Michael Fitzgerald

Frankie Dunlop didn't disappear after the 1960s. He was in the Lionel Hampton band in the late 1970s and was performing and recording into the 1980s but is now dead. I've never been able to get a firm date, though. I'll see if I can find some more on Eddie Khan. The Social Security Death Index shows only *one* E. Khan but it's not him - born 1952. Mike

BTW, the entries for "Theme" have nothing to do with each other. Any time an artist played the band's theme (for a radio broadcast, for example) and it's labeled as such it will get added to the total. So Tommy Dorsey - Theme [i'm getting sentimental over you] is in the same total as Louis Prima - Theme [sing, sing, sing] and Joe Guy - Theme [Epistrophy] and Woody Herman - Theme [blue flame]. Plus, of course, the Miles Davis "The Theme" and the Blakey/Dorham "The Theme" and many others. Stupidity reigns. Mike

The "Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me" situation is one of MANY completely screwed up things in the Lord CD-ROM. Almost ALL of these entries are actually tunes that are titled simply "Blues". And they are almost all completely unrelated, so I wouldn't count "Blues" as a commonly played tune the same way as "St. Louis Blues" is. I have found several other similar errors. Simply proof that no one is minding the store. BTW, there is an entry in Lord for "Blues" or "The Blues" - where you will find instances of the Ellington piece from Black Brown & Beige, among other things. There are 215 of those. I feel confident that no one ever entered "Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me" in all those sessions - the error was introduced by some bonehead in a perhaps well-intentioned attempt to streamline tune titles, which obviously was only half-baked, if you'll notice these: Crepescule with Nellie Crepuscle with Nellie Crepuscule with Nellie Crepuscule with Nelly Crespuscle with Nellie Crespuscule with Nellie DUH. So no one has bothered to even look at the index. Musicians index is even worse. In terms of the "Blues" (and other similar) situations, the Lord books and the v. 2 CD-ROM are actually better than the v. 3 and v. 4 CD-ROMs, if you can believe that. Mike

Pretty sure that's Jack Wilkins (guitarist) pictured, not Jack Walrath (trumpeter). Mike

Oh - I was confused for a minute. The extra tracks you are referring to are NOT from the Village Gate. They are the "3 in Jazz" studio tracks. See my Henry Grimes discography. There is a good deal of extra live material from the Gate that has never seen the light of day. Reports say this is damn good stuff. We live in hope. Mike

Around 1968 there was a pretty big change, with folks we normally associate more with the acoustic bass adding electric bass to their arsenal: Dave Holland (1968-), Bob Cranshaw (1968-), Steve Swallow (1968-), Ron Carter (1968-1976 only), Buster Williams (1969-1975 only), Ray Brown (1968-1970 only), etc. Mike

I seem to recall other such questions being asked here. Are you doing some kind of research on Roland Kirk? If so, you ought to join the Bright-Moments email list. See my website for details. George Bonifacio who manages the list owns every item that Kirk appears on, in multiple copies (all foreign issues, all formats, all variants, etc.). I'm sure he could instantly answer all questions you have. His personal discography is by far the most detailed and he has been doing research in the Atlantic Records files to get additional information for material from that period. George also has a very comprehensive chronology and has documented hundreds of live recordings (if you know the Dog Years In The Fourth Ring CD, that's material from his collection on the first 2 discs). Mike

The April and August dates are listed in the 2nd edition Blue Note discography. The rejected Shorter session with Tyner is October 13, 1970. Mike

I just picked up the latest recording - a 3-CD set titled Vivacitas, ostensibly by The Nice, but actually only partly by them. One CD is a interview of The Nice by Chris Welch (too short). Another CD is Emerson's new quartet - I assume the one he is playing with on this tour? - and a couple of OK solo piano tracks. The most impressive thing is that despite years of going down the tubes, after 32 years out of them, he quite remarkably steps right back into his old shoes with The Nice. The subtle Hammond registrations that were NEVER used since are absolutely perfect and the style and rhythm, the loose improvisatory style, the interaction, they're all there. Sadly, Lee Jackson's voice is shot (he sings "Hang On To A Dream" down an octave - and it wasn't that demanding to begin with), but his bass playing is fine and Brian Davison is wonderful. The two groups share the guitarist Dave Kilminster - mostly he's a bit of a wanker, more blatantly on the ELP stuff. The new quartet does Tarkus and Hoedown and are joined by Jackson and Davison on Fanfare For The Common Man and Honky Tonk Train Blues. I'm not thrilled. The new band is exactly where I would have expected Emerson to be at this point after decades as a rock star (I just finished his tell-all autobiography too). But, damn, if he would get serious with The Nice, there could be some amazing things. Musically, it's no old-timers show. Just instrumentals would be fine with me - now how about a US tour, lads? Mike

