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Podcast: Old Vinyl, New Bottles

Al — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 13:35:53 +0000

This week’s theme: Exploring recent vinyl reissues from Blue Note, Prestige, and Riverside. Featured artists include Dexter Gordon, Kenny Drew, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones, Dave Burns, Ron Carter, Hank Mobley, Freddie Hubbard, Wynton Kelly, Art Blakey, Donald Byrd, Frank Foster, Lew Tabackin, Julian Priester, Joe Chambers, Jimmy Ponder, Horace Silver, Stanley Turrentine, Bob Cranshaw, Mickey Roker, Miles Davis, Oscar Pettiford, Sonny Red, Sam Jones, Roy Brooks.

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Podcast: Horace Silver, Part Two

Al — Mon, 06 May 2024 15:03:47 +0000

This week’s theme: Horace Silver, Part Two, the quintets. Featured artists include Art Farmer, Donald Byrd, Hank Mobley, Doug Watkins, Art Blakey, Louis Hayes, Joe Henderson, Carmel Jones, Roy Brooks, Junior Cook, Blue Mitchell.

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Still Here, Still Watching That Jazz Vinyl

Al — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 21:49:39 +0000

Whew, it’s been a long time between posts. Sorry about that. All is well, but there’s been a lot going on here. I’m even back in New York City for a bit. Set up a new turntable here and brought some records back to the apartment, mostly duplicates. Haven’t been following eBay closely, but I should be back in regular action, such as it is, starting today. So, let’s look at some of the jazz records and auctions we’ve missed along the way, starting with Hank Mobley Sextet, Blue Note 1560. This was an original West 63^rd Street pressing with the deep grooves, ear, etc. The record and cover both looked to be in M- condition. The final price was $3,036.23.

Another Blue Note, this one from the seller vinyl-house-uk: Paul Chambers, Bass on Top, Blue Note 1569. This was also an original West 63^rd Street pressing, listed in EX condition for the record and EX/EX+ for the cover. The final price was approximately $1,965. From the same seller was Charles Mingus, Pithecanthropus Erectus, Atlantic 1237. This was an original black label pressing listed in EX condition for both the record and the cover. The final price was about $565.

I put this one in my queue because I wasn’t quite sure what to make of it: Everybody Digs Bill Evans, Riverside Stereophonic 1129. This was an Original Jazz Classics pressing, clearly presented as such by the seller. The final price was $135. Have I been so focused on the higher end of the market that I’ve missed a huge increase in demand for OJC pressings, or is this just an aberration?

I know there’s been a run-up on certain pressings from the Muse label, in particular this record: Roy Brooks, the Free Slave, Muse 5003. This was an original pressing listed in VG+ condition for the record and VG for the cover. The final price was $210.50.

This is another one that has seen a hike in demand: McCoy Tyner, Today and Tomorrow, Impulse A-63. This was an original orange label pressing with the Van Gelder stamp in the dead wax. The record and cover were listed in M- condition. The final price was $276.

One more for today. How about another Atlantic: Tony Fruscella, Atlantic 1220. This was an original black label pressing listed in VG++ condition for the record and VG+ for the cover. The final price was $810. It seems quite likely that the interest in Tony Fruscella today may be higher than it was at any point during his lifetime.

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Free Record: Bird Lives! The Winner Is . . .

Al — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:45:57 +0000

It’s been a couple of weeks since we posted our latest contest for a free collectible, so it is time to announce the winner. The item is Red Rodney, Bird Lives, Muse 5371. This is a 1989 pressing of a 1973 recording and, in addition to Rodney, features Charles McPherson, Barry Harris, Sam Jones and Roy Brooks. What is interesting about this LP, in addition to the fine music and the fitting tribute to Charlie Parker, is that this is a copy that is still in its original factory seal, not bad for a record 20 years old. As always, the criteria to be considered eligible to win the contest is to comment somewhere, anywhere on the Jazz Collector site. As we’ve mentioned many times, our only goal is to encourage people to comment so we can build a nice community of people interested in the jazz collectibles market and we can share information and experiences. For this record, we have eight eligible Jazz Collector readers. They are: Michel, Rudolf, Troy Grooms, Gregorious, Jim Beattie, Jim Thornton, Steve H and Bethellodge. As always, we are having the lovely Mrs J.C. pull the names out of a hat . . . and here she is . . . and here’s the hat . . . and here are the names . . . and here she goes . . . and, finally, the winner is . . .

Jim Thornton. Congratulations Jim. You can send an email to al@jazzcollector.com and we can get your information and send you the record. There are, as always, no strings attached — we even pay the postage. Stay tuned today and tomorrow to Jazz Collector, because we’ll be putting up another item for a free collectible contest, and we will also try to get around to posting the Bird article we’ve been talking about posting for the past two weeks.

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Win a Free Collectible: Red Rodney Plays Bird

Al — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:54:01 +0000

Time to give away another free jazz collectible (that’s free as in no cost, not free as in no chord changes). There was some discussion on the site last week in reference to a sealed copy of Bill Evans’ Waltz For Debby, which sold for more than $2,000. We posed the question: What do you do with a sealed record? Do you open it and play it, thereby violating the seal, or do you just collect it and look at it? Anyway, we were perusing through our records and came upon a few items that were still sealed and decided to use one of these for our next giveaway contest. The item we chose is: Red Rodney, Bird Lives, Muse 5371. This is a 1989 pressing of a 1973 recording and it features Charles McPherson, Barry Harris, Sam Jones and Roy Brooks. The record featuresa bunch of tunes associated with Charlie Parker: Big Foot, I’ll Remember April, Donna Lee, Chasing the Bird, ‘Round Midnight and 52nd Street Theme. It is a nice, swinging bop record and it’s still in its original factory seal, 20 years after its issue. As always, the purpose of these giveaways is to encourage people to comment on the Jazz Collector site. So, this contest will last two weeks. To be eligible to win this record, all you have to do is comment somewhere on the site during the next two weeks. At the end of the day on Monday, July 27, the names of everyone who has commented will be placed in a hat and the winner will be chosen by the lovely Mrs. Jazz Collector. We will ship the record, free, to the winner, anywhere in the world, and we will even pay for the postage. Pretty good deal, right? So please feel free to comment on this post or any other post and we will be happy to make you eligible for the contest.

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