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SPECIAL SUPPLEMANTAL
FOR
12" LP RELEASES AND REISSUES OF
“THE HARLEM JAZZ SCENE – 1941”


A plethora of reissue LPs followed the 1957 issuance of “The Harlem Jazz Scene – 1941” on Esoteric ES-548.  This partition displays the artwork on those 33⅓-rpm albums of the 1941 jam sessions at “Minton’s Playhouse” and Monroe’s “The Uptown House”.

Jerry Newman recorded a total of seven tracks of Charlie Christian on location.  Six of those tracks are included in some of the LPs listed below.  The seventh, a rendition of Stompin’ at the Savoy, has been released on only one CD:  “Charlie Christian • Volume 9” Masters of Jazz MJCD 189.
The imagines of the LPs are presented here grouped into categories according to track configuration.
Versions 1 & 2 albums include three tracks (without Charles) which are attributed to Dizzy Gillespie (DG).
Selected none-USA issues are included.

 


CONTENTS:

Version 1
8 tracks:  3 CC + 3 DG + 2 CC

  THE HARLEM JAZZ SCENE – 1941
    1957   ESOTERIC   ES-548   USA    
    1959   COUNTERPOINT   CPT-548   USA    
    1959   COUNTERPOINT   CPTS-5548   USA   stereo
    1969   GLOBE   MJ-7066   JPN    
    1972   NIPPON COLUMBIA   HR-101-EV   JPN    
    1975   NIPPON COLUMBIA   YW-7521-EV   JPN    
    1975   NIPPON COLUMBIA   YW-7581-EV   JPN    
    1981   NIPPON COLUMBIA   YS-7071-EV   JPN    
    1996   VENUS   TKJV-19013   JPN    
                 
  JAZZ SCENE 1941
    1964   VOGUE   LD 665-30   FRA    
                 
  CHARLIE CHRISTIAN AT MINTON'S
    1969   NIPPON COLUMBIA   SL-5001-EV   JPN    
                 
  CHARLIE CHRISTIAN — LIVE SESSIONS AT MINTON'S PLAYHOUSE • MAY 1941
    1976   JAZZ ANTHOLOGY   JA 5122   FRA    
                 
  THE GREAT DIZZY GILLESPIE, CHARLEY CHRISTIAN, THELONIOUS MONK
    1965   SOCIETY   SOC 996   ENG    
                 
  JAZZ IMMORTALS:  CHARLEY CHRISTIAN, DIZZY GILLESPIE, THELONIUS MONK
    1965   EVEREST   1233   USA   stereo
    1965   EVEREST   5233   USA    
                 
  IL JAZZ IMMORTALE DI CHARLEY CHRISTIAN & DIZZY GILLESPIE CON THELONIUS MONK
    1966   VEDETTE   VRM 36025   ITA    
    1966   VEDETTE   VRMS 325   ITA   stereo
                 
  THE ORIGINS OF THE MODERN JAZZ
    1969   VEDETTE   VPA 8095   ITA   stereo
                 
  THE ORIGINS OF MODERN JAZZ
    1975   QUADRIFOGLIO   VDS 327   ITA   stereo
                 
  CHARLIE CHRISTIAN
    1969   EVEREST   FM-119   USA    
    1969   EVEREST   FS-219   USA   stereo
    1972   BELLAPHON   BJS 4042   GER   stereo
                 
  LES ENREGISTREMENTS HISTORIQUES DE CHARLIE CHRISTIAN
    1974   VOGUE   CMDEVR 9738   FRA   stereo
                 


Version 2
8 tracks:  5 CC + 3 DG

  LES ENREGISTREMENTS HISTORIQUES DU MINTON’S
    1974   SWING   CLDE. 890   FRA    
                 


Version 3
5 tracks:  2 CC + 2 DG + 1 CC

  CHARLIE CHRISTIAN WITH DIZZY GILLESPIE & THELONIOUS MONK
    1975   UPFRONT   UPF-181   USA   stereo
                 


Version 4
5 CC tracks

  THE IMMORTAL CHARLEY CHRISTIAN
    1965   PRESTO   PRE 640   ENG    
    1968   SAGA   SOC 1036   ENG    
                 
  CHARLEY CHRISTIAN AT MINTON'S
    1974   SAGA   6919   ENG    
                 


Version 5
6 CC tracks

  CHARLIE CHRISTIAN — 1941 LIVE SESSIONS
    1982   VOGUE   500114   FRA    
                 

 

records listed in the various versions/categories have no definite relationship to one another aside from the track sequencing within

