Some fierce Estonian jazz from tenor saxophonist Lembit Saarsalu
and pianist Leonid Vintskevich, whom I first saw rip off a chunk of spacetime at the University of Idaho's Lionel Hampton Jazz
Festival in 1989. This Russian LP on the Melodiya
label has a big dynamic range, and unfortunately is a tad crackly in the quiet bits. According
to the liner notes, it was recorded digitally in 1986, and Melodiya does offer
a CD reissue of the duo’s 1991 LP Blues
for the Night with bonus tracks; so just maybe out of the thousands of recordings
by thousands of artists in their back catalogue, one day they may see fit to
give this a proper digital reissue too.
I have cassette copies of Saarsalu and Vintskevich
performing at clinics at the LHJF in 1992 and 1997, which I’ll digitize and
post at a later date.
ВСЁ В ТЕБЕ (All of You) (Cole Porter)
ЭСТОНСКИЙ ДИАЛОГ (Estonia Dialogue) (Estonian folk
melody, arr. Saarsalu)
ВЕЧЕРНЯЯ МУЗЫКА (Night Music) (Saarsalu)
ПОЛЫНЬ-ТРАВА (Sagebrush-Grass) (Vintskevich)
ПЕСНЯ ДЛЯ ИРМЕЛИ (Song for Irmeli) (Saarsalu)
Я ЛЮБЛЮ ТЕБЯ (I Love You) (Cole Porter)
DISCLAIMER: To the best of my knowledge, this work is out of print and not available for purchase in any format. If you are the artist and are planning a reissue, please let me know and I’ll remove it from the blog. Also please get in touch if you’ve lost your art &/or sound masters and would like to talk with me about my restoration work.
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