{"id":3288,"date":"2012-11-15T05:20:35","date_gmt":"2012-11-15T10:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=3288"},"modified":"2012-11-15T05:20:35","modified_gmt":"2012-11-15T10:20:35","slug":"archival-recordings-from-jazzhaus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2012\/11\/15\/archival-recordings-from-jazzhaus\/","title":{"rendered":"Archival Recordings from Jazzhaus"},"content":{"rendered":"

This decade is looking to be an important one for unearthing of landmark vintage jazz recordings. Resonance has unearthed an early Wes Montgomery<\/strong><\/a> set and a pair of amazing Bill Evans<\/strong><\/a> shows, and I’m anxiously awaiting news about what they’ll release next. And when I first learned of the launching of the German-based Jazzhaus label, I was so excited that I scheduled an interview with the label’s curator, Ulli Pfau<\/strong><\/a>. Several months went by after Jazzhaus’ first brace of releases, but I’m pleased to report that in the fourth quarter of 2012, three more recordings from SWR’s vaults have found release.<\/p>\n

\"\"Legends Live: Dizzy Gillespie Quintet \u2013 Liederhalle Stuttgart November 29, 1961<\/strong><\/em>
\n\u201cThe Mooche\u201d is a 1928 Duke Ellington<\/strong> composition that has passed into the popular consciousness; it’s one of those songs you’ll recognize even if you have no idea where it came from. Here in this ’58 concert, Gillespie and band (featuring Lalo Schifrin<\/strong> on piano) update it for the bop era. Elsewhere there are nods to bossa nova’s influence on jazz (\u201cCon Alma\u201d), some lyrically cool jazz (\u201cWillow Weep for Me,\u201d featuring some tasty extended flute soloing from Leo Wright<\/strong>) and more. Some playful and goofy (yet expert) vocalisms are the highlight of \u201cOops-Shoo-Be-Doo-Be.\u201d An alternate take of \u201cCon Alma\u201d from the other night’s show used to create this set (two nights later in Frankfurt) makes a great collection even better.<\/p>\n

\"\"Legends Live: Albert Mangelsdorff Quintett \u2013 Audimax Freiburg June 22, 1964<\/strong><\/em>
\nIt’s often noted that the Europeans have long taken American musical forms more seriously than we do here at home. What’s less noted is that they sometimes played the stuff themselves, and well. As the brief liner notes point out, Mangelsdorff was \u201cGermany’s one true international jazz star.\u201d His band’s repertoire was in its own way a sort of proto-world music, drawing as it did from musical traditions around the world (particularly Asia). This thrilling concert from 1964 certainly isn’t rock’n’roll, but the aggressive tone of rock does seem to have subtly informed this band’s musical approach. Mangelsdorff and band manage to look both forward and backward across the nine cuts in this hour-plus performance.<\/p>\n

\"\"Lost Tapes: Zoot Sims \u2013 Baden-Baden June 23, 1958<\/strong><\/em>
\nUnlike the two releases, this set has (technically) been released before. But as the accompanying press release (but not the liner notes) explains, a 1988 pressing was\u201dflawed and of relatively poor quality.\u201d No such criticism can be leveled at this Jazzhaus release; the sound quality is superb, showcasing Sims and band on eleven numbers, during which they change-up the instrumentation between each piece. A nice mix of standards (Jerome Kern<\/strong>‘s \u201cAll the Things You Are\u201d) and original numbers by Sims and by band pianist Hans Hammerschmid<\/strong> are highlights of this lively set.<\/p>\n

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