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Shirley Scott--Plays Horace Silver (Prestige, Stereo)
Finally found this album. Combining two of my favorites! Ridiculously good.
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I hope these issue are legit and related to what's below. Back in February, I did an entry about Horo on my blog and got the following comment:
I was assistant producer at HORO Records for several years, when I was in my teens. Aldo Sinesio, the producer, is on the verge of reissuing most of the HORO catalogue on CD, and I will produce the reissues. Lonehill Records has just ripped off a Teddy Wilson record from HORO, so, in order to avoid other "fakes" (the guys at Lonehill have just copied an LP), the catalogue wll be reissued almost in its entirety. Within May/June a series of recordings live by Freddie Hubbard, and an unissued recording, by pianist Dave Burrell and legendary drummer Sam Woodyard, will be out. I think you're the first person to get the news...
Cordially yours, Gianni Morelenbaum Gualberto
Of course, we're considerably beyond May/June at this point, but I hope this is the beginning of the reissue program Gianni was talking about.
Again, we have to refer to this quote -- are they boots? Don't know yet.
Maybe Sinesio's reissues are still in the works, and these are just the "fakes" to which he refers.
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"Apparently no one's read it yet"
well, that's never stopped me in the past - I'll give it an 8.6. Nice cover, good blurbs, readable typeface. I only wish they'd spelled "Klactovedesteene" correctly.
and it weighs a lot less than the Ladnier book.
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Is it considered a lame rip-off every time someone records a Beethoven Symphony?
Bertrand.
The difference, of course, is being able to listen directly to the composer's own recordings.
In the case of the Herbie Nichols Project, just to name one, that is not an option.
There are many ill-planned tribute albums out there, and they annoy me, but there are also many fine works that sometimes do better justice to the body of a composer's work than any of the haphazardly produced recordings the composer himself may have made.
A Cal Massey 'tribute', gathering in one place all of his wonderful pieces currently scattered among various recordings by others, is long overdue. His own record hardly does justice to his talents.
BTW, when the term 'tribute' is used for a recording that is really intended as an overview of a composer's work, that already makes me nervous.
Bertrand.
Well those also aren't the "tributes" that people consider lame rip-offs.
For the record, I completely agree with you, just wanted to account for that. Obviously I think those are fantastic projects.
In Kelley's Monk book, he repeatedly says that Monk didn't encourage people to record his tunes. He wanted people to play their own music. That being said, I enjoy many Monk "tributes." Sometimes another artist's performance of someone else's compositions brings something new to it, even if it has been recorded before by the artist himself.
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Is it considered a lame rip-off every time someone records a Beethoven Symphony?
Bertrand.
The difference, of course, is being able to listen directly to the composer's own recordings.
In the case of the Herbie Nichols Project, just to name one, that is not an option.
There are many ill-planned tribute albums out there, and they annoy me, but there are also many fine works that sometimes do better justice to the body of a composer's work than any of the haphazardly produced recordings the composer himself may have made.
A Cal Massey 'tribute', gathering in one place all of his wonderful pieces currently scattered among various recordings by others, is long overdue. His own record hardly does justice to his talents.
BTW, when the term 'tribute' is used for a recording that is really intended as an overview of a composer's work, that already makes me nervous.
Bertrand.
Well those also aren't the "tributes" that people consider lame rip-offs.
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Is it considered a lame rip-off every time someone records a Beethoven Symphony?
Bertrand.
The difference, of course, is being able to listen directly to the composer's own recordings.
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$723! That's $72.30 per CD of course. Jesus.
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We just cancelled cable, in favor of a digital converter box and antennae. Before buying the Roku box, we decided to try out the laptop connections. We tried one cable that didn't work because our laptops weren't compatible. But we just got a different VGA converter, and the results are fantastic. It only costs $30, and Netflix, Hulu or whatever looks perfect on our TV screen. I think it is still superior to the Roku for the ability to do anything online, and it's also cheaper.
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has he responded? Did you use his UC email?
Yes, he responded and I did indeed use his UC email.
USC?
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As far as I know, he wrote a lot more music that was never recorded. I think Roswell Rudd and/or Steve Lacy have recorded all of his unheard compositions, though. I also have a Vic Dickenson record that features him. I haven't read the great Mosaic booklet in a while, but as I recall Nichols really struggled, forced to play dixie gigs to get by.
