Chuck Nessa

Randy felt pressured by the producer/record company to record that material. He felt more like a sideman.

Where does Ravi Olie come in?

Got no reason to sell the discs, but am an advocate for the music.

Closest I came was building a DynoKit in 1964. I had to take my messy "finished product" to the dealer for "corrections". Be prepared.

So......I just turned 59! Now to figure out how to spend the rest of my 50s.

Why no choice for Popeye's...........much better.

I know this will cause trouble, BUT Nora's father is not a Christian.

I don't know. I posted early in the thread, missed about 20 pages, then read through the mess. I was hoping Music Boy would ban me from the music business. Then I could have a normal life, and afford the new roof my house needs. But then, I'm a "vague" Christian and am getting what I deserve. It is a little late, but I want to say Dan/MusicGoy:-) is an ASSHOLE!

Thanks to all.

Stash, in circa 15 years in business, never paid royalties to anyone.

Please, Uptown, not Stash. Bernie Brightman and his Stash label have been stopped by the Feds.

If you do this, you miss the band from 1931 to 1940. Not a little bit of the history.

Chris, you had room for the Jimmys Bunn and Shirley, and John Collins, and ...

See my post (now 4 minutes old) in the Billy Mitchell thread.

I'm stunned to see Klemmer's Involvement on the current Verve list. I never thought it would be reissued. This was his first recording, is a fine record overall, and contains some of the best Wilbur Campbell on record. About a year after this date I heard Klemmer in a club with Sam Thomas, Malachi Favors and Hal Russell. At least 4 different segments of the Chicago jazz scene on that gig.

If you don't have any of the material, go for ST.

AND, we live about 40 miles north. What are your dates? We are visiting family next week and driving to the Grand Canyon in the first half of July.

Andrew was the source of Feather's error. AH is one sly MF.

Sadly, I also just tipped Definitive/Jazz Factory/Fresh Sounds.

Another Birdland date 3/31/51 with Bird, Diz, Bud, Potter & Haynes. I first had this on a Saga lp, then a Columbia lp and it must be out 15 ways now. Don't ask when it will be available but, Uptown will has reached an agreement with Lorraine Gillespie to issue a May 1945 Town Hall concert with Diz, Bird, Al Haig, Curly Russell, Max Roach with guest appearances by Don Byas and Sid Catlett. The program is astounding, and it is very well recorded. Both Town Hall and Carnegie provided professional recording services, and this comes from the original acetates recorded at the concert This comes from the time between the Diz/Bird Guilds and the KoKo session. I think it is the earliest recording of Max with Bird.

When I saw the header I hoped Pops had been left out. Thanks. Tough choice (it would have been easier for me if you included Henry Allen), but I decided on Roy for sentimental reasons.

These are "reasonable" big label transfers, but since I want more material I have gone elsewhere. For the time being, I have settled on the Classics and Neatworks (for the alternates). These give decent transfers and all the material.

Dickie Wells, Sam Nanton, JC Higginbotham, Bill Harris, Lawrance Brown - in that order.

Within the stylistic limitation, I can't vote. Jimmy Raney would get my vote, with Jimmy Gourley not far behind.

Amazing. In 1966 or '67, the Guess Who arrived at Delmark looking for a record deal (they thought they might contain enough Blues to attract the label). I declined and sent them to the Chicago office of RCA with a contact name. I guess it worked out for them, though I never heard back.