Jim R

Okay... knock it off!!

"later?" I understand that he quit the music business and became a bricklayer in Nevada where he died. Moore left Cole around 1949, but worked and recorded after that, first with The Three Blazers (with his brother Johnny). He recorded two very good albums of his own in the 50's, one on Skylark (later reissued on Tampa), and one on Tampa. There was a 50's session with Carl Perkins, Joe Comfort, and George Jenkins that was released on the Norgran LP "Swing Guitars" (see my avatar). He became a bricklayer for a short time in the late 50's, but returned to playing in the 60's (recorded a Cole tribute album... I've forgotten the label that was on). There was also a 1962 LP on the Charlie Parker label... but I'm thinking that was a reissue of one of the earlier albums...

Sometimes I wonder if my posts are invisible. In case they really are, I mentioned Billy Butler in the last line of the post that preceded the question... ===== Guys, I know about Underdog. I'm talking about a show (not a cartoon) that was unsuccessful- I don't know if it even ran for a complete season. Cox starred as some kind of nerdy (of course) superhero. I can't remember any other details. I thought it might have been called "Captain Fantastic". As I recall, there was a show on another network with a similar theme, with a title along the lines of "Mr. Wonderful". I can picture the star's face, but can't remember his name. I'm thinking these were on in '68, because a Google search revealed that Cox was in some Sport Cola ads in '68, and I associate the experience of seeing the show in conjunction with those ads. I suppose it could have been slightly earlier... possibly '66 or '67. The trouble with the Google searches I've tried is that I keep getting too many hits related to "Mr. Peepers", "Hiram Holiday", "Underdog", and "The Hollywood Squares". Does anybody know of a good source of info for TV shows that flopped? I could swear I had seen a reference to this show online a few years ago...

Great job, Milan. This one was a very nice learning opportunity for me.

Yep, that's the one. I remember digging Joe Beck (another name that belongs on this thread) on "All Blues". I'm really foggy on it, though. Anyway, nice Googlin'. B-) Now can somebody help me figure out what TV show Wally Cox did in 1968 (I think)? Not a successful show... I think it was on NBC. ===== Eddie McFadden, oh yeah! How 'bout Billy Butler, and Bill Jennings?

I had that record, I think, but it and the memories are long gone. I should try a search, but I'm frustrated with Google right now... I couldn't find the name of the short-lived show Wally Cox starred in when he was appearing in the Sport Cola commercials. It was a bumbling superhero character, as I recall. "Captain Fantastic", or "Mr. Wonderful", or something like that...

You remember making a sandwich from that far back in the last century? I don't remember things in that kind of detail... although I have retained the jingle for Sport Cola... "How would you like a good swift KICK... that's whatcha get from great new SPORT..."

Hey, his name wasn't "J.J.", was it? "J.J. Johnson"? I'm recalling a post on the old JCS board by the well-known Brazilian jazz critic Jose Domingos Raffaelli. He pointed out that at a press conference while on a tour of Brazil, J.J. made a point of asking if anyone could supply him with a copy of that album, because he had literally worn his copy out. I don't know about the statute of limitations, but you also just reminded me of the time I did a "temporary" trade with a guy... he loaned me his vintage King Super 20 tenor, ... and I loaned him a Guild M-65 "freshman" (a 3/4 scale hollowbody electric guitar), which was basically a "student" instrument. I didn't see him again for about 10 years... at which point he asked for his axe back. Oh well, I didn't use it that much anyway... I had that '34 Conn at the time. ... which I sold too cheap.

Jobim wasn't just a bossa nova composer / bossa nova artist. He studied classical music, and various forms of samba were part of his vocabulary. He was a successful composer before bossa nova was born. This recording was made more than a decade after the popularity of bossa nova had waned in Brazil, and there were other musical elements being employed by Jobim, especially by the time Jobim and Ogerman made this album. It's made up largely of his classic compositions (some of which were bossa nova tunes), but they're updated in various ways ("wave" is almost unrecognizeable, but spectacular in its new form, IMO). This particular composition began life as part of the score of "Orfeu da Conceiçao" (Black Orpheus) from 1956- the first song that resulted from Jobim's partnership with Vinicius de Moraes. It was very popular, and seen as a very "modern" samba-cançao, but bossa nova hadn't been invented yet. Joao Gilberto hadn't arrived yet. Track 12

I posted a link to that site above... but the more the merrier. Tom, I just saw an informative thread about Reuss at AAJ yesterday...

guilty as charged! Okay, pal, time for the sentencing phase! :rsly:

I didn't see a certain old favorite here, nor on Mike's website. On Jack McDuff's "Steppin' Out" (Prestige PRST-7666), Kenny Burrell was listed as "K.B. Groovington". ===== Oh, and one other- On Jack Wilson's "Brazilian Mancini" (Vault 1001), Antonio Carlos Jobim went by "Tony Brazil".

