Ted O'Reilly

I, too heard that Ben wrote the soli. And also, that Duke told the band the famous master wasn't to be a take, just a run through that was recorded. He liked it, and VOILA! Probably apocryphal, but a good story for that...

Born in 1927, and if this is 1974 as said, he'd be 47ish. Good Lew Tabackin tenor solo... Interesting that Rich compliments the band for cutting the chart so well. Probably ran through it just once or twice in a rehearsal. Good for Rich to play a completely different drum kit, especially that Shaughnessy setup with twin bass drums.

I'd do that too! Condenser mics especially have a very sensitive membrane that would be compromised by the particles in smoke. I'm sure Hubbard would have clocked RVG if he even bumped into Freddie's horn...

Bob Thiele has a pipe too... But the RVG "No Smoking" rule may have applied only in the control room, where the more delicate equipment resided. I've also heard that white cotton gloves had to be worn to touch any gear. A bit extreme, but understandable. Gotta respect the machines!

I'm rich!

One of the rarest Jo Jones recordings must be a concert recording with Illinois Jacquet, tenor; Milt Buckner organ; and a vocalist, Jodie Drake. It was recorded Aug. 9, 1974 in a small mid-north Ontario town, Minden, as "The Rotary Club Of Minden Presents: Canadian Blues And Jazz Festival ". Jo's name is mis-spelled as "Joe" of course. Tracks include: Lester Leaps In; Blues From Louisiana; I Want A Little Girl; Ghost Of A Chance; then, 3 with Jodie -- Ain't Misbehavin'; Sophisticated Lady; a Blues; then the trio wraps up with Flying Home. It was issued on LP (couple of hundred pressed?) but I've never met any else who has a copy. Must be some around, maybe in Salvation Army stores...

I'm reviving this topic to pass on word from Jack Wilson's widow Sandie. She has made available the solo piano recordings that I taped at Toronto's Cafe des Copains in 1987. Michael Cuscuna contributed the liner notes and indicates they are unique in that Jack never made a solo piano album. Here are the links Sandie provided me: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/3EPk7gCkHtXghpDGLuGYg8 iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/album/id1394213999?ls=1&app=itunes Apple Music: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/live-at-the-café-des-copains/1394213999

Fabio, thanks for dealing with this in your second language, maybe third or fourth!.... I know it's difficult to express yourself well in English. We all have that problem if you read some of the postings. Are you asking for similar contributions? Are you trying to show us what you already have? Links aren't showing up.

Sarah Vaughan and Joe Williams on the Love Theme: Pretty good soundtrack overall...

Is this posting as odd as I think it might be? What's it about?

I really like the under-recognized Joanie Sommers' singing. She was quite the thing in the 1960s -- a pop-jazz vocalist who always worked with fine jazz players. Her version of Girl Talk was a good one. I wonder who did the arrangements?

I had the great pleasure of first meeting and recording Randy in 1978, in a concert at the Town Hall of St. Lawrence Centre For The Arts in Toronto. I'll take that off the shelf and listen to my copy. A wonderful player, and an equally wonderful man, generous of his talent and time for interviews where he expressed himself as clearly and authentically as he performed. I wish I had a photo of myself with Randy, as Chuck has...

You beat me to it... Sultanof does seem to know his stuff, and writes well about it.

Was this on a cover? Certainly taken there... I mostly recall the image itself, not whether it was on an album, or whether it was the original or re-issue.... Same blinds, lamp, piano...some different microphones. Does a CD tray count? Gotta be the same session as the first pic... Just ran across this one, which I've never seen before... Monk and Silver!

Might it be Pickapeppa?

It does seem to be Trump's 'current' problem.

It was my understanding that the arrangements for that project were done by Nat Pierce. He was also supposed to conduct, but Miller decided he would take over that assignment.

You're right. Don Ewell was spending 7 months playing solo at a Toronto club, the Golden Nugget, and a regular listener was one David Gillman, who had produced jazz concert in the mid-1940s, including some with The Lion, according to the liner notes by the original LP producer, Patrick Scott. He wrote "Thus it came to pass, in the summer of '66, that The Lion and Ewell came face to face, over a couple of grand pianos in a Toronto TV studio, to join hands and minds and spirits in a recital of duets that Gillman packaged for subsequent showing by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation." That adds some confusion, as it would seem that Gillman might own the rights rather than CBC. Besides, let me tell you it's almost impossible to get anything out of the CBC archives. They follow original contracts to the letter, and one would almost need clearances from The Lion and Ewell themselves...

Has anyone mentioned "Grand Piano" by Willie 'The Lion' Smith with Don Ewell? I was at the session in Toronto, back in 1967. It was produced by a jazz fan/critic, Patrick Scott and first issued on LP as Exclusive 501. John Norris re-issued it as Sackville LP2004. It found light as a CD as part of a 2-disc set of 3 LPs by Claude Hopkins ("Soliloquy" Sackville LP3004) and Sir Charles Thompson ("Portrait Of A Piano" Sackville LP3037). That issue was Sackville SK2CD-5011. Sackville was sold to Delmark, but I have no idea of its current availability. Both the Hopkins and Thompson efforts are good, but the Smith/Ewell is really fine!

Hmmm...24 if you're the home team and don't have to pitch in the bottom of the ninth. If you do, 27 but then it would be a 10 inning game your team would have to win in the top of the tenth... How's that for a guess? (NO: 27 and 30, not 24 and 27. I'm on my second beer...maybe fourth. Not third, I think.)

Thanks!

Off-topic a bit, but has anyone ever heard of any opinion whatever by Gould on Jacques Loussier's Bach efforts? Even though Gould was a neighbour of mine once (saw him, never exchanged a word) he might have once said something, might he not?

Mr. Nessa and I, both being of an age which welcomed in new formats of vinyl LPs and 45 rpm singles, are correct. Re-issue problem solved.

I never hear anyone remark on the fact that every time you run a tape over the heads it wears out a bit. And that tape needs to be run several times to align the playback machine to the tape's references, to set playback levels, etc. How long do you think it's going to be before those precious Master Tapes are going to sound like crap? It might actually be best to make a one-time digital clone of that Master Tape, then cut your analogue from that clone. How many releases of Kind Of Blue "from the original masters" have there been over the years? Remember, the earliest digital recordings were not done to a hard drive directly, but to tape, and there's physical wear-and-tear on them, too... Might not the very first physical pressing -- but pressers wear out too -- be the best source in some cases?

Good points. Those might be 'spiritual' moments more than 'beautiful' moments, but dang...some times I just like pretty more than moving. Tinsel-shallow of me, I guess. (Undistorted bass is always welcome.)