mikeweil

He definitely listened to Purdie - he copied a lick Purdie invented on the opening track of the Carter LP I pictured. But with a jazz drummer's approach, as far as lightness in sound and swing feeling is concerned. And Grady is really tasteful, each and every time! The lengthy trio/quartet tracks of the Jimmy Smith - Wes Montgomery Verve sessions are a very nice example of how he keeps the groove and improvises/interacts with the soloists - great ears. To me, a really great drummer, just not an innovator in the strict sense - he had his own sound and feel, of course.

Rumsey recorded for several labels: Contemporary, Liberty - where else?

Criss Cross, too ... many others - I typed in Sam Yahel and got a Ron Horton album he's on. No more CDs in the computer for me.

I have some old LPs with rather weird end grooves, some are excentric (This would trigger the lifter of primitive turntables) - would hate to leave the stylus in them, it would be ruined. My Thorens could use something like this. I remember the Thorens company started offering a similar device at a certain point on request of their customers.

Looks more like a pool where she poses ...

Happy Birthday, and may the musical cake taste fine!

Well, if this would mean items selling only in few copies are kept in print, I wouldn't mind ...

I really love his drumming! He is on hundreds of albums from the 1970's and 1980's. He was a good reader, adaptable to everything between jazz, soul, r & b, and latin, had a great groove, great time ... his bossa nova grooves are among the best and most authentic among all jazz drummers. Take these for samples:

... no, Professor Bop! p.s. I love that BN CD with all of Babs' stuff

Now that's the original cover, IIRC: There are hundreds, I'm afraid:

Didn't James Clay state in the liner notes he never before had heard his tenor sound being recorded so well? A lovely album, although I would have preferred it a bit looser and more freewheling.

Donald Bailey?! I must get this!

Sorry if I violated any rules - is linking the cover pic a violation, too?

Indeed - if the sound is acceptable, this might be a nice companion to the Village Vanguard recordings.

Somebody had to do it ...

So it was worth waiting for ...

I think I saw that very same band, but he didn't play that much cowbell, or else - the circumstances were not in favor of the band, and open air gig with a rainstorm coming up and the stage not well protected - they had to stop after 50 minutes ... blame the local concert managers for not booking a concert hall for such an occurence, they could have read the weather forecast. But maybe all suitable rooms were booked in Darmstadt .... Anway, I will push some Bobo Verve into the car CD player later on.

The Hot Rats is the only I'm really curious about - I was so disappointed by the remix on the Ryko CD. When I read all this (thanks for that link, Д.Д., really helpful!), I can't help but think this is a case of severe remixomania.

At last, the Frank Wess & Johnny Coles album, after it was featured in a recent Blindfold Test ... nice: But who's that tenor guy?

Geez - I don't have have the time to read through all that!

I don't think these tracks had their own release. Musically, they are not that exciting, had been conceived as a reunion with Leo Parker, Dexter's room-mate from the Eckstine days, but Parker died shortly before the session. To me it always sounded a bit tinged with the sadness about Leo's passing. The main reason for me getting the box were these tracks anyway, beacuse I knew they'd never be made available outside the box. Well, until now ... The LT series LP sounded much worse than any of the later Connoisseur or other CD reissues of the material that I have compared. I replaced all of them, and I had about two thirds of the series on LP.