Chuck Nessa

I wanna know what a " first generation CD off of soundboard" is. It could be the first cd copy of a 15th generation cassette "off of the soundboard". It sounds interesting but I prefer my King earlier. Folks have to understand some "soul jazz" and bunches of "blues artists" performed differently in front of different audiences. I'd pay $100 for a cd of BB live at Silvio's in 1965.

I thought that was the 3 "In Europe" lps.

20+ years ago Gus Statiras (aka Gus Grant) offered the alternates to me (claiming them to be a complete alt duplicate of the issued record) and I suspect a number of other labels. Eventually they were issued on Progressive. It is my understanding Fantasy sued, stopped sales of the Progressive issue and got the tapes. Those tapes are probably the source of the alternates on the Prestige cd.

Neither Smith of Little play on the 2 unreissued tracks from the Young Men From Memphis date.

This was a busy/productive month for Hawk. Aug 13 - Alive at the Village Vanguard - Verve Aug 15 - Hawkins, Eldridge, Hodges Alive - Verve Aug 16 - Make Someone Happy - Prestige Aug 18 - Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins - Impulse Sept 9/11 - Today and Now - Impulse Sept 12/17 - Desafinado - Impulse

Johnny Mathis' Greatest Hits. Columbia red label.

Sounds like a slap tongue bass or baritone. Why in heck is the trombone player limited to jug an butt in this clip? Is that where sackbut came from?

Laz, I suggest playing some stuff trom that '83 ICP program you have on radio transcriptions. Great stuff.

She's an intelligent woman and expert keyboard player. For my taste she's a pounder. Happy Birthday.

Silly fight. Some of you are hip and the rest are not. Please choose sides and report.

Just wait till you see the crowd at Tritone. (I'm looking forward to seeing Randy dive into a mosh pit.) Based on the crowd, what color outfit will you be wearing Ron? If you say "peach" I might make the trip.

To answer the original question, AMG lists some links to folks selling it if you want to pay the bucks.

Sure, and you can find the one with Hodges and Eldridge for $20+ too, but it's not easy to justify when there are $2.98 cds out there.

That one is tough to find. I never saw one in a store and finally got one used. It's companion Hawkins disc is hard to find as well.

Concord's already pissed at Chuck because he refused to sell them Nessa Records. $15 per disc post paid. They didn't bite.

Gary Burton on vibes.

I think this is a new "delayed message" feature for Ubu alone.

Signature not required. Mine was at the door.

Some are available elsewhere and others are not. I guess it depends on quantities still in the pipeline.

Stop taking the meds?

Looks like a typical Organissimo crowd.

McFadden?

Stalin Lenin Beatty

When I interviewed Eddie Higgins, he spoke of what a thrill it was to be Hawkins' accompanist at the first Playboy jazz festival. Checking the transcript, Eddie mentions that he believes the music has been issued on four different LPs, fwiw. He also tells an amusing story about Hawkins showing up at the very last instant before they were to go on, and never acknowledged Eddie at all. He asked him what he wanted to play, and he grunted at him. He suggested some tunes, he grunted again. Then they went on. IIRC there was one track on a 4 lp Playboy box I had in high school. Maybe that's what he was saying. Don't know of anything else from that gig. I think there was a Chet Baker track from that festival on the set too. Eddie's description of Hawk lines up with lots of other recollections - see Esmond Edward's story in the liners to the "On Broadway" disc.

A bit off topic but tapes exist of the (first?) Playboy jazz festival in Chicago. 1959 I think. Hawkins in great form and a Rollins trio with Grimes and LaRoca IIRC. It has been a while so memory is foggy.