An ongoing project of compiling a discography and reviewing Jazz releases by French label, Chronological Classics.
Table of Contents [some parts are not available yet]:
- History of the Chronological Classics.
- Complete Discography - by artist's name.
- Complete Discography - by serial number.
- A guide to the abbreviations and methods of discographies.
- A Discography of Blues & Rhythm Classics.
- The titles announced, but never released:
Benny Goodman 1952-54 #1465
Sonny Rollins 1951-54 #1466
Buddy DeFranco 1952-53 #1467
Pearl Bailey 1950-53 #1468
Tommy Dorsey 1939-40 #1469
Sonny Rollins 1951-54 #1466
Buddy DeFranco 1952-53 #1467
Pearl Bailey 1950-53 #1468
Tommy Dorsey 1939-40 #1469
- The CDs I've reviewed so far:
Jelly Roll Morton 1939-1940 (Classics 668)
Louis Armstrong 1944-46 (Classics 928)
Lester Young 1951-1952 (Classics 1325)
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra 1947-1948 (Classics 1119)
Cootie Williams & His Orchestra 1941-1944 (Classics 827)
Red Norvo Trio 1950-51 (Classics 1422)
Last update: November 25th, 2010.
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Hello Ehsan
ReplyDeleteI am a Classic-Jazz Fan from France, and architect too ; but I don't work too much anymore (I'm 67)
I just discovered your Blog, and I like it very much
specially your interest for the chronological classics, that seems to have disappeared ?
an other serie is doing the same job :
"Complete Jazz Series" that you can find on Deezer, and on Spotify
This Site, SPOTIFY, is really wonderfull, and I subscribed to it, it's worth the money I think.
You can see me on these sites :
http://www.youtube.com/user/kilouis
http://www.deezer.com/fr/user/kilouis
http://open.spotify.com/user/jihel-heller
my email : Kilouis@gmail.com
Have a nice Day :)
Thanks for your very nice comment Jean Louis.Now that I have your email, whenever I come to France (Paris?) maybe we could drink a coffee and discuss Duke Ellington, and if you came to Iran, please do the same.
ReplyDeleteDo you have a list of the "Alternate Classics" series from the Austrian label Neatwork?
ReplyDeleteJason
Canada
@Jason
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately I don't. but many tracks in The Alternative Takes CDs are the same as Classic editions.
http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/label/Neatwork/a/Neatwork
ReplyDeleteJason
Thanks for the link, Jason. I'll check that definitely.
ReplyDeleteNeed Help!
ReplyDeleteTrying to find Info on copyright/license holder for old jazz track...
"Struggling"
1929
by Johnny Doods Trio
Written By Jimmy Blythe
Apparently in the public domain??
Want to use music track for a documentary opening/closing music.
Noone has any idea.Track linked to several modern recod lables(neatworks) that have gone bust...so whom did they get rights from??
Terry
If from 1929, then it is public domain in both EU and US. Laws say 70 year for copy right issues. By the way there must be a website for that to make sure it's free to use.
ReplyDeleteRe: Johhny Dodds Info
ReplyDeleteThanks for that.
Website I downloaded from was called "Open Music Sound Archive". They claim it also in Public Domain. They donwloaded it from(BL) "The British Library". Have contacted BL multiple times-no replys. Contacted Open music Archive- No reply. I Live In Australia (think copyright status is that of UK-life plus 70 years) even contacted Australian Music Industry People in Australia-No replys. It seems noone replys and there are no website's I can find that tell me if it's free to use.
Even Track hard to find anywhere as it was an "alternate track". When there is a refernce, the modern record label who put out the compliation is impossible to track down or gone out of business.
Noone can give a definitive answer.
Was wondeing if should take out a blanket license to cover my bum??? Or just go ahead and use it saying "have lots of evidence/emails that I tried to contact people, track down license holders but noone replied. Willing to pay license fee if someone comes forward with EVIDENCE they own it! "
What's your thoughts?
Terry
Terry, I don't want to suggest anything that in a way "harm" your position, but I really don't think any danger is hidden in using that piece of music. One last practical option: make a short video (just slides) for the song, upload it in YouTube, and see what happens. YouTube has a very advanced detecting system that automatically recognizes the songs and when it processes the video says, for instance, "this video is blocked in Germany by BMI", or "in UK, by Sony", etc. And then you'll understand if this 82 year old child have any parents or not!
ReplyDeleteThanks for all your help.
ReplyDeleteWill Try That.
You have been the only one who has helped.
It is must appreciated.
Terry
Dear Mr. Khoshbakht,
ReplyDeleteAn excellent site describing an excellent label. One query: There is nowadays an operation reissuing the Classics label, and it is on the crummy side. The insert pages were photographed and reassembled in a different order than the originals, the photo of the front cover of the insert are slightly smaller than the original, yielding a white border on three sides, the discs are covered by a photostat of the insert cover, instead of the original silver, and worst of all, are CDrs, not manufactured CDs. Recently, I bought a John Brim disc for high twenties in dollars, was disappointed upon receipt to spot its reissue nature, then found it would not initialize in either of my high-end CP players. (Returned it, but have not gotten my refund.) They seem to reissue the titles that go for big bucks in the second-hand market.
The first one I stumbled across was the first Al Hibbler, and their copy of it had only the front color cover and none of the other pages. I am learning that in the market, if the item is sold as "new", it is probably a cheesy reissue.
I wonder: Who are they, and which titles have they reissued? I have some of them, never happily, though some of those I gotta live with because the originals have vanished.
Dear Mr. Khoshbakht,
ReplyDeleteAn excellent site describing an excellent label. One query: There is nowadays an operation reissuing the Classics label, and it is on the crummy side. The insert pages were photographed and reassembled in a different order than the originals, the photo of the front cover of the insert are slightly smaller than the original, yielding a white border on three sides, the discs are covered by a photostat of the insert cover, instead of the original silver, and worst of all, are CDrs, not manufactured CDs. Recently, I bought a John Brim disc for high twenties in dollars, was disappointed upon receipt to spot its reissue nature, then found it would not initialize in either of my high-end CP players. (Returned it, but have not gotten my refund.) They seem to reissue the titles that go for big bucks in the second-hand market.
The first one I stumbled across was the first Al Hibbler, and their copy of it had only the front color cover and none of the other pages. I am learning that in the market, if the item is sold as "new", it is probably a cheesy reissue.
I wonder: Who are they, and which titles have they reissued? I have some of them, never happily, though some of those I gotta live with because the originals have vanished.
Hi,
DeleteAs you've said, there are many low-quality reissues of the classic series around. I don't know any of these companies which are exploiting the European public domain law and reissue jazz with the least amount of care. If you go to Spotify, you'll see many different versions of the same song, under different album titles, all of which featuring cheap cover arts.
Maybe the best way to keep up with history of jazz is to purchase more reliable releases by respected labels. Mosaic is always a great, if expensive, substitute and they have released in superior sound quality many of the recordings issued by Classics in the past.