Jim R

This was released on CD in the early 90's on the Columbia/Sony "Jazz Passport" series out of France.

Didn't all of that get out on the SERMON and HOUSE PARTY CD's?

The Johnny Hartman ("Once In Every Life") was one that made it to CD in the form of Eastwood's "Bridges Of Madison County" soundtrack releases.

Eddie Davis / Johnny Griffin- at Mintons Dexter Gordon- Swiss Nights Chet Baker- The Last Great Concert Kenny Burrell- A Night At The Vanguard Paul Desmond Quartet- Live Clifford Brown / Max Roach- at Basin Street Wes Montgomery- Paris, 1965 Stan Getz- The Dolphin Sarah Vaughan- Sassy Swings the Tivoli

That's my answer as well. Seems like there should have been more recordings of it... including by Monk himself...

That site (which I already linked above) is a decent resource, but the info there is not always complete. Those were the original LP releases, but there are other releases of this material, one of which is an Affinity CD titled ROUND MIDNIGHT, which contains everything from the "Solitude" album, plus "four on six" and "impressions". I held on to my "Impressions" LP, because "to when" never showed up on any of the CD releases I found. So, anybody know anything more about "to when"? Is there another title for it? Other recordings? "To wane" just seems to have "error" written all over it...

As far as I know, their new 2-disc set is the first comprehensive issue of all this material, which I have to admit is cool. I don't own it, haven't seen it or heard it, and not sure I would buy it (I have all but one track- "to when"- on CD already, and don't really want to buy from that company).

Art Farmer !? Wow...

The recent discussions about Montgomery's 1965 performance in Paris (brought about by the "complete" 2-disc release on the Definitive label) has brought into focus the fact that the discographical data for this material has always been a mess. The alternate titles for some of these songs was always a confusing thing, for example. Even a long-established and fairly in-depth website with pages devoted to Wes ( http://www.gould68.freeserve.co.uk/wes3.htm fails to indicate that "Wes' Rhythm" is actually "Twisted Blues" (Adrian Ingram's book fails even worse to sort everything out in this regard). In addition, the actual LP and CD releases of this material have been a confusing/overlapping mess, but I'll leave that alone for now. Basically, I would just like to get a grip on exactly what was recorded on that date, and see everything clearly identified and labeled. I don't think this has been done, with the possible exception(s) of the formal printed discographies which I don't own. At any rate, I have some clarifications to offer, in addition to a couple of questions for anyone out there who may know the answers. First of all, here is a look at the data as offered online by Jazzdisco.org: Wes Montgomery Quintet Johnny Griffin (ts -8/11) Harold Mabern (p) Wes Montgomery (g) Arthur Harper (b) Jimmy Lovelace (d) "Theatre des Champs-Elysees", Paris, France, March 27, 1965 1. Four on Six _________________BYG [J] YX 4016/17 2. Wes' Rhythm (mof Twisted Blues)_____- 3. Impressions_______________________- 4. To When (mof To Wane)____________- 5. Mr. Walker (mof Jingles)_____________- 6. To Django (mof The Girl Next Door)____- 7. Here's That Rainy Day_______________- 8. 'Round About Midnight_______________- 9. Full House__________________Esoldun [F] FC 108 10. Blue 'n' Boogie____________________- 11. West Coast Blues_________________- * Solitude (BYG [J] YX 4016/17) * Wes Montgomery Live in Paris 1965 (Esoldun [F] FC 108) As far as I know, these are all of the songs that have been released from this concert (if someone knows otherwise, please correct me). Corrections: 1. Esoldun [F] FC 108 also included "Jingles" and "Twisted Blues" (of course, there were a number of other LP and CD releases of this material, but I'll leave that alone here as well). 2. "Blue And Boogie" and "West Coast Blues" have been issued previously as a combined track (the Definitive reissue combines them as well, I believe). The latter is not a complete performance, but used as a background behind the closing band introductions and amounts to a brief set-closer. Johnny Griffin does not play on "West Coast Blues", as was indicated above. Questions: 1. I assume that "mof" equates with "aka", but what does "mof" stand for? 2. "To When (mof To Wane)", by Harold Mabern, was the only tune from this show that I had never had on a CD issue. Was this tune recorded before (or after) by Wes? By Mabern? Also, is the alias given here "To Wane" accurate? Is it supposed to be "To Wayne"? Any info on this one (or anything else regarding this topic) would be appreciated.

On the newest Eddie Higgins, I thought Leonhart's murmerings & mutterings were a bit more noticeable than I had heard on previous Higgins Venus recordings. I found it pretty annoying- especially when using headphones.

There are so many examples of this kind of thing just in the LP era. Barney Kessel's "Easy Like" had two different covers. "Monk Plays Ellington" had two different covers. The Sonny Rollins/Big Brass on Metrojazz got a new look when it came out on Verve. Kenny Burrell's Argo LP "A Night At The Vanguard" became "Man At Work" on Cadet. Bill Evans' first Riverside LP had two different covers. Grant Green's Muse LP "Green Blues" became "Reaching Out" on Black Lion. The Kenny Dorham Black Lion CD's ("Osmosis" and "West 42nd Street") were originally released on LP's under different leaders.

