AllenLowe

just to note, (since I feel invisible here), we've made 7 top ten lists for jazz CDs 2011; New Republic Stash Dauber Blog Gene Seymour Chris Robinson Scott Albin (writer for Jazz Times) Larry Kart (hope I'm not speaking out of turn) the Big City Blog I'm proud to say that on most of these lists I'm pretty much the only musician listed who does not operate near a big media center.

more like Hank's yoyo. Same thing I guess.

a decent Wiki profile on Henry Morgan (whom I used to run into, drunk - him, not me - ,on the East side in Manhattan in the '70s; always had a good-looking dame on his arm): http://en.wikipedia...._%28comedian%29

it's nice to have some early Don Friedman, as well.

thanks; interesting lineup.

saw it on Amazon, but cannot find a personnel breakdown.

"I find those charts clumsy, repetitive, formulaic, and stultifying" yes, he was a people's arranger. One of Chairman Mao's favorites.

to me Hawk is beyond criticism - check out his stuff with the Randy Weston big band, late '50s. Scary shit.

I once heard Benny Goodman sing a nice chorus - however, we have forgotten about the greatest male vocalist ever - no kidding - CLIFF EDWARDS.

also, according to Triglia, Kenton ultimately did not like Schildkraut's playing and preferred Konitz; if one listens to a some of the "live" stuff from the '53 tour (which had Bird on it), through some kind of weird osmosis, Konitz clearly sounds like some of Dave's rhythm stuff is rubbing off. according to Schildkraut's wife, he didn't want to do that tour (Dave turned down everybody, including Norman Granz and Dizzy Gillespie); when Kenton called, she got on the extension (because they were broke) and said, "Mr. Kenton, he'll be there." Davey obeyed her.

how can you not like a guy who had Lee Konitz and Dave Schildkraut in the same sax section (though Triglia told me he preferred Konitz)? And at least Kenton did his own hiring, got on the phone and called everybody himself. that's admirably hands-on.

Scrappy Lambert. Roy Rogers. Buddy Jones.

sorry, I thought he meant Jerry Louis.

Ethel Waters bio (Bogle); Duke Ellington's America; Lafcadio Hearn on New Orleans; a book on black cults and religion; collection of John Szwed pieces.

Bowie's always been a lightweight, though if you read much about him you see what a pseudo intellectual he also is, full of a grand sense of himself (see gary valentine's book, New York Rocker).

red mckenzie? actually, better are Bobby Troup and Johnny Mercer. of course we all forgot the best, LOUIS ARMSTRONG.

amen. BTW, I know David Hajdu, and while I disagree with him on Kenton, he's an excellent critic and writer; I recommend his last collection, Heroes and Villains.

as for character, Ben Webster abused woman, Max Roach beat up Abbie Lincoln. And I'm pretty certain Al Haig had something to do with the death of his wife. And Charlie Parker stole money from everybody,

Graettinger. Johnny Richards. Russo. Holman. I think that's an extremely important jazz legacy.

thanks for mentioning Gene Roland, Moms (Dan Morgenstern first hipped me to him). I know Jsngry disagrees, but I think Lonesome Train is the most effective jazz-roots piece ever written.

lonesome rhodes? The rhodes not taken? why don't we do it in the Rhodes?

I'm tired of those guys riding on my reputation.

I'm not like Chuck on this stuff - I just can't listen to it when they've done this - if I went to a museum and the paintings were bleached, I'd go home. And there are plenty of ways to find things before they've been messed with (as I mentioned, I have a lot of incredible sounding LPs, including some VJMs that were pressed from near-Masters from Columbia). Hearing this stuff in its pristine form is a revelation. Once these digital de-noisings are done, all ambient sound is gone. There's another layer between listener and musician. yes, selling the Lambert and holding onto my LPs.

I've posted this before, but here's me, circa 1979, playing a very famous Rhodes -

jazzbo - listen to the Donald Lambert on Storyville; there also a Timeless swing collection; can't think of the title right off, but Burt Eckoff (I think), a Dutch engineer did it. just found it: http://www.amazon.com/Timeless-Historical-Presents-Brusnwick-Orchestra/dp/B000056P4E/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1324257243&sr=1-3