mikeweil

That Okeh LP unfortunately has only half of Cobb's recordings for Okeh - that stuff is excellent! The Classics series so far only had one volume which largely overlaps with the Apollos on the Delmark CD.

What, and how much in playing time, is new to the Mosaic Select?

I think it was musicians of Italian and Jewish descent that changed their names the most often. Some more: Terry Gibbs - Julius Gubenko Emil Richards - Emilio Joseph Radocchia Shorty Rogers - Milton M. Rajonsky Carmen Mastren - Carmine Niccolo Mastandrea Red Norvo - Kenneth Norville Olu Dara - Charles Jones III and let's not forget the singers: Peggy Lee - Norma Dolores Engstrom June Christy - Sharon Leslie - Shirley Luster Herbie Mann was born Herbert Jay Solomon, BTW - his mother was of Romanian Jewish descent and had emigrated to the US; his father was born in USA to Russian Jewish parents from Kiev.

You're right, of course, but my experience is that most viewers of the film or the play do not contemplate about it on such a sophisticated level but assume that Salieri did indeed poison him. Any historic evidence set aside, I find it at best unfortunate to make up such a story, as interesting as the plot about one composer reflecting another's talent may be, on the cost of one virtually unknown composer (at least to today's audiences). The scene was on a high level and pretty competitive when Mozart arrived in Vienna, and to understand his innovations and uniqueness one must compare his music with that of his contemporaries, but whereas his compositions are performed at nauseam, especially at the occasion of this 250th return of his birthday, those of his competitors are hardly played at all. Those speculations about Mozart's character are another aspect that disgusts me - about any composer, I must confess. I firmly believe there is a relationship between character and music, but most writers - that's my impression - would rather not bother with the intricacies of the music and its position among the other works of its time but prefer to fantasize psychoanalytically inspired plots on envy and passion. German author Volkmar Braunbehrens published two excellent, very well researched books on Mozart in Vienna and Salieri as a reaction to Shaffer - are there English translations? He proved that Mozart did not exactly die in poverty - that's the only point where I disagree with you - but had taken up money to pre-finance another opera etc. - a procedure he had undergone several times before, and he was able to pay back as soon as the income from the performances was there - but at the time of his death it all was in the works or still in preparation - the Requiem, e.g., was ordered and paid for but still unfinished. Basically I was just curious about the state of knowledge among forum members.

So what do you say .....

Yes, best wishes!

Thanks - but your bad? Probably not - blame it on the netflix puppy ....

So he was a Ba'hai, too (I had a fellow student who was a Ba'hai, and my first congs teacher, Tom Nicholas from Philadelphia, was one, too - one of the biggest temples is only a few miles from where I live) ..... I saw him perform twice: with Eddie Harris in a small club, and Geri Allen's trio only a few years ago. He didn't strike me as very original, but had his drum technique more than together and drove the band along with zest and taste without getting obtrusive. The dedication to his craft could be seen in every limb. He impressed me the most on Kenny Burrell's Muse LPs - some great brushwork. 61 is too young, that's for sure. R.I.P.

I picked up the Pepper Galaxy, the Lightnin' Hopkins and the Dexter at the Frankfurt shop yesterday - the second CD is missing in the Pepper box .... but the music is magnificent! Now I have to go there once more - luckily they had one more in stock and could reserve it. BTW - the printing quality of the Pepper booklet leaves something to be desired, pretty grainy, but it says "Printed in the USA" .... sound of the discs is okay - seems they always imported the boxes and pressed the CDS in Germany, but from US masters, and put their ZYX stickers on 'em. And: Who will handle distribution of the new Concord/Fantasy/Telarc imperium over here????

These are the CDs with Cal on drums:

BTW - how's your's doin', Randy?

Same here - blame it on the netflix gal .....

Nobody got himself that one? You will regret it, it swings from beginning to end and is great fun to listen to!

Was foolish enough to drop in at the Frankfurt outlet of Zweitausendeins today .....

That poll question is illogical - you can't answer yes or not to a question with "or" - there is no alternative. That aside, I couldn't say yes or no to either .... I had some teachers, but only for workshops. I would say I am 90% self taught, or 80% if I count the numerous exchanges of knowledge with fellow musicians. I'm not a fluent reader but can find my way through a chart and use it as a basis for playing. Nevertheless I try memorize everything as fast as possible to move freely within the music.

Another one that got a lot of play back then - and still gets some! I dig Duke's clavinet a lot on this.

I played that a lot when it was new, and used it on parties as well - people liked it and danced to it like mad!

Thanks!

Wes Montgomery - Stretching out live in '65 - (no label) J 100 Montgomery - Mabern - Harper - Lovelace Recorded live at the Half Note, 12 February 1965 Caravan 8:36 'Round Midnight 10:10 For On Six 10:33 Here's Thatb Rainy Day 7:19 (sorry for being so late with this!)

That's a nice disc, but not the Vogue session licensed by Blue Note - I don't know what the Blue Note 10" looked like, but this is the Vogue cover:

Tjader learned to play drum set in the first place, and studied that instrument at San Francisco State University (besides being a boy tap dancer at an early age). He was engaged by Brubeck as a drummer but bought himself a set of vibes at the time and when he mentioned it, Brubeck encouraged him to bring it along to rehearsals and gigs. He did, after only two weeks on the instrument! He's entirely self-taught on the vibes! Same with the bongos, which he reportedly taught himself to particiapate on a Nick Esposito recording session in 1949. But the congas: I suppose he knew the basics, but never recorded on them! He did play timbales, since his first Cuban Jazz sessions for Fantasy, a variety of small percussion, as well as piano and organ. I read somewhere he was Mingus' favourite drummer during the latter's California days - he drums on a 1949 Mingus session on that great Uptown Mingus disc. He again played drums on one session of the "Tjader Plays Jazz" LP, and on the first Gus Mancuso LP, both on Fantasy.

It may have to do with deteriorated tape, a problem with many Riverside tapes. Cheap material and poor storage. Rather than putting up with the replacement procedure, I'd recommend buying the SACD version of that first Riverside organ trio session - the remastering is sooo much better!

Melvin Rhyne, although I would put him in the top ten. He's certainly underrated. Rhoda Scott - she's great. Mike LeDonne Sam Yahel Larry Goldings Dan Wall Eddy Louiss Jeff Palmer Webster Lewis There was one Clarence Palmer on George Benson's CTI album, Beyond the Blue Horizon, I liked him very, very much! We might as well list all jazz organists .....

Yes, I am a little worried when I think about some upcoming gigs in Turkey later this year .....

So how much does one have to pay for a copy of the Fontana issue of "Tears for Dolphy", or a Japansese reissue?