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I'm well aware of Reich's reputation. Yet while not "trusting" the book, I intend to plow through it. Are you able to pinpoint any other specific instances of innacurary? I'm especially interested in the unrecorded material. Whatever its many flaws, new information about Morton is just too scarce in terms of the public realm for me to ignore this. I've never heard of Larry Gushee, but a Google jaunt tells me he is indeed a remarkable authority. Trouble is, from my perspective, he is virtually unpublished. I'll happily accept your judgment that he is "probably the foremost authority on early jazz in the world", but for the average punter like me such praise is a bit sterile unless I have something to sink my teeth into.
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I blieve the Sons of Champlin still perform ocassionally, Bill's comittments with, er, Chicago, notwithstanding. Anyone seen them in recent years?
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I finally got 'round to buying the Reich/Gaines Jelly biography and am really looking forward to digging into it over the weekend - with appropriate music spinning! In the apendix dealing with recordings, they give most kudos to a series on the French label Media 7. It's called Jelly Roll Morton: Complete Edition, and so far - at the time of publication - runs to eights separate discs spanning 1923-1934. Apart from rare sides by the likes of Jell Roll Morton's Steamboat Four and Jazz Kids, and even bootlegs, the authors laud also the booklets. Anyone heard these? At most, there would only be one or two more discs to come.
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I saw Scofield a week or so ago - and agree completely with this sentiment.
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Champions league semi final
kenny weir replied to B. Goren.'s topic in Miscellaneous - Non-Political
Yeah I liked today's draw, too - one of those goalless affairs that sparkle. Certainly, as you point out, better than yesterday's aaffair. I'm looking forward to next week's games - as well as the FA Cup final./ -
What artist has the smallest available catalog?
kenny weir replied to Hardbopjazz's topic in Miscellaneous Music
Buddy Bolden. One tune recorded - and it's mine. -
Who doesn't own a motor vehicle?
kenny weir replied to kenny weir's topic in Miscellaneous - Non-Political
Mind you, about four weeks ago I did take Bennie, 4, for his first spin dodgems. Wah bam thank for the clang, mam! -
Who doesn't own a motor vehicle?
kenny weir replied to kenny weir's topic in Miscellaneous - Non-Political
Interesting replies, with responses coming from several of the cities I would've expected. Until recent upheavel in my family life (six months ago), I was driving regularly. But now I'm on my own, and have my son 2-3 nights a week, I have reverted to carlessness. It's surprising how quickly driving becomes stange - and scary. Last night the ex and I and our son were heading across town to get her to a Bette Midler show. Unfortunately, the whole inner city was gridlocked because of a truck fire in the Burnlet Tunnel. Bumper to bumper wherever we turned. I got very uptight, even though I was in the back seat. In the end we packed it in and went and ate gelati! I think regular driving, the familiarity of it all, diminishes the fear that should always accompany sucgh a dangerous activity. Like others here, I have found it easy to alter my shopping habits and so on. One other big plus about public transport: It's prime time for reading. -
As a follow-on to threads about gas prices, I'm interested in hearing the stories of any board members who exist without car ownership. Is your non-ownership intentional? Is it down to factors such as income and/or expense? Has it dictated your career/lifestyle choices? Or where you live? Let me add that I am not an anti-car zealot. Had I the readies I'd rip out and buy a nice set of European wheels tomorrow - one with a great sound system. It's just that financially I am so much better off without a car, and am fortunate to live in a city with a mostly excellent transport system. (That was a deliebrate decisions almost 20 years ago.) It does cramp my choices a bit on the days when I have my son. Against that I can get a corporate-rate rental whenever I do need wheels. It's very cheap - I suspect I could rent a small car every other weekend and it'd still be cheaper than owning.
