Mike Taylor | jazzcollector.com https://jazzcollector.com For those who love jazz Thu, 10 Feb 2022 20:13:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.6 175772384 A Hot and Heavy Threesome https://jazzcollector.com/blue-note/a-hot-and-heavy-threesome/ https://jazzcollector.com/blue-note/a-hot-and-heavy-threesome/#comments Thu, 10 Feb 2022 20:13:45 +0000 https://jazzcollector.com/?p=8902 It’s pretty rare for me to come across a rare jazz record on eBay whereby I had never heard of either the artist or the [...]

The post A Hot and Heavy Threesome first appeared on jazzcollector.com.]]> It’s pretty rare for me to come across a rare jazz record on eBay whereby I had never heard of either the artist or the record. Here’s one: The Mike Taylor Quintet, Pendulum, EMI Columbia 6042. This is an original 1966 UK pressing listed in EX+ condition for both the record and the cover. A quick eBay search tells me that I probably should have heard of Mike Taylor because of his association with Cream as a songwriter. But I don’t know his music and his story seems quite tragic: drowning in the River Thames at the age of 30 following years of heavy drug use and homelessness. Anyway, the bidding for this record is pretty hot and heavy, with the price already at $2,100.

Check this one out: Sonny Clark, Leapin’ and Lopin’, Blue Note 4091. This was an original New York USA pressing listed in VG++ condition for the record and VG+ for the cover. The final price was $3,061. I would have thought that this would be a new high for Leapin’ and Lopin’ but then I recalled this Jazz Collector article from 2018: Leapin’, Lopin’ and Lunacy. Nice headline there, Al.

Oh, look, Leapin’ and Lopin’ is not alone in the $3,000 bin. It is joined by Bill Evans, New Jazz Conceptions, Riverside 223. This was an original white label pressing with the original cover. The seller grades both the record and cover as M- and the pictures show a copy of the cover that is as clean as I’ve ever seen for this record. There were 51 bids, 21 bidders and the final price was $3,629.

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