The seller Stereojacks has some nice items up today, including: Sonny Rollins, Way Out West, Contemporary 3530. 

The seller goodrecordsnyc has several Mosaic boxed sets, including: The Complete 1959 CBS Charles Mingus Sessions, Mosaic MQ4-143. This includes Mingus’ Columbia LPs, with classic tracks such as Goodbye Porkpie Hat, Better Git It in Your Soul and Fables of Faubus.

Another nice Jackie McLean LP: Jackie McLean, Jackie’s Bag, Blue Note 4051.

Here’s a 10-inch Miles Davis BLue Note: Miles Davis, Volume 3, Blue Note 5040.

A few weeks ago we saw an original pressing of Sonny’s Crib sell for $3,750. Here’s another copy: Sonny Clark, Sonny’ Crib, Blue Note 1576. This one is now at $530, but it hasn’t met the seller’s reserve price. This is one we’ll follow up on.

The seller Goldrecords has a batch of items, including another 10-inch Blue Note: Sal Salvador Quintet, Blue Note 5035.

Finally, here’s a Jackie McLean record that’s quite underpriced at the moment: Jackie McLean, Bluesnik, Blue Note 4067. This currently at $12.50 for an original pressing. The dealer rates the vinyl in M- condition, so we’ll see what happens.

Herbie Nichols Trio, Blue Note 1519. This is an original pressing being sold by a dealer in France who has some other very nice items this weekend. Another one from this seller is the Paul Chambers Quintet, Blue Note 1564. This record is already at more than $340 with a couple more days to go. We expect it could sell for more than $1,000. It’s interesting because the dealer claims these records are unplayed: The original owner would buy two copies of each record — one to play and one to keep, preserved like a museum piece. Oh, if only I had been that wise. 

Here’s another one from a European dealer who has some nice items up this weekend: John Coltrane, Giant Steps, Atlantic 1311. This is an original mono pressing with the black label, and also seems to be in nice condition.  Among the other items from this seller is Sonny Rollins, Way Out West, Contemporary 3530. This is also in nice condition and, of course, has that great cover. 

One other item for now: Art Blakey, A Night at Birdland, Volume 3, Blue Note 5039. This is a 10-inch LP in nice condition. This dealer also has some other nice records. At some point this weekend I’m planning to post the entire Blue Note 10-inch catalog as I keep adding content to the jazz blog. So keep on coming.

We’re putting together a new price guide and entering new entries into the database. Here are a few interesting items that won’t make it into the next newsletter. More of these tomorrow.

Dexter Gordon, Dial 204. This was the original 10-inch pressing in just VG condition and still sold for $232.54.

Stan Getz, West Coast Jazz, Norgran $217.50. Admittedly, this was in nice condition, but it still sold for a very high price, compared to other copies we’ve seen: $217.50

I guess any original Blue Note 1500 in decent condition is now in the $100-plus range: Jimmy Smith, Groovin’ at Small’s Paradise, Blue Note 1586. Price: $163.50

Another one at a higher price than we’ve ever seen on eBay: Benny Golson, New York Scene, Contemporary 3552. Price: $151.38

 Jutta Hipp, Jutta, Blue Note 5056. This was an original 10-inch LP in nice condition, but not mint. Price: $520

Yesterday we answered some questions from readers. Today we have a question we would like to throw out to the community and see if anyone else has the answer. We’re starting to get a little action on the forums, so if you have questions like these please put them there and we can start building a clearinghouse of information for collectors.

On to today’s question, from Pete aka “Bongo Pete the Drummer”:

 “Hello. I have for years owned a 45-RPM EP on Clef Records called Introducing Barney Kessel and have never found any info on it. I also own the 10-inch LP Barney Kessel Volume 1 on Contemporary, which mentions in the liner notes that it is Barney’s first album – but that’s what it says on the back of the Clef 45. I know Barney just passed away on the 6^th of this month. Do you know anything about this Clef EP? I picked it up about 30 years ago when I was 14 years old for $1 or $2. It is in pretty nice shape. I have played it two times in 30 years, as I have it on tape.”

Can anybody out there help Pete?

eBaying

 Here are some of the interesting items that sold the past couple of days on eBay:

 Zoot Sims at Ronnie Scotts, Fontana 5176, in M- condition. Price: $660. The dealer described this as one of the rarest jazz LPs from the U.K. We’ve never seen it before and the price certainly justifies that description.

 Two Jackie McLean Blue Note LPs also went for high prices yesterday:

 Jackie’s Bag, Blue Note 4051, in M- condition. Price: $675

 New Soil, Blue Note 4013 in M- condition. Price: $325

Quotebook

“To me, reaching people is the most important thing. Otherwise, you just lock yourself in a room and play for yourself – that’s all. But if you’re going to work in a club and people are paying money to see and hear you, you should try to establish some kind of contact with them. What I try to do when playing in a club is to present different things, so that no matter who comes in, there’ll be something for everybody, rather than just playing one kind of thing and telling people: ‘If you don’t like it you can split!'” — Chet Baker from the liner notes to the album Baby Breeze, Limelight LM 82003, issued in 1964

Dan, if you’re watching today, Happy Birthday. See you all tomorrow with a newsletter. — Al