JSngry Posted October 14, 2014 Report Share Posted October 14, 2014 Hello, Ed Blackwell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted October 15, 2014 Report Share Posted October 15, 2014 Hello Jim Sangrey Hey, did you ever play on any R&B records, Jim? MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted October 15, 2014 Report Share Posted October 15, 2014 I guess this one belongs in a category all it's own: . Not really R&B, and filled to the brim with jazz guys. Me likey though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted October 15, 2014 Report Share Posted October 15, 2014 Hello Jim Sangrey Hey, did you ever play on any R&B records, Jim? MG Records? Just demos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted October 15, 2014 Report Share Posted October 15, 2014 I guess this one belongs in a category all it's own: . Not really R&B, and filled to the brim with jazz guys. Me likey though. Yes - I used to have that, but sold it when I was broke. Never seen it again. Looks like it was reissued, because the sleeve's different. MG Hello Jim Sangrey Hey, did you ever play on any R&B records, Jim? MG Records? Just demos. With whom? MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted October 15, 2014 Report Share Posted October 15, 2014 Mostly local aspiring bands who just needed something to preset to bookers as a "representative sample". A few people you might have heard of would include Gregg Smith, Charlie Roberson, and more likely, Little Joe Blue. Nothing ever released as far as I know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnblitweiler Posted October 16, 2014 Report Share Posted October 16, 2014 A Big Bill Broonzy session from the late 1930s included a bassist identified as something like "probably Wilbur Ware" or "Wilbur Ware (?)" - even though Wilbur would have been only 14 or 15 at the time, he was precocious, so we shouldn't be surprised. Surely a lot of jazz musicians still play on R&B stage shows. Ike Rodgers isn't thought of as a jazz musician, but his soulful trombone playing on some records by obscure blues singers of 80+ years ago is what (for me) makes those records valuable. Completely off the subject: Charles Brown once told me he was raised to play classical piano, didn't play blues at all until adulthood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted October 16, 2014 Report Share Posted October 16, 2014 Completely off the subject: Charles Brown once told me he was raised to play classical piano, didn't play blues at all until adulthood. He plays nice jazz on his 2 albums with Houston Person. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted October 17, 2014 Report Share Posted October 17, 2014 Roberta's 'Killing me softly' - personnel: Roberta Flack – piano, vocals Eric Gale – guitar Ron Carter – bass Grady Tate – drums Ralph MacDonald – congas, percussion, tambourine MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgcim Posted October 18, 2014 Report Share Posted October 18, 2014 Kenny Burrell (as mentioned before) did a lot of R&B session work. I played a recording session with a jazz pianist who did a lot of Motown session work named Al Jabaz Williams. Rudy Williams (Mingus' cousin) was on Tenor sax. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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