DukeCity Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 I came across a bunch of recordings sheets. Here's a Howard McGhee album I produced Dec. 8, 1961. ...and here's the detailed session sheet: Thanks for posting these, Chris! Under "Additonal expenses" there's $350 for "arrangements". Do you have any recollection as to who did the arrangements? How involved the charts were (for a quintet doing what looks like a fairly straight ahead set of tunes)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 I came across a bunch of recordings sheets. Here's a Howard McGhee album I produced Dec. 8, 1961. ...and here's the detailed session sheet: Is that "$10 for Liquor"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted November 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 Yes. It was also 1961. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukeCity Posted November 8, 2008 Report Share Posted November 8, 2008 Thanks for the info, Chris. Keep the stuff coming! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted November 8, 2008 Report Share Posted November 8, 2008 I bet Chuck Nessa has a similar collection. Similar but much smaller. If I dig out the contracts for the Chicago Jazz Festival when I was chairman my list would be extended but.... I envy Chris' organization. It would take a year for me to sort my stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold_Z Posted November 8, 2008 Report Share Posted November 8, 2008 Yes. It was also 1961. Gotta show this to DEEP. A shot costs more now than a bottle did then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blajay Posted November 8, 2008 Report Share Posted November 8, 2008 You really could publish this stuff Chris. Reminds me of one of Milt Hinton's books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free For All Posted November 8, 2008 Report Share Posted November 8, 2008 (edited) Really interesting stuff, Chris. So I wonder why Hendrix wasn't listed on the Woodstock ad? Do you know if he was he a late addition/confirmation? EDIT: I also liked the mention of "curious food and fruit combinations to experiment with". hehehehehehe Edited November 8, 2008 by Free For All Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted November 8, 2008 Report Share Posted November 8, 2008 This one really interested me, Chris. I have two recordings of Ray Charles from October 1961 - successive nights at the Paris Olympia - and the band was in superb shape. I also saw them at the Hammersmith Odeon on that tour. But doubly lovely for there to have been an after hours session with Messrs Davenport, Chambers and Powell. Did they ever get in touch with you? MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcello Posted November 8, 2008 Report Share Posted November 8, 2008 (edited) Really interesting stuff, Chris. So I wonder why Hendrix wasn't listed on the Woodstock ad? Do you know if he was he a late addition/confirmation? EDIT: I also liked the mention of "curious food and fruit combinations to experiment with". hehehehehehe There are lots of acts that arn't in that ad including, Mountain, Jefferson Airplane, Bert Sommer, Melaine, Creedence, Ten Years After, The Band, Quill, Sly & The Family Stone and others. Edited November 8, 2008 by marcello Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted November 9, 2008 Report Share Posted November 9, 2008 I would have wanted to be at the Village Gate every night in July and August. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted November 9, 2008 Report Share Posted November 9, 2008 DID U EVER MEET STRAVINSKY? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted November 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2008 (edited) I'm afraid not, Aric. MG, I don't think Rudy Powell got in touch with me when he returned from Europe, but he might have. I have come across several letters that I had completely forgotten about. Edited November 9, 2008 by Christiern Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted November 9, 2008 Report Share Posted November 9, 2008 (edited) hey Chris - I actually played at Jazz Vespers with a group of guys (all high school age) - we went on REALLY late - might have been 1969 - I remember very little abut that night except Howard McGhee played, and it wasn't in the church part, he played in some open space - Edited November 9, 2008 by AllenLowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted November 9, 2008 Report Share Posted November 9, 2008 so this "jazz vespers" gig goes way back before Susan Pascal (really good lady vibebraphone) did it here in seattle...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted November 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 I also came across a postal rates card that I retrieved from the mail chute in my hallway many years ago. The chute is still there, the rates were long gone even when I took the card. Oh, oh, government property! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted November 15, 2008 Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 Some lovely pics there Chris. Thank you! MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted November 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 I know the picture is out of focus (most of my pre-digitals turned out to be—even Polaroids), but I couldn't resist posting this one of my two, sorely missed dobies, Mingus and Bessie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcello Posted November 16, 2008 Report Share Posted November 16, 2008 Thank you, MG. Here's something else I came across and had totally forgotten. I wonder if this publication (which I never saw) still exists. Shaw Nuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted November 16, 2008 Report Share Posted November 16, 2008 Here is her first recording, 1920. Wow! Thanks Chris. Interesting. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted November 17, 2008 Report Share Posted November 17, 2008 hi Chris - working on a new blues anthology/book, and am increasingly impressed by Ruby Smith's singing - found a few cuts I had not heard before (and as usual, since I'm at work, I cannot remember where I found them!) but she has a very nice voice, and a gentler sensibility than Bessie, which I like very much - will still try to locate that info on those vinyl Bessie pressings, hope to search tonight - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted November 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2008 That's me in 1961, at the typewriter in the apartment I shared with Timme Rosenkrantz, and that my first published article (Aftenbladet, Monday, January 9, 1956). It was about making the jazz rounds in Manhattan with Timme (whose actual phone number was in the heading, the idea being that it provided me with a "Key to Jazz Land". My wife and I had a great time making those rounds, but the truth is that Timme didn't make it‚he got too drunk! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blajay Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 As you may have gathered, I have a lot of Alberta Hunter photos, so I thought I'd gather a feww into a montage... You forgot to include the altar of candles in front and your Alberta Hunter voodoo doll made out of locks of her hair, haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blajay Posted November 20, 2008 Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 I was just kidding Chris, I'm glad you're sharing them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted November 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2008 Thanks, now I'll blow out my candles and put my voodoo doll on eBay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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