chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted October 18, 2006 Report Share Posted October 18, 2006 the guy @ the bus stop had it in his bag and i was staring at it but couldnt see the personel. do u know whos on this one? i think it was on contemporary but i couldnt tell for sure. the cover had a pic of leroy + his bass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted October 18, 2006 Report Share Posted October 18, 2006 http://www.amazon.com/Leroy-Walks-Vinnegar...et/dp/B000000Y9 followed by Leroy Walks Again. They're not solo LPs; the first one's a sextet, the second I believe is a quintet. Personnel includes Teddy Edwards and Victor Feldman. Leroy Walks probably is the one you saw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted October 18, 2006 Report Share Posted October 18, 2006 the guy @ the bus stop had it in his bag and i was staring at it but couldnt see the personel. do u know whos on this one? i think it was on contemporary but i couldnt tell for sure. the cover had a pic of leroy + his bass. This one, Chewy. Personnel is Vic Feldman - vibes Gerald Wilson - tpt Teddy Edwards - tenor Carl Perkins - piano Tony Bazely - drums A lovely album. Recorded July & September 1957. Out on OJC. There's a follow up. Personnel is Freddie Hill - tpt Teddy Edwards - tenor Vic Feldman or Mike Melvoin - piano Vic Feldman or Roy Ayers - vibes Ron Jefferson or Milt Turner - drums Another lovely one. Recorded August 1962 and March 1963. Also out on OJC. Much treasured here. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted October 18, 2006 Report Share Posted October 18, 2006 That link seems to be on the fritz. Try this one: http://www.amazon.com/Leroy-Walks-Vinnegar...boutThisProduct Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeweil Posted October 18, 2006 Report Share Posted October 18, 2006 There is a third one on VeeJay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDK Posted October 18, 2006 Report Share Posted October 18, 2006 There is a third one on VeeJay. "Why Did Leroy Walk Across the Road?" I believe is the title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted October 18, 2006 Report Share Posted October 18, 2006 Apparently, by 1974, to get to the other side: Quoth da'bastards: A totally great funky album -- way different than Leroy's subdued jazz work of the 50s and 60s! The record is one of a few that Leroy cut in this mode -- slightly electric, with good Fender Rhodes and synthesizer (by Dwight Dickerson), sweet guitar riffs, and a hard funky groove on the best cuts. The record's got some really interesting changes -- moving between many styles of funk on the same cut, which makes for some tasty bass and drum parts, and which lets some of the instrumentation get all weird and wiggy. Just about every track's a winner in some kind of way -- and titles include "Damn My Feet Hurt", "The Kid", "Doin That Thing", and "Chitlin Moe" Judging by the title "Damn My Feet Hurt", all that walking took its toll... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted October 18, 2006 Report Share Posted October 18, 2006 Apparently, by 1974, to get to the other side: Quoth da'bastards: A totally great funky album -- way different than Leroy's subdued jazz work of the 50s and 60s! The record is one of a few that Leroy cut in this mode -- slightly electric, with good Fender Rhodes and synthesizer (by Dwight Dickerson), sweet guitar riffs, and a hard funky groove on the best cuts. The record's got some really interesting changes -- moving between many styles of funk on the same cut, which makes for some tasty bass and drum parts, and which lets some of the instrumentation get all weird and wiggy. Just about every track's a winner in some kind of way -- and titles include "Damn My Feet Hurt", "The Kid", "Doin That Thing", and "Chitlin Moe" Judging by the title "Damn My Feet Hurt", all that walking took its toll... That looks a good 'un. "The kid" is a Harold Ousley tune that Lou Donaldson did, as well as Harold. "Doin' that thing" is a Leroy composition that Les McCann did on his LP "Much Les" - has a great groove. Leroy was on so many great modern/mainstream albums that you (not you Jim) might easily forget that he was at the HEART of '60s funky Soul Jazz. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest the mommy Posted October 18, 2006 Report Share Posted October 18, 2006 "the kid", this 70s album here, is one of the greatest albums of all time, IMO. dwight dickerson on the keys. excellent excellent stuff though the CD is clearly a needle drop. sort of spacey jazz with some funkiness. sounds like a jazzier and less synth heavy version of les mccann's "layers maybe? but with more musicians? