CAT ANDERSON - CAT ON A HOT TIN HORN - 1959 - 24/48 VINYL

1958
Mercury SR 80008
My Vinyl Rip
DR Value 9
Front & Back Covers
WAVE

Cat Anderson, taking a day off from the Duke Ellington Orchestra, is heard on this out-of-print Lp playing on his first full album as a bandleader (he had previously cut eight selections during two sessions in 1947 and 1949). With arrangements by Anderson (who contributed six of the nine tunes) and (on two songs) Ernie Wilkins, the all-star big band has plenty of opportunities to blow even if only one piece exceeds four minutes. In addition to Cat's powerful trumpet, other soloists include tenor-saxophonist Jimmy Forrest, baritonist Sahib Shihab and trombonist Jimmy Cleveland. Hopefully this swinging session will get reissued on CD eventually by Polygram.
...AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow

The Tracks:
01 Little Man / 02 Cat's In The Alley / 03 Blue Jean Beguine /
04 My Adorable 'D' / 05 June Bug / 06 Don't Get Around Much Anymore /
07 Birth Of The Blues / 08 You're The Cream In My Coffee / 09 Nina

Junior Mance - The Soul Of Hollywood (1962)

The Soul of Hollywood was an interesting departure for Junior Mance. Most of the time he has been heard in small-group settings, but on this album the pianist is backed by an orchestra arranged and conducted by trombonist Melba Liston. With Orrin Keepnews serving as producer, Mance and Liston turn their attention to film music -- and the films that they acknowledge range from musicals (West Side Story) to Westerns (One-Eyed Jacks). Because the material is heavily arranged, Mance doesn't have as much room to stretch out and improvise. Nonetheless, he manages to get in his share of noteworthy solos, and Liston's tasteful arrangements make The Soul of Hollywood well worth the price of admission. In some cases, albums of film music can become albums of background music, but that isn't a problem on this release (which was recorded in 1961 and early 1962). Liston's arrangements are always in good taste, and that is true whether the participants are tackling "Maria" from West Side Story, "Tara's Theme" from Gone With the Wind, or Greek star Manos Hadjidakis' charming theme from Never on Sunday. Meanwhile, "On Green Dolphin Street" and the haunting "Invitation" are both well-known Bronislaw Kaper standards from films that starred Lana Turner. The interesting thing is that, even though "Invitation" has been recorded countless times over the years, the movie that Kaper wrote it for was far from a box office smash; "Invitation" is from 1950's very underrated A Life of Her Own, which stars Turner as a supermodel who falls in love with a married man but ultimately decides against breaking up his marriage. The Soul of Hollywood isn't quite in a class with Gil Evans or Oliver Nelson's best work, but it's still a decent example of orchestral jazz. ~ by Alex Henderson, AMG.

Jazzland Records, JLP 63, 1962

Recorded October, December, 1961 and January, 1962 At Plaza Sound Studios, New York City

Personnel:

Junior Mance - Piano

Ernie Royal, Clark Terry - Trumpet

Jimmy Cleveland, Britt Woodman - Trombone

Romeo Penque - Flute

Jerome Richardson - Flute, Tenor Saxophone

Danny Bank - Baritone Saxophone, Bass Clarinet

George Duvivier - Bass

Osie Johnson - Drums

Melba Liston - Conductor, Arranger

+ Unidentified Orchestra

Tracks:

A1. Never On Sunday {Manos Hadjidakis} (2:48)

A2. Maria [From West Side Story] {Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim} (2:51)

A3. Tara's Theme [From Gone With The Wind] {Max Steiner} (4:00)

A4. Fanny {Harold Rome} (4:01)

A5. On Green Dolphin Street {Bronislaw Kaper, Ned Washington} (2:37)

A6. One-Eyed Jacks {Hugo Friedhofer} (2:33)

B1. Exodus {Ernest Gold, Miklós Rózsa} (2:30)

B2. Invitation {Bronislaw Kaper} (4:03)

B3. The Apartment {Charles Williams, John Moran} (3:36)

B4. Goodbye Again {Georges Auric, Dory Langdon} (4:09)

B5. Spellbound {Miklós Rózsa} (3:33)

Credits:

Producer - Orrin Keepnews

Recording Engineer - Ray Fowler

Mastering Engineer - Neal Ceppos, Plaza Sound, NYC

Album Design - Ken Deardoff

Photography - Steve Schapiro

Jerome Richardson - Midnight Oil

If you come here with any regularity, you are likely a Jazz collector and, as such, I'm certain that the majority of you have some albums with this man as a sideman. His lovely flute work graces more than 75 albums from the mid 50's through the 60's and 70's and he appears in many a horn section from Mingus to Lionel Hampton to Thad Jones/Mel Lewis playing tenor, alto, baritone and clarinet, all with singular proficiency, but if you are anything like me, you probably haven't heard his work as a session leader. That isn't all that surprising since there there aren't even a full handful of albums to explore.

