japanes reissues

[soulpope]

one of the really valuable services/infos on the former bluenote forum was the regular info on japanes reissues.

could anybody (hans, where are you ??) supply these infos also via the allabout jazz list ?

thanks in advance

emil

[Bill Fenohr]

soulpope,

Hans has listed upcoming Japanese releases over at the Organissimo board.

[soulpope]

thanks bill, unfortunately the link doesn`t work. any chance to get hans over here ?

best emil

[Bill Fenohr]

soulpope,

Try this link

www.organissimo.org/forum/

[SatinDoll]

Those japanes BlueNote-Reissues are really a gas. Can´t get enough of it. During this year I ordered a lot of stuff, among them the hard to find Hank Mobley dates from late 1956 - 1957, the three Jutta Hipp albums (At Hickory House Vol. 1 + 2 and the session with Zoot Sims). Few days ago I got 4 great CDs I really enjoy: Horace Silver "Doin´the Thing", live at the Village Gate, Dizzy Reece "Starbright", Lou Donaldson "LD+3" with the Three Sounds and Jackie McLeans "Demon Dance" (fantastic!). A few years ago all those japanese reissues were mini-LP sleeves, but now they went back to jewel-box format. I just pre-ordered a lot of stuff from the next batch of re-issues in july, august and september, among them something I really need: Elvin Jones "Gettin´it Together", and a great Lou Donaldson album featuring Curtis Fuller "Lou Takes Off". I´m really spending some money for those CDs.

[peter rh]

I've picked up some excellent Blue Notes and other label reissues from Japan
in recent times. There don't seem to be too many fans of Japanese imports
at AAJ, unless they just don't discuss the subject on this board. Most threads
on Japanese releases (during the last 2 years?) seem to have been ignored.
Satin - have you been enjoying the 1500 series ? (and the prices!)

[jazzcritic]

I think part of the problem may be the high prices of Japanese imports. The last time I checked, titles of interest were $35-40 or more, and the releases just weren't that high a priority for me to acquire.

Out of 12,000 plus CDs, I doubt that I own more than 30-50 Japanese CDs.

[SatinDoll]

@ peter rh: Yes, I also noticed there aren´t too many fans of japanes BlueNote on AAJ. But if someone likes to have a complete collection of the classic BlueNote cataloge, the whole 1501-1599 and from 4001 on....he can´t go without the japanese reissues. I also liked the mini LP covers, among them was a batch of reissues about two years ago, with additional tracks, though they weren´t mentioned on the backcover, which the japanese folks keep as originally as possible.
@jazzcritic: When I started to buy japanese BlueNote, they were very expensive, I didn´t know the rite source, but ordering directly from Japan it isn´t expensive. Before I did that, I really spent a lotta money ordering by amazone, tower, mundo etc. And it took many many weeks until I finally got the items. Now if I order, after a week I got it.
Can´t wait to get "Shades of Redd", I´m sure it is much better than "Redd´s Blues" a previously unreleased session, issued on the Conn Series and somehow weak, cause it´s got a terrible drummer who destroys the whole session, which otherwise got a fast company and nice tunes.

[peter rh]

Index for anybody with an interest in Blue Note 1500 series:
http://www.toshiba-emi.co.jp/jazz/bluenote/release/index_j.htm
edit - not all reissues will still be available

[SatinDoll]

Yesterday I listened again to the wonderful Dizzy Reece album "Starbright" from the latest batch of japanes BlueNote - re-issues. A great album featuring Hank Mobley, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Art Taylor.

[Swinging Swede]

@jazzcritic: When I started to buy japanese BlueNote, they were very expensive, I didn´t know the rite source, but ordering directly from Japan it isn´t expensive. Before I did that, I really spent a lotta money ordering by amazone, tower, mundo etc. And it took many many weeks until I finally got the items. Now if I order, after a week I got it.

I second what SatinDoll says. Ordering directly from Japan is the way to go, and not very expensive at all. The new TOCJ24 reissues only cost 1500 yen, so they are actually cheaper than Connoisseurs!

It's amazing how much the Japanese manage to put out that isn't available in the west. And I'm not only talking about Blue Note, but also the many Verve-owned labels (Verve, Impulse, Argo/Cadet, Mercury etc.) for example. Add to that that Japanese releases generally are high quality products, both in terms of sound and other aspects, that are a joy to have. The notion that Japanese reissues are so expensive I view as nothing more than an old myth that dies hard! If you buy them from amazon.com, yes, but as SatinDoll mentions there are better ways...

