Soul Stream

Speaking of different organs, a relative of mine just gave me a Gulbransen Rialto from the 60's. Cost a whoppin' $6900 when it was new back in 1967 I believe. I only took it because it had a Leslie with it. Alas, the Leslie is a model 100GK. It was specifically made for the Gulbransen and is not compatable with Hammonds at all. It LOOKS just like a 122, but it has no top rotor. It was three stationary 6x9 speakers mounted behind the front louvre (and no side louvres) and a Rotosonic bass speaker (which is where the speaker itself is actually rotating, not just the baffle). I'm hoping I might be able to convert it into a 122 by finding some old parts. That would be SWEET! The cabinet is gorgeous. The Gulbransen organ, by the way, sounds like complete crap. It's out of tune (Hammond never went out of tune!!) and the sounds are really cheesy. It weighs a damn TON and it's all transistorized. Sounds like poo. How can Hammond B3/C3/A100/RT3s sound so wonderful and all other makes and models (hammond too) suck. If it wasn't for those few models, the history of the electric organ would be very, very horrible.

I too would like to hear what others think about this session. I just received it with an order and haven't yet had an opportunity to listen to it. The reissue apparently contains additional material which brings the playing time to nearly 80 minutes. I've got it on order. That said, I've heard the album at one point at wasn't all that thrilled at the time. I think the organ/big band thing is a very hard thing to make work for my tastes. Jimmy Smith and Wes had some nice turns at it, but...I dunno...(the Groove Holmes/Gerald Wilson stuff is about my personal favorite in this genre)... But I'll post when I get the CD

I had a couple of these on the old CD versions...they never GRABBED me. I always kind of veered towards the old Blue Note stuff of Monk. But now that they've all been remastered (what SOUND!@!), I've bought them ALL over the last few days. I'm so blown away. It's like I slept on this stuff, and now I've awoken to a brand new day. This shit swings. ...this isn't a thread about the remastering really. It's the MUSIC. The new versions brought them back to my attention really, that's all. Maybe I just wan't ready for the music before. Now, I'm just so in love with these albums.

Yes! "Groovin' with Jug" is a must-have.

Thanks for all the recommendations. Ask, and you shall recieve at Organissimo. I was really surprised at how relatively few versions there are of this song (362) when I eyed the AMG. Sure 362's a lot to be sure. But I figured there'd be double that compared to other things I look up.

Do you mean this one? Interesting... a 1994 release. Whoops. I just found it. It appears these sessions were recorded in June & October, 1963. Yes! That's it....now you're screwed for life.

I'm trying to find some nice versions of the tune "Invitation." Does anybody have a favorite version that they would recommend? Thanks.

If your Jack MdDuff collection begins and ends with "Grantstand," you've at least started in the PERFECT place. I could spend a lifetime listening to that one album and still not be able to absorb all of it. Jack McDuff is a name you hear a lot, but it's always underneath names like Jimmy Smith, Larry Young and Don Patterson. It shouldn't be. He embodies the best of what jazz organ was all about in it's heyday. Grantstand wouldn't be as great without McDuff on it. Period. He MAKES that record! (O.k, the rest kill too!) Your next stop on your discovery of Jack McDuff might be the "Live" CD.

Well...we DO have stuff to do. We just don't want to do it.

When ARE they going to let us start running that reissue program damn it! ...and p.s...not that I don't dig the effort. But that mothership cover kind of makes it look like someone cut off Larry's head and put it in a box. B)

Thanks Dan. If you're too busy, don't worry. It's not a problem for me to watch from the sidelines. I really hate to make this thing too much work for whoever's nice enough to host it. Thanks.

Baby Face Willette is the Holy Grail organist from the heyday. NOBODY knows what happened to him, and many have tried to find him. Searches have been done to no avail. Discussions with many of his old musician friends (Ben Dixon, Lou Donaldson, John Patton, ect..) have turned up no clues. It's like he evaporated.

I got mine today and it was broken into 2 pieces, right down the middle. Oh well, guess I'll watch from the sidelines on this one. No big deal, thanks for sending it Dan.

George Bush

Anybody want to comment on this one? It's nice to see Blue Note recording some vets to balance out the flashier stuff from the youngsters.

It was nice to look at the magazine rack today and see Ron Carter on the cover of Bass Player. Pretty nice article, and also shows Carter taking a student through a lesson. Asked what he (Carter) is practising these days and he says he's really been into playing the Dflat major scale! Pretty bad ass advice from a bass giant. All musicians can learn from this one.

Jim, I don't know what took longer. Cutting the tune, or your reply! I don't think James even thought about it that much. Dude, you NEED to get a job reviewing shit. MOJO Magazine NEEDS your insane enthusiasm on such matters.

I guess this has been out a couple of years. However, I got it about a year ago and it's just gathered dust until recently. I put it on last week and I've been diggin' it ever since. Great shit. Nice band with Sam Yahel, John Swana, Peter Bernstein and Brian Blade. Nice tunes selection too. I highly recommend it. It's on Criss Cross so you know it ain't cheap. But this one's worth the price. Don't know much about Bowen, this is it for me as far as exposure. But a friend of mine who played with him on the jazz scene in Indiana brought his name up with nothing but "monster" references. So....

Seeing as there is a rather small amount of pictures of Larry in this era, ESPECIALLY color stuff, I can't see how anyone COULDN'T dig this picture of Larry...laughing, beautiful lighting, color, motion! Argue what you will about the graphic design, layout, ect....but THAT PICTURE IS BAAADDDDD!!!!!

Oh yes, I DO know those album covers. Matter of fact I've got a few, but wan't hip to the LT lingo. Those are nice issues, and since we won't be getting "Mothership" on vinyl, still a valuable commodity I would think.

I don't think I know what an LT pressing is? Do I?

Just noticed Dan turns 38 today. Have a good one Dan, and thanks for the Charles Kynard this year!

Well, no two Hammonds have the EXACT same sound, but that's just nitpicking. Same electronics, yes. You and I know that's true Jim. But in general terms, for the layman, they are exactly the same. Let's not confuse these poor folks! Hence, why I traded the guts of my B3 for the A100. The sound and feel of every organ is different to the player. Also, Leslie models, preamps and leslie amps make an even bigger difference to the sound. A B3 through a 122 doesn't sound the same as a B3 through a 145. Rudy's leslie is a 21H. The best sounding Leslie imho (I think the one louvre up top coupled with the electro-magnetic speaker is THE sound). Wish I had one!

Can anybody pull up a larger image of the Mothership cover? It's hard to say too much about it, I can't even see it. Also, looking at the Mosaic booklet...there are no "later" images of Young, or any of the sessions past "Unity." And the "Unity" shots look wierd, over-lit, blurry...I'm not sure if F. Wolff shot these or not. It doesn't look like his work at all. Very unprofessional kind of look. So, I get the feeling images from his later sessions don't exist at all.

Same goes for the silly "The Concert McDuff." Great music, but canned as a MF. I can't believe on the CD reissue they didn't go back and take of the applause, ect.