November 12, 1989 is correct. New York Times TV listings confirm. Mike

You are right. Cuscuna is wrong. Mike

The site seems to be back up now - apparently only a temporary problem. Email me if you encounter the problem again. Mike

Thanks for the kind words. I will see about getting that page (and others from that site - Inner City, Perception, Flying Dutchman, Strata East) hosted elsewhere. Disappearing pages are a frustration, but as mentioned, there are work-around ways to get hold of them. BTW, preferred notification method regarding broken links is e-mail rather than public broadcast. ["CUSTOMER SANGREY, YOUR HEMMORRHOID MEDICATION IS READY FOR PICKUP AT THE PRESCRIPTION COUNTER......"] Mike

Not much. I know my Gryce co-author Noal Cohen played at least one gig with him, perhaps in Rochester. A hardcore junkie, I am told. Mike

Haven't heard anything from this. I'll have to wait until someone I know has a copy or else check it out beforehand at the store. This is definitely not a pre-order item for me. I have to strongly - nay, vehemently - disagree about Krall's rendition of Joni Mitchell's A Case Of You. I saw her do this on the Joni TV tribute and found it appallingly bad. Completely void of emotion - real emotion - there was all too much pseudo-emotion. One of the worst moments of the entire show. It makes me cringe just to think about it. If you really want to hear that tune, listen to Joni's own recent re-interpretation of it. I enjoyed seeing DK live when she was doing Nat Cole stuff. Good trio, tasty playing, nice singing. But her ballad stuff just does not work for me. She seems fake, like she's going through the motions but there isn't any depth behind it. I am a fan of Costello, for the most part, though he certainly isn't infallible. I think he has an inflated sense of his abilities. Mike

They played at least some gigs in 1963 - one time the rhythm section was Eddie Khan and Clifford Jarvis, another time was Eddie Khan and Tony Williams. Mike

The one particular track I was referring to was "Faith" - it was issued in an unedited form, including a Gilmore solo, on the various artists album "We Had A Ball". If we were dealing with the Elite series crew, undoubtedly that version would have been included in the CD reissue. I haven't listened recently to check whether other tracks without saxophone solos were intended that way or if the solos were edited out later. Mike

Interestingly enough, it was an influence on Keith Emerson's version of MBP with The Nice. Mike

I don't understand the above - Electric Bath *was* reissued in the US - and by Columbia no less, not by Koch - my copy says 1998. I haven't seen a drastic change in Columbia's policy since then. If we were talking about the difference between the days of the Verve Elites and now, that would be a different story. Mike

I like it. How much? And where do I sign? Mike

I have not. There is a copy at the Library of Congress. They list 3 tracks: Fuel for the fire. Performed by Larry Young, organist; jazz group. I ching. Performed by Larry Young, organist; jazz group. Unidentified work. Performed by Larry Young, organist; jazz group. I haven't ever heard the Arista record by Fuel, but I have a feeling it would be pretty much the same. The band is identical, but with the addition of Sandy Edwards playing percussion. With "Library of Congress" mentioned on this board in the same sentence as "Larry Young" - I can think of only one man for this job. Mike

Sure - here's two where recordings exist: Lifetime played - there's audio and video from the Montreux festival in 1971. He played with his group Fuel as part of an organ show at Newport in NY in 1975. Mike

http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/Sandra%20St%20Victor.html Mike

The Guru record was 1993 or so. Since then he's recorded various things as a guest with Ahmad Jamal, The Crusaders, Lucianne Evans, and Sandra St. Victor. Mike

Orchestra U.S.A. - is it a big band with strings or an orchestra [2 string quartets, actually] including saxophones and a rhythm section? You're both right! It's a floor wax and a non-dairy topping. See my website. Mike