pete laroca sims reissue
ne...@pipeline.com
i was overjoyed to find sims'-turkish women at the bath- had finally been
reissued on cd(32jazz3252)...a great recording with a scarce non sun ra
performance by john gilmore...chick corea plays some very futuristic
sounding piano for 1967...in fact this record segued very nicely into the
ecm 1996 release-dancing with spirits- by dejohnette/cain/gorn..kudus to
32 jazz for unearthing this classic
cheers
all my mistakes were once acts of genius
ne...@pipeline.com
Damon Short
How does the reissue *sound*? I know the music's great, but the vinyl version
I have (I think it's a foreign knockoff of the original) seems pretty badly
recorded...
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Jack Woker
> How does the reissue *sound*? I know the music's great, but the vinyl version
> I have (I think it's a foreign knockoff of the original) seems pretty badly
> recorded...
I have an original on Douglas, and it's a very murky recording.
Wouldn't be without it, though.
jack
ne...@pipeline.com
In article <3514AA46...@compuserve.com>, Damon Short
<damon...@compuserve.com> wrote:
> How does the reissue *sound*? I know the music's great, but the vinyl version
> I have (I think it's a foreign knockoff of the original) seems pretty badly
> recorded...
actually the sound is not bad at all..especially for a recording from 67..
cymbals are a bit brittle...gilmore captured quite nicely... slight stereo
spread with each instrument heard distinctly..and unlike alot of other
drummers dates(to this day) the drums are not mixed way way up...
-don't let sound concerns prevent you from getting this one
D Royko
>How does the reissue *sound*? I know the music's great, but the vinyl version
>I have (I think it's a foreign knockoff of the original) seems pretty badly
>recorded...
Nothing special, but overall, the sound is fine. I didn't take note of it, one
way or another. The music, however, I did notice, and it is very good.
Dave Royko
D Royko
With this latest batch (cedar walton, grant green, pete la roca, sonny criss,
and james moody], 32 Jazz has done a great job again. The remastering sounds
fine. I for one like their packaging format a lot, as well as most of their
graphics, and the Joel Dorn note on the inside cover gives a nice "collector to
collector" feel to the whole thing, instead of "corporation to consumer." And
the price is terrific.
I e-mailed them (thirty2@aol), and I actually received a response that was not
a form letter, but a real, individual response adressing the points I made.
I like this label more and more.
Dave Royko
(who has no affiliation whatsoever with anybody or anything related to 32 jazz,
at least that I know of.)
JFR
BTW, not that it is any of my business, but out of curiosity: what's
up with the name change from LaRoca to Sims????
John R>
In <3514AA46...@compuserve.com> Damon Short
<damon...@compuserve.com> writes:
>
>How does the reissue *sound*? I know the music's great, but the vinyl
version
>I have (I think it's a foreign knockoff of the original) seems pretty
badly
>recorded...
>
>ne...@pipeline.com wrote:
>
>> i was overjoyed to find sims'-turkish women at the bath- had finally
been
>> reissued on cd(32jazz3252)...a great recording with a scarce non sun
ra
>> performance by john gilmore...chick corea plays some very futuristic
>> sounding piano for 1967...in fact this record segued very nicely
into the
>> ecm 1996 release-dancing with spirits- by
dejohnette/cain/gorn..kudus to
>> 32 jazz for unearthing this classic
>> cheers
>>
>> all my mistakes were once acts of genius
>> ne...@pipeline.com
>
>
>
Jack Woker
JFR wrote:
>
> BTW, not that it is any of my business, but out of curiosity: what's
> up with the name change from LaRoca to Sims????
Peter Sims is his real name. He adopted the name LaRoca at the
beginning of his career, since many gigs were with Latin bands, and
apparently he felt it was advantageous to appear to be a Latino. Since
the 1970's, he has been known professionally (as a lawyer) as Peter
Sims. Upon re-entering the jazz world in recent years, apparently he
feels that the best compromise between his two identities is to combine
the two names.
jack
eric...@americancentury.com
In article <6fg9cb$8...@dfw-ixnews11.ix.netcom.com>,
jre...@ix.netcom.com(JFR) wrote:
>
>
> BTW, not that it is any of my business, but out of curiosity: what's
> up with the name change from LaRoca to Sims????
>
>
I believe that LaRoca was in effect a stage name he used in the 60s. Sims is
his real last name.
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JFR
Interesting. Thanks Jack. Glad I asked.
John R>
In <351BDB...@ix.netcom.com> Jack Woker <ste...@ix.netcom.com>
writes:
>
>JFR wrote:
>>
>> BTW, not that it is any of my business, but out of curiosity:
what's
>> up with the name change from LaRoca to Sims????
>