Jazz

Im really looking forward to it too.

I mentioned a few months ago that I managed to find the complete set of historic recordings from Coltrane & Dolphy's time in Sweden during 1961-1963 (below), which I believe is around the same time as this new Impulse! set? They really are fantastic so I will be interested to hear this new set for sure!

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RHANDMJ said:
Agree.

Not much of interest here really - the early Ashby records are very 'easy listening-ish' and Frank Wess' flute can be tiresome in its sameness. There is no 'Rubiyat' in here. I feel like the studios didn't know how to record a harp - it sounds like a zither.

Just my opinion here, continuing to encourage folks not to feel they have to bark at every bite reissue labels throw at them.

Do folks have the Great Jazz Trio records on EastWind?
Anyone have the absolutely amazing Gleam by Freddie Hubbard?
Have folks explored the magnificent Sadao Watanabe records on CBS?
How about Ricky Ford's records on Muse?
Terumasa Hino's great, great run on CBS and Victor through the 70's?
Have others heard, and loved, the Billy Harper Baystate recordings - or his work with Max Roach on Baystate and Denon?

And on...and on...and on. There are thousands of great, great records that IMO are vastly more rewarding to occupy my finite listening time, and records that are far deeper and revealing than these - that really don't have much beyond the pleasantness they offer on the surface.

Just my opinion, of course. Not taking away from anyone's pleasure with Dorothy Ashby - enjoy the music. Any music is better than none.
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Circling back to this bc I’m spinning for the first time Freddie Hubbard’s Gleam and did a search to see if it’d been discussed on N&G and found your post. It smokes and sounds fantastic, although my Disc 1 is perfectly clean but has a bit of surface noise. Not enough to make a difference. It smokes and sounds great w surface noise. Disc 2 is nearly perfect.

I also have the first two GJT @ Village Vanguard records (great), and my growing Terumasa Hino collection doesn’t seem to include CBS or Victor but does include Kikuchi/Hino East Wind, Hogiuta, Hi-Nology, Live!, Henderson/Kikuchi/Hino In Concert, and Alone, Alone & Alone.
 
Portland Sheriff said:
Circling back to this bc I’m spinning for the first time Freddie Hubbard’s Gleam and did a search to see if it’d been discussed on N&G and found your post. It smokes and sounds fantastic, although my Disc 1 is perfectly clean but has a bit of surface noise. Not enough to make a difference. It smokes and sounds great w surface noise. Disc 2 is nearly perfect.

I also have the first two GJT @ Village Vanguard records (great), and my growing Terumasa Hino collection doesn’t seem to include CBS or Victor but does include Kikuchi/Hino East Wind, Hogiuta, Hi-Nology, Live!, Henderson/Kikuchi/Hino In Concert, and Alone, Alone & Alone.
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Go for the Hino CBS, as well as the Sadao Watanabe CBS and prepare for your mind to be blown!

Gleam kicks ass. Incredible, considering it bridges the CTI and Columbia eras for Freddie - and the lame Columbia studio LP material on Gleam is shown in a totally different light and without the studio commercial production just smokes straight ahead.
 
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Has anyone heard from RRGEMS? Their three pre-orders were supposed to ship around May 29th. Not that they are very late but wanted to know if you had some news?
 
Skalap said:
Has anyone heard from RRGEMS? Their three pre-orders were supposed to ship around May 29th. Not that they are very late but wanted to know if you had some news?
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I saw on instagram that they were shipping...something? Then on Monday I had shipping info for the latest Muriel Grossmann. Might be worth following up with an email if you haven't heard anything.
 
Selaws said:
I saw on instagram that they were shipping...something? Then on Monday I had shipping info for the latest Muriel Grossmann. Might be worth following up with an email if you haven't heard anything.
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Thanks. I'll give them another week. I had both three pre-orders plus another three records to hum hum save one shipping. They might be waiting for one or another release to ship all the records together.
 
I will share this waffle with you guys to save my wife from having to listen to it all over again!

Back when I first started digging deep into British jazz I made a 'dream' list of the albums that I would love to one day own. At the top of this list are albums that I disregard because the chances of me finding them are just so low. This isn't just a cost barrier, although they do swap hands for eyewatering amounts of money, it's more the fact that there are just so few copies in existence that the chances of me finding one are slim, yet alone then being able to afford it.

Anyway, 2 of the albums on this list form the complete discography (although 2 subsequent "historic" recordings have been released in recent years) of pianist Mike Taylor. Today, and I can't believe I'm able to write this, I managed to acquire 1 of the 2 - his 1967 "Trio".

It's an incredible album with dense chords, fantastic percussion, and great arrangements. The artwork was created by Taylor (he was experimenting with drugs and slowly lost his mind as a result) and im not too sue what its supposed to represent, but it looks wild.

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Selaws said:
I will share this waffle with you guys to save my wife from having to listen to it all over again!

Back when I first started digging deep into British jazz I made a 'dream' list of the albums that I would love to one day own. At the top of this list are albums that I disregard because the chances of me finding them are just so low. This isn't just a cost barrier, although they do swap hands for eyewatering amounts of money, it's more the fact that there are just so few copies in existence that the chances of me finding one are slim, yet alone then being able to afford it.

Anyway, 2 of the albums on this list form the complete discography (although 2 subsequent "historic" recordings have been released in recent years) of pianist Mike Taylor. Today, and I can't believe I'm able to write this, I managed to acquire 1 of the 2 - his 1967 "Trio".