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Those are great, but that should only be done to LPs that are already damaged (skips, warps, etc.)!
Well, I'm doing my Buddy Bolden tomorrow.
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Those are great, but that should only be done to LPs that are already damaged (skips, warps, etc.)!
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Yeah, I've done the Ebay thing, and it's definitely the best buck for your bang, but it takes some time to list, package, and send, of course. A couple weeks ago I was able to get rid of about 20 more LPs I had digital copies of or just don't like anymore using the same method and approach as Hot Ptah. Another option, of course, is to list them here! We'll give you fair offers. I believe this worked out pretty well for Dan Gould.
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Thanks MG. This will come in handy.
Well done, sir. Fantasy should hire you!
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At first I thought you people were talking about that pop psychologist Dr. Laura Schlesinger. ... Whew.
Read the article at AAJ. Doesn't really shed much light one way or the other, seems to me.
The article makes a lot of sense in light of the way Kelley presents certain things in his book, but I can see how it would be largely "?" if you don't have access to a copy.
Yes, perhaps. Although I would point out Schlesinger herself states she didn't read the entire book at the time she wrote the piece. My takeaway from her article is that she wanted to correct some of Kelley's misuse of terms, but then goes on to make suppositions about Monk's mental state herself that seem loosely grounded. Sort of a "could be this, could be that," kind of thing. And really, that's probably the best that can be managed at this point.
Is there any indication in the footnotes that Kelley consulted with a psychologist during the writing of the book?
Yeah, seriously. With that article and most of this thread, to be frank, I feel like I've shown up to class eager to discuss after working hard on my homework, and the ones dominating class discussion didn't read it. She also misspelled Kelley's name twice. It struck me as a poorly thought out rant that should not have been published, even on an online site like that. It is unfortunate considering how fantastic some articles on AAJ are, like Clifford's.
Perhaps because the ones that have read his book are impressed and satisfied with it.
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At first I thought you people were talking about that pop psychologist Dr. Laura Schlesinger. ... Whew.
Read the article at AAJ. Doesn't really shed much light one way or the other, seems to me.
The article makes a lot of sense in light of the way Kelley presents certain things in his book, but I can see how it would be largely "?" if you don't have access to a copy.
Yes, perhaps. Although I would point out Schlesinger herself states she didn't read the entire book at the time she wrote the piece. My takeaway from her article is that she wanted to correct some of Kelley's misuse of terms, but then goes on to make suppositions about Monk's mental state herself that seem loosely grounded. Sort of a "could be this, could be that," kind of thing. And really, that's probably the best that can be managed at this point.
Is there any indication in the footnotes that Kelley consulted with a psychologist during the writing of the book?
Yeah, seriously. With that article and most of this thread, to be frank, I feel like I've shown up to class eager to discuss after working hard on my homework, and the ones dominating class discussion didn't read it. She also misspelled Kelley's name twice. It struck me as a poorly thought out rant that should not have been published, even on an online site like that. It is unfortunate considering how fantastic some articles on AAJ are, like Clifford's.
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The liner notes for the original album were written by André Hodeir (mispelled Hodier
).Ohdear!
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During the talk you heard, I take it?
No, in the book.
I think I remember reading Kelley saying it was surprising he hadn't been diagnosed with that considering how often it was misdiagnosed that way at that time, specifically for African American patients.
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During the talk you heard, I take it?
No, in the book.
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she's also dead on in terms of the way people used to get labeled as "paranoid schizophrenic" (and variations thereof) in the 50s, 60s and even into the 70s. (No matter how inaccurate the label, it was a common catchall at that time...)
That's what Kelley said.
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NP: Harvey Milk--My Love Is Higher Than Your Assessment of What My Love Could Be (Chunklet reissue)
Chuck, I'd be really interested to find if you hear any similarities between this album and that Leo Smith record. Might be a stretch, but I do. Both groups break into their respective genres, of course. The deal is my roommate is really into metal, so he we are sharing by spinning favorite discs. I think Shawn might be into this, coming from a metal perspective.
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Charlie Rouse--Epistrophy: The Last Concert, Recorded in San Francisco at the Thelonious Monk Birthday Tribute of the 1988 Jazz in the City Festival (Landmark)
Leo Smith--Spirit Catcher (Nessa N-19)
Carmell Jones and Randy Weston Selects in "Running Low"
in Mosaic and other box sets...
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What can't you stand about Uhuru?