-Jazzmen-Summertime/release/13424207

[Late]

1999 Japanese "Jazz Classics on Blue Note" Series

You get Benny Morton, Jimmy Hamilton, and Sammy Benskin Blue Note sessions on this disc:

And Clyde Bernhardt ... 

Are these the Blue Note tracks?

Don't Tell It

Chattanooga

[Late]

And check out this 1990 Japanese Blue Note "SP Days" set:

[jazzbo]

Yes. .  that's an awesome set.

[Late]

There's also this Japanese set, with a lone Vic Dickenson Blue Note track on it:

[JSngry]

36 minutes ago, Late said:

And Clyde Bernhardt ... 

Are these the Blue Note tracks?

Don't Tell It

Chattanooga

per Discogs, there were 4 sides, two 78s, so that would be two of them.

With the numbering, is that a 12" 78?

[Chuck Nessa]

40 minutes ago, JSngry said:

per Discogs, there were 4 sides, two 78s, so that would be two of them.

With the numbering, is that a 12" 78?

No, it's a 10 inch. 1200 series seems to be a short lived vocal series with the 2 Bernhardts and the Monk/Kenny Hagood record. The titles I have are "Meet Me On the Corner" and "Cracklin Bread".

Edited April 27, 2021 by Chuck Nessa

[danasgoodstuff]

On 4/27/2021 at 5:31 PM, Late said:

 

On 4/27/2021 at 6:05 PM, JSngry said:

Whoa...

Do the Clyde Bernhardt things suck or something?

Yeah, it's amazing he could play so well when his fretting hand's on backwards!  Does anyone here know if the other sides Shirley cut for BN have survived?

 

 

[Late]

On 4/28/2021 at 8:47 PM, danasgoodstuff said:

Yeah, it's amazing he could play so well when his fretting hand's on backwards! 

Once you pointed that out, I couldn't not be disturbed by that hand.  It was all that purple radiation.

What was the artist who drew that hand thinking?

[jazzbo]

I love this period of Blue Note history and value all that I have of it, which is nearly all, in various formats. I was hoping for a revisiting of this material with contemporary analog to digital conversion tech, but have given up hoping that will happen. It's certainly possible to be content with what we have. . . .

[Late]

12 minutes ago, jazzbo said:

I love this period of Blue Note history and value all that I have of it . . .

Same! (I thought the Japanese market would've returned to this material, at least once, since 1999, but I guess not — at least so far.)

But maybe in 2039!

Until then, I'll let this pink-and-black disc spin ...

[jazzbo]

Yes, I have that one as well. And the Hodes Mosaic set. He was an amazing pianist!

[Chuck Nessa]

I started collecting BN 78s in the '70s, mostly concentrating on the 12" records - I have 41 of the 52 issued and 3 of the 5 George Lewis Climax sides. I have only 32 of the 10" issues.

Cuscuna borrowed some for inclusion in this German box which contains the Jimmy Shirley "Stardust" mentioned earlier-

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

Good collection my guy!

[Late]

On 4/26/2021 at 6:05 PM, JSngry said:

Do the Clyde Bernhardt things suck or something?

They're pretty good. Click here. First four tracks.

"Cracklin Bread" is especially tasty.

[Big Beat Steve]

17 hours ago, Late said:

They're pretty good. Click here.
 

Fresh Sound!!

Actually what' s listed on YT as an "alternate take" of "Cracklin Bread" isn't one but a reworking of his tune recorded two years later for the Derby label.