The Perfect Jazz Collection

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

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
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Infra-Rae
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1956-04-05)
recording engineer:
Tony Janick
producer:
George Avakian (US 1940–90s record producer)
double bass:
Doug Watkins (on 1956-04-05)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1956-04-05)
piano:
Horace Silver (on 1956-04-05)
tenor saxophone:
Hank Mobley (US jazz tenor saxophonist) (on 1956-04-05)
trumpet:
Donald Byrd (American jazz trumpeter) (on 1956-04-05)
recorded at:
CBS 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (from 1956-04-06 until 1956-05-05)
recording of:
Infra-Rae (on 1956-04-05)
composer:
Hank Mobley (US jazz tenor saxophonist)
Art Blakey6:57
2Nica's Dream
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1956-04-05)
recording engineer:
Tony Janick
producer:
George Avakian (US 1940–90s record producer)
double bass:
Doug Watkins (on 1956-04-05)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1956-04-05)
piano:
Horace Silver (on 1956-04-05)
tenor saxophone:
Hank Mobley (US jazz tenor saxophonist) (on 1956-04-05)
trumpet:
Donald Byrd (American jazz trumpeter) (on 1956-04-05)
recorded at:
CBS 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (from 1956-04-06 until 1956-05-05)
recording of:
Nica’s Dream (on 1956-04-05)
composer:
Horace Silver
publisher:
Ecaroh Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing MGB France and フジパシフィックミュージック (Fujipacific Music, Inc.)
Art Blakey11:51
3It's You or No One
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1956-04-05)
recording engineer:
Tony Janick
producer:
George Avakian (US 1940–90s record producer)
double bass:
Doug Watkins (on 1956-04-05)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1956-04-05)
piano:
Horace Silver (on 1956-04-05)
tenor saxophone:
Hank Mobley (US jazz tenor saxophonist) (on 1956-04-05)
trumpet:
Donald Byrd (American jazz trumpeter) (on 1956-04-05)
recorded at:
CBS 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (from 1956-04-06 until 1956-05-05)
instrumental recording of:
It’s You or No One (on 1956-04-05)
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne
part of:
Romance on the High Seas
Art Blakey5:36
4Ecaroh
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1956-05-04)
recording engineer:
Tony Janick
producer:
George Avakian (US 1940–90s record producer)
double bass:
Doug Watkins (on 1956-05-04)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1956-05-04)
piano:
Horace Silver (on 1956-05-04)
tenor saxophone:
Hank Mobley (US jazz tenor saxophonist) (on 1956-05-04)
trumpet:
Donald Byrd (American jazz trumpeter) (on 1956-05-04)
recorded at:
CBS 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (from 1956-04-06 until 1956-05-05)
recording of:
Ecaroh (on 1956-05-04)
writer:
Horace Silver
Art Blakey6:03
5Carol's (interlude)
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1956-04-05)
recording engineer:
Tony Janick
producer:
George Avakian (US 1940–90s record producer)
double bass:
Doug Watkins (on 1956-04-05)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1956-04-05)
piano:
Horace Silver (on 1956-04-05)
tenor saxophone:
Hank Mobley (US jazz tenor saxophonist) (on 1956-04-05)
trumpet:
Donald Byrd (American jazz trumpeter) (on 1956-04-05)
recorded at:
CBS 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (from 1956-04-06 until 1956-05-05)
instrumental recording of:
Carol’s Interlude
composer:
Hank Mobley (US jazz tenor saxophonist) (on 1956-04-05, on 1956-05-04)
publisher:
EMI Grove Park Music, Inc.
Art Blakey5:36
6The End of a Love Affair
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1956-04-05)
recording engineer:
Tony Janick
producer:
George Avakian (US 1940–90s record producer)
double bass:
Doug Watkins (on 1956-04-05)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1956-04-05)
piano:
Horace Silver (on 1956-04-05)
tenor saxophone:
Hank Mobley (US jazz tenor saxophonist) (on 1956-04-05)
trumpet:
Donald Byrd (American jazz trumpeter) (on 1956-04-05)
recorded at:
CBS 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (from 1956-04-06 until 1956-05-05)
instrumental cover recording of:
The End of a Love Affair (on 1956-04-05)
lyricist and composer:
Edward Redding
publisher:
MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group)
Art Blakey6:44
7Hank's Symphony
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1956-05-04)
recording engineer:
Tony Janick
producer:
George Avakian (US 1940–90s record producer)
double bass:
Doug Watkins (on 1956-05-04)
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey (on 1956-05-04)
piano:
Horace Silver (on 1956-05-04)
tenor saxophone:
Hank Mobley (US jazz tenor saxophonist) (on 1956-05-04)
trumpet:
Donald Byrd (American jazz trumpeter) (on 1956-05-04)
recorded at:
CBS 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (from 1956-04-06 until 1956-05-05)
recording of:
Hank's Symphony (on 1956-05-04)
composer:
Hank Mobley (US jazz tenor saxophonist)
Art Blakey4:37
8Weird-O
recording engineer:
Tony Janick
producer:
George Avakian (US 1940–90s record producer)
double bass:
Doug Watkins
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey
piano:
Horace Silver
tenor saxophone:
Hank Mobley (US jazz tenor saxophonist)
trumpet:
Donald Byrd (American jazz trumpeter)
recorded at:
CBS 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (from 1956-04-06 until 1956-05-05)
Art Blakey7:07
9Ill Wind
recording engineer:
Tony Janick
producer:
George Avakian (US 1940–90s record producer)
double bass:
Doug Watkins
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey
piano:
Horace Silver
tenor saxophone:
Hank Mobley (US jazz tenor saxophonist)
trumpet:
Donald Byrd (American jazz trumpeter)
recorded at:
CBS 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (from 1956-04-06 until 1956-05-05)
instrumental recording of:
Ill Wind
lyricist:
Ted Koehler (in 1934)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1934)
Art Blakey2:53
10Late Show
recording engineer:
Tony Janick
producer:
George Avakian (US 1940–90s record producer)
double bass:
Doug Watkins
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey
piano:
Horace Silver
tenor saxophone:
Hank Mobley (US jazz tenor saxophonist)
trumpet:
Donald Byrd (American jazz trumpeter)
recorded at:
CBS 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (from 1956-04-06 until 1956-05-05)
Art Blakey7:09
11Deciphering the Message
recording engineer:
Tony Janick
producer:
George Avakian (US 1940–90s record producer)
double bass:
Doug Watkins
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey
piano:
Horace Silver
tenor saxophone:
Hank Mobley (US jazz tenor saxophonist)
trumpet:
Donald Byrd (American jazz trumpeter)
recorded at:
CBS 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (from 1956-04-06 until 1956-05-05)
Art Blakey6:30
12Carol's Interlude (alternate take)
recording engineer:
Tony Janick
producer:
George Avakian (US 1940–90s record producer)
double bass:
Doug Watkins
drums (drum set):
Art Blakey
piano:
Horace Silver
tenor saxophone:
Hank Mobley (US jazz tenor saxophonist)
trumpet:
Donald Byrd (American jazz trumpeter)
recorded at:
CBS 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (from 1956-04-06 until 1956-05-05)
instrumental recording of:
Carol’s Interlude
composer:
Hank Mobley (US jazz tenor saxophonist) (on 1956-04-05, on 1956-05-04)
publisher:
EMI Grove Park Music, Inc.
Art Blakey6:13
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!
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)