Michael Fitzgerald Posted May 21, 2005 Report Share Posted May 21, 2005 We do have a great book on Detroit, by Jim Gallert, who hangs out here from time to time, and Lars Bjorn. It's titled Before Motown - and a companion CD on Uptown is in the works. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalo Posted May 23, 2005 Report Share Posted May 23, 2005 JPF Posted May 20 2005, 07:26 PM QUOTE(Kalo @ May 9 2005, 11:47 PM) Off the top of my head, there are numerous Boston or Massachusetts area musicians who made indelible contributions to jazz: Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, Chick Corea, Bobby Hackett, Ruby Braff, Ralph Burns, Serge Chaloff, Dick Twardzik(?), Tony Williams... I know I'm forgetting many others. ...and Roy Haynes, Steve Kuhn, Gary Burton, Jaki Byard, Charlie Mariano, Alan Dawson, and the dean of the Boston jazz scene (because he stayed with it), Herb Pomeroy. And slightly outside of Boston, Boots Mussulli, Frankie Capp, Don Fagerquist, Don Asher, Barbara Carroll... Yes. I should have remembered Alan Dawson--I'm a big fan. I was lucky enough to see him play with Benny Carter at the Regattabar in Cambridge. He played an entire solo chorus on Take the A Train that was entirely coherent and beautifully musical. I didn't miss the other instruments at all. Isn't Chick Corea from Massachusetts, too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalo Posted May 23, 2005 Report Share Posted May 23, 2005 BruceH Posted May 20 2005, 02:06 PM (BTW, the fact that two of the most pre-eminent baritone sax players---Carney and Chaloff---came from Boston has long fascinated me. What does it say about the Hub, I wonder? Probably signifies nothing. Just one of those things that your mind can't help thinking about, like a tongue exploring a missing tooth.) Well, there are a lot of blowhards around here B-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted May 24, 2005 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 Mal Waldron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKE BBB Posted May 24, 2005 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 There is a book in the works that will deal with the history of jazz in Europe. It is being written by numerous authorities. This was reported to me by Francesco Martinelli when he gave a presentation on European jazz 1970-2000 a few months ago. Don't know about the language(s). Mike ← This could be a very interesting reading! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKE BBB Posted May 24, 2005 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 Off the top of my head, there are numerous Boston or Massachusetts area musicians who made indelible contributions to jazz: Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, ← yes, yes, yes!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted May 24, 2005 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 Gene Ammons Hot Lips Page Shelly Manne Yusef Lateef John Carter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of miles Posted May 24, 2005 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 Henry Grimes (but Mike is taking care of that) Frankie Newton (lengthiest piece is a pamphlet put out by a Virginia historical-society from the county of his birthplace) A book about jazz in the 1970s in all of its manifestations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie Posted May 24, 2005 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 Shelly Manne ← There is a superb biograph-discography-filmography of Shelly Manne - 'Sounds of a Different Drummer' written by Jack Brand - that was published in 1997 by Percussion Express (they also publish Today's Drummer). The book led me to start a special thread on unheralded jazz books: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...8&hl=unheralded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quasimado Posted May 24, 2005 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 (edited) All the suggestions so far are good, I think. But the most necessary, most realistic in publishing terms, and most needed would be: 1: Art Blakey 2: European Jazz History (Large tome with chapters by country?) 3: Lennie Tristano (perhaps, a la Mosaic, incorporating Konitz and Marsh as well.) 4: ANDREW HILL (The one I would most like to read.) Peter Ind has a new book on Tristano which is due out in June. Q Edited May 24, 2005 by Quasimado Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Fitzgerald Posted May 24, 2005 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 There has been extensive research done on Hot Lips Page by Todd Weeks - book planned, don't think anything is in place yet. Yusef Lateef has reportedly written his autobiography (or it may be a "told to") and it needs to be edited. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJazz Posted May 24, 2005 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 Yusef Lateef has reportedly written his autobiography (or it may be a "told to") and it needs to be edited. Mike ← I believe it is 'as told to' but it's kinda slim - Yusef didn't provide a lot of detail, apparently. Not sure of the current status. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted May 24, 2005 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 Gigi Gryce... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epistrophy Posted May 24, 2005 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 << Gigi Gryce... >> Uh, you're kidding, right? That bio was one of the best reads of the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epistrophy Posted May 24, 2005 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 Someone early in the thread mentioned Omer Simeon. I actually worked for the same company as Simeon's grandson, who shares his name. Unfortunately I left the company before I ever had a chance to get with him for a serious discussion of Grandpa's contributions to jazz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Fitzgerald Posted May 24, 2005 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 I'd love to read a good book on Gigi Gryce if someone can come up with information that we missed. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted May 24, 2005 Report Share Posted May 24, 2005 Thanks for the info everyone. Great to hear that about Hot Lips Page... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted May 27, 2005 Report Share Posted May 27, 2005 Tina Brooks Sonny Clark Elmo Hope Teddy Edwards ...and is there already a book about Charlie Rouse? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted May 27, 2005 Report Share Posted May 27, 2005 I'd love to read a good book on Gigi Gryce if someone can come up with information that we missed. Mike ← Isn't Phil Schaap working on one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Fitzgerald Posted May 27, 2005 Report Share Posted May 27, 2005 Oops - I should have specified "accurate information that we missed" - Schaap did an on-air interview of Tommy Gryce (Gigi's brother) and was putting out all kinds of speculations and misinformation, right in front of Tommy, who quite politely let it all pass. It was sad. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete C Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 Gene Ammons Yes, I actually searched for a thread like this because I think Ammons would make an interesting bio--or even better a dual bio of Albert and Gene. I've grown to love Jug. I didn't really appreciate him enough when I saw him when I was 16 (Mingus and Friends at Philharmonic Hall). Oops - I should have specified "accurate information that we missed" - Schaap did an on-air interview of Tommy Gryce (Gigi's brother) and was putting out all kinds of speculations and misinformation, right in front of Tommy, who quite politely let it all pass. It was sad. Mike To paraphrase Schaap, "It may be your life, but you're WRONG!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 Not a book, but i'm writing liner notes for an expanded reissue of an album by cornetist Don Joseph and hope to gather all the reliable info that can be found about this gifted but elusive musician, who was even more elusive than his good friend, the somewhat similar-in-style Tony Fruscella. Joseph doesn't even appear in Feather-Gitler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 Not a book, but i'm writing liner notes for an expanded reissue of an album by cornetist Don Joseph and hope to gather all the reliable info that can be found about this gifted but elusive musician, who was even more elusive than his good friend, the somewhat similar-in-style Tony Fruscella. Joseph doesn't even appear in Feather-Gitler. Larry -- would this be Joseph's Uptown session? Looking forward to it, whatever it may be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 I think that's the session with Triglia - who, as IMHO, one of the best pianists of the bebop era (same league as Haig/Wallington/Hank Jones) deserves some press, to answer the initial questions posed by this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 Not a book, but i'm writing liner notes for an expanded reissue of an album by cornetist Don Joseph and hope to gather all the reliable info that can be found about this gifted but elusive musician, who was even more elusive than his good friend, the somewhat similar-in-style Tony Fruscella. Joseph doesn't even appear in Feather-Gitler. Larry -- would this be Joseph's Uptown session? Looking forward to it, whatever it may be. yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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