Tag: craft recordings
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Oliver Nelson with Eric Dolphy, Straight Ahead, 1961 on Prestige / New Jazz
Nelson on sax and clarient, with Dolphy also on sax, bass clarinet, and flute, supported by Richard Wyands on piano, George Duvivier on bass, and Roy Haynes on drums. Recording supervised by Rudy Van Gelder. Nelson had earlier recorded Screamin’ The Blues with Dolphy and Richard Williams. It is safe to say that if you…
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Gil Evans, Gil Evans & Ten, 1957 on Prestige
My copy is the 2023 reissue by Craft Recordings for Record Store Day. Players: Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder, this was Gil Evan’s fist recording as a pianist. Not sure if Lee Konitz couldn’t appear under his own name for contractual reasons (he was recording with Gerry Mulligan Quartet and solo at this same time).…
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Boogaloo Joe Jones, No Way!, 1971 on Prestige
Jones is joined by Grover Washington, Jr, Sonny Phillips, Butch Cornell, Jimmy Lewis, and Bernard Purdie. Recording by Rudy Van Gelder with Bob Porter. Great early seventies soul/jazz fusion. My copy is the Vinyl Me, Please reissue in the Classics track from 2022, via Craft Recordings (CR00476).
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Jewel, Live at the Inner Change, 2020 on Craft.
Jewel, Live at the Inner Change, 2020 on Craft. Record Store Day release from 2020 including a show flyer Early live material from a coffee shop in Pacific Beach
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Lee Morgan Quintet, Take Twelve, 1962 on Jazzland.
Lee Morgan Quintet, Take Twelve, 1962 on Jazzland. My copy js a 2021 Craft Record reissue through Vinyl Me, Please classics. Bob Crenshaw, Louis Hayes, Barry Harris, Cliff Jordan, and Lee Morgan Morgan played with Coltrane, Art Blakey, Hank Mobley and Wayne Shorter.
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Young M.C., Stone Cold Rhymin’, 1989 on Delicious Vinyl / Island.
Young M.C., Stone Cold Rhymin’, 1989 on Delicious Vinyl / Island. My copy is the Vinyl Me, Please edition via Craft Recordings from 2022. Don’t just stand there, bust a move . . . Listening notes by Peter Relic
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Creedence Clearwater Revival, Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits, 1976 on Fantasy.
Creedence Clearwater Revival, Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits, 1976 on Fantasy. Billed as “Featuring John Fogerty” and with the edited (shorter) version of Grapevine that would become a single. A must have certainly. Though i love original 70s pressings, my copy is 2021 vinyl pressing – a Craft Recordings reissue pressed by GZ Media –…
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Sarah Jarosz, Build Me Up From Bones, 2013 on Sugar Hill Records
Sarah Jarosz, Build Me Up From Bones, 2013 on Sugar Hill Records My copy is a 2021 reissue by Craft Recordings and it sounds beautiful. Wonderful cover of “Simple Twist of Fate” with Nathaniel Smith on Cello, plus a cover of Joanna Newsom’s “The Book of Right On” and many great originals
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The Bar-Kays, Cold Blooded, 1974 on Volt.
The Bar-Kays, Cold Blooded, 1974 on Volt. My copy is another Vinyl Me, Please reissue, pressed by Memphis Vinyl for Craft Recordings Backing vocals by Hot Buttered Soul
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Nickel Creek, Why Should the Fire Die?, 2005 on Sugar Hill Records
Nickel Creek, Why Should the Fire Die?, 2005 on Sugar Hill Records Last in a series of three Craft Recordings reissues i got recently – thanks @10upteam for the work anniversary gift. What a wonderful sounding release and quality pressing
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Nickel Creek, This Side, 2002 on Sugar Hill Records.
Nickel Creek, This Side, 2002 on Sugar Hill Records. Produced by Alison Krauss Another wonderful reissue from Craft Recordings on two 45rpm records.
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Nickel Creek, self-titled, 2000 on Sugar Hill Records
Nickel Creek, self-titled, 2000 on Sugar Hill Records When I first started hearing about Nickel Creek I thought they were somehow related to Nickelback. I should have paid more attention, as it means I’m coming late to how great they were (and are!). I’m actually finding them via Sara Watkins’ work with I’m With Her…
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Jewel, Pieces Of You, 1995 on Atlantic
Jewel, Pieces Of You, 1995 on Atlantic Jewel’s 1995 major label debut – this was on endless loop in the late 90s for my wife and I (grad school). My copy is the 4 LP 25th Anniversary Edition issued by Craft Recordings which is very well-crafted package and pressing. (Some of the records had a…
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Sonny Rollins, Freedom Suite, 1958 on Riverside.
Sonny Rollins, Freedom Suite, 1958 on Riverside. Another excellent Vinyl Me, Please reissue from September 2020 via Craft Recordings Pressed at QRP from lacquers cut by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound