Comments on: Thelonious, Duke, Phil and Buckshot

By: maarten kools

maarten kools — Sun, 29 Aug 2021 19:03:24 +0000

@somethin’ else: the idea that miles did a favor to cannonball and that it is miles who “made ‘ the album great , and that cannonball should be lucky.. i don’t agree. Where talkin’ about “autumn leaves”, cause that IS the album: Of course miles plays exactly the right notes to give it its atmosphere , but it is Cannonball’s solo that is Perfect. It lifts the song up to what it is, it’s joy, it’s perfect in it’s restrain and
abundance.. it has the same perfection as the Body and soul solo by Hawkins .. yes, shorter, sam rivers , coltrane etc could blow more and difficult notes, but cannonball’s solo is undone of all the notes that are not necessary..
the second hero of the song is Hank Jones… his outro is sublime… the third hero is art Blakey , who, contrary to what people always think that he is loud and egocentric, plays perfect what is needed with restrain.. there are 3 albums that helped people to get ‘into’ jazz music: Kind of blue, Blue train and Somethin’ else. Besides that, Autumn Leaves is THE song if you want to test your HIFI gear… it’s perfectly recorded.

By: Paul Vreugdenhil

Paul Vreugdenhil — Mon, 23 Aug 2021 15:59:40 +0000

Rudolf – Is there an easy way to distinguish original blank Blue Note inners from other blank inners?

By: P

Mon, 23 Aug 2021 04:25:41 +0000

@Peter A I have a Rousseau cover pressing with white label and the Riverside box in pale gray. Maybe this was just a case of some found old labels, or the blue/gray distinction is simply two different label printers.

By: Peter A

Peter A — Sun, 22 Aug 2021 21:26:38 +0000

@Aaron @Thomas: agreed, the very first pressings of the early Riverside titles have pale greyish printing on white background, instead of the more blueish printing on the slightly later ones. I actually have a first press of the Monk and indeed, the cover is not laminated. I think the first 24 titles have non-laminated covers. I also believe those early Riversides came without inner sleeves.

By: JazzTimeTravel

JazzTimeTravel — Sun, 22 Aug 2021 14:37:23 +0000

Here is another gem looks like.
Horace Silver.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/LP-Horace-Silver-6-Pieces-Of-Silver-MONO-Blue-Note-1539-West-63rd-RVG-Deep-G-/165015768966?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m2548.l6249&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0

By: DaveS

DaveS — Sat, 21 Aug 2021 13:08:02 +0000

Finally we’re back to a whole thread filled with the arcane discourse that keeps me coming back to jazzcollector.com.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Fri, 20 Aug 2021 16:23:45 +0000

Rudolf – early Riversides can often be found with original pale blue and represses with darker blue printing on the white labels. The Monk record for auction also has catalog numbers going all the way up to 12-227 listed on the back while the “first” pressing (non-laminated cover I think, not 100% sure) only lists catalog numbers up to 12-204.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 20 Aug 2021 16:16:40 +0000

Yeah the first press of the Monk has a different address on the back of the cover as well. Tough score. Got the first UK press in nice enough shape for relative peanuts which I guess will have to do – at least it has the same cover art.

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Fri, 20 Aug 2021 14:51:47 +0000

Al: that will be an important book to be written.
Re Blue Note inners, the 10″ albums had none. The original 12″ were blank, almost transparent, later slightly thicker. The printed thumbnails only appeared in 1961.
You will not be surprised to learn that there is a market for original blank Blue Note inners, which have become very scarce.

By: Al

Al — Fri, 20 Aug 2021 14:31:39 +0000

Rudolf. What about inner sleeves? I know that Prestige and Riverside used the rice paper inner sleeves in the 1950s. Did Blue Note? I don’t recall ever seeing a Blue Note with a rice paper sleeve and I’m wondering if they used any sleeves at all in the mid-1950s. One of these days, when people don’t want to hire me to do my real work anymore, I will go through the entire Jazz Collector site and compile all of this information in a book. One of these days.