randissimo

No fire extinguishers?

CHRISTIERN (PAL O' MINE) [sEE YA AT NOLA ON MONDAY AT NOON], That is one sonofabitch of a question. Buddy Rich went into the Marines at that time but did do a guest radio shot with the band in early 1943. I think Petrillo put the recording band on in December of '42 so there is no documentation there. I don't think the band recorded in late '42 either. Shit, that question is a bitch. Stay tuned...I'll send out feelers on that one. See you on Monday. Booper will be there so you and she can sit side by side (she's kinda got a crush on you) while we finish this shit up. DEEP I believe the answer to that question can be found in Mel Torme's biography on Buddy, "Traps, Boy Wonder"..

My vote is for Lansing... If it were to be held in Lansing there would be no traveling and lodging expenses for us, we wouldn't have to hassle with transporting our gear, and Jim wouldn't have to schlepp the B3 all the way to St. Louis and back..

Jan 9th & 10th Organissimo will be jazzin' at the Bird, Ann Arbor, Mi...Music starts at 9:30pm...

That's OK, Jazzmoose. I guess that Dan isn't the only one who seems to want to be confrontational when I just want to contribute in a positive way. I corrected the spelling of his name and can only say that it was a typo. Holy man! Because I would have to make major plans, were I to participate in a hang, I just was trying to establish a central point of discussion of the date, site etc. Of course getting everybody to agree is the lynchpin of the whole discussion. I'm open to whatever the majority wants. There have been hangs at various points, through various sites, which were great, according to those who got together. There have also been proposed hangs which sank without a trace, after many months of back and forth, with only one or two who showed up. That was a shame. The idea is a good one and I'm assuming that we want to attract as many participants as possible. It might be a problem if the venue selected was too far to travel, or too expensive. Getting together is the main thing. If we are interested in actually pulling this off, there should be, at least I think, as little negative input as possible. After all, why would anyone want to travel a long way to waste their time?? So, if anybody has a good suggestion, that is feasable to the majority, let's hear it. If and when a date and location are decided upon, we should try and figure out how to finance this for airfare, as well as food, & lodging..

Yo Deepness, that's a great story! Did you read my post a couple of days ago about Arnst, the club owner in Munich Germany? And did you know the cat?

Claude Black from....Toledo, Ohio! Still plays around here though I haven't seen him. CONN (A LINGUIST), Is Rusty's Cafe still happenin'? I used to play there too. How 'bout Candy Johnson?...heard he "MOVED TO VERMONT". DEEP Candy Johnson passed on years ago.. He was in fact, Jimmy Forrest's cousin..

This was taken at a cancer fundraiser Organissimo did for my mother back in April..

Yikes!!!!!

Deep, I posted this one a couple of weeks ago in Drumnmers Corner.. Do you know this club in Munich? According to pianist Johnny O'Neal, Art Blakey had some stories about this place too.. I played a jazz club back in October, '76 in Munich, Germany called the Jazz Domicile. The club owner (Arnst was his name) got really tanked up and came up onstage to sing some or some such nonsense, tripped over the mic cord and fell backwards, trashing the face and bridge on a half size Czech bass, and took down almost my whole drumkit! It was the ugliest sounds I've ever heard!! Arnst was profusely apologetic after it happened and offered to pay for our rooms and any damaged incurred... The next day he didn't remember any of the night before and flatly refused to pay for anything! The bass player took the matter into some kind of International Court and I don't think he ever got re-imbursed for the extensive repairs he had to have done....

I've got an "Anita O'Day at Baker's Keyboard Lounge" story for ya In the early 80's she was in Detroit at Baker's for week. My mother being a big fan of Anita's, I thought I'd ask her for an autograph. So I went to the bar and got a napkin and an ink pen and walked over to her... She looked at the napkin and then at me and said, " MAN, I AIN'T AUTOGRAPHIN' NO MUTHAFUCKIN' NAPKIN!,,,GO GET A RESPECTABLE PIECE OF PAPER! "..

Wow! You were the drummer on that gig! I know Claude Black very well and remember when that happened. Around that time I had just picked up an Eddie Jefferson side with a really hip version of "Freedom Jazz Dance" on it and was going to come down that week to Bakers..

Deepness, I'd like to hear more crazy road stories from your own experiences...

Good morning Sir Deep; I'm on my way to a gig north of Traverse City, Mi for a warm & fuzzy little Jazz hit at a cozy resort about 3 hours north of my crib... Have a nice weekend and I'll check in again late Sunday night ..

Reminds me.... I gotta stop and eat on my way to tonight's gig... That food looks good!! I better git movin'... Later ya'll B)

RANDALL, Can't do it man. It's too dangerous out there. I'm a marked man. I'm the fugitive...THE RICHARD KIMBALL OF JAZZ!! I am forced to dwell in THE DEEP DEPTHS OF DISPAIR thread until such time as the DEEP IGNORE option is implemented. If DEEP can't go to the mountain, the mountain has to come to DEEP. DEEP That's deep!

Here's an idea... This thread should be renamed something like,, "Deep's World",, or maybe even start another thread .. Anyone wanting to interact with Sir. Deepness could simply go to this thread or ignore it... Deep of course could visit and interact with other threads like "Drummer's Corner" (hint hint)

Randall, This has plagued me my entire recording career. (Not that my recording career has been that prolific). On the Maynard Ferguson "Chameleon" album I got murdered by the sandbag on the bass drum. The Woody 40th Anniversay Carnegie Hall Concert was OK but it was live. I finally asked Mel Lewis how he dealt with his bass drum. He told me to use NO muffling on the front head and only take a paper napkin, folded up, and tape it on the back head next to where the bass drum beater strikes the head. I think he knew what he was talking about. Of course this is for a Jazz sound. Rock is another ball game. SsssSSSHHHHHHH I hear toilets flushing. DEEP Sir. Deepness, Thanks for info..

He has an amazing poly-rhythmic independance that goes beyond anyone I've heard before.. Check out the nutty patterns he plays with his heel and toe on hihat & cowbell! And he swings like DeJohnette!

WORD!!!! I'd really like to see some more participation from you, DEEP, in other areas of the board, especially in some heavy MUSIC threads. You obviously have a lot to offer, and I'm warming to some of your charm (SERIOUSLY!!). BUT, as it stands now, a frightingly large percentage of your posts on this board are just PISSING IN THE PUNCH BOWL. (And most of it is directed at Chris, it would seem.) Grow the fuck up a bit, and get with the PARTY. (And quit being such a party pooper. ) Right on.. I even started a "Drummer's Corner" which Sir Deepness hasn't responded much to.. "How does Deep tune and muffle his bass drum? I guess I'll never know..

And I'm supposed to follow your website?? Sheeesh! DIG THAT! :

shhhhhhh.... I think I hear him ....

Hmmmm.... I wonder who our newest member, "Deepisaloser" might be?? single stroke drum roll please .... rlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrl rlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrl rlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrl rlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrlrl

Thanks Deus... I checked out drummerworld.com