mikeweil

Being a vibes man, my choice is clear ... still checking out his recordings with Shearing for MGM.

I can't promise I'll find the time for listening or comments, but please PM me a download link, in any case - one never knows. Thanks again for stepping in. I caught the flu from my wife and my head is too buzzy for much music, but I'll save it for later.

Sorry to hear this .... I hope to find the time to type his disco into BRIAN and put it online sometime this year.

I recieved one of those bright yellow CDs two weeks ago, but it doesn't look like a CDR to me. Probably just a different printing process. The problem is less the yellow but the white replacing the silver part of the CD label - that's what makes it looks cheaper.

Yusef Lateef used multiple bassists and keyboards on sessions for the Gentle Giant album, Bob Cunningham, Sam Jones, and Bill Salter.

That was Buster Williams. Very nice album, played it continuously back then. On Sam Jones' three Riverside albums, there often is a second bass player, mostly when Jones grabs a cello, but a few tracks have two basses. Ron Carter, Keter Betts, Israel Crosby - great choices indeed for the second bass part. Reggie Workman! Merritt played the "electric" instrument, i.e. an Ampeg baby bass.

The sailors? The girls (no Parisian looks)?

David Friesen and Glen Moore recorded an LP of bass duos (with other instruments played by them as well) for Vanguard. I was going to mention the Slam Stewart & Major Holley albums but was interrupted. There is a second one on Black & Blue, "Two Big Mice" which has George Duvivier in the rhythm section behind them!

Well, then there is no way to avoid these here - excellent sound, and lots of fun! Another track in this vein with Milt Hinton is on one of McBride's Verve LPs: Some unreleased material was included on the bonus CD of the last Ray Brown album on Telarc:

Thanks, that's pretty exhaustive info.

Another buying option would be the Storyville release:

Well, in that particular case I went for the download that was available. I have all the discographical data from Lord - with one exception: there is a singer on "Empty Space" - now who is this?

Stanley Clark and Cecil McBee on Norman Connors' Dance of Magic - partly in the wake of Black Unity on which Connors played.

Willie Bivens plays on the Latin Jazz Quintet's "The Chant" (Tru-Sound 15012) - this one was on CD only in Japan, took me quite some time to finda copy

Thanks all - these are the solo sides Jones cut for Wax (according to Lord): Jimmy Jones (p) solos or acc on some sides by Al Hall (b) Bill Clark (d) New York, 1947 W116 Empty space (trio) Wax 106 W117 What's new ? - W118 When I walk with you Wax 113 W118-X? When I walk with you (alt) Wax 113 W119 I'll see you again Wax 110 W120 Mad about the boy Wax 110 W121 Someday I'll find you 111 W122 Zigeuner (ah added) - W123 Clair de lune 107 W124 Lover man - W130 New York City blues Wax 112 W131 On a turquoise cloud Wax 113 W132 Bakiff Wax 112 Since later group recordings of Jones for Wax were reissued on Atlantic your hypothesis seems plausible. Lord says they are all on a Classics CD - that would be the reissue to look for. Since they are 12 tracks plus one alternate, the Atlantic 10 incher couldn't have contained the whole bunch, anyway.

In case I am supposed to get an idea what a "smug musician" is - I didn't get it, so far.

I have to admit, no ...

That's a good one - I regretted I sold that LP, as it sounded great, like most Contemporary recordings. Johnny Griffin's "A Change of Pace" on Riverside had two bassist on half of the tracks.

Vibist Willie Bivens played with the Latin Jazz Quintet, too. Richie Landrum and Larry Killian - nice congueros! Oh, and many thanks for taking the time to type all this info!

Well I like Charles Brown ... what I disliked about Bags' vocals on "I've lost your love" recorded at a Kenny Clarke Savoy session was his use of vibrato. (Shudder ...)

This site lists a Jimmy Jones 10" LP for Atlantic from 1953: ALR-127 - Piano Solos - Jimmy Jones [1953] ... but doesn't list titles. Can't find it in Lord, don't have my Bruyninckx at hand. Anybody here who has heard it or has details?

Seems like Universal reissue compilers are allergic towards discographies ...

Considering my interest in Cal Tjader and The Latin Jazz Quintet, I should have checked out Pucho & his Brothers, but I found their music a little bland in comparison to the former - I think I will get me one of those Prestige twofers and re-listen. BGP has a long time licensing association with Fantasy/Concord - they reissued Mongo Santamaria, The Latin Jazz Quintet with Dolphy, and others. MG, can you post a list of the sidemen? Can't locate my Prestige disco right now ... Thanks. IIRC Steve Berrios was in that band at one time.

I remember that you posted this photo of Percy after the concert - I still have it on my hard disk. That's a baby bass, btw, a bass in cello size but tuned in forths like a bass.

I find myself listening to and liking Byrd much more than Lee Morgan or Freddie Hubbard, to name just two.