Michael Fitzgerald

The field is wide open, Jim. Knock yourself out. Of course, it will take a couple of years for them to establish the Grammy category for it, so don't expect immediate public recognition. Mike

I've been enjoying a number of Three Sounds records lately - these are nice albums. I don't know why BN doesn't put out a 2-CD set that combines four or five albums (they're all pretty short). How does BN expect to cultivate a market for this group if they don't let new people hear it? I mean, really, what's *not* to like about the Three Sounds? Mike

But isn't there also a set of syllables that are not related to the drum, that describe rhythms? In the western world we sometimes use Ta = quarter note, Ti-Ti = 2 eighth notes, Ti-ri-ti-ri = 4 sixteenth notes, for example. I thought there was an analogous system in the Indian world. Mike

From what I know, there was a quartet too. Coryell had a band with Mike Mandel and Steve Haas. At a gig at Slugs', Jack Bruce was a guest for 4 days. This was August 1969. That I can confirm. Apparently Mitch Mitchell replaced Haas at some point. It is reported that there are recordings circulating. The timeframe for this seems to be later - 1970 or even 1971. But I've also seen people list this as from before - as if it happened immediately after Cream's disbanding in November 1968. I'm skeptical of that. Mike

Krog, Karin: But Three's A Crowd 8005 Golson, Benny: California Message 8013 Drew, Kenny: Afternoon In Europe 8014 Akiyoshi, Toshiko: From Toshiko With Love 8016 Chambers, Joe: NY Concerto 8018 Golson, Benny: One More Mem'ry 8026 Terry, Clark: Funk Dumplin's 8027 Drew, Kenny: Lullaby, The 8029 Garland, Red: Misty Red 8031 Timeless All-Stars: It's Timeless 8032 Blakey, Art (alumni): All Star Jazz Messengers 8033 Stitt, Sonny: Sonny, Sweets & Jaws 8034 Akiyoshi, Toshiko: European Memoirs 8036 Drew, Kenny: Moonlit Desert 8039 Sacks, Steve: Brazilian Beat Of Guanabara 8040 James, Woody: L. A. Swing 8041 Lewis, John: Slavic Smile 8044 Drew, Kenny: Swingin' Love 8051 Golson, Benny: Time Speaks 8054 Timeless All-Stars: Timeless Heart 8057 Jordan, Duke: Blue Duke 8060 Clausen, Thomas: Shadow Of Bill Evans, The 8065 Blakey, Art (alumni): Caravan 8071 Drew, Kenny: Fantasia 8074 Maria, Tania: And Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen 8077 Wilkins, Ernie: Almost Big Band Live 8083 Walton, Cedar: All American Trio 8085 Maria, Tania: Live 8088 Jazztet: Nostalgia 8089 Golson, Benny: This Is For You, John 8092 Hubbard, Freddie: Rose Tattoo, The 8095 Hutcherson, Bobby: Nice Groove 8096 Sacks, Steve: On The Move 8099 Barron, Kenny: Landscape 8103 Blakey, Art: On The New Tradition 8105 Baker, Chet: Sings Again 8108 Baker, Chet: Love Song 8118 Lightsey, Kirk: Temptation 8122

Roach, Max: M'Boom 6001 Greenlee, Charles: I Know About The Life 6003 Peterson, Hannibal Marvin: Live In Lausanne 6011 Smith, Warren: Folk Songs 6013 McIntyre, Maurice: Kwanza 6015 Roach, Max & Abdullah Ibrahim: Streams Of Consciousness 6016 Roach, Max: Solos 6021 Peterson, Hannibal Marvin: Light, The 6023 Brown, Marion: Passion Flower 6024 Tolliver, Charles: New Tolliver 6025 Toki, Hidefumi: City - Toki 6027 Brooks, Roy: Live At Town Hall 6028 Roach, Max: Live In Amsterdam 6029 Murray, Sunny: 6030 Akiyoshi, Toshiko & Lew Tabackin: Salted Gingko Nuts 6031 Flanagan, Tommy: Super Jazz Trio, The 6033 Brown, Marion: Soul Eyes 6036 Peterson, Hannibal Marvin: Tribute 6043 Toki, Hidefumi: You Are Dancing 6051 Matthews, Art: It's Easy To Remember 6052 Farmer, Art: Something Tasty 6056 Woods, Phil: Song For Sisyphus 6060 Brown, Marion: November Cotton Flower 6066 Chambers, Joe Chamber Music 6070 Mingus, Charles: Lionel Hampton Presents 6074 Harper, Billy: Believer, The 6083 Flanagan, Tommy: Standard, The 6089 Mike

The delay was, I believe, due to contractual fighting between Verve and Columbia. Captain Marvel came out in Europe on Verve, but in the USA on Columbia. The live stuff you're talking about I guess is the Montreux show? Some issued on Polydor, some on Lotus. The Raben CD-ROM doesn't list any unissued live Getz from that time with Corea et al. so that Columbia reference is very intriguing. Mike

