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/

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
#TitleArtistLength
1Blue Rondo a la Turk
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (from 1959-08-18 until 1959-08-19)
recording engineer:
Fred Plaut
producer:
Teo Macero
alto saxophone:
Paul Desmond (from 1959-08-18 until 1959-08-19)
double bass:
Eugene Wright (from 1959-08-18 until 1959-08-19)
drums (drum set):
Joe Morello (from 1959-08-18 until 1959-08-19)
piano:
Dave Brubeck (from 1959-08-18 until 1959-08-19)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Compulsion, Milestones Records, Unknown Pleasures Sound, Columbia Records (in 1959), BNF Collection 2013 (in 1960), Avid Entertainment (in 2010), Supreme Media (in 2013) and TP4 Music (in 2017)
recorded at:
CBS 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (from 1959-08-18 until 1959-08-19)
recording of:
Blue Rondo à la Turk (from 1959-08-18 until 1959-08-19)
composer:
Dave Brubeck
publisher:
Derry Music Company and Valentine Music Verlag
sub-publisher:
Budde Music France and シンコーミュージック・パブリッシャーズ
The Dave Brubeck Quartet6:46
2Strange Meadow Lark
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1959-07-01, from 1959-08-18 until 1959-08-19)
recording engineer:
Fred Plaut
producer:
Teo Macero
alto saxophone:
Paul Desmond (on 1959-07-01, from 1959-08-18 until 1959-08-19)
double bass:
Eugene Wright (on 1959-07-01, from 1959-08-18 until 1959-08-19)
drums (drum set):
Joe Morello (on 1959-07-01, from 1959-08-18 until 1959-08-19)
piano:
Dave Brubeck (on 1959-07-01, from 1959-08-18 until 1959-08-19)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Compulsion, Milestones Records, Unknown Pleasures Sound, Columbia Records (in 1959), BNF Collection 2013 (in 1960), Avid Entertainment (in 2010), Supreme Media (in 2013) and TP4 Music (in 2017)
recorded at:
CBS 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1959-07-01, from 1959-08-18 until 1959-08-19)
recording of:
Strange Meadow Lark (on 1959-07-01)
composer:
Dave Brubeck and Iola Brubeck
publisher:
Derry Music Company
The Dave Brubeck Quartet7:24
3Take Five
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1959-07-01, from 1959-08-18 until 1959-08-19)
recording engineer:
Fred Plaut
producer:
Teo Macero
alto saxophone:
Paul Desmond (on 1959-07-01, from 1959-08-18 until 1959-08-19)
double bass:
Eugene Wright (on 1959-07-01, from 1959-08-18 until 1959-08-19)
drums (drum set):
Joe Morello (on 1959-07-01, from 1959-08-18 until 1959-08-19)
piano:
Dave Brubeck (on 1959-07-01, from 1959-08-18 until 1959-08-19)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Compulsion, Milestones Records, Unknown Pleasures Sound, Columbia Records (in 1959), BNF Collection 2013 (in 1960), Avid Entertainment (in 2010), Supreme Media (in 2013) and TP4 Music (in 2017)
recorded at:
CBS 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1959-07-01, from 1959-08-18 until 1959-08-19)
recording of:
Take Five (original instrumental version) (on 1959-07-01)
composer:
Paul Desmond
publisher:
Derry Music Company, Desmond Music Company, Valentine Music Group Ltd., Valentine Music Verlag and シンコーミュージック・パブリッシャーズ
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
The Dave Brubeck Quartet5:27
4Three to Get Ready
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1959-06-25, from 1959-08-18 until 1959-08-19)
recording engineer:
Fred Plaut
producer:
Teo Macero
alto saxophone:
Paul Desmond (on 1959-06-25, from 1959-08-18 until 1959-08-19)
double bass:
Eugene Wright (on 1959-06-25, from 1959-08-18 until 1959-08-19)
drums (drum set):
Joe Morello (on 1959-06-25, from 1959-08-18 until 1959-08-19)
piano:
Dave Brubeck (on 1959-06-25, from 1959-08-18 until 1959-08-19)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Compulsion, Milestones Records, Unknown Pleasures Sound, Columbia Records (in 1959), Sony Music Entertainment (in 1959), BNF Collection 2013 (in 1960), Avid Entertainment (in 2010), Supreme Media (in 2013) and TP4 Music (in 2017)
recorded at:
CBS 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1959-06-25, from 1959-08-18 until 1959-08-19)
recording of:
Three to Get Ready (on 1959-06-25)
composer:
Dave Brubeck
publisher:
Derry Music Co.
