Thursday, April 23, 2015

The Prestige All Stars - Roots 1957 [24/48 Vinyl Rip]

 While doing my Prestige comps, I came upon this relatively obscure album with a pair of baritone forward sessions. I had never heard it and there didn't seem to be any evidence of it on blogs or torrents, so when I saw a reasonable copy on Discogs, I grabbed it. The copy wasn't quite as good as advertised, but some repeated cleaning and help from Isoptope RX yielded a decent rip.

Side one is a 27 minute jam featuring Pepper Adams, Bill Evans, Idrees Sulieman, and little known trombonist Frank Rehack. The tune has it's high points and some lows as well, but overall it is well worth the time.

Side two is only half as long and features Cecil Payne, Tommy Flanagan, Jimmy Cleveland and Sulieman. These two tracks benefit from being more tightly arranged and more focused solos. Both are Gospel adaptions that make one wish that they were part of a fully realized project; they will come in handy when doing a jazz gospel compilation!

8 comments:

  1. http://www.embedupload.com/?d=5IJ1C3IIUS

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  2. Many thanks, King, for that nice baritone album! And nice sound, too (24/48)!

    Here is a list (incomplete) of recordings by or credited to The Prestige All-Stars:

    The Prestige All Stars - Tenor Conclave (Prestige PRLP 7074)
    The Prestige All Stars - All Night Long (Prestige PRLP 7073)
    The Prestige All Stars - All Day Long (Prestige PRLP 7081)
    The Prestige All Stars - Earthy (Prestige PRLP 7102)
    The Prestige All Stars - Three Trumpets (Prestige PRLP 7092)
    The Prestige All Stars - Four Altos (Prestige PRLP 7116)
    The Prestige All Stars - Olio (Prestige PRLP 7084)
    The Prestige All Stars - Interplay For 2 Trumpets And 2 Tenors (Prestige PRLP 7112)
    The Prestige All Stars - Coolin' (New Jazz NJLP 8216)
    The Prestige All Stars - After Hours (Prestige PRLP 7118)
    The Prestige All Stars - Wheelin' And Dealin' (Prestige PRLP 7131)
    The Prestige All Stars - Roots (New Jazz NJLP 8202)
    The Prestige All Stars - Basie Reunion (Prestige PRLP 7147)
    The Prestige All Stars - Very Saxy (Prestige PRLP 7167)

    and:
    The Prestige All-Stars - Soul Jazz Volume Two (Bluesville BVLP-1010) with have four tracks
    performed by different artists but credited to The Prestige All-Stars.

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  3. Yes, I had all of them, but had never seen this one

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  4. This looks amazing KC . . . clearly VERY rare!

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  5. Many thanks, KingCake!

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