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Today's JAZZ playlist

charles64 said:
I've been on a roll this past week scoring some really cool albums for cheap. I found this Mosaic Box Set of Sidney Bechet-The Blue Note Years (#2322/7500) 6 LPs for about $5 each-who could complain? My Jazz collection may lean toward Hard Bop,but I challenge anyone not to tap your foot while digging on this...:music:
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In the recent "greatest sax player" thread, he got my vote. That's one set I would love to have, and great price charles! I have a couple volumes which BN reissued to vinyl that cover this material.

Frankly, not enough people have gone back far enough to appreciate the roots. I love seeing all of these older artists and albums around here lately...
 
Ted Curson and now LaRoca....

Elvin Jones - And Then Again
Pete La Roca - Turkish Women At The Bath

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poppachubby said:
In the recent "greatest sax player" thread, he got my vote. That's one set I would love to have, and great price charles! I have a couple volumes which BN reissued to vinyl that cover this material.

Frankly, not enough people have gone back far enough to appreciate the roots. I love seeing all of these older artists and albums around here lately...
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Good stuff, Poppa!

I am always looking out for Georgie Auld's "Plays for Melancholy Babies."
Great LP & I hate I didn't get my dad's copy after he passed. I was lost in storage.

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Cactus Bob said:
How did you restrain your self from opening it?

I saw them used on Amazon for $350 and one new one for $850 when I was looking for an image to post. Amazing!
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I'm quite fortunate in that I've been doing radio promotion for Blue Note (as an indie contractor) for over 15 years, so I've pretty much received a copy of everything they've put out since then, including an insane amount of reissues. I figured there wasn't much in the box set that I didn't have somewhere else in my collection, so I decided to keep it sealed. I've done quite a bit of work for Sony/Columbia as well and have a sealed 50th Anniversary Kind of Blue box set too.

I couldn't resist the 40th anniversary Bitches Brew Box Set though, so
that was promptly opened and listened to.
 
thebigfoist said:
I'm quite fortunate in that I've been doing radio promotion for Blue Note (as an indie contractor) for over 15 years, so I've pretty much received a copy of everything they've put out since then, including an insane amount of reissues. I figured there wasn't much in the box set that I didn't have somewhere else in my collection, so I decided to keep it sealed. I've done quite a bit of work for Sony/Columbia as well and have a sealed 50th Anniversary Kind of Blue box set too.

I couldn't resist the 40th anniversary Bitches Brew Box Set though, so
that was promptly opened and listened to.
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That's awesome! Sounds like an awesome gig. Good to see you posting here & welcome to AK! :thmbsp:
 
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B.G. & Big Tea in NYC -- CD

Benny Goodman & Jack Teagarden

1992 MCA/GRP Records

Amazon.com

This collection culls 21 cuts from 1929 to 1934 featuring the clarinet master and trombone star as young, brash, and in-demand New York sidemen. The players who dot these exciting sessions are the original "young lions": Goodman (not yet 20 at the first of these dates), Gene Krupa, and Joe Sullivan came to New York from the thriving Chicago scene and were joined by other recent arrivals including Teagarden, his younger brother Charlie, Glenn Miller, and the team of Eddie Lang and Joe Venuti. These boys already knew how to swing hard, and they did so more loosely than was the predominant New York style at the time; there's a tangible sense of exhilaration on most cuts. The four cuts with the already legendary (but rapidly declining) Bix Beiderbecke are nice treats but don't quite match the intensity of the rest of this terrific set. Goodman's tone is a bit grainier than it would become, but his improvisations even at this young age are assured, easy-flowing, and joyful. --Marc Greilsamer

Track Listing
1. (Back Home Again In) Indiana
2. Dinah
3. On the Alamo
4. Peg O' My Heart
5. Sweet Georgia Brown
6. China Boy
7. Sheik of Araby, The
8. Keep a Song in Your Soul
9. Loved One - (Take 1)
10. Loved One - (Take 2)
11. Deep Harlem
12. Strut, Miss Lizzie
13. Beale Street Blues
14. After You've Gone
15. Farewell Blues
16. Someday Sweetheart
17. It Had to Be You
18. Sugar
19. Davenport Blues
20. Somebody Loves Me
21. Riverboat Shuffle
 
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Breath of Heaven -- A Holiday Collection -- CD

Grover Washington Jr.

1997 Columbia Records

BREATH OF HEAVEN was nominated for a 1998 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Performance.Grover Washington, Jr. was probably the most successful "smooth jazz" artist of his generation. His blend of R&B, soul, pop, and jazz earned him a glowing reputation with consumers and "quiet storm" DJs. His discography boasts three decades of creative and heartfelt albums.At some point in most artists' careers, they find themselves recording a holiday album (or at least a tune or two with a festive theme). A funky yet serene release, BREATH OF HEAVEN is Washington's contribution to the vast canon of Christmas albums. Highlights include the title track, "Breath of Heaven (Mary's Song)," which features a beautiful vocal performance by Lisa Fisher. Washington's fusion version of "I Wonder as I Wander" is also one of the standout tracks on this album, with the tenor man displaying his skill as a straight-ahead jazz soloist. Smart performances are also turned in by the likes of Will Lee on electric bass and Hiram Bullock on guitar.

Track Listing
1. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
2. Breath of Heaven (Mary's Song)
3. Love in His Infant Eyes
4. Away in a Manger
5. I Wonder as I Wander
6. Christmas Time Is Here
7. Magi's Song-a Child Is Born
8. Jesu (Joy of Man's Desiring)
9. Christmas Song
10. Christmas Waltz
11. Christmas Day Chant
12. Breath of Heaven (Mary's Song) - Instrumental Version


Personnel: Grover Washington, Jr. (soprano, alto & tenor saxophones); Dawn Andrews (vocals, cello); Lisa Fischer (vocals); Joe Locke (vibraphone, marimba, keyboards, chimes); Billy Childs, Donald Robinson (piano, keyboards); Hiram Bullock (keyboards, acoustic & electric guitars); Adam Holzman (synthesizer); Richard Lee Steacker (guitar); Will Lee, Gerald Veasley (bass); Steve Wolf, Victor Lewis (drums); Pablo Batista (conga, percussion); Bashiri Johnson (percussion).
 
Greatest Sax Player

poppachubby said:
In the recent "greatest sax player" thread, he got my vote. That's one set I would love to have, and great price charles! I have a couple volumes which BN reissued to vinyl that cover this material.

Frankly, not enough people have gone back far enough to appreciate the roots. I love seeing all of these older artists and albums around here lately...
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Yeah,I read that post and think you were right on target with that. To me the question should have been the master of each type-soprano,alto,tenor,baritone-because there are just too many great players. Now if the question was who had the greatest impact,it would have to be Charlie Parker....
 
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