mikeweil

Duncan Reid just mailed me the link to the publisher's pages announcing his upcoming Cal Tjader biography, for which I contributed the discographical section. It will be out in a few months, I will keep you updated. http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php?id=978-0-7864-3535-7

The basic session info is at the core of every serious discography, anyway. The problem is, if you decide to exclude certain issues, which to choose and which not - I had these discussions thirty years ago with H.L.Lindenmaier who wrote a Monk disco for Jazz Podium and included only main issues, and regretted it the moment it was in print. For a book it is okay and makes sense for various reasons to include only the session info and the first and/or main issues - we did that for the upcoming Tjader book - but it's always problematical. If you have only one take available in different edits your criteria for exclusion are no longer applicable. The best solution may be just the session info for the printed version and a complete listing online - Noal Cohen and Mike Fitzgerald will handle it this way with the 2nd printing of the Gigi Gryce book. I'll never call you an ignorant - and you know you aren't ...

As much as I appreciate David Wild's work, the printed book type format makes it cumbersome to find your way through all the updates. I'm afraid I couldn't convince him to use BRIAN, but if you use such a database discography, any updates will be displayed on the session entry as soon as you've entered or changed the data. If you're thinking in a book type format, you always have to re-write everything ... I will get me the cheaper paperback edition of the Coltrane Reference, anyway.

Re: the sound of the Macumba recordings: It is surprisingly good, the ride cymbal is a bit obtrusive at times, but otherwise it's very good. You get plenty of lengthy solos by Vince Guaraldi, and Luis Kant (only opportunity to hear this great conga player at some length).

I'll take your word for this - it went to the buying list.

The smallest I ever heard is a trio that made an LP under Arthur Blythe's leadership, with Bob Stewart and a conga player, Bush Baby. But no, there was a duo: tubist John Sass with Austrian tap dancer Sabine Hasicka - there were some samples on her website, but I can't find them any more ...

Found a copy on amazon.de for less than 10 € incl. postage - it's a nice album, indeed, the theme is fun, and Rodney Jones playing in the low register in a Peter Gunn fashion all the more so.

Maybe he was just tired of fighting at some point of his life ...

Carmen McRae, I'll Be Seeing You ... and earlier this week I took the time to listen through this one:

It's a thoroughly researched book, and a labour of love - don't forget my fellow discographer, Noal Cohen's, substantial contribution to the book! Theupdated Gryce discography can be found on his website. It's a good read, and sheds particular insight on musicians' struggle for royalties etc. in the 1950's and 1960's.

Its's got Dr. Lonnie Smith participating! How is this album?

It's no secret that I always loved Mr. Rhyne's playing. What more can I say? I will miss him, and getting a new album every other year. I think there's only one of his more recent CDs that I need to purchase ... it's all good music, and that is quite an achievement. R.I.P.

Just listened to John Zorn's version of The Yodel - as much as I like what they're doing, I'm afraid they almost kill the groove by playing it so fast.

Acrobat is a reliable company in contact with several tape archives. Tjader biographer and myself assisted them with info for their recent release of 1950's Cal Tjader live material. Some of these live tapes they released were never before issued. They take care about sound quality, too. Link

Download completed. I converted the flacs to wav and burned a CD to listen to tomorrow. Thanks again - so much excellent music ...

Yeah buddy, enjoy it and look forward to many more to come!

Anybody here know any less than good Burrell album? I doubt it.

p.s. I am enjoying this piece of Ellingtonia immensely, as dies my wife ... I think I'll rather look for the Ben Webster Classics discs for the remaining Wax sessions instead of getting the incomplete Storyville compilation.

I have an idea, btw, how the assumption it was recorded at Basin Street East came into being: The original LP displayed a cutout from a down beat issue with the news about Crosby's passing, wherein Shearing was quoted saying, among other things, that fortunately they had been recording that trio album at Basin Street East. The liner credits, otoh, clearly state it was recorded in New York on June 20 & 21, 1962. The gig most likely was with the quintet, so they probably omitted the word "while" - a statement "while at Basin Street East would make perfect sense. Now would someone please check New York newspaper archives? Those bonus tracks are really nice, now that I have listened to them several times. That these three men were able to shell out these twenty arrangements off hand within two studio days is amazing.

I was just about to recommend the very same sessions with Scott and McDuff ...

I finally was able to find a copy of the latest Japanese paper sleeve reissue at an affordable price - it has eight bonus tracks (see my post # 4) with Israel Crosby & Vernel Fournier, recorded on the same two studio days as the twelve tracks originally issued on Capitol, June 20 & 21, 1962. The trio probably was performing at Basin Street East at the time, maybe they even recorded there, but all these tracks are studio. Again there was more material recorded than was needed for the album - seems to have been the rule with Shearing's non-orchestral live as well as studio sessions. The unissued tracks are not earth-shattering, but nice additions just as good as the hitherto known tracks.

No problem, folks - it was just a typo, as Steve fittingly remarked, should indeed have been "underline". "Stealing" etc. in parentheses, of course - I'm aware of those "complications".

Thanks - the recording dates undermine this: Roach was March 1957, Charles July 1958. So Charles copped the tune? uh-oh ....

While typing the Latin Jazz Quintet recordings into the BRIAN database I stumble over one tune they recorded, Blues Waltz: The Prestige releases credit it to Ray Charles, and I also have Ray Charles' live version from the Atlantic days. But I also have Max Roach's famous LP of waltz tunes (Jazz in 3/4 Time), and that also has a tune of that title, virtually identical, and credited to Roach! The BMI database has both, stating Roach recorded both tunes ... Now what is the story behind this? Has Roach copped the melody? That tune, btw, was omitted when the stereo version of Roach's LP was issued (says the Mosaic Roach booklet).