This 1958 Prestige/New Jazz and one the following year for the same label are the first two albums that I've explored and I've got to say they are first class! This one features frequent partner Kenny Burrell and trombonist Jimmy Cleveland as the other soloists and a terrific rhythm section lead by the great Hank Jones. Richardson plays tenor on the first track and flute and piccolo on the rest of this session on which features 3 originals, an Artie Shaw tune and the Ellington/Tizol warhorse Caravan. The whole session cooks with a cool fire much like that lamp on the front cover. I wish I could say this was a vinyl rip like most of what we feature here at the Crypt, but this comes from the now out of catalog CD.

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!

Gigi Gryce/Hall Overton/Duke Jordon - Signals (24/48 vinyl rip)

A new rip in 24/48! Sounds pretty good to me.


The story of these rather extraordinary records dates back to a short lived label called Signal (thus the title). Signal was the brain child of Jules Colomby, brother of Harold Colomby who was Monk's manager. Colomby had the idea that they would make records of a soloist over a crack rhythm section and put that on one side of the record, while on the other side the soloist would be deleted, leaving space for the home player to now play over the rhythm section. Kind of a cool idea. Jules got his brother Harold and Don Schlitten to become his partners and they found a silent partner investor for capitol. The investor eventually wanted his money back and the label was folded and sold to Savoy.

Sides one and two here are the quartet sides from Jazz Laboratory - Do It Yourself Jazz, volumes 1 and 2. On side one Gryce plays in front of the jaw dropping rhythm team of Duke Jordon, Oscar Pettiford and Kenny Clarke! Side two features Phil Woods in front of Hall Overton, Teddy Kotick, and  Mick Stabulas. Both sessions are quite nice but I think Phil's tone sounds a bit muddy next to Gryce's.

The second record gets REALLY interesting. I'm not sure if these two sessions were ever presented in the format described above or even intended to be, but each is half a record so who knows what they had in mind. Side three is a lovely large band set with Gryce sounding glorious in front of a large portion of the Oscar Pettiford Orchestra of that time. Side four is the BIG payoff though...four tracks of Gryce in a quartet with Thelonious Monk, Percy Heath, and Art Blakey!!! Can you imagine if they DID make a second side without Gryce and you got to try to play over those guys? This second record was later released as Nica's Tempo.

Gigi Gryce - Duke Jordan - Hall Overton – Signals
Label:Savoy Records – SJL 2231, Format:2 × Vinyl, LP, Reissue
Country:US, Released:1978, Genre:Jazz, Style: Bop, Swing

A1         Sometimes I'm Happy        
A2         Embraceable You        
A3         Jordu        
A4         Oh Yeah!        
B1         Pennies From Heaven        
B2         Yesterdays        
B3         It's Only A Paper Moon       
B4         You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To        
C1         Speculation        
C2         In A Meditation Mood        
C3         Social Call        
C4         Smoke Signal        
C5         (You'll Always Be) The One I Love        
C6         Kerry Dance        
D1         Shuffle Boil        
D2         Brake's Sake        
D3         Gallop's Gallop        
D4         Nica's Tempo        

   Alto Saxophone – Gigi Gryce (tracks: A1 to A4, C1, C2, C4, C6, D1 to D4), Phil Woods (tracks: B1 to B4)
    Baritone Saxophone – Cecil Payne (tracks: C3, C5), Danny Bank (tracks: C1, C2, C4, C6)
    Bass – Oscar Pettiford (tracks: A1 to A4, C1, C2, C4, C6), Percy Heath (tracks: D1 to D4), Teddy Kotick (tracks: B1 to B4)
    Drums – Art Blakey (tracks: C3, C5, D1 to D4), Kenny Clarke (tracks: A1 to A4, C1, C2, C4, C6), Mick Stabulas* (tracks: B1 to B4)
    Executive Producer – Steve Backer
    French Horn – Gunther Schuller (tracks: C1, C2, C4, C6), Julius Watkins (tracks: C3, C5)
    Mastered By, Recorded By [Original Recording] – Rudy Van Gelder
    Piano – Duke Jordan (tracks: A1 to A4), Hall Overton (tracks: B1 to B4), Horace Silver (tracks: C1, C2, C4, C6), Thelonious Monk (tracks: D1 to D4)
    Producer [Original Sessions] – Jules Colomby
    Reissue Producer – Bob Porter
    Trombone – Eddie Bert (tracks: C3, C5), Jimmy Cleveland (tracks: C1, C2, C4, C6)
    Trumpet – Art Farmer (tracks: C1, C2, C4, C6)
    Tuba – Bill Barber (tracks: C1, C2, C4, C6)
    Vocals – Ernestine Anderson (tracks: C3, C5)

