Michael Fitzgerald

Until someone comes back with concrete info courtesy of Sony, it's all speculation. Until the Legacy reissue of The Jazz Messengers, no one knew about some of those bonus tracks. Why couldn't such a thing happen again with Drum Suite? As for Stepping Stones, the band was recorded over two days at the Vanguard. I don't think it's unreasonable to think that something other than Escape Velocity could be added. Think of the Dexter Gordon Live at Carnegie that came out MUCH expanded. Am I wrong in remembering that there was talk (with Cuscuna as source?) about an expanded Stepping Stones a number of years back? As for Manhattan Symphonie, I'd be quite happy with the straight album, but discographies list several CBS sessions with unissued stuff, including "Secret Love" from the same quartet session as the issued "As Time Goes By". I'd have to check, but I'm not sure we've seen all the stuff originally on Great Encounters - some became the Carnegie record, some were bonus tracks on Sophisticated Giant. Mike

Half and half, but I think even the drum suite is less of a percussion-only thing than Holiday or Orgy. The Messengers stuff is the McLean, Hardman band. Mike

It's about time!!!! This is stuff that should have been reissued in the US in definitive editions 20 years ago. So much is long-awaited - the Gordon, the Jamal, the Shaw - my next question is whether any others will have additional material. I've got almost everything already in LP or import CD, but if you're offering bonus tracks on something like Drum Suite, I'm there! Mike

Be aware that Tootie Heath also played flute (wooden, I believe) with the Heath Brothers. Sometimes both he and Jimmy would play together. Mike

Very interesting! And that date is good to know too - Stitt's other Wingate stuff has been listed as "1950s?" which has got to be wrong. Mike

Google - "stitt's groove" - 9 results. Check 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. Mike

I see 4 or 5 folks listing the Marr/Stitt single online. As low as $6. I kind of think they are different tunes. No idea whether Stitt and Marr actually play together. Mike

Bruyninckx CDROM lists personnel as "Hank Marr (org) with unknown ts, g, b-g, and d Lord CDROM 5.0 copies this exact info. God bless these folks: http://capitolsoulclub.homestead.com/Detro...elsWINGATE.html which shows that there is another Wingate that has Hank Marr and Sonny Stitt - not listed in either Bruyninckx or Lord. Get searching!!!! These guys have a soul label index like what is on my page for jazz labels: http://capitolsoulclub.homestead.com/LabelListingsKey.html Mike

Is this Wingate WG 012 you have? If not, you've got new information that I'd love to know about. Same Hank Marr as far as I know. I would have thought that the Federal issues were the originals and the King LPs combined them. Were the Federal singles duplicated by King singles? I Can't Go On is supposedly on King LP 829 "Latest Teentime Dance Steps". Mike

Trying to keep info together in one place: Names & Numbers #5 (September 1986) has two pages discussing Crown 5009. There are some date discrepancies with Jack Woker's list from rmb, also some proposed soloists. N&N #1 (April 1985) has info on Maxwell Davis and Crown. I have also found Q & A on Crown stuff in Jazz Journal International: July 1983, April 1984, and January & March & June 1991. There are probably others too. Mike

Well, I recommend contacting Campbell - my info is from here: http://hubcap.clemson.edu/~campber/earthlies.html The wait might be long - I don't know. Mike And I will readily agree that the website works just fine as a shopping guide - but that's not the only purpose of a discography, probably not even the primary intended purpose.

