Ran Blake
The Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note (7CD Box)
Format7CD BoxLabelCAM JazzGenreJazz & Improvisation
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Seven albums Ran Blake recorded for Soul Note between May 1981 and November 1999, most of them at the piano alone or with one partner. The run covers two-piano duets, homages to Ellington and Strayhorn, to Thelonious Monk and to Sarah Vaughan, a quartet with tenor saxophone, and a late album of duets with an electric guitarist. Standards, gospel, Monk and Blake's own pieces sit side by side, often in short takes, and some tunes come back in several versions on the same disc. Each album is in its own card sleeve with the original artwork and notes.
Improvisations, recorded at Barigozzi Studio in Milan in May 1981, pairs Blake with Jaki Byard: On Green Dolphin Street, Tea For Two and a ten-minute Sonata For Two Pianos. Duke Dreams, from the days that followed, is solo, subtitled The Legacy Of Strayhorn-Ellington. Suffield Gothic, cut at Vanguard Studios in New York in September 1983, brings in Houston Person on tenor for four tracks, among them Vanguard, and includes a Tribute To Mahalia and Stars And Stripes Forever. Short Life Of Barbara Monk was recorded in Carlisle, Massachusetts, in August 1986 by a quartet with Ricky Ford on tenor, Ed Felson on bass and Jon Hazilla on drums. Epistrophy (Milan, April 1991) is solo Monk, the title tune played three times. Unmarked Van, the Sarah Vaughan tribute, was made in Milan in December 1994, twenty-three tracks with four takes of Tenderly and Tiziano Tononi on drums and percussion for four of them. Indian Winter, recorded at Murec Studio in Milan in November 1999 and released in 2005, is a duo with David "Knife" Fabris on electric guitar, from Homage To Alfred Hitchcock and Streetcar Named Desire to I Say A Little Prayer For You and Brazil.
The Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note, CAM Jazz box BXS 1034 from 2015: seven remastered CDs reissuing Soul Note albums first released between 1981 and 2005.
Release notes
Comes in a 7-CDs boxset, with 7 remastered albums, previously released on Soul Note label. CDs are stored in individual cardboard sleeves, with same artwork / liner notes as the original issue. 1. [r2026541] recorded May 25-26, 1981 at Barrigozzi Studios, Milano, original release on Soul Note LP (SN 1022) ℗ 1981 2. [r3850398] recorded May 27 and June 2, 1981 at Barrigozzi Studios, Milano, original release on Soul Note LP (SN 1027) ℗ 1981 3. [r3444855] recorded September 28-29, 1983 at…
| Improvisations | |||
| 1-1 | On Green Dolphin Street | 6:06 | |
| 1-2 | Prelude | 4:09 | |
| 1-3 | Chromatics | 8:28 | |
| 1-4 | Wende | 3:42 | |
| 1-5 | Tea For Two | 6:57 | |
| 1-6 | Victoria | 4:41 | |
| 1-7 | Sonata For Two Pianos | 10:35 | |
| Duke Dreams (The Legacy Of Strayhorn - Ellington) | |||
| 2-1 | Duke Dreams | 2:58 | |
| 2-2 | Something To Live For | 5:42 | |
| 2-3 | Me And You - Tk. 1 | 2:20 | |
| 2-4 | Drop Me Off In Harlem | 2:04 | |
| 2-5 | The Duke | 3:45 | |
| 2-6 | Blue Rose | 2:49 | |
| 2-7 | It Don't Mean A Thing | 2:52 | |
| 2-8 | Black And Tan Fantasy | 5:15 | |
| 2-9 | Animal Crackers | 1:26 | |
| 2-10 | Me And You - Tk. 2 | 1:58 | |
| 2-11 | Sophisticated Lady | 2:27 | |
| 2-12 | Take The A Train | 5:38 | |
| Suffield Gothic | |||
| 3-1 | Curtis | 3:42 | |
| 3-2 | Pete Kelly's Blues | 2:46 | |
| 3-3 | There's Been A Change In My Life | 4:00 | |
| 3-4 | Vanguard | 4:43 | |
| 3-5 | Old Man River | 5:13 | |
| 3-6 | Tribute To Mahalia - Walk Over God's Heaven It Don't Cost Very Much / Silent Night | 6:22 | |
| 3-7 | Indian Winter | 5:54 | |
| 3-8 | Stars And Stripes Forever | 3:43 | |
| 3-9 | Midnight Local To Tate County | 5:53 | |
| Short Life Of Barbara Monk | |||
| 4-1 | I've Got You Under My Skin | 3:37 | |
| 4-2 | Una Matica De Ruda (Take 1) | 0:54 | |
| 4-3 | Artistry In Rhythm | 5:54 | |