It's an incredible album with dense chords, fantastic percussion, and great arrangements. The artwork was created by Taylor (he was experimenting with drugs and slowly lost his mind as a result) and im not too sue what its supposed to represent, but it looks wild.

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So how is it to write "my wife" instead of "my girlfriend" or even "my fiancé"?
 
Selaws said:
I will share this waffle with you guys to save my wife from having to listen to it all over again!

Back when I first started digging deep into British jazz I made a 'dream' list of the albums that I would love to one day own. At the top of this list are albums that I disregard because the chances of me finding them are just so low. This isn't just a cost barrier, although they do swap hands for eyewatering amounts of money, it's more the fact that there are just so few copies in existence that the chances of me finding one are slim, yet alone then being able to afford it.

Anyway, 2 of the albums on this list form the complete discography (although 2 subsequent "historic" recordings have been released in recent years) of pianist Mike Taylor. Today, and I can't believe I'm able to write this, I managed to acquire 1 of the 2 - his 1967 "Trio".

It's an incredible album with dense chords, fantastic percussion, and great arrangements. The artwork was created by Taylor (he was experimenting with drugs and slowly lost his mind as a result) and im not too sue what its supposed to represent, but it looks wild.

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Very special find indeed. I've been after this for years myself with no luck. Last copy I saw for sale was listed for a crazy price.
 
Skalap said:
So how is it to write "my wife" instead of "my girlfriend" or even "my fiancé"?
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Its a strange one for sure, this might be the first time I have written it down!

indiana45s said:
Very special find indeed. I've been after this for years myself with no luck. Last copy I saw for sale was listed for a crazy price.
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Same, I have only ever seen any of the 2 Mike Taylor's for sale online and that's from some of the more specialist record shops wanting an arm and a leg for them. I count my blessing on this one!
 
Congratulations.. .. on the wife 😀
Selaws said:
I will share this waffle with you guys to save my wife from having to listen to it all over again!

Back when I first started digging deep into British jazz I made a 'dream' list of the albums that I would love to one day own. At the top of this list are albums that I disregard because the chances of me finding them are just so low. This isn't just a cost barrier, although they do swap hands for eyewatering amounts of money, it's more the fact that there are just so few copies in existence that the chances of me finding one are slim, yet alone then being able to afford it.

Anyway, 2 of the albums on this list form the complete discography (although 2 subsequent "historic" recordings have been released in recent years) of pianist Mike Taylor. Today, and I can't believe I'm able to write this, I managed to acquire 1 of the 2 - his 1967 "Trio".

It's an incredible album with dense chords, fantastic percussion, and great arrangements. The artwork was created by Taylor (he was experimenting with drugs and slowly lost his mind as a result) and im not too sue what its supposed to represent, but it looks wild.

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Billy Valentine – Billy Valentine And The Universal Truth LP | In Sheeps Clothing

Legendary jazz label Flying Dutchman reignites after almost 50 years of dormancy with a new full length from soul singer Billy Valentine of The Valentine Brothers. The album sees Billy alongside a stellar cast of musicians, including Jeff Parker, Pino Paladino, and Blue Note recording artists...
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I haven’t listened to anything from this but what a killer lineup of musicians.

Legendary jazz label Flying Dutchman reignites after almost 50 years of dormancy with a new full length from soul singer Billy Valentine of The Valentine Brothers. The album sees Billy alongside a stellar cast of musicians, including Jeff Parker, Pino Paladino, and Blue Note recording artists Joel Ross and Immanuel Wilkins. They re-cast a series of important songs from the African-American songbook in a unique and inimitable style, profoundly influenced by the events that were going on around them throughout 2020 to 2022, when the album was recorded at the historic EastWest Studios in LA. The works of Mayfield and Scott-Heron are joined by those of Pharaoh Sanders, Prince, Stevie Wonder, War and Eddie Kendricks. It is a sonically stunning and emotionally moving record.
 
Dunno that I've seen this mentioned yet:

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There's A Trumpet In My Soul

There’s A Trumpet In My Soul is the 1975 album from avant-garde tenor saxophonist Archie Shepp, recorded in April of the same year at Sound Ideas Studio in New York City. The record is comprised of two three-part suites and the 10 minute “Down In Brazil,” among which are two vocal parts and a...
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avecigrec said:
Dunno that I've seen this mentioned yet:

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There's A Trumpet In My Soul

There’s A Trumpet In My Soul is the 1975 album from avant-garde tenor saxophonist Archie Shepp, recorded in April of the same year at Sound Ideas Studio in New York City. The record is comprised of two three-part suites and the 10 minute “Down In Brazil,” among which are two vocal parts and a...
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@Ethos99 has a nice price on it:

Archie Shepp - There's A Trumpet In My Soul | Apocalypse Vinyl - End of the World Deals 24/7

Vinyl, Released by Archie Shepp, in genre Blues & Jazz, on 06/30/2023
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avecigrec said:
Dunno that I've seen this mentioned yet:

orgmusic.com

There's A Trumpet In My Soul

There’s A Trumpet In My Soul is the 1975 album from avant-garde tenor saxophonist Archie Shepp, recorded in April of the same year at Sound Ideas Studio in New York City. The record is comprised of two three-part suites and the 10 minute “Down In Brazil,” among which are two vocal parts and a...
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It is was one of the suggested VMP ROTM for July. I guess it's not a possibility anymore.
 
I will add to the chorus that the Time for Tyner TP is not what I usually expect. It’s flat and I don’t have surface noise, but it is not as dynamic as I would expect. Not bad, just disappointing. Great set though.
 
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