Michael Fitzgerald

Ah, but do you have the video of EC performing that tune on late night TV - can't recall offhand whether it was Tonight show or Letterman or what - with all-female orchestra? I've got it - on one of those VHS tapes somewhere here. Mike

He Helped Put The Blue In Blue Note - The History of Jazz Runs Through Rudy Van Gelder Super-typical article on RVG - not yet on the NYT website. It's an entire page - more than half of which is filled with Francis Wolff photos - and not the most common ones, either. It is indeed nice to see this in the NYT - their jazz coverage has declined in quantity and quality to a dismal level. This really isn't news, though. Mike

This kind of confusion does make life difficult for discographers - some things have as many as FIVE label names on them! But just to be clear, Sunnyside is NOT owned by Sue Mingus (like Revenge was/is). Here is an article that reports that Sue planned to issue "I Am Three" on her own label, not Revenge but a new one named 'Sue City' - but apparently that isn't the way things worked out. http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20...1w21mingus.html I'm not sure exactly what the relationship is between Sunnyside and Universal/Verve - the first I noticed this link was when Sunnyside issued a Kenny Barron album that originally came out on Verve/France but seemed to have been turned down by Verve/USA. Alan's site lists Part II of that recording from Bradley's as an upcoming Sunnyside CD issue. Mike

No and no. These are the various ghost bands (all sanctioned and coordinated by Sue). Sunnyside is nothing to do with Sue Mingus. It's been around since the early 1980s. Mike

Costello featured in an article in tomorrow's NYT titled "Last Year's Model: How to sell fans on the same old album for the third or fourth time" - for the first time I have seen the word "superexpanded" to describe a reissue. Mike

Is it me or do those last two avatars back to back seem just a little scary? Mike

We do have a great book on Detroit, by Jim Gallert, who hangs out here from time to time, and Lars Bjorn. It's titled Before Motown - and a companion CD on Uptown is in the works. Mike

What a stupid post. Who comes up with this crap? "In other words I am three" is for jazz fans, the equivalent to "Call me Ishmael" - it's the opening to Mingus's book Beneath The Underdog. Now, the relevance to this album is that it apparently features three groups: Mingus Dynasty, the Mingus Big Band, and the Mingus Orchestra. Mike

Yes. See my website for detailed Joe Gordon discography. Mike

McLaughlin also lived in Paris for a number of year - he may still. Mike

And oh yes, the ignore feature is here. Look under "my controls" and on the left side "manage ignored users" Mike

The part 1 & 2 Sad March single was not a 45, but a 33 and at least according to that site promo only. I'm Gonna Go Fishin' must have been edited for the 45 issue since Mosaic lists it as running 11:13 on the album. Maybe someone could confirm that's just an edit, not a different take. Mike

McLaughlin was born in Kirk Sandall, Yorkshire in 1942 - I'm not familiar enough to know if that makes sense for his speech. I marvel at the fact that two of the most influential guitarists in the last 40 years are both from Yorkshire - Allan Holdsworth born in Bradford in 1946. Something in the water? Mike

What was the exact line?....... STOP MESSING WITH MY PICTURE ONLINE OR I'LL KILL AND SUE YOU!!!! Mike

Sigh - this is all the result of mistranscribed quotations. It's amazing how the proper punctuation changes things: "Here's a man who at the age of 19, taught himself the guitar. And today he's considered, (pause) by jazz musicians, the greatest guitar player, Herb Alpert." "Wes Montgomery - my favorite guitar player, Herb Alpert." In fact, these statements were made TO Wes Montgomery when he was being introduced TO Herb Alpert. Alpert's guitar playing prowess is a very well-kept secret. And who was the man who made the above statements as he presented Alpert to Wes? The great multi-instrumentalist Toejam Jawallaby. If you are not familiar, our man Garth Jowett can illuminate. Mike

The charts for the Rhoda Scott album with the Jones-Lewis Orchestra were recently discovered after being lost for almost 30 years. I heard some of them played at the Vanguard last week (no organist present). Mike

Any truth to the rumor that Art Blakey was there for both? Mike

I think one of the strongest assets of Manhattan Symphonie is the repertoire: Dexter playing Moment's Notice (only recording I know of), revisiting Tanya from the Blue Note days, a nice Body and Soul (with respect paid to Coltrane's version), George Cables's piece I Told You So, the first Dexter recording of As Time Goes By, and Long Tall Dexter, which goes all the way back to 1946 on Savoy. I agree there is something kind of "pristine" about things - but it works, for me. This is the mate to Sophisticated Giant, which is Dexter in a great large ensemble, courtesy of Slide Hampton. The blowing on the Black Lion and Steeplechase stuff is indeed great, but as "albums" I choose these. Mike

