Shavers/Hawkins: FAMOUS JAZZ PARTY (Jazz Factory)

[JSngry]

• Has this material been issued before, and if so, where?
  
• Personnel seems less than accurate. Seems that I hear Illinois Jacquet on one tune, and an uncerdited bari player on another, Does anybody have correct personnel?
  
• This disc is from the infamous Disconforme combine. Is this same material currently available from a more legitimate label?
  
• Is there any chance at all that video footage survives of any of this stuff?
  

Pretty amazing stuff, with some interestingly peculiar lineups ( SEE HERE FOR DETAILS ). To say that sparks fly puts it more than too mildly. And to hear 1958 Prez & Bean trading fours on a blues...

As always, thanks in advance.

Edited March 25, 2004 by JSngry

[Chuck Nessa]

This material comes from a Boris Rose label called Enigma. The Enigma stuff was subsequently booted by Jazz Connoisseur, Musidisc and a host of others.

[JSngry]

Thanks, Chuck.

A bootleg of a bootleg, eh? Burn with a clear conscience!

[jazzbo]

Some amazing stuff on these. As you mention, Bean and Pres. . . wow.

(And that Willie the Lion Smith Quartet listed in the amg credits. .. man those four guys can play the piano!)

Edited March 25, 2004 by jazzbo

[Tom in RI]

And a rare chance to hear Pres speaking.