Michael Fitzgerald

That's the machine that played that bubble gum "tape" right? Some of the kids I teach still have that stuff (1/2") but they are astonished to learn that it used to be used to record music. Mike

A pretty good show, some sound problems - the trumpets never got the boost they deserved. Probably about the closest NYC will get to having a real "concert in the garden" - this was a nice outdoor setting with absolutely beautiful weather. The band: Tim Ries, Charles Pillow, Rich Perry, Donny McCaslin, Scott Robinson Greg Gisbert, Tony Kadleck, Alex Sipiagin, Laurie Frink Keith O'Quinn, Rock Ciccarone, Larry Farrell, George Flynn Gary Versace; Ben Monder; Frank Kimbrough; Jay Anderson; Clarence Penn Maria Schneider The absence of Luciana Souza and Gonzalo Grau probably influenced the absence of Bulería, Soleá Y Rumba. The set: Journey Home Concert In The Garden Choro Dançado El Viento The Willow Dança Illusória Hang Gliding [encore] I was disappointed again to miss Gisbert playing on El Viento. Subbing for Ingrid Jensen was Alex Sipiagin, whom I've never heard with this band. OK soloist, nothing special, exited his solo early and had to come back and finish - or maybe he just wanted to get twice the applause. Gisbert slipped on a couple of high notes. Maybe it was just as well he only soloed on Hang Gliding. McCaslin's solo on that tune was very good - he's really got a different rhythm feel going - but el viento was blowing mucho and that caused some problems. Scott Robinson's feature The Willow had him doing his typically wack thing with multiphonics, altissimo, and bending notes. I wonder what it must be like to see him for the first time. Mike

Maria Schneider picked up a number of awards at the Jazz Journalists Association shindig a couple of weeks ago: Jazz Album of the Year; Jazz Composer of the Year; Jazz Arranger of the Year; Large Ensemble of the Year. And Luciana Souza, featured on Concert In The Garden, got Female Jazz Singer of the Year The Maria Schneider Orchestra plays tonight at the World Financial Center Plaza in NYC - free show starts at 7 PM. http://www.rivertorivernyc.org/events/inde...ls&event_id=122 Those in and around Great Barrington, Mass. can see the band on Friday. http://www.mahaiwe.org/ Mike

Not every artist really needs or deserves a boxed set. I see absolutely no reason why there should be a Gigi Gryce boxed set when all the Fantasy-owned stuff has been issued on excellent single CDs. They were (maybe still are) very easy to find and were reasonably priced. Ditto for the Dickerson. And I think the Byard too (has anything not been put on CD, either Prestige or OJC?). Mike

Is Hank taking any chances? Mike

I would think that if you like one, you'll like the other. Some of the musical language is the same. EOTH is much more structured and is a long-form composition, while this album is a collection of more unrelated pieces. Mike

Jack Dummel was Norman Granz's favorite engineer. Muenster was Norman Granz's favorite cheese. You asked. Mike

Ummm - because Fantasy did their own excellent complete boxed sets and had a wonderful record of keeping material reissued and available? Mike

I think the ECM CD "Communications" is the JCOA album first mentioned. I don't believe the earlier Fontana LP was issued on CD by ECM, only on Japanese Fontana (PHCE-1005). Mike

OK, so did anyone get to watch this thing? Mike

The theme song starts its first two phrases with that "laugh" twice. It was an Oscar-nominated song, if you can believe that. http://www.cfhf.net/lyrics/woody.htm You might like to check out Woody Shaw's version of the tune on the album "Solid." Mike

Yeah, but they on the Critic's Choice album, they changed the cover and replaced Pepper Adams with a photo of some little kid. Will Pepper NEVER get ANY respect!?!?! Mike

