Michael Fitzgerald

The fact that many of today's drummers still play in the style that was developed by drummers in the 1930s - to me, that says that they are not too interested in advancing things. Sure, it's nice, but there is more to the world of the rhythm section than just keeping time. If you can appreciate LaFaro's revolution, can't you recognize that Motian is the equivalent for the drums? Maybe it's not a piano solo that is supposed be accompanied by drums. Maybe it's a drum solo that is accompanied by piano.......... Or maybe it's neither. Mike

You are dealing with your own preconceptions about what a drummer "should" do. Motian and the Evans trio were shattering those preconceptions (and beautifully so, in my opinion). It's *your* opinion that "the drums are not there to compete with the other musicians" - that particular opinion is certainly based in pre-Motian facts: earlier drummers did stay out of the way of the others. We can say the same with LaFaro - the bassist "should" play straight quarter notes, hit the root of the chord on beat one, etc. But I say thank goodness that LaFaro took the creative chance to try playing simultaneous melodies with the soloist, to let the timekeeping be implied rather than stated outright. Yes, rebellious! Revolutionary! Wonderful! Someone could just as easily say that Max Roach or Art Blakey wasn't doing what the drummer "should" have done. Experimentation leads to new discoveries. Playing it safe leads to stagnant same-ness. If you don't like the Evans/LaFaro/Motian trio, that's your choice - there are certainly thousands of other more conventional trios that would suit you better. Mike

I think the point was that it wasn't about accompanying or supporting, rather that the roles were equal and no one was subordinate. Mike

Only non-Tjader session appears to be one by Bola Sete for Fantasy. Entire recorded career appears to be between 1961 and 1963. No other info at this point. Mike

Try a search on groups.google.com - Jack Woker has sorted out almost everything about the series of mystery records issued on Crown. Hopefully this link works: http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.mu...d3db4bf9f9771b3 Mike

A great man.

I have the set with the defect. It is the *manufacturer's* problem. Whether this is Mosaic or Verve (maybe it's both/either) needs to be determined and the appropriate contact information and procedure needs to be supplied. Mike

Clayton is 1956, right? There were only three tunes performed. Pretty sure these are not fake. Mike

There are 3 issues by this band (MPS, Beppo, LRC, then 1 track on I Giganti - possibly a duplicate from the 3), plus some unissued broadcasts. As the repertoire was nearly identical (I don't have timings in front of me), it's hard to tell for sure if this is something totally new, but the presence of Old Folks - not on any of the 3 issues - would suggest it's worth investigating. Mike

DAMN! Is there some gig in heaven that everyone is trying to make? This has been a hard week. Mike

Important historically, but a little disappointing to have almost no piano. The ballad particularly - so straight! Thanks for making these available. Mike

Does your public transportation somehow NOT have the people muttering to themselves, talking on their cellphones, etc.? Plenty of people in their own little worlds that I've seen. Or is that just a NYC thing? Mike

Absolutely thrilled to hear this. The recent stuff has been atrocious. Mike

I have seen numerous instances of people refusing to accept "the truth" - sometimes to do with failing memories, sometimes ignorant prejudice. One example that comes to mind is someone vehemently insisting that John McLaughlin did not appear on "Jack Johnson" by Miles Davis, that the guitar player was Sonny Sharrock. Fact is, both are present and are easily recognized by anyone familiar with the two musicians' styles. But no, McLaughlin STOLE the credit away from Sharrock. Oh please. I see that the dreaded allmusic site blurb on this Gene Harris record says, "Gene Harris sounds more like Oscar Peterson than himself, since he had not yet developed the bluesy style that was the trademark of his many recordings" - Mike Long and George Herman seem not to have recorded outside of that first "Gene Harris" Jubilee record. However, bassist on the *second* record is Ben Tucker - try contacting him: http://216.73.101.101/wtmt/bentucker/ Mike

Contact Juilliard and see if you can get dates of attendance, etc. Here's a contact: Chavela Contreras, Administrative Assistant CContreras@juilliard.edu Mike

I was flabbergasted to realize that he was only 58 because his career lasted so long - he was an elder statesman while still in middle age! And he was almost immediately playing with the top musicians. If he were in America, he certainly would have worked, but there were so many other great bassists that it would have taken a lot of time for him to amass as much experience as he got by working with every American visitor. From about 1961 to 2005 - that's a helluva run. Mike

Yes. Yes. Mike

It's a Roulette, supposedly from 1966. Here's the entry from Lord. This is NOT included in the Mosaic boxed set. [s11993-5] Sonny Stitt I keep comin' back ! Sonny Stitt on the Varitone: Clark Terry, Joe Newman (tp,flhrn) Urbie Green, Dickie Harris (tb) Sonny Stitt (varitone-sax) Jerry Dodgion (as) Hank Freeman (sax) SEldon Powell (ts) George Berg (bar) Ellis Larkins (p) Mike Mainieri (vib) Les Spann (g) George Duvivier (b) or Milt Hinton (b) Walter Perkins (d) New York, 1966 I keep comin' back for more Roulette R-25346, Trip TLX-5008 Manhattan fever - - I will wait for you - - Lullaby of Birdland - - Swingin' shepherd blues - - Quintessence - - Sunrise, sunset - - Maybe - - Yellow rose of Texas - - Note: Roulette R-25346(mono) = RS-25346(stereo). Trip TLX-5008 titled "Two sides of Sonny Stitt"; see 1960 for the rest of this 2 LP set. Mike

Lennon and McCartney had an agreement were anything by either would be credited to BOTH (as "Lennon and McCartney"). So the Yesterday thing is in line with that. McCartney tried to get that one switched to "McCartney and Lennon" but Yoko said no. If you make the agreement, you live with it. It could just as easily have worked out that Lennon wrote a big smash by himself. Mike

How about changing the "Illinois" part, then? Gotta be "Eelnwah" because "Ill-i-noy Zhakay" just ain't gonna work..... Mike

Niehaus scores almost all of Eastwood's films. Mike

John Coltrane: Interstellar Space Mike

Perhaps someone is confusing Redman with Arthur Blythe, who did join the WSQ briefly around 1990 until 1992, replacing Julius Hemphill. Mike

It also says the booty has "light wear". Mike

So Michael Jackson nabs the Beatles rights by outbidding *Paul McCartney* and now we're supposed to feel sorry for Jackson? How the hell is he the victim? Mike