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

1▶CD: Louis Armstrong - Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy
2▶CD: Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan in Hi-Fi
3▶CD: Art Blakey - The Jazz Messengers
4▶CD: Billie Holiday - Lady in Satin
5▶CD: Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
6▶CD: The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out
7▶CD: Duke Ellington & Count Basie - The Count Meets the Duke
8▶CD: Helen Merrill - Parole e musica
9▶CD: Charles Mingus - Tijuana Moods
10▶CD: Chet Baker - Chet Is Back!
11▶CD: The Thelonious Monk Quartet - Monk's Dream
12▶CD: Sonny Rollins - Sonny Meets Hawk!
13▶CD: Martial Solal - At Newport '63
14▶CD: Paul Desmond & Gerry Mulligan - Two of a Mind
15▶CD: Benny Goodman - Together Again!
16▶CD: George Benson - It's Uptown
17▶CD: Nina Simone - Sings the Blues
18▶CD: Art Tatum - Piano Starts Here
19▶CD: Erroll Garner - Concert by the Sea
20▶CD: Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters
21▶CD: Stan Getz - The Best of Two Worlds
22▼CD: Jaco Pastorius - Jaco Pastorius
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Donna Lee
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1975-10)
producer:
Bobby Colomby
congas:
Don Alias (in 1975-10)
electric bass guitar:
Jaco Pastorius (in 1975-10)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!)
mixed at:
Camp Colomby Studio in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Donna Lee (in 1975-10)
composer:
Charles Christopher Parker, Jr (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) and Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
publisher:
Atlantic Music Corp. (BMI)
recording of:
Donna Lee (until 1975-10)
composer:
Charles Christopher Parker, Jr (aka “Bird”, jazz alto saxophonist) and Miles Davis (jazz trumpeter, bandleader, songwriter)
publisher:
Atlantic Music Corp. (BMI)
Jaco Pastorius2:27
2Come On, Come Over
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1975-10)
producer:
Bobby Colomby
alto saxophone:
David Sanborn (in 1975-10)
baritone saxophone:
Howard Johnson (tuba & baritone saxophone) (in 1975-10)
bass trombone:
Peter Graves (trombonist) (in 1975-10)
congas:
Don Alias (in 1975-10)
drums (drum set):
Narada Michael Walden (in 1975-10)
electric bass guitar:
Jaco Pastorius (in 1975-10)
Rhodes piano, clarinet and electric piano:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) (in 1975-10)
tenor saxophone:
Michael Brecker (American jazz saxophonist, multi‐instrumentalist and composer) (in 1975-10)
trumpet:
Randy Brecker (in 1975-10) and Ron Tooley (American trumpeter) (in 1975-10)
vocals:
Sam & Dave (in 1975-10)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!)
mixed at:
Camp Colomby Studio in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Come On, Come Over (in 1975-10)
composer:
Jaco Pastorius
Jaco Pastorius4.63:55
3Continuum
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1975-10)
producer:
Bobby Colomby
bell:
Don Alias (in 1975-10)
drums (drum set):
Lenny White (in 1975-10)
electric bass guitar:
Jaco Pastorius (in 1975-10)
Rhodes piano and electric piano:
Alex Darqui (in 1975-10) and Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) (in 1975-10)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!)
mixed at:
Camp Colomby Studio in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Continuum (in 1975-10)
composer:
Jaco Pastorius
Jaco Pastorius4:33
4Kuru / Speak Like a Child
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1975-10)
producer:
Bobby Colomby
bongos and congas:
Don Alias (in 1975-10)
cello:
Beverly Lauridsen (cellist) (in 1975-10), Charles McCracken (cellist) (in 1975-10) and Kermit Moore (in 1975-10)
drums (drum set):
Bobby Economou (in 1975-10)
electric bass guitar:
Jaco Pastorius (in 1975-10)
piano:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) (in 1975-10)
viola:
Julien Barber (in 1975-10), Selwart Clarke (in 1975-10) and Emanuel Vardi (in 1975-10)
violin:
Harry Cykman (in 1975-10), Paul Gershman (in 1975-10), Harold Kohon (in 1975-10), Harry Lookofsky (in 1975-10), Joe Malin (in 1975-10) and David Nadien (in 1975-10)
conductor:
Michael Gibbs (in 1975-10)
strings arranger:
Jaco Pastorius
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!)