'Tis Claus. There's some beautiful variety on this album, BTW. I'm pretty sure you would dig a lot of it, perhaps even more than the tune Al selected (although that's got to be somewhat of a classic in it's own right- having been used as a theme on Brazilian TV). I just read somewhere that the rhythm on this track was considered "a hustle" in some corners (which seems to seriously conflict with Mike's earlier statement that this is a Brazilian "marcha" (I think at least one person referred to it as bossa, which was a little weird!). I'm not going to claim to know the truth... I tend to not be crazy about certain rhythms from the past... some just don't stand the test of time for me, personally. I never got into disco (although I certainly heard the hit "the hustle" too many times for my own good), so I'm not familiar with the nomenclature. Mike knows his rhythms, though, so I tend to think he was right. At any rate, the rhythm on this track is one of the few things on the album that I'm not crazy about. Track 17 is another, but I don't want to upset Al, so we won't go there, yet. So, I'm not the only one who sometimes shifts their fingers to the right while typimh.

Hey... is "Lankin'" a possibility here?

Nowhere in the album does it say who the trumpet player is. Maybe Jim R knows? I don't, and I can't find any specifics anywhere (only partial personnel is given... guitars, basses, percussion). I tried a few Googs™, and did find some related info that might provide clues. Freddie Hubbard's Columbia LP, "The Love Connection" (circa 1979) was arranged and conducted by Claus Ogerman (the Jobim session in question was released in 1980, and was also recorded in NYC). Personnel included: Al Jarreau--Vocals; Buddy Collette--Flute, Saxophone, Sax (Tenor); Tom Scott--Flute, Saxophone, Sax (Tenor); Chester Thompson--Drums; Rubens Bassini--Percussion; Oscar Brashear--Trumpet; Stanley Clarke--Bass; Chick Corea--Keyboards; Chuck Domanico--Bass; Joe Farrell--Flute, Saxophone, Sax (Tenor); Chuck Findley--Trumpet; Richard Hyde--Trombone; Guy Lumia--Concert Master; Steve Madaio--Trumpet; Phillip Ranelin--Trombone; Jumma Santos--Percussion; Phil Teele--Trombone; Ernie Watts--Flute, Saxophone, Sax (Tenor); Snooky Young--Trumpet; Dick Hyde--Trombone; Chuck Damonico--Bass; Phil Renelin--Trombone. I dunno... just some raw data. B-)

Sent a PM yesterday...

You gotta love Lloyd.

The first name that popped into my head when I saw this was Bill Champlin (Sons of Champlin / Chicago), who is a great singer, writer, and plays keyboards, guitar and reeds. I once heard that he also plays drums quite well (I don't doubt it).

It's Al "Gafa", not "Gaffa". Ron Eschete' is a great player that rarely gets mentioned. Kind of pigeonholed due to the work he did with Gene Harris' quartet, but he's a versatile master of the instrument. Check out his trios with 6-string bassist Todd Johnson and drummer Paul Humphrey. Eddie Duran, whom I failed to recognize on a recent BFT, is a great veteran player. Mark Elf has done some tremendous work in recent years (I love the disc he did with Jimmy Heath and Hank Jones). Peter Leitch, a great player from Canada (Reg Schwager and Lorne Lofsky also). ... and his son's exploits notwithstanding, Bucky Pizzarelli has always been a fantastic guitar player. His solo recordings are wonderful. Here's a nice resource: http://www.classicjazzguitar.com

Ah, isn't it a beautiful thing when you're sitting there with piles of relatively recently-acquired recordings (the post-holiday GLUT) that you haven't even played yet, and some schmuck sends you a BFT disc to listen to, and there's this very lovely tune that makes you go "I need to get that", and then you realize that you've had it in some form for a period of time beyond which an accurate measurement can be made, and then you HAVE to pull it out and play it four times while that pile of discs continues to gather dust and make you feel all anxious? I guess that was a run-on sentence...

Needs work.

I wonder if his Emarcy 10" ever got a digital remaster. I kind of gave up hoping a long time ago...

I'm supposed to have a lamp? Anyway, when are you going to start offering those "scratch 'n sniff" avatars we talked about?

Wow- you see what a forward-thinking genius I was?!