Michael Weiss

I had the pleasure of playing with C Sharpe on several occasions in the early to mid eighties. Beautiful guy.

I'll be playing with Slide at the Vanguard the week of Sept 25-30. He'll have a four trombone group with Steve Davis, Jonathan Voltzok and Max Seigel.

I'll have a quartet this weekend at the Kitano, this time with Bob Sheppard, Ed Howard and Kendrick Scott. Sets at 8:00 and 9:45p. Kitano website. 66 Park Avenue at 38th Street.

At Northsea tonight: Benny is playing with Griff, Reggie Johnson, Kirk Lightsey and Doug Sides right after us .(Vanguard Jazz Orchestra) tonight. Earlier - Steely Dan. Should be a great night.

Hi Jim, All saxophones read treble clef. Baritone: transpose up an octave + a major sixth Tenor: transpose up an octave + a major second Alto: transpose up a major sixth Soprano: transpose up a major second Trombone (bass clef) is non-transposing Trumpet: transpose up a major second You owe it to yourself to buy a book!

This is no chant and it ain't no lullabye. It's about as soothing as the CD player in your next room playing Trane from the Half Note on One Down One Up with auto repeat... while you're trying to sleep. Ain't no love song either Yeah, thanks. We're talking about a litany of ornithological insults. This bird is relentless (Insert Rodney Dangerfield joke here). It reminds me of the Star Cafe jam sessions. After a tune had already been going on for half an hour, I. Digme would stride in off the street, take out his horn and solo forever. I'm a rhythm section slave! Musically, this mockingbird is a MF. Got a wide-ranging vocabulary. Got all the car-alarm sounds done pat. Okay, I dig you... now shut the fuck up.

I'm as fascinated by mockingbirds as Messiaen but, as they say, not in my backyard. For the past week we've been harrassed by one bird, camped out behind our apartment building. It sings all day (no problem) and then again, like turning on a switch, around 1:00am, blowing a six-hour nonstop solo. And this fucker is LOUD. WTF!!! I wanted to post a soundclip but the file's too big.

Fried Buzzard

Just can't let those two hours of fame go to waste. http://streams.wgbh.org/online/play.php?xm...late=wgbh_audio

I love that.

Rich plays on Lampert's own SteepleChase recording,Venus Perplexed. Larry you should check this out. Steve is also going to have a release later this year on Bridge Records.

I heard Hank play at the Angry Squire on November 22, 1985, with Duke Jordan and singer Lodi Carr. I don't remember the bassist and drummer.

Check out Stanley on Joe Farrell's CTI, Moongerms.

I'll be conducting a workshop, probably something composition related. It's great to see another player in the jazz convention arena.

Happy Birthday!

Some Other Spring

Maybe bump into some of you? July 4 -- Imatra, Finland July 5-6 -- Ghent July 8 -- Rottenburg am Neckar (a little south of Stuttgart) July 10 -- Assisi July 14 -- Northsea Festival, Rotterdam July 16 -- Ancona July 17 -- Albinea (just south of Reggio Emilia)

Barry told me that Coleman Hawkins said (instead of playing "chord changes") "I play movements."

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I heard Miles at Paul's Mall in the summer of 1974. That shit was LOUD. Miles had his hand signals going.

Any recommendations for dinner and breakfast in Denton? Barbeque in Dallas for lunch: Sonny Bryan's or Sammy's? TexMex in Dallas: Mia's?

Lots of info in this thread

Junior's arrangements on tunes like Over the Rainbow and Once I Loved had some nice harmonic substitutions to keep things interesting. Trane's influence in Junior certainly showed itself at least as early as the 1970's with Freddie Hubbard (Hot Horn on Everest is a great example).

Here's a collection of tunes I remember playing with Junior, many of which I have on cassette from various gigs – Monk: Round Midnight, Gallop's Gallop, Off Minor, Brake's Sake, Eronel, Well You Needn't Trane: Lazy Bird, Moment's Notice, Take the Coltrane, Crescent, Naima Standards Trane recorded: You Leave Me Breathless, If There is Someone Lovelier Than You, I'm a Dreamer Aren't We All, You Say You Care, Rise and Shine, The Night Has a Thousand Eyes, Time Was Other standards: It Could Happen to You, Bye Bye Blackbird, By Myself, Like Someone in Love, When Sunny Gets Blue, Girl Talk, Old Folks, Moment to Moment, Detour Ahead, End of a Love Affair, Make the Man Love Me (Dinah Washington), Once I Loved, Over the Rainbow, Wave, What's New, Without a Song Tadd: Mating Call, Gnid, On a Misty Night KD: La Mesha, Una Mas Donald Byrd: Fly Little Bird Fly Bird: She Rote J.J.: Enigma (from BN Miles) Cedar: Firm Roots We used to play Conception as a hybrid of Miles' and Bud's arrangements. That's as much as I can remember for now.

I posted a couple of comments on the Junior Cook thread: #32 and #38