Kenny Burrell - On View At The Five Spot Cafe (Complete?)

[Kevin Bresnahan]

9 hours ago, Brad said:

You say it irks you that it’s called complete when it may not be but earlier in the thread you said you planned to buy the cd. Isn’t that slightly contradictory?

I like the music, so more music from that night is good enough for me, especially when it has Tina Brooks on it.

I just don't like the fact that they are advertising this as complete when it is clearly not complete. When they released the complete Lee Morgan performance at the Lighthouse, it was actually all of the music recorded those nights, so they do know what "complete" means.  

As for why I don't want to try and contact anyone at Blue Note, well, my latest attempts to contact them have not gone anywhere, so I don't feel like trying anymore. I was honest when I told you to give it a try. Maybe it's just me that they don't respond to?

[jlhoots]

I'm sticking with what I have. 😎

[felser]

8 hours ago, RiRiIII said:

All 14 tracks will be issued on April 11, 2025 in Japan on *ONE* SHM-SACD (not hybrid, $32).

 

$22 for the regular CD release from CDJapan.

[T.D.]

6 hours ago, jlhoots said:

I'm sticking with what I have. 😎

+1

[mjazzg]

I'm tempted by more Tina Brooks

[bertrand]

On 2/20/2025 at 4:43 PM, Kevin Bresnahan said:

https://www.bluenote.com/kenny-burrell-with-art-blakey-on-view-at-the-five-spot-cafe-the-complete-masters-expanded-tone-poet-vinyl-edition/

LP1

Side 1:

1. Birks’ Works (Dizzy Gillespie) – 9:43
2. Hallelujah* (Vincent Youmans) – 8:19

Side 2:

1. Lady Be Good (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 9:58
2. Lover Man (Jimmy Davis, Ram Ramirez, James Sherman) – 8:20
3. 36-23-36* (Kenny Burrell) – 3:35

LP2

Side 3:

1. Swingin’ (Clifford Brown) – 9:03
2. If You Could See Me Now* (Tadd Dameron, Carl Sigman) – 5:25
3. Beef Stew Blues* (Randy Weston) – 4:32

Side 4:

1. The Next Time You See Me, Things Won’t Be the Same* (Earl Forest, Bill Harvey) – 7:30
2. The Take Off* (Kenny Burrell) – 5:30

LP3

Side 5:

1. Birks’ Works alternate take (Dizzy Gillespie) – 9:39
2. Lady Be Good alternate take (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 9:55

Side 6:

1. Love Walked In (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 5:45
2. 36-23-36/The Theme (Kenny Burrell) – 12:27

 

Kenny Burrell, guitar

Tina Brooks, tenor saxophone

Bobby Timmons, piano

Roland Hanna, piano*

Ben Tucker, bass

Art Blakey, drums

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Sides 4, 5 & 6 are all previously unissued tracks, which seems to indicate that they're going with 4 tracks that were previously "rejected". That said, I have to wonder if "rejected" here means that they simply chose a different take as is the case for "Birks' Works", "Lady Be Good" & "36-23-36"?

Which tracks on sides 4, 5 and 6 does Tina Brooks play on??

[mikeweil]

1 hour ago, bertrand said:

Which tracks on sides 4, 5 and 6 does Tina Brooks play on??

Brooks is on the tracks with Timmons.

[Brad]

On 2/21/2025 at 7:37 AM, Kevin Bresnahan said:

I like the music, so more music from that night is good enough for me, especially when it has Tina Brooks on it.

I just don't like the fact that they are advertising this as complete when it is clearly not complete. When they released the complete Lee Morgan performance at the Lighthouse, it was actually all of the music recorded those nights, so they do know what "complete" means.  

As for why I don't want to try and contact anyone at Blue Note, well, my latest attempts to contact them have not gone anywhere, so I don't feel like trying anymore. I was honest when I told you to give it a try. Maybe it's just me that they don't respond to?

I posted the question about the additional tracks being rejected tracks and this is the reply from Joe Harley on FB:

“Alfred approved and sequenced the original 5 track album. Later, after Alfred had passed, Michael Cuscuna added three great additional tracks to the CD version of the original. Michael was a dear friend of mine and we discussed this reissue before he passed. The additional 6 tracks are very worthy of being released. You can hear one of them now (‘The Take Off’) I did not include takes where there are technical problems like the tape running out or tape starting halfway through. I did not include one take because Michael and I agreed it was not worthy of release.”

I don’t have the US re-issue, just the 1993 TOCJ, which only includes the original five. 

[Kevin Bresnahan]

36 minutes ago, Brad said:

I posted the question about the additional tracks being rejected tracks and this is the reply from Joe Harley on FB:

“Alfred approved and sequenced the original 5 track album. Later, after Alfred had passed, Michael Cuscuna added three great additional tracks to the CD version of the original. Michael was a dear friend of mine and we discussed this reissue before he passed. The additional 6 tracks are very worthy of being released. You can hear one of them now (‘The Take Off’) I did not include takes where there are technical problems like the tape running out or tape starting halfway through. I did not include one take because Michael and I agreed it was not worthy of release.”

I don’t have the US re-issue, just the 1993 TOCJ, which only includes the original five. 

Sounds like you might be the new "Blue Note whisperer".