[peter rh]

Hiroshi Tanno's latest list :
November,2005
Toshiba TOCJ 6601(Blue Note)24bit,New Quebec,Ike/Blue & Sentimental 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6602(Blue Note)24bit,New Three Sounds,The/Good Deal 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6603(Blue Note)24bit,New Smith,Jimmy/At the Organ Vol.2 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6604(Blue Note)24bit,New Donaldson,Lou/Gravy Train 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6605(Blue Note)24bit,New Burrell,Kenny/Blue Lights Vol.2 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6606(Blue Note)24bit,New Blakey,Art/The Freedom Rider 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6607(Blue Note)24bit,New Smith,Jimmy/Plays Pretty Just
for You 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6608(Blue Note)24bit,New Three Sounds,The/Here We Come 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6609(Blue Note)24bit,New McLean,Jackie/One Step Beyond 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6610(Blue Note)24bit,New Green,Grant/Grantstand 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6611(Blue Note)24bit,New McLean,Jackie/New Soil 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6612(Blue Note)24bit,New Reece,Dizzy/Soundin' off 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6613(Blue Note)24bit,New Byrd,Donald/At the Half Note
Cafe Vol.1 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6614(Blue Note)24bit,New McLean,Jackie/Bluesnik 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6615(Blue Note)24bit,New Parlan,Horace/Speakin' My Piece 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6616(Blue Note)24bit,New Donaldson,Lou/Good Gracious 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6617(Blue Note)24bit,New Parlan,Horace/Up & Down 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6618(Blue Note)24bit,New Coles,Johnny/Little Johnny C 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6619(Blue Note)24bit,New Silver,Horace/Cape Verdean
Blues 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6620(Blue Note)24bit,New Blakey,Art/Meet You at the
Jazz Corner of the World Vol.2 1500
December 2005
Toshiba TOCJ 6621(Blue Note)24bit,New Smith,Jimmy/Plays Fats Waller 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6622(Blue Note)24bit,New Hancock,Herbie/The Prisoner 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6623(Blue Note)24bit,New Shorter,Wayne/Adam's Apple 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6624(Blue Note)24bit,New Morgan,Lee/Delightfulee 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6625(Blue Note)24bit,New Turrentine,Stanley/That's
Where It's At 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6626(Blue Note)24bit,New Morgan,Lee/Cornbread 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6627(Blue Note)24bit,New McLean,Jackie/Let Freedom Ring 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6628(Blue Note)24bit,New Henderson,Joe/Mode For Joe 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6629(Blue Note)24bit,New Blakey,Art/Mosaic 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6630(Blue Note)24bit,New Mobley,Hank/Reach Out 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6631(Blue Note)24bit,New McLean,Jackie/It's Time 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6632(Blue Note)24bit,New Hutcherson,Bobby/Dialogue 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6633(Blue Note)24bit,New Taylor,Art/A.T.'s Delight 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6634(Blue Note)24bit,New Gordon,Dexter/Dexter Calling 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6635(Blue Note)24bit,New Turrentine,Stanley/Hustlin' 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6636(Blue Note)24bit,New Dorham,Kenny/Trompeta Toccata 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6637(Blue Note)24bit,New Roach,Freddie/Down To Earth 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6638(Blue Note)24bit,New Clarke,Kenny/The Golden 8 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6639(Blue Note)24bit,New Turrentine,Stanlley/Look Out 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6640(Blue Note)24bit,New Roach,Freddie/Mo' Greens Please 1500
January 2006
Toshiba TOCJ 6641(Blue Note)24bit,New Hubbard,Freddie/Hub Cap 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6642(Blue Note)24bit,New Vick,Harold/Steppin' Out 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6643(Blue Note)24bit,New Blakey,Art/Buhaina's Delight 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6644(Blue Note)24bit,New Hancock,Herbie/Inventions &
Dimensions 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6645(Blue Note)24bit,New Patton,John/Along Came John 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6646(Blue Note)24bit,New Henderson,Joe/Our Thing 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6647(Blue Note)24bit,New Byrd,Donald/A New Perspective 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6648(Blue Note)24bit,New Henderson,Joe/Inner Urge 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6649(Blue Note)24bit,New Byrd,Donald/At The Half Note
Cafe Vol.2 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6650(Blue Note)24bit,New Gordon,Dexter/A Swingin' Affair 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6651(Blue Note)24bit,New Parlan,Horace/On the Spur of
the Moment 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6652(Blue Note)24bit,New Hill,Andrew/Judgemant 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6653(Blue Note)24bit,New Morgan,Lee/Search for the New