I'd love to get setlist/personnel details on this for my Slide Hampton discography to get a jump on the upcoming album - and Mark, let's talk photos again! I'm looking forward to seeing the others you've got. Mike

Date: July 2, 1956 Location: New York City Label: Columbia Horace Silver (ldr), Hank Mobley (ts), Joe Gordon (t), Horace Silver (p), Doug Watkins (b), Kenny Clarke (d) a. CO56459 To Beat Or Not To Beat - 04:02 (Horace Silver) b. CO56460 Shoutin' Out - 06:33 (Horace Silver) c. CO56461 How Long Has This Been Going On - 05:18 (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) All titles on: - Portrait LP 12": RJ 45138 - Silver's Blue (1989) - Epic LP 12": LN 3326 - Silver's Blue - Epic LP 12": LA 16005 - Silver's Blue Date: July 17, 1956 Location: New York City Label: Columbia Horace Silver (ldr), Hank Mobley (ts), Donald Byrd (t), Horace Silver (p), Doug Watkins (b), Arthur Taylor (d) a. CO56824 I'll Know - 07:24 (Frank Loesser) b. CO56825 Silver's Blue - 07:44 (Horace Silver) c. CO56826 The Night Has A Thousand Eyes - 08:59 (Buddy Bernier, Jerome Brainin) d. CO56827 Hank's Tune - 05:26 (Hank Mobley) All titles on: - Portrait LP 12": RJ 45138 - Silver's Blue (1989) - Epic LP 12": LN 3326 - Silver's Blue - Epic LP 12": LA 16005 - Silver's Blue ====================== Mike

WKCR played most (all?) of the byg album Tarik yesterday morning. I didn't realize it was in honor of the birthday. Mike

Please do - the Mosaic site shows the album track to be 5:46, so at worst that track was edited down to 2:43. Perhaps it's the "part 1" of the split promo single shown on the site I mentioned above. Mike

I would prefer it if someone would try to *elevate* the quality, not pander to the juvenile audience. Plenty of kids LOVED the original movies - as I read in an online review talking about Jar-Jar Binks: ----- His head gets caught in an electronic field, his foot gets caught in the stirrup of some large beast, he describes being in trouble as "deep doo doo," and even manages to step in some of the same while walking around in Mos Eisley Spaceport. Therein lies a key difference between this film and one of its predecessors. In STAR WARS, we had Obi-Wan telling us Mos Eisley was a "wretched hive of scum and villainy." In THE PHANTOM MENACE, we get doo doo. ------ Give kids something worthy and they WILL like it. You don't need to go for the lowest common denominator. It works in movies, music, whatever. I've seen it myself. Mike

Do you mean for his Star Wars pictures or his work overall? Because I'd rank Catch Me If You Can far beyond the formulaic Star Wars stuff. His Harry Potter stuff is even worse. I remember The Empire Of The Sun as being quite good, better than Star Wars, in my view. Mike

Well, if basic multiplication counts, then yes. But remember the audience for this stuff. ======================== Three is a magic number Yes it is, it's a magic number Somewhere in the ancient, mystic trinity You get three as a magic number The past and the present and the future Faith and hope and charity The heart and the brain and the body Give you three as a magic number It takes three legs to make a tripod or to make a table stand It takes three wheels to make a vehicle called a tricycle Every triangle has three corners Every triangle has three sides No more, no less You don't have to guess When it's three you can see it's a magic number A man and a woman had a little baby Yes, they did They had three in the family And that's a magic number 3-6-9, 12-15-18, 21-24-27, 30 3-6-9, 12-15-18, 21-24-27, 30 Now, the multiples of three Come up three times in each set of ten In the first ten you get 3, 6, 9 And in the "-teens" ten it's 12, 15, and 18 And in the "twenties" you get 21, 24, 27 And it comes out even on 30 Now multiply backwards from three times ten 3 x 10 is 30 3 x 9 is 27 3 x 8 is 24 3 x 7 is 21 3 x 6 is 18 3 x 5 is 15 3 x 4 is 12 And 3 x 3 is 9 And 3 x 2 is 6 And 3 x 1 is 3 of course Now dig the pattern once more Three! 3-6-9 Twelve! 12-15-18 Twenty-one! 21-24-27, 30 Yeah, thirty Now multiply from 10 backwards 3 x 10 is 30 (keep goin') 3 x 9 is 27 3 x 8 is 24 3 x 7 is 21 3 x 6 is 18 3 x 5 is 15 3 x 4 is 12 And 3 x 3 is 9 And 3 x 2 is 6 And 3 x 1... What is it? Three! Yeah... That's a magic number A man and a woman had a little baby Yes, they did They had three in the family That's a magic number ======================== Mike