| 4-4 | Una Matica De Ruda (Take 2) | 0:58 | |
| 4-5 | In Between | 4:06 | |
| 4-6 | Short Life Of Barbara Monk | 7:24 | |
| 4-7 | Impresario Of Death | 3:45 | |
| 4-8 | 23 Degrees North - 82 Degrees West | 2:44 | |
| 4-9 | Dark | 4:49 | |
| 4-10 | Vradlazi | 2:51 | |
| 4-11 | Pourquoi Laurent? | 4:31 | |
| Epistrophy | |||
| 5-1 | Epistrophy | ||
| 5-2 | Thelonious | ||
| 5-3 | April In Paris | ||
| 5-4 | Off Minor | ||
| 5-5 | Criss Cross | ||
| 5-6 | Reflections | ||
| 5-7 | Epistrophy | ||
| 5-8 | 'Round Around Midnight | ||
| 5-9 | Hornin' In | ||
| 5-10 | Just A Gigolo | ||
| 5-11 | Nice Work If You Can Get It | ||
| 5-12 | Ruby My Dear | ||
| 5-13 | Monk's Mood | ||
| 5-14 | Smoke Gets In Your Eyes | ||
| 5-15 | Eronel | ||
| 5-16 | Misterioso | ||
| 5-17 | Epistrophy | ||
| Unmarked Van (A Tribute To Sarah Vaughan) | |||
| 6-1 | Sarah | ||
| 6-2 | My Reverie | ||
| 6-3 | Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child | ||
| 6-4 | Tenderly (Take 1) | ||
| 6-5 | Make Yourself Comfortable | ||
| 6-6 | Tenderly (Take 2) | ||
| 6-7 | Solitary Sunday | ||
| 6-8 | My Man's Gone Now | ||
| 6-9 | Old Devil Moon | ||
| 6-10 | A Portrait Of Roy Haynes | ||
| 6-11 | Whatever Lola Wants | ||
| 6-12 | Wallflower Waltz | ||
| 6-13 | Tenderly (Take 3) | ||
| 6-14 | April (Take 1) | ||
| 6-15 | April (Take 2) | ||
| 6-16 | Call Me | ||
| 6-17 | Moonlight On The Ganges | ||
| 6-18 | The Girl From Ipanema | ||
| 6-19 | Stompin' At The Savoy | ||
| 6-20 | A Little Tear | ||
| 6-21 | Setembro | ||
| 6-22 | The Unmarked Van | ||
| 6-23 | Tenderly (Take 4) | ||
| Indian Winter | |||
| 7-1 | Spiral Staircase | ||
| 7-2 | You've Changed | ||
| 7-3 | Duality | ||
| 7-4 | Streetcar Named Desire | ||
| 7-5 | You And I | ||
| 7-6 | Merci Bon Dieu | ||
| 7-7 | Homage To Alfred Hitchcock | ||
| 7-8 | Georgia | ||
| 7-9 | When Marlon Meets Bird | ||
| 7-10 | Incident At Atocha (Blue Potato) | ||
| 7-11 | Madrid | ||
| 7-12 | Certi Angoli Segreti | ||
| 7-13 | Indian Winter | ||
| 7-14 | I Say A Little Prayer For You | ||
| 7-15 | Speak Low | ||
| 7-16 | Sadness | ||
| 7-17 | Baby Me Mine | ||
| 7-18 | Marqueson's Chicken | ||
| 7-19 | You've Changed | ||
| 7-20 | Mood Indigo | ||
| 7-21 | All Or Nothing At All | ||
| 7-22 | Hellelujah, I Love Her So | ||
| 7-23 | Brazil | ||
- Pick Up Studios
- Artwork [CD1 Front Cover], Design [CD 1], Layout [CD 2]
- Ed Felson
- Bass (4-1 to 4-11)
- Jon Hazilla
- Drums (4-1 to 4-11)
- Tiziano Tononi
- Drums, Congas, Percussion (6-7, 6-10, 6-18, 6-19)
- Dr Toby Mountain
- Edited By, Mastered By (4-1 to 4-11)
- David "Knife" Fabris
- Electric Guitar (7-1 to 7-23)
- Mark Wessel
- Engineer [Recording Assistant] (4-1 to 4-11)
- Rob Feaster
- Engineer [Recording Assistant] (4-1 to 4-11)
- Dave Baker
- Engineer [Recording] (3-1 to 3-9)
- Giancarlo Barigozzi
- Engineer [Recording] (1-1 to 2-12, 5-1 to 5-17)
- Gragg Lunsford
- Engineer [Recording] (4-1 to 4-11)
- Paolo Falascone
- Engineer [Recording] (6-1 to 7-23)
- Giovanni Bonandrini
- Executive-Producer (4-1 to 4-11), Producer (1-1 to 3-3, 5-1 to 6-23)
- Maria Bonandrini
- Layout [CD 6], Artwork [CD 7]
- Justin Freed
- Layout [CD 7], Photography By [CD 3 & 6 - Front Cover]
- Xerios
- Layout [CD5]
- Aldo Borrelli
- Mastered By (6-1 to 7-23)
- Gennaro Carone
- Mastered By (3-1 to 5-17)
- John D'Agostino
- Painting [CD 5 Front Cover]
- Elena Carminati
- Photography By [CD 1 Back Cover]
- Roberto Polillo
- Photography By [CD 2 Back Cover]
- Renzo Chiesa
- Photography By [CD 2 Front Cover]
- Jaki Byard
- Piano (1-1 to 1-7)
- Ran Blake
- Piano, Written-By (1-4, 2-1, 3-1, 3-4, 3-7, 3-9, 4-6, 4-7, 4-11, 6-1, 6-7, 6-22, 7-11, 7-13)
- Flavio Bonandrini
- Producer (7-1 to 7-23)
- Greg Silberman
- Producer (4-1 to 4-11), Producer [Assistant] (3-1 to 3-9)
- Houston Person
- Tenor Saxophone (3-1, 3-4, 3-7, 3-9)
- Ricky Ford
- Tenor Saxophone (4-1 to 4-11)
- Thelonious Monk
- Written-By (5-1, 5-2, 5-4 to 5-7, 5-9, 5-12, 5-13, 5-15 to 5-17)
