[78-L] Blue Note label types

[David Lennick]

> From: dialjazz at verizon.net
> Date: Tue, 11 May 2010 15:18:18 -0400
> Subject: [78-L] Blue Note label types
> 
> Julian Vein says: “In my experience most Blue Note 12"s are fairly 
> common.” and David Lennick adds: “Ditto..but not nearly as common as 
> twelve-inch Keynotes and Comets!”
> 
> The two least-common Comets are numbers 4 and 5 by pianist Cyril 
> Haynes, featuring Don Byas on tenor. These are quite good sides. Ross 
> Russell never reissued them on Dial, as he did the Tatum and Norvo 
> recordings, because he didn’t know of them and therefore did not buy 
> them from Black & White. Very scarce are the two Comet albums by Art 
> Tatum and Red Norvo. I have the Tatum but have only seen a scan of the 
> Norvo cover. These were put out by the “California” Black & White.
> _______________________________________________

 

Never seen 4 & 5..on the other hand, I probably have 5 copies of every Norvo and Tatum Comet, same number of the common Keynote and Asch twelve-inchers, 47 copies of Shaw's "Concerto for Clarinet". Those things sure sold!

 

dl