Side 1 Recorded In Hackensack. March 7, 1955.
Side 2 Recorded In Hackensack. February 8, 1955.
Side 3 Recorded In Hackensack. October 22 & 30, 1955.
Side 4 Recorded In Hackensack. October 15, 1955.

Woody Herman - The Fourth Herd

As some of you may or may not know, I am a collector of the Jazzland label.  I began the project by firstly seeking out the sides which were issued under the labels imprint.  After acquiring the low hanging fruit, I still have a handful of sessions to find.

The Fourth Herd has crossed my path before, but in horrid condition so I was forced to pass.  My patience was rewarded when I found this copy through a local dealer.  The album is just fantastic - Herman at his best.  All of the tunes are hard swingin and uplifting, wonderfully positive vibes.  The featured players all play their asses off, particularily Adderley.

The idea of Woody's Fourth Herd was to have a band within a band.  So when the orchestra pulls back, there is a core octet to pick up the tune - this is where the featured guests really come in.  It worked out quite nicely, and of course when the full band comes in they hit hard.  Super tight, bright and brassy - a huge dynamic punch to the gut!!  The whole album is a winner, filled with excitement and interesting twists and turns.

As far as I know, this album was paired with another for a CD release by Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs (MOFI) and is the only instance of a digital release.  I haven't heard it but we can assume it would be excellent.  Well I would put this transfer against anything that may be out there.  The mono vinyl is minty, ripped at 24bit / 48kHz wav and converted to FLAC.  It's wonderfully dynamic and open... enjoy!!!

This CD is quite a bit different than most audiophile releases for it contains rare rather than famous recordings. 1959's The Fourth Herd (which features an all-star group of studio musicians and Woody Herman alumni along with his octet of the time) was only put out briefly by Jazzland while the music on 1962's The New World of Woody Herman was never available commercially before; both were originally cut for the SESAC Transcribed Library and were available only to selected radio stations on a subscription basis. The earlier session has solo spots for tenors Zoot Sims, Al Cohn and Don Lanphere, trumpeters Nat Adderley and Red Rodney, vibraphonist Eddie Costa and Herman on clarinet, a bit of alto and two vocals; Cohn and pianist Nat Pierce wrote most of the colorful and diverse arrangements. By the later session (which has charts by Pierce, Gene Roland, Phil Wilson and Bill Chase), Woody Herman once again was leading an exciting big band of his own. Trombonist Phil Wilson, Duke Ellington's tenor Paul Gonsalves (filling in for the temporarily absent Sal Nistico) and Herman are the solo stars and (as with the first date) the music swings hard and contains its share of surprises. - Scott Yanow / AMG for CD release of The Fourth Herd & the New World of Woody Herman

Jazzland JLP-17
July 31 & Aug 1, 1959

A1 Panatela
A2 Lament For Linda
A3 Misery, Stay Away From My Door
A4 In A Misty Mood
A5 Catty' Corner
A6 The Thirteenth Instant
B1 The Magpie
B2 Blues For Indian Jim
B3 The Devil And The Stoker
B4 The Swing Machine
B5 Summer Nights
B6 Johnny On The Spot

