...this may be old hat for some but new ground for myself...and I'm hoping will be new to others and will help unravel the mysteries of the Bluenote label pressing history...
...some really funny anectodes/bits mixed in ....
I am not a fan of the modern and more recent roster of Blue Note artists, like the modestly talented Wynton Marsalis, super-annuated Lincoln Jazz Centre functionary, of whom the very competitive Miles Davis once said ”Wynton thinks playing music is about blowing people up on stage.” In 1986, in Vancouver, Davis famously stopped his band to eject an uninvited Marsalis from the stage. Davis said “Wynton can’t play the kind of shit we were playing”, and twice told Marsalis “Get the fuck off.” That spat continued with Marsalis describing Davis as dressed like a “buffoon”, which thinking of Miles wardrobe in those days was probably fair comment. Whatever, it’s not good jazz
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These records are in my judgement the worst comparative audio quality imaginable, though I have had people tell me they are quite happy with them. I bought quite a few before I knew better, and traded them back for pennies.(Out of interest, the last working DMM lathe in the US was sold in 2005 to the Church of Scientology )
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http://londonjazzcollector.wordpress.com/record-labels-guide/labelography-2/the-blue-note-labels/...hope youse guys and gals enjoy it as much as I did....
Cheers
blutto