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Question for the non-American board members
kenny weir replied to TheMusicalMarine's topic in Miscellaneous - Non-Political
having struggled to make myself understood in the US - mainly New Orleans - I'm not sure about the accuracy of assertions that Kiwis and Aussies speak the same language as Americans. But we are just as lazy when it comes to being multi-lingual. -
OK you guys are gonna love this (and apologies if this has already been mentioned): It's called Hammond Heroes - 60s R&B Organ Grooves and it's on the German lable Bear Family. Nup, it's not Jimmy Smith et al. Frankly, a lot of it is pretty rough, and as far as I can make out none of them are good enough to play the pedals. But there's lots of spirit and - yes - lots of grease. Also intriguing are the number of names in the booklet (always good with Bear Family) whose past is forgottten: Rod Stewart, Peter Frampton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker among them. A lof of these outfits are well known but usually only remembered for their poppier stuff, thus relegating the role of R&B and jazz in their development. WYNDER K. FROG (Organ: Mick Weaver): Jumping Jack Flash SPENCER DAVIS GROUP / Mk. I (Organ: Steve Winwood): Stevie's Groove ARTWOODS (Organ: Jon Lord): A Taste Of Honey BOBBY GRAHAM (Organ: Kenny Salmon): Zoom, Widge And Wag JULIE DRISCOLL, BRIAN AUGER & THE TRINITY (Organ: Brian Auger): Ellis Island DAVE DAVANI FOUR (Organ: Dave Davani): Working Out MANFRED MANN (Organ: Manfred Mann): One Way GRAHAM BOND ORGANISATION (Organ: Graham Bond): Wade In The Water PEDDLERS (Organ: Roy Phillips): Horses Collar GEORGIE FAME & HIS BLUE FLAMES (Organ: Georgie Fame): The In-Crowd REMO FOUR (Organ: Tony Ashton): Jive Samba TEN YEARS AFTER (Organ: Chick Churchill): Adventures Of A Young Organ ZOOT MONEY'S BIG ROLL BAND (Organ: Zoot Money): Zoot's Sermon ALAN PRICE SET (Organ: Alan Price): Critic's Choice FREE (Organ: Steve Miller/UK): Guy Stevens Blues SMALL FACES (Organ: Ian MacLagan): Grow Your Own MOTHERHOOD (Organ: James Jackson): Back In The Grass SPENCER DAVIS GROUP / Mk. II (Organ: Eddie Hardin): New Toy HERD (Organ: Andy Bown): Impressions Of Oliver SOUL SURVIVAL (Organ: Nicky Hopkins): Soul Soup STEAMPACKET (Organ: Brian Auger): Holy Smoke SANTA BARBERA MACHINE HEAD (Organ: Jon Lord): Rubber Monkey NICE (Organ: Keith Emerson): Sombrero Sam http://www.bear-family.de/index_english.htm - look under new releases, spring 2005.
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OK, so I was just about to order one of these bargain Tal Farlows from Amazon, but have been deterred - remporarily I hope - by this thread.' But I'm confused. Is there a fault? Is it on all or most of the cheap versions? Or just those from a specific outlet?
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Hell, in celebration of this thread I think I'll order me one today!
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Heh heh - now posting at JC. I think.
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Not jazz, but ... I got a kick out catching Cheap Trick blasting out Surrender in Daddy Day Care.
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First equal: Pure Prairie league self-titled album and sophomore album Bustin' Out. Jazz? Hmmmmmmmm ... Saxophone Colossus maybe. Or Jelly Roll's RCA Red Hot Peppers.
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I wish it weren't so ... but the Ashes tour won't live up to expectations. In fact, it will a crashingly boring dud. Australia 5 England 0.
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Yup, as far as I'm aware my last name is Scottish - a now long forgotten sub-clan just south of Glasgow I think. Lions beating All Blacks? Ha ha. Very funny. Yeah the coaches thing is simply an illustration of the cyclical nature of this or any other sport. It's just that in this case it had been a long while since Wales had been a force. And - correct me if I am wrong - but the Irish, too, are enjoying a purple patch. Makes me wonder when the tide is going to turn for the Australian cricket team , which is currently hammering the bejeeezus out of NZ in NZ.
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Funny story. Actually, I prefer Whipping Post or Room To Move myself.
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Yes, this is fabulous. I tried to find an online/email way to send a letter to the main Welsh paper last week wishing them luck. And that would've been from a Kiwi resident in Australia for 18 years. In my boyhood, playing Australia was something the All Blacks did in a really soft season. The Real Stuff was always played against South Africa, the Lions or Wales. So to see them on the outer so long was sad. I kept on waiting for the bubble to burst but they just kept on going. I ended up very beer-ridden at an inner-city bar packed with Irish and Welsh fans in the early AM of Sunday morning for the Wales-Ireland game. What a blast! Not just good for Wales or the Six Nations Championship, but good for rugby!
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Interesting. Personally, I'd say these days I prefer AAJ for the simple reason that there far too many threads ABOUT organissimo AT organissimo. I went to AAJ yesterday to ESCAPE the hubbub around here. Jim, in honor of your sense of humor, I'm going to slap your album, which I acquired this week, on my in-office players right now. In fact, I accidentally ordered two of the critters so had a spare to hand to a pal.
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Interesting. Personally, I'd say these days I prefer AAJ for the simple reason that there are far too many threads ABOUT organissimo AT organissimo.
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I picked up a cheap copy, on Candid, of the Bud Shank album Live At The Haig a few months' back. Not only is this gerat music - it's in stereo, recorded in 1956. The liner notes claim the tracks to be "pre-stereo stereo". I'm not sure how true that is, but for what seems to have been an impromptu recording with two microphones in the audience, the sound is not only stereo but it's bloody amazing!
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One of the international guests at this year's Wangaratta Jazz Festival was the Irish outfit the Guilfoyle-Nielsen Trio. Bass, drums, guitar. They performed on their own with tenor saxist Jamie Oehlers and with Dave Liebman, who I interviewed before the festival. He raved about them, having worked with them for more than a decade. Sad to say, I didn't much enjoy either! But going by the CDRs the festival supplied, there is a definite Irish feel in their music. But a little too much that sounded fusioneqsue for my tastes.
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Yeah, and the funny thing is I've changed my mind and picked up a variety of stuff - Organissimo (finally!), Maria Scneider and 3 x William Parkers. Having a site where large chunks of the catalogue are missing would seem to be suicidal for a mail-order/online business. They certainly missed on my money - for today, anyway (I suspect Mosaic will win in the long run ...)