Bass – Milt Hinton
Clarinet – Woody Herman (tracks: A1, A4, A5, B2, B4, B6)
Cornet – Nat Adderley (tracks: A1, A4, A5, B2, B4, B6)
Drums – Don Lamond
Guitar – Barry Galbraith
Piano – Nat Pierce
Reeds – Al Cohn (tracks: A2, A3, A6, B1, B3, B5), Dick Hafer (tracks: A2, A3, A6, B1, B3, B5), Don Lanphere (tracks: A2, A3, A6, B1, B3, B5), Gene Allen (tracks: A2, A3, A6, B1, B3, B5), Sam Markowitz* (tracks: A2, A3, A6, B1, B3, B5), Zoot Sims (tracks: A2, A3, A6, B1, B3, B5)
Tenor Saxophone – Zoot Sims (tracks: A1, A4, A5, B2, B4, B6)
Trombone – Bob Brookmeyer (tracks: A2, A3, A6, B1, B3, B5), Frank Rehak (tracks: A2, A3, A6, B1, B3, B5), Jim Dahl* (tracks: A2, A3, A6, B1, B3, B5), Jimmy Cleveland (tracks: A2, A3, A6, B1, B3, B5)
Trumpet – Bernie Glow (tracks: A2, A3, A6, B1, B3, B5), Burt Collins (tracks: A2, A3, A6, B1, B3, B5), Ernie Royal (tracks: A2, A3, A6, B1, B3, B5), Irvin Markowitz* (tracks: A2, A3, A6, B1, B3, B5), Red Rodney (tracks: A2, A3, A6, B1, B3, B5), Reunald Jones (tracks: A2, A3, A6, B1, B3, B5)
Vibraphone [Vibes] – Eddie Costa (tracks: A1, A4, A5, B2, B4, B6)

Phil Woods~Jimmy Cleveland / Thelonius Monk / Max Roach - Europa Jazz [vinyl]

From the danair vinyl collection, sent to me for ripping.

Side One

Phil Woods Jimmy Cleveland Sextet
• Ow! (Gillespie) 6'55"
• There'll Never Be Another You
(Woods) 2'45"
• Penthouse Serenade
(Jason-Burton) 3'45"
• Out Of Nowhere
(Heyman-Green) 8'00"
In «0w!» Phil Woods (alto sax), Jimmy Cleveland (trombone), Francois Jeanneau (tenor sax), George Arvanitas (piano), Luigi Trussardi (bass), Michel Babault (drums). In «There'll Never Be Another You» George Arvanitas (piano), Luigi Trussardi (bass), Michel Babault (drums). In «Penthouse Serenade» Francois Jeanneau (tenor sax), George Arvanitas (piano), Luigi Trussardi (bass), Michel Babault (drums). In «Out Of Nowhere» Phil Woods (alto sax), George Arvanitas (piano), Luigi Trussardi (bass), Michel Babault (drums).
1961

Side Two

Thelonious Monk Quintet
• Blue Monk (Monk) 5'10"
Thad Jones (trumpet), Charlie Rouse (tenor sax), John Ore (bass), Billy Higgins (drums), Thelonious Monk (piano).
NYC, 1957-1958

Max Roach Quintet
• Kardouba (Roach) 12'35"
Tommy Turrentine (trumpet), Julian Priester (trombone), Stanley Turrentine (tenor sax), Bob Boswell (bass), Max Roach (drums).
live in Paris, France, February-March, 1960

Eddie Jefferson - Letter From Home

Ahhhh yes.  Sunday, laziest of them all.  Back at our old digs, I was trying to make Sunday about posting something special, yet laid back.  I think I'll bring that idea here, and start the next few weeks by posting vocal and piano based sides.

So I'm opening up with a big one.  I'm sure plenty of you have this or have at least heard it.  No doubt that it's a classic.  Aside from Jefferson's vocalese, there may be a couple of players you recognize from his band. (wink, wink)

All that said, this is presented in marvelous 320 CBR mp3... enjoy!!!







Riverside Records
RLP-411

Ernie Royal, Clark Terry (tp) Jimmy Cleveland (tb) James Moody (as, fl) Johnny Griffin (ts) Arthur Clarke (bars) Joe Zawinul (p) Barry Galbraith (g) Sam Jones (b) Osie Johnson (d) Eddie Jefferson (vo)

Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, December 18, 1961

	Letter From Home
	Things Are Getting Better
	I Feel So Good

Johnny Griffin (ts) Junior Mance (p) Barry Galbraith (g) Sam Jones (b) Louis Hayes (d) Eddie Jefferson (vo)

Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, January 12, 1962

	Billie's Bounce (take 4)
	Soft And Furry
	Keep Walkin' (take 4)
	Bless My Soul

Joe Newman, Ernie Royal (tp) Jimmy Cleveland (tb) James Moody (as, fl) Johnny Griffin (ts) Arthur Clarke (bars) Wynton Kelly (p) Barry Galbraith (g) Sam Jones (b) Osie Johnson (d) Eddie Jefferson (vo)

Plaza Sound Studios, NYC, February 8, 1962

	Take The "A" Train
	Back In Town
	A Night In Tunisia