Jessica Williams - Orgonomic Music upcoming reissue on Sundazed Music

[felser]

https://sundazed.com/compactdiscs.aspx

Looks interesting - 1981 septet including Eddie Henderson and two bass players.  I think Williams is very underappreciated.

[HutchFan]

Good news.  It's an excellent album.

 

[T.D.]

Good chance I'm in.

I like JW and have a number of albums. Of her large discography, trios seems to significantly outnumber ensembles with horns, so this is welcome.

[Added] I'm not sure what to think about "liner notes by Scott Yanow"... 🤔 most of his Allmusic reviews seem to be telegraphic / mailed in, though his opinions and tastes are often similar to mine.

Edited January 26 by T.D.

[JSngry]

Sundazed? 

[T.D.]

1 hour ago, JSngry said:

Sundazed? 

They have some reasonable looking recordings, though jazz seems to be a minority category. I am puzzled by the number of Sun Ra offerings, and wonder whether those were done in collaboration with Sun Ra LLC, the Irwin Chusid entity that I consider the gold standard of Ra reissues. The one I looked up did not make any such claims, which would not be a plus.

Edited January 27 by T.D.

[jazzbo]

I have all those Sun Ra releases except the one from the current band. They are excellent, as far as I know completely legit releases.

[rostasi]

Surprised that Sundazed has been around this long
because I only saw a desire for last century classics
in a pretty niche group (in the 90s), but they seem to
have delivered the goods and moved, a bit, with the new
gen of people discovering these "classics," so good on 'em.

I had to sell that Williams LP back in the day at Kinnara Dist.
It's quite good!

Edited January 27 by rostasi

[JSngry]

I guess I remember them as mostly having a niche 60s Sunshine Psych catalog. 

[rostasi]

Yeah, they did some of that too.
Garage bands, bargain bin stuff
from late 50s thru 70s. I think the
first thing I bought from them was
that album with all of those versions
of Louie Louie or maybe it was
The Kingsmen album itself.

[felser]

They do some strange, obscure titles at times, but execute well on everything they touch.   Did an interesting early Gary Burton set including Hank Garland album IIRC.

[HutchFan]

Funny.  I associate Sundazed with country and country-rock.

 

[felser]

2 hours ago, HutchFan said:

Funny.  I associate Sundazed with country and country-rock.

 

They have reissued a lot of that also.  I have a lot of 60's rock CD's from them.  Very extensive and eclectic catalogue.  And they have a sense of humor about themselves which is refreshing.

[soulpope]

Sundazed is reliable for excellent sound/mastering quality ....

[Ken Dryden]

I have a few of their CDs and a Sun Ra I got in trade in a few years ago that I have never opened. Their scattershot approach to reissues is intriguing. 

[John Tapscott]

19 hours ago, T.D. said:

Good chance I'm in.

I like JW and have a number of albums. Of her large discography, trios seems to significantly outnumber ensembles with horns, so this is welcome.

[Added] I'm not sure what to think about "liner notes by Scott Yanow"... 🤔 most of his Allmusic reviews seem to be telegraphic / mailed in, though his opinions and tastes are often similar to mine.

Agreed with your thoughts on JW. I really got into her playing when she released a number of CD's (must have been at least 10) on the Canadian Jazz Focus label.  The producer of the label, Dr. Philip Barker, was a huge jazz fan, and rather well-known for his excesses, both musical and personal. 'Nuff said, but you can find his story on the 'net. 

I would say that Scott Yanow's liner notes are generally good and quite interesting, even if as you say, his CD reviews can seem rather mechanical and mailed in. But what can we expect for $5 each?       

Edited January 27 by John Tapscott