Michael Fitzgerald

Book available on the mariaschneider.com site - possible better inventory, possible better remuneration. Mike

Well, if you like just listening for him, there's plenty of nice work on the Tentet (Sol Schlinger replaces him sometimes though). A couple other adventurous 1950s items: Sandole Brothers on Fantasy (now OJC) Teo Macero on Columbia (available at cdbaby as "the best of TM") Mike

Can't recall offhand, but even among those you list, he does not solo on B&TAT. And no, he does not solo in the Tentet. Mike

Many more, often as just a session section player from 1953 to 1982. He was in on a lot of historically significant dates - such as Teddy Charles Tentet dates for Atlantic and several JCOA/related records (Thornton, Mantler, Bley). Seems to have been a favorite of Ernie Wilkins and Oliver Nelson. Mike

Actually most recorders have 10 holes - but the player uses only 8 fingers. And a thumb. Mike Edit: Duh - seven fingers

Never heard these, never heard of these: Errol Buddle: Recorder Magic 1982 recording in Australia looks like the most commercial of all of Buddle's works. Movie themes, etc. Maybe more in line with the West Coast idea - Charlie Mariano: Beauties Of 1918 (World Pacific, 1957) Ade Monsbourgh: Recorder In Ragtime (Swaggie, 1956) and other albums by AM Jack Marshall: 18th Century Jazz (Capitol, 1958) Maybe: Ron McCroby And The Arion Consort: Breezin' The Classics (ProArt, 1985) Medieval Jazz Quartet Plus Three (Classic Edition, 1963) Mike

Many thanks! Updated info now online. I know the Raben book but don't own it myself. I'll have to check it out further when I get a chance. Mike

Lord shows no other appearances by Don McKenzie. Roscoe Hunter only on the next Buck Clarke album (Argo). Charles Hampton on that and one more Clarke (also Argo) then part of a Charlie Byrd record on Riverside. Seems like these are DC cats - wonder if the Chicago location for the first Argo record is wrong. The second one does say DC. Lord has Fred Williams lumped together with the guy who played with Lester Bowie and others - don't know if that's correct. Fred Williams recorded in DC with Byron Morris and Gerald Wise in 1969. If he's the same guy, there are some big gaps - 1959, 1960, 1969, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1989, 1990. 10 sessions total. Mike

And in what is a rare example (to my memory) of good and right things at the Grammys, Concert In The Garden won for best Large Jazz Ensemble Album. Even NOT issued on a "real" record label! Mike

Charles Hampton (ww, p) Don McKenzie (vib) Fred Williams (b) Roscoe Hunter (d) Buck Clarke (cga, bgo) Offbeat OL 30003 rec. December 2 & 3, 1959 Cool Hands What Is This Thing Called Love Second Wind Mil-dy Ed's Blues X-A Dose Lover Man I'll Remember April Floretta Mike

OK - but looking at that for - say, Award-Winning Drummer, I see only the tracks on the original LP and on the Bainbridge CD I own. (Plus they misspell Pies of Quincy as Pieces of Quincy). I was hoping for details on these bonus tracks - alternative takes? additional titles? something? anything?! Mike

Details, please - I have these on regular CD. Mike

Oh - well, you should probably be aware of this: http://www.freeform.org/music/Strataeast.html Mike

Everything that I know from the Frontier label was recorded during 1968, 1969, and 1970. Now, sometimes the dates are listed wrong - like Lord listing Rhythm X from 1973 (should be January 26, 1968, I think) - but in Bruyninckx and Lord, Glass Bead Games is dated October 29, 1973. Is this correct? Or should this be just for the session with Cedar Walton and Sam Jones - which seems more likely to me. I am skeptical that both they and Stanley Cowell/Bill Lee were in the same studio on the same day. Has there ever been comprehensive documentation of the Frontier sessions? What I know is here: http://www.JazzDiscography.com/Temp/frontier.htm Mike

Where is the evidence that they order it? What I have seen is NO notification UNTIL I ask. Where is the incentive for them to do ANYTHING? Like I said, they've got my money already. Yes, I have left the order open hoping that it will come through. Who knows, maybe as soon as I cancel it, it will arrive there. ("Seinfeld, four!") I'm not strapped for $15 or whatever it is. If they were responsible and accurate about changing the "In Stock" note on the item, then maybe I could cancel and wait until it changed to "In Stock" again and then re-submit my order. But I can't. They *still* say it's In Stock. The evidence is that one hand doesn't know what the other is doing. Maybe other people have low expectations. That's fine for them. But in the meantime, all my $15 has bought me is the right to complain. And I intend to get my money's worth.... Mike

