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Time-Taxis (We Serve All Era’s) When to Guv’? 1980s please, cabbie. Are you sure? No-one goes there, mate In the 1980’s, jazz was not dead, it was mainly lying low. America’s modern jazz golden age 1950’s-60’s had passed, the … Continue reading
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Warning! LJC hits rock-bottom with an “unlicensed copy” from digital sources. Exceptional circumstances, it’s a Vinyl Emergency. Selection 1 – the opening: Ptah, The El Daoud (Alice Coltrane) . . . Selection 2 – the close: Mantra (Alice Coltrane) . … Continue reading
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Selection: Spirit of 1976 (Michael Barone) . . . Seamless link from last weeks Paul Horn to this week, Emil Richards, and Donte’s. Mike Barone credited with the title composition, and given a by-line by Richards at the opening. An … Continue reading
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Selection 1: A Waltz For Fran (Morgan) . . . Selection 2 bonus: Lee-Sure Time (Morgan) . . . Track List Raggedy Ann (Morgan) 6:49A Waltz For Fran (Morgan) 4:56Lee-Sure Time (Morgan) 8:30Little Spain (Clifford Jordan) 7:49Take Twelve (Elmo … Continue reading
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Selection: Corcovado (Jobim) . . . “Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars” (The Corcovada mountains of Rio de Janeiro) Quiet nights of quiet starsQuiet chords from my guitarFloating on the silence that surrounds us Quiet thoughts and quiet dreamsQuiet walks by … Continue reading
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Selection: Tanglewood 63 (Gibbs) . . . Selection: Sojourn (Gibbs) . . . Track List A1 Tanglewood 63A2 FanfareA3 SojournB1 CanticleB2 Five For England Artists Musical Director – Michael Gibbs as composer/arranger Jeff Clyne, acoustic bass; Alan Ford, Fred Alexander, cello; Clive … Continue reading
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Selection: My Joy . . . . Opening waltz, tinkling children’s music box gives way to an up-tempo groove, Hutcherson and Hancock sparring, great Stinson bass solo to finish Artists Bobby Hutcherson, vibes (and drums on Bi-Sectional) ; Herbie Hancock, … Continue reading
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Selection: Yellow Violet . . . Artists Charles Tolliver, trumpet; Joe Farrell, tenor, soprano sax; Andrew Hill, piano; Victor Sproles, bass; Billy Higgins, drums; recorded Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, October 11, 1968 Music All Music: ” this is … Continue reading
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Mid-week mildly off-piste post, LJC wanders briefly off the golden path heading into the fonky mid-70s’, in search of new land, in this case, Austin, Texas. Selection: Weedhopper (Skiles) . . . Track List A1 WeedhopperA2 March Of The Goober … Continue reading
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Selection: Blues For Southeast Asia . . . Artists All tracks except E2: Nathan Davis, saxophone; Georges Arvanitas, piano and organ; Jacky Samson; bass; Charles Saudrais; drums. E2: Champs-Elysées All-Stars : Nathan Davis, saxophone; Jack Diéval, piano; Jacques Hess, … Continue reading
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Selection: Minor Meeting . . . Track List Junka 7:30 Blues Blue 7:18 Minor Meeting 6:46 Royal Flush 7:00 Some Clark Bars 6:18 My Conception 4:44 Artists Sonny Clark, piano; Donald Byrd, trumpet; Hank Mobley, tenor saxophone; Paul Chambers, bass; Art … Continue reading
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UPDATES September 11, photos Leon Thomas and Roy Haynes from Harry M, to Harrys Place; Melody Maker June 1980 full page interview with Pharoah, to Appendix. Enough of British Jazz for the moment, back to The USA, and one of … Continue reading
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More British Progressive Modern Jazz from the early 1970s, as always, original first pressing. Selection: The Dandelion (incorrectly listed on the back cover as “We’ll Make It”) . . . Track List A1 With Terry’s Help 5:56A2 The Dandelion 6:10 … Continue reading
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Selection: Stratus phunk . . . Artists Alan Kiger, trumpet; Dave Baker, trombone; Dave Young, tenor sax; George Russell, piano; Chuck Israels, bass; Joe Hunt, drums; recorded at Plaza Sound Studios, New York, October 18, 1960 recording engineer Ray Fowler, … Continue reading
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Selection 1: How Many Clouds Can You See? . . . Selection 2: Premonition . . . Disclaimer: a few random clicks and low-level of surface noise. British jazz enthusiasts in the 60s and 70s were not OCD record owners … Continue reading
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Selection: Barley Mow . . . 2 Lullaby For A Lonely Child . . . The selection would have been Danish Blue but for the sad fact that it has a scratch through Harry Beckett’s solo. The record’s original … Continue reading
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MID-WEEK MUSIC SPOT: Modern Jazz in Britain 1965-72 LJC change of process: this is a 2xLP sampler, so I have taken a sample of the samples Sounds fair, no? True to my mission: searching for original first pressings, because they … Continue reading
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Sound Check: Lotus Blossom (Dorham) Craft Reissue 2021/ Kevin Gray mastering (£34) . . . Lotus Blossom (Dorham) Carrere French Prestige reissue, circa 1976 (circa £10) . . . Carrere pressings are generally considered the bottom of the heap, so … Continue reading
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Mid-week bonus post, not related to modern vinyl reissues, but back in the realm of Blue Note originals. The focus remains music first, only incidentally the Collector angle. Why else collect something? “LJC, any chance of doing a post on … Continue reading
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Selection: The Shadow Of Your Smile (Mandel) . . . Rather than the obligatory 30’s jazz standard, Nathan Davis opted for a contemporary Hollywood movie score.”The Shadow of Your Smile“, also known as “Love Theme from The Sandpiper“, written by … Continue reading
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Selection: Native Land (Amy) . . . Artists: Dupree Bolton, trumpet; Curtis Amy, tenor, soprano sax; Jack Wilson, piano; Ray Crawford, guitar; Vic Gaskin, bass; Doug Sides, drums; recorded at Pacific Jazz Studios, Hollywood, CA, February 3, 1963, engineer Richard … Continue reading
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Selection: Stolen Moments Verve Acoustic Sounds 2021 Stereo – replacement rip (L/R corrected), . . . Soundcheck – Old vs New Stolen Moments Impulse Ampar 1961 Van Gelder mono master (replacement fresh rip) . . . Mono US AmPar original, … Continue reading
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Mind! The Gap! Straying into unfamiliar territory is always daunting, even more so, in outer space. A reader sent me questions about Saturn originals, in particular, Sun Ra’s 1966 album, The Magic City. A gap in my knowledge, I couldn’t … Continue reading
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Another modern reissue of audiophile quality, record collector’s T-shirt – “I may not be a collector’s trophy, but I’m affordable, and I’m available” Selection: Close Your Eyes ( Bernice Petkere) . . . Just in case 1933 comes back, you … Continue reading
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