Memories of a Classic Jazz Record Shop
For many of us, the music we own, and particularly the records we own, are inseparable from where we bought them. For those of us who roamed record shops in our youth, images that leapt out from the bins and walls of those shops, not to mention the music we heard in those shops, remain intertwined with our impressions of music we still love today. Richard Williams offers this blog post on one jazz record he cherishes, and one special shop where he bought it.
-Nick Moy
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Rejoicing on the Analog Planet
The analog jazz galaxy saw some form of convergence in the past week: a high-end hi-fi show, replete with turntables, descended on New York City; Michael Fremer, the mastermind behind Analog Planet, the website about matters analogic, delivered good news on jazz station WBGO about the outlook for vinyl; and vinyl lovers greeted news of Mosaic’s upcoming John Coltrane Complete Sun Ship Session release with rejoicing. Listen to Michael Fremer’s interview, waxing lyrical about his lifetime of collecting jazz on vinyl. (In the photo, Fremer and WBGO’s Doug Doyle tussle over Mosaic’s Sonny Stitt set.)
-Nick Moy
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How Manfred Eicher Carved His Path for ECM
Francis Marmande spoke to Manfred Eicher who is approaching 70 and whose ECM label is 44 years old and the subject of a retrospective exhibit in Eicher’s home base of Munich. Eicher has kept his label active and relevant despite all sorts of obstacles by just sticking to his guns and letting his own taste direct the sound and look of the label. It’s amazing to consider that he has issued over 1500 albums!
-Michael Cuscuna
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Robert Crumb’s Obsession with Records
Looks like those of us addicted to collecting records, and jazz records in particular, are in even more distinguished company. Here’s an interview from Discoholic Corner with celebrated cartoon artist Robert Crumb, who is forthright in divulging his obsession.
-Nick Moy
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A Short Post On Tracking Down Blue Note LPs
This “Tracking Tres Blue Notes” post on Jazz Collector and the ensuing comments show just how complicated and high stakes collecting jazz LPs can be. This site is full of great topics and tips like “$1,000 Records” and “Collecting Tips.” Be careful; record collecting is highly addictive and definitely hazardous to your marriage.
-Michael Cuscuna
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What was emyour/em first jazz record?
This is a great series from Jerry Jazz Musician — asking artists like Sheila Jordan, Phil Woods, David Fathead Newman etc. to comment on the first jazz record they ever bought.
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Behind the New Romance of Music Buyers with Vinyl Records
I knew something was up, when my neighbor’s teenage son starting coming home carrying used vinyl jazz records he’d bought. (That day: Herbie Hancock’s Headhunters.) Now the news is spreading: more listeners across the country, and notably, young listeners, are buying music on vinyl –- and the gear to play it. This article from USA Today lays out some of the reasons why interest in vinyl is on the upswing – and why I’m planning to keep my records.
-Nick Moy
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Why John Coltrane Chose Johnny Hartman
In the midst of John Coltrane’s “ballad period,” an artistic period perhaps as popular and embedded in jazz culture as Picasso’s “blue period” is in modern art, Coltrane was searching for a vocalist for his next ballad album. The result immortalized Johnny Hartman. Why did Coltrane choose Hartman as his partner for that album? Jazz Times gives us a glimpse at Coltrane’s thinking, from Gregg Akkerman’s recently published book, The Last Balladeer: The Johnny Hartman Story.
-Nick Moy
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