The Perfect Jazz Collection

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Annotation

A remastered version of the original release, plus three previously unreleased alternate takes, and one alternate take supposedly released (#9-12).
Not clear exactly which one is it, and wether #9 is really an a.t. or an unedited version.
It's also unclear if this material was issued before in the Columbia boxset.


Recorded February - March 1966 in New York.

Drums – Charlie Persip (tracks: 15, 16), Jimmy Lovelace, Ray Lucas (tracks: 2, 3, 13)
Mastered By (Digitally) – Mark Wilder
Organ – Lonnie Smith
Producer – John Hammond
Reissue Producer – Didier C. Deutsch, Steve Berkowitz
Saxophone (Baritone) – Ronnie Cuber
Trumpet – Blue Mitchell (tracks: 15, 16)
Vocals, Guitar – George Benson


The Herbie Hancock Group

  • Herbie Hancock: Fender Rhodes electric piano, Hohner D6 clavinet, ARP Odyssey synthesizer, ARP Soloist synthesizer, pipes.
  • Bennie Maupin: soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, saxello, bass clarinet, alto flute.
  • Paul Jackson: electric bass, marimbula.
  • Bill Summers': congas, shekere, balafon, agogo, cabasa, hindewho, tambourine, log drum, surdo, gankoqui, beer bottle.

Notes

This release is known as the "track 1 slow fade" corrected speed version.
See the original for details.


Remastered edition of 1950's album, issued with additional alternate takes.

Label: Sony - Catalog #: 65144 - UPC: 074646514429


barcode/cat # entered in Edit #14383252 — way after release was originally added, and refers to a 25cd boxset The Perfect Jazz Collection: 25 Original Albums, of which this is apparently disc #6. http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B003IY49S4/

Annotation last modified on 2015-07-14 00:03 UTC.

Tracklist

1CD: Louis Armstrong - Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy
2CD: Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan in Hi-Fi
3CD: Art Blakey - The Jazz Messengers
4CD: Billie Holiday - Lady in Satin
5CD: Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
6CD: The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out
7CD: Duke Ellington & Count Basie - The Count Meets the Duke
8CD: Helen Merrill - Parole e musica
9CD: Charles Mingus - Tijuana Moods
10CD: Chet Baker - Chet Is Back!
11CD: The Thelonious Monk Quartet - Monk's Dream
12CD: Sonny Rollins - Sonny Meets Hawk!
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Yesterdays
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1963-07-15)
double bass [bass]:
Bob Cranshaw (on 1963-07-15)
drums (drum set):
Roy McCurdy (jazz drummer for Cannonball Adderly) (on 1963-07-15)
piano:
Paul Bley (on 1963-07-15)
tenor saxophone:
Coleman Hawkins (on 1963-07-15) and Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) (on 1963-07-15)
instrumental recording of:
Yesterdays (on 1963-07-15)
lyricist:
Otto Harbach
composer:
Jerome Kern
publisher:
PolyGram Music Publishing Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Universal Music Publishing Group) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
part of:
Roberta
Sonny Rollins5:13
2All the Things You Are
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1963-07-15)
double bass [bass]:
Bob Cranshaw (on 1963-07-15)
drums (drum set):
Roy McCurdy (jazz drummer for Cannonball Adderly) (on 1963-07-15)
piano:
Paul Bley (on 1963-07-15)
tenor saxophone:
Coleman Hawkins (on 1963-07-15) and Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) (on 1963-07-15)
instrumental recording of:
All the Things You Are (from “Very Warm for May”) (on 1963-07-15)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1939)
composer:
Jerome Kern (in 1939)
publisher:
Polygram Int. Publishing (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998) (ended), T.B. Harms Inc. (ended) and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
part of:
Broadway Rhythm (film)
Sonny Rollins9:34
3Summertime
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1963-07-18)
double bass [bass]:
Henry Grimes (US free jazz bassist) (on 1963-07-18)
drums (drum set):
Roy McCurdy (jazz drummer for Cannonball Adderly) (on 1963-07-18)
piano:
Paul Bley (on 1963-07-18)
tenor saxophone:
Coleman Hawkins (on 1963-07-18) and Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) (on 1963-07-18)
instrumental recording of:
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess) (on 1963-07-18)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1934), Dorothy Heyward (playwright) (in 1934) and DuBose Heyward (in 1934)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1934)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, George Gershwin Music, New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.), Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), Ira Gershwin Music (in 1935), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (from 1935 until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
Sonny Rollins5:58
4Just Friends
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1963-07-18)
double bass [bass]:
Henry Grimes (US free jazz bassist) (on 1963-07-18)
drums (drum set):
Roy McCurdy (jazz drummer for Cannonball Adderly) (on 1963-07-18)
piano:
Paul Bley (on 1963-07-18)
tenor saxophone:
Coleman Hawkins (on 1963-07-18) and Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) (on 1963-07-18)
instrumental recording of:
Just Friends (on 1963-07-18)
lyricist:
Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist)
composer:
John Klenner
publisher:
EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP)
Sonny Rollins4:40
5Lover Man
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1963-07-15)
double bass [bass]:
Bob Cranshaw (on 1963-07-15)
drums (drum set):
Roy McCurdy (jazz drummer for Cannonball Adderly) (on 1963-07-15)
piano:
Paul Bley (on 1963-07-15)
tenor saxophone:
Coleman Hawkins (on 1963-07-15) and Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) (on 1963-07-15)
instrumental recording of:
Lover Man (on 1963-07-15)
lyricist:
Jimmy Davis (US songwriter, wrote “Lover Man”) (in 1942), Roger “Ram” Ramirez (Puerto Rican jazz pianist) (in 1942) and Jimmy Sherman (pianist, arranger and songwriter) (in 1942)
composer:
Roger “Ram” Ramirez (Puerto Rican jazz pianist), Jimmy Davis (US songwriter, wrote “Lover Man”) (in 1942) and Jimmy Sherman (pianist, arranger and songwriter) (in 1942)
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) (ended), MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group) (ended) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
Sonny Rollins8:54
6At McKies'
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1963-07-18)
double bass [bass]:
Henry Grimes (US free jazz bassist) (on 1963-07-18)
drums (drum set):
Roy McCurdy (jazz drummer for Cannonball Adderly) (on 1963-07-18)
piano:
Paul Bley (on 1963-07-18)
tenor saxophone:
Coleman Hawkins (on 1963-07-18) and Sonny Rollins (American saxophonist) (on 1963-07-18)
Sonny Rollins7:03
13CD: Martial Solal - At Newport '63
14CD: Paul Desmond & Gerry Mulligan - Two of a Mind
15CD: Benny Goodman - Together Again!
16CD: George Benson - It's Uptown
17CD: Nina Simone - Sings the Blues
18CD: Art Tatum - Piano Starts Here
19CD: Erroll Garner - Concert by the Sea
20CD: Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters
21CD: Stan Getz - The Best of Two Worlds
22CD: Jaco Pastorius - Jaco Pastorius
23CD: Weather Report - Heavy Weather
24CD: Wynton Marsalis - Standard Time, Volume 1
25CD: Charlie Parker - Bird