My first exposure to him (and still a favorite) was his appearance on Barney Kessel's "Kessel Plays Standards" (Contemporary / OJC). His oboe work on that is particularly outstanding.

Pretty broad topic. With all the changes made to individual titles/covers when we entered the digital era, it might make more sense to focus just on changes made to LP's. Anyway, I sometimes use "aka" in my database to denote a change in titles, so I did a search and came up with this (no particular order to this, some are CD/LP, some are newer title/older title, etc): Lou Donaldson- Lush Life (aka Sweet Slumber) Chet Baker- Picture Of Heath (aka Playboys) Ike Quebec- Easy Living (aka "Congo Lament") Kenny Burrell- It's Getting Dark (aka "Live at the Village Vanguard" on Muse) Lucky Thompson / Gigi Gryce- Lucky Thompson / Gigi Gryce In Paris (aka "Street Scenes") Hampton Hawes- Blues For Bud (aka Spanish Steps) Hampton Hawes- Piano Improvisation (aka Autumn Leaves (In Paris)) Sonny Criss- Sonny Criss Quartet Featuring Wynton Kelly (aka At The Crossroads) Dexter Gordon / Wardell Gray- Citizen's Bop (aka "The Master Swingers") Rene' Thomas / Bobby Jaspar- Thomas/Jaspar Quintet (aka "From Rome To Comblain")

Or not... "...Here the 75-year-old Brown augments his regular trio (pianist Geoff Keezer and drummer Karriem Riggins) with a half-dozen guitarists."

Also, I think Ray Brown did an album of duets with guitarists.

Here are some (I know there are quite a few more)... Joe Beck / Red Mitchel- Empathy Joe Beck/ Red Mitchell- Live At Salishan Kenny Burrell- A La Carte (w/Rufus Reid) Kenny Burrell- Ellington A La Carte (w/Rufus Reid) Gray Sargent- Strings Can Really Hang You Up The Most (w/Marshall Wood) Harry Leahey- Silver Threads (w/ Steve Gilmore) Lenny Breau- Live At Bourbon Street (Quietude) (w/David Young) Louis Stewart / Peter Ind- Baubles, Bangles And Beads Joe Pass / Red Mitchell- (someone already mentioned this)

I was curious, so I just took a look at the current (test #23) discussion threads. After almost two weeks, 13 people have participated (only 12 on the disc 2 thread). I haven't counted on other recent tests, but it just seems that participation is down. On my test (Oct/Nov 2003), there were 34 discs distributed- 21 participants and 13 non-participants. FWIW. And yes... avoid doing what I did (cramming 79 minutes 59 seconds worth of material on the master disc)

My impression was that the number of people requesting discs is typically in the 35-40 range, but the number of people who "participate" was always lower- and seems to have been on the decline...

Reading all this is making me want to hear Gerry & The Pacemakers, Chad & Jeremy, Freddie & The Dreamers... well, not Freddie & The Dreamers...

Right. You've all made complete fools of yourselves now, eh? I mean, it's obvious, isn't it? I mean, how could the answer be anything other than Monty Python (The Flying CirrrCUS)? Well... MAYBE The Dave Clark Five, but that's a close call. I mean, "Glad all over" was better than any song by Monty Python, wasn't it? Personally, I liked "Because" and "Can't you see that she's mine" even better... but I was only in the 3rd grade at the time. Well lads, enjoy yourselves. I'm off... And DON'T anybody go mentioning Herman's Hermits. Right.

Blues In The Night: Sonny Clark Trio- Blues In The Night Art Pepper- The Art Of The Ballad Kenny Drew- Plays The Music Of Harry Warren and Harold Arlen Red Garland- Soul Burnin' Kenny Burrell- Round Midnight Mark Elf- New York Cats Tal Farlow- Tal Farlow Plays The Music Of Harold Arlen Howard Roberts- Something's Cookin' Barney Kessel- Contemporary Latin Rhythms Ella Fitzgerald- The Complete Ella Fitzgerald Song Books Art Pepper- The Complete Galaxy Recordings Bud Shank / Bill Perkins- Bud Shank / Bill Perkins Red Garland- Blues In The Night (Halleloo-Y'all) New York Jazz Trio (Bill Charlap)- Blues In The Night Al Grey- Night Song Cal Tjader- Jazz At The Blackhawk Accentuate The Positive: Bill Henderson- His Complete Vee Jay Recordings, Vol. 2

I think the version on Morgan's DIZZY ATMOSPHERE came about a month earlier (Feb. '57)

Tete Montoliu

BTW, on the CD album cover (front and back) it's "Kenny Rodgers", while in the BN discography, it's "Kenny Rogers" (both on the page where this date is listed, as well as in the artists index). I must admit, I'm not sure which is correct...

Earliest I have is what Dan mentions: Lee Morgan Sextet / Vol. 2 (Blue Note BLP 1541). Recorded Hackensack, N.J., Dec. 2, 1956 Lee Morgan trumpet Kenny Rogers alto sax Hank Mobley tenor sax Horace Silver piano Paul Chambers bass Charlie Persip drums Benny Golson arranger