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Sorry I can't help ya, Al, but if you end up looking for it in a store, be sure to look under "H". These kids today... "Oh, Horace is the guy's first name, Silver is his last name, and I need to file this under S? I thought it was just a new band called Horace Silver. Who names their kid Horace?"

Thanks. Just took a little time off from posting, but I've been checking in to read periodically. Amazing that this thread is going so strong. (maybe my absence helped ).

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2006 thread I think you'll recognize the cat that started it. Did you ever find a verse for Mandel's "Emily"? That's it. I'm officially senile. Don't worry about it... there's only about nine guys here that aren't. Nah, that earlier one was just the verse for this one.

2006 thread I think you'll recognize the cat that started it. Did you ever find a verse for Mandel's "Emily"?

I was very sorry to hear this news, and I must say a little disappointed by the relative lack of respect he got from the news media (no big surprise, though). I first noticed Niewood when I was in high school, on Mangione's 1973 recording "Land Of Make Believe", with a vocalist named Esther Satterfield. The title track was long, something like 14 minutes, and Niewood played a wonderful extended soprano solo. I can still hear it, and I haven't actually listened to it in many years. RIP, Gerry.

My Burgie cans are starting to look a whole lot better.

I found two empty Burgie cans in the attic awhile back..,

Mind-boggling. Looking at that 56-bid history on the 2nd auction is amazing. What I find myself wondering is whether the seller from the 1st auction has heard the big news yet...

I'm looking for help of a slightly different kind now. If you're even slightly a fan of Norton Buffalo (or even if you're not, but want to help out), please read on... I had written to the people at Austin City Limits a long time ago, in hopes that I could get some info on the aforementioned NB & The Stampede show from 1979. I figured since they were still documenting the show on their website, maybe there was some chance they might air it again, or be able to refer me to someone who might have a copy on tape. At any rate, they never responded to me. For some reason, I decided to try again the other day, and this time I got a response. The response came from Michael Toland, the national productions manager at PBS affiliate KLRU-TV in Austin. Mr. Toland informed me that the videotape of the Stampede show is not only still intact, but has been transferred to a hardier digital tape format. Although there are no current plans in the works for it, I think it's absolutely fantastic that the tape has been preserved. Michael went on to mention that ACL's distribution partner, New West Records (http://newwestrecords.com/) , is putting out some DVD's of ACL shows in a line called "Live From Austin, TX" (http://livefromaustintx.com/). He encouraged me to contact them (mailto: clare@newwestrecords.com) to recommend the Stampede show be added to their line of releases. I just wrote the following message to NWR... I'm writing with regard to an inquiry I recently made to the people at Austin City Limits concerning a wonderful old show documented on their website. The show was by Norton Buffalo and the Stampede: http://www.pbs.org/klru/austin/artists/program249.html. I've been a viewer and fan of A.C.L. since the very beginning, and this 1979 show was always a long-lost favorite of mine (I had seen the band perform live here in the Bay Area, and have remained a big fan of Norton Buffalo to this day). My inquiry was answered by Mr. Michael Toland of KLRU-TV in Austin. Mr Toland recommened that I contact you to request that this show be considered for the "Live From Austin, TX" line of DVD's. He also stated that the original Norton Buffalo videotape has already been transferred to digital tape. If you'll indulge me, I just want to add a little background. Although Norton Buffalo is now world-famous and renowned as one of the great harmonica virtuosos of all time, this wonderful band The Stampede was unfortunately rather short-lived. They did release two LP's on the Capitol label in the late 1970's, but the members would eventually go in different directions. The Stampede was a marvleous group of musicians, one of those great eclectic bands of the 70's era which incorporated a melting pot of american musical styles and instrumentation, and fantastic musicianship. This video captured them at their peak, with Norton's great stage presence leading the way. The songs were imaginative, engaging and sometimes funny, and Norton's unique vocals were as appealing as his harmonica playing. A treasure like this really deserves to see the light of day again. I figured I'd post this here for any NB fans out there who may want to consider joining the effort to save this show from oblivion. Thanks.

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I revisited it also, and unfortunately it hasn't grown on me. I've heard a LOT of other interpretations of Jobim's works since I last heard this (many by brazilians, which may help to explain that). I guess I'll forever be a purist about bossa nova, but to me you have to meet this music on its own terms. You can't swing the shit out of it like it was the Basie songbook, you don't want to "belt" it, and the more intensely you try to improvise and scat and take liberties with those timeless melodies, the more you should consider doing a tribute to a different composer. It's not that I haven't heard and enjoyed a lot of jazz interpretations of Jobim- I have. I own many. The problem is that Ella's flamboyant style and sense of rhythm was just not well-suited for this. Not for me, anyway. Still love Ella, I just don't think this project worked.

As Mike said, the LJQ was first out on New Jazz. Same is true of "Red Garland- Live" and the John Wright LP, according to my Goldmine guide. "Lil' Darlin'" may be the only one that was Status-only... not sure.

MG, as Stereojack said, the Status issues were from the mid-60's. '65-ish, I think. As far as the notion that the mis-matching of labels and covers was a "screw-up"... I don't think so. Just factories using up their inventories of materials (I doubt they really gave a rat's ass about everything matching). The same phenomenon is well-documented as occuring at Blue Note and other labels.

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Yeah, but you're still young and limber. But seriously (or perhaps not quite), this is the recurring topic from hell, which nobody really ever wants to face... we all have to deal with this in our own way. I'm in the process of learning to control myself.

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