Comments on: E-Baying With Knepper, Evans and Blue Notes

By: 49goats

49goats — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 05:15:47 +0000

I have an old Japanese red vinyl pressing of the Jimmy Knepper lp. It’s on Angel records. I paid $8 for it. I did not know that Bill Evans is on it. All the liner notes are in Japanese. thanks!

By: Al

Al — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 14:12:46 +0000

Yes, got my titles wrong. The record I actually listened to was the one with Dexter on it: This Time the Drum’s on Me. Great record.

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:47:38 +0000

Katharsis: without actually checking, I think you are right regarding Kamuca.

By: Katharsis

Katharsis — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 09:47:00 +0000

Al, as far as I remember correctly, Richie Kamuca is the Saxophonist, playing on “Grand Stan” or am I wrong?

By: Fredrik

Fredrik — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 22:54:47 +0000

Again, forgotten gems: the swedish Metronome EP’s with Freddie Redd, Rolf Ericson, Tommy Flanagan, Tommy Potter, Duke Jordan, Cecil Payne, Stan Getz, Lars Gullin. Check them out. They are fantastic. It seems not so many collectors know about them. Except the Japanese and us Swedes..? I’ve started collecting them a while ago.

By: Joe L

Joe L — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 16:57:16 +0000

Agreed. While it’s interesting to track the Blue Notes because they lead the market, there are so many other interesting records. Anything of interest to Al is probably worth a look.

By: Al

Al — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 16:36:00 +0000

I was listening to Grand Stan by Stan Levey the other day. What a terrific record, and great playing by Dexter Gordon.

By: Michel

Michel — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 14:57:50 +0000

I think it would be interesting to focus more frequently on all those “neither Blue Note nor Prestige” records. Many of them are of great interest, and you can still find some forgotten gems. This Jimmy Knepper is one of them. Lou Levy’s “Jazz in four Colors”, listen by the same seller, is certainly another record that deserves much more attention than it isually does.