Jazz Kat

All these record jokes remind me of something Dean Martin said on his show in 1966. He was singing with his pianist, and he said "Now you may not of heard this man before. He had a 12 inch record, but with it, an 18 inch whole!"

Lazaro!, You have the number one Irving cover on your avatar!! (from that album!!)

Oh, you have much to learn, grasshopper... This is a true story. My father is a piano technician/tuner. One day, in the summer of 1998 (I think... can't quite remember) he gets a call from a guy. The guy says, "Yeah, I got your number from the side of your van. I got this organ in my barn and I wondered if you might want it." My dad asks him some questions about it and determines that it might be a B3. So we go to take a look at it. The guy literally lives down the street from my dad. Within walking distance. So we head over there and sure enough, sitting in his barn, is a B3. It had a broken key, no fallboard (the piece of wood that covers the keys when not in use), no pedals, no bench, no speaker, but it's a B3 in great condition. The guy tells us he was driving out in the country, saw the organ in someone's front row among a pile of trash, thought it was pretty, so he wrestled it onto his truck. (He probably left the pedals, bench, etc... but oh well). He then stored it in his barn for a few months before realizing he didn't need it. Final cost to us: $20. And after a little oiling of the motor and fixing the broken key, it works great. That's the organ on our record (and the upcoming new record) and that I use live every week. People are weird. They throw stuff out. My dad has gotten so many pianos for free that are beautiful instruments that I've lost count. I got my piano for free. Next time you see a Hammond on the side of the road and it's a tonewheel model, pick it up!!! Well it's gone. I guess all guys who have a B-3 now-a-days don't just go buy it in a store, (most of the time.) There's usually a cool story on how they retrieved it. I guess I'll have to wait. I have been jamming on my electric piano all day today, (have it on organ sound) and it has been fun for now. I hope to get a real organ someday, but now I'll have to use what I got. Jim you give organ lessons?

Good thing I had my handy dandy Blue Note cataloge right here. I got any BN you need to know! Step right up!

Yeah, I got one of those somewhere.

I think I had an overdose of today. It's been a pleasure Mr Nessa!

Those are the best kind!

Chuck, I can't wait to see your post.

I had to think about that one. lol, "hmm, what's Alfred for short..?"

Puttin It Together, 1968, Joe Farrell and Garrison. Blue Note 4282.

That is nuts. Getting arrested for taking someone else's garbage.

Yeah, because when people take the garbage out of my garbage can, I get really mad! The organ was picked up by the sanatation department today.

Yes, and I will.

in the above sentence, i think you meant to say the beatles. Burt Bacharach would probably also beat stevie in that category. One other artist, that wouldn't really top it, but be included in, would be Paul Simon.

That's true, many people forget that. Or just don't think it to begin with.

i just found that out on google. They did a good job making him look like the real person; in the movie.

Is that a question?

I hope it will be sold in general music stores. Is this a possibility?

Okay, I ordered the movie Ray, because I have been wanting to check this sucker out. It was a very enjoyable movie, BTW. The best movie I've seen in a while. Okay, there's a lot of scene's and story line involving Ray's deal with Atlantic Records. As we all know, Nesuhi produced pretty much all of the jazz Atlantic stuff in the 50's and 60's. When the producer of Atlantic Records, (in the movie) goes to Ray's apartment to ask him to get signed, he says his name is Ahmed Ertegun. Not Nesuhi Ertegun, can someone explain this?

I like lots of things without piano -- but this comment struck me because Jack DeJohnette is actually a good pianist, too! Maybe that's his secret -- even when he's "only" playing the drums, he's still the pianist in the group! I think all the real amazing drummers also played piano. My old piano teacher used to say, "drummers make the best pianists." I think he was referring to drummers' sense of rhythm.

Even more freaky..

It seems to be a lot of kats' favorite instrument. I dig it along with a tenor or other horns, but I usually can only take so much piano trio..

I remember seeing that jackson pick on google. I typed in girls with big tits, that's came up.

If there's no piano, then I need, an organ or guitar or vibes, to give it that colour, most of the time, for me. I don't like it when Elvin didn't use a piano with his trio in the later days of Blue Note. The Gerry Mulligan Quartet did allright without it. I really like The Shape Of Jazz To Come, which has no piano. Most of the time I feel like it's missing something without a piano, but not on that album.