mrjazzman

the following are two excerpts from a May, 1939 Metronome article by William Costello about my Grandfather Lamar Wright Sr. titled Lammar Wright Hailed As Cab's 'Iron Man' I have often sat and listened to Wright hitting notes ranging from F above high _C to B-flat above high _C. I have heard him end various numbers on F above high F If you are interested in securing some records on which Lammar Wright plays some high notes, I would suggest that you hear Shout Shout; Three Swings And Out; When You're Smiling. Each record is a Decca, and on Shout Shout, Lammar hits a B-flat above high C.

he worked with earl bostic and buddy rich. he did a lot of local stuff and was pretty tight with stanley turrentine and milt jackson. my mother has said that sarah vaughan used to bounce me off her knee. last june while in new york, i visited joe gayles and while in his apartment spoke to dave burns on the phone. joe gayles is in his 80's and doing well. there is a brief bio of my dad at allmusic.com. the last gig i remember him having was in the house band of a female impersonator joint in the village. by the 70's he was out of music and working for the nyc sanitation dept. i believe one of his last recordings was a big band date with milt jackson. i am unaware of any recorded solos by him, if there are any out there, please let me know........mrjazzman

My Dad Elmon Wright, Raymond Orr, Dave Burns, Willie Cook, Matthew McKay and of course Diz made up the SCREAMING trumpet section(I don't think they were all together from beginning to end)of what was without question the best bop/afro-cuban big band there ever was. Of the group, only diz and burns were soloists. Check Dave Burns out on Warming Up and Dave Burns. At one point in time, Cab Calloway's trumpet section consisted of my Grandfather Lamar Wright Sr, Dizzy Gillespie and Mario Bauza. My uncle Lammar Wright Jr. played with Charlie Barnet. I'm sure everyone knows about the spitball story where diz threw a spitball from the bandstand that hit Cab in the head as he sat in the audience, he swore until his death that it was my Grandfather who threw that spitball. I had a huge laugh with him about that at the UC Berkeley Jazz Festival of many years ago.........mrjazzman

Boltz has some fine expandable cd storage units, but way to expensive. Anyone know of any alternatives????????

if you had asked me in '65 i probably could have given you an answer, or if you had included '63 or '64. imo the avant-garde section of his discography does not hold up today(although I got hooked on jazz by the promise and afro blue from "Live AT Birdland"). Today I prefer Blue Trane, A Love Supreme, Crescent, Giant Steps and The Bethlehem Years and his sideman work with miles over the avant garde stuff.............mrjazzman

Elmon Wright(tp), that was my dad. Thank you very much Chuck Nessa...........mrjazzman

what did chuck say about one of my favorites booker ervin?

Can anyone give me the personnell on this Dizzy Gillespie date, "Live At The Downbeat Club, Summer 1947 on JazzGuild. Is it his big band or a small group. Thanks........mrjazzman

my favorite slide playing/writing is on "A Day In Copenhagen", of course you get the added bonus of having my favorite ts player Dexter Gordon.........mrjazzman

Anybody have the 2-cd set "The Complete Sarah Vaughan, Live In Japan" on Mobile Fidelity, originally on Mainstream?..........mrjazzman

the trial version is free but the number of cd's you can input is limited. the full version is very affordable(don't remember the exact price, sorry)and worth every penny. i had tried a couple other programs and imo cd trustee is by far the best program for my limited needs. someone should do a side by side comparison and see if they agree with me go to base40.com................mrjazzman

this has probably already said but I like "Zoltan" from his best cd Unity..........mrjazzman

It's user friendlyness and simplicity. Wish I could be more specific.........mrjazzman

IMO CD Trustee is overall the best cataloging software out there. I know someone will disagree so lets hear it...........mrjazzman

If you haven't heard it, get it right away. "Cannonball In Europe" Cannonball is ripping up the place, he's on fire. When I heard it, I wanted to call the Fire Dept. and tell them smoke is coming from my cd player and to please send an engine to the International Jazz Festival in Complain-La-Tour, Belgium on August 5, 1962. I have all of Cannonball's titles on cd and this one has shot straight to the top of the list. IMO the audience at this set gives the best responses of any audience on his other live performances. Although there have been several good ones, IMO, Cannonball is the best extension of Bird. To all my fellow Cannonball lovers, this is a must listen, I guarntee you will like this one..............mrjazzman

OK, I figured out why I have a problem and it certainly does not reflect well on All Music.com. It seems AMG no longer fully supports a Netscape browser which is the one I primarily use. When I accessed the site via Internet Explorer I got everything as before, i.e., photos of the individual artists as well as album cover jpgs. ← as far as album jpg's are concerned, Wallmart has the best jpg's although their selection is somewhat limited...........

neveronfriday, that was a great analysis

Exactly. Frankly, I'm confused by this thread. All of the changes that AMG went through took place nearly a year ago. I wasn't fond of them then, and they're still annoying now, but it doesn't bother me much to use the site. If you're not a "member," then sign up and cookie yourself in. All access and no hassle re: passwords and stuff. Still one of the best (free) music resources on the net. ← The complaints confuse me too, I signed up for free once they introduced that option and find the site as quick and useful as ever. Then again, I am perfectly happy with a PC and IE. I guess I am easy to please. ← the best one or the only one.............

What I hat most is that on the old site when you put a unique, one of a kind title in the search engine it would take you right to that LP, now when you put the same info in the search engine you get back a long list and have to hunt for your LP. Most of the time its near the top of the list but not always

imo he didn't sustain what he achieved with forest flower............

I've only posted about 50 times. Im so busy listening to, researching and acquiring the music so when I do post Im usually looking for something I can't find anywhere else. Like "Before Dawn" by Yusef Lateef, "If", "Jazz Concert In A Benedictine Monastary, "Makatuka" and others by Dr Nathan Davis for instance. And lets not leave out the good old job. I've been blessed to come in contact with some of my fellow jazz lovers/posters who've sent me cd-r's of items I did'nt have and could find nowhere else. I really apreciate that. And of course I've reciprocated

useless sarcasm will get you nowhere with me

Does ANYBODY have the LP "Before Dawn" by Yusef Lateef. One gouger is selling it on half.com for can you believe $150.00..............

I don't know about you all but i think the revamped allmusic.com stinks, now comparison to the old site. i know someone will disagree so lets hear it.........mrjazzman

this is a no-brainer for me, its Miles with Dex coming a close second........