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Blue note catalog deletions...

riverrat

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Bad news for all of us jazz-heads. This just in from the Blue Note affiliated site True Blue:

"A large number of superb titles from the Blue Note labels will go out of print by the end of this year." There are two lists, one from a couple of weeks ago, another just a couple days ago.

They go on to say they don't know how much stock they have left of various titles. I'd guess some of these will continue to be easily found for months or years, while others will become scarce more quickly. In any case, this is a LONG list of CDs that will no longer be in print, and many are essential to any serious jazz collection...

MULTI CD SETS
Chet Baker - Prince Of Cool (3 CDs)
Art Blakey - At The Jazz Corner Of The World (2 CDs)
Stan Getz - Complete Roost Recordings (3 CDs)
Grant Green - Retrospective (4 CDs)
Joe Lovano - Quartets Live At The Village Vanguard (2 CDs)
Lee Morgan - Live At The Lighthouse (3 CDs)
The Complete Blue Note/Capitol Recordings Of Fats Navarro & Tadd Dameron (2 CDs)
The Complete Blue Note Recordings Of Herbie Nichols (3 CDs)
Wayne Shorter - The Classic Blue Note Recordings (2 CDs)
Horace Silver - Retrospective (4 CDs)
Stanley Turrentine - Up At Minton's (2 CDs)

RUDY VAN GELDER REMASTERED CDs
Jackie McLean - A Fickle Sonance (RVG Edition)
Jackie McLean - New And Old Gospel (RVG Edition)
Hank Mobley - Dippin' (RVG Edition)
Lee Morgan - Tom Cat (RVG Edition)
Horace Silver - You Gotta Take A Little Love (RVG Edition)
Jimmy Smith - At The Organ, Volume 3 (RVG Edition)
Lonnie Smith - Turning Point (RVG Edition)
Art Taylor - A.T.'s Delight (RVG Edition)
Blue Note Perfect Takes (CD & DVD)

BLUE NOTE CONNOISSEUR SERIES CDs
Lou Blackburn - Complete Imperial Sessions (Connoisseur Series)
Tina Brooks - Back To The Tracks (Connoisseur Series)
Introducing Kenny Cox & The Contemporary Jazz Quintet (Connoisseur Series)
Frank Foster - Manhattan Fever (Connoisseur Series)
Grant Green - First Session (Connoisseur Series)
Elmo Hope - Trio And Quintet (Connoisseur Series)
Freddie Hubbard - Goin' Up (Connoisseur Series)
Bobby Hutcherson - Components (Connoisseur Series)
Jackie McLean - Vertigo (Connoisseur Series)
Ike Quebec - Complete 45 Sessions (Connoisseur) (2 CDs)

BIG BAND CDs
Thad Jones/Mel Lewis - Central Park North
Stan Kenton - The Jazz Compositions Of Dee Barton
Jimmy McGriff - The Big Band: A Tribute To Basie

VOCAL CDs
Jackie Allen - Tangled
Jon Hendricks - A Good Git Together
Sue Raney - All By Myself


AFRO-CUBAN/BRASILIAN CDs
The Jazz Crusaders - Chile Con Soul
Chucho Valdes - Briyumba Palo Congo


BLUE NOTE FAMILY OF LABELS CDs
Cannonball Adderley - Jazz Workshop Revisited
Cannonball Adderley - Money In The Pocket
Cannonball Adderley - Why Am I Treated So Bad
Chet Baker & Art Pepper - Picture Of Heath
Art Blakey -The Best Of The Blue Note Years
Art Blakey - The Freedom Rider
Art Blakey - The Witch Doctor
Kenny Burrell - Artist Selects
Benny Carter - Sax A La Carter
King Curtis - The Best Of The Capitol Years
Lou Donaldson - Everything I Play Is Funky
Lou Donaldson - Artist Selects
Tommy Flanagan - Sunset And The Mockingbird
Benny Green - Testifyin': At The Village Vanguard
Grant Green - Live At The Lighthouse
Grant Green - Standards
Chico Hamilton - Original Ellington Suite (with Eric Dolphy)
Stefon Harris - Black Action Figure
Richard Groove Holmes - Groovin' With Jug (with Gene Ammons)
Bobby Hutcherson - San Francisco
The Jazz Crusaders - At The Lighthouse
The Jazz Crusaders - Live At The Lighthouse '66
The Jazz Crusaders - Lighthouse '68
The Jazz Crusaders - The Festival Album
Lee Konitz - Alone Together (with Brad Mehldau & Charlie Haden)
Joe Lovano - Trio Fascination - Edition One (with Dave Holland & Elvin Jones)
Joe Lovano Nonet - On This Day At The Vanguard
Joe Lovano - Joyous Encounter (with Hank Jones)
Joe Lovano - Streams Of Expression
Pat Martino - Live At Yoshi's
Jack McDuff - Down Home Style
Jackie McLean - New Soil
Charles Mingus - Jazz Portraits (Mingus In Wonderland)
Hank Mobley - A Caddy For Daddy
Jason Moran - Black Stars (with Sam Rivers)
Jason Moran - Same Mother
Lee Morgan - Caramba
Lee Morgan - Charisma
Lee Morgan - Standards
Lee Konitz & Gerry Mulligan - Konitz Meets Mulligan
Gerry Mulligan - At Storyville (with Bob Brookmeyer)
Charlie Parker - At Storyville
Charlie Parker - The Washington Concerts
John Patton - Let 'Em Roll
John Scofield-Joe Lovano-Dave Holland-Al Foster - Scolohofo Oh!
Wayne Shorter - The Best Of The Blue Note Years
Jimmy Smith - Standards
The Three Sounds - Live At The It Club
The Definitive McCoy Tyner
Blue Break Beats (The original Groove compilation)
Higher Ground (Hurricane Relief Benefit Concert)
 
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The Stan Getz Complete Roost Recordings is excellent as is Stanley Turrentine's Up At Mintons. I have Blakey's At The Jazz Corner Of The World too but it's not my favorite Blakey.