The Dave Brubeck Quartet5:26
5Kathy's Waltz
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1959-06-25, from 1959-08-18 until 1959-08-19)
recording engineer:
Fred Plaut
producer:
Teo Macero
alto saxophone:
Paul Desmond (on 1959-06-25, from 1959-08-18 until 1959-08-19)
double bass:
Eugene Wright (on 1959-06-25, from 1959-08-18 until 1959-08-19)
drums (drum set):
Joe Morello (on 1959-06-25, from 1959-08-18 until 1959-08-19)
piano:
Dave Brubeck (on 1959-06-25, from 1959-08-18 until 1959-08-19)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Compulsion, Milestones Records, Unknown Pleasures Sound, Columbia Records (in 1959), Columbia Records (in 1959), BNF Collection 2013 (in 1960), Avid Entertainment (in 2010), Supreme Media (in 2013) and TP4 Music (in 2017)
recorded at:
CBS 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1959-06-25, from 1959-08-18 until 1959-08-19)
recording of:
Kathy's Waltz (on 1959-06-25)
composer:
Dave Brubeck
The Dave Brubeck Quartet4:51
6Everybody's Jumpin'
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1959-06-25, from 1959-08-18 until 1959-08-19)
recording engineer:
Fred Plaut
producer:
Teo Macero
alto saxophone:
Paul Desmond (on 1959-06-25, from 1959-08-18 until 1959-08-19)
double bass:
Eugene Wright (on 1959-06-25, from 1959-08-18 until 1959-08-19)
drums (drum set):
Joe Morello (on 1959-06-25, from 1959-08-18 until 1959-08-19)
piano:
Dave Brubeck (on 1959-06-25, from 1959-08-18 until 1959-08-19)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Compulsion, Milestones Records, Unknown Pleasures Sound, Columbia Records (in 1959), Columbia Records (in 1959), BNF Collection 2013 (in 1960), Avid Entertainment (in 2010), Supreme Media (in 2013) and TP4 Music (in 2017)
recorded at:
CBS 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1959-06-25, from 1959-08-18 until 1959-08-19)
recording of:
Everybody's Jumpin' (on 1959-06-25)
composer:
Dave Brubeck
The Dave Brubeck Quartet4:25
7Pick Up Sticks
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (from 1959-08-18 until 1959-08-19)
recording engineer:
Fred Plaut
producer:
Teo Macero
alto saxophone:
Paul Desmond (from 1959-08-18 until 1959-08-19)
double bass:
Eugene Wright (from 1959-08-18 until 1959-08-19)
drums (drum set):
Joe Morello (from 1959-08-18 until 1959-08-19)
piano:
Dave Brubeck (from 1959-08-18 until 1959-08-19)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Compulsion, Milestones Records, Unknown Pleasures Sound, Columbia Records (in 1959), Columbia Records (in 1959), BNF Collection 2013 (in 1960), Avid Entertainment (in 2010), Supreme Media (in 2013) and TP4 Music (in 2017)
recorded at:
CBS 30th Street Studio in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (from 1959-08-18 until 1959-08-19)
recording of:
Pick Up Sticks (from 1959-08-18 until 1959-08-19)
composer:
Dave Brubeck
The Dave Brubeck Quartet4:17
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
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
photography:Don Hunstein
Jay Maisel
Sandy Speiser
additional liner notes:Robert Palmer
liner notes:Bill Evans
Pat Metheny
Scott H. Thompson (in 1992)
mixer and mastering:Charles Harbutt
additional engineer:Ted Brosnan
Ted Hammond
engineer:David Palmer
Fred Plaut
Don Puluse
additional producer:Bob Belden
producer:George Avakian
Bobby Colomby
Herbie Hancock
Teo Macero
David Rubinson
Irving Townsend
Ben Young
recording engineer:Mickey Crofford
Ray Hall
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
double bass:Robert Hurst
electric upright bass and marímbula:Paul Jackson
membranophone:Harvey Mason
Joe Morello
Jeffrey “Tain” Watts
piano:Dave Brubeck
Marcus Roberts
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
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)