Land 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6654(Blue Note)24bit,New Wilkerson,Don/Shoutin' 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6655(Blue Note)24bit,New Henderson,Joe/In 'n Out 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6656(Blue Note)24bit,New Shorter,Wayne/Speak No Evil 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6657(Blue Note)24bit,New Hubbard,Freddie/Blue Spirits 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6658(Blue Note)24bit,New Hubbard,Freddie/Hub Tones 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6659(Blue Note)24bit,New Smith,Jimmy/Back At The
Chicken Shack 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6660(Blue Note)24bit,New Gordon,Dexter/Doin' Allright 1500
February 2006
Toshiba TOCJ 6661(Blue Note)24bit,New Byrd,Donald/I'm Tryin' to Get
Home 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6662(Blue Note)24bit,New Gordon,Dexter/One Flight Up 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6663(Blue Note)24bit,New Blakey,Art/Indestructible 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6664(Blue Note)24bit,New Hill,Andrew/Point of Departure 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6665(Blue Note)24bit,New Smith,Jimmy/Prayer Meetin' 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6666(Blue Note)24bit,New Byrd,Donald/Free Form 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6667(Blue Note)24bit,New Mitchell,Blue/Down with It 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6668(Blue Note)24bit,New Williams,Anthony/Spring 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6669(Blue Note)24bit,New Coleman,Ornette/At The Golden
Circle Vol.2 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6670(Blue Note)24bit,New McLean,Jackie/Right Now 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6671(Blue Note)24bit,New Mobley,Hank/A Caddy for Daddy 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6672(Blue Note)24bit,New Taylor,Cecil/Unit Structures 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6673(Blue Note)24bit,New Blakey,Art/Holiday for Skins
Vol.2 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6674(Blue Note)24bit,New Parlan,Horace/Us Three 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6675(Blue Note)24bit,New Patton,John/Let 'em Roll 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6676(Blue Note)24bit,New Mobley,Hank/No Room for Squares 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6677(Blue Note)24bit,New Green,Grant/Street of Dreams 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6678(Blue Note)24bit,New McLean,Joackie/New and Old
Gospel 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6679(Blue Note)24bit,New Gordon,Dexter/Gettin' Around 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6680(Blue Note)24bit,New Mitchell,Blue/The Thing to Do 1500
March 2006
Toshiba TOCJ 6681(Blue Note)24bit,New Williams,Anthony/Life Time 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6682(Blue Note)24bit,New Donaldson,Lou/Mr. Shing-A-Ling 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6683(Blue Note)24bit,New Tyner,McCoy/Tender Moments 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6684(Blue Note)24bit,New Pearson,Duke/The Right Touch 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6685(Blue Note)24bit,New Silver,Horace/Serenade to a
Soul Sister 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6686(Blue Note)24bit,New Ervin,Booker/The in Between 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6687(Blue Note)24bit,New Smith,Lonnie/Think 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6688(Blue Note)24bit,New Byrd,Donald/Slow Drag 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6689(Blue Note)24bit,New Pearson,Duke/The Phantom 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6690(Blue Note)24bit,New Shorter,Wayne/Schizophorenia 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6691(Blue Note)24bit,New Tyner,McCoy/Time for Tyner 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6692(Blue Note)24bit,New Green,Grant/Goin' West 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6693(Blue Note)24bit,New Donaldson,Lou/Hot Dog 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6694(Blue Note)24bit,New Shorter,Wayne/Super Nova 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6695(Blue Note)24bit,New Morgan,Lee/The Sixth Sense 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6696(Blue Note)24bit,New Pearson,Duke/How Insensitive 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6697(Blue Note)24bit,New Corea,Chick/The Song of Singing 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6698(Blue Note)24bit,New Byrd,Donald/Blackjack 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6699(Blue Note)24bit,New Green,Grant/The Final Comedown 1500
Toshiba TOCJ 6700(Blue Note)24bit,New Morgan,Lee/Lee Morgan(Last
Album) 1500

[Mr.Kenyatta]

I've been wondering where the Japanese Blue Note site was, I knew there had to be one.

[SatinDoll]

@ Swinging Swede: I´m glad to see there´s some people who also apreciate those japanese CDs. I think the japanese really are big jazz fans. If someone likes to purchase collector´s items, this is the best way to purchase.
@ peter rh: Yeah, Mr. Tanno sent me this list. Can´t wait to get Art Taylor´s CD "A.T.´s Delight" and some others of course. Anyway it´s getting hard, because I allready own very much from the BlueNote Cataloge.