I can't believe those RVGs and Conn series titles are going oop so soon but my guess is they weren't big sellers. Most of those in that list I already have but anyone looking to expand their jazz collection needs to get all of the Jackie McLean titles for sure plus the Freddie Hubbard, Lee Morgan, Tina Brooks and Hank Mobley titles. A.T.'s Delight is pretty darn good also. That Horace Silver title isn't one of his best imo.

Looking at the Blue Note Family Of Labels I can see quite a few titles I'd like to get. Jackie McLean's New Soil, the Lee Morgan and Cannonball Adderley titles and a few others. I'm not sure why Mobley's A Caddy For Daddy is in that list as I thought it had been remastered and was part of the RVG series. I'll have to check my collection but that is a definite title to grab. One other title I think people should have is The Three Sounds' Live At The 'It Club' featuring Gene Harris on piano. Excellent stuff on that one.

Cheers
 
DB, we appear to have very similar tastes. E.g. your take on Jazz Corner of the World is the same as mine. Poor recording quality is the main reason.

Blakey's Witch Doctor is very much worth picking up, as is Freedom Rider. I have all the Herbie Nichols on individual CDs; this music is good to have in some form. The Elmo Hope set is nice. I'm a huge Wayne Shorter fan, so I have all of his BN output on individual CDs, but those wishing for a more concise overview should pick up the compilation.

I need to acquire the Turrentine Up at Minton's.

Lee Morgan Caramba and Charisma are under-rated gems IMO.

Never been a big fan of the vibes and therefore Hutcherson, although Live at Montreux (not in this list, as been OOP for awhile now) is fantastic with some great Woody Shaw who steals the show IMO.

The Tina Brooks recordings are, of course, essential and probably the first ones I would grab from this list if I did not already have them.
 
Riverrat, yeah I'm not a big fan of the vibes either and have very little from artists who led sessions with that instrument. I have Blakey's Witch Doctor and it is indeed a fine album. Will definitely check into getting Freedom Rider. Actually, I'm surprised anything with Blakey's name on it would go oop. He was one of Blue Notes most popular artists. And those Lee Morgan titles (Charisma, Caramba) will soon find their way into my home. :D

I checked on Mobley's A Caddy For Daddy and while I do have the album, it's not part of the RVG series. Looks like it's not going to be remastered either so if anybody wants this album they should probably get it soon. I'm a big Mobley fan so any Mobley led session is a no brainer for me.

Looking at that list again I see a few others that I wouldn't mind having. The Lee Konitz Alone Together (with Mehldau and Haden) looks very interesting. I have some Konitz on vinyl and he's quite good. I might have to explore some Joe Lovano also. I have a few things with him as a sideman and he's quite restrained. Some of his music can get a bit hectic if you know what I mean.

McLean's New Soil is available on vinyl so I'll most likely get it that way.

Cheers
 
BMG music club still has some of these. I just ordered A.T's Delight. They are having a free shipping 70% off sale through today if you are a member. That $5.69 each. I pay $5-6 ea for used sometimes locally.
 
What a bummer to have these titles go out of print.

So much Jazz to buy and so little money !
 
grumpy said:
What a bummer to have these titles go out of print.

So much Jazz to buy and so little money !
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No kidding. I'm going to re-join BMG for the umpteenth time and pick several of them up, as suggested by RawDeal. These Blue Notes come and go pretty quickly there, but they seem to have quite a few right now, as well as a few ECM titles that I'm interested in.

One thing that is kind of hard to predict is which ones will become scarce. Some OOP Blue Notes seem to remain available for years at cheap prices, while others rapidly escalate...e.g. Mobley's Slice of the Top..
 
I've been slowly buying some of these Blue Notes that will soon to be deleted. Thanks to Riverrat for bringing this to our attention as there's some fantastic jazz in this list. Here's what I've bought so far...

Cannonball Adderley - Money In The Pocket
Cannonball Adderley - Why Am I Treated So Bad
Benny Carter - Sax A La Carter
Tommy Flanagan - Sunset And The Mockingbird
Benny Green - Testifyin': At The Village Vanguard
Joe Lovano - Joyous Encounter (with Hank Jones)
Jackie McLean - New Soil
Lee Morgan - Caramba
Lee Morgan - Charisma
Lee Konitz & Gerry Mulligan - Konitz Meets Mulligan

In the wish list:

The Complete Blue Note Recordings Of Herbie Nichols (3 CDs)
Cannonball Adderley - Jazz Workshop Revisited
Joe Lovano - Streams Of Expression
Joe Lovano - Quartets Live At The Village Vanguard
Art Blakey - The Freedom Rider
Lee Konitz - Alone Together (with Brad Mehldau & Charlie Haden)
Chet Baker & Art Pepper - Picture Of Heath (just bought this from Amazon)
 
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