Igpe Atinle orkswe ustje inefe, oreme ose ifwe ouye ainge omese eedspe. Ikeme

Please note that the discography on that site is problematic - it is the result of collaborative efforts from about 10-15 years ago (I was part of the workforce). Subsequently in 1994, Robert Campbell (a major original contributor) published The Earthly Recordings Of Sun Ra and the online version stopped evolving as it had, much to the distress of the other numerous contributors. In 2003, Campbell's book received a second, much improved and expanded edition (with the additional help of Chris Trent). The original book was 247 pages, the second edition is 847 pages. There is a third edition in the works. What is on the website has been slightly updated since 1993 - which is *twelve* years now - but unfortunately it's not the best available information. Campbell and Trent (understandably) reserve new discoveries for the published books, and other contributors won't bother to update online what is already out-of-date. Mike

Yes - the Jaspar/Renaud set includes the album of all Gigi Gryce stuff done while Gryce was in Paris in 1953. If you like Getz/Raney, you'll probably like this stuff. Gryce also plays baritone (no solos) on one of the Renaud/Cohn sessions from NYC 1954. Mike

Ego - that's an interesting choice over Emergency (and Turn It Over), the Blue Notes (and the later Blue Notes), the Holdsworth stuff, etc.? I do like it, but it seems not so representative. But maybe no TW album is really representative. I finally picked up a copy of The Old Bum's Rush - haven't gotten around to listening yet. Mike

If I recall correctly, a version of "Ready For Freddie" was available through one of the record clubs LONG after it went out of print as a Connoisseur. Some things now have been re-reissued (as RVG series) so the Connoisseur issues aren't as important as they were originally. What was nice was that the Connoisseurs started out as never-reissued first time on US CD (I think this changed with Sonny's Crib, which still corrected the original CD issue) so it was exciting to be able to get all those sessions on CD. And then there was the wristwatch. Mike

They do not play together. Tyner is only on two tracks (Above The Rainbow & Tomara). Henderson is on two different tracks (Windows & Black Narcissus). Only the Henderson tracks from this album are included in the Joe Henderson Milestone Years boxed set. Mike

No - see: http://www.anthonymontgomery.com/wes_m.htm Mike

Dannie Richmond began as a saxophonist, not a trumpeter, I believe. Mike

That live promo LP on ECM has been bootlegged, one I know is "Blue Asphalt" on Jazz Door. My assumption is that PM didn't want it out as a "regular" album. Mike

Vanguard Jazz Orchestra Village Vanguard, NYC Tuesday, May 10, 2005 - first set Dick Oatts, Billy Drewes (as, ss) Ralph Lalama, Rich Perry (ts) Gary Smulyan (bar) Frank Greene, Joe Magnarelli, Nick Marchione, Scott Wendholt (t) Luis Bonilla, Jason Jackson, John Mosca (tb) Douglas Purviance (btb) Jim McNeely (p) Dennis Irwin (b) John Riley (d) guest Slide Hampton (tb, arr, con) on c. d. e. a. Rhoda Map (Thad Jones) b. Mr. Fone Bone (Bob Mintzer) c. Inspiration Suite: Tadd (Slide Hampton) d. Inspiration Suite: Gil (Slide Hampton) e. The Way (Slide Hampton) f. My Centennial (Thad Jones) Mike

2 and 3 are in the works. Mike

Slide's a busy guy - he's playing tomorrow night with the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra at NYC's Village Vanguard (where else?). Mike

Benny likes talking about Tadd and Bull Moose. As I recall, he says that time was when he really learned how to write, by studying Tadd's scores. Mike

I suggest preparing by reading the published interviews with Golson - Cadence had a great 3 part one (vol. 22, nos. 8-10). I can find more if necessary. Golson very often tells the same stories (offstage in interviews as well as onstage in introductions). He is charming, well-spoken and quite engaging. What actually might work is trying to find follow-up questions to his standard responses. What I might want to ask (for myself) would be things like: What was the relationship with Art Blakey like *after* the 1950s - when Golson did the reunion gigs. Or with Art Farmer and Curtis Fuller during The Jazztet reunion. Were those things just going over the same old ground or was there something new for him? Or I'm always looking for the tiniest bit of information on the most obscure things - like when he joined the Messengers who was in the band and where did they play before BG got the band cleaned up and accepted again (they had been "banned" from the big clubs for being unreliable). Do get the interview taped and report back! Mike