Ivo Papasov. Mike

Some of the very best writing is for the Slide Hampton Octet, back in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Amazingly, all of their albums but one have made it to CD. The basic concept of the group was 2 trumpets, 2 saxophones, 2 trombones, 2 rhythm. Slide could make this sound like a big band and there was always plenty of solo space because it really *wasn't* a big band. The Fresh Sound CD that combines "Horn Of Plenty" and "Two Sides Of Slide" is magnificent. Of course, at the same time, Slide was working with Maynard Ferguson, whose band was a bit bigger (but still not a full big band): 4 trumpets, 4 saxophones, 2 trombones, 3 rhythm. Some of the same pieces were in the books of both. Mike BTW, the Octet sometimes wasn't an Octet, strictly speaking. Added trumpet, tuba, piano, percussion, etc.

A wealth of information. Thanks. Bruyninckx has it correct, btw. Lord completely omits any drummer. ===================================== Bruyninckx: -Anthem suite- : Dennis Gonzalez/John Purcell : Dennis Gonzalez (flhrn,cond) John Purcell (as,ts) Bob Ackerman (reeds,fl,pic) Jim Sangrey (ts-1) Ed Smith (vib) Alex Camp (b) Gerard Bendiks (d) Dallas, Texas, October & December 1983 Anthem suite : Hymn for Albert Daagnim 11 Ljubljana Deputy of Jah (1) Purcell's down - 'Clajoma (1) - Fat butt (1) - ====================================== Lord: Anthem Suite: Dennis Gonzalez/John Purcell: Dennis Gonzalez (flhrn,cond) John Purcell (as,ts) Bob Ackerman (reeds,fl,pic) Gerard Sangrey (ts-1) Ed Smith (vib) Alex Camp (b) Dallas, Texas, October & December 1983 Anthem suite : Daagnim 11 Hymn for Albert Ljubljana Deputy of Jah (1) Purcell's down - 'Clajoma (1) - Fat butt (1) - ====================================== Mike

It's amazing. A masterpiece. Listen to this (along with Sun Ra) to hear how to do free jazz/large ensemble composition. "Preview" - play it LOUD! Mike

So, some people twiddle their thumbs when they need to kill some time with mindless activity. I page through the Tom Lord CDROM indices. Today was letter S and I came across Jim Sangrey. But I also came across Gerard Sangrey, immediately preceding. My supposition would be that Gerard is an error, since his only appearance is playing tenor on a 1983 Daagnim label session (and Jim plays tenor on 5 other Daagnim records). Concrete confirmation would be appreciated. Any explanation of how the error happened would be a bonus. (I was also surprised to see NJ sax guy Bob Ackerman on some of those Texas sessions. I had thought he was strictly a local here.) Mike

You missed a chance to see him in NYC last summer. He played with Henry Grimes, Perry Robinson, and Andrew Cyrille at Iridium. It was written about here. Good player, and a very nice guy. He lives in California. Mike

[subliminal=] Buy more copies. Buy more copies. [/subliminal] Hey! Thanks for the support - be sure to let me know what you think about it. Mike

Thanks for the help - both of you! Gee - I think Curson *did* make it bigger than Johnny Coles and Richard Williams! And he's still around (folks love him in Finland, I'm told). Mike

As best as I can tell, this show will NOT be broadcast tonight in the NYC (WNET-TV) area. According to www.thirteen.org it will be broadcast on July 10 and again on July 13. Also found that the Newport Jazz Festival 50th anniversary program will be on July 9. Mike

The 1965 session first issued on One For One was in the "big" Mosaic box. The later parts of One For One came out on the Mosaic Select set. See the Andrew Hill discography on my website for full details. Mike

The phrase "tone scientist" is a direct reference to Sun Ra (and Francis Davis is well aware of this). Mike

No, later in the film, he says he jumped - it was definitely intentional. But he misjudged something or landed wrong and broke his heel (foot?). The audience had no idea of that. Mike

I posted something here a few months back that I asked for a catalog (via the website) and got a 2005 CDROM, plus the old (2002?) printed catalog. Absolutely no complaints from me regarding catalog service. Mike