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Much the same vein as the earlier Crown "Jazz Surprise".Possibly Modern/RPM sourced.like many budget records,no one knows the source. Here is some discussion from around the web about it http://groups.google.com/group/rec.music.bluenote/browse_thread/thread/d1a36d916f6d7693/63b84db2287d40a9%3Fq%3D%2522Collette%2BSessions%2522%2363b84db2287d40a9&ei=iGwTS6eaOpW8Qpmqic0O&sa=t&ct=res&cd=1&source=groups&usg=AFQjCNFMrpisENJTrDg8jtiskB7ny8fouQ http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?/topic/46378-extreme-crown-wcj-discovery%26%233/ http://www.thejukejoint.com/mojagrbycoja.html Roger ________________________________ From: Peter Hirsch <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 5:42 PM Subject: [ARSCLIST] Discographical questions I have some items in hand with murky discographic trails that I am hoping to unscramble, if possible. Item number one: and LP Crown Records CLP 5212 "Modern Jazz Greats" with "The Continental Jazz Octette" I am assuming that this is a west coast group of players, given the presence of Shorty Rogers "Popo", Gerry Mulligan's "Soft Shoe" and Chet Baker's "Freeway" plus they sound like it. There are no personnel or venues on the jacket. The back is, in fact, a list of all the Crown releases, with no notes at all; the sort of thing you used to find at the supermarket or discount store. Crown's address, 1435 S. La Cienega Blvd., LA, is at the bottom, which further adds to my conviction of it's location of origin. I checked my CD-ROM (a very old version - 3.3) of Lord and it is there, but with no more info and I can find no other release of these same tunes together, so it may be an original recording and it is not all that bad. I'd be curious to know if anyone has deeper knowledge of who is concealed behind "The Continental Jazz Octette" Second on my list is a CD on the Regis/Forum label (FRC 6108), "Kenton Classics". Each tune is identified as to what year it came out and any solo singer is also noted, but no more than that. The recordings span 1943-51. I would like to link the tracks to specific dates and personnel. Thirdly is another CD with similar problems, Past Perfect 204354-203 - "Claude Thornhill - Snowfall". Tunes and vocalists are listed and there is a notation "No detailed informations available" at the end of the track list on this Japanese production. All of the tunes were recorded multiple times by Thornhill and with the same vocalists. I don't find mention of either this or the previous CD in my copy of Lord, though it may have made it into more recent releases. Help. I realize that I am probably staring into a black hole, but you never know. Thanks, Peter Hirsch