Dave Burns is a greatly underrated player and thus under represented. You can find him on a couple of Blue Note dates: Art Taylor’s AT’s Delight and Leo Parker’s Rollin’ with Leo. Also a George Wallington date I think.
Also found playing in James Moody’s bands recorded on Prestige in the 7000 series
He really is worth listening out for! As you said a Dizzy Gillespie alumni.
He is well featured on the James Moody Fresh Sounds box I have just purchased.
You obviously know my 1935/55 period well. Look forward to more posts.
Today I picked up “In My Dreams” by Bill Frisell, hot off the press.
I have played it a couple of times and it gets better with every play. If you like Frisell, then this is recommended. I found it needs to be played loud to bring out all the detail.
Butcher Brown ‘Hold You’ is it Jazz? I think so.
What is this, Stavros? Is it just a rehash of Waltz for Debby and Sunday at the Village Vanguard? Or does it contain some additional treasures? Which label is it on? I’d like to know more. Thanks.
Hi Clive, I’m early days in my foray into Jazz, so please don’t expect too much! Bought this album recently, it’s a 2023 reissue on Pan Am. Hopefully the images might answer some of your questions? Stavros.
Thanks, Stavros. I’ve never heard of PanAm Records, but all tracks are from the 25 June 1961 shows, all of which are captured on the following set. Originally, selected tracks were available on the LPs I mentioned before. If you like the album you have, I’m sure in time you’ll want the full set. I’ve got this music a few times over!
The Oscar Peterson Trio | Night Train | Verve (Speakers Corner) LP
Oscar Peterson (piano) - Ray Brown (bass) - Ed Thingpen (drums)
One of the first jazz LPs I bought, based on “must-have” lists. For unclear reasons I haven’t listened to it for a very long time.
That was a mistake: For me Night Train lives up to its legendary reputation and the Verve Acoustic Sounds pressing sounds wonderful on my current system, which was built exactly for that kind of music.
Claude
Thelonious Monk Trio. The early Prestige label recordings were made during the period Monk could not work the NYC clubs due to a drug arrest. However his trio work here seems upbeat and swings and grooves mightily. I am playing the hires (44.1/24) digital files from the RVG remaster of 2007. They sound good considering the age of the recordings (1952/54).
This compilation was first issued as PRLP 7027 (1956) The tracks were selected from the two 10 inch LPs : PRLP 142 (1953- Thelonious Monk Trio) and PRLP 189 (1954- Thelonious Monk Plays). The artwork is credited to Gil Mellé (source: Discogs)
CD covers
I should mention that there are seventy nine other reissues/remasters in the different formats (LP/CD/Files) of this collection listed on the Master Release Page in Discogs (some with different album titles and issuing labels/countries and cover artwork).
Gary Mapp’s only recording. He was a New York Transit Authority policeman and friend of Monk. In such company he aquits himself very well.
Steve Wallace’s wallacebass.com will allow you to read more if of interest.
Fascinating link. Thanks.
Excellent essay and link! Thank you. I will re-listen to the tracks with that article as an accompaniment.
Ira Gitler in his original notes (PRLP 142) did mention in brackets that Mapp was ‘a Brooklyn policeman’. In his 2007 CD ‘revisted’ notes he only writes this about him: ‘this got him into trouble at the station house. If I had known this I wouldn’t have mentioned it but I don’t think he was thrown off the force.’ !