mixed at:
Camp Colomby Studio in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Kuru / Speak Like a Child (in 1975-10)
composer:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) and Jaco Pastorius
Jaco Pastorius7:43
5Portrait of Tracy
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1975-10)
producer:
Bobby Colomby
electric bass guitar:
Jaco Pastorius (in 1975-10)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!)
mixed at:
Camp Colomby Studio in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Portrait of Tracy (in 1975-10)
composer:
Jaco Pastorius
Jaco Pastorius2:23
6Opus Pocus
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1975-10)
producer:
Bobby Colomby
drums (drum set):
Lenny White (in 1975-10)
electric bass guitar:
Jaco Pastorius (in 1975-10)
percussion:
Don Alias (in 1975-10)
Rhodes piano and electric piano:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) (in 1975-10)
soprano saxophone:
Wayne Shorter (US jazz saxophonist and composer) (in 1975-10)
steelpan:
Othello Molineaux (in 1975-10) and Leroy Williams (US jazz drummer) (in 1975-10)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!)
mixed at:
Camp Colomby Studio in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Opus Pocus (in 1975-10)
composer:
Jaco Pastorius
Jaco Pastorius5:30
7Okonkole Y Trompa
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1975-10)
producer:
Bobby Colomby
electric bass guitar:
Jaco Pastorius (in 1975-10)
French horn:
Peter Gordon (French hornist) (in 1975-10)
goblet drum:
Don Alias (in 1975-10)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!)
mixed at:
Camp Colomby Studio in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Okonkole y Trompa (in 1975-10)
composer:
Don Alias and Jaco Pastorius
Jaco Pastorius4:26
8(Used to Be a) Cha-Cha
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1975-10)
producer:
Bobby Colomby
congas:
Don Alias (in 1975-10)
drums (drum set):
Lenny White (in 1975-10)
electric bass guitar:
Jaco Pastorius (in 1975-10)
piano:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) (in 1975-10)
piccolo:
Hubert Laws (in 1975-10)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!)
mixed at:
Camp Colomby Studio in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
(Used to Be a) Cha-Cha (in 1975-10)
composer:
Jaco Pastorius
Jaco Pastorius8:58
9Forgotten Love
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (in 1975-10)
producer:
Bobby Colomby
cello:
Alan Shulman (cellist and composer) (in 1975-10)
double bass:
Richard Davis (American jazz bassist) (in 1975-10) and Homer Mensch (in 1975-10)
piano:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer) (in 1975-10)
viola:
Alfred Brown (viola) (in 1975-10)
violin:
Arnold Black (in 1975-10), Max Pollikoff (in 1975-10) and Matthew Raimondi (in 1975-10)
conductor:
Michael Gibbs (in 1975-10)
strings arranger:
Jaco Pastorius
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!)
mixed at:
Camp Colomby Studio in New York, New York, United States
recording of:
Forgotten Love (in 1975-10)
composer:
Jaco Pastorius
Jaco Pastorius2:15
10(Used to Be a) Cha-Cha (alternate take)
congas:
Don Alias
drums (drum set):
Lenny White
electric bass guitar:
Jaco Pastorius
piano:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer)
piccolo:
Hubert Laws
recording of:
(Used to Be a) Cha-Cha
composer:
Jaco Pastorius
Jaco Pastorius8:50
116/4 Jam (alternate take)
congas:
Don Alias
drums (drum set):
Lenny White
electric bass guitar:
Jaco Pastorius
Rhodes piano and electric piano:
Herbie Hancock (US jazz pianist, keyboardist, bandleader and composer)
recording of:
6/4 Jam
composer:
Jaco Pastorius
Jaco Pastorius4:25
23▶CD: Weather Report - Heavy Weather
24▶CD: Wynton Marsalis - Standard Time, Volume 1
25▶CD: 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)