Dec 19, 2008

Italian addition – Franco Cerri


The three tunes from session 59-15, that is Lars with a rhythm section with George Gruntz, piano, and the leader Franco Cerri on guitar, is also published on an Italian reissue of the original Columbia: Jazz Classics(I) 33 FC 101 Franco Cerri and his European Jazz Stars. It's an LP (said to be Made in Italy), distributed by Japanese DIW, according to Gerard Hoogeveen. The record is a 200 g vinyl in a limited quantity of 500 copies. You can find it on Ebay for $70.

Nov 25, 2008

Annie Ross – but beware

The compilation "The Women I Love/Angel Eyes/1942-1954", published by Dreyfus Records, contains The Song is You from Annie Ross' 1953 Stockholm session with a Gigi Gryce small band (53-12).
Beware of certain sellers on Ebay that seem to include Lars Gullin (and other names you search for) in records where he does not appear. Thus, you'll find him in connection with Annie Ross in a Gershwin compilation. But Annie Ross recorded I was Doing All Right with Zoot, not Lars.
The same thing happens with a number of Chet Baker cd:s. It is a method to circumvent Ebay's policies!

Annie Ross in anthologies

There's an album from 1992 that includes Annie Ross' Stockholm 1953 recording of I was doing all right: The Great Jazz Vocalists Sing The Gershwin Songbook. Originally published by Blue Note Records both on cd and audio cassette. It also appears on the web as published by EMI/Capitol.
The same song is also included in the collection The Women I Love/Angel Eyes/1942-1954, published by Dreyfus Records.

Oct 22, 2008

Imported exported


The Stan Getz LP, Imported from Europe, is the latest to reappear as a Japanese "mini-lp" CD. Verve (J) POCJ-2719 should be equal in contents to the original LP MGV 8331. Sessions 58-06 to 08.

Sep 25, 2008

Monica Z a la japonaise


Three tunes from the 1960 session: Monica Zetterlund med Lars Bagge Orkester are featured on a Japanese CD, DIW-325. Session 60-05: Detour Ahead, Get out of Town, Don't Dream of Anybody But Me (Li'l Darlin').

Sep 1, 2008

More reissues


The 1956 Gösta Theselius album, originally issued by Bally/Sparton, is now reduced to a "mini-LP" CD from the US; Jazzhus Disk JD7602. The 1957 Philips LP P08202L is reissued on 180g vinyl as Universal International (J) UCJU9086.

1953 keeps coming back

The four Clifford Brown–Art Farmer tracks are available in a four disc compilation – Properbox 86 or the separate disc P1442.
Lone Hill Jazz offers the CD "Art Farmer; Last night when we were young" with the four titles Pogo Stick, Liza, Jones Bones and Sometimes I'm happy. Plus the whole album "Last night ...", first time on CD, with people like Barry Galbraith, Hank Jones, Addison Farmer, Osie Johnson, Jimmy Cleveland ...

Jun 27, 2008

The Q in Jazz

Stockholm Sweetnin' and 'Scuse these Blues (53-14) plus Jones' Bones (53-18) appear on a three disc box from Portugal: Quincy Jones: The Q in Jazz; Golden Stars GSS 5466. Sony Stitt, Dizzy Gillespie, George Wallington and Lionel Hampton are among the the band leaders on the 36 tunes.

Jun 11, 2008

Dragon reaches number ten

Volume 10 in Dragon's impressive series of reissues from the 1950s fills a number of CD gaps: Eight Domnérus titles, two with Hallberg, four alternative tracks with Rita Reys from 1953, the rare C-H Norin tracks from 1954 an unknown (to me) Theselius session and, finally, more live takes from a Lulle Elboj broadcast from Copenhagen 1954.
More Sideman DRCD 405:
Details:
51-20 Domnérus
Moon Over Miami, Twilight Time, Do You Wanna Jump, Children, Lady Estelle's Dream
52-14 Dmnérus
Ablution, Lullaby Of The Leaves
52-18 Domnérus
add Åke Björknam, frh.
Giro, I'll Remember April
52-7 Hallberg
'S Wonderful, Ablution
53-05 Rita Reys (unissued session tapes)
Deed I Do, Over The Rainbow, Lullaby In Rhythm, He's Funny That Way
54-05 C-H Norin
"Norinism", Red Devil Blues, Opus What?
54-05½ Gösta Theselius Band
Europa-Film Studios, 18 January 1954
Ernie Englund, tp; Åke Persson, tb; Gösta Theselius, ts; Lars Gullin, bs; Rune Gustafsson, g: Simon Brehm, b; Egil Johansen, dr. Europa-Film Studios, 18 January 1954
Love Walked In,
54-08 Lulle Ellboj
I'll Remember April, Hershey Bar, Song Of the Volga Boatmen, Without A Song,
Not Really The Blues.

May 20, 2008

New reissues

The eight tracks with Rolf Ericson, Fredie Redd, Tommy Potter and Joe Harris from 1956 (56-17) published on Dragon DRCD 255 also appear on Tommy Potter: Hard Funk in Sweden, Jazz Connections JC 1008.
The classic pair of Flamingo/Don't Get Scared with Getz (51-08) also appears on Stan Getz: The Smoothest Operator,JSP 943, a four CD set