Chuck Nessa

There is a "laid back" quality in this date I find very attractive.

Up. AMG's guide, as usual, provides little insight... I'm leaning towards picking it up, though. Even not-so-great Nelson is still enjoyable to these ears. ← I'm not a big fan of this recording (or much post Prestige Nelson), but isn't this supposed to be included in a future Mosaic Select?

I think Don Schlitten has most of the Bob Andrews stuff.

Interesting to me 'cause Vincent was the first "live" act I ever saw (Val-Air Ballroom, Des Moines sometime in the '50s) and the last "big" pop/rock concert I attended was Dylan and The Band in the Boston Garden circa 1973.

Never mind. This response is really depressing (for me). Marketing, not music. You are trying to sell music! ← Chuck the exact meaning and/or intent of your response is unclear to me. When I speak of demographic I am talkin' about whether people will make it out to the performance in light of the aforementioned "competition". But cheer up Chuck, we are presently still in debt up to our eyeballs and never did this to make a bundle. It was and will always be about the music first. Remember, I was a soc major in grad school, so 'demographic' (I believe that is the word that upset you) has it's less business like references for me. And I sincerely hope you realize that I was jokin' about 'smokin'' anybody. Do I sell? Hell yes, I sell the idea of a great band making great music. And I ain't lying. ←

Last time I listened to Burning Spirits I thought it was crap.

Listen to Ellington's "Immigration Blues" from 1926 (Decca set) and tell me Robinson didn't influence a shitload of tenors! Stump usually played alto.

Can't believe no one has mentioned Prince Robinson!

This response is really depressing (for me). Marketing, not music. You are trying to sell music!

...didn't he star in "Children of the Corn"??? m~ ← There ya' go - talkin' dirty again.

Did he make more recordings on organ (I mentioned the Bud Freeman date)? Bud told me "The producer told me he wanted to use this Greek pianist on organ and he turned out to be WONDERFUL".

I don't believe so.

The following are Xanadu lps - don't know if any made it to cd. 107 Joe Guy & Hot Lips Page "Trumpet Battle At Mintons" 112 "Harlem Odyssey" w/Billie Holiday, Jack Teagarden, Art Tatum, etc 123 "Sweets, Lips & Lots of Jazz" w/Edison, Page and Eldridge 186 Roy Eldridge "At Jerry Newman's"

Xanadus too.

I believe he spells it Brieff. He conducted the premier of the 5 movement version of Mahler's 1st symphony. It was with the New Haven Symphony and was issued on Odyssey.

Sorry, I just got the shivers.

Gotta part ways here. I rank em late BNs, early Milestones, early BNs. The Milestones are excellent at their best, but like akanalog I get a little ear fatigue. Maybe it's the production. The late BNs seem to have a bit more space. Plus you have both Wayne and Gary in the front line on two of those. Guy ← The "raw energy" of the first couple of Milestones made me go back and relisten to the late BNs at the time. Milestone production values were below BN but McCoy was "on fire". Too bad it didn't last.

You are supposed to wait for Danny.

That might be 'cause the Coltrane estate gets all the money.

The first couple of Milestones are really good, but do not reflect the real quality of his band at the time. McCoy was a MF then and nobody really knows it. I remember being at a McCoy gig - next to me was Cecil Taylor and he was jumping up and down - yelling. It was a great night.

IX - 9 - you damn intellektules kill me. The music's so nice, you had to play it twice.

I think Don used to post here under the name of Weizin.

that is organissimo's fault? we lost a bunch of people with the "upgrade" and everyone else is at fault.

Just buy Fosters. It's available here for around $.62 a case and is my favorite refreshment of the moment.