Woody Shaw / Dexter Gordon / Kenny Clarke
"Return of the Masters"
7th Annual University of Pittsburgh Jazz Concert
Pittsburgh, Pensylvania (USA), Carnegie Music Hall
October 22, 1977


CD1/55:57 - from the workshops

1. Introduction by Billy Taylor (5:05)

WOODY SHAW (t) w/James Johnson Jr (p), Hideo Shimaro (b), Ikira Suzui (d)
2. Introduction by Woody Shaw (0:27)
3. Au Privave (Charlie Parker) 7:39
4. Woody speaks (3:37)
5. Autumn Leaves (Kosma-Prevert-Mercer) 6:09
6. Woody speaks (1:41)
7. Oleo (Sonny Rollins) 5:06

8. Billy Taylor Announcement (1:42)

KENNY CLARKE (d) w/Abe Laboriel (elb)
9. Kenny Clarke speaks & plays (7:50)

10. Billy Taylor Announcement (1:01)

DEXTER GORDON (ts) w/James Johnson Jr (p), Hideo Shimaro (b), Ikira Suzui (d)
11. Dexter speaks (2:53)
12. Blues In B-Flat (12:10)

13. Billy Taylor Announcement (0:32)


CD2/27:04 - from the evening concert

1. Billy Taylor Introduction (0:57)
2. Stage Intro by Ray Coleman (0:31)

Woody Shaw - trumpet
Dextor Gordon - tenor sax
Nathan Davis - soprano sax (#4 only)
Terry Pollard - vibes
Mike Longo - piano
Abraham Laboriel - electric bass
Kenny Clarke - drums

3. Oleo (Sonny Rollins) 13:58
4. It's You Or No One (10:18)

5. Outro by Billy Taylor (1:18)


TT: 83:01

Sound: A-/B+
Source: NPR "Jazz Alive!" (host: Billy Taylor)
Lineage: FM > ? > dime > FLAC > WAV > Cool Edit Pro > FLAC (8,asb,verify)

:: ubu's edits:
- deleted silence at beginning of CD1#1
- fixed marks
- move mark CD1#9/10: -2sec
- move mark CD2#1/2: -2sec
- move mark CD2#2/3: -6sec


:: original notes ::

Disc 1 is from the seminar part of the event where the musicians talk and play with the university students. Disc 2 contains two songs from the post-seminar concert. The entire torrent is just 3 minutes too long to fit on one CD but I decided to leave any editing up to the listener.

For more information about the Pitt Jazz Semianr:
http://www.pitt.edu/~pittjazz/

Sound quality: B; the lower-quality master tape had a lot of dropouts and some high frequency roll off. I corrected the most serious problems with judicious use of digital editing. The results are very listenable, I think.

FM > reel > DAT > Sound Blaster Audigy Platinum Ex > Cool Edit 2000 > WAV > FLAC (level 6)

Additional notes:

- playback deck: Technics RS-1506US
- DAT recorder: Sony DTC-59ES