Chuck Nessa

Laz is a wonderful friend for 20 years. I had the honor of acting as "best man" at the wedding. Now he has 2 very finel babies. Go and corrupt their minds Lazaro! All the best from the both of us.

Maybe their server was overloaded 'cause they finally listed "All Music" in the new release section.

Dan’s been bugging me for a report on the vacation, so here goes. Friday we drove from MI to Annapolis and spent the night. In the morning we drove down to Ocean City, visited the wild ponies of the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge, then we got back on route 13 and drove south to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge/Tunnel. The Bridge/Tunnel is something else! We arrived in Williamsburg early Saturday night, checked into our place and crashed. Sunday we did Jamestown – both the historic site and the recreation. Monday we drove to Kitty Hawk and down the outer banks to the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. Tuesday we did the James River Plantation thing. Only two of them (Shirley and Berkeley) were open but that was enough to fill the day. Friday we spent half a day at Yorktown. The rest of the time we spent in Colonial Williamsburg. We took the “Ghosts of Williamsburg” walking tour one night, bought a 2 day pass for the “pay sites” and wandered around on our own. We enjoyed Colonial Williamsburg immensely. Thursday, we looked up a “friend of a friend” who lives right across the street from Colonial Williamsburg. Mary Gonzales, age 87 is the widow of the former director of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Her husband was hired by the Rockefellers in the ‘60s to oversee the site (or something like that). Anyway, she insisted on taking us on a tour of “behind the scenes” stuff we might miss. Well, it seems Mary is the “Grande Dame” of Williamsburg. Everywhere we went she was greeted by name and doors were opened for us. It was a hoot. She also took us to lunch at the Golden Horseshoe Golf Club Grill. Our desert was a rum/raisin ice cream, which may have been the best I’ve ever had. Beyond the “lunch with Mary”, our only other dining out was at the Kyoto Hibachi Grill (seafood cooked at the table sort of thing). It was very good. The rest of the time Ann cooked our food back at our apartment (gotta watch the diet). We left on Saturday and took a side trip in Virginia when Ann spotted a sign indicating a “scenic parkway” through the Blue Ridge mountains. It was very nice but made out arrival at the motel in scenic Akron very late on Saturday night. We arrived home on Sunday around 6 PM to find 4000 cds in the garage! I hope some of you enjoyed the music! Much thanks to Dan and Vajerzy for the help. I’ll entertain any questions you might have.

YIKES! A really tough question which needs to be taylored to the student. I can't answer that. You might not have enough either. SHIT (notice I did not use crap).

We seem to have two different ideas going on here. Jazz "cornerstones" and recordings to seduce new converts are very different things. The Armstrongs are the only recordings mentioned I'd find essential to understanding jazz, but the rest have "suckered in" a number of people. It depends on the experience and "open-ness" of the audience.

Goldie can be an "acquired taste". I have a slight allergy. Clunky should explore Don Ewell's own records. The Good Time Jazz sessions are a great place to start down that path.

Is it better to be an "AMG Insider" or an "AAJ Core Member"? Should this be a poll? :lol:

That is one of my favorites.

Here is the track listing, so you can compare. Disc one, tracks 1-5 = original lp 6 Dizzy Moods (composite) 8:23 7 Ysabel's Table Dance (composite) 13:07 8 Los Mariachis (composite) 12:28 9 Flamingo (alternate) 6:43 Disc two 1 Tijuana Gift Shop (alternate) 4:43 2 A Colloquial Dream 10:54 3 Flamingo (composite) 7:06 the rest is called "session footage" and is made up of a series of incomplete takes, false starts and studio chatter. Listed as follows: 4 Ysabel's Table Dance 11:43 5 Dizzy Moods (breakdown) 1:35 6 Dizzy Moods (bass solos) 0:48 7 Tijuana Gift Shop (breakdowns) 7:11 8 Tijuana Gift Shop (solos edited out of master take) 1:22 9 Los Mariachis 4:29 10 Los Mariachis 9:05 11 Los Mariachis 14:54 12 A Colloquial Dream (breakdown) 0:33 13 A Colloquial Dream (breakdown) 3:22 Are you really confused now? I have to say I've been playing the "session footage" as I type this, and I'm loving it. YMMV!

In addition.

You can probably keep the French set. I made the switch, but I'm a huge fan of this band. The fragments give you some studio chatter and a little insight into Mingus' studio methods. Nothing earthshattering. Disc one is 77 minutes long and disc two is 79, if that helps. The sound is great on both versions

"Summertime" = Albert Ayler. The only other time that came close was a duet by Jodie Christian and Von Freeman at Ratso's in the '80s.

Albert Ayler's "Ghosts" makes me jump up and dance. So does Horace Parlan's "Us Three"!

I always thought they were the same guy!

Couple of corrections here - I'm a serious producer, not a great one AND I do exhibit that ego. I don't think most people (many musicians included) understand what a decent producer can do to generate optimum results from a project. See, I turned the Kirk thread into one about ME for a minute. Anyway, with this talk about producers nobody mentioned Jack Tracy as producer of the Argo date and many, if not all of the Mercury/Limelight dates.

I sold the lp and will not buy a cd. I think this is a black mark on Norman's reputation.

Can we expect James Baker soon?

Don't remember (I'm old). Maybe '57.

Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps at the Val-Aire Ballroom in Des Moines.

A couple of months ago I sent a message to Mr Tracy inviting him here. He responded by saying something like "WTF is Organissimo?", but much more politely. I neglected responding, but he seems to have found us. Welcome.

Someone told me that.

Seriously not trying to be a "homer", but nobody has mentioned Joe G. Joe is a relatively conservative player with a very fine melodic/harmonic aptitude. I expect a bunch more from him if personal concerns allow. He is a very fine player. I understand I have heard more of him than most on the list, but he is a player.

It's easy when you have been married for 40 years. The wife knows there is no hope and has the phone numbers of the "dealers". Boy am I lucky.

Gotta' admit I typed something else, backspaced and made a correction.

This one? If yes then......yes. Crap, I thought that was the Gorton's Fisherman.