Comments on: A Trio of Rare Jazz Vinyl For Your Perusal

By: David Serlin

David Serlin — Wed, 02 May 2018 07:31:20 +0000

Hi, I’m the winner of this copy of Coolin’, so I thought I’d weight in…

First, it lived up to the quality hype: truly M- on gorgeous purple New Jazz labels. Cover is VG+ and clean as a whistle. The image might bother some, but it reminds me of summer days growing up in NYC (and surely conjures up that famous Weegee photo of the crowd on Coney Island, if you know it).

I agree that Teddy Charles is very underrated, and the rest of the lineup is certainly appealing, such as Jenkins, given his all-too-brief appearances in the canon. But for me the real pull was my newfound appreciation for Idrees Sulieman, who haunts my copy of Waldron Mal 2 and several Sahib Shihab LPs. I even tracked down the very odd but very pleasurable LP The Camel, which he did with his wife. In any case, I was not disappointed, and I’m happy to report that I believe that the $478 was well spent.

David S.

By: JOK

JOK — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 19:23:33 +0000

I have two Teddy Charles records, both are very fine records. “Three for Duke” (Jubilee) and “Russia goes Jazz” (United Artists)……….I got the second one solely for Eric Dolphy, and I’m glad I did.

Marvin: Mark beat me to it. If he doesn’t get it (and he gets first dibs), I’ll look to see if I have any duplicate records to trade. Let me know via this forum if you and Mark don’t work out a deal.

Thanks,

John

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 18:40:24 +0000

Marvin I am interested…

By: Marvin Goffe

Marvin Goffe — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 16:42:16 +0000

If anyone is interested I have 2 clean copies of the Teddy Charles on Elektra and I can part with one of them for a reasonable offer. It is indeed great music and I was lucky to pick these up in a warehouse find not long ago.

By: Marvin Goffe

Marvin Goffe — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 16:40:43 +0000

If anyone is interested I have 2 clean copies of the Teddy Charles on Elektra and I can part with one of them for a reasonable offer. It is indeed great music and I was lucky to ouck these up in a warehouse find not long ago.

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 13:58:06 +0000

(Possible 2nd )

Michel, how about TEO? One of my favourites.

By: Rudolf Flinterman

Rudolf Flinterman — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 13:53:35 +0000

Michel, you forgot TEO.

By: Rudolf Flinterman

Rudolf Flinterman — Thu, 05 Apr 2018 13:51:51 +0000

Coolin’: the cover ‘art’ is in the same category as ‘Warm Woods’ on Epic. One sees Phil curled up in front of a fireplace with burning wood.
There is pun intended LOL. These ‘jokes’ are rarely succesful.
Anyway, it is the musical content that matters. I rate this session of the same high calibre as OLIO Prestige 7084.
Teddy Charles has not had the recognition he deserved.
Comparing the price of this album to the price of the very mediocre Burrell album on Blue Note, I must, alas, conclude that the musical value of an album apparently is still only a side criterium.
I fully agree with Michel in his appreciation of the great artist Teddy was.

By: geoffrey wheeler

geoffrey wheeler — Sat, 31 Mar 2018 07:03:02 +0000

The cover gives me the creeps because it reminds me photographs I have seen of crowded beaches in Berlin during the 1930s when many Berliners had a false sense of security as the Hitler regime became all-powerful.

By: jbcoleburger

jbcoleburger — Fri, 30 Mar 2018 13:04:58 +0000

Michel, I agree about Vibe-rant. And although musically more satisfying than some of his New Jazz work, and arguably rarer, AND with an equally-if-not-cooler cover, when it does come up it barely goes for anything. Same is true with his early Atlantic release.