Elvin Jones "Revival: Live at Pookie's Pub" 1967

[Dan Gould]

10 minutes ago, felser said:

If it's Japanese-only release, it actually will go out of print overnight, but will eventually come back around.  Those Japanese BN's are carpe diem.

I think we're talking about US BN release brought to them by Zev.

[Eric]

11 hours ago, bresna said:

I put 5 of these new Elvin Jones CDs in my cart and totaled it up including shipping. I get $93.23 or $18.65 each. Dusty's CD price is $20 each and they don't ship for free.

That is a good deal.  Their shipping (days) is pretty decent, within a week door to door.

[felser]

On 9/14/2022 at 1:36 PM, Dan Gould said:

I think we're talking about US BN release brought to them by Zev.

You're right, and the other new Elvin's are Japanese-only.  I would expect the Amazon pre-order price to drop before it comes out.

Edited October 22, 2022 by felser

[Holy Ghost]

Just ordered, really looking forward to this set. 

[mikeweil]

I just pre-ordered a copy from JPC.

[JSngry]

I'm in no way enamored of Joe Farrell, but DAMN is he playing on this one. Totally dealing. 

[danasgoodstuff]

On 11/22/2022 at 2:45 PM, JSngry said:

I'm in no way enamored of Joe Farrell, but DAMN is he playing on this one. Totally dealing. 

Care to elaborate?  'Cause I'll take Farrell over most of those you might consider his contemporaries - Grossman, Leibman, Brecker, etc..

[mikeweil]

Yes, please elaborate. I cancelled my pre-order after hearing the samples as too much other stuff was on the way to my home. I'm not sure that I would listen to it more than once.

[JSngry]

He's really digging in, finding a higher gear than usual, imo. Maybe it's the live setting, maybe it's the opportunity to stretch a length, maybe it's a good buzz and/or a good reed. I don't know.

What I do know is that after hearing Joe Farrell all the years and being more or less moved to indifference (literally), his playing here immediately pulled me in and kept me there 

[Rabshakeh]

On 11/23/2022 at 6:45 AM, JSngry said:

I'm in no way enamored of Joe Farrell, but DAMN is he playing on this one. Totally dealing. 

Joe Farrell doesn't always turn up, but when he does, and he was pretty consistent for a while, I'll take him over his contemporaries mentioned above.

[JSngry]

Why are we thinking of them as his contemporaries? They weren't. He was older and far more established. 

Joe Farrell in 1960:

 

[JSngry]

1966, Farrell was here:

https://www.discogs.com/master/544865-Heiner-Stadler-Brains-On-Fire-Vol-1

[mikeweil]

On 9/9/2022 at 2:39 PM, Rooster_Ties said:

First ‘single’ — all 20+ minutes worth. Damn!!

 

 

Listened again. Yes, Mr. Firantello really leans in. But the piano seems to be badly tuned. 

[clifford_thornton]

Great set. I do have a bit of "crunch" in the pressing on my copy, a few spots in "My Funny Valentine." This has become par for the course in newer pressings -- stitching/non-fill. It is a bummer. Not enough of a biggie to return it but I wouldn't turn down a fixed version.

 

[JSngry]

I can't bring myself to pull this one out of the car. It's that good.

[Stompin at the Savoy]

The piano seems bad.  I mean the instrument. Tuning or maybe just a bad piano.  Conceivably the way it was miked...  But the tone of it sounds bad to me.  Nevertheless the recording has much to recommend it and I'll probably end up getting it.  I was particularly interested to hear Larry Young on piano and he is playing pretty well but the piano.

 

[JSngry]

I think Pookie's was probably what, in most places, would be referred to as a "joint". Expectations about pianos in joints are wisely kept (where they are kept at all) on the low side of optimistic/the high side of pessimistic.

[Stompin at the Savoy]

It sounds like something you would find in a Shakey's Pizza parlor circa 1968. Oddly hollow and metallic.

Edited February 1, 2023 by Stompin at the Savoy

[JSngry]

From Pookie's Pub in 1967 to your local Shakey's in 1968...old pianos never die, they just get moved down the food chain.