January 2003

I'm looking for an album by Don Ellis entitled "Tears of Joy". I need to find it on CD. I would appreciate any assistance. Thanks!

Tara:

I'm afraid you're out of luck. This two record set recorded in 1971 has evidently never been reissued on CD.

Chris Anderson from Richland WA wrote:

How many musicians have covered Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn's "Take the A-Train" and who are they?

Chris:

I don't have enough room or time to list the hundreds of musicians who have recorded this song. In addition to the many recordings by Duke Ellington (who first recorded it in 1941 and made it his them song), a few others who've recorded "Take the 'A' Train" include Harry James, Glen Miller, Stan Kenton, Matt Wilson, Matthew Shipp, Kevin Mahogany, Gene Harris, Clark Terry, Joe Henderson and Mel Torme.

Craig Mantley from Atlantic City, NJ wrote:

I'm looking for 3 CD set by CHANO POZO that Borders, CD Warehouse and others have yet to locate need help in securing this CD, at your convenience. Thanking you for your consideration in this matter.

Craig:

If you're referring to 'El Tambor de Cuba' on the Tumbao, it may be tought to find. This 2001 release seems to be out of print and I can't find a listing with much in the way of details about it.

Mike Allen from Dronfield ,Derbyshire.England wrote:

Johnny Keating who was an arranger for the late Ted Heath's band, formed his own band. They made at least one album. Can I get a copy of any of his albums on CD? Thanks.

Mike:

Johnny Keating made a number of dates as a leader between 1956 and 1966, though none of them seem to have been reissued on CD. A number of his LPs are available through www.gemm.com.

Bob Harrigan from New Port Richey:

I can not find the CD Something's Coming by Diva (big band, all girls).

Bob:

When in doubt, look for a band's official web site on google.com. You can download a form to order this CD by mail from www.divajazz.com. They also have several other CDs and a new live release due out in January, 2003.

Sherry Maricle's group is a small scale equivalent of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, graduating a number of fine leaders, including Claire Daly and Virgina Mayhew, to just name two. I'm seen them perform on two occasions.

Frans from Paramaribo, Suriname, South America wrote:

I'm looking for a CD from Quincy Jones called "I Heard That." There is a song on that album: What Good is a Song. Do you know if this song is on one of the CDs from Q?

Frans:

The song you're seeking is from a 1976 2 LP set by Quincy Jones called "Theard That!" It hasn't been reissued on CD in any form which I'm aware of.

S. John Facey from San Antonio, Texas wrote:

In the Jazz Discography musician list by Lord, you are listed as someone who might know something about small jazz collections. I was very interested in a listing (on Lord's list but not on yours) for Stanley Facey, a 1941 piano recording. Ever heard of it? Know where I can acquire it? Thanks!

Stanely Facey is listed on several tracks in a 1941 session with Eddie South, but only two songs, "Oh, Lady be Good!" and "Stompin' at the Savoy" were ever released. They appear on the Eddie South compilation CD 1937-1941, which is on the Classics Label (#737). Allegro is the distributor, (www.allegro-music.com), but additional sites which carry imports may also have it.

Ken from Randolph, NJ wrote:

I have a cassette I got > from a friend about 15 years ago. It is a jazz trombonist playing very easy listening, melodic jazz with a small band. I was told the artist is Hiroshi Fukumura, but I have never seen or heard of this person. I was told this person is a female trombone player. I have played this cassette over a 100 times, it is such fun music to listen too. Can you help me find out who this is and if there is a CD with this music? Thanks.

Ken:

I've never run across this trombonist, although he seems to have only one date as a leader under his belt, (he sure looks like a man to me!), a 1973 release called 'Morning Flight.' He has also worked with Sadao Watanabe. I don't know whether this CD reissue is still in print, though it may be available overseas.

Antony Dean from Geneva, Switzerland wrote:

Who are the vocalist and musicians on the only 2 Lord-listed sessions on which "You Can't Tell the Difference After Dark"? Where can I obtain these recordings?

Anthony:

Both renditions were recorded by Alberta Hunter. The 1935 version most recently appeared on a compilation of her early records put out by the now-defunct Stash as Classic Alberta Hunter: The Thirties; oddly enough, I just bought a copy of this record for myself (prior to reading your email!).

The other version was taped around 1982, near the end of her life, for a Columbia LP called The Glory of Alberta Hunter. Trumpeter Doc Cheatham, trombonist Vic Dickenson, tenor saxophonist Budd Johnson, pianist Gerald Cook, guitarist Billy Butler, bassis Jimmy Lewis and drummer Butch Miles are on the date, though I can't verify all of them play on that track, since I don't own a copy.

Best bets to find it on-line include euclidrecords.com and vinylvendors.com, though you might try ebay.

Aaron Rogers from Platteville, Wisconsin

Recently I was reading an old back issue of DownBeat from around '70 or '71 and I found out through an article that Stan Getz often played with the Eddy Louis(sic) Trio from France. The trio featured Eddy Louis(sic) on organ, Rene Thomas on guitar, and I'm not sure who the drummer was. Getz played in Europe quite regularly during the early 70's (probably to hide away from fusion sounds like Davis' "On the Corner" album) I went to CDNow to look for the Eddy Louis Trio recordings with Getz, but I'm stumpped! I can't find them anywhere. Got any leads? >

Aaron:

The organist's name is Eddy Louiss and the drummer was Bernard Lubat; the session was released under Getz's name. A fellow half.com dealer has this 2 CD reissue for sale, for a hefty $30 plus shipping. It is out of print; that's why you didn't find it through CDNow.

Leslye J Allen from Atlanta, GA wrote:

I hope you're very familiar with Sarah Vaughan's discography. I own an album entitled: "Sarah Vaughan - After Hours at the London House". This album was originally on the Mercury Label MG 20383. Please don't confuse this "After Hours" with the other "After Hours" by Sass on the Blue Note Label. This particular "After Hours" was recorded at a club in Chicago called "London House". Which leads me to my primary question: I saw a CD called "Sarah Vaughan - Live In Chicago" on the Jazz Hour [Q'Ton] label that had ALL of the personnel and ALL of the songs from the album I just mentioned. It also had ten more. Do you know if this CD contains the original recordings of the LP "After Hours at the London House"? That album was an incredible performance and I am looking for it on CD. Let me know.

Leslye:

Jazz Hour is a European bootleg label, so it's hard to confirm the source of songs on their releases without hearing them. According to Lord's discography, the songs seem to come from the recordings made at Mister Kelly's in Chicago over two days in August, 1957 for Mercury (aka Emarcy). This bootleg label usually puts out CDs of generally good sound quality, though they are a bit careless with identifying song titles and composers at times. All Mercury reissues of this material seem to be out of print, so this may be an inexpensive way to acquire this music.

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