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How about “Morris Grant Presents J.U.N.K” (or something like that) - has anyone heard that??
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That “On Mike” LP was my introduction to the Pacific Jazz catalog. Picked it up for a buck at the cut out bin at Grant’s in small town western PA in the early ‘60’s. Don’t think I realized at the time that most of the tracks were edited versions of the originals, which as we know with Richard Bock, the original versions were also pretty much edited. Edited versions of edited versions. Nonetheless, a terrific overview of the entire catalog.
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At the University of Pittsburgh, 8:00, free. Part of the University’s annual Jazz seminar - this is the 52nd year.
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Mastersounds.
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Seeing the name Frances Wayne made me realize I have her Atlantic album on one of those odd Collectables CDs - the ones that seem to pair two unrelated albums (in this case it’s with Jack Wilson) and I’ve never played her portion! Going to pull it out right now.
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The first time I caught Lewis (with the original trio) was in 1964, at Leo’s Casino, on Euclid Ave., in Cleveland. This was just before ‘The In Crowd,’ but, by then, he had that formula In place. Their big number at the time was ‘Something You Got.’ (It was a double bill, with Roland Kirk - Horace Parlan on piano - and the emcee was Flip Wilson.) (Those were the days!)
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And, its coming back to me, Mundell Lowe’s “More TV Action Jazz,” of course.
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Thanks! I’ll track that down. The CD era saw lots of reconfiguring, it’s been nice to hear stuff that you grew up with in a new way…. But I try to hang on to the original versions ( Mingus Ah Um, Miles at the Blackhawk), not sure I need to hear all those base solos on Monk at the It Club…
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The original CD release of the album was reconfigured, with Evans himself involved. Different mix, tunes were lengthened or shortened, maybe some additions or omissions (not sure about that…). Seemed like a good idea at the time. But has this ever been reissued in its original form?
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Right, ‘Ring-a-Ding Ding,’ Sinatra.
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The first jazz album I bought with my own money was ‘Steamin’ With the Miles Davis Quintet.’ Ralph Gleason gave it a rave review in “Stereo Review” (or whatever it was named then), so I took a chance. Other early purchases were ‘Ugetsu,’ ‘Herbie Mann at the Village Gate,’ ‘Ornette on Tenor,’ Sonny Rollins’ ‘What’s New’ and ‘Ring-a-Ding Ding.’ All still in frequent rotation.
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There were a couple versions of ‘Gravy Waltz’....
And, of course, Shelly Manne’s ‘My Fair Lady’ - that was in a lot of ‘50”s LP collections. Did anyone mention ‘Walk on the Wild Side, part l?’
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So, now a mono version of “My Favorite Things” is out. I have a copy arriving this afternoon and am anxious for the explanation.
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Checked the Lord discography, you’re correct. There probably should be an Ed Shaughnessy thread!
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Ed Shaughnessy was a hell of a drummer, his name rarely comes up. Typical strong work on the Basie ‘Command’ albums.
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Back in the late ‘60’s, near the end of his long reign with the Pittsburgh Symphony, William Steinberg programmed all the Mahler symphonies, and the audience would groan. Not Mahler! Now, of course, the audience loves them! (Not sure what brings groans from the audience today. Maybe Bruckner.)
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Regarding “Trying to Get Home...” “New Perspective” was sort of a fluke hit, and, if I recall the notes correctly, Nat Hentoff says that this was a sincere effort by Byrd, not some attempt to jump on the current soul/gospel bandwagon. I would say the follow up - “Trying...” - IS a concious attempt to jump on that bandwagon! The cover pretty much says it, along with the “funkier” lineup. (Good enough album, but doesn’t stand up to the original.)
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Annie Ross was in Superman lll, the one with Richard Pryor. Think she was a villain. Lousy movie.
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A couple of those ‘Jasmine’ reissues of Jimmy Deuchar’s ‘Tempo’ material, and Stan Getz, “Children of the World,” which hasn’t gotten any better over the years.
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Nathan sort of held up the release of that Larry Young Resonance album - most of the material on it was from his dates, he hired Young as a sideman. Eventually the label agreed to acknowledge this, which cleared the way. (Not that Resonance needed his permission, but at this point Nathan had established a relationship with Michael Cuscuna, so they hashed it out.)
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I always lumped Crown with those other supermarket budget labels, but they served a purpose. If my memory is correct (and it might not be), the Charlie Parker Dial material, unavailable for years, came out in the early ‘60’s on a couple LP’s on one of those labels, maybe Baronet or Crown. (One of the titles was “A Handful of Modern Jazz.) But the tunes were mislabeled, so for years I thought Ornithology was Max is Making Wax.
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One thing I never got about the label is that somehow Dick Schory was involved - maybe through another label he owned? (Dick Schory, the guy with those percussion albums in the ‘50’s that you’d use to demonstrate your new stereo.)
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Avakian produced that 1963 recording of the original Benny Goodman quartet (“Together Again!”) for RCA, and (as he often did), wrote the liner notes.
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I put on one of those Harper Brothers ‘Verve’ albums the other day, but it wore me out after a couple tunes.
Grant Green: "Iron City"
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This should be the final word!