JATP

Posted by: ken c on 02 July 2001

hi folks, just been playing this rather special (IMHO) vinyl jazz record "highlights from jazz at the philharmonic" on verve, featuring jazz greats like charlie parker, dizzy gillespie, roy eldridge, lester young, coleman hawkins (one of my favourite tenorists), hank jones,oscar peterson. its a mono lp, with most of the tracks recorded in the late 1940's. according to the liner notes, oscar peterson "stopped the Norman Granz JATP concert in its tracks ..." -- if you hear his rendition of "tenderly" you'd be hard pushed to disagree.

i notice i bought this album second hand for £10 from mole jazz, kings cross 5 or 6 years ago. worth every penny.

interestingly the inner sleve has the advice: "use 'emitex' cleaning cloth to preserve your microgroove records .. obtainable from all good record dealers". anyone know/used this emitex??

enjoy

ken

Posted on: 02 July 2001 by ken c

many thanks. but I can remember wincing when I saw someone using one.... why?? did you feel it was somehow doing more damage to the record??

enjoy

ken

Posted on: 02 July 2001 by John C

I bet its a His Masters Voice EMI records pressing Ken? I have a few of these records and they sound great. Terrific quality pressings.If you like Coleman Hawkins ..
The Hawk Flies High has just been rereleased on OJC (CD) and is superb.

John

Posted on: 02 July 2001 by ken c

many thanks.

The Hawk Flies High has just been rereleased on OJC (CD) and is superb.

will look out for this. i have this on vinyl -- in fact havent played it for a long time -- so will do so after sending this. many thanks for reminding me. other c hawkins's i have on vinyl that come to mind are:

- the hawk swings
- the hawk flies high
- jazz kings immortals
- the high and mighty hawk
- the real thing (double album)
- vintage hawk
- today and now
- at ease with coleman hawkins
- bean bags

on cd, i only have "the genuius of coleman hawkins"

sorry if i have asked you this before, are you into hank mobley? rhetorical question or what?

enjoy

ken

Posted on: 02 July 2001 by John C

If you have a nice Lp don't bother with the CD. The Bean sound is made for LP. Im trying to get more of the earlier Hawk. In addition to your list try and get Body and Soul or Sonny Meets Hawk.With Hawkins and Lester Young you can never have enough of their records.
I like Mobley .. and have a few cds Soul Station, Roll Call, No Room for Squares and a few others. Im more of a Rollins/Henderson/Shorter man though.
ps Mole has a good sale on this week 10-25% off everything.

John

Posted on: 02 July 2001 by ken c

In addition to your list try and get Body and Soul or Sonny Meets Hawk.With Hawkins and Lester Young you can never have enough of their records.

i have an absolute stunner of an lp called "all the things that you are" by sonny rollins - with coleman hawkins and herbie hancock. i guess sonny meets hawk is yet another. and yes i will add those 2 to my collection. thanks for suggesting them.

i am also quite heavily into rollins and henderson. got quite a few shorter's when he is in the line up -- quite like "tribute to miles".

i will look out for that sale. soul station was going for silly money (£25 or so) sometime ago, but i think you can get new ones now for £12.00 -- i got mine at grahams. dunno how it compares with the original pressing...

enjoy

ken

Posted on: 02 July 2001 by Cheese

I'm totally out of context - but just go and buy Bachs Goldberg Variations by Glenn Gould on the piano (1981 [?] recording). I reckon you like stuff that swings, and it */&%+*ç(/* does even though it's classical!!

Cheese - may all beings be happy

Posted on: 02 July 2001 by ken c

Bachs Goldberg Variations by Glenn Gould on the piano (1981 [?] recording

thanks for the suggestion. will definitely check this out and let you know.

enjoy

ken

Posted on: 02 July 2001 by Former member

I believe Sonny Meets Hawk overlaps with All the Things You Are. The latter is a CD version with different takes etc.

I recently picked up Sonny Meets.. on a Japanese CD. Amazing how modern Hawk sounds on this recording compared to his regular playing.

BTW the Rollins LP reissues (The Bridge, Sonny Meets..., Now's the Time, Our Man in Jazz) by Classic records are absolutely stunning in sound. I steer clear of the latest batch of RCA CDs which seem to have some form of noise reduction applied (but why???). The French issues sound OK if not spectacular.

The recent (mid 90s) Blue Note LP reissues (not the Connoiseurs) are advertised as "audiophile, 180 gm" pressings but to my ears the sonics are not fantastic (even some of the mid-80s LPs sound better) as compared to the Classics. Rumor has it that Van Gelder remastered all of them but they have not sold well and will be discontinued. It could be that the master tapes are in bad shape given that these are popular BN titles and have been issued many times.

You may be better off sticking with the recent US RVG CDs (the Japanese RVGs have serious problems of their own).

Hockman

Posted on: 03 July 2001 by woodface

Ken, you must buy 'Duke Ellington meets Coleman Hawkins', at least I think that what its called (I'm terrible with album titles). Anyway it is utterly fabulous with an amazing version of 'Mood Indigo' where Hawkins just peels one amazing solo after another. The only downside is that Johnny Hodges is very subdued and only shows himself every now and then. Hodges is one of my all time favourite alto players with a tone and level of emotion that is unsurpassed.

Posted on: 03 July 2001 by ken c

many thanks. have added 'Duke Ellington meets Coleman Hawkins' to the shopping list...

i use "mood indigo" quite a lot when in my trumpet practice sessions...

enjoy

ken