CD sidebar:

  These five CDs (not included here) also fall into the
      Version 1  (8 tracks:   3 CC + 3 DG + 2 CC) category:
    CHARLEY CHRISTIAN – JAZZ IMMORTAL
      CD   1984   NIPPON COLUMBIA   35C38-7223   JPN  
      CD   1987   NIPPON COLUMBIA   30CY-1436   JPN  
    CHARLIE CHRISTIAN — LIVE SESSIONS AT MINTON'S PLAYHOUSE • MAY 1941
      CD   1989   JAZZ ANTHOLOGY   550012   FRA  
    CHARLIE CHRISTIAN — SWING TO BOP
      CD   1993   NATASHA IMPORTS   NI-4020   USA  
    CHARLIE CHRISTIAN — NEW YORK • 5-15-41
      CD   2002   BLUE MOON DISCS   008   USA  

  Only LPs are in the Versions 2 thru 5 categories

  These six CDs (no LPs) are grouped as
      Version 6  (9 tracks:   6 CC + 3 DG) category:
    THE HARLEM JAZZ SCENE – 1941
      CD   1991   CENTURY   CECC 00376   JPN  
      CD   1995   VENUS   TKCZ-79502   JPN  
      CD   1996   VENUS   TKCZ-36013   JPN  
    CHARLIE CHRISTIAN / DIZZY GILLESPIE – 1941 HISTORICAL PERFORMANCES
      CD   1987   VOGUE   600135   FRA  
    CHARLIE CHRISTIAN / DIZZY GILLESPIE – AFTER HOURS
      CD   2000   FANTASY / ESOTERIC   OJCCD-1932-2   USA  
    CHARLEY CHRISTIAN – JAZZ IMMORTAL
      CD   2015   SSJ   XQAM-1638   JPN  

  These five CDs (no LPs) are grouped as
      Version 7  (10 tracks:   2 CC + 1 DG + 2 CC + 5 DG) category:
    THE IMMORTAL CHARLEY CHRISTIAN
      CD   1992   LEGACY   373   USA  
      CD   1993   LASERLIGHT / DELTA MUSIC   17 032   USA  
    THE IMMORTAL CHARLIE CHRISTIAN LIVE AT MINTON’S
      CD   1993   CMA JAZZ   CM 15001   GER  
    CHARLIE CHRISTIAN — SWING 2 BOP
      CD   2000   MASTERSONG   50354 2   AUL  
    DIZZY GILLESPIE FEATURING CHARLIE CHRISTIAN
      CD   2003   GRAMMERCY   0156 2   USA  

 

 

 

Version 1
8 tracks:  3 CC + 3 DG + 2 CC

A B
Topsy (Swing to Bop) Star Dust
Stompin’ at The Savoy Kerouac
Honeysuckle Rose (Up on Teddy’s Hill) Star Dust
  I Got Rhythm (Guy’s Got to Go)
  Stompin’ at The Savoy (Lips Flips)


THE HARLEM JAZZ SCENE – 1941

     
 

The original 12" LP of Jerry Newman’s “After Hours” recordings

 
 

“Charley Christian – Jazz Immortal”

 
             
  ESOTERIC   ES-548  

 

 
         
  1957      
         
  USA      
             
     

 

 
             
  Notes by Leonard Feather  
     


(same title as above)

     
 

reissue of above Esoteric album on its renamed label

 
             
  COUNTERPOINT   CPT-548      
         
  1959      
         
  USA      
             
         
             
         
             
     

later record label

 
             
  Notes by Leonard Feather  
     


(same title as above)

     
 

“stereo” version of above Counterpoint LP

 
             
  COUNTERPOINT   CPTS-5548      
         
  1959      
         
  USA      
             
         
             
  Notes by Leonard Feather  
     


(same title as above)

     
 

first of many Japanese reissues

 
  GLOBE   MJ-7066          
         
  1969      
         
  JPN      
         
             
       
             
  Notes in Japanese  
     


(same title as above)

     
 

Japanese reissue

 
             
  NIPPON COLUMBIA   HR-101-EV      
         
  1972      
         
  JPN      
             
         
             
         
             
             
  Notes by Leonard Feather (in English)  
     


(same title as above)

     
 

Japanese reissue

 
 

Everest Jazz Library”

 
             
  NIPPON COLUMBIA   YW-7521-EV      
         
  1975      
         
  JPN      
             
         
             
