Comments on: A Blue Note Day on eBay

By: don-lucky

don-lucky — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:32:41 +0000

Another one that I was surprised had never been re-issued on CD was Jazz at the Plaza Vol.2 on Columbia C 32471 (Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday etc…)They only issued Vol.1 with Miles Davis on CD as far as I know. It almost makes sense to pick up one of those LP to CD recorders and do it ourselves I guess…

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:50:47 +0000

thanks to the invention of the CD format I enjoy jazz in my car. Also the format provided numerous extra tracks which otherwise would have remained unissued. Not just a dull “alternate” take, but exciing new, fresh music.
One CD is very dear to me:
Chet Baker & Art Pepper “the Route”. This was a June 26, 1956 session for Pacific Jazz that was never issued entirely. The numbers, often shortened or “doctored” by master surgeon Richard Bock, were issued scattered on a number of anthologies, “best of…” etc.
On the CD “the Route” one finds them all together, without doctoring, 53 minutes, which were never issued in one album.
Chet Baker/ Art Pepper with Richie Kamuca, Pete Jolly, Leroy Vinnegar, Stan Levey.
Ref: CDP 7 92931 2 Capitol/Pacific Jazz.

By: don-lucky

don-lucky — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 22:34:08 +0000

Pablo is right, it’s about the music we love… But don’t get me wrong guys, I personally have always collected the mono original pressings myself, and there’s nothing better than a DG flat edge Lex for my hard earned dollar. Generally speaking, we are all music lovers here, and I do admit I buy a lot of CDs to ease the pain of going to work ! My last comment was in response to Philip Cross who was shocked by the very mention of a CD on a Jazz Collector website… Personally, I just assumed we had “carte blanche” to discuss any and all formats, as long as they were collectable and of the Jazz genre.

By: maarten kools

maarten kools — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 16:15:55 +0000

euh…hhmmm… ofcourse it is about the MUSIC jazz, but if i see the word ‘Lexington’ or ’50th street’ i get a small cardiac-arrest… even now when i read this sentence back;-)

By: Pablo Canals

Pablo Canals — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 15:30:08 +0000

I agree with don-lucky – what really counts for me is the wonderful music – jazz, which is America’s classical music. A music that speaks about individual freedoms and collective (team) efforts. I love to collect the music – every note, every artist. I really do not care if the label says 767 Lexington, West 63 Street, Bergenfield, NJ, or whether the edge of the record is flat or not flat.

By: ceedee

ceedee — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 15:16:18 +0000

Maarten-thanks for your informative links. The video tribute to Reid Miles was especially cool! The folks who put it together clearly have the “feel” of those classic sounds down cold-dig the cover of SOME OTHER STUFF,with the “Jacob’s Ladder” headshake,remaining true to the mood of the original. The cat interviewed with the “scrolling head” is a sly nod to Joe Henderson’s MODE FOR JOE. And how they get the figures to walk in and out of the cover shots is a joy to behold. As is the music the video celebrates. Where jazz is concerned it really is “a small world,after all”.

By: don-lucky

don-lucky — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 14:20:52 +0000

…Whether LP or CD, 78 or 10, it’s all Jazz man, and we collect it !

(Besides we have to play something in the car on the way to work don’t we ?)

By: Philip Cross

Philip Cross — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 12:44:13 +0000

Sacrilegious to write about CDs in this blog.

Hipp’s two Hickory House albums turned up in the Japanese RVG series some years ago. The 10″ LP (BLP 5056) did too.

By: maarten kools

maarten kools — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 10:18:41 +0000

about a year ago michael cuscuna said the following in Jazz Magazine (France):

Question : What are the upcoming releases, at Blue Note and Mosaic?

Answer : At Blue Note, we are still working on the Rudy Van Gelder series, with the more classic titles from the catalog. The people like this. But I’m almost done with Blue Note. On the Mosaic side, the big labels doing always less reeditions, there’s a lot of work for me […]

And i also believe EMI is in pretty bad shape..?

they are reissued in Japan.

A ‘nice’ thread about Jutta Hipp here, she died pretty lonesome and poor… like somany great jazz artists:
http://forums.allaboutjazz.com/showthread.php?t=16659

By: Pablo Canals

Pablo Canals — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 22:36:15 +0000

Hello,

Does anyone knows if Blue Note is planning to re-issue (in the newly remastered RVG series)the two albums of Jutta Hipp at the Hickory house?