I'm assuming the "DJ" who recorded the Penthouse sessions (by Ahmad Jamal and Cal Tjader) is Jim Wilke, a Seattle legend who was also a sound engineer and host of the syndicated Jazz After Hours for about 30 years. (He was credited as a producer on the earlier Jamal "Emerald City Nights" releases.) He opened his own studio and recorded a lot of artists live at various locations in the Pacific Northwest over the years, only just retiring from jazz/NPR station KNKX-FM and his weekly Jazz Northwest show in August (2023). He accumulated an enormous private library of professionally recorded (by him!) music (Wes Montgomery, Cannonball Adderley, The Three Sounds come to mind), some of which has found its way into release in the last couple of decades. In other words, he has quite the track record and the stuff most likely sounds very good. And it wasn't just over-the-air broadcast material. I found this on his Wikipedia page: "In 1962 The Penthouse jazz club opened with a phone line from the club to KING-FM. Wilke set up a mixing board near the piano and four microphones on stage. Ernestine Anderson was the first singer to be broadcast." He was a one-man mobile recording studio!
Thanks for the great insight on Jazz at the RSD Jazz Dispensaries are always great I think I’m oversaturated with Bill Evans RSD titles - as well done as they are
Heard your comment around Candid remasters. Have you heard the Clark Terry “Color Changes” or Booker Little “Out Front”? Have you heard the ones released from Pure Pleasure? How do they compare?
I personally don't need another live Bill Evans live record. Might pick up Iron Man, which i dont have on vinyl. More interested in the Los Lobos Kiko reissue and Istanbul 70.
Wasn't the Gordon LP reissued a few years ago? And while not jazz, the War 5 LP set looks interesting, IF, like War's Greatest Hits RSD LP, they were mastered by Kevin Gray on his all tube system.
Curious why you don't go for the Stax Sweetback reissue. Also, totally with you on the Wes / Wynton. Resonance killed it with the Wes ORTF; I'm very excited by this!
I think the recent candid reissues have some of the nicest jackets of any jazz reissue. Pretty true to the originals. I’ve been really happy with what they’ve been doing. Pressing could be a little better but generally I haven’t had issues.
PLEASE STOP with the colored/speciality vinyl! As for the Candid releases, I have several. The actually sound really good but the pressing quality, the QC (warped records etc) and the jackets are definitely sub-par.
I listened to a Booker Ervin that I wasn’t impressed with from a sonic perspective as well as the self titled Mingus, but yea I definitely agree about those having frequent quality issues as well
Thank you! Helps a lot to choose the right records
Excellent summary, helped me solidify my interest, thank you.
Great presentation! Thanks for the preview. Time to start stashing my cash away. 😊
Thank you for your insightful video. I enjoy your presentation, and found it very helpful!!!
Recently saw Bill Charlap at the Village Vanguard. What a show. Have you ever seen him? Do you have any of records?
Less McCann Never A Dull Moment!: Live From Coast To Coast (1966-1967) is also being released.
you are absolutely right. It was left off the first RSD website update and added very shortly after, I guess I was too quick to make the video
Isn’t Dolphy’s Ironman included in the last RSD “Musical Prophet” release?
I echo this question… this will be the third time it’s being reissued on an RSD… and the other two had Grundman and Gray remasters! Madness!
Anyone know anything about the fuzzy lane trio oomph ?
I'm assuming the "DJ" who recorded the Penthouse sessions (by Ahmad Jamal and Cal Tjader) is Jim Wilke, a Seattle legend who was also a sound engineer and host of the syndicated Jazz After Hours for about 30 years. (He was credited as a producer on the earlier Jamal "Emerald City Nights" releases.) He opened his own studio and recorded a lot of artists live at various locations in the Pacific Northwest over the years, only just retiring from jazz/NPR station KNKX-FM and his weekly Jazz Northwest show in August (2023). He accumulated an enormous private library of professionally recorded (by him!) music (Wes Montgomery, Cannonball Adderley, The Three Sounds come to mind), some of which has found its way into release in the last couple of decades. In other words, he has quite the track record and the stuff most likely sounds very good. And it wasn't just over-the-air broadcast material. I found this on his Wikipedia page: "In 1962 The Penthouse jazz club opened with a phone line from the club to KING-FM. Wilke set up a mixing board near the piano and four microphones on stage. Ernestine Anderson was the first singer to be broadcast." He was a one-man mobile recording studio!
I definitely feel that the Chet Baker Sings album brought on this flood of new releases. There seemed to be little interest in his work before that.
Thanks for the great insight on Jazz at the RSD
Jazz Dispensaries are always great
I think I’m oversaturated with Bill Evans RSD titles - as well done as they are
Great presentation! Sometimes I feel that they put out too many live albums.
It’s available and without all the high dollar licensing costs is probably why
Heard your comment around Candid remasters. Have you heard the Clark Terry “Color Changes” or Booker Little “Out Front”? Have you heard the ones released from Pure Pleasure? How do they compare?
I personally don't need another live Bill Evans live record. Might pick up Iron Man, which i dont have on vinyl. More interested in the Los Lobos Kiko reissue and Istanbul 70.
If this keeps up can you imagine the jazz collections we all will have in 20 yrs?
Wasn't the Gordon LP reissued a few years ago? And while not jazz, the War 5 LP set looks interesting, IF, like War's Greatest Hits RSD LP, they were mastered by Kevin Gray on his all tube system.
Curious why you don't go for the Stax Sweetback reissue. Also, totally with you on the Wes / Wynton. Resonance killed it with the Wes ORTF; I'm very excited by this!
I think the recent candid reissues have some of the nicest jackets of any jazz reissue. Pretty true to the originals. I’ve been really happy with what they’ve been doing. Pressing could be a little better but generally I haven’t had issues.
Chet Baker, Bill Evans & Eric Dolphy as usual😴
As a store owner, coloured / splatter Jazz vinyl is a tough sell.
Eric Dolphy - Iron Man was part of the April 2023 RSD reissue of ERIC DOLPHY Musical Prophet: The Expanded 1963 New York Studio Sessions.
I’m sure Iron Man will be 1/3 the price of the expanded set which included Iron Man, Conversations and the hour + of bonus material, right?…..
But if you have the 3 lp - which was brilliantly done - you don’t need this
PLEASE STOP with the colored/speciality vinyl! As for the Candid releases, I have several. The actually sound really good but the pressing quality, the QC (warped records etc) and the jackets are definitely sub-par.
I listened to a Booker Ervin that I wasn’t impressed with from a sonic perspective as well as the self titled Mingus, but yea I definitely agree about those having frequent quality issues as well