         
             
      insert sheet  
             
  Sleeve notes by Leonard Feather (in English)
Sheet insert in Japanese
 
     


(same title as above)

     
 

Japanese reissue

 
 

Everest Jazz Evergreens”

 
             
  NIPPON COLUMBIA   YW-7581-EV      
         
  1975      
         
  JPN      
             
         
             
         
             
      insert sheet  
             
  Sleeve notes by Leonard Feather (in English)
Sheet insert in Japanese
 
     


(same title as above)

     
 

Japanese reissue

 
  “Jazz Essential Collection 1800”  
             
  NIPPON COLUMBIA   YS-7071-EV    
       
  1981    
       
  JPN    
             
         
             
       
             
  Notes by Leonard Feather (in English)  
     


(same title as above)

     
 

Japanese reissue of Counterpoint CPT-548

 
 

“Venus Hyper Magnum Sound LP Collection”

 
             
  VENUS  TKJV-19013    
       
  1996    
       
  JPN    
             
  Sleeve notes by Leonard Feather (in English)
Sheet insert in Japanese
 
     

 

JAZZ SCENE 1941

     
 

first European reissue

 
  “15ème Anniversaire des Disques Vogue, Vol. 53”  
             
  VOGUE   LD 665-30      
         
  1964      
         
  FRA      
             
       
             
  Sleeve notes in French, English, German  
     

 

CHARLIE CHRISTIAN AT MINTON'S

     
 

Japanese reissue

 
  single-LP gatefold  
             
  NIPPON COLUMBIA   SL-5001-EV      
         
  1969      
         
  JPN      
             
         
             
       
             
         
             
         
             
  6-page, 12x12" attached booklet includes CC singles/LPs discography
Notes in Japanese
 
     

 

CHARLIE CHRISTIAN — LIVE SESSIONS AT MINTON'S PLAYHOUSE • MAY 1941

     
 

French reissue

 
             
  JAZZ ANTHOLOGY   JA 5122      
         
  1976      
         
  FRA      
             
         
             
  Sleeve notes by Frank Tenot in French and English  
     

 

THE GREAT DIZZY GILLESPIE, CHARLEY CHRISTIAN, THELONIOUS MONK

     
 

British reissue

 
             
  SOCIETY   SOC 996      
         
  1965      
         
  ENG      
             
         
             
      alternate record label with parent Saga logo  
         
             
  Sleeve notes by Leonard Feather  
     

 

JAZZ IMMORTALS:  CHARLEY CHRISTIAN, DIZZY GILLESPIE, THELONIUS MONK

     
 

reissues of Esoteric/Counterpoint material by new owner, Everest Records

 
             
  EVEREST   5233      
         
  1965      
         
  USA      
             
         
             
     
 

“stereo” version:

 
             
  EVEREST   1233  “stereo”      
         
  1965      
         
  USA      
             
         
             
  Sleeve notes by Leonard Feather  
     


(same title as above)

     
 

Australian release of Everest 5233 above

 
             
  W & G   WG-25/5233      
         
  1968      
         
  AUL      
      Everest 5233 album sleeve imported for use on this release  
             
         
             
  Sleeve notes by Leonard Feather
Label subsidiary of White & Gillespie Pty Ltd, Melbourne
 
     

 

IL JAZZ IMMORTALE DI CHARLEY CHRISTIAN & DIZZY GILLESPIE CON THELONIUS MONK

     
 

Italian reissue

 
             
  VEDETTE   VRM 36025
VEDETTE   VRMS 325
  “stereo”
     
         
  1966      
         
  ITA      
             
       
             
         
             
  Sleeve notes in Italian  
     

 

THE ORIGIN OF THE MODERN JAZZ   (l’origine del jazz moderno)

     
  gatefold reissue of Vedette VRMS 325  
  “serie jazz”  
             
  VEDETTE   VPA 8095  “stereo”          
         
  1969      
         
  ITA      
         
             
       
             
  Liner notes by Leonard Feather, in English, also translated to Italian  
     

 

THE ORIGINS OF MODERN JAZZ

     
  reissue of Vedette VPA 8095 (w/o gatefold)  
             
  QUADRIFOGLIO   VDS 327
                                 “stereo”
     
         
  1975      
         
  ITA      
             
       
             
  Liner notes by Leonard Feather, in English and also translated to Italian
Quadrifoglio International is a subsidiary of Vedette Records
 
     

