BillF

Happy Birthday! Thanks for all the great writing on jazz.

Yes, Golson is very clearly in the line of descent from Dameron and only slightly less so, Gryce too. That 1953 band that Tadd led with them both and Clifford Brown must have been a very formative unit.

Quickest musical minds makes me think of the responsiveness of the best drummers. Philly Joe Jones and Mel Lewis are the first to come to mind.

I'll come clean. It was me at the age of 13 playing in the school band.

Danny Barcelona Nancy Spain Otis Spann

Darryl Fixit E Mendes Handy Andy

Perry Como Veronica Lake Lady Windermere

Is that what the well-dressed jazzman was wearing in 1990? Looks more like the late forties. MG Actually, they were hand-me-downs from Cab Calloway.

Sophie Tucker Tucker Max Joe Louis The Brown Bomber Duke of Wellington Boots Mussulli

Olive Oyl Alice the Goon Arlo Guthrie Arno Marsh Arnie Terminator Maria Shriver Minnie Driver Tiger Woods The Big Cat The Leopard Spotty Muldoon

Olive Oyl Alice the Goon Arlo Guthrie Arno Marsh Arnie Terminator

But not on Atlantic!

Feel kind of gratified that such great minds also loved jazz.

Track 14 "All the Things You Are" (Hammerstein, Kern) Howard Rumsey (leader, bass), Shorty Rogers (tpt), Hampton Hawes(pno), Shelly Manne (dms) Recorded The Lighthouse, Hermosa Beach, CA, 1953 Surprised that big names like Rogers and Hawes weren't identified!

Track 13 "Strike Up the Band" (Gershwin) featuring Al Cohn (tnr) and the recently departed Eddie Bert (tbn) Elliot Lawrence (leader, pno), Bernie Glow, Stan Fishelson, Al Derisi, Nick Travis, Dick Sherman (tpts), Eddie Bert, Ollie Wilson, Paul Seldon, Al Robertson (tbns), Freddy Schmitt, Tony Miranda (Frhns), Al Cohn, Hal McKusick, Sam Morowitz, Eddie Wasserman, Charlie O'Kane (saxes), Buddy Jones or Russ Saunders (bs), Don Lamond (dms) Recorded NYC, July 1955 Don Lamond really boots this one along.

Track 12 "Omicron" (Donald Byrd) Eric Alexander, Grant Stewart (tnrs), David Hazeltine (pno), John Webber (bs), Joe Farnsworth (dms) Recorded Brooklyn, NY, June 2010 Just listen to that galloping rhythm section!

Track 11 "Sam Metrically" (Childers) Childers (tpt), Herbie Steward (tnr), Bob harrington (pno), Harry Babasin (bs), Milt Holland (dms) Recorded Hollywood, Nov-Dec 1955 From a small group session led by Buddy Childers, best known as lead trumpet with the Kenton orchestra. Includes Herbie Steward, perhaps the least often heard of the Four Brothers.

Track 10 "Less Talk" (Ray Santisi) featuring Joe Gordon (tpt) Herb Pomeroy, Lennie Johnson, Augie Feretti, Everett Longstreth, Joe Gordon (tpts), Joe Ciavardone, Bill Legan, Gene Di Stasio (tbns), Dave Chapman, Boots Mussulli (alts), Varty Haroutunian, Jaki Byard (tnrs), Dean Haskins (bar), Ray Santisi (pno), John Neves (bs), Jimmy Zitano (dms) Recorded NYC, June 1957

Track 9 "J and B Blues" Gonsalves (tnr), Nat Adderley (cornet), Wynton Kelly (pno), Sam Jones (bs), Jimmy Cobb (dms) Recorded NYC, Dec 1960 A belter!

Track 8 "Elevation" (Mulligan, Lawrence) Red Rodney's Be-Boppers: Rodney (tpt), Allen Eager (tnr), Serge Chaloff(bar), Al Haig (pno), Chubby Jackson (bs), Tiny Kahn (dms) Recorded NYC, Jan 1947

Track 7 "Elvin's Empire" (Fedchock) featuring Allen Farnham (pno), Fedchock (tbn), Rick Margitza (tnr), Dave Ratajczak (dms) Fedchock (leader, arr, tbn), Mark Vinci (alt), Charles Pillow (alt, sop, bs clt), Rich Perry (tnr), Gary Smulyan (bar), Tony Kadleck, Craig Johnson, Scott Wendholt, Barry Ries (tpts, flugel), Keith O'Quinn, George Gilkes, George Flynn (tbns), Allen Farnham (pno), Lynn Seaton (bs), Dave Ratajczak (dms) "I tried to write something reminiscent of Elvin's sound with Coltrane's classic quartet" (John Fedchock) Recorded NYC, Sept-Oct 2006

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Track 6 "Happenin'" (Morganelli) Abate (alt), Claudio Roditi (tpt or flugel), Kenny Barron (pno), Rufus Reid (bs), Ben Riley (dms) Recorded NYC, May 1996 Beautiful piano by Kenny Barron featured on this track.

Track 5 "Whatever Possess'd Me" (Tadd Dameron) Joe Lovano (tnr, soloist), Steve Slagle (alt), George Garzone (tnr), Ralph Lalama (tnr), Gary Smulyan (bar), Tim Hagans (tpt), Conrad Herwig (tbn), John Hicks (pno), Dennis Irwin (bs), Lewis Nash (dms) Recorded Nov 1999