What Makes Jazz Great
There is no Jazz Music, there are only Jazzy people.
There is no Jazz Music, there are only Jazzy people.
I really appreciate Tom and John for the great information concerning the previous blog post. I learned a lot! Also thank Manuel for a great comment! This Hank Mobley Blue Note BLP 1568 session was recorded in 1957. That is the time of transition from MONO only recording to STEREO recording. John shared a screenshot of the…
I think most Jazz collectors don’t know this Jazz Series King Record made in the late 70’s.The series is called, Brazil Masterpieces SeriesAs the title goes, these are the Brazilian, Bossa Nova titles King Record chose. But unlike the other Blue Note Reissue series, there is only one title of Blue Note in this series,Ike Quebec…
This is my 1st time to obtain this 4LP box set…Mercury 40th Anniversary V.S.O.P. AlbumNippon Phonogram compiled many unissued sessions on Mercury/Emarcy starting form 40’s to 60’s. Swing, Big Band is there, Vocals are there, and surely Hard Bop is there too!This box set was released in 1984.The recording quaity of early tracks is little…
I think these King Record Blue Note Reissue titles are interesting…Freddie Redd Shades of ReddWalter Davis Jr. Davis CupLou Donaldson Sunny Side UpArt Taylor A.T.’s DelightKing Record reissued these 4 titles in the early 8’s with MONO, K18P Series.Toshiba EMI lalso reissued the same titles in the early 90’s BUT…they reissued them with STEREO not…
I think these Impulse premium reissues by Universal Music Japan are not known, especially outside of Japan.These reissues were produced and manufactured in 2005 here in Japan. The series is calledJazz The Best LP Collection Part 1 and 2Part 1 has 20 albums and part 2 the same 20 titles.I featured Coltrane’s albums on Impulse….
When I started this business about 3 years ago, these Disk Union Japan Premium Blue Note Reissues are not known outside of Japan.I used to get a lot and posted and sold many titles and copies at eBay. They were not sold at high price you know…BUT!!Nowadays…things changed drastically.The price is skyrocketing and really difficult…