 

CHARLIE CHRISTIAN

     
 

reissue of Everest 5233 / 1233 above

 
  “Archive of Folk & Jazz Music”  
 

“Jazz Series”

 
             
  EVEREST   FM-119 *
EVEREST   FS-219
  “stereo”
  Electronically Enhenced for STEREO Effect   Electronically Enhenced for STEREO Effect  
         
  1967      
         
  USA      
             
         
             
      later record labels  
         
             
  Sleeve notes by Leonard Feather
* FM-119 (regular mono version) probably exists on paper only and was never actually released
 
     


(same title as above)

     
  German reissue of Everest FS-219 above  
  “Jazz Revival” series  
             
  BELLAPHON   BJS 4042  “stereo”    
       
  1972    
       
  GER    
             
      STEREO printed on record label  
             
  Sleeve notes by Leonard Feather  
     

 

LES ENREGISTREMENTS HISTORIQUES DE CHARLIE CHRISTIAN

     
 

French remake of Everest 5233

 
 

“The Many Faces of Jazz vol. 20”

 
             
  VOGUE   CMDEVR 9738  “stereo”      
         
  1974      
         
  FRA      
             
         
             
  “Mode Serie”
Sleeve notes in French
 
     

 

 

Version 2
8 tracks:  5 CC + 3 DG

A B
Topsy (Swing to Bop) I Got Rhythm (Guy’s Got to Go)
Stompin’ at The Savoy Stompin’ at The Savoy (Lips Flips)
Honeysuckle Rose (Up on Teddy’s Hill) Star Dust
  Kerouac
  Star Dust



LES ENREGISTREMENTS HISTORIQUES DU MINTON’S – CHARLIE CHRISTIAN AT MINTON’S

     
 

“Jazz Story” series

 
 

“stereo universelle”

 
             
  SWING   CLDE. 890      
         
  1974      
         
  FRA      
             
         
             
  Sleeve notes in French and English  
     

 

 

Version 3
5 tracks:  2 CC + 2 DG + 1 CC

A B
Stompin’ at The Savoy Star Dust
Honeysuckle Rose (Up on Teddy’s Hill) Kerouac
  I Got Rhythm (Guy’s Got to Go)



CHARLIE CHRISTIAN WITH DIZZY GILLESPIE & THELONIOUS MONK

     
 

An unusual release sans Topsy / Swing to Bop

 
 

“stereo”

 
             
  UPFRONT   UPF-181      
         
  1975      
         
  USA      
             
         
             
  no liner notes, only (inaccurate) personnel list
TT = 30:39
 
     

 

 

Version 4
5 CC tracks

A B
Topsy (Swing to Bop) Stompin’ at The Savoy
Honeysuckle Rose (Up on Teddy’s Hill) I Got Rhythm (Guy’s Got to Go)
  Stompin’ at The Savoy (Lips Flips)



THE IMMORTAL CHARLEY CHRISTIAN

     
 

sans Dizzy tracks

 
             
  PRESTO   PRE 640      
         
  1965      
         
  ENG      
             
     

initial record label

 
         
             
     

re-pressing record label

 
         
             
     

final-pressing record label

 
         
     
  Sleeve notes:  4 brief anonymous paragraphs  
     


(same title as above)

     
 

reissue of Presto PRE 640 above

 
             
  SAGA   SOC 1036      
         
  1968      
         
  ENG      
             
         
             
  (same brief notes as on above release)  
     

 

CHARLEY CHRISTIAN AT MINTON’S

     
 

reissue of Presto and Saga above

 
 

“Immortal Sessions” series

 
             
  SAGA   6919      
         
  1974      
         
  ENG      
             
         
             
  (same brief notes as on above release)  
     

 

 

Version 5
6 CC tracks

A B
Topsy (Swing to Bop) Honeysuckle Rose (Up on Teddy’s Hill)
Stompin’ at The Savoy I Got Rhythm (Down on Teddy’s Hill)
  I Got Rhythm (Guy’s Got to Go)
  Stompin’ at The Savoy (Lips Flips)



CHARLIE CHRISTIAN — 1941 LIVE SESSIONS

     
 

Finally, an album with all six Minton’s / Monroe’s tracks

 
 

“Jazz Legacy” series № 64

 
             
  VOGUE   500114      
         
  1982      
         
  FRA      
             
         
             
  Jazz Legacy series produced by André Vidal
notes in French by André Clergeat;  also translated to English
 
     

 



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