Michael Weiss

A bootleg of what?

Gee, my very own thread. Thanks guyz (two Hankensteins!), I'm flattered. Duh... Glad you liked the Griff dates. Are they still in print?? Too bad we never made a live date. The recordings don't even come close! Going in the studio with Frank Wess next week. Bright Moments - was at Rahsaan's last gig in Bloomington, IN. Happy to post more often. Michael

Thanks Matt.

I played two concerts with Idrees Sulieman in June of 1990 - Mannes College and Temple University - in a group with Ralph Moore, Peter and Kenny Washington, playing Idrees' tunes. He was a very nice, soft spoken guy and played with a big fat sound. One of the ORIGINAL bebop trumpet players, he had his own thing alongside Dizzy and Fat Girl. Probably one of the most lyrical trumpet players of all time. I met him for the first time at Sadik Hakim's apartment around 1980. He had a tape of Oscar Dennard playing solo piano at a house party: Boplicity and Round Midnight. Unbelievable. Beautiful smooth block chords. I regret not getting a copy of that. I think Jamil Nasser has it. I don't think there are any commercial recordings that really show what Oscar Dennard could do. I'm glad to see Idrees' name mentioned here.