Chuck Nessa

I don't think I know any Pete B, so forget it. HB!

I think my shorts just got tighter.

Be sure to try the "take-out". Those people are really good at that stuff.

I've got a green-label Atlantic original stereo pressing (don't anybody get all ga-ga, I found it in a dusty mom-and-pop back in the 70s). To get to the original gist of the question - did Rudy have a stereo recorder in 1956? That Tom Dowd documentary was on the Sundance channel this morning, and in it. Dowd talks about how Atlantic was recording in/with true stereo before anybody else. I find that claim hard to accept at face value, but not as a generalized statement. Is it possible that Rudy engineered this session at the Atlantic studios, perhaps to get a taste of using a stereo machine, or something like that? Purely speculation, to be sure. Also - my cover has the stereo designation seemingly stamped into the cover in yellow ink. It's obviously an Atlantic-designed logo and such, so is this the method that Atlantic used on their covers early on to designate stereo pressings? ← Rudy told me his first stereo date for BN was the Sabu date. He said he'd been experimenting with the stereo gear on other companies dates but wanted it to be "beyond experimental" before he gave it to Alfred. He said it was "usual" to try out new equipment/techniques on others before introducing them to Lion. In one of the online interviews with RVG he mentions at least one session for Atlantic when Dowd hauled new stereo gear to Hackensack and they ran parallel recordings. So - maybe the mono is Rudy and the stereo is Dowd. FWIW, all the early Atlantic stereos had the "embossed" stereo designation - some yellow, some black and I seem to remember blue, green and red too.

I come mainly for the snacks.

No mention of "expanding" the track in the cd booklet. The listed timing is 6:05 and the music actually stops at about 6:00.

Are you on your ignore list?

I hear he kicks ass on Giant Steps too. ← Talkin' 'bout Odean?

Earl Hines.

Louis Armstrong.

Geez, Chaney deleted his post!

Please name the many places. I want to read.

And I used to wonder how the "dark ages" happened.

Give 'em ipods, cellphones and tell them Bill Gates rules the world.

Yes it is a Brinkmann 4 burner. I paid more - that was the only photo I could find.

You should love the original film. Kinda like a Dukes of Hazzard feature.

Gerald Wilson "You Better Believe It".

You mean there's only ONE answer? I didn't know that. I though diversity, even in music, was a good thing. There's plenty of people doing everything else, very few doing what Hank does. So I think he has the right to rely on his good taste, just as much as so many other artists have a right to rely on their bad taste. ← If I understand you correctly, my response is "HUH?".

Remember, he's just a tall kid from Lansing. and I think I might have "emotional problems" if GregN turned out to be a relative.

'Cause I'm interested in them. This always makes me check out the classical page to see the rest of the new discs.

I forgot you produced the Lonnie Johnson sessions.

Gushee is a well established "academic" in the US "jazz academic" circles. He has not published much but is/was a very serious observer of early jazz. His pieces in the original "Jazz Review" established his reputation. I agree with Lowe about the Reich book but agree some nuggets can be dug from the "pile", as long as you recognize the pile. I do think it is time for Gushee to "publish or perish" if he cares to keep the reputation. I've heard rumors of books for years but my patience is running very thin.

Are you implying Japanese soldiers are locusts?

Probably in the same "mindset" as the folks over here who buy Chevrolets.

I think you must know where that finger must go now.