JOHN BLAKE QUARTET

Chestnut Cabaret
Philadelphia, PA

1986-10-02 (early and late shows)

opening for Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers

John Blake : violin
Gerald Veasley : electric bass guitar
Millard "Pete" Vinson : drums
James "Sid" Simmons : piano

s1tr00. MC intro
s1tr01. Todos Mis Ninos
s1tr02. The Other Side Of The World
s1tr03. Genesis
s1tr04. Con Alma (D. Gillespie) {trio, no drums}
s1tr05. Twinkling Of An Eye
s2tr01. Movin' Up
s2tr02. Song For John And Carrie
s2tr03. Maiden Dance
s2tr04. Ocean Walking

TT : approx. 100:25


Song Notes:
s1tr01, 02; s2tr01, 03 from his album Maiden Dance
s1tr03, 04, 05; s2tr02, 04 from his album Twinkling Of An Eye

Musicians:
http://johnblakejr.com/
http://www.geraldveasley.com/
http://jazztimes.com/sections/news/articles/26796-philadelphia-jazz-pianist-james-sid-simmons-dies
http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/inthemix/John-Blake-Jr-Philadelphia-jazz-violinist-and-educator-dies.html
http://www.npr.org/blogs/ablogsupreme/2014/08/21/330762396/remembering-jazz-violinist-john-blake-jr
(includes a link to the NPR stream of his interview/performance on Dr. Billy Taylor's Jazz at the Kennedy Center)


Recording Notes:
Repaired a couple of pops/clicks in set1
Some very brief full dropouts in s1tr02 were patched


Source Notes:
- a 'billydee' Soundboard Beta/PCM Master

Recording lineage:
Soundboard (full mix) > Sony PCM-F1 (@16bit) > Beta video recorder
Transfer:
Sony Beta video deck > Modified Sony 601EsD PCM digital out > Edirol R-44 (DC offset removed)
Editing:
WAV >
Audition 3 (edits, pop repairs/patch, fades, level adjustments) >
Trader's Little Helper > FLAC (level 8, sectors aligned)

these are 16bit/44.1kHz flac files

from billydee:
"Special thanks to Nicky C & WR for doing the PCM transfers and related processing."

from bomb:
Thanks to billydee for recording and bringing this back for us and to goody for the extra magic (patch fix)