Credits

Release

art direction:Howard Fritzson
design/illustration:Randall Martin (US art director, graphic designer, and illustrator)
photography:Don Hunstein (photographer)
Jay Maisel (photographer)
Sandy Speiser
additional liner notes:Robert Palmer (English singer‐songwriter)
liner notes:Bill Evans (pianist)
Pat Metheny
Scott H. Thompson (in 1992)
mixer and mastering:Charles Harbutt (sound engineer and reissue producer)
additional engineer:Ted Brosnan
Ted Hammond
engineer:David Palmer (Engineer)
Fred Plaut
Don Puluse
additional producer:Bob Belden
producer:George Avakian (US 1940–90s record producer)
Bobby Colomby
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer)
Teo Macero (American jazz saxophonist and composer)
David Rubinson
Irving Townsend
Ben Young (producer, jazz historian, radio host, engineer)
recording engineer:Mickey Crofford
Ray Hall (engineer)
Fred Plaut
agogô, balafon, cabasa, congas, gankogui, percussion [beer bottle], shekere, slit drum [log drum], surdo and tambourine:Bill Summers
alto flute, bass clarinet, saxophone [saxello], soprano saxophone and tenor saxophone:Bennie Maupin
alto saxophone:Paul Desmond
bass:Eugene Wright (bass)
double bass:Robert Hurst (jazz bassist composer)
electric upright bass and marímbula:Paul Jackson (jazz bassist)
membranophone:Harvey Mason (jazz drummer)
Joe Morello
Jeffrey “Tain” Watts (jazz drummer)
piano:Dave Brubeck
Marcus Roberts (American jazz pianist)
Rhodes piano [Fender Rhodes electric piano], clavinet [Hohner D6 clavinet], other instruments [pipes] and synthesizer [ARP Odyssey synthesizer] and synthesizer [ARP Soloist synthesizer]:Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer)
trumpet:Wynton Marsalis
remaster of:Monk’s Dream by Thelonious Monk
Monk’s Dream by The Thelonious Monk Quartet
Nina Simone Sings the Blues by Nina Simone
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/3509725 [info]
ASIN:UK: B003IY49S4 [info]
US: B000P46Q18 [info]
US: B000002AIT [info]
US: B0012GN2GA [info]
US: B0013DCCS6 [info]
US: B00000269G [info]
FR: B003IY49S4 [info]
other databases:https://www.musik-sammler.de/release/731762/ [info]

Release group

part of:The Perfect Collection / La Discothèque idéale (order: 2)