All That Jazz ...

[Jayant_S]

Finally!
It’s taken ages but I’ve finally managed to get my hands on some long OOP Blue Notes on CD. BN Japan is celebrating the label’s 85th anniversary with a slew of releases throughout this year. Pricing is also very reasonable; these are 1500 yen each.

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Special shoutout to the best photograph ever taken by Francis Wolff:

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I love the slew of Bud Powell albums between 59-65 and you're right about this album cover - pure art! So many albums here on my want list too...

 

[Nikhil]

Finally!
It’s taken ages but I’ve finally managed to get my hands on some long OOP Blue Notes on CD. BN Japan is celebrating the label’s 85th anniversary with a slew of releases throughout this year. Pricing is also very reasonable; these are 1500 yen each.

Some stellar vinyl you've got there!
Listening to the Thad Jones right now ... nice!

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[acemachine26]

Two stellar comps of Australian modal, postbop, spiritual jazz, and early fusion from 1969-1980.

 

[coaltrain]

Some stellar vinyl you've got there!

No black discs, Nikhil, only shiny silver ones.
A mint LP of the Thad Jones album is going for $300 on Discogs!
That’s 300 reasons why I’m not getting a turntable

 

[Nikhil]

No black discs, Nikhil, only shiny silver ones.
A mint LP of the Thad Jones album is going for $300 on Discogs!
That’s 300 reasons why I’m not getting a turntable

Oh! I thought you were into vinyl.
Good to see that all these albums are available on CD.


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[acemachine26]

Finally own some TBM on vinyl!

 

[hifimaddy]

Song - WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MADE
Artist - DINAH WASHINGTON
Genre: JAZZ

 

[@mol]

No black discs, Nikhil, only shiny silver ones.
A mint LP of the Thad Jones album is going for $300 on Discogs!
That’s 300 reasons why I’m not getting a turntable

Hahah… you got my vote there

 

[coaltrain]

Song - WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MADE
Artist - DINAH WASHINGTON
Genre: JAZZ

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If you’ve seen the movie ‘Run Lola Run’, there’s a fantastic slo-mo sequence where they play this exact same song.

 

[coaltrain]

Finally own some TBM on vinyl!

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Somehow, I had the impression that you already had the entire TBM catalogue on vinyl

 

[acemachine26]

Somehow, I had the impression that you already had the entire TBM catalogue on vinyl

I have a bunch of j-jazz records but TBM has always eluded me due to their steep prices. These new reissues were quite affordable though. I think it's @peace_sells who has a bunch of TBM on vinyl

 

[hifimaddy]

If you’ve seen the movie ‘Run Lola Run’, there’s a fantastic slo-mo sequence where they play this exact same song.

I haven't watched that movie yet. I will look into it. thank you

 

[Nikhil]

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[himadri]

Big band +funk+"mark lettieri

 

[acemachine26]

Some Egyptian big band jazz on this Sunday afternoon.

The year is 1968. Salah Ragab, a drummer and major in the Egyptian army heads the Military Department of Music in Heliopolis. There he forms the first jazz big band in Egypt, The Cairo Jazz Band. Handpicked by Ragab out of thousands, the 25 or so who made the band include some of the best musicians in the country such as Zaki Osman (trumpet), Saied Salama (tenor sax), Khamis El-Kholy (piano) and Ala Mostafa (piano).

While Ragab held crash courses in jazz for these musicians, their classically trained background in military marches and national anthems is still present in the music. Apart from big band influences like Ellington and Basie, there's a distinct Afro-Cuban flavour to it too while at other times sounding like Egyptian library music. There's a Sun Ra connection as well, Ragab having met Ra on his first visit to Egypt in 1971 and then recording his compositions Egypt Strut and Dawn with the Arkestra in 1983.

Recorded in Heliopolis between 1968 and 1973, Egypt Strut is a historically significant album that captures the very beginnings of jazz in Egypt and shines a light on Salah Ragab, one of the most interesting figures in music history.

 

[coaltrain]

From the April issue of Downbeat:

 

[coaltrain]

For Ornette Coleman fans, this is one beautiful box set:

 

[Fiftyfifty]

For Ornette Coleman fans, this is one beautiful box set:

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Wow!
Just yesterday, I was immersed in 'Peace'. I think it's brilliant

"Coleman's early sound was due in part to his use of a plastic saxophone. He bought a plastic horn in Los Angeles in 1954 because he was unable to afford a metal saxophone"

 

[acemachine26]

For Ornette Coleman fans, this is one beautiful box set:

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Really need this box set as well as the other box collecting his albums on Contemporary. His Atlantic Years box set is one of my prized possessions.