mikeweil

Take care, Allen .....

Earlier today:

Yesterday: This afternoon:

Paul Bley!

Dexter Gordon Benny Bailey Pony Poindexter

From me, too - keep rolling!

It can be intentional. There was a CD reissue in February 2019 of two of George Shearing's Capitol albums (Latin Esacapade & Mood Latino) on Essential Jazz Classics limited to only 500 copies!

I think any musician who moved to another country for longer than a year qualifies - no matter what direction he or she took. Sir Charles Thompson permanently moved to Japan in 2002. Has anybody mentioned these other greats living in France and elsewhere? Johnny Griffin Sidney Bechet Nina Simone David Friedman Walter Norris (the latter two taught in Berlin for many years) Pianist Mickey Tucker and drummer Chad Wackerman moved to Australia. German born guitarist David Fiuczyinsky moved to the US. Rolf Kühn lived in the US for some time. And what about the many Cubans, Carrbeans, and South Americans moving to th USA? Some more Europeans moving to the US: Miroslav Vitous Jan Hammer Vera Auer Tommy Vig Milcho Leviev Michal Urbaniak Urszula Dudziak Avishai Cohen

Billy Brooks Pony Poindexter Keith Copeland Lucky Thompson

Lou Blackburn Allen Blairman Tom Nicholas Herb Geller Charlie Mariano Oscar Pettiford Bud Powell

Excellent disc of rarely played music - Balbastre's transcription of opera tunes, mostly by Rameau. Samples here: http://www.encelade.net/index.php/en/hikashop-menu-for-products-listing-2/product/7-airs-d-opera-accommodes-pour-le-clavecin

Just don't take it too seriously. It's supposed to be fun, no more. I listen and laugh and chuckle all the time. He gives me more of a good time than any other saxist. If he were a percussionist playing like that, I'd probably share your thoughts.

Excellent performance and booklet notes. Wilson had to do a lot of work preparing the sheet music for this recording. Great playing and sound, too, on a lovely instrument of a rarely heard type.

Just ordered a copy .....

Strade Vecchie Grillo - Sicilia - 2018 Can't find a pic.

Discograhical inaccuracies can happen to anyone. The Tom Lord Disco also has Page for these two sessions.

His mind obviously was a bit oversexed, but that was appropriate. R.I.P.

The Louis Armstrong Decca 1930's set is on the Running Low list, too.

The Heaven On Earth CD is really worth investigating. Very good band.

I have a similar brochure from Paiste with setups of their endorsers. These manufacturers published an updated version every few years.

Gerard Gibbs, Hammond B-3 and a new drummer, Alexander White - I'm curious. Saw them live some years ago, I love Carter, but think he needs real challenging sidemen to play his best.

Judging from his name the leader is of Armenian descent. Could musicians from these four cultures record like this today?

This instrument is now considered a sidetrack in music history. Keyboard instruments with a pedal existed as clavichords and harpsichords, mainly as practice instruments for organists at home, although there is some speculation that Bach may have used one in his Leipzig concerts. Haendel used a special custom made organ/harpsichord combination with pedal in his British oratorios and organ concertos. There was an attempt to popularize grand pianos with a separate pedal register in the nineteenth century, but only a dozen composers were interested, Schumann, Liszt, and Alkan among them. There a few playable historic instruments in European piano collections, but rarely used or recorded. If so today, by organists who are trained in pedal playing. I know of only two or three recordings.