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted October 18, 2006 Report Share Posted October 18, 2006 IIRC, the "bus stop" record was a '70s Vee Jay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted October 18, 2006 Report Share Posted October 18, 2006 And that's another thing - I've never seen a cat @ a bus stop w/a Leroy Vinnegar side in his bag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted October 18, 2006 Report Share Posted October 18, 2006 "the kid", this 70s album here, is one of the greatest albums of all time, IMO. dwight dickerson on the keys. excellent excellent stuff though the CD is clearly a needle drop. sort of spacey jazz with some funkiness. sounds like a jazzier and less synth heavy version of les mccann's "layers maybe? but with more musicians? You changed! Does that album have Harold OUsley on it, by any chance? MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted October 18, 2006 Report Share Posted October 18, 2006 And that's another thing - I've never seen a cat @ a bus stop w/a Leroy Vinnegar side in his bag. I've BEEN at a bus stop with a Leroy album in my bag! Where were you? MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest the mommy Posted October 18, 2006 Report Share Posted October 18, 2006 MG-no ousley on it. i am telling you-the album is very spacey. not funky in an organ jazz kind of sense. the album is spacier than you think. when it picks up steam it sound like one song on les mccann's "layers". but not one of the two really funky tunes on that one. a little lower down. i think the production makes everything sound even spacier. but no ousley. dickerson, carl burnett on piano, some guy on percussion and then some guy barry zweig? or something on guitar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted October 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2006 that 1st one was it!!! gerald and teddy? arghrhhhh!! i should of mugged him! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Steve Posted October 19, 2006 Report Share Posted October 19, 2006 And that's another thing - I've never seen a cat @ a bus stop w/a Leroy Vinnegar side in his bag. That's because when I bought my copy of this record at a secondhand record store a couple of years ago I took the car to get home, not the bus! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel A Posted October 19, 2006 Report Share Posted October 19, 2006 You know, I bought my LP copy in a shop which was so close to my apartment that I just walked home! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandrill Posted October 19, 2006 Report Share Posted October 19, 2006 And that's another thing - I've never seen a cat @ a bus stop w/a Leroy Vinnegar side in his bag. That's because when I bought my copy of this record at a secondhand record store a couple of years ago I took the car to get home, not the bus! Yeah, if you carry Leroy's side in your bag, you don't want to take chances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elissa Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 I went to college in Portland and was friendly with Leroy, rest his gracious soul. I used to pick him up from where he lived, at Portland's famed Jazz Hotel, and drive him around town, nominally siting a location for his restaurant. He and drummer Dick Berk were friendly at the time and were forever talking about the restaurant they were going to open. It was to be called Leroy's Dick and as for the menu: Dick Burgers, Dick Shakes, Fried Dick, Dick Soup....you'll have to trust me on this one - but at the time it was hilarious, especially as delivered in that deepest of growls in which he spoke. A grand fellow and much missed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 That's a great story. Dick Berk is a wonderful drummer, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claude Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 And that's another thing - I've never seen a cat @ a bus stop w/a Leroy Vinnegar side in his bag. I was thinking the exact same thing. The probability of seeing a guy with a Leroy Vinnegar LP at a bus stop must be as high a being struck by lightning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 And that's another thing - I've never seen a cat @ a bus stop w/a Leroy Vinnegar side in his bag. I was thinking the exact same thing. The probability of seeing a guy with a Leroy Vinnegar LP at a bus stop must be as high a being struck by lightning. And you were nearer to London than Jim! And you still missed me waiting for a bus up to Sterns African music store at the bus stop not far from Mole Jazz! MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Beat Steve Posted October 22, 2006 Report Share Posted October 22, 2006 And you were nearer to London than Jim! And you still missed me waiting for a bus up to Sterns African music store at the bus stop not far from Mole Jazz! MG Even if he had seen you that wouldn't have helped. The Mole Jazz bags were all black. Impossible to see what's inside! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted October 22, 2006 Report Share Posted October 22, 2006 And you were nearer to London than Jim! And you still missed me waiting for a bus up to Sterns African music store at the bus stop not far from Mole Jazz! MG Even if he had seen you that wouldn't have helped. The Mole Jazz bags were all black. Impossible to see what's inside! Quite right! And on my visits to Mole, I usually came away with several bags-worth. I can't swear that Leroy's records were even nearest the outside. Superman would have been able to see it, with his x-ray vision, however. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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