It's called computerization - y'know, bar codes and all that. Nobody is "writing down" stuff. The computer keeps track and humans do monthly inventories against printouts from the computer. Whatever sells out gets re-ordered. Maybe in other places people are still using vacuum tubes to pass notes from one department to another, but where I come from, even the little sheet music store has computerized inventory. Theft does occur, sure - but WHEN you are notified of a problem, it gets fixed in the system. "Hey, we're supposed to have five of these and I only found four." Well, you change the 5 to a 4 in the system. Or how about this: "Hey, this guy Fitzgerald ordered XYZ and we didn't have it even though it says it's in stock." "Well, just ignore it and see if he bothers us about it. We've already got his money." "Hey, that guy Fitzgerald bothered us about the XYZ he ordered and paid for and still hasn't received." "Well, tell him it's 'on order'. 2-3 weeks." "OK. But this still says we have XYZ in stock. Um, shouldn't we adjust the inventory?" "Listen here, Wynand, you don't run things around here." Mike

Look, it really is a simple concept - As a retailer you have a list of things that you have "on order" from some supplier (#1). You also have a list of things "in stock" (#2). You also have a list of things "purchased" by someone (#3). You take list #3 and compare it to list #2 (which theoretically should be what the purchaser selected from anyway). If for some reason, something *isn't* found, you put it on list #1. But for Christ's sake, you had better change list #2 if the item really wasn't in stock. When the supplier supplies, it goes off of list #1 and onto list #2 and you then (again) check list #2 against list #3 - automatically by computer hopefully. At which point it goes into the mail and off of list #2. Periodically you do physical inventory checks and you change list #2 to make it an accurate reflection of what's in stock. Periodically you investigate back orders (and it's a nice courtesy to keep your customers informed). I've worked at a record store, I know this system works. Mike

As I wrote, this company IS one of those who still claims something is In Stock even when I've been waiting for over three months and after they've apologized and told me "2 to 3 weeks". Also worth noting that THEY didn't tell me this, I had to ASK. Most others send periodic updates on back orders. I've never gotten one from these folks. And they've ALREADY GOT MY MONEY. And yes, companies need a system that removes something from inventory when it's been shipped. Am I wrong or have PLENTY of other vendors figured out this simple concept? Someone - maybe it's Tower - has "In Stock" "Low Stock" "On Order" "Special Order" those kinds of things - and others have REAL shipping information - so "1-2 days" MEANS 1-2 days and "2-3 weeks" MEANS 2-3 weeks. It should be a GIVEN that the system works. We don't need threads that say "I went to the store and bought a bottle of milk AND I got home and it was there and I drank it!" What we do need is notification when it doesn't. I am glad to learn more about this particular situation. As I wrote, all but one of my items showed up just as planned, but it's how that ONE exception was dealt with that is problematic. Mike

Absolutely. It would need to be properly indexed, though. Mike

I wouldn't have a problem with the credit card system if the item listed as "In Stock" was truly In Stock. It would mean charging a day or two ahead - not "two to three weeks" or - three months and counting. That's the fundamental flaw. Mike

Unless there have been changes, it is: Marcus Strickland (ts), Martin Bejarano (p) and John Sullivan (b). Mike

Absolutely, Cosby is from Philly - born in Germantown in 1937, attended Temple University after he was in the U.S. Navy. Mike

Recorded with Dizzy Gillespie in 1950 for Prestige - some sources still don't believe it's him and list JO as a pseudonym for Seldon Powell. Possible source of the confusion is the 1956 Joe Carroll album for Epic where Oliver is on a third of the record and Powell is on another third. I think those are his only two record sessions, apart from the Denon. Always remembered fondly by the Philadelphia musicians with whom I have spoken. Mike

Yes, about a dozen. Mike

Which is interesting, since Cherry was out of Ornette's band around this time anyway. Last Cherry/Coleman recording was Ornette On Tenor - March 27, 1961 Neidlinger/Taylor was June 10, 1961 Ornette's group at the Five Spot July 1961 had Bobby Bradford. Mike