It will be a bio of Granz. Or how about THE bio of Granz. Tad Hershorn is an archivist at the Rutgers Institute of Jazz Studies. He had cooperation from Granz himself, and now the family. This will be a great book. Tad has told me some of the fascinating stories he's gotten from people who were NEVER known, and certainly not previously interviewed. The big name Verve/Pablo stars also cooperated. Mike

I guess some of their stuff was original and some licensed (Timeless, for example). I have about 70 items in two series (6000, 8000) that I'll post later. Mike

I listened to this just the other week. It's a good record, maybe not great. I prefer Light As A Feather, mostly because of Airto's drumming, and I think the electric piano was a bit better, or better recorded. That, to me, has greatness. But Captain Marvel is surely no dud. Stan plays wonderfully (actually both Stans do). Responding to the other thread, the exact chronology is: late November 1971 - RTF live in NYC (first gig?) January 3, 1972 - Getz live in NYC (start) February 2 & 3, 1972 - Return To Forever (ECM) February 9, 1972 - Getz live in Chicago (start) March 3, 1972 - Captain Marvel [October 8, 1972 - Light As A Feather] Mike

I might replace "beyond" with "away from". Mike

If Jimmy Smith is up for reissue, how about some stuff that hasn't been out on US BN CD before - Plays Pretty, Plays Fats Waller, how about Lonesome Road, or the Trio with Lou Donaldson, where Smith plays piano on one track? Agree with Baby Grand, too, particularly if some additional stuff could be put on it. Mike

How new is this extended reissue? I have a CD (Columbia/Legacy CK 65117) from 1996 or so with 21 selections (plus the Phil Schaap "pause track"). Is there something else out there? Mike

Would be glad to add it to the discography - please email me the details (see my site for how much detail). Thanks! Mike

The dates/locations listed are only there when *recordings* exist (unless you know of a tape of the Zellerbach show). As far as I can tell, Peter Losin isn't trying to present a complete chronology of every appearance. He does mention additional unrecorded gigs at the end of each session entry. Drop him a line, he'll probably want to mention the gig you saw. I can't check the Jan Lohmann discography right now - that book does try to have a complete chronology in the back. Mike

Well, no. At IOW Chick Corea and Dave Holland were still in the band. Mike

There are no sessions as a leader, sorry if my wording misled you about that. The Milt Jackson album on Prestige is on OJC 125. A later Milt Jackson album (Vibrations) is Atlantic 1417, but I don't think it's in print. Ditto for a 1961 live record by the Al Grey/Billy Mitchell Sextet on Argo 689. No idea whether early items by Charlie Singleton, Paul Williams, or Gatemouth Brown have made it onto European "complete" sets. Mike

Not true at all. Henry Boozier was a real trumpeter. Made several sessions in the 1950s and early 1960s and worked in blues bands - B. B. King's for one. Mike

Talk to Noal Cohen. He interviewed Teddy Charles several times about this. http://www.attictoys.com/jazz/TC_intro.html Mike

Bruyninckx (and Lord) lists Japanese Phonogram FDX285 (not 286) as one of the issues of the Dizzy Gillespie recording. I cannot confirm. The Kenny Barron discography on my website has the basic info for this session (April 1964). BTW, discovered another screw up in the Lord CD-ROM while researching this session: a number of entries for various tunes titled "Coney Island" have been blindly changed into "Coney Island washboard". This is in the very latest version 5.0 which I just received. Bruyninckx has the correct titles. If someone can get me a copy of this alleged Waldron item, I'd be happy to research as best I can. Being on dialup, I won't be downloading it. Mike

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: May 14, 1962 Location: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ Label: Blue Note Sonny Stitt (ldr), Sonny Stitt (as, ts), Dexter Gordon (ts), Paul Weeden (g), Don Patterson (org), Billy James (d) a. tk 4 Oh, Lady Be Good - 08:04 (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) Blue Note CD: 7243 5 21484 2 4 - The Lost Sessions (1999) b. tk 6 or 7 Unknown Title No. 1 c. tk 10 There Will Never Be Another You (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) d. tk 11 Unknown Title No. 1 e. tk 12 or 13 Unknown Title No. 2 (Charleston) f. tk 14 Bye Bye Blackbird (Mort Dixon, Ray Henderson) Omit Sonny Stitt (as) on a, d, e. Omit Dexter Gordon (ts) on b, c, f. Omit Sonny Stitt (ts) on b, c, f. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- b. through f. are listed as "rejected" in Cuscuna/Ruppli 2 - but that doesn't mean much. Mike

Great - Pursuant to my last message, I have now completed entry of all Jimmy Smith Blue Note sessions (pre-1983). Lonnie Smith now completed too. Mike

Did you say flat or fat? Mike

This is why we have resources like: http://www.plosin.com/milesahead/ where you can search for any sideman or go through the session listing date by date. Start with October 1970 and go through May 1971. DeJohnette left in July or August. Mike

To me, the obvious answer is not Miles Davis at all, it's Maynard Ferguson. Judging by your list, I can't imagine you'd find anything like the same problems with Maynard. After that, you can go with 1970s Kenton and Herman, maybe some Buddy Rich. Loud, high, and fast. "Less is more"? No way - more is more. And too much is almost just enough. Mike