bertrand

Through some fluke, I will be seeing them in NYC this Friday. I'm going up with my wife and son. A friend of ours will also be there with her son, and somehow she will pick up our son to watch him while we go to the concert. I can see it now: we'll be trading kids in front of Carnegie Hall ten minutes before showtime! If it all works out, I'll have seen my two favorite musicians, Wayne and Jackie, within three weks of each other!

I've been told it's actually a quintet with a young guitarist on board, Lionel ?, who was one of the students at the Monk Institute school. This cat is awesome. I wonder what material they'll play? They're in NYC next Friday, but I don't think I'll go. Bertrand.

Do they explain in the film how Tom Hanks was able to track down Gigi Gryce and get his autograph between 1958 (date of the photo) and 1963 (date of Gigi Gryce's dropping out from the music business). I very much doubt that he tracked him down during his 'post-jazz' career. Bertrand.

Kevin, Best wishes to you and your father in this difficult time. Bertrand.

Norwegian Wood is by Buddy Rich. Lee never covered this tune. Bertrand.

I know very little of Kellaway, but I LOVE his playing on Alfie. Of course, I love everyone's playing on that record. And the arrangements. And the compositions... Bertrand.

I checked the track listing on The Sixth Sense at the CD Universe site. Please tell me that they are taking this listing from the previous edition, and not the RVG, because... Tracks 7-9 are listed as previously unissued. Track 6 is called 'The City Of My People'. I hope the Massey tune is not still mistitled on the RVG. Bertrand.

I heard that James Newton guests on a couple of tracks, although he is not aware of it. Bertrand.

I once read an article on Mosaic that said that Gary Larson and Matt Groening were Mosaic's two best customers. Bertrand.

Apparently, it's not his first record date. I started a thread elsewhere (too lazy to do a search righty now) that Wayne apparently recorded with a pianist named John Eaton for Columbia in the mid-50s, a session that has yet to be issued. At first, I thought it was the John Eaton who lives in DC and does these kind of general public history of jazz type concert/lectures, but that guy didn't start recording until the early seventies. I talked to Dan Morgenstern at IJS two weeks ago, and he remembered hearing about this session, and also confirmed that it was not that John Eaton. A search in the Lord shows that there was a John Eaton, pianist, recording for Columbia back then, but of course Lord does not list the session with Wayne (this would involve doing actual research as opposed to pilfering the info from other sources as Lord is reputed to do). Dan suggested contacting George Avakian, which is what I plan to do as soon as I get up the nerve to disturb this giant with my trivial query. Bertrand.

Every word in that book is a lie, including 'and' and 'the'. (with apologies to Mary McCarthy). Bertrand.

Thanks guys (et merci beaucoup). I was feeling down in the last few weeks, and this sure cheers me up! I took the day off today (and tomorrow, since the Gipper gave me Friday off), but I haven't listened to anything yet. In fact, I may just go back to bed! Bertrand.

Thanks guys. Impossible, Does your DVD have the same four tracks: The Git-Go; All ALone; Fire Waltz; Left Alone? Is Left Alone a solo track? The Woody Shaw discography points out how it is not clear if this concert is from the same date as the two CDs that came out, since the tunes are for the most part different. So, I'm wondering if the two DVDs might have different tunes, or if the more expensive one has more tracks etc. etc. Thanks, Bertrand.

At the Iridium, during 'Dance Little Mandissa', Jackie Mac picked up a cowbell during Rene's solo. It was hard, but I was able to resist calling out 'Jackie, I want more cowbell'! Bertrand.

There seem to be two versions of the Mal Waldron DVD Live at the Vanguard available. One is twice the price of the other. What's the difference? - Different track listings? - Regions (I want to get one that plays on U.S. players, obviously)? - Availability (the cheaper one is on back-order at CD Universe)? - Quality (the cheaper one has a yucky cover, so maybe the picture is less good too)? Thanks! Bertrand.

Antiquity is a great record - it's definitely different, so it might not be to everyone's tast, but it is not a dud. Steve Slagle told me it's one of his top ten records of all time. Bertrand.

I heard Snoop is getting divorced. His marriage fizzled. He's in a tizzle.

Happy birthday Stefan! Bertrand.

Bitches' Brew is just a rip-off of Larry Young's Mother Ship anyway. Bertrand.

Hans, Thanks for the heads up! I think I will pre-order these. I was very happy with the three I got in April (I passed on Takes Off, which is not a very good record - maybe later in life). I'm surprised they left out the studio single from that period from Volunteers 'Mexico/Have You Seen The Saucers'. On the plus side, there is a live 'Won't You Try' - my son will be happy; it's his favorite song! I wonder if it's the Woodstock version. Bertrand.

'Stranded In A Limousine' was already issued as a bonus cut on a best of album along with another piece whose title escapes me and which is not listed above. Why do press releases always screw up these things? Bertrand.

I'll second the Jackie McLean and Co. - I love the first three tracks with the tuba, they have a mysterious, eerie sound that reminds me of a spy movie soundtrack. Larry Young also liked this record - he covered 'Flickers' (mistitled as 'Minor Dream') on Young Blues, and 'Help!' on Jimmy Forrest's Forrest Fire. I also like Strange Blues a lot. All of his 9 albums as a leader on Prestige are, at the minimum, very good. Bertrand.

Too tired to give a lengthy report - I'll check in on Monday. The two sets Thursday were absolutely awesome - it was a magical night. Grachan did not play on all tunes (as I suspected), and was late for the first set (which seemed to bug Jackie a bit). He readily admits that he's still working on his chops, but what I really dug was I could still recognize his tone - had I closed my eys, I would have still known it was GM3 and no one else. 'Love And Hate' was beautiful. Hutcherson, as stated above, was astounding. The second night was somewhat more subdued (Jackie looked a bit tired), but it was still excellent. They played one of my favorite pieces by Rene, 'Naima's Tone Poem'. Hardbop and Guy, sorry I missed you guys - I was right at the front. Indeed, the following music industry bigwigs were in attandance: Michael Cuscuna Bruce Lundvall (second set only) Tom Evered Don Sickler Richard Seidel Steve Davis (trombone) GM3 was even telling Lundvall about his new trio (organ and drums)! Hardbopjazz, They announced at the beginning of each set that pictures should not be taken without the permission of Jackie and the club. I think it might be a legal issue. So, as much as I enjoy seeing these memetos of a great two days, it probably would be a good idea to remove the photos - we don't want to get b3-er in trouble. Bertrand.

I remember reading that Khan was deceased and had been for a while. I don't remember where, and it's irrevelant anyway, based on what happened to Henry Grimes. Nasar Abadey, a drummer in DC, is related to Frank Dunlop (nephew?), and a year or two ago, told me that Frank was still iving but quite ill and unable to play. I will ask Nasar again next time I see him. Bertrand.

Exactly what Aric said. Bertrand.