Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Roy Haynes - Modern Jazz Group Swing 10", 1954, France

 My friend Robert is a saxophonist and a Frenchman and a big fan of Barney Wilen. His feeling is that Wilen is the most melodic of players in the hard bop/post bop era. Wilen's improvisations are always close to the bone of the song, he is remarkably UN-selfindulgent in his choices. Through Robert, I have grown to appreciate Wilen too, I think he appeals to me in the same way that John Park does. This rare French 10" was Wilen's first recording, he was 17! Roy Haynes had made his own professional debut at the same age 10 years earlier but this was only his second session as a leader. A lovely little session it is too, Gourley, Renaud and Cameron all have sparkling contributions and of course Roy and Joe Benjamin are impeccable - 20 minutes of bliss.

Roy Haynes - Modern Jazz Group
Swing 10", 1954, France

1. Red Rose
2. A Mountain Sunset
3. Laffin' And Cryin
4. Minor Encamp
5. Subscription
6. Dillon

Roy Haynes,Barney Wilen,Jimmy Gourley,Jay Cameron,Henri Renaud,Joe Benjamin

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27 comments:

  1. Paul KellyFebruary 12, 2013 at 2:10 AM

    Many thanks for a real treasure!

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  2. rmFebruary 12, 2013 at 2:54 AM

    thank you very much.
    Rec Info (LORD): Paris Oct 26 & 28 (t6, Trio only), 1954

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  3. zootFebruary 12, 2013 at 3:14 AM

    many thanks for spreading this around. I have also always admired Wilen's lyricism. Here he is still in 'cool' bag, mostly Getz, the then dominant US style. As almost all euro players, he soon changed models and changed again as US fashion changed.

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  4. DEEPFebruary 12, 2013 at 4:53 AM

    Yeah Cream Cake,

    This is most deserving of the coveted DEEP CLASP.
    In brief: CLASP!!
    And a bonus HOORAH to boot.

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  5. zeroFebruary 12, 2013 at 6:48 AM

    Wow, what a line-up! What an extraordinary post!
    Thanks very much, KC, for sharing this incredible find.

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  6. LexmanFebruary 12, 2013 at 1:45 PM

    Wow speaking of a treasure!! Thanks a lot for this one...

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  7. brianFebruary 12, 2013 at 3:00 PM

    Wow and wow!

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  8. poppachubbyFebruary 12, 2013 at 3:11 PM

    What a homerun KC!!

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  9. rogFebruary 12, 2013 at 3:43 PM

    Ooooo La La, Excellent KC !

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  10. steveFebruary 12, 2013 at 3:49 PM

    Very Nice KC!

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  11. KingCakeFebruary 12, 2013 at 11:15 PM

    Nothing wrong with the link - it works perfectly - you need to get rid of that Chrome crap and it's ridiculous filters or try a download manager

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  12. prowitaFebruary 13, 2013 at 2:05 AM

    Many thanks, KC. Wonderful!
    @zero
    I've used JDownloader to manage mir.cr, I've downloaded it without any problem

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  13. zeroFebruary 13, 2013 at 2:54 AM

    Thanks for the suggestions.

    I'm using a desktop (not any of the Chromebooks) and the Chrome browser is not installed (I'm using Firefox, as noted earlier), so I'm not sure to what "Chrome crap" refers. Yes, clearly, the link is valid. As far as I can tell, the problem is a DNS issue. I tried to access the mir site via a proxy - six different ones, in fact. Those all started loading the page, but the portion showing the download links never appeared.

    I appreciate the recommendation of JDownloader, prowita, but I happily got rid of it last year and would like to avoid installing it again. I have two other possible solutions, one of which will have to wait until next week. No problem. I'm not in a hurry.

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  14. KingCakeFebruary 13, 2013 at 6:49 AM

    Sorry, I misunderstood,
    Chrome is often so over sensitive to cookies and links that it calls perfectly safe sites malware. It doesn't like the add-ons to count traffic for example
    - I'm trying mirrorcreator because the download options are superior (faster) to embedupload and on my computers it seems to work better - the page loads right up for me -- is anyone else having a similar problem?

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  15. KingCakeFebruary 13, 2013 at 7:41 AM

    try this
    http://www.embedupload.com/?d=5EOBHLLBUE

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  16. zeroFebruary 13, 2013 at 7:58 AM

    Thanks, KC. That embedupload link works a treat.

    Maybe this isn't the right place to ask, but I'd like to hear from people who have Fichier accounts. I've downloaded from them as a free user at speeds better than I get from RS as a subscriber; and I like that they don't automatically extend your subscription like Hotfile does. Are there any Fichier subscribers here who can comment on the service?

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  17. ThomasFebruary 13, 2013 at 8:12 AM

    Thanks King.

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  18. ThomasFebruary 13, 2013 at 8:12 AM

    Thanks King.

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  19. headmanFebruary 13, 2013 at 10:11 AM

    A joy from start to finish. What a beautiful album. Thank you so much for sharing it, KingCake

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  20. DEEPFebruary 13, 2013 at 10:30 AM

    There appear to be some balance problems with the recording but I'm assuming that they are on the original masters.
    CLASP remains.

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  21. poppachubbyFebruary 13, 2013 at 12:31 PM

    Superb side KC. BTW, I used the Gamefront link which came in at blazing speed. Had the album in one minute. I also use Chrome, so no issues at all.

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  22. cvllosFebruary 13, 2013 at 5:45 PM

    At last I could hear the whole recording and it's realy wonderful!
    Thank you King, for this post.
    Arrangements, solos, etc; Deep has reason on his comment but I noticed it on two tracks.

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  23. EricFebruary 13, 2013 at 6:53 PM

    Thank you for this rarity..

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  24. ChrisFebruary 14, 2013 at 12:14 AM

    Thanks Robert & KC for this fine bit of music.

    It was also released on Vogue (E) LDE 130

    In 1992 it was released on CD as part of Roy Haynes, Henri Renaud & Kenny Clarke, Martial Solal ?– Transatlantic Meetings [Disques Vogue 74321 11512 2].
    See http://www.discogs.com/Roy-Haynes-Henri-Renaud-Kenny-Clarke-Martial-Solal-Transatlantic-Meetings/release/1320122

    Also released as part of The 1954 Paris Sessions CD which was posted at Sic Non vos Nobis:
    http://ploooomysunday.blogspot.com.au/2010/04/roy-haynes-rene-thomas-frank-foster_19.html

    For Info about Barney Wilen during this period check:
    http://www.loustal.nl/barney_wilen story_1957_1962.htm

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  25. cvllosFebruary 14, 2013 at 6:40 AM

    Precious adresses, Chris!
    Thanks too much!

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  26. bluebirdFebruary 18, 2013 at 6:49 AM

    Thanks KC - great session which inspired me to locate and buy the 'Transatlantic Meetings 1954' cd which contains these tracks.

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  27. Brush&StickFebruary 18, 2013 at 8:25 PM

    Beautiful early Roy Haynes, thanks!

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