Aug 032017
 

well, i was on a bit of a heath bros kick today.  which, by the way, is quite the way to get a day’s work in.  like those old lucky ads said:  picks you up when you’re down, calms you down when you’re tense.  etc etc.

started with jimmy heath and the heath brothers at mr c’s, 1978; followed by jimmy Heath at the ramada inn, august 17, 1975 (vol 1.. where’s vol 2 please?); finishing up with this fantastic show from japan in 1975, with both nat adderley (applause) and cedar walton (more applause), not to mention tootie heath!  actually, that last show was on twice, as i’d earlier trimmed 2-second gaps but had kept — and inadvertently played — the original files as well.  halfway through the second go-around… well, here ya go.  enjoy.  btw, times below may be off by 2 seconds or so. 🙂

jimmyheath.com
raydrummond.com


jimmy heath and nat adderley
nhk 505
tokyo, japan
23 july 1995

nat adderley – cornet
jimmy heath – tenor/sop sax
albert tootie heath – drums
cedar walton – piano
ray drummond – bass

disc 1.
01 announcer speaker / winter sleeves / announcer speaker 15:50
02. sposin’ / announcer jh 5:27
03. round midnight / announcer jh 9:06
04. cedar’s blues / announcer jh 12:11
05. my heart stood still (ceder walton with trio, minus jimmy and nat) 8:17
06. worksong 8:55
total 59:48

disc 2
07. on the trail 12:32
08. announcer jh / no greater love/ announcer jh 5:45
09. announcer na / on green dolphin street / announcer jh 10:37
10. alone together/ announcer jh 7:18
11. gingerbread boy 10:44
total 46:56

total time 1:46:44

sound: a
source: radio > dime > tlh (decode) > wav > wavtrim 2.24 (trim space) > wav > tlh (re-encode) > flac level 5

additional comments:
downloaded from dime march 2008 (seeded by bluenote2005). there were 2-second gaps at the end of every track, which i have removed using wavtrim 2.24.   consequently, i have redone this info file and created new .md5 and .ffp files. — pete (dublin)

 


sample: d1 t06 worksong.mp3
download: JimmyHeath_NatAdderley_1995-07-23_Tokyo.zip

covers by ‘angela’, downloaded in 2008 from comments on the dime tracker when i downloaded the original files.


Dec 102015
 

Johnny Griffin 1998-07-23 Graz Austria cd cover frontit’s been a johnny griffin sort of a day. started off very oscar peterson, but the weather quickly turned, and a strong johnny griffin front blew in from the west.

from “rillenheini’s” comments, you’ll gather that this was the first 3 three nights, and he shared all of them.  i always think of putting together a super-concert from runs like that, but instead i just end up listening to three nights in a row again.  which is not bad, not bad at all, in this case.


johnny griffin quartet
mariahilferplatz
graz (austria)
july 23, 1998
(“jazzsommer graz”)

johnny griffin (ts,announcements)
mulgrew miller (p)
ray drummond (b)
kenny washington (dr)

disc 1 (first set):
1. just one of those things (late start, sorry, not my fault) – 12:59
2. if i should lose you – 14:06
3. lover man – 19:03
4. good bait – 10:51

disc 2 (second set):
1. tuning / sound check / musicians’ chatter – 3:39
2. announcement – 2:44
3. the jamfs are coming – 15:50
4. hot sake – 12:17
5. body and soul – 15:48
6. a night in tunisia – 10:34

lineage: sbd (unknown equipment) > md > sony mdrec (playback) > philips cdrec > nero (flac 8) > hd

sound quality: a / a –

in those days, every group played three consecutive days at the jazzsommer graz festival. happily, i have the original soundboard mds from many evenings and will seed the rest in the future if there is interest.
i had, of course, no influence on how the soundboard junkie handled the recordings. therefore, some are in mono, others in stereo, some are well balanced, others not. sometimes there is background noise because many people only came here to spread the latest news; sometimes it rained and the rain rattled on the tent.
i absolutely made no edits on this particular recording but kept it in their original form in order to let you listen to griff’s announcements, too. needless to say that griff was in fantastic shape!
one final word to .mp3 freaks: you can convert these files for your own pleasure but please do not give them away to sites such as bigo, otherwise i’ll stop seeding here.


sample: t04 good bait.mp3

download: JohnnyGriffin_1998-07-23_Mariahilferplatz_GrazAustria.zip